#after 1000 years I finally finished it 😭😭

[stinkydemon]

Told myself I wanted to doodle this important interaction I had with my bestfriend meant a lot to me.

[sukunas-wife]

YOU NEED TO MAKE MORE DAD!SUKUNA😭 It’s just soo good!!!, I’m literally obsessed with Dad!sukuna🫶🏻

lol here’s a little snippet to start the day, in other words I had a domestic dream 🥺🤍

Jujutsu Teacher Sukuna AU

Somewhere in another time line Sukuna became a not so dedicated teacher at Jujutsu high school still after having turned himself into a curse, even 1000 years he landed a spot on the higher up’s board it hilarious when they try to execute someone and he completely disagrees.

They learned quickly is Sukuna disapproves of their actions agree with arrimen Sukuna. Don’t go behind his back and try to do it either. He’s not afraid to kill everyone and replace the entire board of Higher Ups

Then one year he met you, you came in from the sister school to be teacher. Usually he tried not to mess with staff they only last so long anyways. But maybe it was that time he saw you banging your head in the drink machine because you used your last bills to buy a drink and it got stuck. Or maybe it was that time Gojo and Toji surprisingly decided to team up against you and you managed to hold your own.

It was when YOU started to pursUE HIM he became really intrigued. At first he became annoyed because not to far behind the corner he could hear the snickering and “Oh she’s really doing it!” “She’s a brave woman to try and flirt with him…” “What are you idiots do- oh, this could be interesting.” “shhh, I can’t hear what he’s saying!”

You didn’t notice when he flicked his wrist, but you did hear your coworkers panic and the rushed steps. Looking back confused you were more confused when you looked back at Sukuna and he was leaning forward getting face to face with you before squishing your face in one of his hands. “You do understand you proud Jujutsu Sorcerers don’t live very long, so give me one good reason you want my attention.”

You wanted to badly to look away from those demanding red eyes, to pull away and breath the God given air, instead here you were getting dazed off his musk and cologne. Feeling his warm hand squish your face, nails lightly pressing against your skin. Smash- swallowing you had one chance to do this right. Don’t stutter, don’t fear, breath, don’t rush, don’t show him WEAKNESS.

“I J- ahem” ah.. I messed up already, “Wait let me restart- Okay I’m ready, I’m not gonna stand here and promise happiness smiles and endless love, praise and worship. I’m not gonna lie to your face and tell you everything you want to hear and pretend it’s all sunshine and rainbows. When I go on a mission I’m not gonna say I promise to always come back that would be a fools move. But at least in my last moments I’d have to privilege to remember you and all those wise words you used to tell me like. “Dumbass that’s why you keep more than two dollars in your wallet.” Or “Living to please others and dying with regrets if no helping everyone is vain, Live to please yourself at least in your final moments you’ll have some sense of fulfillment.” So like it or not I’m here to please myself if you say No and tell me to fuck off and send me on my way. I won’t regret having asking. If you say yes, well I won’t lie I wouldn’t really know what to do or say I came in expected to be rejected and humbled.” Finally your eyes left his, you were oblivious to stare he had. He wasn’t completely amused but he wasn’t bored of your words either. “Look at me.” You did, “you didn’t bore me entirely with your little … speech so I’ll give you one opportunity. Sunday, I have an early mission, meet me here at 4 in the morning and I’ll tell you with me. After I finish you can have the rest of my day or until I get bored.”

He didn’t get bored… it turned out you amused him so much more when you weren’t surrounded be suits.

And that’s how you ended up here.

“Yuji don’t say something stupid love can’t protect anyone.” Nobara rolled her eyes, “Yuh huh, your words can’t hurt me because my mom and dad’s love protects me.” He puffed his chest out crossing his arms and smiling with closed eyes, missing the book Nobara was throwing at him. A solid sound was made, Yuji was wide eyed, the all to familiar wrist holding the heavy book just in front of his face, “Careful Miss.Kugisaki it’d be a shame if you caught extra missions for disabling another student from completing his own.” Yuji smiled proudly, “See, protected.”

Sukuna rolled his eyes, “Get to class Fushiguro was on your ass last time for being late to class.” He nodded his head at Yuji who just smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of his head, “Alright.” Of course the Trio ran past you greeting you with “Hi Mrs.Sukuna!” Good morning Mom!” “Morning Y/n Senpai.” You watched them all keep running until your husband stood next to you offering you the Coffee Cup he had been drinking. You were distracted by one thing “Why do you have our photo album?” Sukuna felt his eye twitch, “Damn brat.” Was all he mumbled tucking it under his shoulder, “Your son believes your love protects him.”

You laughed, “OUR son believes OUR love for him protects him. Considering your holding that book Im assuming Kugisaki tried to throw it at him or you were reminiscing on that time you had to save them from a Special Grade ambush and when you had to carry them all out Yuji was sniffling how he knew he could count on you to be there for him.”

He looked away, “Higher ups are lucky I only wiped out half of them.” You rested your head on his shoulder pulling the album from him. “Aaww this is Yuji’s baby album” you cooed seeing the picture of Sukuna holding Yuji next to a bouquet of “It’s a Boy!” Balloons. In the background you could see the blur of Geto smacking Gojo on the back of the head.

