#ToD is the only one at this point I've not finished

[thesulliedone]

ngl, this felt very much like a fluke...

[soiwj]

Pastry Present pt.2

Tasty Treat pt.1

Arlecchino x fem!baker!reader

Part 2 is heree!!! Im writing this one in broad daylight, so if i fuck up structure wise then you have the right to berate me :)

Request/Ask here

Life has been going pretty smoothly lately! Since you started working for the house of the hearth, your wallet has increasingly grown in size. Now that you have some extra mora, you get to spend it on things you want rather than only on things you need. Yet somehow, even when something is to be expensive, you always end up getting it for free, or the mora just somehow ends up in your pocket. You like to think the archons are watching over you that day, but little do you know it's a certain fatui harbinger pulling the strings.

Your relationship with the orphanage owner has increased, too. She invites you for tea in her office at times and always helps you out at your bakery whenever you need it. Yet whenever she does come over, she tends to linger, unbeknownst to you.

It's another beautiful morning as you make your way to the orphanage, box in hand, head held high, and seemingly beeming with happiness. You enter the orphanage, not needing anyone to open the door for you since you've received a key from Arlecchino. You walk to the kitchen, seeing Arlecchino setting up plates and cups. "Good morning, baker." Her sultry voice carries over to the doorframe you're standing in. "Good morning, Arlecchino!" You beam brightly as you skip to the preperation area. Arlecchino has done you a favor by carrying almost all of the boxes, leaving you to carry just one. "I carried all the boxes. Where did that one come from?" She leans against the kitchen counter after finishing setting up the plates and cups. "Oh well it's Timmy's birthday so I thought I'd make him something special," you open the box towards her so she'll see the little heart-shaped cinnamon roll.

"We have a strict meal plan here. We can't just indulge the children whenever we please." Her voice grows stern as she tenses up. Your smile falters, but you quickly recover. "I understand that, but a little treat now and then won't do any harm, right? Besides, it's a special day!" Arlecchino's brows furrow as she walks towards you, looking down at you. "Rules are rules. Consistency is important for these children," her demeanor reminds you of what everyone says about her.

You sigh, your frustration evident. "Arlecchino, I know you care about the kids, but I really think something like this is not gonna disrupt anything. Don't you think they deserve a bit of joy?" You plead with her.

Arle grasps your wrist as she pulls you closer, her frame towering over yours and her face nearing yours. Her eyes narrow as she looks at you. "You think I don't know what's best for them? I've raised and trained these children for years. Discipline and routine are what they need. Not some curdled snack." You look down at the box trying to figure out what she means. The cinnamon roll broke apart on your way to the orphanage. You put quite a lot of effort into making it, seeing it broken like this fills you with disappointment and sadness.

You see no point in arguing with her anymore since there's nothing to gift anyway. "You're right. I shouldn't have questioned your rules. My apologies." Tears fill your eyes as you start walking towards the entrance. "Wait, I didn't mean -" before she can finish the sentence, you've already stepped out of the building.

You're surprised when you get a letter in the mail. You open the envelope seeing a folded pieace of paper and... a picture? You take it out of the envelope, revealing timmy sitting in front of a plate of what looks like your frumbled cinnamon roll put together by force. Although it doesn't look like the most appetizing snack, timmy looks extremely excited in the picture. In the corner, you see a black thumb. You take the letter out of the envelope, surprised Arle did all of this for you.

The letter reads:

Dear,

I am sorry for my behavior today, I shouldn't have been so harsh on you. You are merely trying your best to make the children happy, and I do not want to seem ungrateful of that. I did not mean to upset you with how I spoke about your pastery. Your baking skills are immaculate, and I want to preface that I do not undermine it. I want to let you know that you may give the children treats from time to time, just not too much.

If you have the time this evening, I'd like to have some tea with you in my office.

Your employer friend

Arlecchino

Your mood lifts in a flash. You're thankful for such a wonderful friend. You pick up the picture as you stand, walking towards your fridge. Using a magnet, you stick the picture to the fridge and write the date on its white border.

Part 3 coming soon!!!

Im literally screaming at the lack of romance in this one what the fuck

I PROMISE ILL MAKE THE NEXT ONE REALLY GOOD!!

[luthienmpl]

Watching/Rewatching/Planning to Watch List

I was tagged for this weeks and weeks ago by @mellens but I kept not doing it because I was stuck in a MUST!FINISH!STICHING PROJECTS!!!! phase and was watching quite literally nothing at all except Critical Role (no need to read subtitles or even look at the video footage most of the time with that one), so my list would have been very uninteresting for readers and frustrating for me personally. However I have now FINISHED THE PROJECTS (YAAAAY!!!) and am trying to coax my brain out of hyper fixation mode and back into watching some stuff. I'm partially doing this post now to hold myself accountable, lest I end up just aimlessly scrolling through tumblr still not watching anything instead.

Watching:

Between Us: I'm uhhhh *checks Wabi Sabi page* in ep 4. I watched 4 1/4 probably like.... 3 weeks ago? I will start this ep over this week probably. I'm enjoying it so far and like many others, it gives me an urge to rewatch UWMA.

