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[nocturnalhe]

AS SHE FUCKING SHOULD

[shroudandsands]

Prompt #7: Speculate

“Alrigh’, jus’ ‘ear me ou’.” He held out a hand towards her, fingers splayed. The universal sign for ‘I’m about to say some seriously dumb shit.’

“Mhigo’s go’ some strange ol’ hist’ry. The weird folk in it, an’ the weirder land tha’ it is- Dirt, rocks, sand, stretches o’ land wit’ nothi’ on ‘em, big-arse monuments an’ floatin’ glowy rocks tha’ definitely ain’t suited fer the damned place-” Dugald shakes his head, tangenting. “-Seriously. Tha’ ol’ place... Whitherwander? Wha’s the ‘ells is goin’ on up there? Some crazy shite tha’s fer sure. Ain’t nobody there t’ understand the insanity. Plus the damn huge boat tha’s hangin’ out on top o’ a mountain. Wha’s the hells is goin’ on there, even, too? Then y’ go’ all the hist’ry wit’ the Mhachi an’ Amdapori goin’ out tha’ way...” He splayed his hands out again. “Righ’, so none o’ tha’ makes sense righ’? An’ the place ain’t all tha’ interestin’ other than the few places tha’ are jus’ completely insane, righ’? An’ the completely insane folk tha’ went there then left wi’out a clue?”

“So ‘ere’s where I’ve been thinkin’. See, there ain’t no Mhigan in the hills who’s gonna be messin’ wit’ none o’ tha’ mess. They’re gonna punch ‘emselves silly an’ maybe throw rocks at the Garleans still runnin’ ‘round like th’ morons they are. Maybe they’ll be headin’ out t’ Thanalan an’ t’wards Ul’dah t’ give ‘em what fer or try fer somethin’ better. ‘Cause- Hang on, I’m gettin’ t’ it- ‘Cause tha’s close t’ bein’ like ‘ome, righ?” He pulled a stick close, starting to draw in the dirt as he spoke. A rudimentary map of the area around Ul’dah, then a path towards Ala Mhigo. He purposefully depicted the Twelveswood as a dump. “So they ‘ead out that way an’ find themselves fightin’ ‘gainst folks who /migh’/ ‘ave descended from the crazies tha’ came an’ left Mhigo. Lalafell. Specifically the folks o’ magic practitionin’ sorts, an’ the alchemist sorts. So wha’ does tha’ ‘ave t’ do wit’ anythin’? Well- The two places are damn similar, righ’? So why’d they screw off t’ a /diff’rent/ hellsscape desert when they ‘ad a perfectly good one wit’ plenty o’ space t’ mess around wit’? After all, they left b’hind plenty o’ sorts o’ strange thin’s tha’ /gotta/ be their doin’.”

“See, tha’s where this gets int’restin’. I don’t think they ‘ad a choice. See, smallfolk tha’re talented wit’ magic an’ rocked the world a couple o’ times- Banished t’ a place tha’ weren’t too bad. Sure, good ol’ Mhigo ain’t the most fantastic o’ places, bu’ it’s liveable. Grew on m’self a bit, even, an’ I ain’t a big fan. Bu’ tha’s the problem. Liveable, useable, coulda done a lot more harm an’ damage there. So they ‘ad t’ be forced out. Who was gonna do it?” He paused, as if waiting for an answer, then shook his head. “Sure weren’t the Mhigan folk. Highlanders. Them folk- Sif, no, y’ain’t one o’ ‘em- are real damn good at workin’ wit’ wha’ they go’, but there’s no way in any hell tha’ they go’ them magic flingin’ popotoes out o’ Mhigo. Nah, see, I think it were...” Dramatic pause, again. “Moogles. Short. Dumb. Magic gifted. Capable o’ doin’ insane feats o’ castin’, bu’ they’re small an’ fluffy sorts. Can’t normally see ‘em. I think they go’ cursed by the likes o’ the lalafell they drove out an’ int’ the hellscape o’ the thanalan desert in order t’ punish ‘em. So all those mages go’ banished an’ driven out by the moogles, an’ the moogles got cursed fer the effort so now they’re invisible t’ mos’ folk.” He nodded as if this made complete sense, his hands gesturing towards the map that was now finished- With a moogle face in Mhigo. “Tha’ also explains why the kin o’ all these sorts left in Mhigo are ‘bout as smart as the stone they’re breakin’ wit’ bare fists. Moogle influence makin’ ‘em dumb, since tha’s the only way they can prove they’re still around after th’ invisible curse.”

