#JUSTICE FOR CANON ALEX HES A NICE BOY

[theyreunderadumpster]

Happy Valentines day from Jesus and his small harem ❤️

[redfield5x5]

(1/3) Hey! So, the Legends episode was the best one because it had the least amount of Lex! And we got to see the Legends again, it's been way too long. Loved that they threw shade at the crossover as usual! Sara being the leader was absolutely perfect! I really enjoyed the Sara and Barry scene on the steps, it was so good. Barry and Kara being excited puppies was fun! Beebo making an appearance was wild. Ray taking a selfie and Sara protecting Beebo was so on brand for Legends though!

hey there, ma anon! sorry it took me a couple of days - i wanted some time to digest.

so yeah, like you correctly said, the less lex luthor the better. that’s why SG is the only show which comeback i’m dreading post crisis. i liked practically nothing there this season so far, not counting the crossover.

legends were the best episode! surprising to no one at all! boy, i missed them.sara the team leader is such a natural development it was so satisfying to see! glad no one questioned that.

sara and barry scene was SO good :“’) so sweet and well done - of course it was on the legends episode!

lol idk about you but i’m still not over beebo! SUCH a legends scene! a selfie killed me i swear :D i love crossovers when they kidnap some legendsit was really a better most fun scene for kara than she’s gotten this season on her own show so far. most of crossover was tbh. i want a scene where she just, reflects of having more common magic there now lol, to feel how oliver felt about aliens at first.

sara’s mom’s status is unknown so far tho right? but they barely even seen each other i guess. i don’t think she even came to star city when sara got resurrected, but sara went to her? maybe,,, i don’t remember well it’s been years.

i really didn’t mind her mourning ollie this much, i was kind of thinnking a similar thing when thinking about the losses she went through. it felt in character. except for trying to resurrect him, maybe. but she was desperate, it’s okay to try making a mistake i guess.

i’m willing to headcanon that sara and barry did check in with ava and iris first but yk, cut for time lol. it doesn’t make sense at all otherwise! as didn’t kara not running to hug alex when she woke up.

but like fiiiiine i’ll let this one go, cut for time for storytelling purposes lol i convincem myself okaaaaay, since we’re getting more avalance and westallen soon enough :) maybe even the danvers sisters screentime but i won’t expect anything from sg.

i do agree that sara seemed sadder about ollie than quentin. fingers crossed legends ppl have written more reflecting on everything plots for for for this coming season.

ava crying aboput oliver was WEIRD lmao but maybe she heard about him in this new rebirth timeline? let’s pretend lol BUT OMG WEIRD calm down Ava, no one will know if you’ll be like Jefferson lol

RIGHT? i was asking about surviving the vanishing point too! explain explain! who did the haircuts too (and why didn’t they get rid of sg bangs lol)! where did they find the amount of calories that kara, and i’ll assume j'onn, need? LOL! a couple of days would’ve been less dramatic but worked better. did time lords,,,, i mean masters,,,,, leave a buffet? some waverider like tech? HOW LOL

don’t let me think about e-1 laurel :( i know she wasn’t real but,,,, even invasion let sara hug her sister. and sara really is a hugger these days. i,,, sad.

ezra cameo had me yelling lol! SO cool of him to do this omg. also does this mean the cw justice league canonically saved the dcu justice league from crisis? LOL sue me i’m gonna headcanon that

once again i’m sorry for the delay. i really need to focus to type so much in english and i was trying to digest everything.

i was kind of confused with oliver explaining to barry once again that he sacrificed himself for kara and barry, too. but yeah i’m glad they’ll know someone thought they were this important to the world and loved them this much :’) those older siblings be like that :’)

they didn’t really explain the spectre powers huh. i did like it enough tho. they still managed not at all to overexpose, so it worked for me. i read a bit about it on wiki and was ok with that. needing a person to exist, a lot of powers but still mortal, blah blah all that jazz. it was a good send off to amell, letting ollie create a new universe like his show did. it was sweet imo. felt nice, because after 6(7?)-something years watching, i did care about ollie too. especially since the show ending when being really likeable again :’)

as for no one else dying, i wouldn’t be so sure yet. we’ll see. there are a few characters whose status is unknown and it gives me anxiety.

but baby sara tho! how hilarious? i didn’t really understand if the other kid was still JJ or already connor. wonder is cisco’s bro is alive now lol

gods hope i didn’t forget to comment on anything lol, sorry if i double tap some letters my fingers are acting weird in some keyboard positions lol or if i make weird mistakes - still not a native english speaker! loved hearing from you!

