#WE'RE GOING TO SHOOT HIM WITH A SLINGSHOT))

[helenapsent]

Lol, I liked the bonus chapter a lot more than the main part. Now what am I supposed to do with that? Good question)))

There are two stories here: Rumpelstiltskin and Tom Thumb. Tell me, how are they connected?

And just like that, before the King's madness even started, it happened that he married a girl who was kind of spinning gold (no). Jonah was so nervous that she almost moved, but Rumple helped her, and they talked about the exchange. And after a while, as soon as the King and Queen had a daughter, they forgot all about everything, Rumple flew in like, “OBLIGATIONS HAVE TO BE FULFILLED!!!” and flew off into the portal for the child. We're playing for the Queen and the King… I'll tell you right away, the King flies away, he was touched by the fate of King Midas (wrapped in a golden statue, yes, yes), and the Queen to clean up everything, as usual.

Well

WELL WHAT

She meets a little boy who decided to help her, like, if you have to open the door, you're welcome, so FOR THE WHOLE BONUS PART WE HAVE A POCKET CHILD WITH US!!!))

And then we also met a mega-fairy, who organized us a nice quest in SEARCH FOR MEAD, with which we have to get Rumple drunk, in general everything is very fun. Our child was taken away, the power grid was disconnected, Rumple was thrown into the stratosphere, the King was enchanted, and the boy with a fingernail was golden to the very core, beauty ig

True because of the fact that the king because of the transformation began to go cuckoo, it is such a wow. Ig, the ending is not very racy, everything is cool))))

[stinkysam]

Monkey D. Luffy - Fish.

Warning : none

Genre : fluff

Synopsis : "oop siren!male reader who was saved by the crew from a bar that was gonna kill him to make food? all the fluffy stuff, i think reader would sing to the crew but very specific love songs to luffy, and i feel he would be running away from sanji and avoid the kitchen 😭" - @vainillacookie

Reader : male (he/you)

A/N : I pictured the reader like shyarly, so he doesn't have any legs, though his tail can be imagined differently

You knew you shouldn't have ventured alone out of the Grand Line but you wanted to see all the seas.

But here you were in the east blue, about to be eaten by some humans.

"Let go of me !" You yelled, slapping your tail against their faces. You struggled as best as you could, clawing and biting anything you could, yelling and screaming in hope to draw more attention to the kitchen.

"Shut up !" One of them yelled your way but you continued screaming. You'd explode their eardrums if necessary. Your voice is ringing in their ears, making some of them bleed.

You figured it worked as some waiters entered back in the kitchen, asking for the noise to stop as some customers began to be curious.

"Help ! Help me ! They're going to eat me !" You yelled and they cringed, hoping no one heard that.

They all tried to restrain you and silence you until the doors were kicked open, a small human making his entrance. He didn't look like a waiter or a cook and you hoped it was a customer here to help you.

"Mh ?" The man stared at you as everyone froze, his hand on his hat. "What's going on ?"

"They're trying to eat me ! Help !" You quickly yelled his way, still struggling, trying to get away from them.

"But you're a… a fish ?!"

"I'm not a fish !" You yelled back, angry. Did you look like a fucking fish ? "I'm a siren, you idiot ! Help me !"

The man stared at you and tilted his head. True. You didn't really look like a fish. His bad. He seemed to finally notice the people holding you down and frowned.

"Let go of him. He's not a fish." He said sternly.

"Or what." They stared at him, slowly moving away from you to grab their kitchen's ustensiles, clearly wanting to use them as weapons.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." He said, smiling. Stretching his right arms as it cracked a bit. "Nami. Zoro. Sanji. Usopp" He called out and four more people entered the kitchen. "Me and my crew will defeat you."

The three men looked serious as well, ready to either open the door or to attack them. One had a slingshot, ready to shoot, one had green hair and a sword ready to cut while the third man, blonde hair, was just standing there looking menacing ?

"I don't think you want your customers to know you're cooking people." The woman, Nami added, threatening to open the door for everyone to see inside. "Plus, I've seen a few reporters in the room. They'd get the word around quickly."

"We… we don't have to go that far, ahah…" One of the men holding you said, letting go of you as the others did the same, slowly.

You pushed yourself away from them, struggling to go toward your saviors. Nami went to you with someone else, holding you by the arm.

"Are you okay ? Do you need help walking ?"

"Yes please." You said, throwing a glare to those that had tried to cook you. Nami and her friend helped you get away, accompanying you outside on their ship and soon the others followed.

They walked you to their kitchen, unaware you were anxious at the idea of getting inside another one. Looking for all the exits

"I'm Monkey D. Luffy." The man said, the one that had entered first, mistaking you for a fish. "And I'm gonna be king of the pirates !" He announced confidently, putting his right foot on the chair.

"Zoro." The green haired man said as he sat down.

"And I'm the great captain Usopp. But you can call me Usopp." The one with the slingshot said, looking as confident as Luffy.

"I'm Nami. Nice to meet you." The woman said, sitting down next to you.

"And I'm Sanji. Don't worry we're not going to cook you." The blonde haired man said as he looked through the drawers for… knives ? Was he going to try to cook you too ?

You looked at him with big eyes as all your cells screamed at you to get away. Frozen in place.

"Oh no, no, no. This isn't for you." Sanji said, looking at the knife. "You see, we didn't get to finish our lunch, so we're going to finish it here."

You continued to stare at him, afraid of what was coming next. But he simply opened the fridge and took something out before beginning to cut and cook it. You relaxed slightly, still keeping an eye on him while Luffy smiled, clearly amused.

"So ? What's your name ?" Nami asked, putting her face in front of you to get your attention.

"Huh… [Name]." You simply said, still unsure of what to think of them, looking at her with wide eyes.

"What's a siren doing here in east blue ? I read you exclusively lived in the Grand Line in Fish-man Island ?" She continued and Luffy perked up at the mention of Grand Line.

"I huh… wanted to see all the seas…"

"Wait, Fish-man island ? So does this mean mermaids exist ? I've seen fishmen but-" Sanji turned, suddenly growing interested.

"Of course ! Why wouldn't they ?" You frowned at his question but he looked surprised and simply smiled, looking pleased by your answer. "Say, you really aren't going to eat me ?" You asked quietly, looking at all of them, still suspicious.

"Of course not. You aren't a fish, [Name]." Luffy said, placing a hand on your shoulder.

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It's been a few days and you got to know them more even though you avoided staying in the kitchen with Sanji for too long. He seemed nice, but you feared to see their fridge empty with only you to feed them.

But you didn't mind spending time with Luffy. He had easily made himself a cozy place in your heart with his smile and laugh and carefree personality.

They found out you had a pretty singing voice when you sang for Luffy, helping him fall asleep at night, and helping the rest of the crew on the same occasion.

They didn't mind that you sang only for him because you had a strong voice that the wind transported, accompanying them for the day.

Luffy would grin each time you sang to him, not noticing you wouldn't sing to the others. Loving your voice and the rhythm you sang to.

He'd sing with you, wrapping an arm around your shoulders and clapping his hands together. He sings a little out of tune at times but it always comes from the heart.

He'd often ask you to join his crew. After all, there's always a musician in a pirate crew, ready to sing their adventures and exploits.

[justrainandcoffee]

I did this with us plus our ocs and some characters.

@peakyswritings @emotionalcadaver @evita-shelby @moral-terpitude @call-sign-shark

As the tributes stand on their podiums, the horn sounds.

Reb gathers as much food as she can.

Alfie breaks John's nose for a basket of bread (🤭😂)

Rose runs away with a lighter and some rope.

Eva and Linda work together to drown July .

Arthur finds a backpack full of camping equipment.

Esme and Lucy fight for a bag. Esme gives up and retreats.

→ Eva wtf!!!! Omg!! I'm so sorry, July!! Probably that's her revenge for the horrors 😂😂.

→ All the others just escaped from the cornucopia.

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Day 1

Quinn and Uncle Charlie hunt for other tributes.

Alfie searches for firewood.

Reb diverts Michael's attention and runs away.

Shark questions her sanity. (Good for you, Shark! 🤭)

Jessie Eden sets an explosive off, killing John.

Linda overpowers Arthur, killing him (her abuser, so...)

Nina goes hunting.

Lucy, Tommy, Eva, Rose , and Heaven hunt for other tributes.

