#Meg I will avenge you

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Not sure if you've done them already, but what do you think the mistresses of Aegon IV would have worn?

I yes I’ve done some Here! That one includes Sereni, Barba, Bellegere, and Mellisa (plus Naerys) so I’ll do some more here (also idk if I’ll do Jeyne since there just isn’t much to go off on for her)

Falena Stokeworth is the first mistress, the first to make a “man” out of Aegon when he was 14. Since she was ten years older than him, she doesn’t wear the frivolous fashions of the younger ladies, though you can still tell she spends excessively on fine fabrics and intricate lace. I think she always held some bitterness ab what happened at the Maiden’s Day Ball, and always tried to dress as “elegant and unassuming royalty” . Plenty of embroidered bodices, silk overskirts, lace collars, puffy under sleeves, etc etc. She almost looks nouveau riche as she tries to fit in with royalty

Poor Meg dressed in common clothes for most of her life. As a blacksmiths wife, she wore the proper clothing for her station and work. Her hair was covered in a cap, her clothing consisted of an old shift, a kirtle, maybe an extra skirt and her apron. All made of rough wool and homespun cotton. When Aegon took her, she suddenly began to dress like a minor noble’s wife. She enjoyed light, gentle colors that she never got to wear when she was a common woman. She likes to make all of her own dresses too, small pleats and puffs, pretty bows, and slimmer skirts than the average noble woman being fancy enough to suit her taste. Once she got sent back, she probably took them with her but never got to wear them again :(

Cassella Vaith was probably a silly young girl when she was taken as hostage during the submission of Dorne, and thus adapted to Kings Landing nicely and enjoyed life there. She enjoyed the fine silks and brocades that the ladies wore, but also incorporated her own culture into her clothes, with thin cottons and looser fitting fabrics that caught the wind. She liked pink and cream and gold, dressing more like a frivolous princess than anything else, because Aegon gives her whatever she wants. Even after she gets sent back to Vaith she still dresses like a young royal mistress, even into her old age, convinced that Aegon is her true love and will call her back eventually

Bethany was probably not as eye catching as her elder sister, and her status as a younger daughter meant she was not given as fine clothes as Barba did when she was trying to become Aegon’s mistress. However she was pretty and young and fresh faced, and her gowns were still suitable for a noblewoman, though perhaps not the fanciest at court. Essentially all of this was good enough for Aegon in his old age, and her style did not change much at court besides the inclusion of more detailing and more expensive fabrics. Bethany was disgusted by the king, and probably did not put much effort into her appearance for him, but did for Terrence Toyne, and this sudden effort for a kingsguard was probably what got them found out and executed

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[luvvixu]

satoru's little contentment

content: husband!gojo, reader has a son with him along with megs and miki, the beef between megs and toru is real you can't argue with me, teeth-rotten ig?, i'm having a baby fever for a while now huhu, blaming my gf cuz she keeps on showing me baby vids on tiktok—now i want one... not proofread, too lazy, maybe later lmaoaoa

nothing makes gojo satoru content other than seeing his own family here with him.

like at this moment, his family were just hanging around in the gojo estate garden where it used to be boring but now there's a life into it after marrying you. and you, who has a deep love for gardening stuff, you decided to give the house a makeover.

"these are the water lilies that mama planted when she was pregnant with you." with your son in your embrace, you pointed the different types of plants you personally plant.

satsuri was amazed by the colorful plants while you watched the carbon copy of your husband's blue eyes glisten in awe. your heart melts when you see your son tries to communicate with you with his babbles and hand gestures.

planting a kiss on his fluffy cheeks, you couldn't help but to let out a laugh on how adorable your son is. "ooh. i can't wait for the two of us to plant together! we could fill this whole estate with plants and even flowers!" you squeal.

your son tries to wiggle himself free as he would like to be down for a moment and play with nature, or should you say.

satsuri ran around while satoru, who was casually sitting under the tree, watched his loving wife and his adorable son grab some stones using his small tiny hands and give them to his mother, seemingly asking if he could eat them.

"baby, we cannot eat those." your giggly voice echoes in his ears pleasingly. your baby sensed something that was against his will as his lips formed into a pout and was about to cry when you immediately picked him up to console your poor baby.

"these are rocks." you grabbed the stone on his hand, gently tapping his skin using it. "see? these are hard and sharp too. one stone could hurt you, it could hurt you more if you eat it." you tried to explain it to your son well. sadly, he still didn't buy it.

satsuri let out a wail, tears are also now streaming alongside his face. being a protective mom you are, you immediately console your son while walking towards your husband to also ask for some assistance.

"oh no, my little tough guy is crying. did mama fight you? don't worry, your amazing dad will avenge you." satoru takes his son into his hold, cradling him while giving you a meaningful look.

"hush your trap, why would i even fight my own baby?" you snarl at your husband who was just laughing at your expression. satoru knows you hate it when you're making your child cry. although it is something that you should get used to in order for your child to grow morally, not spoiled.

satoru then looked down at satsuri who was now calm after being cradled in his father's embrace. everytime he would look into his son, he would always say in his mind that they were right — you were right, satsuri is really a carbon copy of him.

the only feature that his son inherited from you is a streak portion of your hair color on the side of satsuri's hair. then the rest, it resembles him.

on the contrary, satoru wished satsuri wouldn't inherit his ignorant, nuisance, troublemaker, and hard headed personality when he was way back younger. the man specifically doesn't want his son to experience the things he does inside the jujutsu world.

basically, all he could have wished and asked for is that satsuri must have inherited your soft, kind, and loving personality. those every trait of yours that made him fall in love with you. and now, that got him staring at his son for too long, hoping that satsuri would grow just like you.

hell, if he could only forbid his son to avoid being a sorcerer, then he would! but he knows in the end that satsuri would be the one who will decide his faith.

"oh, it's three in the afternoon. it's my turn to pick up gumi and miki." suddenly, you wake him up from his daydreaming session. with a hump, you stand up along with satoru.

"let's pick them up together. it would be nice to see satsuri pick up his siblings too." satoru suggested and you liked the idea. without any further, you two head to your car and drive away. you are the driver right now, of course.

"mom!"

as soon as you exit the car, you see tsumiki waving and smiling at you as you watch her skip her way towards you with megumi trailing behind her.

you kneel down to greet them in your arms. "hi, my babies! how's school?" you asked them, still giving the two your big warm hugs.

"it was fine. my friends and i gossip a lot during our break time and i can't wait to share it with you." you are tsumiki's number two gossip buddy (satoru is the first one, definitely) since both of you are female. most likely, there were times where only the two of you would understand since it's a girls thing.