Dugald held his hands out, splayed once again towards the one he’d unleashed this entire insanity on. “So tha’s why Mhiganfolk ‘re dumb as bricks an’ lalafell are smarter. An’ why moogles are absolutely real thin’s tha’ are around. It’s the only explanation.”

Pyrite stared back at him for a moment. Then another.

Then a boot met Dug’s head at mach 3 and he was left unconscious.

[guyghoul]

I try to write the High Guardian Spice story by memory.

I spent a lot of time watching videos that critique High Guardian Spice.

To my embarrassment, I feel that all of those videos taught me the whole story of that series.

Curiously, I try.

A Red Oni, Blue Oni (not literally) duo f girls start hinking of their futures in the academy then immediately say goodbye to their family. They tag along a goat and some flying chest while riding a carriage pulled by a couple of shiny brown Chocobo Cramorant. They then go to a train... bu the Red Oni decides to just use a flying broom and struggles to fly to the next destination wi the Blue Oni. They also get on a room-sized carriage pulled by a surprisingly normal, semi-shiny horse while a musclegut orc with a too-small suit rides on the back of the carriage. One Jetix-styled animation later, they arrive near the place and take a tram. The Red Oni wonders about how small their own town looks. The place itself is a city surrounded by a circular stone wall and led by the academy on a hill.

The duo meets a lesbian couple that leads them to the duo's bedrooms by conjuring a magic door inside the house. One nightmare abou the Red Oni's mother leaving her later, she wakes up then opens the window in joy. One lesbian gives them cookies; the Onis eat quite a few.

The duo then leave to wn, go through a market with oddly unmoving people and past a literal giant. The Red Oni swings her sword and accidentally almost hurts a Green Ranger, who becomes understandably jerky towards the duo. The Green Ranger leaves, then the Red Oni finds ome ferret snake with a rather slick mane.

Red Oni: 'Maybe it's got rabies!'

Blue Oni: 'Do you... want... rabies?'

Th is the first episode.

Somewhere, they meet with a Yellow Dwarf that looks and acts pretty close to Lotte Jannson from Little Witch Academia. They pass a partially-painted photograph of a lamppost befor entering the academy whic has a livin gargoyle in charge of a clock. There, they mee three old women, one who is trying too hard in being a likable jerk. They get oriented where they meet a lot of mundane teachers and a very fanservicey incubus demon. There is a Coco LaBouche teacher who tricks her students into drinking a mutating potion, but Blue Oni makes an tidote that cures everybody, thus teaching others tha they should not jus trust anything without verification. The Coco LaBouche also had a Venus lamptrap that disintegrates a nezumi and almost rots a student's head (who reminds me of Diana Cavendish).

There is also a bored student wh only bothers with attending voiced by a bored actor wh only bothers with attending. He i surprisingly good wi the harp, though. Tw others are Snapdragon and this jerk girl. They have problems wi their initial weapons. A teacher swaps the weapons, which no longer give them trouble.

Th episod ends with a surprisingly cool-looking scene where students make promises of their future then have themselves projected on the middle of a blue-lit platform... though they are actually reciting the school vow.

After that, there is an episode where the students have to go through an obstacle course. A Yellow Lotte goes down a slide with a fellow classmate... while their animation of sliding is actually their still images liding around the screen while changing size. Some Prince Charmles student is rather stuck up and misogynistic, bu the Red Oni keeps defeating and humiliating him, whereas the Yellow Lotte 'accidentally' drops her hammer on his foot. The swapping teacher laughs along the High Guardian Spice team. Meanwhile, the jerk girl suddenly uses R-rated speech (whic happens on occasion) while inside a maze. She then meets up with Snapdragon, who solves a puzzle. Then...

Jerk girl: Only girls have feelings! #Killallmen!

Snapdragon: I am a boy. I am tired of being forced to live up to society's expectations of manliness!

Jerk girl: ...

Snapdragon: Here. I solved your puzzle.

In another episode, the jerk girl also talks about drawing... 'intimate anatomy' on her notebook.

Each student (and the Green Ranger) gets their own plots, too.

The Red Oni gets two: one has a couple of mammalian owl steal her locket. Both Onis chase the mammalian owls to a tree then look behind a wall secretly. The mammalian owl se the locket in a treasure pile then do a mating dance. Afterward, both Onis ge the locket. Inside, there is a picture of cheesecake... which is folded in a way that hides a phot of the Red Oni's family... including her Missing Mom. Another has her mess around wit her sword (actually her mother' sword) and accidentally drop the sword, whic has the knob a the hilt of the sword break. The Red On i sad. The Blue Oni gets the Red Oni to Professor Callaway, the self-insert, who instantly fixes the sword. The Red Oni finds an album that shows her mother and a female Professor Callaway. Professor Callaway is revealed to be transgender, explaining tha to the Red Oni. Th explanation itself is actually fine (if a little jammed in th episode), but, somehow, Professor Callaway needs to take a potion monthly that restores a spell that gives Professor Callaway a male body, this being connected to hormones that real-life transgender people take.

