#Neil and Britta belong together

[midnightellis]

“Fanny pack over suit.”

“That’s what you get for having a Malkavian friend, Toreador.”

I need the fan art of this exchange between Neil and Britta. It’s too perfect!

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The siege

Miles is dead, Wynn is fully under the Justicar’s will and Neil is off the deep end for good. The defense of New Haven rests solely on the shoulders of Johnny and Britta and their grasp on the city is tenuous at best. Miles fell during the assault on New York, swarmed by a mass of near unending shovelheads, he held out as long as he could but they just wouldn’t stop coming. Johnny blames himself for it but he was fighting just as desperately and in a last ditch effort to save his coterie miles dominated him and forced him to get Britta and Neil out of New York and back to New Haven. Roman Pendragon fell in the fight as well, fighting against his sire, Dark Selina alongside a group of other Camarilla elders he convinced to join the fray. Alone and low on allies, Britta and Johnny’s bond has grown stronger than ever.

“Hey kid, you ready?” Johnny says as he walks into his office smoking a Morley and adjusting his leather jacket. “I guess I kinda have to be right? As much as I wish I didn’t, we don’t have many other choices here…” Britta responds as she gazes up at the old painting of Miles still hanging in the Prince’s office. The pair of them gear up, Britta donning her usual combat attire and bringing her usual loadout when preparing to fight kindred. The bow she finally learned to use, an SMG cradled at her hip and a katana she was given as a gift that she’s taught herself to use effectively if someone closes distance on her. Johnny dusts off his leather jacket, grabs his axe and a shotgun that he slings across his back and they head out. The pair have a “meeting” tonight with the Settites, with the passing of Miles and the stalemate achieved in NY they wish to talk terms. The rising of the Eldest is here and the pair know for a fact that the Settites are desperate to work together with someone interested in focusing on surviving it.

They arrive early to the agreed upon meeting point and await the arrival of their backup in case things sour. Johnny lights up a Morley and Britta stands unsettlingly still, forgetting for once that she has to consciously decide to breathe. “So what do ya think they’ll want? Miles is gone but I doubt they’ll just let us off easy and they know the spot we’re in now.” Johnny states matter of factly, eyes scanning his surroundings as though watching for a threat to emerge at any time. “Well, hmm, maybe they’ll just want assurances that after all of this is over they won’t just have another war on their hands like they did with him? I’m not really sure though, I don’t know them quite so well as you do and Miles did.” Britta replies, staring down at the ground and petering off at the end of her sentence. They stand together in silence for a time, Johnny chain smoking and Britta quietly thinking, planning their next move and what decision they’ll have to make to save what’s left of their people. Before too much time passes, they spot their backup, the Ravnos Khabir and the ghouled Fisher cat Chaps approach. Not always fans of one another, Chaps was left to Khabir by Wynn after she was taken away by the Ventrue Justicar Lucinde. Pleasantries are exchanged and the group patiently await the arrival of the Settites.

“Where am I? Wh-what happened? This isn’t New York, why am I back in New Haven?” The Malkavians says in a panicked tone as he takes in his surroundings for the first time in what feels like a long time. “Childe of Malkav, you know where you are and you know what must be done, do not waste time on your anxieties” booms a voice in his head. “W-wait, wait, wait, wait, no no no way, this isn’t supposed to happen, things weren’t supposed to go this way, why are you awake!” He shouts out loud to no one. Silence is his only reply as he begins to take in his surroundings, not recognizing Miles’ old haven until it is too late. When the memory hits of who this house once belonged to, the wave of grief washes over him and he is forced back into the depths of his mind as a presence takes hold of his body once more.

Britta and Johnny’s meeting concludes and thanks to her gift with getting powerful kindred to work with her they come to an agreement. On the car ride back, Britta gazes upon an amulet, a gift given to her by a love now long lost and is brought back to a memory.

“Johnny, take Britta and Neil and run. Do not stop running until day breaks and you need to take shelter, kill any kindred that try and stop you. I love you all, I’m sorry I didn’t stop this.” The tall, well built blonde man says calmly as he strikes out with his blade and slays another shovel head. For a time, it even looks like he might win, but as his vitae begins to deplete and the tide never ends he stumbles. When he stumbles, they strike and they are upon him in an instant. Rather than allow himself to almost certainly be diablerized, Britta watches as Miles pulls the Molotov he brought from his suit jacket and sets himself and the shovelheads alight.

