#If I'm even smart enough to make spy stories

[okheromun]

So... I started watching SpyxFamily...

I mean, I never got to do proper Spy stuff with Arthur and Howard.

[eydi-andrius]

Yayyyy... I love you 😭💗... you accepted my request 😭💗 I love your stories sooooooo muchhhhhhh 😭💗 (I'm a writer too btw)

HEART GOT TEETH (Gojo Satoru x Reader)

Synopsis: How does it feel to be hunted?

a/n: I'm so sorry it took a long while for this. I was just not confident enough but i hope you will enjoy this one. I am still experimenting with the professor Gojo one still, on which you first requested, but this story was born from writing that. I kind of think you'd love to read this. Enjoy!

WARNINGS: 18+, MINORS DNI, NON-CON, DARK GOJO, DARK! READER, bullying, stalking, obsession, violence, kidnapping, sexual assault, illegal filming or recording of sexual intercourse, DARK SMUT, blackmailing and let me know if I forgot any tags

Gojo is used to being the smartest on campus. Not until late in semester, a transferee was given the opportunity to move due to her academic achievements.

He hated her.

He picked up on everything she does. Detest the way she strides with confidence, unbothered, and powerful.

Of course…..She's not as smart as him. But somehow, people liked her better.

Not that he cared.

Professors who are usually tight lipped whenever he debates them, are very kind and nice to her. They seemed approachable and open whenever she conversed with them.

Classmates who scurry away whenever he is around, greets her with a smile whenever she passes by them. She even earned the nickname “sunshine” because a gloomy room will light up when she’s around.

It was an anomaly. She doesn't belong here. Your existence is unwanted. He dislikes how an outsider such as you was able to get the attention away from him so easily.

His hatred started off with a normal rolling of eyes when he caught sight of you. Bad mouthing you the moment anyone uttered your name. Embarrassing you in front of the class if you show a teeny tiny mistake. However, none of those work and weirdly enough, you still smile at him purely.

That attitude angered him more.

It didn’t even occur to him, that his hatred heightened and it turned into a full-blown obsession, that stalking you became a habit.

He is checking your socials for any updates, your shares and stories religiously. His ears will perk up if other people mention your name, and he will immediately tune in to whatever they were talking about— especially, if related to you. He will even check in the campus portal or the google drives related to your files just to judge whatever you passed to the professor.

Geto Suguru, his best friend, obviously noticed the change in his behavior but he was glad that he didn't comment further about it.

Sometimes, he knows Geto will deliberately mention your name and where you are currently. He would respond with a grumble and scrunched up nose, berating his friend for uttering a witch’s name. Yet, he will catch himself standing in the area that was mentioned. And he feels alive, when he purposely bumps to your shoulder, almost toppling you backward, and you would profusely apologize for being clumsy, bowing repeatedly in shame.

It didn't even occur to him that what he was doing was wrong. Harassing a girl for absolutely just existing seems like a problem to himself and not something she should apologize for.

One day, luck must've on his side. He was getting paranoid because he has a feeling that you’ll get higher grades than him this semester. The knock on his door startled him, especially when he opened the door and it was your face that popped up on the other side.

It seems like your laptop is having an issue. You tried everything you can find online but nothing fixes it. You came to his dorm because Geto recommended and assured you that Gojo can fix it for you.

Cursing his bff, he almost turned down your request…… when an idea flashed on his head. His ire vanished, and an evil, unfair plan formed in his mind.

He could use this opportunity to spy on you. He can check your grade and track your whereabouts and see what you're up to — to make sure you are not sabotaging him, of course.

And that he did.

You were all smiles, grateful and happy, when your laptop came back, fixed and working better than before. He watched as your eyes glinted, almost tearing up, when he reassured you that he doesn't need no fee.

He let you go on your merry way without knowing that he got you. He now has access to your laptop and everything inside of it.

—-

Gojo could have sworn that he heard his skull crack from that strong hit he received on his head, while he was standing outside waiting for Geto.

He received a text from him to sneak out and do something more worthwhile, than faking smiles, and joining the retreat for the seniors.

Although he doesn't want to go out, he’d rather do something else than be surrounded by morons, to whom the only advantage they have is being born earlier.

He was minding his own business. Patiently waiting, when a hardwood suddenly came out of nowhere, and made contact on his head. His ears rang, vision blurry, he was feeling dizzy, and saw footsteps coming his way, before he completely lost consciousness.

—

With a throbbing head, and a body sore, he felt like the pain was killing him. Slowly, he opened his eyes, and saw himself in some sort of a shed made out of bamboo.

He tried to open his mouth, to scream or ask for help but he was far too dizzy and weak to voice out his concern. He winces when he tries moving his head, looking for a comfortable position, the throbbing got worse, and he tried to lift his hand to assist on his head, when he realized that he can't move his hands, and it was tied behind the chair he was sitting at.

After a moment, he tried his voice again, he could only croak syllables, and grit his teeth when he felt how dry and parched his throat was.

Closing his eyes, and with the pain all over his body he did not notice when the door opened, and he jolted when someone sat on his lap, pinching his chin to look up. Forcefully opening his mouth, by grabbing his cheeks.

A bottle of iced cold water was given to his mouth. He felt the invasive cool liquid run down his dry throat, and coughs when the person who forced him to drink does not care if he could drown by titling the bottle without stopping or resting, for him to be able to drink it all at his own pace.

He forcefully moved his face away on the stranger's hold, and was looking down and coughing, when he felt the person on his lap uttered “good boy” deregatoridly while slapping his cheek loudly.

He looked up, and all colors went out of his face for a second when realized who the person in front of him was.

Your furious eyes were tuned on him, even with a playful smirk gracing your lips, it couldn't erase your pulsating anger.

His initial shock soon turned into boiling anger, when he understood that the most likely suspect of his kidnapping was no other than you.

He started screaming profanities, calling you a bitch, and derogatory names, as he tried to forcefully remove his bindings.

Instead of being offended by his words you only chuckled at him. This only made him angrier.

“You bitch! Even if you kill me right now, you will never become the Summa cum laude! You’re too stupid for that!” His insulting words slowly turned sharply and deadlier, and he thought his words finally got under your skin after he watched as your eyes widened in surprise, mouth agape, slowly blinking at him. It looks like you were shell shocked from what he had said.

He smirked at that, feeling like he was winning, at least before you smiled and started laughing hysterically, which stilled and confused him.

“HAHAHA! So sorry for laughing at that.” She apologized, using her finger to stop her tears of delight.

“Damn, Satoru. You are all tied up. Helpless and all on my mercy, and the only thing you could come up with, the reason why I am doing this, was me envying you for getting something you deserve because you are smarter than me? I am not that petty.” You clarified after a big sigh.

She looks amused as she watches his brows furrowed, eyes filled with confusion, as he tries to understand what exactly he did to be treated like this.

“Fine. Fine! I’ll spill.” You said, raising your hands up in surrender. You purposely grind on his crotch, hard. Making him wince in pain from the friction. You felt his dick hardened a little, poking you, and you jeered in disgust at that. All men truly are the same.

“Tell me, Satoru. What did you put in my laptop?” You said in a sing-song tune. As if caught red handed, his eyes widened, and his mouth closed and opened up, trying to come up with something.

“Nah! You don't have to answer that. I already know that it was you who put spyware on it. You disgusting, motherfucker. If you wanted to get someone's pussy, you could always just yell on campus, and the girls would flock in front of you, like starving hyenas. They will serve themselves for you to eat them whole. You don't even need to pay them.” Scratching your scalp, in annoyance, you continued.

“Did you know that almost put my sister in danger? I thought my abusive fucking father finally caught up with my younger sister and he planted those spywares, to spy on us. Thank God! I was smart enough to realize that the possibility of that was low, especially, since he is too stupid to think that way. And there is no other person in my life that could have done that, except you, who fixed my laptop for free. Like why are you so obsessed with me?” Disgust was written all over your face as you looked down on him. You were visibly shaking, face red from anger.