[thegreatwarhq]

character name & any aliases: Fleur Isabelle Delacour-Weasley

character dob & age: August 31, 1999; 23

canon or oc: Canon

character pronouns/gender identity/romantic & sexual identity: He/Him/His, Cismale, Demisexual/Bi-sexual

character face claim: Iskra Lawrence

character house/past house if relevant: Melusine. Traits include justice, tolerance, cooperation, and free-spiritedness.

which school they attended: Beauxbatons

character alignment in the war/explain if and why it’s changed since the battle: Order of the Phoenix. Let me just say, if Fleur weren’t pregnant, she would have hunted Voldemort down herself and murdered him, horcruxes or no horcruxes. She cares very deeply about Harry, considering him her little brother.

where have they been living for the past year: Shell Cottagecurrent occupation: Unemployed, but will return to Gringotts as a Part-Time Curse Breaker and will likely work as a Freelance Curse Breaker.

important character information/bio: 

Very Brief mentions of Sexual Harassment/Violence - Alex when you post this, could you put it under a read more just in case?

1999, August 31: Fleur Delacour is born.

2008, August 1: Gabrielle ‘Gabi/Elle’ (14 years old now) is born.

Her childhood was normal for a french witch, however, as she grew more beautiful with every year, her mother and father made sure that Fleur could defend herself. Fleur realized why when a weird man followed her home from the store, saying inappropriate things, and she used magic pepper sprayed him. As it happened repeatedly, and as she started school, other girls began to be unkind with jealousy. Fleur learned to have a thick skin and grew harder, colder, determined not to be the “nice” girl that dealt with it, even if it made her a bitch or other unkind words. 

2018, September 1: Fleur begins her 7th and last year at Beauxbatons. Madame Maxine informs the students that night that the school will compete in the Triwizard Tournament. Only a select handful of students would be selected to go, and as Fleur was at the top of her class, she was chosen to go for the chance to compete. Fleur immediately wanted to compete, wanting eternal glory. She secretly wanted to prove she was something more than beauty.

2018, October 30: Beauxbaton arrives at Hogwarts, along with Durmstrang. Fleur is less than impressed with Hogwarts, as it didn’t even have a central heating system. She paid the schools no mind and entered her name in the Goblet of Fire before going to bed that night.

2018, October 31: Fleur’s name is drawn in the Goblet of Fire. She is proud, and then, later, when Harry Potter’s name is drawn from the Goblet of Fire, enraged that Hogwarts is allowed a second champion and even more enraged that such a young boy is bound to compete in such a dangerous Tournament. 

2018, November 24: The First Task happens. Fleur did very well, putting the dragon to sleep with a strong enchantment. Her dragon, apparently, had a snoring issue, and it set her skirt on fire that she quickly put out with a jet of water…This docked her an unfair amount of points when she would have otherwise won the first task and brought an uncomfortable amount of attention to her legs and ass for her comfort. However, after facing the dragon, Fleur begins to suspect Harry Potter isn’t stupid enough to want to put his name in the Goblet of Fire. Her anger at the administration for allowing a young boy to compete grows, and her annoyance with Harry lessens.

2018, December 25: Fleur attends the Yule Ball with Roger Davis. She is caught hooking up with him in the bushes by Severus Snape. Hilarious.

2019, January 1: Fleur feels homesick, but spends most of her time trying to work out her egg. She does, eventually, but isn’t certain what on earth could be waiting for her under the lake. She plans to use the bubblehead charm so she can swim underwater comfortably. 

2019: February 24: The 2nd Task. The morning of, Fleur realizes Gabrielle is the ‘thing’ they took, planting her at the bottom of the lake. While she knows in her gut that Madame Maxine would never let anything horrible happen to her sister, she’s absolutely livid. Her sister didn’t sign up for this tournament and shouldn’t have been dragged into it. Fleur starts the Challenge fine, but gets into trouble when her claustrophobia kicks in and the grindylows dragged her down. She is forced to surface without Gabrielle, mid-panic attack, and has to be held back by Madame Maxine and her friends so she doesn’t throw herself back in. She caused a scene, but is _so_ grateful when Harry Potter surfaces with both his friend and Gabrielle. This is when she completely realizes that Harry Potter is a little boy who has no business being in this tournament – and he has a good heart and he did not, under any circumstance, put his name in the Goblet of Fire. 

2019, June 24: The 3rd Task happens. She’s seen her mother and sister, and she is feeling confident. After her embarrassment in the second task, she goes full force into the third task. It takes her a bit to remember something is _wrong_. She’s rushing through the maze, turning a corner when the curse hits her from behind. Pain shoots through her body and she hits the ground, writhing. She screams. She remembers reaching for her wand when she was stunned. And then the bush takes her. She wakes up in the medic tent, and is enraged…. Until she hears Harry Potter sobs, and she realizes he’s clutching Cedric’s dead body. Cedric – her friend… And suddenly, eternal glory didn’t seem to matter anymore.

2019, End of June: Fleur leaves Hogwarts and graduates from Beauxbatons. She accepts a desk job at Gringotts because she believes Harry Potter when he says Voldemort is back and Voldemort killed her friend. This upcoming war is one she will be participating in. 

