#TRY SPANISH VANDY

[obsidianfr3sk]

The Origins (Chapter 5)

Summary: Before the Renegades put an end to the Age of Anarchy, they were six kids trying to survive day by day in a city ruled by chaos and desolation. Is there a space for hope and kindness somewhere in Gatlon City? Maybe.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25123756/chapters/62643247

Evander chapter took me a little bit longer than expected, ngl. I think this one is a little more action-y than my previous work??? Or maybe I’m just fucking allucinating lol. 

Also, speaking of Evander, how do you guys pronunce his name? Because I was having Word to read this chapter out loud for me so I could recognize mistakes without having to read (?) and it pronunced it as Ee-vander, but I’ve always pronunced it as /E/vander, probably for the same reason I say “Simón” instead of “Simon” or “Hugo” instead of “Hugh”. Fellow spanish-speakers, back me up (? 

BUT REALLY I NEED TO KNOW IS THERE A CANON PRONUNCIATION FOR EVANDER’S NAME???? PLS HELP

Tag list (tell me if you want in or out): @nodrianbcyes @blueraspberry-official @healing-winston-pratt @itsalittlebitchilly @callumtreadwell @plain-jane-mclain

Bring me along to the world you see

Age of Anarchy

Year 9

The night is warm and windless. He looks up and tries to beg the moon for help, but he has lost his voice. A mysterious force holds his arms and legs. The only thing he can move is his head.

The sky is full of stars, red and big as rubies.

"Vandy ..."

He looked to his right. His father's green eyes meet his. He used to say that seeing his son was like looking in the most flattering mirror. They both had red hair, the same eyes, their teeth slightly apart… they were identical. But his father didn't have freckles. His mother did.

"Are you okay?"

On the left, he sees his mother. Her blonde hair covers her face, but he can notice her painted lips and perfect liner. She has always been very protective of her makeup. It makes her feel beautiful.

Evander doesn't understand. His mom is beautiful, even without makeup.

His mom is beautiful, even when she’s dead.

" Evander ..."

An ownerless hand puts the barrel of the gun to his forehead. The metal feels hot. The stranger puts his finger on the trigger and is about to shoot when Kasumi shakes him and whispers:

"Evander, wake up."

Evander woke up screaming and with his heart racing. A layer of cold sweat covered his entire body. Tears began to flow from his eyes and instinctively, he reached for Kasumi's arms and hugged her with all the strength of his body.

"The same nightmare?"

"The same nightmare," he replied.

Kasumi stroked his red locks, while the silence in the room was interrupted by the exasperated moans of the other girls who slept there. Alix approached them with disdain and deep dark circles under her eyes.

He hated Alix. She could look through walls, had just turned seventeen last week, and believed herself to be the leader of the whole place just because she was the oldest.

"You said he wasn’t going to have nightmares anymore, Kasumi," she told her accusingly.

Kasumi shrugged. Evander stuck his tongue out at her.

Three years ago, some Jackals broke into his home during dinner, pointing guns at his parents' heads and demanding answers they didn't have. The first thing his mother did was run at him to protect him, but suddenly, the youngest of the Jackals grabbed him by the collar of his dirty shirt and tried to snatch him away.

However, Samantha Wade was not going to let anyone separate her from her son. She clung to him as if her life depended on it. Evander was too scared and deafened by all the yelling, that he didn't feel his mother's nails digging into his skin. "Don't take my son, please don't kill my baby."

After struggling for a while the boy was able to yank Evander from his mother's arms. The woman let out a brutal scream and that was enough for his father to jump on the Jackal, ready to do everything he could to rescue his son.

The tallest man broke his neck.

He gave a low, hoarse laugh. Evander would never forget it.

"We just need the girl," he explained to the younger jackal. "You take care of the child."

Evander couldn't see his father's body for more than two seconds, because the Jackal took him out to the backyard, sat him on the grass, and ordered him severely:

"Stay still. Unless you want to end up like your dad."

Those words were enough for Evander to overcome his urge to disobey.

He took out of his pocket three fireworks and a lighter.

"Today is Fourth of July, Evander Jr,” he said. "Let’s celebrate.”