Ava forces Aberama to kill Flor or Lauren . He refuses to kill, so Ava kills him instead.

→ Ava, wtf!! We're friends 🤧🤧😭😭.

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Night 1

Ava looks at the night sky.

Eva lets Rose into her shelter.

Reb sets up camp for the night.

Lauren and Quinn talk about the tributes still alive.

Heaven, Lucy, Shark, and Alfie sleep in shifts.

Flor pushes Linda off a cliff during a knife fight. 💁‍♀️

Tommy sets an explosive off, killing Michael (yessss)

Nina passes out from exhaustion.

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Day 2

Lucy receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

Ava searches for a water source.

Lauren makes a slingshot.

Alfie sprains his ankle while running away from Nina.

Heaven is pricked by thorns while picking berries.

Reb goes hunting.

Shark, Flor , Quinn, and Polly form a suicide pact, killing themselves.

Eva receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

Rose discovers a river.

→ omg!! Rip Shark and me 😔. Hope you miss us.

Night 2

Eva looks at the night sky.

Jessie Eden stays awake all night.

Uncle Charlie ambushes Rose and kills her (why!!!)

Lucy stays awake all night.

Alfie unknowingly eats toxic berries.

Reb goes to sleep.

Heaven, Lauren , Ava, Tommy, and Nina sleep in shifts.

→ not for the first time Alfie and Rose die the same day or night 😭💔.

Day 3

Jessie Eden overhears Lauren and Uncle Charlie talking in the distance.

Reb runs away from Esme.

Heaven, Sabini, Eva, Tommy, and Nina hunt for other tributes.

Ava receives clean water from an unknown sponsor.

Lucy thinks about home.

Night 3

Reb destroys Nina's supplies while she is asleep.

Uncle Charlie and Lauren run into each other and decide to truce for the night.

Esme strangles Tommy with a rope. (Holy shit!!)

Lucy receives fresh food from an unknown sponsor.

Heaven and Ava tell stories about themselves to each other.

Eva starts a fire.

→ Reb, please!! Poor Nina!! She's your girl!!

Night 5

Nina and Lauren talk about the tributes still alive.

Eva and Reb hold hands.

Ava, Uncle Charlie, and Lucy discuss the games and what might happen in the morning.

Jessie Eden shoots a poisonous blow dart into Heaven's neck, slowly killing her. (The fuck, Jessie 👀!!)

Sabini receives medical supplies from an unknown sponsor.

Esme cannot handle the circumstances and commits suicide. (Poor Esme)

The feast

The cornucopia is replenished with food, supplies, weapons, and memoirs from the tributes' families.

Lucy decides not to go to The Feast.

Uncle Charlie decides not to go to The Feast.

Reb, Sabini, Ava, Eva, and Nina track down and kill Lauren .

→ idk, but Ava was after Laur from the first moment 🙃.

Day 6

Eva bleeds out due to untreated injuries.

Uncle Charlie sets Nina on fire with a molotov.

Ava chases Sabini.

Reb travels to higher ground.

Lucy accidently detonates a land mine while trying to arm it.

Arena Event

Monkey mutts fill the arena.

Sabini survives.

Reb survives.

Uncle Charlie uses Ava as a shield from the monkey mutts.

Night 6

Uncle Charlie lets Reb into his shelter. (Please 😂😂)

Sabini falls into a frozen lake and drowns.

Day 7

Reb spears Uncle Charlie in the abdomen. 👀👀

The winner is Reb from District 3!

Good for you @peakyswritings !!! To be honest, uncle Charlie deserved it!! He was out of control!!

[movietimegirl]

Ahsoka ep 7 thoughts time! It's not in order.

Hera is in court and of course THAT guy had to be there🙄

Mandaolore and Moff Gidon name drop! Mando S3 is took place before Ahsoka Comfriend! Looking forward to Din and Grogu will meet the ghost crew!

I know Hamato did not just say Moff Gideon was just a random warlord. Like...what? This guy knows nothing.

It's my boy CP30 in the name of Leia Organa!

"Mere droid" Chopper is about throw hands!

Hera has been saved! Leia is a queen!

Ahsoka is training with Anakin's training log. Apparently, it was the last one. 🥺

Also Ventress, Dooku, and Grievous name drop! Woo!

OH my god! They are shooting at the Space Wales! Leave them alone!

Oh good, the wales are noping out there.

Into the Space wale grave yard we go.

Meanwhile, more Sabine, Ezra, and space crabs!❤️

Ezra catching up on things. And hey...Zeb name drop!

"That's what they say" I believe that was a jab at the sequel trilogy 🤣

I believe Sabine left Jacen out on purpose. She wants Ezra see him for himself. I going to pass away when he finds out that he is the son of Kanan.🥺💚

Ezra is really asking how Sabine got and she keeps saying it's complicated. The truth is coming in the final. Oof🤧

"What? Why? I mean...Congregations." Oh, Ezra. Eman Esfandi is doing such an awesome job bringing Ezra to life. I'm going to make a separate post because deserves so much praise for his performance! 👏🏾

Baylan is leaving Shin? Come on now! What on this planet is so important to him leave his appearance like that?

Ahsoka is reaching out to Sabine. She hears her. And the night sister knows his location.

Ohhh, Thrawn knows Anakin was Ahsoka's master. Now the question is, are they going to make the books canon? Because Thrawn has actually met Anakin during the Clone Wars and later Darth Vader. It'll be interesting how Filoni will handle this.

Ahsoka and Huyang it on the way.

Ezra, Sabine, and the crab people are under attack!

"Take us a prisoners" That was SO Ezra!

Ezra taught them how use a slingshot! It's true! It has to be!

Ezra dosn't need his lightsaber, he has force! Ngl, he remind me of Chirrut Îmwe when he fought 🥺

Ezra got moves! Stopping that lightsaber! Only to grab a blaster 🤣

Ahsoka and Baylan rematch! Fight! Huyang is air support.

Ha! Ahsoka took his ride

Ahsoka has arrived! It's the big three people!

I really feel bad for Shin here. Ahsoka said she can help her but she ran off, a lot going on in her mind. Where is she going to go now?😢

Ahsoka and Ezra hugs! Ahsoak laughing 💚💙🧡

Ezra holding crab's hands🥺

Thrawn did that to buy to get the heck out of here. Always one step ahead. They are going to have to stop him in the final.🥶

And that's it! I'm pretty sure I missed some things, wooo! Anyways, can you believe we're down to the final already? Times flys. Rick Famuyiwa is directing the final and I am hyped and scared on what's gonna happen. Till then, see ya then.👋🏽

[morporkian-cryptid]

✨Lupin III Discworld AU✨

What happens when you drop Earth's greatest thief in a world with werewolves, a Thieve's Guild, a postmaster who's a former conman, and Commander Sam Vimes? Chaos. Chaos is what happens.

Characters introductions here!

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Headcanons and random ideas!

Lupin III and Moist Von Lipwig

They get along like a house on fire, both figuratively and literally. They're both adrenaline junkies and Lipwig (pronounced Lip-vig) hasn't completely shed his kleptomaniac tendencies. Lupin regularly attemps to rob the Post Office, the Royal Bank and the Royal Mint (all under Lipwig's responsibility). One of the reasons Lord Vetinari tolerates Lupin's presence in Ankh-Morpork is because he gives Lipwig enrichment.

They also sometimes challenge each other to thieving competitions. One of the contests’ goal was to steal Vetinari’s manuscript, The Servant. Fujiko won. She wasn’t even in the race.

When they're not busy competing, Lupin and Lipwig are actually great friends. Lipwig infected Lupin with his pencil-stealing tendencies, to Yata's great despair as he finds his pencils disappearing every time Lupin is brought to Pseudopolis Yard.

Fujiko ended up befriending Adora-Belle Dearheart (Lipwig's rather explosive wife), they get together to lovingly trash-talk their respective S/O. Completely unrelatedly, Fujiko acquired a horse golem (which Adora-Belle swears she didn't give to her).

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Jigen, sharpshooting, and Archchancellor Ridcully

Jigen is a self-taught sharpshooter, proficient in anything from a slingshot to the infamous gonne (DW's first and only firearm, with a regretful tendency to possess its user and send them into a murderous rage). Jigen religiously reads every issue of Bow and Ammo, and knows by heart the entire crossbow catalogue of Burleigh & Stronginthearm.