2019 Summer: She meets Bill Weasley and quickly falls into a relationship with him.

2019 August 31: Fleur turns 19, and becomes involved in the Order along with Bill.

2020, Summer: Bill and Fleur become engaged. Stuff with the Weasleys is a Thing That Happens. Molly is a bit Yikes towards Fleur, Fleur goes :/ and is Yikes back, etc. 

2021, June 30: Death Eaters attack Hogwarts. Her Fiancee is brutally savaged by Fenrir Greyback. She sits next to Bill, holding his hand, and declares to Molly that she doesn’t give a damn about scars, she loves him more than anything. Molly seems to accept their relationship finally, and they finally bond. Fleur gets along much better with Molly, but Fleur does Not trust her. 

2021, July 27: The Battle of the Seven Potters takes place. Fleur is really torn between helping move Harry, since Bill was so recently hurt, but ultimately decides this was very important. 

2021, August 1: Bill and Fleur get MARRIED. And it’s so wonderful. Until the Death Eaters decide to crash it and ruin their day. Thankfully, their family survives, but they head to Shell Cottage.

2022, Late April: Fleur works with Luna Lovegood, Dean Thomas, Griphook, Ollivander, and the Golden Trio to help heal them at Shell Cottage. She demands Bill be their own Secret Keeper.

2022, May 2nd: Fleur and Bill participate in the Battle of Hogwarts. Fleur is extremely distraught upon learning of Fred Weasley’s Death, and supports Molly and her husband’s family. Fleur is FURIOUS that Harry was taken and actually supported Hermione Granger as she wrangled control of the Order. Fleur was very, very active, and planned on participating in the retrieval mission…. 

2022 Septemberish: And then Fleur finds out she’s pregnant. Fleur is Not Happy. While excited for a baby and to expand their family, but with the war looming over them, Fleur is VERY very very worried.

Present: She is 6 months pregnant, and she is OVER IT. She feels huge, her feet hurt, and her pregnancy symptoms don’t agree with her.

. Fleur has always had claustrophobia. This worsened after the Triwizard Tournament, which also added fear of drowning. 

She speaks four languages. French (her native language), German, Latin, and English. 

Fleur had the highest marks in her year at Beauxbaton. 

She hates being cold. It’s the worst feeling in the world to her.

Her and Roger Davies were caught by Severus Snape making out in a bush during the Yule Ball. That’s not a headcanon, that’s canon-canon, but it is very funny so i’m reminding you of it. 

Fleur has medical knowledge, it being her second strongest branch of magic and why she was able to care for the Trio and everyone else in Shell Cottage. 

Fleur is fiercely protective over her little sister and Harry Potter, who she views as a little brother since he saved her sister.

She has low tolerance for people that fawn over her beauty and interact inappropriately with her because of it. She’s been known to tear people to shreds over it. 

Werewolf Rights Advocate

Her favorite piece of clothing is an oversized brown jacket owned by Bill.

[kathillards]

misc morphicon stories

ok so i feel like i’ve talked FOREVER about all the wild shit that happened to us at morphicon (running into rangers at the car valet!! meeting chip lynn!! azim calling us his favorite ladies at the con!!) but i wanted to make a write up for all the stuff i haven’t talked about yet because i have to remember all this and i want you all to experience it too!! it was so fun oh my god if you haven’t been to morphicon... start making plans for 2020 guys it is legit INSANE best weekend of my entire LIFE

- ann marie crouch is AN ACTUAL PRINCESS SENT FROM HEAVEN we ran into her on our way back to the hotel one of the days and we were like omg it’s princess shayla we love you!! and she was so sweet and stopped and talked to us even though she was on her way out for a nap and she was in full shayla gear she looked so pretty! and we saw her on the way back too she had changed into casual clothes but still rocking it WE LOVE ONE MENTOR ONLY

- jessica rey is so funny and adorable omg we stopped by her booth to buy wild force pins (kat and abbey) bc the wf rangers come PREPARED w/ merch and nobody was there so we all just started talking to her and told her how we loved wild force and alyssa and abbey said she loved the ep where alyssa beat up the boys and she’s so cute and fun to talk to!! she told us about the shades of pink panel and i was like “is alyssa a pink or a white ranger” and she was like “lol i dont even know” also she had her handler take a staged candid of us talking to her because she loved us lmao. and then we were talking about white rangers and all of us were like “fuck tommy lives we stan alyssa only” and she laughed and immediately started telling us about what a dick jdf had been to fans the day before lmao (also for real...he’s a dick) and i was like YOU ARE THE SUPERIOR WHITE TIGER RANGER god shes so cool she loved us and didnt wanna stop talking but we had to move away cuz ppl were lining up for her behind us rip