“Hey kid, you ok? You did good back there, I don’t think I could have gotten them on board without your help.” “Hm? Yeah I’m…I’m fine, just thinking about things, it’s only been a few weeks since New York…” she tapers off and stares down at her own feet. Silence passes for a few minutes before she looks up and sees tears of blood streaming down Johnny Saxon’s cheeks and she begins crying quietly as well. For the first time in a long time they might actually have a chance.

After a silent car ride and a long hug the pair find themselves free for the rest of the evening. Britta taking herself to the cafe to play piano and continue thinking of ways for her to help keep Johnny and Neil safe. Johnny decides that since he finally has managed to separate from her, it’s time to see the wolves. Driving off into the woods he finds himself lost in contemplation and memory over what the last several weeks had been like.

“FUCK!” Johnny shouts into the void as his desperate fleeing finally comes to a head and he arrives back at Miles’ haven. He looks over at Britta and Neil, quiet and obviously shaken as he is wracked with guilt and grief. “GODDAMNIT MILES” he yells as he smashes a fist through the wall and barely maintains control of himself and avoids frenzy. When he looks back up, Neil is gone and Britta is curled into herself, weeping quietly in mourning and fear of what becomes of them without Miles. And that sight is the only thing that stops Johnny from marching right back to New York and dying in the effort to kill every last member of the Sabbat and the Eldest. “Come on kid, we have to go inside it’s almost light” he says as he gently picks her up and brings her to her room. Miles’ haven is strangely empty after the departure of his ghouls and Eden and Johnny takes himself to wash off the blood and ash he is covered in before he lies down to wait for daybreak. After he lays down and shortly before the sun he hears his door crack open and he lets Britta climb up onto the bed with him and wait for sleep to come. Like a daughter coming to her parents room after she had a nightmare, Britta rests her head on Johnny’s chest and finally settles down in time for the sun.

Climbing out of the car, Johnny finds himself in the middle of the woods and the very moment he steps out of the car he can feel the eyes on him. “Look, I know I did my wrong but I also tried to save one of you, I have no issue with any of you and thought you should know, something is coming. Something is coming and I think we need to work together to survive it, please, if you have issue with me, please just hold onto it until after this coming storm or the entire city is going to die and then they’re going to come for you.” Johnny says, staring off into the woods, unable to quite tell where exactly the Garou are but certain they are around. A low growl comes from the woods closest to him and an old, large wolf comes plodding out. “So tell us what it is then and after I’ll decide if we’re going to help you or kill you right here.” The wolf says as it shifts into the shape of an older man.

Neil opens his eyes and blinks slowly, almost as though blinking sleep out of his eyes and looks around. The building he is in is crammed full of Malkavians, those notable and otherwise are all present and he feels the panic rising in him once more. “W-w-what is happening!? Why are we all here? What do you want?” He forces himself to ask as he looks around at the room full of Malkavians. “My brother is awake Neil Foster and with him he brings a reckoning, my children shall greet him and bring with us a tide of madness.” The voice in the dark responds as Neil feels himself drawn into the abyss once more, falling deeper every time but this time, falling upon a memory of his.

“Alright guys, this is it, this is my vision, we fight the Sabbat here and then the Eldest rises. Miles you need to be careful, they still have that kill order out on you and I can’t sit here and lose another one of you. Not after Wynn.” Neil says, looking at what remains of his coterie. “You won’t lose me because we are going to win, I don’t know how yet but we will, we always figure it out.” Miles says as he gazes at the Sabbat gathered in the distance and begins to draw his blade. “Neil, hide in obfuscate and use your magic when you see a chance, Britta, cover us and lay down fire, Johnny, with me.” He says as he begins to cross the battlefield alongside Pendragon and his gathered army. The coterie does well in a fight, as they always do but with the death of Pendragon comes a lapse in focus for Britta and a strike in morale to the Camarilla army. This momentary lapse causes Johnny to have to run to her to save her and Miles standing alone against an unending tide. As he moves to use dur-an-ki, Miles’ voice rings out and Johnny grabs him and Britta up, kicking and struggling but he’s just too much stronger than either of them. They watch as Miles falls. Neil curls into himself in his own mind and weeps.