“Dream on!” Gojo spat back at your allegations and you can't help but chuckle at that. In anger, you grab his face, and squeeze it tight.

“Listen, you jerk! Do you think I do not know that you have been targeting me for absolutely no reason at all? Those accidental bumps when you're walking, your not so subtle insults when I made a small mistake and many more. I know. I know that you meant to crush my spirits with that. But you know, I was used to getting bullied and really doesn't mind what you’re up to, even though it was unfair. I told myself that I just need to graduate in two years so it wouldn't matter. I don't have to meet you again after that, anyway.” You stopped for a moment licking your lips. Eyes filled with unshed tears.

“Yet, you made the absolute, most horrifying mistake, of dragging my sister in this.” You continued, breathing labored from pent up anger.

“You see this?” You moved a bit and pulled out something from your pocket. It was your phone, and you showed that it was recording.

“I’ll fuck you and we will record it. I don't usually do blackmailing on a reg, but it was you who started this so, goodluck with that.” With gritted teeth, you declared war, and you grinned when you saw how fear flickered on his eyes, and his face turned ashen, and he started thrashing, not caring if his binds bites on his skin.

“But before that!” You clapped and pulled out a cloth and forcefully covered his mouth. “I don't like you calling me names. You sick, fuck.” Gojo tried to put his head on the side, to run away from his mouth being covered, but due to his limited movements, she was able to shut him up. Cloth digging on his cheeks on how tight it was.

Chuckling, you stood up and placed your phone on the prompt up stand on the side, directly in front of Gojo. He was breathing heavily as you watched him on the screen, still trying to untie himself. You saw blood now trickling down on his tied wrists.

“Tsk tsk. Don't do that if you're hurting yourself. I promise you’ll enjoy this.” Cooing, you slowly undress in front of him, making sure that the discarding of your clothes was caught on camera.

When you're finally bare in front of him. He stopped thrashing around and his eyes were only tuned in on yours refusing to look down.

What a gentleman.

Positioning yourself on all fours, you started crawling seductively at him, and you did not miss how his skin prickled, not sure if he was scared or enjoying the show you have for him.

When you're right below him, you squeeze his knee, and he starts thrashing again, stronger this time, as you painstakingly slowly reach for his zipper. Undoing it and freeing his semi hard dick.

Grinning to piss him off, you grab his member carefully and licked the tip, like how you're licking an ice cream on a sunny day.

You felt how his body shivered from the contact and his breathing labored as he stared down at you. Long lashes fluttering, eyes hardened.

You moved your hand up and down, and licked his shaft, teasing him, as you moved your hips performing in front of the camera.

You moved a bit forward and you heard him groan when you finally put him inside your mouth, with a slurp, you started bobbing your head, hollowing your cheeks as you moved your mouth up and down his cock, enough to make him feel but not enough to cum.

You watched as he bit the cloth covering his mouth to stop himself from making any noise. And do everything in his power to stop his instinct from enjoying what you're doing for him. One wrong move, however, he pistoned himself upwards, which caused his dick to go deeper in your throat, and you involuntarily gagged at the sudden intrusion. You felt how his member twitched, enjoying the feel of your mouth on his veiny dick. Staring at his eyes, you know he loved the power he had in that small moment.

You chuckle a bit at that, the vibration causing him to twitch some more, and with a pop you let him go. His cock fully hardened, ready, red and wet from both his precum and your saliva.

Standing up, you turned your back on his face and sat on his lap. Using your finger, you open your fold, and grind your pearl on his dick, to tease him. Your other hand on your breast, playing with nipples and massaging your mound.

Satisfied on the way he groaned, and stopped cursing at you, you gave him a reward by plunging down slowly on his dick, he whimpered, mouth shut, lying to himself about not liking the way your gummy slowly molding his cock inside of you. You only squeezed him tighter, when you were a bit surprised at how deep he had gone.

You never had a dick this big before. You felt so full, and touching your belly, you can feel the shape of him.

“Satoru, I can feel you here. See?” You asked naively, looking back at him, as you squeezed him tighter and the guttural groan he let out was music to your ears.

You smiled evilly at that and started moving your hips up and down, both your hands, playing with your breast.

“Ummm…I’m doing well, right, Satoru? Is this what you want? Oh god, you're so big.” You continue to lie as you move, performing, and admittedly loving your power. Makijgvsure the video will show that Gojo consented to this.

“Please please please….touch me, Satoru. I understand that you wanted to be binded and silent but I need your touch, hmmmm?” You pretended to ask, as you looked back on his helpless face, looking pathetic, red and sweat dripping from his forehead. He looks dazed and unfocus.

“Alright, if you insist, I guess, I’ll cum by riding you on my own.” Pouting before looking back on the camera, you started increasing your pace, you know he is now close, as his voice deepened and his whimpers louder. You acted and started telling him that you’re close, he is good, and he is hitting your sensitive spot, to throw him off.

It was soon after when you felt his dick violently twitch and you felt how he came inside of you. Warmth seeping in your core and painting your walls white. You whined at that and you squeezed his knee as you looked back at the camera.

“You told me, you will not come inside.” You said, almost crying.

“What? You want some more? But I’m already tired.” At this time, you had faced him, you thinned your voice, acting cutely, but your face says otherwise. You smirked down at him. On Satoru who looks dazed and red, dick is still twitching and hard, even after just cumming.

[sehodreams]

I'M NOT OFFICIALLY SAYING I'LL WRITE FOR ZB1 BUT I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH MY GF IN MY OTHER ACCOUNT AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE A ZEROSE HERE THAT COULD LIKE THE CONCEPT TOO.

ask: being too big to touch urself on ur own so he has to help you and you can’t get off by urself anymore

TW and Tags: dubcon, fingering, squirt, drunk sex, a touch of exhibitionism, spying, skirt fetish(?), pervert!coworker!hanbin x chubby!reader

Coworker!Hanbin eyeing you for a long time because you, his chubby teammate, are always smiling around even when everyone is having a hard time keeping up with the workload.

He respects you a lot because you're smart, kind, and are always helping around when nobody else wants, reason why he can't understand why some people don't treat you better simply because of how you look.

You, realizing it, stop wearing your pretty outfits at work, choosing a more "modest" wardrobe so you don't hear those comments again, shocking him because he never realized how much he liked to see your plump ass and thick legs with them.

Without being able to contain himself, he jerks off to the memory of you wearing a particular skirt that he really likes to see you in. It's simple, black, and you wear it with black stockings too. He's seen that outfit a thousand times, yet he can't stop thinking it's the hottest thing ever just because you were the one wearing it.

He starts to get impatient because he needs to see you wearing that skirt again. Looking at your ass when you bend down to lift things is not enough. He misses the way your stockings became transparent in the highest part of your thighs, and you look great with those pants, but there's nothing like your skirts.

Hanbin does his best to catch a glimpse of something new that excites him exactly like your skirts did. He pays attention to your chest pushing the buttons of your blouses, and the curve of your back, with the hope of feeling the same emotion. Sadly, he can't get the same satisfaction at all (but don't get fooled, he gets hard with the mere sight of you, it's just that nothing makes him cum like your chubby legs and how they look enormous in skirts).

Not much later, thank God because he's having a harder time containing himself with each day that goes by, the office decides to make a two-day one-night trip to appease the people that have been complaining at work. He doesn't feel like spending his weekend with people from the office, and only decides to go after you've said that you'd go too, praying deep inside that you go wearing a skirt again.

You do, and, thanking the universe, he spends the whole first day stuck to your side, helping you with kitchen duty and even acting bold enough to walk with a hand in the small of your back when you two get lost from the group.

At night, when everyone is drunk and most of them are already in their rooms sleeping, you two stay in the open talking about work and drinking. You don't really notice how many shots he's pouring you, or how your drink has more alcohol than what a usual cocktail has, so you keep drinking, laughing at the stories Hanbin tells you, and answering his questions. It's all innocent, until there's a particular moment in which you're too fucking drunk to stop yourself from blabbering, and you don't know how the topic changed to it, but you reveal that you haven't been able to cum in a long time because your tummy and your pussy lips are too much of an obstacle for your hand, which can never do much after arriving exhausted because of the busy schedule at work.

