#aahhhhh I feel like I didn’t do it justice

[francixoxoxo]

Hi franci! im not sure if youve written something like this before but id love to read ur interpretation about how billy would be like if reader was taken by a rival gang

No, I haven’t written about this before and I love the idea!!! 🫶

˚✧ ₊˚ No More Trouble

𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐝 𝐗 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐀 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐲.

𝐓𝐖: 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞, 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Billy had never been a man to go into a rage. He never hurt somebody who didn’t deserve it, and never because he enjoyed it. He was level-headed when it came to these things, usually.

But this wasn’t the usual.

Fury bubbled in Billy’s veins so hot he felt his insides toiling and cooking over. Fear was a distant memory, insistent and consuming rage overtaking any sense he might’ve had. You wouldn’t have gone of your own accord, without a note or so much of a trace besides flipped and strewn-about furniture, a smashed window. No, this wasn’t you running away. This was you being taken away. Stolen from him.

The moment he knew you were gone, he grabbed a few of his boys and rode out. He thought, at first, it could have been Jesse and them. He’d even approached his old friend, shouting and practically spitting at him with words that would’ve never crossed a calm man’s mind. But it hadn’t been them.

Every minute wasted was another minute they could hurt you. Another minute they could lay their grimy hands on you, and that thought just sent Billy into a spiral. If even one hair on your pretty little head was harmed, well, the gunfire would give him hearing damage.

Somewhere underneath all that anger, as Billy and his small posse searched another abandoned hideout to no avail, was guilt. it was Billy’s fault that rival gang would’ve taken you at all. There wasn’t any other reason— you had no business in this type of stuff, except by being his girl. Billy knew he was no good for you, and this only confirmed it. Maybe he should have ended it, let you loose to keep you out of danger, but…

Call him selfish, but after this, there wasn’t a way in hell he’d let you out of his sight.

The room they were keeping you in was rank.

You recalled very little of the actual kidnapping. You were walking to the small well on your property to fill your watering can for your garden. You were stopped over, placing the can down and reaching for the lever to run the water, when you felt a firm presence behind you and cool metal against your nape.

A rough voice barked your name, but something in his tone was questioning. You swallowed hard, attempting to slowly look over your shoulder at the man, but he grabbed a fistful of your hair and forced your face against the mortar base of the well. Your nose was in the concrete as you stammered, “T-that’s me.”

Suddenly, he was pulling your head back by your hair, eliciting a pained yelp from your lips, before slamming your head back into the well.

When you woke, you were in a room without windows. Light only filtered through the crack under the door, at the top of some stairs against the wall opposite you. By the dank stench, you were in a cellar. Your head pounded as your eyes adjusted to the dark, you realized your arms were held above your head. A rough jerk of your hands was enough to tell you your hands were chained.

Pain pulsed throughout your body, in your shoulders and arms, your legs, and more terrifyingly, twixt your legs. Your legs were sprawled out in front of you, lazily spread, you scrambled weakly to close them and fold them under you. Perhaps it was a good thing you couldn’t remember.

There wasn’t much you could do, besides bow your head and cry. You wiped your tears on your shoulder, exposed by your thin house dress. You struggled to keep your shaky breaths silent, but you didn’t want to think about what would happen if you drew the attention of the men upstairs.

Perhaps a few hours passed, perhaps a whole night, but your ears were perked as gunshots rang out. It was too muffled to be within the building. After the first one, a moments silence until the next few. That’s when the yelling commotion began. You heard what could’ve been a heavy door opening, the gunfire suddenly louder than bombs.

Your mind was too hazy to feel anything except fear. Even then, it was muted. Hope was unthinkable, frankly, you wanted nothing more than to lay your head upon your raised shoulder and let your eyelids fall closed. At least the fighting was muffled in one ear by your arm. The door to the cellar was thrown open, bathing the miserable space in dim light.