"how about you, gumi?"

"just a normal one." your other baby boy answered, megumi is still wrapping his arms around your body as you sensed the fatigue in his voice.

"come on, let's head back to the car." you're about to stand up but megumi still refuses to let go. smiling to yourself, you know what he wants so you picked him up and carried him in your arms.

immediately, megumi planted his face on the crook of your neck while tsumiki volunteered to carry his bag — what a sweet girl.

"my sweet gumi must be very tired. do you want me to set up a futon in the backseat?" you cooed.

"yes please." megumi snuggles like a kitten in your embrace, making you smile and giggles at his cute tactics.

tsumiki giggles too at his brother's behavior. both of you know megumi was more fond of you among all. ever since satoru bought them home, megumi finds himself getting more attached to you and sees you as his mother figure.

the three of you proceed to the car. as tsumiki opened the door, she was greeted by a man and baby's voice who seemed to be laughing.

"tsuri! you're here!" tsumiki's face instantly grew brighter at the sight of her little brother. while megumi, his head instantly shot up from your shoulder at the sound of his other brother's name mentioned.

"hello satsuri." despite the sleepiness in his voice, there's still a hint of excitement in his voice.

"hey! i was here too!" the other baby — i mean, satoru pouted when his two children didn't even bother to greet him the way they greet satsuri.

megumi instantly snarls at satoru while tsumiki was kind enough to greet him with the same energy. your husband raises his eyebrows when he realizes that megumi was literally clinging on to you, again.

satoru doesn't have a problem with that, but there's a time when megumi would literally steal your attention away from him when it's just both of you. he just feels that megumi was doing it on purpose. behind his back, he knew megumi would smirk at him or even stick his tongue in his face.

"megs, i'm going to bring you down for a moment. i'll just set up the futon for you and tsumiki." when you get approval from your son, you bring him down and start to do your thing with the help of your husband, of course

you saw your three children playing with each other near the car. you told them not to go far away or they'll get into an accident.

"say, i'm not really in the mood to cook. should we take the kids outside for dinner?" you suggest as you flatten out the sheets of the futon. while satoru was busy double checking the safety of the bed.

"sure, it would be nice too since you've done a lot for us everyday. rest is also very important too, hm? don't forget that, my little wifey." you rolled your eyes but still smiled at his cheesy tease, but you knew satoru was just concerned for you, especially.

"okay, let's go home. it's still early and the kids need to do their assignments." you called out for your three kids who are excited to lay down on the set up futon.

your kids instantly find their spot inside as satoru starts the car. it was him driving this time since satsuri wants to be fed from you.

"sweethearts, did you wear the safety belts?" your two babies nodded. whenever you guys would set up the futon, satoru modified the space with safety belts just in case any accidents would happen, the kids would not be harmed.

looking at your children again, you saw megumi was already fast asleep as soon as he lay down. while tsumiki was watching some miraculous ladybug on her ipad. satsuri was unfortunately not with them since he's still a baby and it's very dangerous to let him sit without any supervision of grownups.

"ouch! don't bite too hard on mama, satsuri." you winced when your son bit your nipple a bit harder than the usual sucking, making satoru look at you in worry.

satsuri was now growing his teeth, so it's a double challenge to endure his sucks. thankfully, satoru was there to remind his baby to suck properly even though satsuri could barely register a word.

"satsuri, milkies are supposed to be suck carefully. want me to demonstrate it to you?" your husband is a bastard as he playfully mumbles the last statement, making you glare at him instantly.

"satoru!" if only he's not driving, you would've smacked the hell out of him. satoru just managed to let out a laugh while keeping his eyes on the road.

thank god, megumi was fast asleep and tsumiki was too engaged on her show, while satsuri is still a baby. but that is not an excuse to behave in such a way in front of your children.

"oopsie daisy! i'm so sorry, my wife. didn't mean to be very voluntary." satoru laughed at his own joke. you just snarled at him and just focused on your baby who was getting drowsy at any minute.

the rest of the ride was fine. just satoru humming a pop tune that he heard over the radio, tsumiki is still busy on her show, megumi was snoring lightly, satsuri is now fast asleep too, while you stay as you.

"baby, can we get some cakes? i am craving for some."

"no. you have to wait after dinner." you deadpanned. seems like his sweet tooth is kicking again. it makes you reminisce when you're still pregnant with your youngest. satoru was craving food more than you do and it somehow confused you.

"but baby—"

"the kids would not properly eat their dinner if they proceed to dessert first. you have to wait, satoru."

"okay." the only available choice for satoru is no choice. that's why his pout is longer than usual, good thing you're getting a bit immune to that. but that doesn't mean you're always enduring his puppy eyes.

sooner than later, the whole family was now home. satoru was carrying the sleepy satsuri while you're carrying the sleepy megumi and tsumiki was walking on her while carrying the bags.

satoru refuses to leave his eyes on you as you walk inside the house. he made a comment on how clingy megumi is and you shouldn't be carrying him because the little boy's now growing.

you replied to him that it's fine and you want to carry him while you still can. like he said, megumi was now growing and you want to cherish those moments to its fullest. satoru was softened by your words. but that doesn't mean his concern about you lessened, so he suggests that he would be the one who's going to carry megumi.

however, your middle child refuses to be held by your husband, that's why both of you ain't got no choice again but to let megumi be carried by you.

"you should've just left him sleeping on the pathway." satoru mumbles. you just shoot him a knowing look because another war would break out if megumi found out that satoru talked about him behind his back. thank goodness, megumi was a heavy sleeper.

"you agree with me, right, satsuri? that your older brother should've just sleep outside?" satoru whispers to his son. it was audible to you, so you're not sure if it was intentional for you to hear him say or not.

somehow, it brings a small smile to your lips despite his silliness, you know he didn't mean that at all. stroking megumi's hair just to make sure he's comfy in your embrace, you decided to counter his words.

"and you'll be sleeping outside too if you keep on teaching my son bad behavior and talking crap to my other son too."

part 2?

©luvvixu2023

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I know from LO we already have a good idea of what Meg is like, but do you think you could share some of your ideas for the Furies personalities and their relationships with each other?

Meg is still a bit of a hopeless romantic like in LO, but in a very tsundere-like way where her feelings for someone can change on a dime - she can go from being obsessively in love with someone to obsessively trying to destroy their life. She's really good at weaponizing Fatesbook ;0

Alecto is often seen as the "composed" one, but in reality she has one of the worst tempers out of the three. Her role as an avenger makes for a great outlet for her anger management problems, at least when her fitness routine doesn't cut it lmao (but then again, the job also exists because of her anger management problems, so it's a sort of chicken-and-egg situation).