The words that come out of your mouth make him the hardest he's ever been in weeks, thinking how he'd gladly give you a hand. Without noticing, one of his hands is already caressing your knee, murmuring a "poor girl" with those rosy cheeks and his usual smile nowhere to be found. You, not understanding much of what's happening, or the place you're at, only nod.

"I know!" you cry, and open your legs when his hand trails up until it arrives to the border of your skirt.

"I could help you, you know" he offers.

"Uhm?" It's the only thing that comes from your mouth, and he doesn't wait for an answer before his wrist is against the pouch of your tummy and his palm against your clothed pussy.

"i'll help you" he groans, pressing his hand harder, stealing a surprised whimper from you because of how good it felt.

It doesn't take long until he has you over the table, plastic cups on the grass and some spilt drinks making a mess under you, but that's the least of the things that he could care for when he has your fat pussy in front of him.

"Bin- fuck, please, please" you beg. You're delirious, only thinking about the pressure of your abdomen and his slender fingers being perfect for you.

Your skirt is all up, your stockings are ripped and your panties to the side. With one hand he pushes the amplitude of your tummy, using his thumb and index to maintain your heavy lips open so they don't interrupt his job while his other hand is doing its best fucking your gummy walls and then circling your puffy clit, taking turns with his attention, making you cry of how good he's touching you.

"i'll make you cum baby, don't worry, leave it to me" he says, feeling your juices dripping to his wrist with how messy you are. You had no idea you could get that wet, never having dripped to that point on your own. All he can notice is how your poor pussy has been so unattended it's practically begging for his cock, and he's dying to give it to you, but the way you're melting from only his fingers is making him dizzy, and with all the alcohol over his head, he doesn't stop until you're coming in front of his eyes, leaking down a heavy stream of your orgasm.

That alone is enough to make him shudder and spurt inside his underwear. He groans, feeling his cum smearing against his skin, and kisses you, tasting the alcohol in your system and the salty rest of your tears. He only talks when you've regained some of your consciousness, "wear skirts at work again, and I'll help you every day."

[venusin-aries]

Anti’s coming into the Gwyneth Berdara tag and accusing Gwynriel’s of the mischaracterization of Gwyn or only liking Gwyn because of Gwynriel is fucking LAUGHABLE. 

All I've seen are posts singing praises about Gwyn (just Gwyn!) and I have NOT ONCE seen a Gwynriel shipper characterize Gwyn wrongly.

What are we mischaracterizing her for? 

Being brave as fuck for choosing to train to be a Valkyrie? Nesta’s admiration and fondness of her? For saying she’s resilient for being able to enjoy herself and laugh with her friends after experiencing some fucked up shit? THAT SHE'S LIKABLE?? Being strategic and patient FOR DAYS and spying on the Illaryian males before sending the beasts after them ruthlessly? Being smart and witty? Her interests in sex and smut and stating she doesn’t want to be coddled? Her willingness to sacrifice herself on the bridge? Her determination to finish the blood rite even though she was injured as fuck? Her unwavering loyalty toward Nesta and Emerie? That Nesta thinks her beauty is comparable to Mor and Merrill?

The fact that she’s not judgemental and she immediately accepted Nesta when they were sharing their stories? Her own struggle with guilt and self hate? Her immediately witnessing what Azriel is capable of when they first met? Azriel’s shadows reacting POSITIVELY towards her and yeah, the thought of her joy glowing in his chest? That she teases him and challenges him? That she hasn't seen him torture someone yet but she's seen worse shit soooo why would she be fazed??

She's canonly more suitable for Azriel than anybody else in the series and THAT'S why people dislike her as a character even though on her own she's a great character.

Those are only SOME of her positives we got in ONE book. Notice, some of those positives include Azriel, but most don’t 🤷🏻‍♀️. 

Allllllll of those points have textual evidence to support them. And these are allllllll the points Gwynriel shippers love to make about her. 

The only charactization of her anti’s will accept is if she goes back to the library, stays there and is never seen or heard of in canon again. Or if she’s evil which she’s likely not going to be. Stop being so petty. If anything SJM has her set up for a HEALING journey. 

However some people obviously like to see a female character STAY broken and let her trauma define her.

Getting mad when she's so obviously such a fun character? She has fun and laughs and teases her friends and Cassian and Azriel and enjoys herself but there's something wrong with that and you think its annoying????

Fanon Gwyn and Canon Gwyn are basically the same. If you don’t like fanon Gwyn, you probably don’t like canon Gwyn and that’s fine, whatever, I think you have totally shit taste but whatever just STAY OUT OF THE GWYNETH BERDARA TAG.

I see the shit ya'll tag and then delete.

I’m a Gwyn stan first and foremost but I have not seen one single other Gwynriel shipper mischaracterize her. 

Fanon is fun until it melts your brain and you start believing ONLY fanon and wrongly remembering canon and then attacking others for using canon to support their points. 

It’s crazy to me that anti’s can dislike a fictional character so much that the idea of potentially seeing more of said character in the canon universe and getting more fandom love honestly upsets them.

Like holy shit, I don’t like E/riel, but I have enough tact not to take that out on either Elain OR Azriel. And I don’t go looking to start shit with shippers because I'm not pathetic. Too bad some people can’t extend that same class to Gwyn. 

Also, I feel like some people forget about this fucking scene. 

Gwyn studied Ramiel's craggy, unforgiving slope. Not much snow graced its sides. Like the wind had whipped it all away. Or the storms had avoided its peak entirely. “Is it living, though? To take the safe road?”

“You’re the one who's been living in a library for two years,” Emerie said.

Gwyn didn't flinch. “I have. And I am tired of it.” She surveyed the blood-soaked leather along her thigh. “I don't want to take the safe road.” She pointed to the mountain, to the slender path upward. “I want to take that road.” Her voice thickened. “I want to take the road that no one dares travel, and I want to travel it with you two. No matter what may befall us. Not as Illyrians, not for their titles, but as something new. To prove to them, to everyone, that something new and different might triumph over their rules and restrictions.”

A cold wind blew off Ramiel's sides. 

Whispering, murmuring.

“They call this climb the Breaking for a reason,”Emerie countered gravely.

Nesta added, “Wehaven't eaten in days. We're down to the last of our water. To climb that mountain-“

“I have been broken once before,” Gwyn said, her voice clear. “I survived it. And I will not be broken again- not even by this mountain.”

Look at me and tell me this is a character we’ll never hear from again. Go right a fucking head. 

You can't come into the Gwyneth Berdara tag claiming we mischaracterize her. We take her as is. No need to pick her apart or give her little unnecessary traits to fit her better with any one.

It's not possible to make her out to be something she's not when every little thing we love about her is canon.

You can be salty over us comparing Bryce/Hunt and Azriel/Gwyn but oh wait! SJM uses similar language to describe them ON PURPOSE in canon as fucking well!!!

On purpose.

In fucking canon.

But we’re reaching.

Do not come into the Gwyneth Berdara tag and say Gwynriel’s make it hard to like her but oh, you do like her you do! And then go on to say she’s nothing more special than a Valkyrie or Nesta’s friend. Yeah, I fucking saw that shit.

People are weirdly jealous over a ship/inspiring character a lot of people relate to.

Gwyn is not stealing Azriel from any one because there’s NO ONE to steal him from.

These character's are fake but the hate and vitriol ya'll are spewing at people who like her are very real.

Just stay out of the Gwyneth Berdara tag if you don't like her.