“Alright kid, I’ve got some good news again for once, the wolves are with us, they want revenge against the Sabbat almost as bad as I do.” Johnny says at the dawn of the next night as he finishes readying himself for another day. “Really? I thought they hated you for killing one of them? That’s incredible Johnny, maybe we actually can do this.” Britta says with a slight smile and more positivity than she’s shown in months. “Heh, yeah kid I think we might just have a shot at this thing after all, still not sure how we’re gonna deal with the fucking antediluvian but with how few Sabbat were actually left I think if we make it through the shovelheads we might actually win this thing. The Settites, the hunters, the Anarchs and now even the wolves all agreed to get ride of as many Sabbat as they can handle.” “We can do this Johnny, I believe in us, we won’t let New Haven fall and we won’t lose Neil too. No matter what it takes, we’ll get him back to us.” She says with a cold, fiery determination in her voice and Johnny feels every word touch his being as he is filled with that same determination. “You’re goddamn right we will kid, now let’s go.”

Johnny and Britta find themselves in the same position as last time they faced the Sabbat, across an open battlefield, staring across at their enemy. At the head of the Sabbat pack stands Johnny’s sire, Delgado, twisted and morphed horrifically by the fleshy mass of the Eldest looming behind them. With their forces gathered, Johnny looks over at everyone present, kisses Britta on the forehead and takes to the field. Johnny fights like he recognizes his situation, fight or die. He gives into the beast and feeds on the shovel heads he is engaged with nearly as fast as he can get to them. Britta, completely determined not to lose focus this time, Johnny is all she has left, doesn’t even notice as Neil and the rest of the Malkavians present drop obfuscate.

As the Malkavians appear Britta and Johnny hear a screaming in their mind and a rending of consciousness before they black out as the Antediluvians make war upon each other.

Waking some hours later, Neil opens his eyes and looks around, realizing that while the physical body of the eldest remains, its mind has been destroyed and rendered catatonic. He isn’t sure if Malkav survived the deed but he feels a strange gap in his mind as he realizes his connection to the Malkavian madness network is severed, never to return. As he looks around, he sees Britta and Johnny, covered in blood and ash, Johnny badly injured but miraculously, they both still live. He runs to them and finally, what remains of New Haven’s protectors are together again, with a future bought with the deaths of their leaders and the loss of Neil’s abilities. They embrace and head home to wait for a new dawn to come.

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Community / The Great Indoors / This Is Us

THANKS FREDERICO! Imma pick my heart and soul.

Community:

Top 5 favourite characters: Jeff Winger, Troy Barnes, Abed Nadir, Annie Edison, and Britta PerryOther characters you like: Shirley Bennett, Dean Craig Pelton, Frankie Dart, Fabulous Neil, Professor Duncan, Pierce Hawthorne (he had his moments)Least favourite character: William Winger, Professor Cornwallis, Professor SlaterOtps: Jeff x Annie, Troy x Britta, Troy x Abed, Britta x FrankieNotps: Jeff x Britta, Jeff x SlaterFavourite friendship: Troy x Abed, Jeff x AbedFavourite family: The Study Group Favourite episode: Cooperative Calligraphy (other faves: Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design, Cooperative Polygraphy, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Debate 109, Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing)Favourite season/book/movie: Season 2 :)Favourite quote: “When you really know who you are and what you like about yourself, changing for other people isn’t such a big deal.” - Abed Nadir, Physical Education

Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: Whenever the group comes together as a family and they support each other. When it really disappointed you: Okay, well I was really disappointed with the end of Season 5. Specifically Basic Story and Basic Sandwich. I know the were able to save Greendale and Jeff realized he loved Annie (which was the redeeming factor) but I just felt like those episodes backtracked a lo of character growth and progress. I didn’t think Jeff and Britta’s engagement was necessary (that is a major thing to just brush off). But on the other hand, it’s still a great season with some of my favorite episodes. ANYWAY. Obviously season 4 disappointed me. For reasons I don’t need to explain lmaoSaddest moment: Troy’s goodbye. 3 :(Most well done character death: Pierce. (only on community, folks)Favourite guest star: Tony Hale, Nathan Fillion, Martin Starr, Josh Holloway, Mitch Hurwitz, Kumail Nanjiani (SORRY I HAVE SO MANY lmaooo)Favourite cast member: Joel McHale (but they’re all gems)Character you wish was still alive: Pierce HawthorneOne thing you hope really happens: #andamovie (it’s gonna happen you guys)Most shocking twist: Abed and Annie leaving in the series finale. And also Jeff x Annie in the season 1 finale.When did you start watching/reading: Around 2012/2013!Trope you wish they would stop using: I honestly can’t think of one! This show can do anything and I’ll love it. One thing this show/book/film does better than others:  Creating a misfit family dynamic from characters of different backgrounds and experiences. Making you feel like you belong, and that you’re a part of the Greendale family. (Greendale is where I belong!!!)Funniest moments: Basically anything and everything with Troy. But really, every character has amazing moments and it’s all just hilarious and perfect and unique. But if I had to pick a few: MY WHOLE BRAIN IS CRYING!, the gun scene in Conspiracy Theories, Abed x Pierce in Paradigms of Human Memory.Couple you would like to see: Jeff x Annie happy together!!!!Actor/Actress you want to join the cast: We already have an amazingly stellar cast, but it would be cool if Bill Hader could guest star :)Most boring plotline: I really don’t know! Tbh, Herstory of Dance and Economics of Marine Biology are my least favorite episodes ever.