Jigen is crossbow-hunting-buddies with Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully of the Unseen University. They bonded over their love of shooting anything that moves, and Mustrum brok- hum hum, circumvented the University's rules to teach a non-wizard a spell. Jigen can now shoot fireballs, to Lupin's endless delight and the Watch's horror. At Jigen's demand, Mustrum also enchanted the Gang's bright-ass yellow carriage to make it go supernaturally fast, in exchange for the opportunity to take a ride in it.

The Gang also had the misfortune of stealing the aforementioned gonne (we're going to ignore that there's no canonical window allowing this to happen). Jigen had heard of it, and Lupin decided to steal it as a gift for his partner. The second he got his hands on the gonne, his moral compass evaporated. He would have even shot his friends, if Jigen hadn't taken the gonne from him... and immediately gotten possessed himself. In the end, Goemon managed to take the gonne from them. He was completely unaffected, a phenomenon he later explained as "being confident in the blade's superiority to filthy morporkian artifacts".

(The gonne doesn't so much "possess" people as by-pass their moral restraints to unearth whatever urges for violence, power and destruction they have. Which I think would be a very interesting thing to happen to Lupin.)

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Lupin and dragons

The Gang owns a swamp dragon (very small and pathetic creatures with a tendency to explode at the slightest inconvenience). Lupin uses it to melt safes open, and to light his and Jigen's cigarettes.

Aside from this blatant mis-use of an endangered creature, the dragon is actually very well treated, and in time has become a sort of mascot of the Gang. His name is Sir Arson Burp-A-Lot Lupin.

Lupin (the human) is a regular at the Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons, and has a false identity entirely dedicated to visiting the Sanctuary. He managed to befriend Lady Sybil Ramkin, owner of the Sanctuary and wife of Commander Vimes of the City Watch. Goemon disapproves of the whole situation, and Jigen finds it hilarious, regularly joking that Lupin is playing with fire.

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The Gang and lycanthropy

It is common knowledge that Lupin's Gang includes a werewolf. Lupin thinks that everyone thinks he is the werewolf (because he's posh and has a wolf-related name), but actually everyone knows it's Jigen. It's a bit baffling as there are no werewolves in the Agatean Empire, and Jigen has no known Überwaldian ancestors.

Thanks to Jigen's lycanthropy, the Gang is fully aware that the Watch's resident werewolf is Angua Von Überwald (and not Nobby Nobbs as is the common belief). They unfortunately can't use scent bombs to ward her off as it would hurt Jigen, but following these stinky thieves is just as bad for her nose. They smell like a tobacco factory that has caught on fire.

It took a lot of time for Jigen to tell Lupin about his "condition", and Lupin (who easily put two and two together after seeing Jigen leave to gods-know-where every full moon and growl when he's angry) didn't press him and waited for him to open up about it. Growing up, Jigen had always seen his lycanthropy as monstrous, but Lupin's delight at having 1) a big fluffy cuddlable boyfriend and 2) someone who can smell the police coming, eventually made Jigen feel more comfortable with his gift. Lupin and Goemon both adore Jigen's wolf form (although Goemon would rather die than admit it out loud). Jigen almost bit off Fujiko's hand the only time she tried to pet him.

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More miscellaneous headcanons here!

If you have ideas, headcanons, or even just vague vibes for this AU, please do reblog, comment or send me an ask!

[hrodvitnon]

Godzilla, Abraxas, The Guardian Titans, and high ranking Monarch/Apex personal are in an meeting room at Castle Bravo. On a whiteboard, there's multiple crude drawings illustrating plans (of varying degrees of stupidity) to get the Titans to Gigan's Fleet. The latest one involves Godzilla firing an atomic blast at Mars from Earth to goad them into attacking Earth, making the journey much easier.

Maia: Godzilla, we can't just shoot a hole into the surface of Mars…

Godzilla: Why?? No one's using it for anything!

Rodan: You'd never be able to hit that shot in a million years.

Godzilla: Oh, then perhaps you'd like to revisit the rocket idea??

Rodan: If you think I'm going to let myself be strapped to a giant rocket and get shot through the darkness of space to invade an alien vessel, you are fucking crazy.

Abraxas: Yeah… I know I made the 'Suicide Mission' joke, but this is something I'd rather not die trying to accomplish.

Godzilla: Well we need to figure something out! Apex, is it really not possible to make a ship big enough for us all?

Ren: It would take years. At the very least, 15.

Kong: You made Dagon, can't you just do that again but- bigger?

Dagon: I don't think there should be another one of me made, Titanus Kong. If the need arises- my thrusters would be able to make the round trip, provided they received a nitrous boost of 5000%.

Godzilla: …could you carry us?

Rodan: …

Rodan: There's like ten of us.

Shimo: Well… the ice I create crystalizes very rapidly, making it much more resilient than regular ice…

Mothra: Sooooo- big ice house that Dagon carries to Mars? That's the best plan we've got?

Godzilla: It's- certainly a plan.

Mothra: …

Kong: …

Dagon: …

Behemoth: …

Shimo: …

Barb: …

Abraxas: …I'll help him carry it.

Rodan: We're all gonna die.

(Damn, I need a giggle after getting my first SIGNALIS ending...)

Abraxas: I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING TO GO INTO SPACE BY MYSELF SO WE DON'T BANKRUPT THE ENTIRE PLANET!

Rodan: But what if it kills you?

Abraxas: I'm part Ghidorah, you really think Space Satan himself would let a little thing like the vacuum of outer space kill me, after all the trouble they went through to make me like this? I could literally slingshot myself to Mars and it would cost us NOTHING!

Goji: ...I'll allow a test flight, but I really do insist on being there when we interrogate Gigan.

Abraxas: From what I remember of Gigan, you do not want to be on the same celestial body as him when there's an "interrogation."

Mothra: I sense there's an awful lot about him you haven't told us.

Abraxas: For good reason! And I sense Goji simply isn't going to take "no" for an answer over this whole space rocket insanity!

Goji: Need I remind you what the sick bastard up there did to my brother?

Abraxas: ...you just want to be an astronaut, don't you?

Goji: SO WHAT IF I DO?!

[poedameronwifey]

A true home(The hobbit Fanfic)

Chapter 13

Third Pov

Radagast appeared out of the forest on his sled. He got the orcs attention as they chased after him on their wargs. The company waited a bit before running into the large vast field. Gandalf was leading them to who knows where. The girls stuck near Bilbo to make sure he was safe. They made sure to stay out of sight using the rocks and boulders as cover. The girls were struggling to keep up, mainly because they are completely unfit. Renee almost fell but Kili caught her, helping her up. He grabbed her hand to make sure she didn't fall behind. Fili did the same with Kate who was struggling as well.

Lilith's Pov

We kept running. I was near the front with Thorin when he stopped. I noticed Radagast coming a bit closer. I was worried the orcs would spot us but they were so focused on Radagast that they didn't even notice.

"Stay together."

Gandalf said with a grave expression. We turned and continued running. I looked to make sure my sisters were alright. I sighed in relief that Fili and Kili were with them. Bilbo was also keeping up so I focused on running. We ran until we got to a large boulder. I could hear the orcs as they moved closer. Ori ran past me, almost getting spotted.

"Ori, No!"

Thorin pulled him back by his collar just in time. I grabbed and pulled him next to me. He looked at me and nodded. I smiled at him in reassurance.

"Come on. Quickly."

"Where are you leading us?"

Gandalf didn't say anything. I knew we were going to Rivendell. If Thorin knew he'd be pissed. We all ran until we noticed the orcs closer. We ran to hide behind a huge boulder. I was between Bilbo and Dwalin. Renee was in front of me next to Thorin. My guess is to shoot the son of a bitch above us. We heard the warg snarl above us. We held our breaths. I reached for Bilbo's hand, squeezing it tightly. Thorin then looked at Kili, nodding towards his bow before turning to Renee and doing the same thing. Renee and Kili looked at each other, giving silent confirmation. They both quietly drew their arrows. They then ran out, shooting. Renee shot the orc and Kili the warg. Renee shot it again, seeing the horn in its hand. The rest of the dwarves killed them but unfortunately not quietly. It alerted the others, causing them to stop chasing Radagast and turn in the direction of the noise. Gandalf stepped out and realised that they caught on to us. My sisters and I looked at each other. We knew what was about to happen.