The Blue Oni ends up conflicted between old magic (which is the traditional, brews-and-spells, equivalent exchange magic) and new magic (which is just magic without any restrictions). Apparently, her parents did not want her learning new magic, bu the lesbians encourage the Blue Oni to use new magic, anyways. After all, 'your mom wasn't always so conservative'.

The Yellow Lotte aces her blacksmithing class in jus two lessons, hence the blacksmithing leader just sends her on a quest where she needs to find a hammer behind a portrait then dig a tunnel by herself. She also ends up in a conflict with how she needs to take care of her huge family before she decides to be both a student and a family caretaker.

The Green Ranger also gets two: she has to fight an infection that is affecting her land. The Blue Oni makes a brew that gets on a cat, which turns anthropomorphic (actually a cat head and tail on a rather buff human body). The cat suddenly runs away, takes an arrow, slashes at a tree, then jams an arrow there before the Green Ranger uses her arrows on the cat, which turns back to normal. Turns ou tha the arrows were the cure to the infection, which was inside the tree. Another has her need to contact her parents. Despite the aforementioned lesbians being able to conjure a door, the Green Ranger needs to summon a (rather neat-looking) demon before being able to communicate wi them, instead. The demon, naturally, betrays her. She and Yellow Lotte fight the demon until the demon is bound in a web.

Demon: Hey, I know that I betrayed you violently even though you just wanted to contact your parents, but maybe we can...

Green Ranger: LOL NOPE *kills the demon*

...yes, there is quite a bit of killing here. Aside from the nezumi and the demon...

The Yellow Lotte kills ome Parasect.

Professor Callaway, after talking about being transgender, tells a story abou the Red Oni's mother killing a rather cool-looking manticore.

The High Guardian Spice turn into mermaids, accidentally gruesomely harm a sea dragon, and the Red Oni feels forced to 'Mercy' Kill the sea dragon.

They also kill an octopus, which wound has this purple, oily flow... because the octopus was actually a ship that Professor Callaway constructed. The whole thing was a test.

A big episode starts with a black cat spying on High Guardian Spice... excep tha the cat is actually a human in a cat magical disguise. She then talks with an evil spirit. Meanwhile, the Green Ranger needs to find a vial of precious medicinal water. Soon, there is a costume festival. The Red Oni s in a dragon costume. Both onis have a fight out of no reason. The human who was in a cat disguise then hands flyers to High Guardian Spice. Meanwhile, the actual cat consciously uses the anthropotion on itself then goes to the festival. Some transphobe tries to flirt with a mermaid until he finds ou tha the mermaid i Snapdragon crossplaying. Naturally, the transphobe reacts in disgust. The human who was in a cat disguise lures the Red Oni into an alleyway before getting into a figh that was, to my surprise, nicely animated... despite the lack of magic. Meanwhile, the Green Ranger has found that healing water in a nearby cave then helps the Red Oni... bu the human who was in a cat disguise takes then deliberately spills the water. The Green Ranger is distraught, and the Red Oni comforts the Green Ranger... instead of just going back to the cave and getting more. The Blue Oni, the Yellow Lotte, and the anthro cat probably helped ou the Red Oni, since the Onis apologise to each other later in th episode.

Human who was in a cat disguise: I am sorry. I am a good gal now.

High Guardian Spice: Okay; I believe you.

By the by, the Red Oni meets the lesbians with Professor Callaway. One of the lesbians is crossplaying a magician whereas the other lesbian and Professor Callaway are in rabbit dress.

Red Oni: 'So, how did you guys and Professor Bunny know each other?'

Professor Callaway: 'Oh, we uh... uhm...'

Magician Lesbian: 'We go to the same parties...'

...the lesbians and Professor Callaway are in a polycule.

High Guardian Spice decide to just go to the cave and get more. They manage to do so, though they end up reviving then riding a dragon... that flies to the air, ages rapidly, then disintegrates in fireworks. Even they are confused.

After the festival, the transphobe mock Spandragon crossplaying. Snapdragon then... 'snaps', beating up the transphobe.

(I just noticed tha the transphobe has dark skin. I am surprised tha this cartoon is actually making a dark-skinned person a bad guy.)