Those fireworks were the only thing that lit up that starless night. However, neither their outburst nor their beauty could hide the words that the jackal whispered in his ear:

"Listen to me carefully, kid. You are going to drop to the ground and you aren't going to get up until dawn. In the morning, you'll walk five blocks to the home for child prodigies and you'll tell Bertha that Tom Freud sent you. Now, you will be surrounded by prodigies. Some may be powerful, but you must never to kneel before them. Do you understand?"

How ironic that Evander turned out to be a prodigy. Although no one had knelt before him. Yet.

Tom Freud did not wait for him to respond. As soon as the last spark disappeared, he pushed him to the ground, put his foot on his back, and shouted:

"Stay still!"

The bullet whizzed past his ear. Evander didn't scream, he just obeyed. He stayed still when Freud took his foot off his back. He stayed still when the Jackals left. And he even stayed still when the first ray of the sun illuminated his face.

When he saw the corpses on the kitchen floor, he could only ask himself what would have happened if he had not stayed still.

Every time that nightmare woke him up, he would ask Kasumi the same question. She would only tell him to look out the window.

"Your parents greet you from the stars," she assured. "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Wade, hello."

Evander always responded with, “Look, your parents are there too. Hello, Mrs. Kasumi's mom, hello, Mr. Kasumi's dad. How do you say mom and dad in Japanese? "

Then, Kasumi proceeded to teach him some new words and expressions in Japanese. They both liked to put on solemn faces and start saying random phrases in Japanese when they were in public. They knew it was annoying for a lot of people, including Mom Bertha. She said Kasumi's mom used to do the same thing when they were younger when she was mad at her. Mom Bertha seemed sad after telling them this, so they decided not to do it in front of her anymore. Seeing Mom Bertha sad wasn't as fun as watching the older children get angry at them when they refused to explain what they were saying.

"You wouldn't understand," Evander told them, shaking his head with mock seriousness.

"That's right, you wouldn't understand," Kasumi agreed.

If others knew it was just random words and phrases, the game would be over, so they had to keep it a secret. Kasumi confessed that she regretted not being able to learn her parents' first language. However, she made an effort to learn how to say a very specific question. 

Unfortunately, it was a question she had to make very often.

"Vandy, did you wet the bed?"

Evander hugged her tighter. Kasumi nodded and began to remove the covers. The girls immediately noticed what happened and started complaining, especially Alix. Evander sat on the corner of the bed, feeling dirty, and humiliated. They all looked at him with disgust and mockery, secreting each other.

Yeah, they didn’t like the idea of Evander sleeping in the same room as them. They said there was a room for boys and a room for girls for a reason. But Mom Bertha wouldn’t hear a word about it. Evander was going to sleep there, whether they liked it or not. 

Why? Because he was a bed wetter and the boys weren’t very nice about it. Neither were the girls, but at least they didn’t start a fight with him when they realize Evander had wet the bed again. 

He looked out the window. Mom Bertha was outside, talking to some men. He couldn't see their faces.

Evander had seen these men before. Sometimes when nightmares woke him up, he would listen to Mom Bertha talking to them. There were times when they yelled at each other, but there were other times when they gave her boxes filled with food and medicine. Kasumi made up the story that they were the guardians of the shadows, protecting the kingdom of the night.

"They look scary," Evander said to her when she told him the story.

"Don't worry, they won't hurt us."

But lately, Evander heard more screams and saw fewer boxes.

She dropped the wet sheets on the floor and handed him some clean underwear. Evander crawled under a blanket to change. Although he had a lot of privacy that way, Kasumi still turned her back on him so as not to make him uncomfortable.

"Kasumi, don't you listen to what we're saying?" Alix asked.

"I’m listening, Alix," she replied shyly.

“Then stop ignoring us. Evander is getting too old to sleep with the girls, he has to go with the boys. "

"But they are going to hit him again," Kasumi said.

“Well, better for him,” Alix replied. "Maybe he’ll finally learn wetting the bed is a horrible habit.”

Evander pulled the blanket off, pointed his finger at Alix, and yelled:

"You are horrible!"

Alix opened her mouth to respond and Evander threw his dirty underwear at her face. Kasumi burst out laughing along with the rest of the girls. Alix squealed as Evander started bouncing on the bed yelling  "Horrible, horrible, horrible girl!"  in Japanese.

He would do anything to annoy Alix and to keep Kasumi laughing. 