My Tooth Your Love: I had to log back into Viki to check where I was, that's how long it's been. Apparently I have watched eps 1-4. I watched this more casually while I was still keeping up with it but I do wanna know where they're going with bar-owner's trauma induced anxiety issues (literally I can't remember what anybody is called in this, it's been so long) so I'll probs pick it up again at some point.

Big Dragon: Gaga tells me the last ep I watched was ep 5. I did quite enjoy that one while it was going even though it's ridiculous, the problem is that I've been spoiled a lot with this one so there's less of an urgency to pick it up again. On the other hand there's only 3 episodes left so it still shouldn't be much of a problem to finish.

My School President: This is the first show I have picked up to get myself back into watching mode, I started it Friday night and caught up with it yesterday evening. It's very cute, and surprisingly I'm enjoying all of the singing so far.

Dropping: I was watching Remember Me and Eternal Yesterday before the big break but from what I've heard Remember Me has gone off the rails hard and Eternal Yesterday ended about as you'd expect so I think won't bother with either of them.

Re-watching: Bad Buddy. I ran out of Critical Role and I was obsessed with BBS enough while it was first released that I can just let that one run in the background without looking at it a lot and still follow what's happening. Ngl though, the evening that I hit the Rooftop Kiss not a lot of stitching got done.

Planning to Watch:

Those coffee shop shorts that Vibie is putting out: I loved GHGH and am not averse to seeing more of Boy and Tod (also i hear there's a GL ep!)

GAP: I WILL START IT TODAY. I WILL OKAY. LISTEN THE SHOW IS JUST.... !!GAP!! IN MY MIND OKAY IT'S LIKE A BIG DEAL SO THAT TRANSLATES INTO ME BEING RELUCTANT TO START IT FOR SOME REASON? I DON'T UNDERSTAND EITHER BUT I'M STRUGGLING UGH IT'S LIKE

Never Let Me Go: I hated FUTS and dropped it halfway through but it's not like the bad writing was the actors' fault and I hear good things about this one so far, so yes.

609 Bedtime Stories: I'd like to see OhmFluke in something other than UWMA but the Sunshine Night one certainly Wasn't It so I'm hoping this one is at least a little better. It's low priority though, I'll get to it when (if) I'll get to it.

History 5: I was not impressed with H4 At All but, well. It's still History. I hear there's time travel involved somehow? At least that's creative.

I'm vaguely aware there's a couple Korean office ones floating about, I'll probs watch those ones eventually, but the Korean stuff is so short that half the ones I've watched had no emotional impact on me at all, so they're also low priority currently.

Feel free to leave recommendations in the notes, I'm pretty out of the loop and unaware of release dates atm.

As I feel like I'm the Last Fucking Person to do this and I know quite a lot of my long time mutuals have done their lists already, let's take this as an opportunity to get to know some newer follows a little better. So I'm tagging @boosnbugs, @aliceisathome and @chimerasinourskyline. Feel free to ignore if you don't wanna and sorry if you made a list already that I'm unaware of.

[acourtofthought]

Saw your answer to the other anon about the next book and you kinda convinced me that it’ll be Elucien! If so, AHHHHHHHH. *proceeds to compose myself* I haven’t really heard the other arguments for why it won’t be theirs next and it’ll be another couple’s (no, not E/riel because that is NOT happening). Everyone I know who recently finished ACOSF, have all said damn so what’s gonna happen to Lucien? And Elain? And even Tamlin?! It’s been forever! When are we gonna get an answer?! And this came from a friend who has Az as only second to Rhys on her list of ACOTAR loves. Soooo, it might just be about goddamn time. Imagine SJM announced that she’s gonna release CC3 and ACOTAR 5 back to back! Of course that’s just a delusion but hey!

Xoxo 😘

Good Morning!!!

And right? It's time!! I think I might cry a little if we have yet another book where the characters talk about the end of Vassa's freedom coming to a close soon, Elain still being stand offish toward Lucien, Tamlin not getting better, and Lucien still not knowing who his father is (without those things actually happening). 😂

I kept thinking she was going to surprise us all and announce ACOTAR 5 being released before CC3 but it's looking like that's less likely as the days go on.

These are the main arguments I've heard as to why Elucien's book won't be before Gwynriel's:

Because Elain didn't have a POV. Which is valid but in my opinion, that's because the second we get inside Lucien or Elain's thoughts is the second that all the mysteries are revealed. It was ok for Nesta to feel drawn to Cassian because she was able to hide behind her words and anger to push him away and it still left you wondering what was going to happen. We still didn't know they were Mates. She was also still human for the one so she didn't have all that baggage to deal with. But with Elain, the big points that people debate over are "She's in love with Az! / No she's not!", and "She wants to go back to being human / No she doesn't!", "She hates Lucien which is why she's uncomfortable around him / She's drawn to Lucien and it scares her which is why she's uncomfortable around him", "She's happy in the NC / Elain is trying to convince herself she's happy in the NC!"