A this, Snapdragon vents to Professor Callaway.

Professor Callaway: Feel free to crossdress if that helps you feel good. You do not need to bend to the gender expectations of bullies.

Snapdragon: That is not jus that. I dislike how 'manly' my body is because my father and brother abused me because I was not 'manly' enough. I do not wan to be the same they are. Professor Callaway: There are many solutions to this problem, but I say that you might be transgender.

Spoiler: Snapdragon really is transgender.

That means that, according to thi series, the only reason why Snapdragon, a boy, has feelings is because Snapdragon is actually a girl.

(Somehow, despite Professor Callaway needing to take a potion every month, the cat can stay anthropomorphic forever, apparently.)

There is another episode where the goat mascot gets cloned and floats in the air.

There is another episode where some psychopath firs transforms into the Red Oni's mother... bu th is a trick. The psychopa then turns into then beats u Professor Callaway before transforming into his true form again. The Red Oni eventually defeats the psychopath... non-fatally, this time. Apparently, this caused a fire... which brought mundane firefighters using hoses instead of water magic.

Also, there is a stock photograph of bread pasted on the table somewhere.

The programm ends with both Onis, the Yellow Lotte, the Green Ranger, and mayb even the human in a cat disguise forming wha they are now formally calling 'High Guardian Spice'... even though I just remembered while typing this tha they are all named after herbs: 'Rosemary' (the Red Oni), 'Sage' (the Blue Oni), 'Parsley' (the Yellow Lotte), and 'Basil' (the Green Ranger). The human who was in a cat disguise also apparently does not have a name that is a spice or a herb.

Th ending has the Red Oni's mother actually not dead... but serving some obscure council of evil. Th is obviously going to be resolved in the next season... had not High Guardian Spice been pretty much cancelled due to its terrible reception.

[jocelyn-wellson]

2 YEARS AGO, JULY

“Joss,” said Bet, sweeping her black hair into a tight bun. “I don’t think we can do this much longer.”

Jocelyn rubbed her eyes; they hadn’t slept much since Angel had died — or since Yvgeniy had been dispatched. Not because they were busy with customers, but because they were busy fighting off escalating property crimes. A normally bizarre occurrence in its own right, the B&Es had become almost nightly. Perhaps they had something to do with the up-tick in Mainlanders, or perhaps something more insidious was afoot. Not that they cared, really. 

“Whaddya mean? Ya know Dmitri’s go’ our backs, yea?”

“Joss...” she managed. “I wanna go home. I wanna go back to Brennadam.”

The madam studied her lieutenant. “We jus’ go’ safe ‘ere an’ ya wanna se’up shop in some backwatah village?”

Bet was offended, but let it slide. “I really... I really miss home, Joss.”

“I miss no’ bein’ on me back sometimes, bu’ ya cannae have et all.”

“That’s the thing,” she said. She looked away from her friend. “Since Angel died, I don’t want this anymore...”

“Yer one o’ us, we cannae jus’ ‘ave ya leavin’... ‘ow long we been partnahs now?”

“Six... seven years?”

“Aye. Don’ tha’ mean a thin’ to ya?”

“This ain’t like that, Joss...” she said. She poured out a glass of whiskey for each of them. “I just can’t do this anymore. I hate seeing myself like... like a fuckin’ dirty flat, rented out.”

After taking a sip, Jocelyn set her glass down. “‘ow ‘bou’ ya don’ work clien’s no more. Jus’ be workin’ ta make us safe. Be there fer me meetin’s an’ be there fer the girls on th’ weeken’s?”

Bet itched her freckled nose. She took a ling drink. “What’s my cut?”

“Girls still be get’in’ 50% take 'ome an’ keepin’ all tips. We spli’ th’ res’ — 70-30 o’ nightly profit.”

“65-35.”

“75-25.”

“Joss...”

“If ya wan’ off th’ floor, I cannae give ya more than 30. Yer one o’ th’ biggest draws ‘ere.”

Bet sighed heavily. “65-35 — but I play exclusive every Thursday and you get 30 of that, unless they want you, too, then it's 50-50. Tuesdays and Wednesdays I’m off.” 

“Ya bettah be a draw,” said Jocelyn. “We bettah be a draw.”

“We’ve been doing this together from the start. You think I want us to lose our business?”

“I ‘spose no’,” said Jocelyn. She didn’t sound quite certain. 

“Deal? Off two nights, on one night exclusive with you only if requested, security for four?”