[seriousbrat]

I mentioned this briefly but while Sev asking Voldemort to spare Lily definitely wasn't his finest hour because he was willing to trade her husband and child, I still think it must have taken serious balls to ask voldemort to spare a muggleborn for him. And I've kind of got to admire that haha. While I believe Severus was most likely on an upward trajectory among the DEs during this time due to his skill, I doubt he was inner circle the way Bellatrix or Lucius Malfoy were, he was pretty new and also a poor half-blood with no status-- we know Voldemort coveted markers of pureblood status like heirlooms, and it was Bellatrix and Lucius that he entrusted with his horcruxes. I tend to think Severus was a pretty low-ranking Death Eater, even if he was climbing the ladder (relaying the prophecy can't have hurt, and it seems like voldemort was trying to position him as a spy inside hogwarts, even though he knew that as DADA professor he'd only last a year)

I have to think that Sev knew that asking voldemort of all people to spare a random mudblood, pretty please, for me, was a long shot. He was desperate, and I think he immediately realised that this wouldn't work and went straight to Dumbledore as a contingency plan-- but he had to try all avenues. And I think he was smart enough to realise that "I'm in love with this muggleborn woman pls dont kill her" would not go over well with Voldemort. At best he'd be laughed out of the room, at worst he'd be killed on the spot for possible disloyalty/being a pathetic mudblood simp, rendering him unable to save Lily.

I think Sev was smart enough to know that he had to frame his request in a way Voldemort would understand. I imagine he straight up told Voldemort that he wanted to fuck her and that she had rejected him in school so he wanted a chance to right that "wrong", likely he was pretty disgusting about it just to make it believable. I highly doubt Voldemort would go out of his way to spare anyone even for his closest followers like Bellatrix and Lucius, let alone a muggleborn and a sworn enemy. But we see that he did at least make some effort to comply with Sev's request, which makes me think he was probably amused enough by it to give Sev that little bit of consideration. Framing it as a selfish, purely physical passing fancy (a story Voldemort clearly bought) was really the only option, because if Voldemort thought his servant was actually emotionally attached to Lily that would give him more reason to kill her, not less.

And, inadvertently, Severus asking Voldemort to spare her was what gave Lily the opportunity to choose to sacrifice herself and save Harry. Which is kind of wild. Not that Sev's motivation and methods weren't twisted and selfish, but idk I kind of gotta give credit for the bravery and cunning involved here like it's cold as fuck

[lyrenminth]

Choosing you

You always find yourself in strange situations. Nothing compared with spying your boyfriend talking with his drunk best friend about you. Layla, a tall, slim and beautiful girl who reminds you what autumn looks like has always been so kind toward you, so it caught you off guard when you heard her say your name with so much disdain. "I'm just saying you can do better than her" you hide in the corridor next to a bookshelf, listening in the dark. A heavy weight starting to form in the top of you stomach. Even though you're in college now, somehow this situation make you feel fifteen year old again. "You're are going to be a super star, Joey. You need someone better" You frown, hurt. You wait for Joe answer, which comes quickly in a calm reassuring tone. " I like her" it's all he says but makes your heart flutter. "You can like many other women. Women who are smarter…" "She is smart" he replies. "Someone who can bring something to the table…you have herds of girls throwing themselves at you. You have options, Joey…" herr words break you heart because you thought she was a friend. You never expected to meet this Regina George's reincarnation. Layla didn't give you that impression. "Lay, you are drunk as fuck. I love my girlfriend, she makes me happy. End of the story" he was moving around by the sound of it. "I suppose she fucks excellently" Layla says, something evil in her tone. "Enough!" Joe harsh tone makes you jump in your place. "What the fuck is wrong with you? Why do you care so much? Are you really my friend Layla or just another jealous girl?" "I don't…", her voice was squeaky. "I don't want to hear you slander my girlfriend only because you feel threaten or whatever you are feeling. But if I hear you are bad mouthing her I'll make you regret it" "Joey, I wasn't trying to bad mouth her" "Whatever" You hear steps coming and you run to hide in the bathroom again. You are shaking and overflow with emotions. Of course you have to say something to Joe, but you don't want him to know you were eavesdropping. As to Layla…fuck her. You are going to give her to cold shoulder from now and on.

You get out of the bathroom, and you hear Layla crying in the kitchen. You look for Joe in the backyard, standing close to the fire, drinking beer. It's expression it's a little gloomy but when he sees you his face lights up. You get closer and hug him, shoving your face in his hoodie. He smells so good. "Everything alright?" you asked. "Yeah" he reads you expression, raising a quizzical eyebrow "Wanna go?" "Please" you looked around, looking for someone "Where's Layla?" A shadow crosses his beautiful face, but he shrugs. "I don't know. Let's say goodbye" Back in the privacy of your home, the severity of the things she said hit you like a truck. You weren't a model, that's true. Sometimes you wondered why Joe chose you but the true is actions speak louder than words, he was defending you.

He still chooses you.

And that's all that matters.

[hornithology]

Grayson (2014) live read

join me as I re-read Grayson for research for an essay on it's treatment of eroticism.

love the use of bold pink for issue #1's cover. very much referencing 60's 70's James Bond posters and pop art. I saw a picture of a second printing where the pink was red instead, which could have been an aim at making it more marketable (less queer-seeming, which... lol) or could have been about the print quality on the color? the red with black title is way less striking.

the left variant cover is horrendous. why did you make his face look like that. why are you trying to sell some gritty version of Dick who doesn't know how to properly handle a gun, for a comic in which Midnighter is going to flirt fight with him? deception in advertising!

the right is really great. I wish I could find a better quality image. matches the energy of Nightwing #30 which lead to all of this.

on to the story!

there's something about dead, tortured, martyred Dick...

Looks like we've got a hot one. YES YOU DO, M!!!

"I can read the electrical activity inside your pretty head." "you fight like jazz." stellar dialogue. you can't tell me this is not a little bit of flirting. and Midnighter is a known, canonically gay character, so we are meant to read into his lines. I think it's also pretty established at this point in Dick's character consensus that he's very attractive.

I think this room is referencing Modesty Blaise (1966), a spy parody featuring Dirk Bogarde. I haven't seen it yet. when I first read Grayson I was like... the colorful visuals and patterns in a spy context make me think of Austin Powers—a 90's parody of the 60's/70's parodies of spy films. inspiration multiply removed! I'm fairly confident that the artists looked at some spy movies/posters for their design choices.

although this room could also be inspired by the red room in Twin Peaks. either/and.

the bold colors and patterns in Grayson are fairly important decisions, because they're the artistic decision that is most successful. iirc, we'll see how I feel on this re-read.

I WILL SCREAM AND I WILL CRY. Tim Seely and Tom King... I have questions and demands!!!!

more colors! but it's not actually hypnos because it's not vibrant enough and doesn't contain the concentric circles... or is it???

this is also weird because I'm not sure if like. we're not supposed to think that Helena and Dick were together romantically in the past (Nightwing / Huntress (1998)). that's pre new-52 so... shrug. but do they even know each other here? are they pretending that they have met recently? is Helena's vigilante identity a secret from Spiral? these questions are not relevant to my essay so I shall not be doing that investigation myself :)

ok actually that's Huntress middle row third from left, yes??? edit: no, it's Batwoman. anyway.

that's Grayson #1!

it's a pretty good issue opener, with some unfortunate fatphobia that is completely expected. we get some titilation with Helena, the start of a nebulous power dance that is perfect for the spy genre.

I wish that I liked the art better, since we have these artists for the majority of the run. the combination of Mikel Janín's drawings (not enough gesture) and Jeromy Cox's soft coloring of the figures makes it look like everyone is drawn from a 3D model. there's nothing wrong with using models and references in comics and is pretty much necessary for all DC comic turn around time, but it's really not my preference because you lose the "hand" of the drawing. the drawings in this issue look stiff. I'm not actually positive that Janín is using models.

I like the color choices for the hypnos and action sequences, the panel composition is good, and I like some of the inking. I think they are making smart decisions with the visuals, it's really just the type of drawing that is not my favorite. to each their own!

[bluelocksource]

Niko Ikki’s trivia (source: twt & Egoist Bible).

"Even if you stop me, I won't stop coming up with ideas."

☆ Character's colour: Sky grey.

☆ Weapons: Tactical eyes. Smart in utilizing others.

☆ Birthday: 5th February.

☆ Current age: 15 (1st year of high school)

☆ Zodiac: Aquarius.

☆ Birthplace: Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.

☆ Family: Father. Mother. Himself.