"Move. Run."

We all ran, following after Gandalf. My sisters were near me which I was very grateful for. The orcs got closer and closer.

"There they are."

"This way quickly."

We kept following Gandalf. Eventually, they surrounded us. I took out my axe and Kate took out her sword. We got closer together. I made sure Bilbo was behind me.

'They're coming."

"Kili, Renee shoot them."

"We're surrounded."

Kili and Renee started shooting. I moved closer to the rest of the group.

"Where's Gandalf?"

"He's abandoned us."

"No, he hasn't. I refuse to believe he'd just leave us. Have faith, mister Dwalin."

Kate kept looking ahead at the orcs but she made a point. Ori used his slingshot but it didn't do much.

"Hold your ground."

Thorin unsheathed his new sword and got into position. I stayed close to him. Something telling me that I had to. Anyway back to our life-or-death situation. Renee kept shooting and moved closer to Kili.

"This way, you fools."

I turned to see Gandalf behind a boulder. I sighed in relief. I knew that the old man wouldn't leave us. Soon everyone started running for the tunnel. I stood near the entrance. I had to make sure everyone was safe. Kate went down after Balin. So one down, one to go. I noticed one of the wargs coming this way, heading towards Thorin. I ran in front of him. I felt something inside me burst. Like something awoke. I put my hands out. Vines wrapped around warg, strangling it. I pushed until I knew when it was dead. My hands fell to the side, blood trickling down my nose. I felt completely worn out. I almost fell but Thorin caught me, pulling me to his chest. I didn't protest because I felt so safe in his arms. Thorin looked at me with concern before passing me to Fili. I looked up and noticed that Kili and Renee were still out there. I couldn't let anything happen to them. Thorin noticed as well.

'Kili, Renee. Run"

They ran towards me, Renee saw me and ran to me. I just gave her a look of reassurance but she knew something wasn't right. Fili held me as we went down together. Kili and Renee came down with Thorin following after us. I sighed. Everyone was safe. My father and sisters were safe. I managed to stand up and walked to Kate who immediately brought me in for a hug. Renee and Bilbo joined us. Then we heard a horn. We all looked up. We moved towards Gandalf who looked at us. Renee gave him a bit of a side hug.

"I knew you wouldn't abandon us."

Gandalf returned the hug, smiling at us before turning his attention to the body that rolled down into the hole. It was an orc with an arrow sticking out. Gandalf poked it to make sure it was dead, which it was. Thorin walked around it, pulling the arrow out.

"Elves."

He threw it on the floor, angrily before looking at Gandalf.

"I cannot see where the pathway leads. Do we follow it or not?"

"Follow it, of course."

"I think that would be wise."

Renee's Pov

We walked along the path, squeezing through the tight gaps. I stayed near Lilith. I was worried about her. I've never seen her like this. Hopefully, it's nothing too serious. I should also thank Thorin and Fili for looking after her. I have no idea how long we've been walking but I do know I want to sleep for a year. My legs are like jelly. I can't even feel them. Kate slowed her walking when she noticed me groan. She put her arm behind my back just in case my legs gave out. As we got closer I could feel so much power. It washed over me, making all my worries slowly disappear. We finally made it to the end of the tunnel and walked to the end.

We all walked to the edge, looking at the beautiful city before us. Papa walked next to us and Lilith leaned her head on his shoulder.

"The Valley of Imladris. In the common tongue, it is known by another name."

"Rivendell." The girls and I smiled as Bilbo looked in amazement.

"Here lies the Last Homely House East of the Sea." I smiled at my sisters. I couldn't wait to explore this place.

"This was your plan all along. Seek refuge with our enemy." And Thorin went back to his brooding. I swear he's worse than me when I'm on my period. Fuckling jackass.

"You have no enemies here, Thorin Oakenshield. The only ill will to be found in this valley is that which you bring yourself."

"You think the elves will give our quest their blessing? They will try to stop us."

Of course, they will. But we have questions that need to be answered. If we are to be successful, this will need to be handled with tact and respect. And no small degree of charm, which is why you will leave the talking to me... and possibly Renee and Katherine."

I tried not to laugh at Lilith's face. I turned to Thorin.

"Look, do you want that map read or not? Put your pride aside for once. Listen to Gandalf. He knows what he's doing." Thorin looked at me with a glare. I literally couldn't care less making me stare at him with a bored expression. Gandalf gave me a smile and wink, making me grin. We made our way down and walked along the bridge. My sisters, Bilbo and I looked around at the beauty of this place. It was like a dream. Absolutely beautiful. We made it to the entrance and noticed an elf walking our way. Lindir was walking down the stairs, a hand behind his back. I got excited. I've always wanted to meet an elf and now I can. I can't wait to meet Lord Elrond. The dwarves were talking amongst themselves. Fili and Kili came to stand by us.

"Mithrandir."

"Ah, Lindir."

"We heard you had crossed into the valley."

"I must speak with Lord Elrond."

"My lord Elrond is not here."

"Not here. Where is he?"

All of a sudden we heard a horn and horses galloping on the bridge. I turned to get a better look but the girls and I were pulled into the middle of the dwarves.

"Close ranks."

I was irritated. Trust them to be overdramatic. I wanted to push my way through but Lilith gave me a look. I groaned in annoyance and just stood there. The horses had surrounded us. As the horses stopped, the dwarves lowered their defences a little, making me pull my sisters out of the circle. I turned and saw Lord Elrond on his horse.

"Gandalf."

"Lord Elrond, My friend. Where have you been?"

"We've been hunting a pack of orcs that came up from the South. We slew a number near the hidden pass."

He walked to Gandalf, hugging him. He then holds up a weapon, probably one of the orcs that he killed.

"Strange for orcs to come so close to our borders. Something or someone has drawn them near."

"Ah, that may have been us." Gandalf turns to the company. The girls and I moved closer to him. Thorin steps forward. Lord Elrond seemed to know who he was.

" Welcome Thorin, Son of Thrain."

"I do not believe we have met."

'You have your grandfather's bearing. I knew Thror when he ruled under the mountain."

"Indeed he made no mention of you."

The girls and face palmed, sighing. Why must he always make everything so difficult? Fucking Asshole. We shook our heads in annoyance at Thorin's comment. Lord Elrond turned towards us.

"And who are you?"

"I'm Renee Griffin, that is Katherine Baggins but you can call her Kate and this angry Pomeranian is Lilith Everdeen. Nice to meet you, my lord. By the way, Nice place you got here. I'll definitely come here when I need a vacation."

"Thank you, my lady. It is a pleasure to meet you as well."

We smiled at him. Unlike some people, we have actual manners and don't insult the people who saved us because of race. Lord Elrond turned to the group of dwarves.

"Light the fires, bring forth the wine. We must feed our guests."

The dwarves grew bellicose and gripped their weapons uneasily. Gloin jumped forward, raising his axe.

"What is he saying? Does he offer us insults?"

Lilith facepalmed as she turned to the group.

"No you fucking imbeciles, he's offering you food, And I don't know about you but my sisters and I are hungry as fuck."

My sisters just rolled their eyes at the dwarves' antics. The dwarves circled up, discussing with one another in low whispers. Gloin turned back to Elrond, disgruntled.

"Well, in that case, lead on."

We followed lord Elrond. He gave my sisters and me a room to share. We put our stuff down. It felt so nice to know we would sleep in actual beds tonight. We asked one of the aids where the bathes were. We got our toiletries and some simple spare clothes and followed her. We then got undressed and into the nice, soothing water.

"This is so nice. We haven't had a bath since we started this fucking quest. I can finally die happy."

We got cleaned up, washed our hair and got dressed in some clean clothes. We got our stuff and walked back to our room. When we got back, we decided to rest a bit before dinner. We cuddled together on the bed. Thank God it was big enough to fit all three of us. We fell asleep. I have never felt so peaceful. I'm definitely coming here for vacation.