“Yer hurtin’ me ‘ere, Bet...” Jocelyn drained her glass. “Fin’ us a girl ta replace Angel, mebbe Gilnean. Ask Dmitri if’fn ‘e ‘as an Alterac one. O’ Tanari. We nee’ a new girl.”

Bet set her glass down. She caressed Jocelyn’s face. “I’ll talk to the Harbormaster’s office, see if anyone’s in a jam we can help.”

Jocelyn simply nodded. Something feels wrong, she thought. Like they were making a decision far larger than they could possibly be aware. 

“We’re gonna be ok,” said Bet, standing. She kissed Jocelyn’s forehead and walked toward the door. She grabbed her sailing jacket. “Be back by ten bells.”

Bet was out the door before Jocelyn could reply. She finished Bet’s whiskey alone.

[ronmanmob]

Apple. Fried egg. ( breakfast meme )

This here meme:

‘Love me Aunt May tonnes, no question’ Ron says, casting a look over at the woman in question as she served up some of her finest home cooking to The Trader’s patrons. ‘She’s done me a service t’day, poppin’ in. She don’t normally on a Monday, bu’ she said she fancied it ‘n I ain’t abaht t’look a gift ‘orse in th’mouf, y’know? She’s been a fixture rahnd th’East End f’donkies years; ‘alf th’folks in ‘ere know ‘er by name ‘n th’rest recognise ‘er. S’a real family affair, runnin’ th’pub, when she’s in. Feels even more so than normal, y’know?’

‘N inspiration…‘Ee ain’t ‘ere, bu’ me li’le lad Jim inspires me. Jus’ ‘ow ‘ee perseveres, y’know? Jus’ gets on, no mattah wha’s ‘appenin’; finds a way. Like wiv talkin’. ‘Ee don’t always find ‘is voice works well, so wha’d ‘ee do? If tha’ were me I’d just sit quiet, bu’ not Jim. ‘Ee picks up BSL - sign language. ‘N talks wiv ‘is ‘ands instead. Crackin’ lad, bless ‘is ‘eart.’ A bit of a look about the bar is taken. He misses the boy and it shows in how his brow crinkles. ‘Can’t wait t’get ‘ome now. Wanna see ‘im ‘n ‘is bruvvahs ‘n sisters.’

[komainu-no-hana]

Luhna Gilmar led him back, eyes not once leaving him, and kicked their bedroom door open with her heel.  She only turned when she stepped through the doorway, and led him to their bed where he had spent countless nights holding her together when all she wanted to do was fall apart.  Letting go of his hand, she crawled onto the bed and turned to face him with a hand held out to him.  "C'mere, love."

Soren Gilmar followed her back, trying to focus only on her and drawing strength with each step from her. When she climbed up onto the bed she managed to get the smallest hint of a smile from him, "I'm filthy love, d' ya really want all this mess in th' bed?"

Luhna Gilmar wiggled her fingers and offered him the sweetest smile.  "Soren Gilmar," she purred, "I can wash th' sheets an' comfor'er an' e'erythin' else on this damn bed. I ain' worried 'bout none of tha' 'cept holdin' ya in me arms, so qui' standin' there."

Soren Gilmar huffed the smallest of laughs, how she managed to make him smile when he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders was a wonder. He at least kicked off his boots before climbing onto the bed with her, "Aye, I suppose we can..." He climbed up to her and sat on the bed with her, and even managed a halfhearted teasing tone,  "Yes ma'am, Mrs Gilmar.

Luhna Gilmar pursed her lips in both quiet victory and questioning.  She knew she'd get her way, he knew she'd get her way, so why was there even a need to question it all?  Her hands slipped up and around his shoulders as he came to sit with her, but that purse of her lips was wiped clean by him.  The quickening of her heart was visible on her face as she looked at him.  She couldn't remember him ever calling her that, teasing or otherwise.  She softened, fingers idly playing at the back of his hair, and fought to keep the heat from her cheeks.  "Ya said she's still in there?"