☆ Current height: 173 cm.

☆ Foot size: 26 cm.

☆ Dominant foot: Right foot.

☆ Blood type: O.

☆ Motto: "Eyes represents a person."

☆ Team before joining BLUE LOCK: Wasurenagusa (forget-me-not) High School football club.

☆ Favorite food: Kappa ebisen. “I can’t get enough of it.”

☆ Disliked food: Grapefruit. “I need to know if it’s bitter or sweet beforehand.”

☆ Favorite animal: Ferrets. “They’re kind of cute, right?”

☆ Favorite season: Spring. “Because it’s pleasantly warm and my mind gets to rest."

☆ Favorite football player: Luka Modric. “He won the Ballon d’Or as the best player even though he has small physique.”

☆ Favorite song: “only my railgun” “This is a divine song. I listen to it before every game.”

☆ Favorite TV drama: Chernobyl. “It was an intense drama based on a true story."

☆ Favorite manga: BANANA FISH.

☆ Favorite movie: The entire “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” . “I like Sayaka’s ‘I'm really stupid’ scene.”

☆ What goes best with rice : "Korean seaweed. The compatibility is exquisite."

☆ Fixation: Eyes. “Eyes reveal a person’s personality, so I hid them.”

☆ Hobby: Watching anime. “I watch the first episode of almost every anime before deciding whether to watch the whole series or not. ”

☆ Magazine he often reads: JUMP+ "SPY x FAMILY is interesting."

☆ Ideal type: “Someone who is like a friend, prefers indoors, and, if possible, likes anime. ”

☆ What makes him happy: The word ‘Surrender’ from Yu-Gi-Oh card game.

☆ What makes him upset: Exposing his forehead. “My eyes and forehead are my delicate zone.”

☆ What he thinks his strength is: He’s cautious. “I make preparations before the game and won’t stop until I find a way that will lead me to victory.”

☆ What he thinks his weakness is: His cowardice. “I won’t compete when I know I’m going to lose.”

☆ Best subject: Music and Science (interested in space-related).

☆ Dislike/weak subject: P.E. “Swimming makes my hair wet and my face will be seen, so I would only watch the others swim from the side.”

☆ What made him cry recently: “When I lost to Isagi-kun…”

☆ Usual sleeping time: 7 hours. “Except when I’m watching anime I’m addicted to, so it will be less than that.”

☆ Place he washes first when taking a bath: Starts from the forehead and ends at the forehead.

☆ What will he do if received 100 million yen: He’ll buy the pure gold ‘Blue-Eyes White Dragon’ Yu-Gi-Oh card.

☆ What age he stops receiving presents from Santa: “I still receive them… is that bad?”

☆ What was his last wish from Santa: “Maybe it was…PS5?”

☆ How he spent his holiday: Watching anime.

☆ What will he do during his last day on Earth: “I will shave my head.”

note: i want to apologize in advance for any mistake made in the translation!

[yanderes-galore]

Yandere!Russell Adler (Cod: Cold War) vs Yan!Jason Hudson (Cod: Cold War) with Double Agent!Reader who’s a charming new recruit in the safe house crew?

Reader could be female or gender neutral, I’m not picky. 😊

Of course! Using the right damn name this time because I kept calling Jason JAMES in the last fic I did for him and no one bothered correcting me 😅 I'm so sorry-

Yandere! Russell Adler vs Yandere! Jason Hudson with Double Agent! Darling

Pairing: Romantic - Rivalry

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Very brief mentions of the Cold War, Violence, Manipulation, Blackmailing, Forced relationship, Threat of brainwashing, Possessive behavior mentioned, Invasion of privacy, Stalking mention.

I feel as a Double Agent you'd be danger even if they aren't yandere.

Jason Hudson is the more cold and calculated of the two.

While Russell Adler is the more charismatic and manipulative of the two.

Here's your story based on what I think you meant;

You're a spy for Perseus and have infiltrated the CIA task force focused on finding your boss.

Maybe you were originally from the USA or Russia, either way, you aren't on the side of your yanderes.

These two are very smart which is why they have their job.

Which means they can overlook your charming behavior to see just who you are.

Although, if either one of them knew who you were and what your purpose is, they'd wait until they can corner you.

In fact, the two may try to get closer to you to extract information.

In the process they end up possibly falling for you.

The issue becomes the fact both of them have fallen for you due to their similar goals.

Adler is the more flirtatious one, trying to charm you into giving more info about yourself.

You seem to like using flattery, have a taste of your own medicine.

Hudson isn't the charismatic type and prefers to befriend you then watch you from a distance to see if you give in information.

The two no doubt try to get the other to leave you be.

There's no doubt they know your true allegiance and are just hiding the fact they know.

It's just now they have to deal with the issue of romantic feelings forming.

A conflict of interest.

Maybe one of them wants to deal with you for being a Double Agent, while the other defends you.

Then after that they both fall for you.

Honestly, a rivalry between the two would be more competitive compared to outright violence.

Like, don't expect fist fights.

At least not every time.

They have a more tactical approach to their rivalry.

They try to beat the other to something.

For example, who can win over your trust first?

Who can gain dirt on you first?

Who can claim you as theirs first?

Before you know it, the two not only know who you are... but have blackmail and obsessive tendencies towards you.

They do everything from invading your privacy by searching documents and stalking you.

They never share the information they gain about you, usually saving it for later use.

The arguments they have, physical or not, are usually hard to tell what they're about.

They may be arguing about their missions, but deep down it's resentment and jealousy about you.

The two know how to keep their rivalry under the radar.

They'll make sure you don't know about it until you're cornered.

What's that mean? Well...

Once they have enough info about you to expose you, they have leverage against you.

Hudson could blackmail you into giving up your assignment.

After all, you could be facing death for what you're doing.

Listen to him and you'll be excused... as long as you choose him.

Adler could also blackmail you but could also brainwash you into giving up your job and being with him.

Again, it's that or death, dear.

You probably have no choice in the end, he'll pick for you.

Essentially, if you're a double agent the two will find ways to use that to their advantage.

They'll force you into being their partner while using this information somehow.

Although, the two are going to prevent each other from getting to you first.

They may frame one another or utilize a mission to keep the other away.

Either way, now that they both have ways to make you listen...

It's a matter of who corners you first.

[longjiaojiao]

story of those agents from Cars2

Conceived a story with a friend about agents in which Leland and Rod both survive and Zil is an experienced Russian spy. We've conceived a few stories that we hope to share sometime, but for now, here are some characterisations.

(my English is not good so firstly thank you all for the understanding )

Leland: He was helped by a Russian spy to complete a fake death before being executed by Lemons. However, after being rescued, he has been imprisoned, during which time Leland himself don't know who saved him. Only after the Russian Secret Service took care of the ensuing troubles and made sure that neither the British nor the American agents knew of Leland's rescue was Leland released from his confinement cell. After his release, Leland was placed under house arrest by Zil to help him with some of his intelligence.

Rod: He survived because someone in the Lemons called the police. However Rod was unaware of this. After recovering, he works with Finn to deal with the Lemons' remnants, but he is left with a series of aftereffects, both psychological and physical. Who called the police? No one knows.

Zil: He was a race car back in the Soviet Union, but was ridiculed for not being that fast and became one of the "lemons". But by chance, the Soviet secret service took a liking to his character, tough, stable and very smart, not fast enough to keep up, but enough to outrun ninety-nine per cent of the cars as far as firepower and IQ were concerned. Zil has also always been one of the best secret service agents, although he has shown tendencies to have low self-esteem from time to time in his life since.

He has siblings, but no one knows their names. Zil is unsmiling and very serious as an agent, he doesn't like to co-operate. Being slow and has a bad physical condition, he's very focused on keeping himself out of harm. Zil is the silent observer of the team, giving the most valuable help when it matters most. As a friend, he is sensitive, good at reading people and very kind, but also can't stand loud noises and jokes at certain times and is easily offended. Has a sweet tooth and dislikes the loud sound of running water (who knows why).