The thing with Elain is that she's a mystery. Most of the characters underestimate her and a lot of readers do too. Because she doesn't say much people make a lot of assumptions about her. But....I'm positive Elain mind is a busy place that's going to be an open book and once we're in there, there's no turning back or keeping anything a secret. Az tends to deny things even to himself. Nesta did too. It was ok for us to peek into their minds because they couldn't reveal too much to us when they're not (weren't) even ready to admit certain things to themselves. With Elain, I feel like it's all going to be revealed the second we have her POV which is why I don't think it makes sense for us to get hers until her book. Otherwise we're going to know exactly where things are headed.

Also, Elain wasn't in SF much but if she wasn't in her own sisters book how is she going to play a bigger role in Gwynriels book? I think it's purposeful that Elain isn't shown with the NC members because SJM is selling the narrative that Elain doesn't belong in the NC. The more of a life we see her living and the more she's involved with them, the less sense it makes for her to leave. Not to mention Yrene received her own POV in TOD as a newly introduced character so it really doesn't matter how much Elain has been in the books.

Another argument is that Koschei has to be the Big Bad in the finale because he's a Death God. But wasn't Lanthy's a death god? The Weaver? The Bone Carver? None of these characters were that difficult to take out so I honestly don't see Koschei being the one that can't easily be defeated by Lucien and Elain. I think SJM is building up to another battle in the final spin off series and I think (based on what she said in an interview about how if Bryce was able to arrive on their world, Rhys is going to wonder who else can enter it) that's going to involve other people entering their world. No, the crossovers aren't going to impact each series to the point you're forced to read all her books, they will still operate as a stand alone but she's still going to have to discuss Bryce's arrival in the next ACOTAR book. Which means it still makes portals and "evil" creatures entering their realm possible. Plus we were already told about the "Daglan" in SF so the seeds have been planted that some could make their way back to Prythian.

I think the final argument is that all the hints about Gwynriel's journey have been laid out in SF so that's why theirs will be next. But again, hints for Elucien's journey have been around since ACOMAF and they continued all the way through SF (major ones too, them needing Spring back in shape, Tamlin not getting better, Elain needing to visit Spring, Lucien being stationed there, Lucien and Elain being placed at the continent, Vassa's time running out, Nesta taking the rose carving made for Elain and placing next to a figure of a goddess and Nesta not allowing herself to dwell on why she placed it there, Nesta later taking that carving and placing it on her fathers gravestone on the last page of the series, and the fact that we see Elain finally standing up for herself).

SJM has laid enough hints that she could easily take the story in either direction (Elucien or Gwynriel) but I do think saying it couldn't be Elucien's is easily debated.

[ghostoftonantzin]

hellooo! for the ask emoji game: 😈, 🤡, 💖, 🤲

hello!!

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

I'm trying to think of a time when I've done this, and I honestly can't! Part of it is that I mostly write one-shots, and I feel like playful meanness often relies on the tension of cliffhangers/WIP fics.

🤡 What’s a line, scene, or exchange you’ve written that made you laugh?

I was just thinking about this the other day, and it still has to be Nadja's line from this scene in Interview with a Nyanpire:

“Guillermo’s marking his territory, Laszlo,” Colin Robinson interrupted. “Nicer than spraying, right, Guillermo?”

“I’m not marking my territory!” Guillermo tried to object.

“You know, sometimes I wonder if that’s what’s going on in the guy’s bathrooms at work. You go up to any urinal in there and the ground around is usually at least a little slippery. Now the tile is easy to sanitize, but I’m sure everybody’s shoes are tracking it onto the carpet, so if you think about it-”

“Are you saying Guillermo is causing piss-related problems in this household, Colin Robinson?” Nadja said.

“I dunno. It seems like Guillermo here has been ducking out to occupy our bathroom a lot recently.”

💖 What made you start writing?

I'd been reading fic for at least ten years when I started writing, and writing it in my head for several years, and I guess one day I just went "I should write this down". (Though I did write some for Chronicles of Vladimir Tod in middle school, but that's lost to the sands of time).

Funny enough, if you look back in my ao3 works history, I didn't write Nandermo until my sixth fic, and that was genderswap! It was about three months after I started writing that I wrote my first Nandermo smut fic (that wasn't femdermo). Wild to think about.

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

Gladly! I'm still in the thick of as below, so above right now, but I'm also working on a post-season 4 fic that I really hope I can finish before season 5 airs. (It also incorporates some ideas from a scrapped fic that I started before, uh, season 3. Under the cut, so save your dashboard:

Guillermo slept uneasily, plagued not by dreams but by the discomfort of his own body. He was sweating, then shivering from the sweat cooling on his skin. He got up and drank water, then got up again to throw it up. 

Gray sunlight crept in through the blinds. Guillermo watched the shadows creep across the floor as the day passed. His bones were lead and his muscles were spider’s silk, and his skull ached like an egg with a baby chick trying to break free.

He was so, so thirsty. He wanted water, his body convulsing with need at the same time it spasmed with repulsion at the thought of it. Maybe Derek had given him rabies instead.

Derek was positioning a leather armchair in the corner of the living room. He plopped himself down in its seat and looked around the room, finally catching sight of Guillermo in the doorway.

“What do you think?” he said, grinning. “Someone had listed it for free if I just came and picked it up. Hope you don’t mind, I used your car.” The smile slid off his face as he got a closer look at Guillermo. “Dude, you look bad.”