Soren Gilmar watched the way her lips pursed and wondered at how the Twelve had decided to make someone so perfect. Even the way she displayed her confidence that she would win every time with him was enough to start peeling away the mask that had been holding him together. Her presence smoothing the sharp edges of himself that seemed to cut and snag when he was alone. Seeing her soften at his words made his own heart skip, but he drew a breath and nodded at the question, wrapping his arms around her as if only having her there was what shielded him from the rest of the world and himself. He swallowed before answering properly, "We broke int' th' castrum alright. They set traps all along th' way, an' some o' things we saw there.. Ikara ain' th' only one they are experimenting on. We saw others in strange chambers tha' we couldn' reach. They kept separating us, tryin' t' pick us off a bit at a time, but we made it t' Ikara. It wasn' til then tha' we knew how bad it was. Sh' attacked Lloire with some powder.. took his magic, he had t' take e'erybody elses. They sent this huge magitek monstrosity after us. Big as a bleedin' mansion. We couldn' reach her.. she was too high up by then." He frowned and started to look down, but fought the urge to look away, he had made a choice, and he was going to stick to it, no matter how hard it was. "Sh' called down th' bleedin' heavens on us. Rained fire from th' sky. Th' only reason we didn' all die was cause Lloire cast a spell tha'  nearly killed 'im. Made a shield t' protect all o' us. Then sh' started screamin' at us.. tellin' us t' run away. Her eyes.. they'd been red when we got there.. but they shifted back t' their normal color fer a time. Sh' screamed an' yelled and begged us all t' leave a'fore sh' killed us all." He swallowed and clenched his teeth, "Then th' Garelan bitch took her away.. dragged her away from us an' all mos' o' us could do was watch. Nate almos' got her... he was a hair away. He managed  t' get all th' way up there.. cut tha' Garlean bitch good.. an' his fingers were just a breath away from grabbin' Ikara when tha' Garlean bitch shot 'im. He went flyin' all th' way back down t' th' ground with us. He near died from it, an' that bitch escaped with her." He looked down with a sigh, "If not for Silone, we'd o' all died. Sh' couldn' stand t' be there around me, but sh' came anyways. Sh' blew a hole in th' wall, tearing it down s' we could escape. I ne'er saw her there, but  sh' saved all o' us."

Luhna Gilmar 's eyes searched him as he spoke, and she listened with every bit of her being.  She pictured it all, images snapping in her mind and leading her through the corridors he walked, as if she had been there herself, by his side.  When he finished, Luhna closed her eyes briefly and shifted herself in his arms.  She wriggled, planting herself in his lap, and swept a hand to hold her fingertips against his mouth.  There was nothing at the mention of Silone's name.  No twinge, no glaring pain come back to stab her; for a moment, she was entirely grateful for the woman.  The pain only came at the thought of Soren not coming back.  It was enough for her eyes to prickle even though she held him safely in her arms, knowing that wasn't the case.  "Now ya listen t' me, Soren," she started, keeping her fingers at his lips as a means to keep him from interrupting her should he feel the need to do so.  "Ya said she's still in there."  Luhna leaned and placed her lips to his temple. "Tha' ain' no failure.  Ya said e'eryone made it ou' alive."  Another kiss, this one to his cheek.  "Tha' ain' no failure.  Ya said there be traps, bu' yer /smart/ an' I know ya pu' people wit' the ones they be likely t' figh' stronges' wit'.  O' work bes' wit'.  An' tha' e'eryone gave i' their all."  She pressed her lips to his nose.  "Tha' ain' no failure.  Ya made it 'ome, t' me.  Ya ain' 'urt like I seen ya a'fore, when ya were reckless and thinkin' less 'bout yerself. Ya /came 'ome/." Luhna Gilmar stressed it again, her lips this time pressing to his in one of the softest kisses she'd ever given.  "Tha' ain' no failure.  Ikara is still alive, an' fightin', an' tha's all ya shoul' be thinkin' 'bout.  Tha' jus' means ya go ge' 'er again, stronger an' 'arder a'fore, an' she /knows/ you're comin' now.  She knows ain' no one givin' up on 'er, no matter 'ow much she was shoutin' fer ya t' leave, so don' be givin' up on yerself."

{ @sorenspath }

[absolute-lithops-emotion]

since nano is over

i have decided to celebrate by showing you all the Highlights of my 6k word sprint yesterday! it got... really hilariously bad. i hope it makes you laugh!

AND AFTER THAT THEY HAD A CONVERSATION THAT EXPLAINED EVERYTHING

they can carry cellar thing around on an adventure because they are withces

Eventually, when they had verything they thought they would need, they left! They Finally Left! IT HAS BEEN EIGHTEEN THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED AND THRITY WORDS OR SOMETHING AND THEY HAVE ONLY JUST NOW FINALLY LEFT! THAY HABE LEFT THE HOUSE! THEY ARE GONE! THY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE GOING AND NEITHER DO I BUT THAT DOESNT MATER ANYWAY THEY LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFT!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m actually sobbing.

they still hadn’t gotten to whatever town it was by the ime the sky started to get lighter, because I an going to draaaaaaag everythiiiiiiiiiing ouuuuuuuuut. They did see a very spectacurla sunrise though. Caroline appreciated it. Abigail was tired and just wanted to GET THERE ALREADY. I am also Abigail. Like, I want to drag this out for words but I also want things to HAPPEN.