Old part of The Secret Service after the collapse of the Soviet Union gradually began to be split from the government, this part of Secret Service which Zil is serving is doing their own thing and even having hostile relations with some part of government. In this incident, someone in the upper echelons of the Russian side was making a deal directly with Lemons, so the Secret Service side couldn't directly reveal their involvement in the suppression of Lemons, and none of the agents from the other countries knew that there were Russian agents meddling.

Since Leland had saved Zil many years ago (unbeknownst to Finn), Zil took the risk of sending an undercover agent to save him.

We made all this up it has nothing to do with the real world, and I'm not a fan of spy movies, so there's no logic only the joy of making up stories!

[rosalie-starfall]

1, 2, 11, 20 ❤️

What song makes you feel better? - I have a whole playlist of songs for just this purpose.

All the songs on this list make me feel better and put my soul at ease

2. What is your go to comfort show? - I have a lot of comfort shows, Right now Ghosts is my current comfort show, But I can always rely on 30 Rock, Cheers, Hot in Cleveland, and then of course essentially all of Star Trek (But mostly TNG and Voyager).

Also I cannot recommend Alexandra Gater enough if you are looking for fun sweet comfort feels in an interior design show on youtube. (She and the AG team are amazing and I love the show and it's smart and effective renter/budget friendly designs. I'm essentially finished with designing my space but I still love to watch because its adorable and gives me even more ideas to make the space better)

11. Do you have a comfort item? Tell us about it! - I have a few Sweaters that I absolutely love to wear around the house. I am almost always wearing one of them when I'm at home, I also just completed a little book nook. It give me great comfort.

20. Tell us about a memory you hold close to your heart. - The time my moms flip flop broken when we went to the movies. I wrote about this memory before so I'm gonna paste the story:

IDK exactly what the hardest was but I have a few that are up there. One time my mom and I were at the Alamo to see The Spy Who Dumped Me. (I think) When the movie ended we had got up to leave I was in front of her and I wound up way ahead of her so I yelled back what the deal was. She was scooting her foot along the floor almost like a limp and just kind of laughing. Her flip flop had broken and she was trying to keep it on her foot but also trying to walk.  We were at the very last theater in the building so she took forever to walk the distance to back the lobby and watching her try and walk like that had my dying of laughter and that in turn made her laugh even harder. I honestly thought I might throw up I was laughing so hard. I told her to just take her shoe off but she said she had to use the restroom so she didn’t want to go into the public bathroom barefooted. (Totally understandable) To get away from her and to try and calm my giggles down and catch my breath I decided to go pull the car up so she wouldn’t have to walk all the way back to the car with her broken flip flop.  It was so dumb but seriously so funny and even me writing this out and remembering it I’m crying from laughing again. I really think that might have been the hardest I ever laughed.  I’ll just add the time that she and I were going to brunch and I was looking at my phone and not paying attention as she drove to the end of our block she waved at one of our neighbors that was working in his yard. Because I wasn’t paying attention with my head down I didn’t know she was waving at someone. All I saw was her holding her hand up so I gave her a High Five thinking that’s what she was waiting for. We laughed for a good 10 Minutes that time. She had to pull the car over because she was laughing so hard she (We) started crying.

[doodle17]

🏳️‍🌈, 🏳️‍⚧️, 🧸, 👻, 🎶, 👽, 💤, 🦾, 💝, 🫂, 💔, 🪢, 📓, 👗, 🔪, 🌟, 🥇, 🍫, 🎭, ❤️‍🔥, 💄, 🖕, 😺, 😬, 😭, 😶, Pooter

LOOOONG ass post below, lots of reading. I have like- 2 more of these for other characters in my drafts rn. Yall gonna be reading a shit ton 😭

Your welcome/I'm so sorry

I think Raz is Bisexual

I think Raz is Cis Male (I should probably tell yall now that, unless canonically stated otherwise, I usually consider characters being Cis)

Raz was a wild child! He was always running around and getting into things he wasn't supposed to.

I think after getting over his fear of Hydrophobia, he'd probably be afraid of thinhs in water. I think he'd be a submechaniphobic or something like that. Can't say I blame him. *shudders*

I think he'd like rock songs similar to "be my girl" by the Jets or "You're gonna go far kid" by Offspring. I also think he likes songs like "Groove is in the Heart" by Dee-lite or "September" by Earth Wind and Fire (courtesy of Milla)

He opens bottles with his teeth. He was surprised to find out not everyone did, and how people freaked out and asked his his teeth were okay.

Sleep walks if he has caffeine before bed. (I've shared this one a lot but I just love it ok it's one of my fav hc)

Hmmm.... I don't think I have any disability hc for ol Razzle

I think Raz's love language is being openly, in use of a better word, honest. Like- once he's warmed up to someone he will say anything that's on his mind about them.

pretty loyal buddy! He'll stay up late with you, play video games with you, he'll sit patiently and listen to you ramble about your interests, listening happily.

Not sure if this is really angsty, but, he was pretty prone to nightmares a few days after the whole Maligula incident. He had to be comforted by his mom and sister for a while.

HUGE smugglers. All of them. Raz is not left out of the snuggle piles.

Idk if this counts as a hobby, but he likes making his own comics! He's usually scribbling in a notebook with pens and crayons.

I think the clothes Sasha gives him in 2 are the same clothes he ran away in. Why else would he have clothes small enough to fit a young boy? They shrunk in the washer? We all know Sasha is to smart to make a mistake like that.

WILL fight ANYONE. Always ready to throw hands, whether that be for a dare, to defend one of his friends, or just for fun.

Wants be grown up already! He can't wait until he's an adult and be able to go even "cooler" missions! (Little does he know it's a lot more paperwork than spy stuff)

Acrobatics, Hydrokenisis, especially making those two work together.

This kid has a stomach of IRON. He can eat ANYTHING. Not that he likes everything he eats, but he can definitely eat it.

He lies about his authority/ what he's allowed to do quite often. "Oh yeah! They let me do this all the time!" "Of COURSE they gave me permission to do this!"

(This is more for my older ver of Raz) He LOVES resting his head on Lilis chest like pillow, and vice versa. He loves it when they're just resting there, and she's reading stuff from old comics, newspapers or paperwork, making fun of it or commentary. He likes the way her voice sounds, how warm she is, hearing her calming heartbeat... when she lays on his chest, she likes it because "its f*cking cold"

His hair is actually (kind of) curly! But he uses Dions hair gel or a hair straightener.

He WILL let you know he is mad. Trust me.

Hes definitely been a lot softer on animals than he used to be. I believe it's because he befriended Harold.

idrk, I have stories I made up of stuff but Idk if they count as Hcs exactly lol

Not exactly the worst thing, but, when he and Lili stopped dating for like- 7 years and they barely interacted the whole time.

[ginnyruin]

Spoilers for Altered State

Long comment anon again. I finished the story and am obsessively watching my email for more!

“Idiots to lovers” 😩

He is so smart but so dumb. He is so hurt over other men and the fact that she is more interested in what he has to offer (lessons, library, etc.) and not just him. But who is he without those things to her?

I want them to finally get together though. I don’t know how he will react when he finds out she is a virgin though. Relief? Happiness? Uncertainty on how to handle it? Will he mentally break from happiness and apparate out of the room to give himself time to breath?

I am here for the potential chaos of him seeing Abraxas and Hermione together in a non-delicately fashion. I feel like he would be smart enough to see through this but he is going to be immediately blinded by pain and anger and just go off the rails.

I’m really excited to find out what happens.

“And I will obliterate all thoughts of anyone that came before me.” He stared intently at her, and a hint of a cruel smirk plucked at his lips. “No memory charms necessary.”

With the ironclad set of his jaw and furrowed brows, he appeared stern…almost angrywith her.

He’s so mad at men that don’t exist 🙄. Poor girl, he really put her through it for one of her sexual experiences. I feel like he was reading her inexperience as hesitation towards HIM in particular vs. Abraxas when it was really her inexperience and yes a little bit of fear of future him.

I’ll know exactly how perfect you feel. And nothing could stop me from taking you multiple times a day, every day.”