- RICHARD AND ANGIE oh my god ok so i’d stopped and talked to angie on the first day and also the second day and i told her i’d come back later bc i wanted a photo w/ BOTH OF THEM and i did tell her how much i loved madison and vida like we are ROCCA SISTER STANS FIRST PEOPLE SECOND and shes so cute and she remembered us every time!! and then on the third day i finally got to talk to richard and he’s so sweet we talked about mystic force just at his booth for like ten minutes waiting for angie for the photo op, he asked us our fave episodes and i said dark wish and he actually remembered it so i think he might be the only actor at the con who watched his season. and we told him we loved the mystic force theme song AND HE STARTED SINGING IT. and someone had left him a green zeo figurine for...some reason and he told us “i dont even fucking know who that is” (but nicer lol he is very charming and polite) and we told him it was adam/johnny and he was like ohhhh lmao i love disney era actors not knowing SHIT about saban era. like he literally worked with johnny. i love him. AND THEN HE ASKED US ALL TO BE IN THE PHOTO and since kat paid for half of it we were like aight its a group thing and its the cutest photo i love disney era actors only

- i think i talked about meeting dwayne cameron already but god hes so sweet and i felt bad for him bc caitlin next to him had ppl she was talking to but he was all alone so me and abbey just went up and started talking to him and i told him i loved overdrive and i told him i recognized him as ethan’s bully and we talked about tyzonn and vella and just overdrive in general and hes so SWEET and he HUGGED ME SO TIGHT GOD i think he really enjoyed us like. actually loving overdrive and being able to talk about it. AND HE RAN INTO ABBEY IN CARS LAND AT DISNEY ON MONDAY AND GAVE HER ANOTHER HUG hes so cute (angie was also there with him I LOVE DISNEY ERA SOLIDARITY)

- met monica may and cerina vincent on saturday, not a lot to say bc i only talked to them a bit and took my photos but they are both so beautiful and elegant and classy and i told cerina i loved her in stuck in the middle :’) ranger ladies are so intimidatingly pretty god. also picked up this huge LEGIT spd poster and im gonna put it up in my room as soon as i can because oh my god its professional quality it looks so cool. we also talked to greg aronowitz bc kat wanted her poster signed and hes so cool we told him how much we appreciated everything he did for spd AND THAT WE WERE ON HIS SIDE ABOUT FEMALE RED FUCK DISNEY.

- god what else uhh we wandered around the toys section a lot on saturday/sunday bc we’d kinda. seen everyone. and there were a lot of panels on sunday so nobody was at the booths. i picked up those amazing rider/sentai prints from ceevee SUPER TALENTED SO WORTH IT. also got me a meteor storm figuart B) which i havent taken out of the box yet but i will

- HECTOR AT THE CAR VALET he literally announced he would be at morphicon the day before and then we saw him while waiting for our car and SCREAMED and he was so chill and cool and he came over and hugged us all hes so hot. AND THEN LATER WE RAN INTO SELWYN WARD AT THE CAR VALET and he also laughed when we squealed and came over and hugged us all and guys he smelled soooo nice i was like right up against him i could have died hes so handsome and perfect.

- we also ran into steve cardenas at the car valet like right when we were all leaving the hotel for the last time and we told him that we loved him and i said i was so excited that it was rocky coming back for the anniversary instead of fucking jason and abbey was like “justice for forever red!” and he was like hah i know right anyway every single actor in this franchise hates jdf lmao that was just the vibe of morphicon and it was valid

- fun fact we did not see jdf ONCE. not going to the con, not at the hotel, not ANYWHERE. just his crazy lines. he was like the douchebag cryptid. im glad tho he can stay that way.

- i talked about meeting andre on saturday night right??? hes so SWEET I LOVE HIM he was so happy when ben gave him his fanart of eddie and took a selfie w/ ben right then and there and also took a pic w/ me and abbey ugh i love him i told him he was so valid for being a power rangers youtuber and liking megaforce AND THAT HE’S THE BEST INTERVIEWER THEY’VE EVER HAD (i also told azim this, i’m very passionate about this subject, every other ranger interviewer sucks ASS)

- jason faunt at the elevators!! hes so sweet i told him how excited i was for the anniversary and he said yeah theres a lot more plot going on and told me to take a selfie bc they couldnt stop him here fhjggd i love that pic i love him AND THEN ALSO later we ran into NAKIA IN AN ELEVATOR AND SHES SO SWEET I SAID “WE LOVE YOU WE WATCHED ALL OF ZEO FOR YOU” and she was like aww thank you so much!! a literal goddess AND THEN LATER AS WE WERE CHECKING OUT karan walked by us to go to nakia and i was so excited i waved and said hi to her and she said “hi baby how are you” SHES SO WONDERFUL I LOVE MY MOTHERS

- i think i told the chris reid story already but like. hes so charming and was so nice even tho i interrupted his express checkout but like. i Had to tell him how valid ninja steel was i was literally like fuck the dudebros they’re so annoying you guys fighting w/ that one guy on twitter over the kcas was the FUNNIEST thing to EVER happen to this fandom and he laughed.