Tisiphone is the token slasher villain of the group. She excels at physical torture, usually to punish murderers for their crimes. She would be besties with Art the Clown if she could, she loves gore and the thrill of the kill (°◡°♡)

[scoobydoodean]

Picking up from discussions of Cas's ramblings as more coherent than they seem in 7.21, in 7.23, Cas comes back (after saying he was just going to go explore the world basically). He is upset, because he realized he couldn't hear his garrison, and when he went to find them, he realized the leviathan had killed them. Hester (the new leader of Cas's garrison) and Dean had both pressed Cas in 7.21 for abandoning his responsibility to help clean up the situation he created. Now Cas's entire garrison (the garrison that felt abandoned by him) is gone because of the creatures Cas unleashed. Of course Cas sees this as his fault, and now he's scared that he'll not just lose his heavenly family, but his earthly family too. So he needs to go to Sam and Dean.

He finds Meg who was "laying low halfway across the world" and flies her back to the US (back to Sam and Dean) without her consent. I think his choice to force Meg to come back and reconnect with the Winchesters is interesting. I think it's in part a signal that he's moving closer to taking on some of the responsibility of dealing with the leviathan, but he uses Meg as a comfort or a buffer. Maybe the idea is that she can serve as his stand in in the battle? Because he still doesn't want to fight, but he wants Sam, Dean, and Meg to know that the leviathan killed his garrison and they have Kevin, which means they know what the Winchesters are up to and what weapon they have and are going to be ready for them. After explaining as best he can, Cas says:

CASTIEL They took him [Kevin]. He's alive. I felt such responsibility, but it's in your hands now.

So he felt it was his responsibility to warn them and reach out. His Garrison was responsible for Kevin's safety, and since they're all gone, he needs to see to Kevin's safety. Now that he's told the Winchesters and Meg though, his idea is that they can deal with it. More shifting of responsibility. They can save Kevin, they can avenge the Garrison, and they can save the world from the leviathan on their own. Cas knows this isn't okay though. It doesn't make him feel better. He still feels guilty for his "no conflict" rule, so he makes Sam and Dean sandwiches, and he ropes Meg in (who has far less of an obligation to participate in this battle than Cas does) to act as muscle to replace him. Meg is pissed that Cas brought her back here, and Dean is pissed that Cas is still refusing to fully own his responsibility and is instead foisting it on him and Sam and Meg. Cas knows he should be doing more, but isn't ready to involve himself in the fight more, because he's scared he'll just ruin everything again.

CASTIEL I can't help. You understand? I can't. I destroyed... everything, and I will destroy everything again. Can we please just leave it at that?

Dean is no stranger to how paralyzing guilt can be (see: 7.04), but he's also no stranger to being burdened with responsibilities by people with more power/authority than he possesses, who want Dean to solve the world's problems for them. John did that to Dean. Gabriel did that to Dean. Death did that to Dean. Now Cas is also doing that to Dean. He wants Dean the human to solve the problems that Cas the immortal seraph created. These burdens have made Dean suicidal during this entire season. That is not a secret—it's made quite explicit in 7.01 and 7.09 that Dean is completely overwhelmed by the apocalyptic burdens he is perpetually demanded to shoulder (that he is not powerful enough to shoulder) to the point of wanting to die. And when he told Bobby that, and when he told Eliot Ness that, and when he told Frank that, the messages given directly to him were to nut up and stow his shit. So because Dean is both royally and rightfully pissed, and because Dean has been repeatedly told no one gives a shit that he is broken,

Dean says:

DEAN No. No, we can't [leave it at that]. We can't leave it. You let these friggin' things in. So you don't get to make a sandwich. You don't get a damned cat. Nobody cares that you're broken, Cas. Clean up your mess!

[in1-nutshell]

I need that unrelenting angst that would come from IDW Ophelia and Fearless dealing with Megatron.  When Fearless starts to bond and hangout with Megs, is Ophelia counted in that?  Does this leave Ophelia in a really awkward situation because the father that abandoned her is suddenly acting like a father without even knowing it's his kid.  Does that hurt even more because what was so terrible about her younger self that made him want to never look at her again.  Is it only fearless he bonds with?  Fuck that has to hurt watching your freind have the relationship with your father that you wish you had.

Megatron's kids: Never having it easy since day 1.

Hope you enjoy!

MTMTE Fearless and Ophelia in the same universe

SWF, Platonic, Familial, Angst, Cybertronian reader, Human reader

MTMTE

Ophelia was one of the first bots Fearless met on the ship.

She was called up by Rodimus and Ultra Magnus.

Being one of the few bots that worked close with humans before, they figured that having Ophelia around for first greetings would be good.

Fearless was surprised by the different sizes these bots could come in and their names.

They understood names like ‘Ironfist’ and ‘Skywarp’.

But Ophelia?

That was an Earth name, right?

Fearless found themselves gravitating to Ophelia more in the beginning.

The bot happily gave them company while showing them all around the ship.

It would be a few weeks later that Fearless’s true nature would show up.

Ophelia runs into the med bay. Fearless is on the med slab with a number or bandages on them. Ophelia: “I came in as soon as I could! What happened?” Ratchet looks at Fearless with a disapproving look. Ratchet: “According to Fearless, they were trying to follow Skids through the vents and ended up falling on Whirl’s glass.” Fearless: “And I’d do it again.” Ratchet glares at Fearless who is sporting a smile, though from pride or the meds kicking in, its not certain. Ophelia looks concerned at the human. Ophelia: “Why were you in the vents in the first place?” Fearless: “Because its cool! You wouldn’t know because your too big to fit your metal fender in them.” Whirl is cackling on the slab nearby.

Fearless would soon understand this joke later.

A couple of rouge cons had managed to sneak into the ship and were heading straight for Fearless.

Ophelia managed to be the first one to get to them.

Though in the process a lucky Con managed to slice her helm off.

Fearless screamed as the helm went flying and the frame fell on its side.

They were once again at the Con’s mercy, but they had their mini blasters ready.

Fearless was fully prepared to go down fighting to avenge Ophelia.

That was until the frame’s chassis opened and a minibot jumped on the Con’s like from one of those aliens from a movie they saw years ago.

They had to give it to the mini, the con’s were down in seconds, fists were drenched in energon and was venting heavily.

The minibot turned around made a nervous chuckle before asking if they were okay.

Fearless recognized the voice.

It was Ophelia’s.