So — summary time. Basically what this means is that things will happen much faster and also in PRESENT TENSE.

So because I and they are done with having to figure out something else to do, I say they meet this random withc.

And I feel like hitchhiking and stagecoaches and wandering around in the wilderness waiting for whatever luck decides to come your way is more of the Witch Aesthetic anyway.

All the witches are obsessed with telling rollicking tales anyway, it is a Witch Thing.

I am retconning away Abigail telling Caroline about her needlework project or whatever it is, because then you can have her having secretly brought all this embroidery stuff along and having to keep it hidden because she still wants this cool thing to be a SURPRISE and yes it will be cool it will be very cool it will be the coolest (it won’t it will probably just end up being “i really like you!” in flashing colors with some rainbbowy stars which is still more than I would know how to do so I don’t think Abigail really needs to worry Caroline will probably think it’s cute but this would be at like the VERY END of the story after all of the WOES).

~introspecton in the woods~

Like, its like when you and your friend say goodbye, but it turns out you are both walking home in the same direction an its super awkward? It’s like that with caroline and abigail. Because they are kind of both fooffling different paths but they are still both going to the same place eentually. So there are times when they end up staying at the same place for the night and they have both pitched their tenst or made their lean tos or whatever like ten feet apart from each other and they are both like glancing distraughtly over to the other person’s camp when they think the other person isnt looking and if they get cought they both just kind of glare at each other for a while. The antagonist is like who are you people.

So then they ALL GET TO THE HAMMER PLACE. THE PLACE WHERE THE HAMMER IS. THE PLACE OF THE HAMMER.

The antaginist is still following then and is still stuck having to listen to all of their teenage drama. They are like, just find the dang hammer already!!! I guess I just like to make my ntagonists suffer.

So they get into the cavern where the hammer SHOULD be if all of their assumtions are correct, and they should really know by now that like NONE of theri assumtions are correct, but like, they missed that particular thought bus. What did I even just say.

and that is when the ansagonists revel themslves!!! And they capture abgail and caroline anf thye like say antagonist things, or I don’t know maybe only one of them does if I am going off of the assumption thhat what we have ehere is an old amatuer witch humter who never got off the superstition train and then a witch who he has kidnapped to help him find witchs and get the hammer, but I should know by not that none of my assumptions ar correct wither. I was not on that thought bus either I guess. What is a thought bus anyway? What is  a superstition train? Things this world has I gguess.

Maybe there’s a note? Maybe there is a fake hammer? Yeah, that might be it. There might eb a totally norman hammer in therw. And everyone is like is that the legendary hammer of the witch? It looks so notman. And then the old dude witch hunter goes and tries to pick it up, and he can and he is like what the heck this is jut a norman halleer.

Good things come in threes. Symbolic and important fantasy things come in threes. Of course there is s third story obviously.

I am tampted to just have they walking hoyse reappear (well, appear, it was only in a side dtoy before) because lets be honest These People Need A Break. But I don’t know that seens like the kind of thing that would be chamed later. MUCH LIKE THIS ENTIRE PLOT.

So they get back to the boston before the antagoinst in thess assumption.

I shouls really stop calling him the antagonist he is the old witch hunter dude, anyway that guy is maybe heading for them because he might have lso figures it out too, that is that they tell hem.

they go ino the basement eell actually its a cellar, they go in there and they solve the clue and get the hammer yay! I mean, when it is an actual scene it is all dramatic and everything but that is not within my capabitities riht now. AS YOU CAN SEE.

Because the old witch hunting dud is already there when they get there. His prisoners are gicing him some trouble because they aer all punk witches. So then abigai does tha hammer thing anf they all go free and hel in ht efight because I guess there is a fight imea n what else a, I  going to do at thins pimt. There is like a HUGE FIGHT and abigail probably couses a problem with the hammer and something else probably burs down but somehow. SOMEHOW. The antagonist cant fight anymore and so is defeated and they decide what to do with him. Actually they can probabl yfind something illegal to get him arrested for. The problem with having humans s your antagonists is if your characters are normal people and this I ssupposed to be a fun adventur story you cant just KILL THEM you have to get creative. That is probaby why that whole thing is going to change later because the situation just doesnt fit woth the problem. Or sthe problem doesnt fit with the tools that characters have to solve it. SOMETHING DOESNT FIT. A problem like this is not a problem you can solve with an overpowered magic hammer an I guess I was already making that the moral of the story but IT DOENT WORK DAMMIR. Whatever. That is how it goes in this version of the stoy. Arggghhhh could I just get to twenty two kay plase.