I hope this happens, not only because it’s hot, but because I want to see him become a desperate clingy boyfriend. She has to go back to Hogwarts to work. Is he going to owl her every night to quit and forget spying on Dumbledore?

He took a deep, long breath. “You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen.”

Regardless of whatever feelings she may or may not develop for him, he would never feel the same, because he was incapable of it. And she couldn’t help being a romantic at heart. Without a complete soul, he’d never be able to give her what she wanted, and she couldn’t allow the world’s greatest actor to force her off her path.

Is he incapable?

Softly, he pressed his lips to the center of her palm, and left there, burning like embers, the phantom imprint of a lingering kiss.

He raised his head slightly, but bowed over her palm with a certain reverence that forced that incorruptible thing in her chest to flutter, to weaken.

This was such a sweet, beautiful paragraph. What was going through his head here??? I must KNOW.

Sigh…. I really hope they eventually realize how similar they are and how broken inside they both are. I love your Hermione. She is a perfect blend of being a badass but not perfect. I feel horrible for her. She has to be so brave in her situation, but even back in her time she had to put on a brave face socially with how alone she feels. I’m afraid she will give in in the hopes he does reciprocate (as normally as he can given who he is) and he is just an ass and rubs in how much she wants him, how weak she is for him, etc. to a point it’s hurtful. I just want someone who is going to be as strong and smart as her to care for her 😭

I’m adding to peoples playlist, these songs give me Altered State vibes.

Believe by Mumford and sons

Kiss from a rose by seal

Endgame - Taylor swift

Infinity by James young -especially this song!

I'm a mad man for your touch, girl, I've lost control

I'm gonna make this last forever, don't tell me it's impossible

Oh, darling, my soul

You know it aches for yours

And you've been filling this hole

Since you were born, oh

'Cause you're the reason I believe in fate, you're my paradise

And I'll do anything to be your love or be your sacrifice

Meet me at the bottom of the ocean

Where the time is frozen

Where all the universe is open

Love isn't random, we are chosen

And we could wear the same crown

Keep slowing your heart down

We are the gods now

this ask/comment brought a huge smile to my face, thank you so much! <3

As for the paragraph you quoted, I loved writing it too. Hmm what was going through his mind during that particular scene? maybe we'll see one day in the general sense. Also, I can certainly see him getting frustrated that she works at Hogwarts and just straight up demands that she quit (that'll go over well).

"But who is he without those things to her" - These two definitely have a lot to figure out before they get their act together. They really are similar, but they don't realize it yet. This story will try to explore that more deeply. In a way, they are inevitable.

It means so much to me that you like Hermione's characterization. There are many wonderful directions writers can take Hermione's character and readers have different preferences, so I'm thrilled you like her in Altered State. She's smart and tough, but she's imperfect and struggles a lot too, dealing with others who can be just as cunning. I love writing how she manages to overcome the challenges that keep coming her way.

Your song recommendations are super lovely, thank you, and the lyrics of the last one are simply perfect for AS Voldemort and Hermione! It really reminds me of the last few chapters.

If you continue reading, I sincerely hope you enjoy the rest!

[arakawa-division]

Alexis's Thoughts on Katsushika Division

Akihisa Mashiro

Alexis stares hard at the photo of the former hitman. A frown is on her face as she studies his photo, suspicious of him for reasons she doesn't know yet. After a long period of staring at the photo, she opens up her mouth to speak.

"...The CIA has a wide range of intel on people that attract their interests, or people they deem a suitable 'threat'. Our database is extensive and filled with information on all manner of individuals who have been spotted, either by our agents or our spy cameras which we have around the world. After hearing about this man whom has been dubbed as "The Reaper", we naturally added him as well. And for good reason: his list of known killings is on par with many others, such as: "Death's Flower", "The Shadow", etc."

"...I don't know why exactly, but I know a few years after the former president had been assassinated, this man was arrested by Chuohku, who had usurped power from the former Japanese government. As soon as word had reached America, the current president, Byron Douglas, demanded that Japan turn him over to us."

"...That is strange, indeed. Why exactly would our President Douglas be interested in a criminal from Jap...?"

The CIA agent stops speaking as if she suddenly realizes something. She stands up from her desk and rushes to a drawer filled with folders, no doubt containing important documents and other such things. Digging through the top drawer, she pulls out a folder, labeled 'Byron Douglas'. She pulls out a stack of papers, stapled together. Several minutes pass before her mouth opens in shock, as if she had just found a missing piece to a puzzle. She looks at the photo of the current president and then the photo of the current leader of DRB. She then falls backward in her seat, still in shock. After a minute, her expression changes as she grabs hold of Akihisa's photo, cold fury now shown on her face.

"You... I've found you at last..."

Touya Kisaragi

"Even in America, we've heard stories about the one known as the "Sweetheart Killer". When we heard that he had been captured, you can't imagine how relieved everyone must have felt. But you can also imagine our surprise when we found out that Japan's #1 serial killer was just a teenager. Naturally, we did some digging into the boy and... well, you can't help but feel some sort of sympathy for the child. ...Still, I know more than a few of the victims' families cried for him to receive the death penalty, no matter how old or young he was. ...I don't know whether to feel upset or relieved that Japan doesn't utilize our justice system."

Rintaro Himura

"Like the "Sweetheart Killer", stories of the one called "The High-Rise Bomber" were also shown throughout America. Truthfully, I find people like him to be deplorable and despicable. I've seen my share of arsons during my time and each one makes me sick to my stomach when I see the bodies that are left behind. You love fire so much you seek to spread onto others? How sickening. There isn't a cell deep and dark enough for people like him."

Death Row Block

"This team is full of naught but reprobates. I care not what their past or home life was like. You have my empathies, but anything besides that is no excuse. All the innocent lives you've taken and cut short... and for what? Because you seek to spread your pain and misery onto others. I don't know why Chuohku thought it was smart to let you three run free. ...But to be honest, I'm glad that they did. Because I'll take great care in fighting and punishing you three myself."

Alexis then looks at the photo of the leader of the trio, Akihisa Mashiro.

"...And to you, "Reaper", I promise you, you will pay for the deaths of my father and brother. Do not think of this as revenge. Revenge is naught but the wailings of a child over things lost. ...No, this is closure. Closure on a dark chapter of my life. And the final page will end with you answering for your crimes. ...I hope you are fully prepared. Because if not, you've only yourself to blame for what happens next."

Her speech finished, she prepares to leave the room... but not before sticking an army knife in the photo of the former hitman, a split now shown in the man's photo...

[anhed-nia]

You can really hear the smug voice of an insufferable grammar wonk dictating the tagline for this stupid movie. THE LESSON has one of my favorite movie problems to hate on, which is that it's about someone impossibly great at their craft creating an impossibly great masterpiece--a premise that almost no one can execute, unless you're like making THE RED SHOES with Moira Shearer who was beyond human, this is basically the worst plot setup ever. If you don't literally have the greatest living artist to help make your movie about the idea of the greatest living artist, just don't do it, I'm serious. And actually it's even worse when its a story about a great writer writing a great story, because what is that supposed to imply about the screenwriter who wrote it? And god forbid it's some sort of fantasy tale in which you get to have the uniquely insulting experience of a storyteller telling you that storytelling is literally magical, the implication being that the storyteller is himself some sort of high priest you should worship. But the king of this general problem is FINDING FORRESTER, a movie with all sorts of issues, the main one of which is that it's supposedly about "great writing" but you basically never catch a glimpse of what that consists of. It's like making KING KONG with no ape, just people telling you how big the ape is. Holy mackerel he was a whopper, take my word for it! Big, big ape. The biggest. As I recall your closest encounter with the amazing writing of the story's young prodigy comes when he drops his backpack while trespassing on scary Old Man Forrester's territory, and Forrester leaves notes all over his notebooks like "CONSTIPATED THINKING" and "ATMOSPHERE PUNGENT." Spoiler alert but near the end of FINDING FORRESTER, there is finally going to be a big public reading of an amazing essay--but then as soon as it starts, the music swells and there's just this hilarious montage of extras pretending to listen to something awesome. An amazing mass performance by all the extras.