“Did you give me rabies?” Guillermo croaked.

“I don’t have any rabies to give you, man.”

“I think I’m dying.”

“Yeah, that’s kind of the point. They only way out is through,” was all Derek said.

[horrorhysteria]

Now, Let us preface this entire review with the knowledge that I saw the first FD movie when I was about 9 years old and for some reason (I can't imagine what) completely blocked the entire premonition from my memory and only made it past Tod's death before I was done.

The shot of his bloodshot eyes haunted me for years and neither of my parents could remember the movie. I was a terrified child, so I never consciously watched a horror movie until I was about 15, after 'Seed of Chucky' (Yes, I know) scared the absolute daylights out of me for years, so this one memory really didn't help.

BUT, I watched the first one again one day and was instantly hooked (you can imagine my surprise at seeing Tod's death again and finally knowing I wasn't entirely an insane person.)

The first FD movie is a classic, everyone knows it, I don't know a person who hasn't seen FD1, apart from the children I teach, which I suppose is a good thing. We start with Alex Browning, preparing for a school trip to Paris, with his best friend Tod, and Tod's brother George, who for years I assumed was his twin. (He is not.)

Alex gets his premonition of the plane crash/explosion/all around disaster and instantly jumps into action trying to warn people of their impending doom. Obviously he is removed by the attendants and seven people are removed from the plane.

The first death (aside from the premonition coming true) is Tod's, I'll admit we start of with a pretty wonky execution (no pun intended) of Tod's death, strangely blue liquid (I've always debated whether it is or isn't water, but I don't think death personally cares that much so maybe I shouldn't either... but nonetheless this blue liquid causes Tod to slip while he's hanging washing on his bathtub washing line (which seems unnecessarily convoluted and impractical) but as I said earlier, the death haunted me for years so it was obviously effective in what it set out to do.

This is where Alex and Clear (another survivor) meet William Bloodworth - The icon that is Tony Todd (Candyman) himself.

Our next death is Terry 'drop fucking dead' Chaney, who really up until this point had really been somewhat of a nothing character but potentially single-handedly gave one of the most memorable lines of the franchise to her boyfriend Carter 'The Dick' Horton before being absolutely obliterated by a speeding bus, this death was and still is a jumper for me (and not the warm, knitted type)

Ms Lewton's death is next and her death is honestly just ridiculous and again overly convoluted, her tea is not enough to numb her pain, so into her boiling hot mug, she pours some extremely flammable vodka (You know when James A Janisse thinks a death is dumb, that it probably is X) the fire vodka finds its way into her computer (which she definitely could not soak in rice to fix) which causes it to explode shards of glass in to her neck and, you guessed it sets her house on fire. She reaches for the cloth on her counter and gets a handy block of knives in her torso, which as you can imagine isn't very useful for staying alive, Alex then REMOVES the knife, not only getting his fingerprints all over the 'murder' weapon but also definitely didn't aid in any chances of the emergency services being able to potentially save his teacher.

Our next death is the one that hurt me the most (being the Seann William Scott fan I am), Billy Hitchcock gets his head sliced in half horizontally by a passing train which our survivors Alex, Clear, Carter and Billy had moments ago had almost been blasted by smithereens too.

Alex realises that Clear is next on deaths list as he is holed up in his crazy bunker and goes to save her, getting electrocuted by power line in the process, a fade to white implies that Alex is dead until we skip to 6 months in the future and our survivors are finally going to Paris, Alex isn't convinced that death isn't finished yet and removes himself from his friends to protect them, almost getting hit by a large, neon sign only to be saved by Carter, who then gets hit and killed by the same sign.

We find out the futures of Alex and Clear in FD2, so I will include them when I cover that movie.

- Jess

[just-a-writing-fan]

Stark Contrast

A/N: I really hope to stick with this series because I've put so much thought into the backstory and I'm using it in a rp I'm enjoying. This is just a first chapter

Warnings: language, drug use, there may be others but I'm not sure

Summary: Y/N Stark, she grew up with her mom and her twin sister. About the only thing she ever had in common with Tony was pretty much raising herself

Pairings: none yet

"Mommy, where are we going?" You held your big sister's hand as you were told. Well, big sister was a stretch, you were fraternal twins; she was just six minutes older. "Where are we going? Mommy, mommy," Esmeralda gives your hand a tug as a signal to hush up. "But where are we going, Essie?" "I don't know, Y/N. Hush."

The two of you continued to follow behind your mother as you all walked through the night. Seeing as if was a cool October evening, the wind making it a much more bitter cold, you were shivering because your sweater had holes and you outgrew it so long ago that it left all of your forearms bare. Your legs felt the bite as well seeing as you were still wearing shorts because you all hadn't gone to the laundry mat yet this week and everything in your duffel was dirty.

"The houses are over there," you tug at your sister's hand. Your mother walked past the project apartments and went to the alley between them instead. "Gimmie' the bag," she reaches for the duffle bag that had your things and Essie's. Getting up and moving on the dime was normal. You shrug off the heavy bag that was weighing you down and honestly hurting your shoulder seeing as you were a small seven year old. But, Esmeralda was carrying both of your back packs and you wanted to help.