Ophelia: “Fearless? I didn’t scare you, did I?” Fearless drops their blaster and runs straight to Ophelia and does their best to hug her. Ophelia is surprised and taken a bit back. She can feel and hear the sniffling, shaking her servo from the energon she pats their back. Fearless: “I thought you were dead you, big pile of bolts!” Ophelia: “Yet I persist.” Fearless looks up at them with red and puffy eyes. Fearless: “Now is not the time for jokes! First, I find out your some kind of Russian nesting doll next what!? That you’re a child!?” Ophelia nervously chuckles. Ophelia: “Well…” Fearless: “…Say sike.” Ophelia: “I mean by all technicality; I am one of the youngest—” Fearless: “Say sike right now!”

It took a bit for Fearless to get used to Ophelia just being around without her armor.

They also adopt the role of being her older sibling.

Something that Ophelia just goes along with.

Sure, she’s thousands if not millions of years older than them, but this was nice.

Ophelia gives her congratulations to Fearless and Whirl on hearing about them being officially Amica’s.

What she didn’t know was that by Whirl being Fearless’s Amica, it automatically made her an honorary Amica in his book.

Then in comes in Megatron.

By this time Ophelia had already told Fearless about her relation with him, from start to present.

To say that Fearless was furious was an understatement.

Sure, they had parent issues too, but at least they didn’t have one that tried causing genocide (Side eyes the Dadnegto AU)

They already vow to get some justice for her, despite the mini saying it wasn’t necessary.

Pranks galore!

Ophelia doesn’t know how to feel about these.

But that’s the least of her worries.

She starts getting suspicious when the pranks almost stop overnight.

Her optic is on the human whenever Megatron is close by.

But they were both getting along?

It confused Ophelia greatly and it sort of hurt as well.

Here Megatron was, getting friendly with a stranger than his actual daughter.

Ophelia had to remind herself that he couldn’t possibly know about her identity, therefore, couldn’t possibly be doing this on purpose.

Then comes that one fateful day…

The day Fearless openly called Megatron ‘Dad’.

Random bot: “Wow Fleshy, you must be pretty messed up in the processor to call Megatron ‘Dad’.” Fearless is red in the face. Fearless: “Hey, just drop it.” Ophelia is still in her seat, trying to comprehend what just happened. Most of the dialogue goes right over her helm. The random bot looks like he is moving closer to the human. She is ready to go over when Megatron moves to their side. Megatron: “My child, is there something wrong?” Ophelia had taken punches to the tank less painful than this. Fearless looks at him surprised, but a smile comes to their face. Fearless, with a bit of a voice crack: “N-nope, just peachy.” Ophelia feels like her world is tilting on an axis. As more bots are coming over to congratulate them, the one percenter slips out of the room. Fearless catches Ophelia leaving the room and pale realizing what happened from Ophelia’s perspective. Fearless: “Wait! Ophelia!” It was too late; she had already left the bar.

Fearless felt horrible.

They were too entrapped in the thought of having a father figure, they had completely forgotten about their friend.

Her friend’s father who had just claimed them to be one of his… in front of her.

Fearless tries to explain to Ophelia the situation, which they have to give credit to, she listens to.

But that doesn’t mean she was over with her feelings.

Everything was still too fresh to properly start anew.

Ophelia started taking up some extra look out shifts to get more time to herself.

She didn’t want to say anything to hurt Fearless just because she was hurting.

Fearless respects her and leaves her alone.

Megatron is just confused.

One minute he feels that sparkling sized hole filling a bit with Fearless now being his child.

The next they were slightly moping around.

He also took notice that Ophelia was not around as often as she was.

Megatron had grown used to seeing her around and occasionally chatting about the news on the ship.

To see her less and given Fearless was quite close with, he figured that they simply missed their friend.

Maybe he could negotiate with Magnus about giving some extra time for Ophelia to see Fearless.

Fearless looking up at Ophelia asking for a hug.

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Tony: Alright! Everybody ready for Avengers Movie Night?

Stephen: Uh actually, I think I'm gonna skip it.

Tony: Really?

Stephen: Yeah, I'm gonna stay and read my book. I just wanna be alone right now.

Peter: Oh. Are you sure you don't want to come? Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, they get mail and stuff...

[keyboardsmashess]

The Siren, or The Heart of the Matter

Chapter One: The Book, or Inez is a Fucking Goddess

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x OFC

Warnings: language, eventual smut (but not in this chapter), fluff. MINORS DNI. A/N: This story takes place roughly after the events of Captain America: Winter Soldier, but it is an AU where Bucky comes to live at the Tower to heal and work with the Avengers. It will probably not be at all canon-compliant because we're really just here to have a good time, so let's go with the flow! <3 Chapter 1/?

Summary: Cleo's trip to the library does not go as planned.

Chapter Directory

“Inez?” I lean over the librarian’s desk for the third time. “Any luck yet?” I hear a faint rustling coming from the back office where requests are processed and brought up from the bowels of the library, and I triple-cross my fingers inside the sleeves of my oversized cardigan, begging the universe for even a speck of luck.

“YES!” Inez shouts, uncharacteristically loud in her victory. She bustles out from the back room with a stack of ancient looking books. “Sorry, sweetheart, I don’t know what’s taken them so long!”

Donning my reading gloves, I gingerly accept the stack with an enormous grin. “No worries, they’re here now and that’s what matters.”

Inez and I glance up at the clock together, realizing the same thing at the same time. I frown, reluctant to hand the stack back over after waiting nearly all day for the assistants to find them in rare book storage. Before I can speak, though, Inez winks at me. “I think we can let you stay until we wrap things up back here, just this once.”

I huff a massive sigh of relief. “You’re a fucking goddess, Nez. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

Inez waves her hands. “Don’t mention it. Just act like this never happened if Dean Wharton asks, yeah? And bring me some cookies.”

With promises of a lifetime supply of any flavor of cookie Inez could desire, I make my way to my favorite table in the back corner of the reading room. It’s quiet back here, sound muffled by the shelves and shelves of books, and there’s only room for a few smaller tables. It’s almost always deserted, especially this near closing time. 

I take a few moments setting up my workspace - opening my computer, getting the word doc pulled up, arranging my stack of books chronologically… and then I dive in. I know the extra time from Inez will buy me an hour - two at most - so I have to be efficient. Fortunately, I only have a few texts to review today. Unfortunately, it’s one of those days where I really have no clue what I’m looking for. 

Still, I crack on, making note of anything that seems remotely relevant to my research and jotting down a few referenced texts to check out next time I have the chance. With maybe half an hour left of my borrowed time, I sigh in relief - only one book left. Which is curious, now that I think of it, because I’ve reviewed every book on my list already. I run a gloved hand over the front cover, feeling a little tingle as my fingers trace illegible gold-leafed words. 