- we also went up to kelson’s booth later and told him how much we loved mick and all his roles!! and talked to him forever about all of them, told him we were kalish/disney era supremacists, told him HOW GOOD HE IS AT VOICE ACTING WE LOVE FLIT AND NORG IN THIS HOUSE he looked so happy :’) i feel like everyone just compliments him on boom which, no offense, but appreciate your voice actors guys. i told him we grew up on disney era and it was like new zealand only had twelve actors and he was five of them and he laughed and was like yeah. i also told him how we loved mick and brody’s father/son relationship and he was like yeah they ended up liking that a lot too which is why they sort of pushed brody’s real dad to the side so mick could shine more and i was like that’s LEGIT. i also told him the prism was brody’s mother and he agreed so that’s canon now. AND I TOLD HIM how fucking dark ninja steel went w/ his storyline literally being about slavery and human trafficking and he was like I KNOW RIGHT and we just talked about how dumb everyone is for being mean to ninja steel and chris showed up at this point too and we all laughed about it together

- ok and then tbh we just spent all of sunday loitering around the megaforce cast but it was worth it because they LOVE US oh my god we talked to them like all sunday about just. everything. azim’s gf jordan was there and she kept telling us to just stick around we talked to her a lot, we asked her about alex heartman and like where tf was he and she said he was working :( BUT AZIM AND ALEX ARE STILL CLOSE so victory. azim also told us a bunch of little stories like how he and the megaforce cast searched for a house to stay in together and ended up finding one at the base of a volcano and he and drew would race around the volcano in the mornings like the crazy people they are, we told him how much we loved andrew’s ACTING SKILLS and “do you see any tears” and he cracked up and said “they used to call me ‘freaky tiki man’ all the time because of that one line” and he told us about other fan encounters and things, we told him on saturday how we all met and became friends because we were the only ppl who loved and defended megaforce and he was SO TOUCHED HES SO SWEET GOD i would die for him. 

- cameron gave us (me and kat) all his money to buy him lunch from the food trucks and i guess just trusted that we loved megaforce so much we wouldn’t just run away with all his money????? and he was absolutely correct we got him teriyaki chicken with garlic noodles and he loved us. his handler also asked us to buy him food and gave us his CREDIT CARD dfhdgfjgdf like power rangers people are wild man. who just gives their credit card to random 20yo girls and just. trusts that they love this children’s show so much they won’t steal it??? i mean they were right and we didn’t but still. AND HE MADE ME AIRDROP one of my megaforce reaction pics to his phone because he loved it so much (it’s the one of jake and emma and orion looking super done, that i had ben redraw for me, so we showed them both pics and all three of them LOVED IT) and cameron even looked ben up on deviantart to see it fdgjkdfdg he loves usss. christina was telling us how they were talking about us at dinner and cameron told her that we were his favorite part of the con :’)) azim also mentioned that they talked about us at dinner because he said to kat “we were discussing that you look like that girl from 10 things i hate about you who was julia stiles’ best friend” LIKE IMAGINE. HAVING THE MEGAFORCE CAST. DISCUSS WHO YOU LOOK LIKE FDJGKDHFJGD they’re so cute ugh and azim and cameron hugged us all goodbye and john mark and christina said goodbye too and i just. love them. so much. 

- at one point cameron asked me and kat how old we were and she was like “twenties...as a group we are in our early twenties” and he was like “.... so old enough to know how a hangover feels right?” and we lost it dfgjfdkdgjh and i said “if i were an actor i would just be stoned the whole con” AND CAMERON JUST NODDED AGGRESSIVELY god the entire cast was definitely hungover and they’re so valid. except christina, we asked her and she said she only had a milkshake so maybe she was their designated driver. 

- andrew is so chill too (i mean i do think he is perpetually high but its fine) i think he just loves talking??? like he’s there for the babies (so many babies!! and they love troy so much!!! hes so adorable with them) and then he just wants to chill like we went up to him on sunday and he was like oh hey did you guys see this picture and he pulled out his phone and showed a pic of the megaforce cast doing a goofy zombie pose at their photo ops and he told us his backstory on each of their zombie poses like. who does this??? he’s so adorable.

- and ofc we stopped by christina again on sunday bc she’s THE FAVE and shes just so cuuute ugh and i told her i loved all asian rangers bc i am asian!! and she was like omg are you?? and i was like yeah i’m south asian and she was like omg so that’s all part of asia too OH I GET IT SO WE’RE BOTH ASIAN and i was like YES AND YOU’RE ALL MY RANGERS and she smiled at me it was like staring at the sun tbh. i love and would die for her.