Best flashback/flashfoward if any: Seeing everyone’s Season 7 Pitch was really amazing and perfect and meaningful. (But everything from Paradigms is golden.)Most layered character: Jeffrey Tobias WingerScariest moment: The Basic Story and Basic Sandwich plot lines.Grossest moment: Finding out how Pierce died (again, ONLY ON COMMUNITY FOLKS)Best looking male: Joel McHale (drive me into a ditch)Best looking female: Alison Brie (queen)Who you’re crushing on (if any): Joel McHale (dork mcdork)Most beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): Troy’s goodbye. The boat, the study group standing, the hugs, the lighting, the dialogue, the song. And also Jeff dropping Abed and Annie off at the airport. The lights, the colors, the hugs, the music, absence of dialogue. Unanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: I guess the fact that Troy’s whereabouts weren’t mentioned in season 6. I feel like he would have contacted Abed in some capacity.At what point did you fall in love with this show/book: When the show was able to make me laugh and cry and fit my sense of humor perfectly. And when I saw how quickly the characters became a family. This show has stolen my heart. 

[chellexo]

List 7 TV Shows:

1. Superstore

2. Parks and Rec

3. Community

4. New Girl

5. How I Met Your Mother

6. Rick & Morty

7. The 100

Who are your favourite characters? 1. Superstore: Jonah, Mateo, Glenn

2. Parks: Ben, Andy, Leslie

3. Community: Jeff, Annie, Troy

4. New Girl: Nick

5. HIMYM: Barney, Ted

6. Rick & Morty: Rick, Beth

7. The 100: Bellamy, Clarke, Raven

Who are your least favourite characters? 1. Superstore: Bo, Marcus

2. Parks: Jeremy Jamm

3. Community: Chang, Frankie

4. New Girl: Principal Foster

5. HIMYM: Nora, Quinn

6. Rick & Morty: Mr. Jellybean

7. The 100: Lexa, Roan, Echo

What’s your favourite episodes? 1. Superstore: “Tornado”

2. Parks: “End of the World”

3. Community: “Paradigms of Human Memory”

4. New Girl: “Cooler”

5. HIMYM: “Tick, Tick, Tick...”

6. Rick & Morty: “Get Schwifty”

7. The 100: “His Sister’s Keeper”

What is your favourite/least favourite seasons? 1. Superstore: Season 3 (so far) | Season 1 (but they’re all great)

2. Parks: Season 5 | Season 1

3. Community: Season 2 | Season 4/6

4. New Girl: Season 2 | Season 6

5. HIMYM: Season 5 | Season 9

6. R&M: Season 3 | Season 1

7. The 100: Season 1/4 | Season 3

What’s your favourite ships? 1. Superstore: Jonah/Amy

2. Parks: Ben/Leslie, Andy/April

3. Community: Jeff/Annie

4. New Girl: Nick/Jess, Schmidt/Cece

5. HIMYM: Barney/Robin, Ted/The Mother

6. R&M: Jerry/Beth

7. The 100: Bellamy/Clarke

Who is your anti-ships? 1. Superstore: Garrett/Dina, Adam/Amy

2. Parks: Ron/Leslie, Ron/Either Tammy

3. Community: Jeff/Britta

4. New Girl: Schmidt/Elizabeth, Fawn, or anyone besides Cece

5. HIMYM: Ted/Robin

6.R&M: The disturbing ship that shall not be named

7. The 100: Bellamy/Echo 

How long have you watched? 1. Superstore: Like...not even two weeks, haha

2. Parks: Since April 2014 (3.5 years)

3. Community: Since fall 2014 (3 years)

4. New Girl: Since spring 2013 (4.5 years)

5. HIMYM: Since summer 2012 (5 years)

6. R&M: Since late Aug. 2017 (month and a half)

7. The 100: Since Nov. 2015 (almost 2 years)

How did you become interested in them?