So anyway THE LESSON is about how Richard E. Grant is a super amazing writer writing his highly anticipated next novel, and Daryl McCormack has to come to his palatial estate to tutor his neurotic son. Daryl spends a lot of time presumably doing great writing, spying on Richard E. Grant while he eats out his wife Julie Delpy, and spontaneously spouting verse or rattling off Wikipedia articles about great cultural figures. THE LESSON has a lot of cosmetic similarities to SALTBURN so it's really obvious that some sort of perverted plan is being hatched by one or more of the people involved, and like I just could not wait for them to get on with it. Daryl is so smarmy and precious and dewy-eyed I just wanted to punch him in is pretentious little face, I never imagined how angry I could be at someone just for reciting Shakespeare, I was really rooting for him to get victimized by the rich people. At least Richard E. Grant is always exciting even when he's saying the dumbest "smart guy" shit imaginable, he's such a demon, but this script is really the pits. It's almost like the guy who wrote it actually hates writing and writers and has some sort of bone to pick with people who are good enough to get novels published. Actually the guy who wrote it is a playwright who does some sort of comedy routine with an acoustic guitar, and I don't think I need to know a whole lot more about that. But at the same time this movie could have done with some jokes, and it was stingy of him not to offer them.

I do have one nice thing to say about THE LESSON though, which is that intermittently, for no particular reason, there are these great inserts of beavers dicking around in the idyllic pond by Richard E. Grant's house. It's so startling when it first happens because apparently beavers make THE WEIRDEST NOISE, it's so cool and fucked up, it sounds like a sick kazoo and I totally love it. I have to think that the beavers were included in the movie spontaneously during production just because they happened to be there and it always adds value to have random nature stuff if you can get it. Nobody ever refers to them, there are no other animals or animal-type metaphors in the picture unless you count some sort of analogy to Julie Delpy getting her beaver licked constantly. That would be pretty funny actually.

N.B. I couldn't find a video of the angry beaver noises that closely resembled the ones in the film. It would be weird if it was just some eccentric foley choice, I don't think it is, but in any case you'll just have to imagine it unless you want to watch THE LESSON.

I'll say one more thing about SALTBURN and then I'll stfu: I guess this is vaguely spoilery so stop reading if you care about that, even though I have to say I found that movie so obvious. By the time it finally gets around to its big perverted twist, I just kind of felt like, Well yeah, DUH. Usually I when I come to a movie like that, I tolerate the beautiful young people and stay for the psychotic debauchery, but in this case I found the movie's darkness so forced and condescending and basically meaningless that I couldn't bring myself to give a shit. The best parts of SALTBURN are when the beautiful young people are having a great time, trying on fun outfits and frolicking on the castle lawn. That seemed to me to be the most honest part of the movie, and actually I think that when people tell these stories about how rich people are secretly corrupt and dead inside despite their veneer of happiness and achievement, it's clear that they're really in it for the fetishistic depictions of extreme decadence, and the twist or the comeuppance part is just a cheap, moralizing excuse to fantasize at length about how awesome it would be to be rich. I guess SALTBURN's big excuse for existing is its ultimate assertion that being jealous of rich people is way sicker and more disgusting than being an actual rich person who hoards resources and plays games with the plebeians. I find that pretty suspect, and I think it would have been a better movie if it just let itself honestly fetishize power and luxury instead of making shady excuses.

[imthecleric]

[ @dusterson contd. from x ]

Will nods, that was accurate. He knew that. But he was trying to figure out a metaphor that left for some hope. But Will wasn't good with words so he should probably leave that to people like Dustin, or Mike, even Lucas. "We'll figure it out." In Will's defense though he wasn't exactly sure where he was in the planning phase. He had been absent for the other times this was done. Well not really, that one summer came to mind. But he didn't really do much besides tell everyone what they could already see. So it was all too late. He was sure he'd be more helpful this time. "I mean with you and Mike and Lucas, we can outsmart Him. Use His hubris against Him or something."

He shrugged, "Honestly, I felt like I could finally do things again." Will had never really talked about how embarrassing it was for him to always be dropped off. It was just another thing to add onto all the other things that made him embarrassed at the time. Not to mention he knew it had to be hard for his family to take their time to do it. "And I think it made life easier for my mom and Jonathan too."

He nodded, "No you're right. Jane would have forced her way into a ticket if she knew." Will would have tried to stop her, he thinks. He wasn't sure about Jonathan. But again he had also never properly been able to process what happened to Hopper because he had to be there for his mom and El. His feelings on the matter were second to theirs. Which probably wasn't healthy, but Will knew the routine at this point his feelings came second, and that was okay. "I am too. It was really hard first during that summer, and even when we moved. He was really important to them. He did alot for everyone." He said tiptoeing around putting his own feelings into the conversation because he wanted to keep a bit in check about that.

He shrugged, "Maybe He doesn't know us as well as He thinks he does. Hubris." He thought about what Dustin was saying because it made sense. "I can do more than Fireball, and by now he's expecting it, it'll probably be a mix of both. I mean He works on multiple planes and in multiple places, we gotta get Him on all those planes. Or He'll just keep coming back." It made sense kill all the parts. Will did not bring up what that possibly meant for him. But Dustin was smart enough to connect those dots that he didn't need to. He then added, "Its stupid bard's restricted. They are powerful, it should be up to the DM to create challenges that work around and with the class."

He looked at Dustin, his hands come to rest, at least momentarily, "I'm not going to hurt myself." He had the world doing a great job of that without him aiding it. He sounded like a good DM. He sounded like things truly felt earned and weren't predictable, and didn't just rely on one final spell. It sounded like the stories he and Mike would come up with when they talked about making a comic book when they were younger. Those days were long gone though. "I'm glad you guys got that experience. I bet its made you all even better at playing and just thinking."

Time-warp. Could time travel be involved? That seemed crazy to think about. But then something else caught his attention. His own powers could do Him in.

Could they make that happen?

"Spy back," he said under his breath. He hadn't been able to do it before, but he never really tried nor really understood how it worked. But if he could feel Him, know His thoughts while he was weak maybe now was the time to try it. His hubris. "Well you already built a forever clock, how hard can a time machine be?" he asked, completely rhetorically. "Don't answer that. I wont understand it. You're too smart for me. Especially since I am pretty sure Suzie judged me for not knowing what an IP was."

He settled Dustin with a look, "I could have made the time. And we were jerks, we can be young and definitely be jerks. You've met Steve... my brother." He should have. He absolutely should have. He was not letting Dustin explain himself out of this. "Of course we are. I don't know if I could handle not being friends with you after this. If your not there, who is gonna understand?" he said. Because that was just it. Dustin, Lucas, Mike, they all understood to some degree. If he didn't have them Will might just combust from not being able to ever talk about any of this again. He remembers the first NDA, that he most adhered to. Because he still didn't talk about what happened to him specifically. Not that he entirely remembered all of it. But he didn't talk about it.

He nodded, "Yeah, Pippin is pretty great. All the hobbits are. Stepping up when no one expected it, and delivering beyond the wildest expectations... Why did I decide the wizards were the coolest?" he said with a bit of a laugh, "The hobbits were right there." He then frowned a bit and looked at him, "Yeah can't argue with that." He didn't even know how he would compare what they were going through with anything in the books. Sure he had ideas, but so much matched with different things. Yet none of it felt the same. Probably for a reason.

He smiled but looked down and began messing with his hands again, not missing how this was quite directed to Will. It was just who he was. He remembers Nancy having literally burned him and he asked if she was going to throw up cause she looked pale and that no one would judge her if she did. "I should so not be at the top of the list," he said shaking his head looking back up at Dustin now. "Really? I know it was probably a pain though." He looked down again and then back at Dustin, with a bit of a wry smile. "We're all gonna make it out of this, but you still deserve happiness in the meantime." He said sounding very sure of himself, despite not confirming or denying how close Will had been to being fully lost. And that wasn't including the time Hopper had to give him CPR.