- when we went to say goodbye to the megaforce cast cameron just looked at all of us standing around his booth and was like, so genuinely, “you guys are the best” and it still makes me cry thinking about it. AND AZIM’S FACE when we all said “megaforce’s defenders never surrender!” to him he had the sweetest smile god i really would take a bullet for the entire megaforce cast in a heartbeat. they are the sweetest angels & deserve the world. if any of you breathe a word wrong about jake holling in my general vicinity ever again i will fry your intestines and eat them for breakfast thank you GOODBYE.

[snowing-willow-archived]

Ooc: top five characters you've rped or written.

That… Isactually kind of hard. -Laughs- Uhm…

@dreadtheroar , @rooseundone , @yngwolfrobb , @davosshorthand

Not in order,because I can’t really put them in one, but definite kudos to:

1. Tas asTywin Lannister, at Dreadtheroar. Every time I’ve ever met someone and tried to RPwith them, I instantly get shut down, or a very nice ‘no thanks’. Might bebecause Willow’s story is so heavily integrated with Tywin’s own, but, she’s somuch more than that. Yes, her kids are a huge part of her life, but what motherdoesn’t isn’t like that? But Tas is amazingly good with the Old Lion, in the factthat he meets Willow head on.

And, like thetrue Ty himself, he pushes Willow to question herself, and doesn’t take halfthe blame he should for the things that have transpired. He may love her,absolutely adore her and want to be with her, but there’s not a damn way in the seven hells he’d everadmit to it. His inability to admit his feelings and get over what happened add layers to him and make Willow want totear her hair out. The sad thing is? She still loves him too. Which just makeshim even more insufferable. Their interactions are something I adore, becausein the face of Tywin’s lack of empathy, Willow has plenty of snark to spare.

2. Our verylovely LadyGrey as Roose Bolton, on Rooseundone. Very few have what ittakes, or the stamina to characterize the normally emotionless, and creepyLeech Lord. LG has it in spades. His amazing fondness for Walda, yet hisability to systematically still tear anyone apart, and play with people the waya cat might a mouse is simply flawless.

What I love mostis his relationship with Willow, the friendly, yet classic Game of Thrones feelwhere every conversation is a chess game, but only they seem to know how tonavigate the pieces. Whether it’s in modern or canon, they seem to have avarying repertoire of jabs at the ready, and one would almost think it scriptedhow flawlessly they flow. Friends with Benefits just got a hell of a lot betterwith these two, especially since Willow has no shame, and Roose can feel so atease with her.

3. Alex slidesperfectly into his roll of Robb Stark, as Yngwolfrobb, seamlessly filling theshoes of the young wolf, and yet an honorable king when he shouldn’t be, anddishonorable when he should have been. No one said Robb was perfect, far fromit, but Alex makes him seem far less stupid. He was a boy, thrown into a war hedidn’t want, and realized that justice for his father was a thing he wouldnever truly achieve.

Brynden andRobb’s relationship reflects that perfectly. The Blackfish is there for hisnephew, leads his outriders, and helps him strategize, but there are timeswhere even his loyalty (only ever in his mind) is tested. He has to deal with alad who doesn’t know the finer points of politics, and even though he himselfhas often dismissed them, he understands there are things you just don’t do. Hecould because he wasn’t even really a knight till after the War of theNinepenny Kings, but Robb doesn’t seem to realize his roll is far bigger thanthat. He’s a King, expected to marry well, and though all that shite aboutfollowing your heart is good and all, it’s made for fairy tales… Not reallife. But he is his king, and though he’s failed in the first two rights byHouse Tully (Family, Duty, Honor), he’s determined not to in the last.

4. Rachel as Davosshorthandrecently brought about my inner shipper, with her rendition of everyone’sfavorite stubby fingered smuggler. I have no idea how it happened or why, buthe’s developed a cute romance with Brynden. Davos has always been one of my goto: please-don’t-die-I-will-cry-and-riot, when I hear he’s in an episode. Shebrings that love out tenfold and I squeeee when I see that Bryn can, in fact,have nice things.

Hardly aconventional match in any sense of the word, I think Brynden will, over time,because he’s a stubborn jack ass of a fish, come to love Davos. He’s quitebroken in the modern verse, though he will forever deny that there is anythingwrong with him. At all. But in thetime that Davos finds him, he’s going through a serious rough patch where he’spretty much failed Family, Duty, Honor, in every single aspect. There’s adepression that’s under the surface, rising up to bite into him, and he’s morethan ready to let it drag him down… Luckily, Davos knows exactly how to catcha Blackfish.