Maybe Jack is working today, I think. He sometimes throws in an extra book or two if they seem related to my study. Meg likes to say it’s his nerdy way of professing his undying love for me, but Meg is often full of shit and just enjoys stirring the pot.  

Still, Jack knows the handful of languages I’m capable of translating on my own, and whatever language this is, I’ve never seen it before. 

Couldn’t hurt to peek inside, though, could it? I muse. Maybe I’ll be able to pick out something familiar. Better yet, I could find an illustration and use that to place it in history so I can at least google it later.

Holding my breath (though not really knowing why), I ease the cover open. The unfamiliar letters are still in that gold leafing, I note, but before I can make any other observations, my vision begins to swim. The letters dance on the page before me, rearranging in countless different combinations, and I briefly wonder if I’m finally losing my mind from months of over-work. I’m finally able to make out a single word, type it out hastily, before everything goes black.

******

“Hey!” Inez hisses, shaking my shoulder. “You gotta wake up - if I let you stay any longer the night crew will see you.”

I blink sleepily, lifting my head from the desk. Luckily, I seem to have nodded off on my computer instead of one of the rare books Inez has already gathered in her arms. 

“Shit, Nez, I’m so sorry. This dissertation is kicking my ass. I must have fallen asleep.”

Inez is already walking away. “It’s two batches of cookies, now. And you have five minutes to get out!” She glances back over a shoulder and shoots me a wink, letting me know we’re okay.

I frantically gather my things, head still spinning a little. Clearly, I need more rest - I’ve never fallen asleep while researching before, and I have certainly had plenty of opportunities. 

I’ll have to do a deep dive later, I think, mulling over the origins of the mystery book. Before nodding off, I hadn’t managed to type out more than a single, haunting word: Atlantis. 

Jack doesn’t know enough to have done this on purpose, and neither Meg or Dr. Sapros are cruel enough to fuck with me. Well, Sapros might be, but he’s in Europe right now.

It had to be a wild coincidence, then, and even though I’m reluctant to start down that path again - Therein lies madness, Sapros had told me once - I am of the mind that coincidences don’t really exist. My dad liked to say that a coincidence is just the work of the universe pushing you where you need to go. 

I step out into the chilly evening, pulling my cardigan tight around my chest to stave off the cold, and for the first time in a long while I let my mind wander wherever it pleases.

[girl4music]

I’m on to the ‘Livia’/‘Eve’/‘Motherhood’ Season 5 finale arc in my Xena rewatch and I have a question because even though it doesn’t bother me, I don’t understand why they had to do it. Why did they have to kill Joxer?

I mean it’s admirable that he went out in a heroic sacrifice trying to save Gabrielle and all but I watched the commentary for it immediately afterwards and they said that because they couldn’t figure out what to do with an old-aged Joxer that he had to die. But why?

Why not just never show up in the TV show again?

Why not spend the rest of his life after giving up warriorship with Meg and then dying naturally?

Why does the TV art/entertainment industry think that killing off a character is the only way to let them go?

Again, I’m not saying it particularly bothers me. I just don’t understand the notion that a character HAS to die in a TV show if they suddenly decide they don’t know what to do with the character anymore. Unless there’s a purpose or necessity to them dying, I don’t see why they have to. I don’t see why they can’t just still be part of the world but just never have any screen time again.

Now the question of “Is that what Joxer would want?” Considering he has a wife and children, I would say yes. I would say dying over some heroic sentiment to his best friend and unrequited love isn’t really something he would choose given the circumstances of having never seen them for over 25 years because he believed them to be dead and he started a family with Meg. If he had already moved on, then he deserved to live on. 😕

I just don’t see why he couldn’t have just done that instead of making one last noble gesture to Gabrielle.

Xena could have saved her. Xena always saves her.

Maybe that’s the answer. He wanted to be the one that saved Gabrielle this time. Even if it cost him his life. Maybe it wasn’t a choice more so than it was a knee-jerk reaction after having just gotten his friends back.

Still though, from a writing perspective, I don’t see why this had to be the way it is when they realized that they can’t really do anything with him anymore. That he is redundant so they just put him out to pasture in death.

I mean it’s not like it really mattered from a narrative development perspective either because Eve would turn good by the end of the episode anyway. All it really does is just makes it harder tor Gabrielle to forgive her. But she does because regardless of how she feels about her own domestic relationship with Eve, she loves Xena too much not to forgive her. Did they seriously just kill Joxer just so they could stick The Furies on Gabrielle to feed her deep inner feelings of distrust and anger at Eve’s murder of Joxer? That’s very thin reasoning to kill off a beloved recurring character. It doesn’t justify it.

I’m just tired of the excuses and constant need for creators to do this when it comes to long-form TV shows. It’s especially annoying when it’s queer female characters they kill off for the story and they don’t get any fucking say in it or are even aware of it. They’re just a plot device in the eyes of the creators so why would they? But to be quite honest it frustrates me in general. Queer or not. Female or not. Because they don’t have to do it. They do not have to kill off a character to end that character’s storyline. Not unless dying is the point to it.

It doesn’t bother me because it’s Joxer. It just bothers me that this is the way creators think when they know they’re done with the character. That they have to die.

Especially when they’ve already set up something that honestly requires them to live. Like a whole ass family.

The anger and grief in Virgil’s face was heartbreaking to to see when Xena kept stopping him in avenging his father. You never see Meg’s reaction to it but Virgil tells us in ‘Motherhood’ that “my mother was mad with grief” and that she had to give up the younger ones to relatives while she sorted through the immense pain she was in. While she and Virgil dealt with the affairs.

But he didn’t even get a proper burial, (not as far as we saw anyway) let alone an actual funeral. Virgil took him back home but that’s all we got to see as the audience. His farewell wasn’t important enough for us to witness.

You know the fandom make jokes that he was just “the comic relief” of the show and it wouldn’t matter at any point if they got rid of him. But I don’t think they truly believe that to be the truth. He was still important. Look at all the lives he affected positively. Meg’s specifically.

She was convinced that she could never have children in her line of work. He took her away from the shame and the hardship of being an unwilling sex-worker like he promised that he would and they had three children.

Argo - Argo was probably at a loss without her mistress but at least having a familiar face around in Joxer would soothe her pain long enough to have her own child who would go on to become Xena’s next loyal stead. Argo II.