1. Superstore: I saw gifs on Tumblr and heard lots of great things about it, and when I became a retail manager I was inspired to actually watch it, haha. It’s fantastic

2. Parks: I heard about it when I came out, but didn’t start watching until after HIMYM ended. I was in need of a lighthearted, comedic show and, again, heard/saw great things from Tumblr. 

3. Community: Once again, haha, I think I heard of it from Tumblr, and was inspired to check it out early in my sophomore year of college so that I could relate to all the hilarious college struggles.

4. New Girl: This was suggested to me on Netflix, and...probably Tumblr too, hah. It seemed funny and I was suddenly super into sitcoms after finishing HIMYM.

5. HIMYM: This was the show that started it all for me, the one that got me into sitcoms and basically the life of being a TV super-fan, waiting eagerly for each new episode to come out and slowly dying inside during hiatuses. I both thank and blame this wonderful, terrible show for simultaneously ruining and improving my life. But anywayyy...as the legend goes, I’d seen this show pop up on Netflix but never gave it the time of day, because I just never thought I’d be into it. I thought it was some old show about a dude with kids & a wife whose mother-in-law moved in with them or something, haha. I also saw some funny gifs on YouTube, but again, didn’t think I’d ever watch. So I was watching a Cimorelli video on YouTube, and they asked for viewers to vote for them in the Teen Choice Awards. Being the good little fan that I was, I went ahead and did that. Then, in the TV Actor category, I saw that Neil Patrick Harris was nominated for his role on HIMYM, and apparently that was all it took for my bored 17-year-old self, on summer break with minimal friends in a state I’d only moved to like 6 months earlier, to throw all caution to the wind & click on that first episode of HIMYM on Netflix. The rest, as they say...is history. 

6. R&M: I’d heard of it everywhere, but just thought it was another obnoxious Adult Swim cartoon. The only interest I had in it was due to it being created by Dan Harmon, but after my sister’s bf showed me the season 3 premiere, I decided to give it a shot. Also, I was looking for a relief from stress, boredom, and just life in general after not going back to school for the first time in my life. I caught up on the show in 2 days and regretted nothing...until I realized how ridiculous most of the fandom is. 

7. The 100: I’d seen gifs on Tumblr, like with all the others, but disregarded it as just another sci-fi show I probably wouldn’t be interested in. (Fun fact: I thought Bellamy was a girl & Clarke was a guy, ahah.) Then, my sister (who was influenced by her friend to start the show) made me watch the first couple episodes during my junior year Thanksgiving break. I liked it, and picked it back up when I went back to college. But I didn’t get super into it until 3x02 came out and gave me all the Bellarke feelings...then I was a goner.

Which show do you prefer out of the 6? Oh geez...probably...Parks. But it changes all the time. 

Which show have you seen the most episodes of? HIMYM, just because it has the most seasons.

If you could inherit one personality trait from any character, what would it be and from whom? 1. Superstore:  Amy’s ability to stand up for herself and be bold in what she does & says.

2. Parks: Leslie’s fierce determination and compassion. 

3. Community: Annie’s call toward justice and integrity.

4. New Girl: Jess’ sense of purpose and self-worth.

5. HIMYM: Ted’s faith in true love and destiny.

6. R&M: Morty’s growing confidence in calling out BS.

7. The 100: Bellamy’s selflessness.

Give a random quote from each show 1. Superstore: “Balloons are like our souls. They want to go up, but can’t, and when you pop them, they scream.” - Glenn

2. Parks: “If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party.” - Ron

3. Community: “Jeff, are you okay?” - Annie “I’m laying on campus furniture, so no.” - Jeff

4. New Girl: “Maybe it’s crazy to talk about being an intergalactic truck driver. But what I think is crazier is trying to plan every single detail of our future.” - Nick

5. HIMYM: “Sometimes, you just...find things.” - The Mother

6. R&M: “Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody’s gonna die. Come watch TV?” - Morty

7. The 100: “What’s wrong with a little chaos?” - Bellamy

What two shows would make the best crossover? Probably Community and Superstore, because they both share a kind of weird, crazy humor - plus, I’d love to see the Greendale Seven in those blue Cloud-9 vests, working together (and hating their lives) at a big box store, hahah. 

Pair two characters that would make an unlikely, but strangely okay couple. Ted Mosby & Jess Day...so weird, but surprisingly compatible, maybe? They both teach, they’re both nerds, and they’d share the weirdest relationship & roommate stories.

Overall, which show has a best cast? Gahh...I have to say Parks & Rec.

Which has the best theme music? Again, this one goes out to Parks! R&M’s is good, too.