A familiar voice called your name as if it were holy. You opened your eyes too wide at first, squinting against the oppressive light after so long in darkness. “Billy?” You would’ve been embarrassed by how small your voice was, if you weren’t so relieved to see him.

When your eyes adjusted, you were able to make out Billy’s expression. His eyes were blown wide and buggy, eyebrows lifted. “Oh, baby…” He couldn’t resist, clutching your face in his hands and pressing a lingering kiss to your forehead. “Those fuckin’ bastards. What’d they do? They lay their hands on you?” He pulled away, to your despair. But he was just working at picking the locks on your chains.

You nodded your head lamely, staring up at him through bleary eyes. Billy swallowed hard, meeting your gaze and pressing his lips. He wasn’t one to cry. But he was devastated.

“Let’s get you outta here, baby. C’mon.” Billy mumbled, easily scooping you into his arms bridal-style and rising to his feet. You buried your face into his broad shoulder. He took a glance around the cellar, his nostrils flaring in rage. How could they keep you in such a shithole?

As Billy made his way up the stairs, a putrid and metallic smell reaching your nostrils, his hand under your back came to lay over your eyes. “Keep those pretty lil’ eyes closed f’me. Y’don’t wanna see this.” He cooed, reaching the ground floor of the chapel.

“What is it?” You opened your eyes a crack, only to be met with more darkness from your lovers calloused palm. He shushed you gently, stepping over a man’s body in the middle of the church aisle.

Billy hesitated to tell you, but he figured you wouldn’t quit badgering if he didn’t. “Bloodbath.” He glanced to his right, a man was face down behind a church pew. You’d been through enough without seeing the way Billy and his guys had painted the holy building crimson.

Billy carefully hoisted you up onto his horse, slipping into the saddle behind you. He wrapped an arm securely around your middle, pressed a loving kiss below your ear as reward for the way you laid back against him. “I’m glad you..”

“Don’t worry ‘bout it.” Billy cut you off. He jogged him quarter horse into motion with a tap of his heel to her hind leg. “I’ll come n’ find you no matter how far away, darlin’.” You hummed, gratified, exhausted.

He let you sleep on the way home, the best you could on a trotting horse. He let the other Regulators go ahead. He didn’t wanna wake you by galloping fast.

When you finally did get home, he took care in washing you up and icing your bruises. You hadn’t realized how bad your face was until he showed you a mirror. He quickly took it away when he saw how it distressed you. Billy couldn’t seem to say sorry enough, for everything.

Billy didn’t go to work for a while. Only when money became a bit of a problem did he leave your side. Otherwise? He was attached to your hip. He cooked you meals and fed you himself on the days you wouldn’t eat on your own. He held you tight enough at night to dispel the memories, he listened to you when they were too strong to ignore.

He wouldn’t let anything like this happen again. You were too precious and after this? Too delicate. God help the force that tried to get twixt Billy and you.

At night, when you’d stir with tears pricking at your eyes, Billy would only tighten his strong arms around your meek frame. He’d let you wipe your tears on his neck, as he murmured with lips ghosting the shell of your ear, “Ain’t no more trouble, baby girl. S’all okay. M’here.”

Being there was all you needed from Billy.

Thank you for the ask!!!

[yeyayeya]

I’ve wanted to make this post for a while but wanted to wait until the dub was officially over so

My Final Thoughts on the TGCF Season 2 English Dub

Howard Wang as Xie Lian is fucking perfect. Every single time he spoke it just, I don’t know how to properly put it into words, except it is so well done?? But when XL started basically having a mental breakdown in front of Hua Cheng after Lang Qianqiu found out about the truth of the Gilded Banquet, holy fuck did the emotions just hit me in the feels. The scream and he emotional fatigue after? Xie Lian’s voice is perfection omg

Shoutout to James Cheek for just voicing the gayest character ever (Hua Cheng) and writing the gayest script for TGCF. While I liked his voice in the first season, but I wasn’t the biggest fan of it. It wasn’t until the second season where almost everything improved, and James’s voice for Hua Cheng? *chef’s kiss*. Okay but at least tone down the gayness a bit. And seeing someone who has read the novel and having little easter eggs for the novel readers for them to go insane over is incredible. I’m going to miss his voice in Season 3 since they’re going to have to cast someone else as Hong’er, but that’s ok.