Last but not least: Gabrielle. Although she never had any romantic feelings for him like he had for her, as she said: Joxer was special enough to Gabrielle to see her through both the best and worst times of her life. He meant a lot to her. She cared very much for him even if sometimes she was tough and cruel about it. Always picking on him. In a way - he was like the annoying but loveable brother that she never had. He was important.

Sure, he was the comic relief primarily but they did a little bit more with him in the latter half of the TV show that made him quite an endearing character and not just one to provide all the laughs. I appreciated that even if I wished they had delved into his backstory a little more than what they did. To show us why he was the way he was initially and why he ultimately chose to give up on warriorship to settle down and start a family.

Because if that was his informed decision to Meg… then he should honestly have had that as his endgame. Not to Gabrielle. Gabrielle was the long lost love that he could never have. Not just because she had feelings for Xena but because Gabrielle didn’t think of him that way. She had no romantic/sexual feelings or attraction to Joxer whatsoever. He was her friend. Nothing more. So having his last moments in the show in service to his love for Gabrielle just doesn’t feel right. But like I said above: It was probably more of a knee-jerk reaction. He saw that Gabrielle was in immediate danger of dying if she wasn’t freed and he reacted on a warriors’ instinct.

Goodbye, you loveable goof. I’ll miss you in Season 6. Your son may be ten times the warrior than you ever were, but he’ll never fill your shoes in the comedic department. That role was yours to own alone. R.I.P.

[untilnextchapter]

Monthly Fanfictions Recommandation: September'23

Here are my best discoveries from the last weeks

🍬 The Authors

@kquil : a gentle author, writing about the Marauders, her writing will bring you peace and the writings are so soft. I love seeing her theme on my computer and seeing her icon on my dash is always a sign that I will read something good.

@luveline : you don't know if you want to read an Aaron Hotchner story or a good Marauder one? You don't need to change to another page, here is the wonderful Jade. She's so talented and you won't be disappointed if you want to check her work.

@thatfanficstuff : when I discovered this blog, I didn't know where I should go first. So many fandoms I love, so many characters, so many stories... So many comfort shows and so, comforting times after work. And sometimes, it's all I need. A gentle person writing some sweet stories.

@luci-in-trenchcoats : I read a few stories a few months ago but, I recently re-discovered this amazing author. With her works, I was back into Supernatural. So many hours spent at reading about our favourite hunters, so many series. And the best of the best: the writing skills are so great and it's so easy to read... Waow, just waow.

@imagineteamfreewill : Fluffy Supernatural fics and a lot of good AUs, all I need after a hard day at work. Meg is an excellent writer and you will spend a good time, I promise. I haven't read everything yet but, I know I have a few a good escapes in perspective. Don't hesitate , you will enjoy your time reading, I hope as much as I'm doing.

@anika-ann : I'm in my Marvel phase, I'm weak, I know. And, I think I found someone that could quench my thirst with so many good stories and good writing skills. I could spend hours reading about Steve Rogers. And I know I've found an unique writer because I loved a crossover story. I usually hate that. But here I am, reading a Criminal Minds / Avengers story and loving it. Thank you for that.

@crazyunsexycool : Another "Val", it can only be someone nice, right? But really, a sweetheart, someone with so much imagination, and a way to write about children... And I know what I'm talking about, I'm working in a nursery. It's so great to read something accurate when it's a subject you know. And except for the children, she's always here to answer your questions, being nice and taking time for her followers. I hadn't asked to be add into a taglist for a story for a long time. You won't be disappointed if you want to make a stop here.

🍭 The Stories

* = Smut (Minors DNI) || 🦋 = Series || Beware of the TW please

Not so secret admirer || @kquil (Remus Lupin x Reader, you can't hide your adoration for remus lupin and often end up staring at him, good thing he thinks you're really cute)

A star between hands 🦋 || @luveline (James Potter x Reader, finding out you’re princess isn’t half as intimidating as your new bodyguard, James. mutual pining, fluff)

if things go bad || @/luveline (Aaron Hotchner x Reader, Hotch rushes to get to you when you call him during a home invasion. angst, hurt/comfort)

True Mate 🦋 || @thatfanficstuff (Peter Hale x Reader)

Remember me || @/thatfanficstuff (Thranduil x Reader)

I Know Your Brother || @luci-in-trenchcoats (Sam Winchester x Reader, The reader is pulled out of Hell accidentally by Sam Winchester who’s wondering where his brother is…)

A Safe Mistake 🦋 || @/luci-in-trenchcoats (Nanny!Dean x Single Parent!reader, Dean’s in need of some extra cash to help Sam pay for his tuition and gets a job working as a nanny for the reader’s young son. As Dean becomes ingrained in the reader’s life though, he soon becomes more than just the nanny to them both…)

Beauty and the Beast 🦋 || @imagineteamfreewill (Dean Winchester x Reader AU, Living in a village is nice, and even though you’d always longed for adventure, you weren’t expecting to go on an adventure of your own anytime soon. But as soon as you take your father’s place as the prisoner of a Beast who lives in an enchanted castle, you’re surprised that adventure isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—and neither are monsters)

Daisy || @/imagineteamfreewill (Sam Winchester x Deaf!Daughter!Reader, Sam breaks some bad news to his daughter, who’s deaf, and watches her start to grow up without her mother)

Love on the Brain 🦋 || @anika-ann (Steve Rogers x Reader / Crossover MCU-Criminal Minds, You found menacing pictures of you friend, colleague and neighbour Steve in your mailbox.   Someone might play it off as a bad joke, but you were an agent for the Avengers Initiative and a former FBI agent. You’ve seen cases like this and you were taking no chances. Not with Steve of all people. But you were going to need help; enter the BAU)

Hands Too Cold, but Heart of Gold 🦋 || @/anika-ann (Steve Rogers x Reader, Matt Murdock x Reader, You officially joined the Avengers only two months ago and you’re about to take off to yet another mission. Cap would like to have some extra help on this one – but the Avengers have approached the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen before and he made it pretty clear how he felt about it. Of course, this time it’s you who got stuck with trying to convince him once again. “I still don’t understand why it’s not you coming, oh Star Spangled Man with a Plan.” “I do have a plan. I have you.”)

Heart’s Munition 🦋 || @crazyunsexycool (Mob boss!Steve Rogers x Maid!Reader. I can't copy and paste all the resume but I swear, you'll love it. A bit of surprise but it's worth the world)

My little love * 🦋 || @/crazyunsexycool (Bucky Barnes x Enhanced!Reader. Really long resume but in short, Bucky, Reader, children, Papa and Mama bears, great scenario, you'll love it I promise!)

That's all, for now.