5. Ah… Rightabout now I realized I read the question wrong. It’s supposed to be charactersI myself have written…

Hmmm…

I have to say- despite the fact that I had to re-make her - that Willow has always had aspecial place in my heart. Brynden has too, now that I think about it. Theyreally tie for first place, might be why in both of their verses they know eachother, or have had some fun times together. Willow was invented a long time agoas a character in an actual book I’m writing, while Bryn obviously completelybelongs to G.R.R. Martin. I do love the gruff, older men characters though,especially ones as broken up and need of some good T, L, C like the Blackfish.I can only hope to one day make a character half as cool as him.

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When SUITS last left the team at [Insert Firm Name Here], it was time for the latest in a long series of name-partner changes. This time, for lack of anyone left to hold the title, it was Louis Litt’s turn to take a stab at running the series’ central business. As anyone who has seen even a single episode could predict, Louis’ first day as the boss didn’t exactly run smoothly; and as a mid-season opener, “Rocky 8” was probably the opposite of what the youths would call “lit.”

The new boss. Remember when Robert Zane and Harvey Specter were bickering like toddlers, and Louis Litt was lit(t)erally the only lawyer left at the firm who was behaving in a mature manner? Well, enough of that character development. Louis prepared himself for his first day as managing partner by being ridiculously extra as he talked to himself in front of his own mirror. Then, when he was finished with psyching himself out, it was time to go parade his way through the halls of All The Names On The Wall, reaching up for denied high-fives and smacking random employees on the butt.

Because professional.

A little bit of strutting might have been expected for SUITS’ “comic relief” character, but 84 years of it, complete with inappropriate touching, wasn’t exactly the way to start season 8.5 off with a bang. And the blatantly unprofessional behavior, all for the sake of what amounts to a pre-pubescent boy’s idea of comedy, didn’t stop there. When Harvey’s case of the week inevitably went down a troublesome path and, at Robert’s insistence, Harvey approached Louis about the case…Well. This happened: “I intend to be the world’s best delegator. If I’m going to do that, there’s no way I can try to tame you. And what I definitely can’t do is put a saddle on you, much less try to ride you bareback.”

Har, har. Louis doesn’t understand that “ride you bareback” can be seen as sexual. All the comedy!

Even when Harvey expressed his discomfort with the metaphor, Louis just plowed right on with it. There was also a fair amount of arm-caressing, complete with a finishing “giddyup!” and slap on the ass. (Because we hadn’t seen enough of those. Just locker room behavior, I guess. Forget the increased focus on workplace harassment, especially in film, following the #MeToo movement…)

Even if that exchange was read for the intended humor, there was still the small matter of Louis being, at least initially, incapable of doing any managing. When one of his longtime clients needed assistance, he threw a tantrum, refusing to give the client up, even after Donna reminded him of his job duties.

By the end of the SUITS mid-season premiere, after a pretty big confrontation, in which Donna — rightfully — reminded Louis that she was the one who put him in the position of managing partner, Louis was finally ready to manage. After being given the case, then yanked off of it, Alex was able to help Louis’ client, Thomas Kessler, solve all of his problems; the Robert and Harvey situation was handled with a “genius” suggestion from Louis himself; and everyone lived happily ever after.

For now.

Remember when Harvey had no idea how to behave like a managing partner until Donna taught him? Yeah. Louis is no different. We love consistently substituting one character for another in a recycled plot!

“This is about handing Andrew Malik a big, fat public knockout.” On Louis’ first day as managing partner, Harvey showed his respect for his frenemy-turned-boss by showing up late to work. But contrary to assumption, he didn’t oversleep after having nightmares about making Louis managing partner: He was busy researching his latest chance to go after his arch-nemesis, Andrew Malik.

Ostensibly, Harvey’s reason for going after Malik was that he wanted to get some justice for Jessica Pearson. Which, ok. We’ll believe that. But I’ve got a bridge to sell anyone who thinks it wasn’t, at least partially, about Harvey’s inability to handle the fact that the other man had beaten him — and on more than one occasion.

The case-of-the-week had to do with a boxer throwing a match, which left the SUITS writers plenty of opportunities to give Harvey sport-related dialogue. (No, no. Not the usual opportunities for Harvey to talk in sport-speak, extra ones!) There were also plenty of chances for Harvey to step into the ring in something other than his business suit, but alas. Those opportunities were missed.

Anyone who watches SUITS for the cases and is sorely missing the Harvey-Mike dynamic probably loved “Rocky 8.” The reason? New OTP, Robert Zane and Harvey Specter. Rarvey? Hobert? Zecter? Who cares what the name is: These guys are amazing together, even in an otherwise weak episode. All of that classic SUITS banter was back; and it was finally, finally time to see Wendell Pierce and Gabriel Macht working together for more than the half-second spurts that they seemed to share in the first ten episodes of the season. Take a guy out of the managing partner role, and he suddenly exists. Who knew?