When Alix recovered from the shock, she screamed:

"I'm going to kill you, Evander!"

A gunshot. Two gunshots.

Evander put a hand to his chest. Alix hadn't shot him.

Then who shot who?

Alix pushed Evander off the bed and leaned out the window. The shots had come from outside. Her face twisted in horror.

"Mom Bertha..."

All the other girls leaned over to look. Evander tried to push his way through them, but Kasumi quickly caught on and took him away from the scandal.

"Don't look," she whispered. "Please don't look."

"What happened?" he asked innocently. "Who’s shooting?"

"The guardians of the shadows," she replied, taking him by the shoulders, "have turned against us, Vandy."

As if she had summoned them, the guardians of the shadows knocked down the door to the girls' room pointing their guns at them. He and Kasumi hid under the bed, while the other girls screamed and raised their hands. The guardians of the shadows started holding them by their nightgowns and kicking them out into the corridor, not even giving them time to put on their shoes. The same scandal did not take long to begin in the men's room. A few more shots were heard.

And laughs. Low, hoarse laughs.

It can’t be…

The room was almost empty when a huge hand grabbed Kasumi by the wrist. Both screamed at the same time. Another hand grabbed Evander's arm and dragged them out of there.

The man was tall, muscular, and bald. A red bandanna covered his face.

Jackals.

"What are your powers!?" he yelled at Kasumi. His friend froze, staring at him with wide eyes and a sealed mouth. "What are your powers!?" he asked again.

More screaming. More demands. More questions they couldn't answer.

Evander tried to free himself from the man's grasp. All he wanted was to hug Kasumi once more. Maybe if he did it hard enough and for the right amount of time, he would be able to wake up.

The jackal growled and tossed Evander onto the bed as if ridding himself of an irritating mosquito. If he had done it harder, Evander would have been thrown out the open window.

The cold breeze gave him chills.

He looked at the window, then looked at his friend. She was still paralyzed and unable to answer the man's question. Kasumi, Evander, and the jackal were the only ones left in the room. Everyone else had gone to the common room.

He looked at the window. Then he looked at his friend.

The jackal drew his pistol and held it to Kasumi's head.

"WHAT ARE YOUR POWERS, LITTLE SLUT?!"

"She doesn’t understand you!" Evander yelled.

The jackal fell silent. Now the gun was pointed at him.

But Evander was not afraid.

"What are you talking about?"

“She doesn't speak English,” Evander explained, looking down. "That’s why she doesn't understand a single word of what you’re saying."

He looked at Kasumi curiously and threw Kasumi onto the bed, laughing. Evander hugged her.

Wake up, Vandy, wake up…

"What powers does the little slut have?" he asked Evander.

"I don't know," he replied, "she’s never used them."

"But she’s a prodigy."

"Yes, Mr. Jackal."

Another laugh. "I'm glad. If she wasn’t, I would have to kill her. And it would be a shame to kill such a pretty girl. "

Kasumi hugged him tighter. Perhaps she was also begging that it was all a dream. Or maybe she was more scared than he was.

Evander had to be brave for both of them.

"Do you want me to ask her for you?"

"Huh, now you happen to know Chinese," the jackal sneered.

"No, I know Japanese," Evander corrected.

He gave the loudest laugh of the night. Evander could perfectly visualize him breaking his dad's neck, laughing in the same way...

"Prove it."

Kasumi held his face in her hands. Her gaze seemed to scream at him:  "What are you doing?"  He had never seen her so confused.

He wished he could tell her what he was thinking.  Kasumi, don't be afraid. Think of this as a story. You know the best stories. Let's make our way out of this. Have a little bit of imagination.

But how could one have imagination at this moment?

"I... distraction... you window... we escape."

He saw his friend's gears moving inside her head. "Water... waterfall... escape," Kasumi stammered.

"Window, waterfall, escape" Evander repeated with a nod.

Kasumi smiled at him almost imperceptibly. She had understood. Those afternoons of annoying others had helped.

"What's she saying?" the jackal interrupted.

"She says she can heal trees," Evander replied.

"And what do you do?"

"I can control light."

It wasn't entirely a lie.

"And why aren't you wearing pants?"

Evander hadn't realized he was still in his boxers.

"I- I wetted the bed.”