[the-firebird69]

I'm trying to tell people of mine I don't have any money for any missions or to escape or to run or anything this d****** Tommy f is in the way these people are happy beating each other to death I don't want to be them I don't think you should put up with this time of guy anymore this Tommy F guy has to go he's an idiot and he thinks people don't see him because of jolly go lucky f****** retard I don't have money to go to Arizona and I don't have time no I have time but I have no way of getting it back and I try to explain that this big long drawn out explanation that any little f****** kid on the streets of Calcutta can see and none of you can figure out the problem this big huge dick Tommy f is threatening the s*** out of everyone and he has is ruining everything is he has this military plan as a matter of fact Stan wasinski has the same dumb f****** crap in this idiot Trump has adopted the stupid thing with his Tower ships the stupid s*** head Tower ships okay there's not cases here there's too many and have armies and I don't think that the empire is going to get their plan off the ground to get me stuff and I'm not so sure that I want to f*** around with a REV trike or slingshot I don't like the idea and okay I saw it that classifies cuz he's rolling around for like a week

Zues Hera

What a pain you people are very stupid and probably not even there and he's right this this stuff has got to go you don't want to get him a vehicle he can fall off you don't want him to move it all you don't want him to go down to the park you're threatening the s*** out of him down there and he's getting rid of you using it he's getting a new review personally you have cancer is dragging you down there and we're helping him do it because we hate you Trump and your kid too we hate him that's the place you're dying it's the place you threatened to he's threatened to shoot him too and that's where you're dying of cancer and you ain't going to make it and just pseudo empire and a bunch of screwballs and they're going to get wasted by these other guys and what joy that presents good God but he's right this is a pain in the ass practically nothing is going to go forward we think are you people are disassone we think bja goes after Trump and things start to change cuz this Trump guy is a huge a****** and a stick in the mud and Tommy f gets pushed out by the pseudo empire those things have to happen or nothing's going to happen and we're going to sit here in the stupid swamp smelling the s*** everyday

Macs

I don't want to be a low life I don't want to keep going the way it is but I'm going to get attacked by bja and I won't do the right thing and I'm sitting in the job and everyone hates me and they're saying we said that already it comes down to it I don't think I should get him anything and what he says is no s*** I hear you say it every day you're a f****** real life moron and everyone's killing you because of it and you're giving up with your huge Fortune to sit there and do that stupid s*** and your fleece and your people and your computers and any ties to Dave or Carol you ever had and you have no power on Saturn and you're a f****** idiot. Well he says that it's not really a waste of time because it's true and I keep sitting here bothering him and it's true too it's not going up that fast but it's cancer and things aren't going well and it won't do the right thing who gives a s*** he says you said that for years the problem is you keep talking and you're a f****** moron every time you open your mouth you lose stuff so I do understand something bothering those two it doesn't do anything and keep doing it it says we know about your angle it's just like every other kid on the streets of Calcutta and he says get off the line you f****** loser tired of listening to this dog s*** this horse manure f** boy s*** f****** gay boy little p**** you little p**** you lose to a three year old child your p**** that's what you did you f****** ass p****

[therrerium-valkryonia]

Heroism

TW: Sexual themes, Violence, 18+.

Jumping from building to building wad getting her achy and sore, but not her legs.. no her belly was, her large bump of a belly and her tight and hot suit didn't help the spider-woman.

Her genes we're altered to save her from a very lethal dose of radiation, her body coped with spider genes that made her.... well her.

She wore a purple suit with black armor pieces and green gilded lines, her eyepieces glow with a turqoise as she glides across the sky.

She shot a web and swung from tower to tower and pulled herself between tight places at high speeds, she landed onto a roof to breathe off.

Sat off the edge, taking slow breaths to calm her tightening belly down with a small rub across her underside easing the tightness.

Once ready, she stands up and moves back as she takes a long leap but a contraction takes her attention, she grips her belly but shoot a web at the right moment. Swinging through the city.

She inhales a sharp breath, through the pain while she swings above across New York city's streets and corners, reaching across a gang.

Shots fire through the air and she dodges every one of them swiftly, landing on her feet and punching someone clean out "So wanna go?"

They shot bullets and she dodged every single one of them, webbing one from behind and slamming him on the truck wall "Oops, sorry."

She webs one and slams her foot into them, "Ouch, that must hurt. Oh, yeah you." She spins around the bullet and punches them cold.

A hard pressure binds her belly, she pulls her body in and grunts at the strong pain "Ooh, okay not a great time, Oh we are goin- OOH okay yep"

She let it pass and swings off to another gang scene, finding one atop a rooftop being hit by heavy contractions frequently on the way here.

"Oughhh, C'mon just a few mor- hraaagghh" Her breath was shaky, she shrugged it off and went in for the attack, slamming onto the concrete.

"That's a hospital visit, Ouhh hold on... Damn it!" The remaining crooks point the barrel towards her "You sure...? Really? Okay, here we go."

She shifts her stance as a sharp burns grows with in and a slow gush of fluid drips down her leg "Hgk! Oh, fuck now?" She inhales deeply.

She punches the man to her left, making him faint "Hooo, Oughh.. Okay *Gulp*" They all fire and they miss every shot as she pulls their guns out their hands and slingshotting it back.

Whilst flurry of contractions wrack her belly, slowing her down and she compensates and speeds up tightening her clench on her belly "nrrggh! Ack, auuhhh." The head slides near.

The head bulges out with great force "Ougghh, Grnnghh. Damn it!" Stretching her suit and had forcefully stopped her as she barely dodges the bullets "Ouuhhhh, Haaahhh." As the pain grows.

She felt a sudden stop and crunched her fist tightly, letting out a small groan "F-- ffucck! I ne-eed Haagghh!" Hiding behind supply crates.

She groaned cupping the head trying to stop it's movement but it was to far out, she rammed the thug to the ground "Shut it, be quiet- Nrgghh!".

Then slammed his head on the floor knocking him out, she gripped her belly as the baby pulls out the amniotoc sac from her body "Ghaa- ?!".

The head abruptly stops by her tight suit, and left her a strong searing pain as the last crook, tall and powerful as he grabbed a table.

He threw it and broke a huge chunk of the crate as she braces "Hooh- Hoo, here *gulp* we go" And she swung above him as he throws tables.

She dodges every attack he threw, fighting huge contractions as she grabs a pillar and bashes him, leaving him fainted as she fell to her knees.

She screams in horrendus pain as the head was beginning to tear through the suit and through pain she bore, all in she stopped holding back.

She heard a loud rip, as a huge gush of fluid had flowed out, puddling up as the baby fell out as it tore through the amniotic sac.

It gasped and wailed loudly, calling for it's mom as Louis crawled to her child and pulled it to her chest calming it down. She smiled so tiredly.

[tinydooms]

Okay, so I know they are completely different character types-one is, if not a parody exactly, a live action cartoon version of disposable romantic false leads from romcoms, the other is the regular„kinda but legit menacing“ Disney villain played straight, buuut, I think there’s bit of comparison to be had between Lyle from George of the Jungle and Clayton from 1999 Tarzan? In both movies, the villain is mostly just tagged on for the sake of it, superfluous to the REAL story of the movie (okay, I guess you could say the idea is after Tarzan beat the leopard as a man, he then beats Clayton as an ape, but still), the key difference being that George clearly knows this and never gives him a moment of dignity.

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this comment! I've been working extra shifts at the bookshop and have been so tired afterwards that I haven't had the space to really sit down and mull this comment over. But I think you have the right idea, that there is a comparison to be made between Lyle and Clayton, because as different as they are, both men represent greed, corruption, and the idea stereotypical idea of what it means to be a Man.

Let's start with Lyle. Lyle is a rich snob who wears finely tailored clothes and fully expects everyone to bend over backward to cater to his whims, regardless of how out-of-place he is or how far he is from home. He only wants to marry Ursula because she'll give him further social standing, not because he loves her or even genuinely likes her. And when he is handed the consequences of his actions--Ursula breaking up with him, his arrest and prison sentence for physical assault--Lyle is furious and decides to take out his anger by killing George and kidnapping Ursula. He is a small, petty man willing to go to extreme lengths to get what he wants, and damn whoever gets in his way. Toxic masculinity at its finest.

You're absolutely right that George never gives him a moment of dignity. George is neither small nor petty; he sees Lyle for what he is and does the best thing that can be done to such a man: he ignores him. Does he realize that he's doing this? No. George, bless him, is a simple man.