Male and Female Shi Qingxuan: OMG??? Perfect casting. I just know they both put so much effort into them and I am eternally grateful. They just sound like the best of friends (they are). Every single line from them was so fucking iconic, which is accurate to the Wind Master’s character. I love both their voices so much you don’t understand.

Lang Qianqiu: AAHHHHH. My son, my boy, they gave him justice and I am so happy. First read through of TGCF, I only cared for HuaLian, but reading it again has made me appreciate and fall in love with the side characters, with Lang Qianqiu being one of them. I’ll say it did take a bit for me to adjust to it, but he sounds so much like an anime protagonist that I am ok with it. Another perfect casting. I’m going to be so fucking sad that he won’t appear for such a long time, and while he does get brought up occasionally, his last appearance is going to be the finale. I’ll miss you my son 😔

Jun Wu: ASDFGHJKL. He sounds like such a manipulative/toxic ex and a father figure at the same time. wtf. But his voice is so sexy tho. I don’t like it but I do. And I thought his original Chinese voice was hot, and then the English one goes and surprises me. I hate that I love it

Qi Rong: Perfection, glorious, fucking incredible. HIS VA IS PERFECT. Original was slaying so hard, and English? Fucking killing it. He was actually the one I was looking forward to the most, and he 👏 did 👏 not👏 disappoint. I won’t get over the perfect casting. Ever. The crazy and mad laughs? The insults I’ve never heard about but decided to keep in mind? Literally everything. I’m sorry I can’t get over how great his voice is

Feng Xin and Mu Qing (of course together): I am so biased towards Lucien Dodge, so I immediately loved his voice for him. He slaying that tsundere cat boy vibe so well. I will admit that his voice made me like his character more tbh. Ok but Feng Xin’s? Every time I hear it, I always need at least 30 seconds to get used to it. Idk why. I don’t hate it, and I actually love it, but he sounds so much like a dad it’s so funny. I still love him tho.

Pei Ming: 😳. No but that was actually my reaction to his voice. Why is every single god’s voice so hot. Please calm down. I really did not like Pei Ming at first but damn. I can actually understand why every single woman went weak with him.

Ling Wen: While she didn’t get as much dialogue this season, I’ll still count her. I’ve heard some drama relating to her voice actress from a while back but I’m not bringing it up rn. But her English voice is almost exactly the same as the original, just, different languages of course. She has such a unique voice and it’s quite pleasing to hear. She also sounds a bit like Siri but it fits her character

Other major characters that got only a few lines but still slayed their roles (Ming Yi, Pei Xiu, Jian Lan, Yin Yu): Hello?? Can I be patient to hear their voices again? Probably not, but please I need more of them. Ming Yi sounded hot since he took voice lessons from Hua Cheng, Pei Xiu sounded like such a little wet cat (wtf where did this crush on him come from), Jian Lan slayed because she is such an underrated queen, and Yin Yu? I WAS NOT EXPECTING A DEEP VOICE FROM WTF. I will say I do prefer his Chinese VA a little more due to it being more in character with him sounding soft and somewhat tired. But I enjoy his confident and announcing voice. They should keep him for the QuanYin flashbacks.

All in all, perfect cast. I don’t have twitter/X but I see things from the VA’s from time to time. And seeing them interact with the fandom and trying to give more to their characters makes me so happy. I just desperately need for more of the characters to have voices (aka Shi Wudu, Quan Yizhen, Mei Nianqing, Yushi Huang, Male!Ling Wen, White-No-Face). Give me more please.

Please check out the dub it’s so fucking great.