"This will have to work," your mom says as she searches through the bag for something she had put in there. "Mommy, this is the alley...." "It sure is. You know what, for a kid born on the bathroom floor of a Judas Priest concert, you're pretty damn smart, huh?"

She didn't let you forget that, you think she was mad that she didn't get to finish Dead Meat. You glance down at the ground for a moment. "Why aren't we in one of those?" You ask, looking at the rat infested and worn down, gorgeous, apartments.

"Because we can't. Okay. Stop talking and help me pitch this tent," she says, handing your sister something. "You got us a tent! We're going camping! Can we have smores!? Thankyou mommy!" You run to hug her neck as she squats with your sister and she peels you away from her. "Sure, we're camping. Whatever. No, we don't have smores. Fire is a good idea though. Go find a round medal trashcan." You nod and do as told. This didn't look like the camping your classmates talked about. You shrug, it was camping just the same. You skipped around the corner, "I don't see one, when did you buy a tent?" "I didn't, it was something Tod gave me" "I don't like Tod mommy." "Well, we aren't together anymore so just go steal a trash can," you knew that tone. She was annoyed. Not wanting to upset her any further you go to find a trashcan, skipping around the corner. You found a empty one laying on its side, maybe noone wanted that one. You grab it's handle and start to sit it upright and lift it. You thought if you dragged it it would wake up the people in the apartments and maybe they had babies or sleeping puppies or kitties. You look around and almost like a big star you see the name Stark lit up.

"Mommy, look, it's our name," you point. "Yeah, I know," she leaves it at that and simply starts a fire. "Do your homework and go to sleep. I've got stuff I need to do. Oh, give me your report cards so I can sign them," you both go to your back packs and take out the sheets of papers from your folders to give to her. "Pencil? Y/N, AB Honor Roll again, whoopty fucking do. Here," she hands yours back to you. And Esmeralda, still stupid. Well, you really need to study then"

"You're not stupid," you hugged your sister, "look, you got a A right there," you point to her paper. "Hey! Let's show dad!" You took the polaroid of your mom and some guy at a party out of your folder and prop it up. "Daddy, look. I did good and Sissy got a A too!" You show the report cards to the picture. "Stop it!" She knocks down the photo and folders from your lap and crawls into the tent

You all were "camping" there for three weeks, that was when your mom met Dakota, your step dad.

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[crystalwillow]

I’m All Yours

Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x Casey Valentine (F!MC)

I started a book on May 19th of this year (2020) that is full of Ethan x Casey one shots and short stories. I love Ethan’s character, and really enjoy his relationship with Casey just as much, I wish to share with the 5 part mini-series I started this book off with.

Before I post the fiction. I feel that it’s only right that I say a massive Thank You to @ethansdique again for letting me use some of her art for the cover of this book. 🥰 

Tagging: @kiteplayschoices @brycelahelalover @obsessedheehee @eleanorbloom @fuseboxmusebox @princesslahela @vibrantlyjaz @kaavyaethanramsey @queencarb @schnitzelbutterfingers @ramseysno1rookie @caseyvalentineramsey @ethanramseyswhore @whippedforethanfreakingramsey

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"... Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow...... I love you too.... Goodnight babe. mwah!" Casey said softly down the phone to her soon to be husband. As she placed her phone to charge on the nightstand there was a light knock at her door, "it's open" she called out. It opened slowly and her bridesmaids filed in one by one. Jackie, Sienna, Aurora and Esme. "Hey. How are you feeling?" Sienna asked as they all sat on the bed around Casey. "Pretty nervous if I'm being honest." she replied with a shaky voice, "Hey. You've got this Valentine." Jackie encouraged as she wrapped her arm around Casey's shoulder, pulling her into a greatly appreciated tight hug. "Late night snack before bed girls?" Aurora asked, Casey sat up and looked at her "What is it?" she asked with narrowed eyes, "Gluten free pizza with all your favourite vegetables plus a sprinkling of diced chicken" Aurora answered. The girls all looked at one and other before rushing out the room and down the stairs "Casey has the best taste for pizza. the first slice is mine!" Aurora and Casey heard Esme shout out as the three other girls raced towards the kitchen. The two left behind, shared a chuckle before following them for a snack and glass of wine before bed.