The jackal's laughter echoed in his head. "How old are you? Six?"

"I’m eight, Mr. Jackal.”

The jackal pointed the gun at the old closet in the corner of the room. “Put on clothes, kid. And then go downstairs with the rest. "

Evander hurried to the closet. He grabbed the first pair of pants he could find. They were green and had strange spots on the knees. But he didn't have time to think about that. 

"What are you waiting, bitch? Move,” he yelled at Kasumi.

Kasumi didn’t move.

The pants were too big for him.

"I said move!" and hit her with the pistol’s grip.

Evander ran to get between the jackal and his friend. "Leave her alone!" he screamed.

The jackal raised his hand for a second blow. Both children closed their eyes, preparing for the beating they were about to receive. However, the blow did not come. Something had stopped the jackal.

Evander opened one eye. The jackal stared at him incredulously, his mouth slightly open.

He laughed. "I'm going to kill Freud..."

Then, he loaded his gun, put in on Evander's forehead, and said:

"Hello, Evander Jr. Stay still."

At that moment, Evander knew he couldn't stay still this time. 

He placed both of his hands over the jackal's eyes and fired the most powerful and explosive fireworks he could. The jackal's laugh became a cry of pain so loud that all of Gatlon City could hear it.

Kasumi carried him and created a waterfall that ran down to the fence door of the building. As Kasumi slid both of them to their freedom, Evander looked up at the stars.

He didn't know what would have happened if he hadn't stayed still four years ago. But if he had obeyed this particular jackal tonight, the sky would have one star more.

He loved his parents. But he didn't want to be a star just yet.

[nathaliemariak-blog]

TESTAR GODIS DEL 2

[ellygoesnyooom]

May I ask for the RFA's + Minor Trio's reaction to an MC with superpowers? O3O

Sure! I did a similar one earlier, with an MC who can shapeshift (if you want, you can check it out here!), but for this one, I switched it up and gave MC a different power for everyone. I had a lot of fun writing this one! I’m sorry it’s so late, matchups drowned me. I hope you enjoy, though!

Yoosung*super power: invisibility*

He is fascinated with your ability to turn invisible

Sometimes you just,,, poof? Gone???

The first time you showed him was as a prank during halloween

You two had gotten back from a costume party, and you were waiting for him to finish getting changed

He came out, and you were gone

“MC? Where are you, honey?” When you didn’t respond, he started to get worried

You were following him, and would occasionally knock something over, or close a door behind him

He was actually freaking out when you finally snuck up behind him, still invisible, and wrapped your arms around him

He screamed, and you finally returned to visibility, whispering, “boo” into his ear.

“Wha-you-MC-gone?” You were dead from laughter, and he was just plain scared

After a while, he learned to love it, but sometimes didn’t like when you used it against him, lol poor yoosung

Zen*super power: healing factor*

He thought he could heal fast

That is, until he met you

You would cut your finger on a knife, and within minutes it was healed

He was surprised, to put it mildly

One morning, you fell and broke your ankle, and he tried to rush you to the hospital, but you declined, insisting on splinting it yourself

After a long argument, he finally gave in and helped you splint it

You stayed off it the rest of the day, but that night, you took off the split and just walked away like normal

Zen is just so confused. Like how????

Finally he makes you sit down and tell him, and he is shook

It’s because you have superpowers???

I could see him bragging about how fast you heal, he’s just so amazed by you

Jaehee*super power: superhuman strength*

You two were in the cafe working

It was after hours, and she was moving around furniture to make room for a new table she found

She was struggling to carry it, so you just stepped in and gripped the side of the table

“Let me take care of this, Jaehee~” and then you just carried the thing like it was made of feathers

She was just staring at you, amazed and a bit confused and scared

“How did you do that?” “I work out a lot!” “No, you don’t, I’ve never seen you nor heard you talk about working out, or seen you go to the gym. How did you do that?” “Well, I have super powers. It’s superhuman strength” “No way”

You just went over to her and gripped her around the waist with one arm and lifted her high up above your head

“I belive you I belive you put me down please!” poor baehee

From then on, she always went to you to help her lift heavy things

She was also lowkey scared to piss you off so she made sure to stay on your good side 

Jumin*super power: animal telepathy*

He was always so curious of how you could tell what elizabeth wanted so easily

You would just look at her and say exactly what was wrong with her or what she needed

“Jumin, Elizabeth is thirsty. Have you refilled her water today?” “Of course, darling, Elizabeth should be good.” “...no, dear, she is thirsty. She drank it all earlier today. I’ll go refill it for you.”