Aside from Harvey’s complete lack of a soul when faced with the decision of whether or not to throw a guy with brain damage and a family to provide for under the bus, the latest round of Specter (and Zane!) vs. Malik was about as well done as could be expected. And when the job ended with an actual win for “our” side, it was the type of nice wrap-up that SUITS just usually doesn’t provide.

Sure, Malik’s parting words were a clear threat, just to let viewers know that we’d (obviously) see him again, but: “Tomorrow’s going to be what tomorrow’s going to be, Andy. But for today? Jessica Pearson sends her regards.”

We’ll take it.

Things we won’t take: Donna, what are you doing? Let’s try to keep this as brief as possible because SUITS is exhausting with the lack of follow-through or attention to its own canon details.

Thomas Kessler is a client at a firm at which Donna Paulsen is COO. But despite her “rules” about not shitting where she eats, she just couldn’t resist flirting with the guy and giving him a pet name: Stupid.

(Pretty sure she’s used that one on Harvey, too. Or was it Dummy? Something.)

Donna has broken this rule before, with disastrous results. Remember Stephen Huntley from that (awful) British invasion plot? Right.

So, to be clear: Twelve years of shameless flirting, putting themselves on the line for each other, and clearly being more than just secretary and boss meant nothing when it came to Harvey. Or, well. It meant enough to force the man into being what he hated most — unfaithful — before Donna said she felt nothing. And it meant enough for Harvey to end his first supposedly “real” relationship in, like, ever because he chose Donna over Paula.

…but the rules always applied to Darvey, whereas they don’t to Donna and Louis’ surprise longtime client, whom no one has ever heard of before now. There’s no history there, nothing to make this worth breaking a rule — much like Stephen wasn’t worth it. Though, to be fair, Stephen came around early enough in the series that he could’ve been used as either a stepping stone or a lesson learned, neither of which were actually the case  — but hey, let’s have Thomas flirt with Donna and ask her out. Even when she says no because he’s a client, let’s have him promise to ask her one more time after she’s had a chance to “think” more. (Women love being pursued after they’ve turned a guy down, totally. Nailed it.) Because she, apparently, wasn’t thinking when she was trying to be professional.

Was there chemistry? Who knows? Quite frankly, why does anyone care 8.5 seasons in? Shoutout to Stu, who, like Harvey, has chemistry and an established history with Donna but will never be a thing with her.

And after a long-awaited, likely completely off-screen, girls’ night with Gretchen, Katrina, and Sam, Donna will make the decision to date Thomas. Because why not?

It’s not exactly as if either Donna or Harvey’s character development matters, when SUITS can constantly rewrite its own stories anyway.

But wait! There’s more!

“I want this firm to be the same as it ever was.” So, constantly on the verge of collapse? Always with the drama? Retelling the same story over and over again for 8 years? Cool!

“Have you met Samantha Wheeler? I’m not going to make an enemy out of her.” The mood.

“Robert, did you know there are 12 different synonyms for the word ‘incompetent?’�� “And after he signs this, there’s going to be a thirteenth: Malik.” I ship it.

“With you overcoming the difficulties of being white, you must’ve thought you’d never make it.” “And you, having to deal with the struggles of being a man.” Meanwhile, Samantha had to overcome institutionalized misogyny, while Alex had to prove himself in spite of the color of his skin. But that’s none of my business.

“I will no longer be getting your coffee, getting your car washed, or trimming your neck hair.” Thankfully, it turns out that Gretchen was joking and has never done any of those things…which begs the question of why Donna was ever, especially as COO, expected to have coffee ready for Harvey.

Speaking of: “There’s this little thing called a kitchen. Just walk down the hall, past reception, and take a left at ‘I’ve never heated up your coffee, and I’m not about to start now.’” So, the mutual delivery of coffee was personal — or just seen however viewers wanted to see it. Noted.

“I know Jessica was your mentor, but she was also my friend.” Imagine getting to call Jessica Pearson your friend. Legends only, here.

“And for the record, my playbook is a lot deeper than just Samantha Wheeler.” “So, she did it for you then.” “Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m saying.” Samantha is to Robert as Donna is to literally everyone else. The end!

I counted at least two references to “co-ed bathrooms” as the biggest joke/worst thing ever. Your home bathrooms, Target’s family restrooms, Starbucks’ gender neutral bathrooms, and countless single-stall/single-sex toilets across the country say hi. Har, har. So funny, though.

Not a fan of pitting Samantha and Katrina against one another. Am a fan of Katrina figuring out who she wants to be as a lawyer (yet another lesson from Donna, of course) and, eventually, establishing herself amongst the other major players.

Big, big fan of a ladies’ night…whether we get to see it or not.

“Do I look like I don’t have nothing to do but to come and watch ROCKY VII with your lonely ass?” Darvey? I don’t know her. Rarvey (or whatever we’re callingn them) is where it’s at.

Don’t miss the next all-new SUITS episode on Wednesday, January 30, at 10/9c on USA.

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