--- 15 hours later---

Casey paced back and forth nervously in her room at the church waiting for word on her dress from Jackie and Esme, and the arrival of her hair and make-up artist from Aurora and Sienna. "Okay... it's okay Casey. everything will be fine there's a whole 3 hours to go. they'll be here soon, and everything will be fi--" She stops rambling to herself as her biggest fear completely takes over and she flops on the sofa bursting into tears. "Why me!?" she screams through her tears. She and Ethan had been planning this moment for the past 2 years. They had been officially dating for a year when Ethan popped the question one night in the diagnostics room, as they were staying late to finish up some reports. Now 3 years later she's "backstage" at a church for her wedding a wreck because both her dress and make-up artist are stuck in traffic. She was a hyperventilating mess by now, she'd been crying for almost 45 minutes when a knock at the door sounded, followed by a deep soothing voice that was all too familiar. "Casey?? Sweetheart, it's me. Ethan. Look... I know we're keeping things traditional because you're respecting me, but I want to respect you too. I've heard about what's going on so I uh... I'm out here in a t-shirt and jeans if you want to thr-" he's cut off by the door flying open and his soon to be wife running out into his arms and sobbing into his neck. "it's ruined! everything is ruined!" she exclaimed through her tears. "hey! shhhhh, it's alright sweetie, I'm here." he cooed softly as he rubbed soothing circles on Casey's back. Slowly he walked into the room and sat them down on the sofa as he cuddled Casey close. Slowly but surely with the small forehead kisses and whispers of sweet nothings she finely calmed down. "I'm sorry." Casey sniffled after a few moments of silence; Ethan's brow furrowed. "Sorry for what?" He asked, "This. I've messed everythi-" She started to ramble but Ethan stopped her with a finger to her lips "I don't want to hear none of that Valentine, do you understand?" he asked seriously but with the softest look on his face. She nodded. The two spent a few more minutes with each other, cuddling, laughing and sharing sweet kisses until Sienna came back. she gasped as she saw Ethan "The others are coming! quick! out... out!" She panicked urging Ethan out the room "I'll see you in a few Rookie" He smiled at Casey blowing her a kiss before leaving, mere moments before the room came to life with what felt like a million people to prepare her for the moment she had dreamt about her whole life. Marrying the love of her life. Her soulmate. Okay so he's a few years older but that doesn't matter, what matters is their love and respect for each other. The ceremony they're here for to tie them together for eternity.

--- 30 minutes to the ceremony ---

The girls are all inside their room having the finishing touches put to their outfits when there's a frantic knocking at the door. All four bridesmaids rush to answer it. on the other side you hear a frantic voice "Have you girls seen Ethan?!" you zoned out of the conversation as your phone pinged

Ethan: peep out the window :)

Casey: Why?? ...

Ethan: Just... please?

Sighing Casey set her phone down and peeped out the window, only showing her head and neck. As her eyes focused, she saw Ethan doing the same round the corner of the building and smiled wide, giggling to herself. She waved and blushed as Ethan blew her a kiss before disappearing round the corner. "Casey..." A voice sounded out behind her causing her to jump "What are you smiling at missy?" Jackie asked smugly, "oh, nothing. Just two birds who looked very much in love" Casey replied. Jackie, Aurora, Esme and Sienna all gave each other a knowing smile before turning back to Casey and wiggling their eyebrows "What? ..... What're you guys looking at me like tha- OOOOOH. no! stop! get your minds out of the gutter!" she laughed as she threw a pillow at Esme and one at Jackie. "Oi Valentine!" they shouted in unison and the world around the five of them went completely still for a moment "wow. That's the last time I'll hear that as my last name." Casey whispered with a tear coming to her eye but stopped it from falling. *ding ding ding ding ding ding* the bells started to chime signaling the beginning of the wedding. "well...." said Sienna, suppressing a smile as she looked around the room "Let's go and make you a Ramsey!" She cheered and the others joined in as Casey grabbed her bouquet and followed them out.

As Casey stood behind the closed door, the nerves really hit her, "Oh God... I'm doing this. I'm marrying Ethan Ramsey. phew" she rambled nervously "hey! It's going to be fine" Ethan's dad told her soothingly "What if I trip and fall on my face though? I already had one breakdown tod-" She started rambling again but was cut off by the bolt on the other side of the door moving. Letting out a deep breath, she looped her arm through Alan's, and they began walking down the aisle, as Casey walked down towards Ethan he looked down to wipe tears from his eyes. Soon, they were standing opposite each other and exchanging vows. Ethan cleared his throat and looked at Casey with a smile, "Rookie. That's how this whole thing started... you helped me rescue a woman in the reception area on your way to orientation when you didn't need to stop. as that year went on you infuriated me more and more with your persistence to be kind to me when I was, quite frankly, being an asshole to you. But then we... hooked up. I had shut that kind of thing out of my life for years. To be honest, I'd given up on finding "the one" who I would end up marrying. But you came along and changed everything. I... You showed me the feeling of love again that I had blocked out. I feel normal again and I want to thank God for putting you in my life because if it wasn't for you, I believe I would have become a stubborn drunk by now. Thank You for everything you've done and will continue to do. I love you" he finished up and kisses away a tear rolling down Casey's cheek. "you look beautiful" he whispered in her ear.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife." the priest announced after Casey and Ethan exchanged "I do's" and rings. They leave the church to hollering and applause, with bursts of confetti coming from random people. As they reached the steps, Ethan picked Casey up "Ah! Ethan!" she giggled as he carried her to their limo that would take them to their reception and then their new house at the end of the night.