Now, on to Clayton. (Granted; we're talking about the Disney Tarzan, not the book series, because there is no corresponding character to Clayton in the books.) Clayton is a big, brash, loud, driven, violent man, a man's man, a Great White Hunter, a man who is driven by greed. He signs on to the Porter Expedition not to study gorillas in their natural location, but to capture the gorillas for "five hundred pounds sterling a head". According to the UK Historical Inflation Calculator, that is roughly £600,000 today, which...let's face it, Disney probably didn't do the actual math, but let's just say Clayton is facing a fortune for each gorilla he brings back to Britain. Like, damn. That's a lot of money.

Clayton, like Lyle, is presented in the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a man. Where Tarzan is fascinated by the smallest human things, Clayton wants one thing only and gets increasingly agitated as it is kept from him. Tarzan, like his comedic counterpart George, is fully in tune with the world around him; he is only violent when he has to protect the people he loves and even then, he searches for a way to solve the situation without killing anyone. Sabor had to be killed because otherwise she would continue to kill. In the fight with Clayton, Tarzan wraps him up in vines to try to stop him from killing--and then tries to warn him when he realizes that Clayton is about to hang himself. Even when Tarzan has the rifle in his hands, he doesn't shoot: Clayton taunts him to "be a man" and Tarzan destroys the gun and snarls, "Not a man like you".

Both Tarzan and George are big, strong men who could easily slingshot you out the nearest window. But both men realize their strength and are emotionally available: both cry, both express fear and pain and joy, both love deeply and unconditionally and are fully willing to follow their women to the ends of the earth, if they are asked to. Both are excellent representations of Positive Masculinity.

Both Clayton and Lyle are big, strong men (Lyle admittedly less so) who are willing to use their strength and privilege to get exactly what they want, and who are willing to kill in order to get it. The only emotions they express are anger, contempt, and a would-be-suave dismissal of the people around them. They are the villain, but they are also perfect examples of Toxic Masculinity.

The major difference between how Tarzan interacts with Clayton and how George interacts with Lyle is that Clayton is the very first human Tarzan ever sees, and Lyle and George have only two small interactions, both negative, in their entire movie. But yes, they're both solid villains.

I do love talking about these movies. :-)

[100yearoldcomics]

August 6, 1922 Harold Teen by Carl Ed

[ID: Harold and Lillums load up Lillums' car for a picnic lunch. Lillums queries Harold while he exhaustedly hoists around a bundle of blankets and a hammock. Tuffy & Cyclone run up the road to warn them. /end] Cyclone: Oh! Sis!! A cow is after the lunch! Lillums: You sure you have everything, Harold? Harold: Yeh! This hammock and th' blankets are th' last!

[ID: Harold and Lillums look into a fenced-in grass plot where a bighorn cow stands directly over a metal cauldron which holds their lunch. /end] Lillums: Oh! The horrid cow. Chase her out this minute, Harold! Cow: ?

[ID: Harold jumps up and down angrily behind the cow while she happily munches on grass. Behind a bush in the distance, Tuffy pokes his head out. /end] Harold: SHOO!! SHOO. Tuffy: Got th' ole trusty slingshot ready, Cyclone?

[ID: Tuffy shoots a small pebble at the cow's head, making her buck up to kick Harold with her hind legs. /end] Lillums: Be careful, Harold. Her horns look awfully sharp! Harold: Huh? Cow: MOO ROWRR

[ID: The cow chases Harold around the field as he frantically sprints away. /end] Harold: Nice Bossie! Nice Bossie! I won't hurt you!

[ID: Harold climbs up a tree to escape the cow's wrath. She stands on the grass below the tree, waiting. /end] Harold: Whew! I got'ta get out of this. Lillums'll think I'm a coward!

[ID: Cyclone and Tuffy happily carry the picnic cauldron over to Lillums. /end] Cyclone: Haw! Y'oughta see yer friend Harold. The horrid moo cow chased him up a tree. I thought I'd pass away! Tuffy: Yeh! And we saved th' lunch, Sis. Ain't we the flea's whiskers? Lillums: The coward! Wait 'till I see him!!

[ID: Harold clings onto the tree branch as he tries to swipe at the angry cow beneath him with a long twig. A bee buzzes towards him. /end] Harold: SHOO!! GIT!!

[ID: Harold jumps out of the tree, to the cow's shock. /end] Harold: BEES! Cow: ?

[ID: Harold and the cow both flee, frightened, from a swarm of attacking bees. /end] Harold: Halp!

[ID: Lillums looks on as, from her perspective, she watches Harold chase the cow across the field. Tuffy & Cyclone react with unhappy surprise. /end] Lillums: Oh! The brave boy! Tuffy: Sweet cats! I'm seein' things! Cyclone: There must be a catch to it somewheres! Pretty: ?

[ID: Harold and the cow dive headfirst into a river to escape the bees. /end] Bees: Coises! We're foiled!

[ID: Harold sits primly on a log as Lillums cuddles up to him. He eats a sandwich with the hand he's got free. Tuffy and Cyclone commisserate bitterly behind them. Pretty sleeps in the grass. /end] Harold: Y'know, Lillums! I often get a notion to go to Africa and hunt tigers and lions. Barehanded! Lillums: Uh! Huh! Cyclone: I didn't know Sis was such a Dumb Dora. Look at those chicken sandwiches goin' to waste. Tuffy: If he's a hero, I'm Napoleon.

[awholelotofladybug]

(Stammering Adrien AU) Team Miraculous vs the Seven Moms (Also the author is Georgette's dad, his name is Beryl)

Ladybug: *dodging attacks left and right* Chat, distract them, would you, please? I need to get a charm ready.

Chat: Right. *ponders* Think, Chat. How to d-d-distract a bunch of moms? *lightbulbs* Hey, Seven Moms! What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer?

*The moms turn towards him*

Chat: One... One sells watches, the other w-w-w-watches cells.

Mother Goose: *laughs out loud* Oh, that's a good one. My little Adrien tells jokes like that all the time.

Pipa Jing: *chuckles* How cute.

Style Queen: Um, earth to moms! We're supposed to be taking his Miraculous!

Mother Goose: Well, it's still funny, Audrey!

Chef Du Chaos: And he's a child! We should be encouraging!

*The mothers start arguing*

Ladybug: Lucky Charm! *a slingshot forms* A slingshot? Hmm. *looks at the ground, and sees a piece of gravel that was tracked in, then looks at the wall, then Mother Goose's bag with the book.* Okay, here's it goes. *grabs the gravel,takes aim, and shoots. The gravel hits Mother Goose's hand, making her drop the book*

Mother Goose: Ow! Young lady, you stop that right now! You could put someone's eye out! You even made me drop... *sees the book is gone* Hey! Where's the book?!

Chat: *holds the book up* Looking for this? CATACLYSM! *destroys the book and the Ak*

The Seven Moms: NO!

Ladybug: TIME TO DE-EVILIZE! *clenses the Akuma* Bye-bye, little butterfly. *tosses the slingshot in the air* MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!

Later

Dr. Barbier: I never meant to insult anyone with my book. It was meant to advise parents, not berate them.

Sabine: Maybe next time, work on your phrasing.

Dr. Barbier: Right.

*Georgette enters*

Georgette: Daddy? What's going on?

Emilie: Daddy? You're a father?

Audrey: Hawkmoth said you had no children.

Dr. Barbier: Hawkmoth lied. *hugs his daughter*

Tomoe: Then we definitely owe you an apology.

Marlena: We're all very sorry.

Dr. Barbier: Apology accepted, ladies. You know, parenting isn't a competition. As long as you make an attempt to raise your children properly, and show them plenty of love, that is what counts.

*everyone leaves*

Audrey: *stops to look at a picture of her two girls* *scoffs* Ridiculous. *follows the crowd*

(Reminder: This takes place before Mommy, Please Don't Cry 2, the story where Audrey learns her lesson)

[dreamsmp-au-ideas]

🔱 - Okay but if Eret gets his sunglasses in L'Manberg Falls, that means that they got their reputation as a very skilled long range weapon user while being literally blindfolded.

Eret is a badass. Oh! Bonding time with the boys by teaching them archery? Or maybe how to use a slingshot. People under estimate the danger and effectiveness of slingshots.

Also, a reason I think Eret and Wilbur keep getting angsty roles in the AUs is because in canon their stories are pretty angsty, if you think about it. Eret betrayed his friends for power, and then went and regretted it, and now they're trying to get redemption, which is pog. At least we're giving them good endings?

Badass Eret just shooting at everyone while blinfolded. The multiverse is quivering in their boots.