I am going to say that that is what happened but for the sake of word count let us examine ome other possigigities.

I dont like that I dont knoeien that I what happed. Wow.

actually I like that ending better scratch that other one that I said I liked the best his one os the real ending noe.

the people keeoing it know where it is and they can protet it. Sure.

AND THEN AT SOME INDETERMINATE POINT AFTER THE STORY NOOOOOOOO NO WAIT OMG OKAY SO MAYBE THE BIT WITH THE EMBROIDERY HAPPENS NOW OR MAY BE IT HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE GOING BACK TO BOSTON. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO BUT WAIT REALLT AFTER WHOEVERS DAUTHR IS FINISHED TALKING SO MAY BE THAT IS WHEN ABIGAIL FINISHES HER EBEOIDERY PROJECT. I MEAN THIS WOUD BE AFTER THEY HAVE TALKED AS MUCH AS THEY NEED TO BECAUSE WOULD IT EVEB MEAN ANYTHIN OTHER WISE NO BUT AFTER THAT ABIGAIL IS LIKE OKAY TO HELL WITH THIS PRETENTIOS HAMMER STUFF WE ATEE BOTH DONE WITH THAT I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT I COULDNT HAVRE DONE THAT ANYWAY BUT I CAN DI THIS and she does th bit with the rainbowy words and stars and caroline is like awwwww!

So them I would need a different endingy endng for th story but you knwo what this is all going to change anyway I dont caaaaaaaaaaare.

[bluesof-arqiive]

Even though I just made gifs out of excitement of this promo and that's because I really love the shoot of it and everyone look so beautiful but Dil to tot gaya sachi mai k mera pyar ki bate krne wala Omkara ek dam SE pyar ka suntee hi itna pathar dil kese hogaya? :( to phir maine bhut dafa ghor se dekha promo to mujhe pata chala k he's disgust and hurt when talks about ishq and ishqbaazi are going on and here's what I think the promo indicates to me. -Shivika looks like a happily married couple which means thora IB se agey ki story hai maybe after some months. -RuMya are in initial "i hate you, Ugh but i love you too and i care about you even though i dont like you" relation. -Om has become ColdheartedKara and the way he said " ishq ek sauda hai jisme dil dekar dard sehna parta hai" he looks disgust, hurt and done with this love shove shit lol and also it looks like he doesn't believe in love anymore because he NOW (as in DBO) thinks that you only get pain in return of love and nothing else. and the reason why i think he became like this is because: -He gave all of his heart to his GF but she betrayed him in the end and that pained him a lot wrna Miss Rudy ne thora dard kam krdia tha lol. -He deep down inside still was kid who loved his father with all his heart what his father did? we all know about how he turned bitter about him too. -maybe just maybe he has find out about his illegitimate wala secret and he is angry on his brother (whom he loves dearly) for not telling him about the biggest secret of his life so he maybe wo thora door hogaya ho shivaay se? -He has seen his mother giving all of her love to his father but his father only give her pain in return (i personally believe in this concept) so its normal for him to turn so shady about love like this. -He had a rough childhood due to his parents. we all knew how his emotions made him isolate himself in his room and turn into a drug addict. -His father accused him of molesting svetlana sab se bara crack uske dil o demagh pe tab hi laga hoga and he left the house. all of the above must've been the reason for the birth of OSO/coldheartedKara ya phir abhi hame kuch bhut bara reason dekhne ko mile 26-13 feb k darmiyan jo hamari confusion or clear krde about OSO. Plus i do feel like ye new O om ka dark side hai the intense one kio k wo Ek artist hai dard se dosti krna hi uska kam hai but jab dard had se guzar jaye to insan itna pathar dil ban jata hai k chaye zinadgi kitna bar bhi dard dai koi takleef nahi hoti. and i think the forst promo perfect pyaar perfect shadi khaaniyon mai hi milte hai suits perfectly here bus farq ye hai use thora believe tha us wakt pyaar k concept pe but zindagi mai itne logo se pyaar k mamle mai dhoka mila k ab bharosa hi nahi raha pyar pe also RumYa k sath ye bhut unfair hai k is promo ko Omkara_centric krdia but hold on guys its just the first look of the show maybe abhi 2-3 promos ana baki hain. so tab hame RumYa ka promo dekhne ko bhi mile? and who else think the promo bg sound like new Omkara love song? because it gives of Omkara vibes from it lol so what ya guys think? do share your thoughts! Repost of my post from IF lol