--- At the reception ---

The reception was in full swing as Ethan and Casey sat at their table watching their guests enjoy themselves. Sighing happily Casey looked up at Ethan and kissed his cheek. "I love you Mr. Ramsey" she said, he looked down at her and smiled "I love you too Mrs. Ramsey" he smiled and kissed her lips sweetly. She giggled giddily and hugged him tightly. Ethan's dad approached the table with someone in tow, making Ethan rise to his feet to stand in front of her protectively. "I found this guy outside. He said he knows Casey." Alan stated as Casey looked up and saw Landry who gave a nervous smile and wave "You weren't invited." Casey said coldly as her face turned sour, "I know but we were friends and I wa-" Landry started to explain as Casey moved past Ethan getting into his face "Exactly, WERE  friends. But you decided to try and get my license revoked and almost cost me my job, when I was doing what was right for the patient. She passed away happy! and YOU!" She said raising her voice louder and louder by the minute as she jabbed her finger into his chest and pulled her shoulder out of Ethan's comforting grip, "YOU WERE. PART. OF IT. But you left that part out to save your ass! So, no. We are no longer friends because you are a TWO FACED, BACKSTABBING, MAN-WHORE, WHO NEEDS TO LEAVE MY RECEPTION AND GET OUT OF THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW. GO!" she shouted as she pointed to the door. "I- okay" Landry said as he turned to leave. Ethan pulled Casey close to his chest, pressing a kiss to her head, "Get rid of him dad. Please, for Casey's sake." He told his father who obliged and escorted Landry out. "Hey. it's okay" Ethan cooed to Casey sweetly as he hugged her tightly as Jackie and everyone else came running over to support her "are you okay Case?" Elijah asked, "I brought you Champagne" Sienna said as she held out the flute to her best friend. Casey took it with a smile and a small "thank you" as she took a sip. "I think we should go dance. All of us. We've come so far together. Aaaaand, I wanna have fun tonight" She smiled as she placed the flute on the table next to Ethan's beer. "Macarena circle?" Bryce suggested, his eyes glistening with mischief "WOOOOO!" everyone cheered and rushed to the dance floor as Bryce went and asked for the song before joining the circle. Together they danced and laughed the night away. Before they knew it, Ethan and Casey were pulling up to their new home they would share for the rest of their lives. "Casey.... honey..." Ethan whispered as he gently woke his new wife up "Hm?" Casey hummed as she sat up looking confused "We're home" Ethan said softly, and Casey responded with a smile. After he had stepped out, Ethan held out his hand to help Casey out of the limo and together they stepped into their new home ready to start the next chapter of their lives together. 

[dolldirector]

Fallen Realm Playlist Masterpost

Big infodump under the read more, if you like my OCs and/or agree with my flawless music taste this should be interdasting

1. MUSE - Thought Contagion

Vampire stuff, punk vibes, a nod to thriller, all of the above fit the mood of a FR show + the song is genuinely very good and I could see it being used on stage easily.

2. PAIN - Call Me

Absolute banger. But that's besides the point. I see this as being the bassist Jez/Jamie's song (with a side of Deuce as the second vocalist). Jez is a fairly quiet lad who generally keeps to himself but I always imagined that he’d be secretly very flirty and cheeky, but would mostly only really express it via music. I actually wrote a lil short story where most of FR's band (minus Rex and Isabella) find themselves in some dive bar after a show, and end up performing in the place of the no-show band that was meant to be there that night. That band ends up being the very same one that kicked Jez out, so it’s a bit of a revenge story for him. This short is on my discord by the by.

3. Emigrate - Eat You Alive

Oh boy, this is a strong one. Basically, just watch this video but pretend that Axl is Richard (the frontman). That’s it. That’s the explanation.

Being serious though, RZK is and always has been a huge influence for Axl's visual design, mannerisms and on-stage behaviours. On top of that, this is 100% the type of music he'd listen to, and the lyrics may as well just be plucked right outta his brain. Are the words meant to be aimed at Valeriya in a threatening way? Or is it a cheeky flirt with Trinity? Both? Neither? We’ll never know.

Also, completely unrelated I’m sure, here’s a wip you may or may not be able to force me to finish on stream via channel points soon...

4. Axel One - Out of the Dark

Can't exactly say much about this one cause it's spoilers, but I will say it's less about the song itself and more about the video, and that it does concern the one FR character who is already dead when the story begins.

5. Lord of the Lost - Raining Stars

Just seems to me like a real good song to perform to. I can imagine seeing acrobatic stunts in slow-mo to this track. That’s it for this one, just “I just think they’re neat”. Gorgeous song and video by an amazing band anyway though.

6. Oomph! - Supernova

Kinda the same deal as the Emigrate song, you can just insert Axl into this one in Dero’s place, along with Jez, Vlad, and Thatch. Once again the style and lyrics fit him perfectly, and this one earns bonus points since Dero is actually Axl's canon voiceclaim - specifically in this era of Oomph!’s music too.

7. Die Kreatur - Kälter als der Tod

At the risk of this thread becoming Oops All Axl TM - AH YES. This one is perfect for the point where Axl finally gets the fuck over himself, and stops being horrible to Vlad because of guitar jealousy, and they become bros.