“Elizabeth wants to play with you, Jumin. She wants to play with a ribbon.” “Elizabeth is sad that you haven’t played with her much today. I’ll go play with her, since you seem busy!”

To say he was perplexed was an understatement

Finally, he sat you down with elizabeth and asked you how you could tell what she needed or wanted

“Well, I can read her mind. I have superpowers.” “Seriously? MC, I understand you like fantasy and such, but this is real life. There’s no way-” “Elizabeth is going to jump out of your arms if you don’t let her go soon.” “She wouldn’t, MC. I know...her.” Elizabeth jumped out of his arms at that moment, and you just sent him a smug grin

“...So you were saying, superpowers?”

From then on, he always asked you what Elizabeth was thinking, just so that he could tend to her needs properly

Your powers also opened his mind more to the seemingly impossible, and made him love you even more

707/Saeyoung*super power: teleportation*

He was always so confused when you would show up in places so quickly

You were on one side of the room, he would look away, and when he looked up again, there you were beside him

You were constantly teleporting around the bunker, and he was always amazed by how quick and silent you were

But, he started to really wonder, so one day he told you he was going to work in the office and shut himself in

He wasn’t doing work. No, he had the security feed up, and was watching you

You were just sitting on the couch alone, on your phone. Occasionally you would laugh at something, but other than that, everything was normal

But then, you just set your phone down and disappeared???

He was freaking out, and frantically flipped through the other cameras, only to find you in the bedroom, on the other side of the bunker.

There was only one way you could have done that

“Teleportation! That’s how you do it!” He just burst into the bedroom, where you were looking for a blanket because you were chilly

You just stared at him for a second before grinning. “You weren’t working, were you?” “Nope. Is it true?” “Yeah, you caught me. I can teleport.” Then, you just disappeared from your spot across the room, and were in front of him in an instant, covering the both of you in the blanket while laughing he also took advantage of that and kissed you lolol

You didn’t hide it from him from then on, and sometimes while hanging out with the RFA, you would teleport around to mess with them. He loved being in on it finally

V*super power: weather manipulation/atmokinesis*

The first time you did it with him, it was because he had planned a lovely date outside, but it was raining, and raining hard

V was so sad that it fell through, and it hurt you to see him so upset over this

So, you quietly changed the weather so that the rain went away, and the sun came out

He was so shocked, but didn’t complain, and the date went on

Towards the end of the date, you just couldn’t hold it in anymore, and told him you were responsible for the change

“Of course, dear. Your bright smile can clear even the darkest clouds.” “No, Jihyun, I physically changed the weather. Didn’t you see the weather report? It was solid clouds and rain for the next 24 hours.” “...That’s true… so you did it?” “Mhm.” “Interesting.”

I can see him totally asking you to make it storm at night during the summer. He loves to open the windows and listen to the rain/thunder with you while drawing, it relaxes him

Saeran*super power: omnilingualism*

You and Saeran were sitting in the bunker together, flipping through the tv

You stopped on a channel that was speaking in spanish

He seemed confused and wanted you to change the channel, but you didn’t

Instead, you started translating perfectly the words

You heard the words spoken and immediately spoke it out to him

“I didn’t know you knew spanish, MC.” “I don’t.” “Well, obviously you do, if you are reading this off to me perfectly.” “No, I’ve never spoke spanish in my life, nor heard it spoken. First time is right now. I have omnilingualism.” “Omni what?”

You took a little bit to explain what it was, and he decided to test it via the web

He would look up phrases in google translate and have you read them off after copying the words to a document, and he was blown away when you read them off fluently.

“Huh, so I guess you can understand many languages. Cool.”

He found it came in handy when trying to get into the bunker, as Saeyoung had started to switch the languages up

He’d just ask you to answer the question, and you could easily. He loved it, but wouldn’t admit it right out

Vanderwood*super power: pyrokinesis*

The power had gone out from a storm, and you two were fumbling around to find candles and matches

He usually had a lighter on him, but for some odd reason, he had set it down and now couldn’t find it in the darkness

He had found the candles in a cabinet, but neither of you could find the matches or his lighter.