Don't hesitate to share the stories you liked and tell the writers you enjoy their works, it always means a lot to them ❤️

Have a good reading,

Val 🌸

[msweebyness]

I don’t know if someone already told you this yet, but what if you did an au of your Disney characters but with the Disney princess villain songs by Lydia the Bard on YouTube?

Well, that’s a toughie, because there are only a couple I could see applying. Ariel, Rapunzel, Aurora, Snow White, Anna, Cinderella, Belle, Tinker Bell, I just couldn’t see Ondine, Adrien, Nath, Mylene, Kiran, Zoe, Rose or Lacey going down those paths for those reasons. The ones I could see are Mulan, Meg, Moana, Merida, Tiana and Isabela. Since Fei is Shang in this AU, maybe Mari could want to avenge her because she was killed by people who thought a woman shouldn’t lead the army, Roxie is Meg but the whole “abandoned by Herc” thing wouldn’t work because they have no romantic connection to Kimules, only platonic. Taking over the Underworld could still work. The Moana one is kinda perfect for Austin Q in this AU, his parents are shitty. I could see the Tiana one happening with Alya if something happened to her friends or Nino so they weren’t around to act as an anchor. Sparky and I actually discussed the Merida one, and some version of it happens years down the line when Tomoe is assassinated for breaking off her daughter’s arranged marriage. And I could see Reshmabela snapping but she wouldn’t target the entire family, just her grandmother and everyone who was complacent or supportive of her actions. Her parents and sisters, and most others would be safe.

Hope that helps! (Most of these are purely hypothetical and don’t actually apply in the AU, with the exception of Kagami.)

@imsparky2002 @artzychic27

[the-gray-ghosty]

Hello. Do you have any fanfic recs of Sam being hunted down by other hunters? Because holy shit that concept FUCKS and I need more of it in my life

Hi!! Sorry I didn't see this ask until now!

Yes, I do!! A lot of them are by the ao3 writer authoressjean, I highly recommend checking them out!!

Taken by authoressjean on ao3,

^ Steve Wandell, the hunter that meg killed while she was possessing sam, had friends. They kidnap Sam looking for revenge.

Lethal Dose Countdown by authoressnebula (authoressjean) on ao3, sam gets poisoned by hunters, but they meant to poison dean.

Arms Spread Wide by authoressnebula (authoressjean) on ao3, WARNING! THIS FIC HAS CRUCIFIED!SAM ^^

Out of the Cross by saintsurvivor on ao3

WARNING! THIS FIC HAS CRUCIFIED!SAM ^^

The Case of the Dissappearing Nephilim by mollrach13 on ao3, Sam gets hurt protecting Jack from hunters

The Sunlight in my Growing by remy (iamremy) on ao3, Sam and Dean get kidnapped by hunters who want to avenge the apocalypse, dean patches sam up afterwards (soft wincest)

Those are all I could find just from scanning my ao3 bookmarks, but I'll look more, and feel free to add on/rb this if anyone else has some fics to recommend!

[william-solace-aaaaa]

Riordanverse RP Canon Demigods&Stuff

To join the RP go to:

Percy: @that-dam-son-of-poseidon Annabeth: @annabeth-in-your-chase

Hazel: @hazel-is-confused

Frank: @frank-zhang-skreee

Jason: @jason-graceeeeee

Piper: @piper-mclean-raaa

Leo: @leo-valdez-graaa

Will: @will-solace-aaaaa

Nico: @nico-the-ghost-king /@nico-di-angelo-aaaaa /@nico-son-of-hades

Naomi: @miss-naomi-solace

Magnus: @magnus-falafelking

Alex: @alex-fierro-pr-nightmare

Kayla: @kaylaknowles-yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa /@apollos-favorite-child

Thalia: @best-dam-huntress /@thalia-grace-aaaaaa

Clarisse: @everyone-is-a-punk

Silena: @silena-styles /@silena-beauregard-official

Connor: @the-better-stoll-brother Travis: @travis-stollllllllll

Octavian: @askoctavianhoo

Bianca: @that-one-dead-sister

Zoe: @zoe-can-see-the-stars-again

Sally: @percys-blue-food-vendor

Samirah: @that-hijabi-loki-spawn

Katie: @lovely-katie-gardner

Charles: @explodes-cutely Chris: @whooptheregoesmysanity

Reyna: @bow-down-to-rara Ethan: @that-avenging-demigod

Rachel: @badass-bitch-with-blue-hairbrush

Sadie: @isises-specialist-girl Walt/

Anubis: @normal-teen-and-mummy-godahhhhh

Meg: @apollo-is-my-servant

Clovis: @the-eeper-yippee

Ellis: @ellis--wakefield

Lavinia: @i-tap-dance

Dakota: @never-too-much-kool-aid

Rachel: @rachel-elizabeth-dareeeee /@rachel-dare-aaaaaaa

Feilix: @penguin-in-a-pharaoh-mask

Estelle: @estelle-blofis-jackson

Miranda: @miranda-gardiner

[theboardwalkbody]

Took advantage of the Fare Holiday and did go to see Twister in 4DX.

The theater was really cool, aesthetically. The 4DX experience was really awesome. The seats moved and jostled (significantly, like a small rollercoaster). For Twister it followed a lot of the movement of the vehicles and some other things. It did feel like you were in the car with them because the seats matched the visuals of the cars movements. I was hoping for this going into it. It is undescribable how happy it made me to feel the bumps of the road during parts where the focus was on the Barn Burner so it actually felt like I was riding along with Dusty. ❤️

There were also vibrations for thunder and knocking (such as jo banging on the roof of beltzers van) and vibrations and jostling during the collapse of Aunt Meg's house. Extra lights flashing with the lightning. There was wind (sometimes a light breeze sometimes aa little stronger) and rain! The rain was light, otherwise we'd all be soaked, and obviously the wind effect couldn't be too strong but it was great. During the final tornado scene they moved the seats in a circular movement to go with the movements of Jo and Bill. Plus some other movements and puffs of air around your head as things on screen flew by (like debris flying toward the camera).

They even had some stuff during the trailers. At one point there was a snow scene in one of the trailers and they actually had snow falling in the theater.

Additionally, it was great to watch my favorite movie on the big screen for the first time since, obviously, I missed it in 1996, being 5 and all. Even better was hearing people laugh at the jokes and funny moments (and Dusty making so many people laugh filled me with so much joy I felt like I could explode) and hearing their reactions to so many other moments (like clapping after the debis scene where Bill and Jo drive though the house and even cheering for Melissa for realizing her and Bill weren't fit for each other and choosing to leave for her own sake).