And oh nice. Eret just teaching Tubbo and Tommy and company how to do archery is great. Good bonding experiences. At some point him and Techno are probably both going to go do a nice competition that may escalate a little on who can shoot the most bulls-eyes.

Also those reasons are true. Jeez we just love their story arcs and the angst. 

[a-vamp-and-a-half]

He snorts, a wry grin blooming beneath his determined eyes

He rushes forward, going in for the Kill-

The Drow explodes!

All five of them are thrown back from the shadowy attack he unleashes, Evan barely catching himself before he could crash into the ground, rolling back onto his feet just in time to raise an electric barrier

The Drow stands in the middle, shadowy limbs rolling and raising around him

“New tactics” he says, cracking his broken neck, moving to hit and fight against the shield Evan holds up, cracking it in spots

SCREAM

There’s a scream behind one of the doorway the wraiths had come through, breaking apart their forms from behind as the hard patter of paws hitting sand is heard

Taren and Rho had returned! Rushing to aid in the fight now they could no longer lure away any wraiths

Taren immediately rushes to Bing, turning and standing guard, tackling away what wraiths he could without losing too much energy

Rho jumps up into Host, climbing onto his back, staying away from his shoulders and ears as they scream away any Wraiths that get too close!

Host grins, shouting alterations into the crowd, dispersing the Drow or grouping them up in any way he can as needed!

Yancy keeps firing, holding Bes away from the reaching and grabbing hands! He tries to pass him back to Bim, but Bim just hands over the front-pouch.

"We're too close to the Light, if he tries to drink it in it'll only hurt him!"

So Yancy straps Bes to his chest, and they keep going!

Wilford is shooting with marksman precision, his eyes dark and focused. It's nothing any of them have seen, and it's... terrifying.

Eric slingshots sigil-marked stone after sigil-marked stone into the Wraiths, keeping rooted to his spot!

[the-land-of-eternal-winter-novel]

Chapter 40 - The Hideout

The children began crying as they heard the gunshots, but Petya covered his siblings' mouths, lest they get found. They waited like so until they felt certain that nobody else was there in the room. Immediately afterwards, they rushed to their father, who was lying on the floor, his collar and shirt red with blood. The younger children panicked, but Petya, again, calmed them down and tried to remember what he had been taught. He held tightly onto his father's wrist, being able to feel the pulse.

"You two try to bandage him, I'll run to find a doctor!" Petya finally said after inspecting in silence.

The younger two were left to manage on their own as their brother rushed into the tunnels. Volodya, still too scared and worried to be able to help, was gently caressing his father's head, holding back tears as he whispered "please get well soon...". Katya searched around the room, and while doing so, noticed the two soldiers lying dead, and the third was missing entirely. She tried to avoid them, and went to the other side of the room, unpacking her bag. She took some water to pour over the wound and a scarf, which she tied against Radek's neck relatively tight, but anxiously counting his breaths.

"I tried my best." she sighed in exhaustion after she was finally done. "...Volodya, what are you doing?"

"Whenever I get hurt, mommy holds me in her arms and carresses my back and my head, so it doesn't hurt anymore."

Katya wanted to tell him that he was being silly, but she didn't, instead trying to comfort him.

In the meantime, Petya was searching every tunnel nearby for a medic or a nurse, already having been told that there would be allies hiding underground, whom he would later know as "the resistance". He was on guard at all times, expecting to find enemies as well, which is why he had a slingshot in his pocket. He was stopped in his tracks by Tomasz, and, on impulse, he immediately shot a small rock in his leg.

"Stop it! Don't throw another one!"

Petya shot another rock, regardless, and Tomasz yanked the slingshot out of his hands. Scared, the boy stepped back and tried to find other objects to throw at him.

"Stop running!"

Petya threw a planck of wood he had found.

"I said stop it! Why are you hitting me? Did you see me trying to hit you?"

"You're one of those soldiers! You shot my dad!!!" he screamed, as he threw another stone he found on the ground.

"I can help you search for the hospital."

"How do you know that's where I was going?" he said, stepping back in fear.

"I'm from the resistance. We're here to help you."

"No, you're not! I saw you earlier! You had the gun pointed at him."

"I didn't shoot your dad."

Petya didn't believe him and ran in the opposite direction. For a moment, he thought he was lost, but, eventually, he saw a nurse, and she lead him to the hospital. Several people helped bring Radek in, and the children followed suit, also bringing their bags. A medic was already tending to Radek's wounds.

Petya went to the nurse and kissed her hand, thanking her for helping him find the hospital.

"I wouldn't have found you if it weren't for Tomek telling me you were on that side of the tunnel."

"Who's Tomek?"

"I am." said Tomasz as he entered the room. "I told you I was trying to help."

Petya clung to the nurse's skirt, afraid to approach the man.

As the country was conquered, all hospitals became refuges for those injured while defending the capital. Except for a few, who had been members of the revolution, most of the people sought to defend themselves and their neighbours from Mantas and his people. The kings Kęstas had made his allies declared war against Mantas and his newly formed armies. Akim, seeing it as a much more urgent matter, decided to go search for Sveta, and announce her of the situation.

In the meantime, Elena and her mother-in-law were trying to hide elsewhere, also underground. They were trying to find as many of their allies as possible. They were met, however, with a few soldiers who threatened them. The queen started fighting them, telling Elena to run. She took a knife from the back of her long boots, managing to stab the both of them, then ran away, closing the doors which marked the beginning of another tunnel.

"Thank you for defending me!" said Elena, quite impressed.

"It's the least I could do. I can't believe those barbarians had no problem with trying to kill a pregnant woman. Then again, I can't believe the revolutionaries turned on us. I made a pact with them, so that I let them get Grigoriy, but they leave me alone."

"You tried to ally yourself to them?!"

"Of course. It was in our interest."

"You actively supported the people that killed uncle Grigoriy, and took over my home country!"

"I thought they would spare me! I really didn't expect them to turn on me."

"Well, now they turned both against us and against you!"

"Truth is, it was convenient for me at the time that they get rid of Grigoriy. I thought I could take over. I seemed to underestimate that Mantas individual..."

"How could you do this to us?"

"I mean, the man was going to conquer the empire and kill Grigoriy regardless. I just hoped I could've used it to my advantage."

"Instead of getting into games of intrigue and complots, why don't you focus on caring for your own family?! And even towards us, your behaviour has been unacceptable."

"... you're right, I should stop altogether. But, after I became a widow for the second time already, politics is all I have going on for me..."

"What you've been doing is no regular politics..." Elena sighed, too tired to continue the argument, feeling that her mother-in-law was a lost cause.

During the same day, Kęstas finally woke up, but, as soon as he came to his senses, he began screaming in pain. Žydras, who was in the vicinity, came to see what happened to him.

"I'm not sure if you're allowed visitors right now, but my mom works in the hospital, so I think I'll be fine." he commented as he approached him. "What can I help you with - oh, dear! Kęstas, what happened to your arm?!!"

Kęstas was holding his shoulder, cleching his teeth and wincing in pain. He was so tense that, at one point, he even began crying. His whole arm, from below the shoulder, had been amputated.

"Kęstas, I'm so sorry!" said Žydras, not knowing how to comfort him.

"I don't even remember seeing them cut it off. I must've been under some strong anaesthetics. They seemed to wear out all at once, though!..." he groaned. "I never felt anything even close to this kind of pain..."

"Wait here for a second, I'm going to get some medicine for you."

By the time he returned, Žydras had also managed to learn what happened from the doctors who performed the operation. The wound had been too infected, due to what seemed like a poison coating on the bullet.

"Here you go. I hope you'll feel better soon."

"Thank you very much, Žydras. I won't lie, I didn't expect to meet you again. I'm sorry I just ran away like that without telling anybody. I suppose you were also upset with me, weren't you?"

"I was, but then again, I also got lost, and only recently reached home... And I met a certain woman, but she had to go see her dad."

Kęstas was still holding his own shoulder tightly, but he smiled at his friend.

"And how is it with you and Elena?"

"We got married as soon as we ran away. Now she's expecting."

"Already? I mean, congratulations!"

"Thanks... I wish we weren't in a war right now. Oh, how will I help the other kings now?! I can't shoot a gun anymore, nor can I use a sword or something like that, because I am... I used to be right-handed. Great, now I'll have to learn how to write all over again!..."