Plus, it didn’t help neither of you could find your phones

He was getting mad, starting to curse and kick things in anger

“Hold on, Vanderwood, give me a candle. I got this.”

When he handed the candle over, you just looked at it for a little bit, and he was starting to worry about you, as your face was starting to scrunch up

Finally, a flame shot up from the wick, and you let out an excited cry “Yes! Knew I still had it!”

“What did you do? Did you find a match or something?” “No, silly. I have pyrokinesis, I can control fire, though I haven’t done it in a while.”

He usually had a snarky remark to shoot back at you, but he was at a loss of words, something you rarely, if ever, saw

You took advantage of the moment, to grab the other candle in his hand and light it with your own. “There, now go find the reason why our power went out, thanks Vandy!”

“Don’t call me Vandy, MC, I will tase you and you know it.”

He was low key amazed, but of course he would never ask to see it again, that would be showing too much interest

[feliciakainzofspades]

So I apparently made a playlist for my Fae story to help me write.

Don't Fear the Reaper: HIM

Everything I do I do it for you: Bryan Adams

Chapel of Love: Dixie Cups

A Piece of Courage [Narika's Theme]: Conception 2 OST

Getting to Know you: The King and I

Hello, Young Lovers: The King and I

Ghost of a Rose: Blackmore's Night

We Kiss in a Shadow: The King and I

Addicted: Danny Fernandes

Alejandro: Lady Gaga

I Have Dreamed: The King and I

Shall we Dance: The King and I

As Long as You're Mine: Wicked

Bailamos: Enrique Iglesias

Because of You: Kelly Clarkson

Special: Garbage

Bedroom Hymns: Florence + the Machines

Blank Space: Taylor Swift

Bloody Mary: Lady Gaga

Captivating Eyes: Final Fantasy IX

Chambermaid: Emilie Autumn

Dance me to the End of Love: Leonard Cohen

Dearly Beloved: Kingdom Hearts

Dissipating Sorrow: Final Fantasy IX

Hall om Mig: Titanix

Eiko's Theme: Final Fantasy IX

Even the Nights Are Better: Air Supply

Every Woman in the World: Air Supply

Spania: Despina Vandi

Eternally Holding your Hand: Conception 2 OST

Footsteps of Desire: Final Fantasy IX

Girl you Shine: Aaron Carter

Give me Just one Night [Una Noche]: 98 degrees

Frontier Village Dali: Final Fantasy IX

Gotta Tell you: Samantha Mumba

The Music of the Night (1986): Phantom of the Opera

Hunter of Stars: Sebalter

I knew I loved You: Savage Garden

I Need to Know: Marc Anthony

I swear: All-4-One

I Try: Macy Gray

Memory: Cats

I'll Always Be around: E-Type

In All my Dreams I drown: Devil's Carnival

Into the Night: Fake the Envy

It's a Dangerous Game: Jekyll and Hyde Musical

Truly Madly Deeply: Cascada

You're Still the One: Shania Twain

Kiss the Girl: Little Mermaid

Lilium: Elfen Lied

Lion: Rebecca St. James

Lips of an Angel: Hinder

Open up your Eyes: Jeremy Camp

Lost in Love: Air Supply

Mayal: Amr Diab

Marie's Wedding: The High Kings

Love me Tender: Elvis Presley

Looking through your eyes: Quest for Camelot

Marry Me: Emilie Autumn

Melodies of Life: Final Fantasy IX

Modern Love: David Bowie

Morning Light: E-type

Memories of that day: Final Fantasy IX

Memories washed away in the storm: Final fantasy IX

Monochromatic Color [Torri's theme]: Conception 2 Ost

Our Last Summer: Mamma Mia

One Way or another: Blondie

One of Us: ABBA

My Baby Loves me: Martina McBride

My Immortal: Evanescence

Simple and Clean: Kingdom Hearts

Show the Meaning of Being Lonely: Backstreet Boys

Rustling Forest: Final Fantasy IX

Remembering You: Steven Curtis Chapman

Song of Memories: Final fantasy IX

Someone's Waiting for you: The Rescuers

Shadow Games: Yugioh the Movie

Sometimes: Britney Spears

Soulless Village: Final Fantasy IX

South Gate at the Border: Final Fantasy IX

Spanish Eyes: Backstreet Boys

Terra: Final Fantasy IX

The One that You Love: Air Supply

Umbrella: Alex Goot and Tyler Ward cover

Waterfall: Undertale

Vera Lee: Insane Clown Posse

Vampire Heart: HIM

Village on a Windy Mountain: Final Fantasy IX

Undisclosed Desires: Muse

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT MADE ME THINK HALF OF THESE SONGS WERE APPROPRIATE FOR A FAERIE TYPE STORY!?