The only thing that bothered me about the audience reaction was laughing during the part where Melissa overheard Bill and Jo on the hill and realizing they're still in love with each other. IDK if it was because they were laughing at them 'arguing' yet again or being overheard again or at the fact that poor Melissa is standing there soaked and being annoyed (which really she was scared) at first. But at one point she was clearly upset so I don't know where the laughter was coming from at that point. But, from experience, there's always going to be someone laughing at a touching/sad moment (possibly because it goes over their heads - example: midnight priemer of the avengers when Bruce says "I ate a bullet and the other guy spat it back out" it was definitely not meant to be funny, because it's definitely him admitting a S* attempt, but still some people laughed).

I'm sure there were other people there who've seen it before but I definitely heard a bunch of people who, based on their reactions (like worrying about Toto and then the sigh of relief when he was ok), were seeing it for the first time. It was really such a blast and I'm so glad I decided to go and that I got the opportunity to. Core Memory for sure. And my inner child is over the moon (and I couldn't stop smiling during the movie).

I'm sure I can keep gushing about this. Can you tell this is my favorite movie ever? 😅

[kaontic]

*Takin’ a stab at this cuz about time I did—*

🦁 Emperor of Destruction, King of Beasts and Guardian Spirit of Paradise 🦁

Or, um, in other words, here’s Megs’ holoform as a shishi:

See? I’m not biased for Megatron over Optimus. I didn’t even color him in all the way. 😅

(Which is totally not because I’m scared of messing up the outlining. That’s potentially demoralizing fr…Maybe I’ll try anyway later idk)

Cliffjumper: >:(

Me: Um...you guys are probably wondering about some stuff— 👀💧 *Clears throat*

*In the tone of Barbs from Geography Now*

What is a “shishi”? 👋

What are the flowers he is holding? 👋

Well, as the poem one Kabuki dance abides to puts it:

As the peony is the king of a hundred flowers, so is the lion the chief of a hundred beasts.

Hence the association.

Reflector: You better put a source for that.

Me: I KNOW— 😭

Renjishi (Two Lions) is the name of that Kabuki dance. There’s another dance (and other versions of that dance), but we’ll get to that if you’re interested of course. ;)

Btw, the dancer above, Yukimasa Futamura of Miyabiya? He’s awesome.

He wasn’t even the one that convinced me (that was Onoe Kikugorō VI), he just reaffirmed it because WOW DO THEY LOOK SIMILAR— O_O

Someone (I really wish I remembered their post 😭) noted how Megatron has one of the most human-like face plates out of everyone (and ironically so)—

Idc what anyone says, they were on-target (yes that pun was intentional).

Oh wait, he’s not “human” after all, is he? Riiiiight… 🦁

(You know he would try to make that excuse lol)

Ok ok ok, last question—

Is a shishi good or evil?

I mean, their purpose, whether in China (as these specific Kabuki dances are based off of Chinese legend. Renjishi even takes place on a holy mountain in China, with the shishi guarding the bridge to Buddhist paradise), Japan or other countries, are to protect important (usually religious) locations and ward off evil spirits.

Yeah, in the other major dance Kagami Jishi (Mirror Lion), a servant girl named Yayoi, working in the shogun’s palace is influenced and gets possessed by a shishi via a lion mask, and dragged off-stage due to the shishi chasing 2 butterfly spirits, but ya know��

Cats will be cats. :)

The same actor that plays Yayoi will even return as the (male) shishi to dance with the butterfly spirits.

What happens to Yayoi in the end though? Um—

She’s fine. Probably. Maybe (just me speculating, this has nothing to do with the actual performances) she gets to spend the rest of eternity as the lion’s hostess. 👀

Are there more to the dances? Oh yeah, always. It's Kabuki, an intricate and detailed art form requiring huge skill that everyone should check out.

(I didn't even mention the son character in Renjishi and his significance, for example)

Furthermore, are there other Kabuki characters (especially villainous) that would fit Megs? Yep.

There was literally this one noble, Togashi Saemon from the dance-drama Kanjinchō, who was so impressed by how far his enemy’s follower was willing to go for his master (through deceptive means), that he just straight up let them go.

Even at the cost of his own life because that’s how much trouble he was gonna get in for that. 😬

Megs notoriously enabling his traitorous subordinates’ behavior even if it’s self-sabotaging?

Same energy.

There was also the provocative (and quite frankly pathetic) governor Kō no Moronō from the drama Kanadehon Chūshingura, who the 46 rōnin came for on their quest to avenge their master, and proceeded to [REDACTED] his head.

Yeah, given our options, so far, he better be thankful that his holoform is a shishi. 😑

It’s not the only holoform he has (any Cybertronian can have several in my AU), but I think it’s a good start.

[oblivions-dawn]

1, 8, C, and 🌍? :3

HI MEG!! <3 Thank you for the ask~

✑ First big aspiration (i.e. what did they want to be when they grew up?)

You know . . . uh . . . . Vigdis didn't really get to . . . think about that. Consider it, even, if you will. Although I suppose becoming a vampire hunter to avenge your dad is . . . something! Except it wasn't really her choice WHEEZE

✑ First time they took a risk, or the biggest risk they've ever taken

Oooo. Hmmmm. How to answer. Vigdis has taken many risks, and more recently they've been, well, massive. I daresay it's because of Serana that she's even more reckless than usual, although I won't spoil how [because if you know, you know. >:3c]

✑ First physical contact (handshake? hug? something else?)

If I remember right . . . "The redhead fetched a rusted key from her pouch and unlocked the irons around the brunette’s wrists—who struggled to not notice the brief grips of warmth from the freckled fingers around her pale arms. How could Vigdis look and act so cold, and yet be so warm to the touch?" [Petrichor, Chapter IX: One Condition] Make of that what you will. -w-

✑ First attempt at worldbuilding, or a notable piece of worldbuilding you're proud of

OH I really love how I've thought WAYYY too much about vampires in the world of Elder Scrolls. Sort of. Y'see I imagine that Harkon is actually a lower tier Vampire Lord because, well. They mention that only WOMEN are offered to Molag Bal on his summoning day and become Daughters of Coldharbour, so, for me, that puts Harkon on a lower rung beneath his wife and daughter. Thus, the extra tension. And it also allowed me to make the Harkon fight that much cooler because I expanded on it in a sense, hehe. I also believe that vampirism is a disease in the very literal sense! There are some who try to take on vampirism, but their body rejects it, and they . . . die instead. It simply doesn't take for whatever reason. Man I hope one of these other asks picked this because I could go on about Dragonborn things and a Skaal thing and--