"Don't be so disheartened, I'm sure there are so many other ways in which you could help, which don't necessarily involve combat. But until then, you must heal first. And I think some rest will do you a lot of good."

"You're right... I'm so exhausted from the shock... Thank you so much for being there for me, Žydras. Not to mention for having saved my life!"

"What do you mean?"

"Didn't you bring me to the hospital after I was shot by Mantas?"

"No, it was that man over there!" he pointed to one lying in a bed on the other side of the room.

"Anatoliy?!!"

After a while, Radek woke up. He winced in pain and grabbed the side of his neck, then opening his eyes. He blinked a few times, then lifted his head slightly.

"Doctor, how did I survive? Wasn't I shot in the neck?"

"Not directly. The bullet only managed to graze your skin. You might not be able to move your neck a lot right now, but you'll be fine eventually."

"And this is the only wound I have?"

"Fortunately, yes."

Suddenly, Radek saw Tomasz and became scared. The doctor reassured him, and Tomasz began explaining himself.

"I'm sorry I let that revolutionary shoot you, but I didn't want to give myself away. I knew you were able to defend yourself. When I saw that they were intent on killing you, I shot them both."

"...but, Tomek, I thought you betrayed us."

"I wanted it to seem like it to them."

"What do you mean?" Radek put his hand on his own head. "Why didn't you tell me anything?"

"I had been thinking of spying on them for a while, but I thought you would try to stop me, or interfere in some way. I couldn't let you come spy with me, because my supposed betrayal was realistic, but yours would never have been. Rest assured, I didn't do anything which directly resulted in harm to you and your cause. However, they did manage to kill the General."

"I guess you had the best intentions... but you could've gone about it differently..."

"This is the best I could do, I'm very sorry. However, I volunteered to help the conquerors so that I could lead them away from you. They managed to overtake the palace, but I directed them in the opposite side of the tunnel section."

"Thank you."

"I'll help you and the resistance. I managed to gather a number of incriminating information about Mantas and his men. Hopefully, I've also managed to pick up on some of their weak spots. I'll give you a more details during the following days."

Radek still questioned Tomasz' approach, but he was ultimately grateful that he helped their cause, despite the methods. Soon afterwards, the children were allowed into the room, and they rushed towards him, trying to climb in the small hospital bed. He tried to hug all three at once, and patiently talked to them about the entire situation.

"Are you alright, kids? Has anybody gotten hurt?"

"We're fine." said Volodya.

"We saw that you were injured, so I ran as fast as I could to try to find a doctor." said Petya.

"And we did everything you taught us to." said Katya.

"You've been very brave! I'm so proud of you, kids!" Radek said as he hugged them, and the younger two started crying a little.

"I thought you were dead..." said Petya in a softer tone, his voice trembling. "...but I noticed that your heart was still beating so I rushed to get help..."

"My little hero..." he smiled proudly at his son.

"...I really, really tried my best not to panic..." the boy inhaled deeply as he spoke, then suddenly burst into loud, uncontrollable crying.

"Shh, it's over now... you did so well, don't worry..."

Soon enough, all three were crying, and Radek felt overwhelmed, not knowing how to calm them down, but he was holding them tight, and trying to reassure them. He did understand, however, why they would react in such a way, and he was very moved by their pain, also briefly remembering his own experience as a child, when his father died.

"Oh, my dear little children..."

Sveta was still in hiding, but, to her best ability, she tried to be aware of what was happening in the world. She knew she couldn't take back the power by herself, and she wondered how to proceed, so as to help her people and also avoid being killed by Mantas. During the few days when she waited alone, she heard multiple steps of the people walking through the tunnels, usually revolutionaries, which was the reason she constantly postponed going outside. One day, however, she heard some footsteps coming closer and closer to her, and she tried to hide elsewhere, already feeling very scared. She tucked behind a hole in the wall and tried to hold her breath.

"Hello? Who's there?" a man's voice could be distinguished. "Are you part of the resistance?"

The voice felt somewhat familiar to her, but she couldn't identify who it reminded her of.

"I'm part of the resistance." he said.

He heard the sounds made by her trying to squeeze into the other hiding place, and he came closer, to see who was there. From where she sat, only his upper part of the face was visible. She recognised him, but couldn't bring herself to believe he was who she imagined.

"Akim?..."

"Sveta, I finally found you!"

"Akim, when did you come here?" she said as she gained the courage to go outside.

"It's a very long story. I came to see dad, but now those revolutionaries killed him."

"I'm sorry for your loss..." she said, instinctively, but she felt sad about her uncle's death as well.

They both paused, discomfort clearly showing on their faces.

"At least I got to meet my favourite cousin." he tried to smile, and he hugged her. "I'm really glad to see you again. I almost didn't recognise you, because of how much you've changed."

"Even more so, you changed at lot... Whom else did you meet so far?"

"I stayed in a hospital with Radek and Anatoliy for a while, then I headed to the capital, then I came here. I'm with the resistance now, and I want to help as much as I can. Everybody wonders where you are, and where you've been."

"I got lost and wandered through the mines, but a young couple helped me find my way. I was hiding because I expected the revolutionaries to be searching for me."

"Indeed, there are some pacing around here, but I'll protect you. Let's go!"

"Do you know where the others are? Especially Radek and the children."

"We'll find them soon enough. So far, I know where Anatoliy is, and we're going there first."

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spider Polaris conversion to four wheels - Google Search

This is a spider it's a different vehicle it's a motorcycle no it's a REV trike reverse trike and a lot of people tried this and it didn't work the main reason is they built it to high profile you have to lower the front end you have to lower the rear as well and the guys uncomfortable on it he lowers it says no that's not right and you move to a more forward seating and said that's not right either because he went out and it was very fast and reduce the windshield obviously and he put a small turbo on he said I can't go that fast and survive he said yes you can you put fat tires on there motorcycle tires not this garbage I think I can survive so the first friend issue was 280 the second was 320 the 4th was 380 we're fitting them out for the fourth rendition and we are changing them we're lowering them and putting the fatter tires and putting the extra wheel so it's four wheels and we are adjusting the controls and seating and foot pegs and brakes on the foot for Ford seating and we are adjusting the windshield and some of the fairings and in a kit and the kit costs $1,700 but the performance is outrageous and the handling is better than the slingshot or the other version it is intense these are very fast vehicles they're very dangerous and it's not recommended that amateurs use these or modify these at all the originals are too fast for amateurs and he suggested we make a quad out of this real quads for our use in the snow and ice and we took his word for it that they probably be pretty good because it's like an 1800cc in the motor is bigger and it's better and much better for longevity for long rides and it really is it's not a huge quad but it has a motor big enough to hold our weight and we're like 300 lb most of us and it works and did it works at all that's what we need right now and we're using it it's a great idea and we leave it up high because when we sit around a couple inches or three inches shoot and it works terrific but really these kids are going out the door fast and it's going to be around and you need to have a couple fairings and you need to have fenders but it looks so cool and it hurts and we have a REV track version coming out we modify the existing rev trike we put the rear end out further and we widen the stance lower it put a small turbo on change the fairings and windshield and the kids about the same price and it goes about 4:20 but it doesn't handle as well in the curves you have to slow down about 10 mph slower a lot of people like the four wheels these are on sale now and there's a bunch of kids out there already and we may have one of the kits that you'll see which one it is it's the best one. He wants someone to do a YouTube commercial says it's over guard said it's over garth's head but Terry cheeseman might be able to do it and he can make these trike modifications and it said you're going down the highway and you pass the superbikes and they have to pull over to let you go by and then you pass a cop and the body panels come off and it the policeman's outer garments and is left with blue smiley the trunk type undies shorts really and a white wife beater and he's assumes off so fast you can't see him and the guy goes for the radio and there's no radio so he's using his hand enhancing those and hand signal signals they can put stuff in there if they want

It's similar to life cycle but we change the tires too the tires are long that's for a car

This bike is going to be famous so we say don't forget to put on the wide tires 6 to 8 in motorcycle tires and you get rid of the car rims they're no good and the car tires don't work that great it handles much better.

The light cycle that's made by Brad is not in production he's not making any although we called him now we do know that he's making some prototypes and he's trying to use the new light cycle drive and he's still struggling with it and we didn't take all the molds and stuff no. Tons of people swarm the place not really there are few people and it was not very eventful.

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