[auburnfamilynews]

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

Despair. [dih-spair]. n. 1. Loss of hope; hopelessness. 2. Starting conference play with two straight losses to a middling Vanderbilt team and a mediocre Georgia team.

Being in despair sometimes means realizing your place in the world and how different it is to where you want it to be. Kierkegaard would LOVE this Auburn basketball team. The despair of knowing what could be and isn’t, or the recognition of what is would have given the Danish philosopher and obvious Auburn fan enough material to write sheets of history-altering papers.

Sorry this article is days late. I have been traveling and delays and airport lounges and lost luggage don’t make for good witty banter about basketball. Moral of the story is avoid London Heathrow at all costs if connecting to another destination.

Last Games

There was a time when games were kind/ When their wins were easy/ And our shots falling/ There was a time when refs were blind/ And the calls weren’t wrong/ and Danjel’s dunks exciting/ There was a time/ Then it all went wrong/ I dreamed a dream in times gone by/ When hope was high and life worth living/ I dreamed, that shots would always fly/ I dreamed that March would see us dancing/ This team was young and unafraid/ Pearl sold dreams he made and used and wasted/ There were ticket prices all paid/ No song unsung, no Cokes untasted/ But the conference games at night/ With their lineups soft as thunder/ As they tear my hope apart/ As they turn your dream to shame/ This summer our roster was a prize/ It filled my days with endless wonder/ It put March in my eyes/ But that was gone when ‘New Year’s’ came/ And still I dream March'll come to us/ That we will see Tigers dance together/ But there are dreams that cannot be/ And there are road-games we can’t weather/ I had a dream the year would be/ So different from the hell of Barbee/ So different now from what it seemed/ Now Vandy killed the dream/ I dreamed/

Next Games

Seriously, Auburn has now found itself in must-win territory. Auburn HAS to beat Ole Miss tonight. And Mizzou on Tuesday. If it doesn’t beat both of those, it has an even more uphill battle to try to taste March.

It CAN beat Ole Miss. Both teams are 0-2 in conference play and are desperate for a win. The Rebels are led by a Junior guard names Deandre Burnett in points and 6-9 Spanish Forward Sebastian Saiz in rebounds. He is shorter than Auburn’s big men, but is a rebounding machine, grabbing 12.2 a game. Auburn is going to have to box out and who has any idea whether Auburn will do it.

Mizzou has lost its last five games, including a loss to Lipscomb. Losing to these Tigers would be rock bottom for Auburn. Road games are tough, and Columbia is a tough place to play historically.

Things I know About this Team

I know this team, due to its youth, is completely unpredictable. I know Auburn is lucky to have the rebounding presence of one of its freshmen. You might be thinking I am talking about 7-footer Austin Wiley, but no. Mustapha Heron is still leading this team in boards and his lead is widening. I know Anfernee McLemore is rapidly becoming a force for Auburn. He has already passed Horace Spencer and LaRon Smith in total rebounds and has played far less minutes than either of them.

Things I Think About this Team

I think this team needs the old Bryce Brown back. I would love to see him have a great game tonight against Ole Miss. His defense could really help against Burnett. I think Wiley needs to begin to show us why he was called a young Kendrick Perkins. Auburn needs an enforcer and a rebounding presence. He needs to be it.

Things I Want to see From this Team

I want to see this team take off. I want to see potential success actualized. However, if Austin Wiley can’t run the diamond press Pearl wants to run due to his lack of conditioning, then I don’t know if we can expect anything better than what we saw against Vanderbilt.

I also want to see the shooting shirts Auburn wears pre-game to become available to be purchased with American Dollars.

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