Realistically, I doubt that Vlad - the clueless human vampire fanatic - will ever realise that Axl is a real actual vampire, but he'd be so glad that they seem to have this ~shared interest~ in them, and he'd by hyped as heck to do a performance like this with his guitar buddy. By the way, Vlad wonders to himself, isn’t it odd that he’s never seen Axl putting his fake fangs in?? Weird

As for the girl on the altar, there are a couple ideas I’ve toyed with. Random audience member for fun. Trinity but Axl gets mad jealous even though he thought and said he wouldn't. (No sharing!! Not even for jokes.) Valeriya but the poor thing is scared to the point of tears because this is just a little too close to a real experience for her and Vlad just can't figure out why. Axl insists she’s just being dramatic. Rex has to rescue her because she’s too shy to put her foot down.

Or perhaps Isabella would wanna join in, but she can't take it seriously and keeps laughing which just causes a chain reaction every time with even Axl cracking a smile. There are like a million cut takes now. Send help.

All in all a fun crossover to think about.

8. Adelitas Way - Still Hungry

This one is just Diesel’s anthem. This is the story of a young punk who can’t stop, won’t stop, never gives up and needs more. Right kinda music for him too.

9. MONO INC. - Shining Light

100% a full-cast song. I feel like the lyrics apply to a number of different things about various members of the circus' backstories, and their found family vibe together - if you think about them in super vague terms, at least. I liked to consider the vocals a duet between Rex and Isabella, being the two singers, but there are a couple lines that are kinda too adult for Bella and would make the duet sorta odd so ehhh 90% of it can be that, let’s say. (This is baring in mind that Isabella is an orphaned minor and Rex is like a father figure for her - as he kinda is for many of the members of the circus)

I also did a doodle of this. This one will also be on the force-me-to-work-on-this-WIP-live pile.

9.5. Lacrimosa - Lichtgestalt a.k.a the original version of Shining Light

Same song, just German and carrying a much darker, creepier tone. It fits in new, fun ways.

10. Oomph! - Viel zu Tief

OOPS ALL AXL TM

Lyrics are very important for this one. Once again, music is the right style, Dero is still his voiceclaim, and Axl actually speaks German in canon (and NO I didn’t do that just so Oomph! songs fit him better, shUT UP)

11. Pet Shop Boys - It’s a Sin

Bit out of left field for this playlist, sure, but with all the controversy and extremely shakey morals in FR's world and with its characters, this one just seems fitting. Plus I'd want em to cover it for a show. Banger.

Honorable mention goes to Ghost’s cover of this song. I don’t even listen to Ghost but my reaction upon finding out this exists was like “lmao yes, of course, why wouldn’t they”.

This song in general I associate instinctively with Vlad, purely because its 80s and campy and I feel like he’d be the type to listen to Ghost.

12. Destiny Potato - Lunatic

Very strongly feel this is a performance song featuring Isabella. This song fits the character - and in particular her tragic backstoryTM pretty well. I’d even go so far as to say the singer would be a pretty good voiceclaim for her if her voice wasn’t meant to be more robotic in canon. This is pretty close to what I imagine, though. Strong n sweet.

13. Nightwish - I Want My Tears Back

One of the first songs I imagined to go well with stage performances. This one for sure would be a duet between Rex and Isabella.

Plus at about 3:10 there's a long solo with a bit of back-and-forth between the guitar and hurdy gurdy (I think?) that I could 100% see Axl and Vlad doing on guitar and keytar respectively.

14. Lord of the Lost - Drag Me To Hell

Yeah this one is just Axl @ his ex

15. Lindemann - Steh Auf!

Bleib nicht liegen, es wär schade - Zirkus ist heut in der Stadt

So, this would be from Isabella’s perspective. Did I mention she was orphaned? Yeah. I guess this one is a little dark.

16. Otetsu & GUMI - Disordered Self-Restraint Girl

The song itself seems to be the story of a child who is trying to coax their parent/guardian into getting up and doing things, not realising that parent had passed away from a drug overdose. Drugs isn’t the way Isabella’s parents died, but the rest of the song fits that part of her backstory imo. Plus, it’s German, and Isabella is German, so yay!

Uh oh, vocaloid.

For a long time I've associated this one with Valeria, and her feelings towards the circus in the early days. After she's accidentally turned by Axl, Val gets effectively kidnapped by FR, taken in before she can even regain consciousness and completely against her will, since it would be incredibly irresponsible of them to just leave a fresh new vampire out in the world so they kinda don't have a choice. While she eventually finds her place and elects to stay after some time has passed, there was a period of time where she definitely would have felt trapped.

This is without even going into the fact that she's now stuck travelling and living with her would-be murderer, and - due to the fact that half of the circus don't even know non-humans exist, let alone what actually happened to Valeria - many of the people around her don't seem to care, or simply do not understand why she's so scared and stressed. It leaves her, at times, feeling like she could be killed tomorrow and nobody would give a shit.

Showtime, katanamochi bunbun furimawashi kubi kara ue hanetobashite mo - ashita ni nareba minna motodoori, waratte yurushite

Translation: Showtime, even if a sword wielder slices my head and makes it fly off, tomorrow everything continues as usual, smiling, forgiving

(Don't worry, in reality Rex, Diesel, and Thatch are there for her & understand the shit she's going through. I promise the folks in the circus do actually care. It's just hard for her to see it in this period of time.)

(There will almost definitely be more songs and doodles added here in the future, but for now that’s all folks!)