Sukuna is secure as a man and father 🥹

So it’s not a surprise to you when you come home late from the school and find true form Sukuna threatening to break the sofa under his weight coddling 15yo Yuji 🥹

As much of a brute people have him to be, Yuji might be his only son, and he might call him brat and roll his eyes a lot. But he’d be damned if he were truly a bad dad. In a whispered conversation he told you about everything that happened on Yuji’s mission. How the mission was purposely miss graded and they basically walked into a special grade curses domain. Sukuna had no doubt in his mind that if wouldn’t have been the one over seeing their mission the first years wouldn’t have walked back out alive.

Yuji was alright the entire ride but when he got home he broke down crying, speechless gasping for air. That’s when Sukuna pick him up carrying him over the sofa, coddling Yuji wasn’t as easy now that they were almost the same height, so he turned to his true form. And let Yuji cry, scream and hold onto him. Rubbing his back, holding his head against his shoulder, just talking to him to comfort him. “Do you remember that time we went to the park, and you wondered off to far chasing a duck.” Yuji nodded still sniffling, “Your mom was scared shitless when she couldn’t find you.” He laughed and Yuji laughed lightly, “y.. yeah I remember I jumped into the pond and then you and mom started screaming and then jumped in…” sukuna laughed louder, “Y/n was so mad but she couldn’t stay mad when she saw you with that little duck.” He patted Yuji’s back resting his chin on his head. Soon Yuji fell asleep.

It led you to find him this state. You asked him to go lay him in his bed, he did. He came to help you make some comfort food, it was hilarious when you asked if he could use dismantle on vegetables and it turned out he could. Now over the table in the wall is a sign that says “Malevolent Kitchen.”

The house that night was filled with the soft sounds of cooking, you and your husband talking about whatever came to mind. The Golden pot boiling with whatever broth you made. Sukuna was fighting the rice cooker while you tempura fried some shrimp and rolled some noodles to cook

It was well past 9 when you heard Yuji coming, both of you turning to see him walking yawning and rubbing his eyes. Bare feet padding along the kitchen floor. “Come sit down Yu you gotta be hungry.” you fixed him a large bowl of noodles with Tempura shrimp. On the side were the massive Onigiri Sukuna had made, he even tried to use the nori stamp to put little faces on them. More often than not they have 4 little crooked eyes that looked mad but it squeezed your heart how he laughed to himself saying “Yuji’s going to love these.”

He did, you watched as he bit into it rice sticking to his face. “These are good dad what did you fill them with?” “Nitamago we forgot to pack em for lunch so.. improvise I guess.” You both sat down with Yuji talking and eating. Just enjoying the free time you had together before Sukuna would go commit another crime against the higher ups 🤍🤍

Yeah 🥹

Im here 10-1 in the morning 🤍 It took all day to type this out 😭😭

Also a lot of my co workers walked out today 🥹 it was rough

Tag List: @sad-darksoul @cyder-puff @satorisgirl @bontensbabygirl @lupita97lm @queen-luna-007 @sakuxxi @mercymccann @simpforyoubitch @certainduckanchor @domainofmarie @najiiix @bakugou-katsukis-wife @amitiel-truth @souyasplushie @mylovelessnightmare

[dinogoofymutated]

Happy halloween everybody!!!!

Well, Happy early halloween, that is! I hope everyone is having a good day! As some of you know, I'm choosing to celebrate my 1000 follower celebration in the incoming months!! (well, technically like 1300 right now, I'm a little late 😭) I'm doing something especially special for this event, and I'll be letting all of you guys customise your fics!!

So the way this is going to work will be fairly simple. I will be writing these fics exclusively in the incoming months due to the fact I've been extra short on time lately, Overall, I will be posting four customised x-men fics in the month of October (once every week) Plus a special guest appearance on halloween day!

Sounds good, right? Well, you might be wondering, "Goofy, how in the world are these customisable?" And let me tell you!!! I will be creating seven writing prompts for all of you to choose from! The first three fics will all have two prompts per poll, with the winning prompt being the one used for that fic in particular!

But don't worry if the prompt you voted for doesn't win, it won't be lost to fanfic limbo completely! The fourth fic in october will have four prompts to choose from, the three losers + a brand new prompt! That way each of the losers gets a chance at redemption!

Once a prompt is selected, I will then create another poll to choose what character will be chosen for that fic! Not every character in X-men will be on every single poll, as candidates will be chosen by prompt compatibility. Once a character is selected, there's also a chance I will create a third and final poll choosing what sort of halloweeny character they should be!

These polls will be posted in the weeks leading up to october, with my hope being that I will have them all finished before october actually starts. I'm very excited to do this with Y'all, as I definitely have not done an event like this before!! Y'all better help me stick to it!

(Also, I have most of the characters I plan to put in the polls in the tags, but if you have someone in mind and want them to be considered as a candidate, please reblog, reply, or send me an ask!)

Poll 1: Haunted Mansion vs. Hocus Pocus!

Prompt one: Haunted Mansion

You've recently moved into an old, spooky mansion that your great-aunt left you in her will. It's been uninhabited for years but is strangely well-kept. You're sure you live here alone, but every once in a while you can't shake the feeling of being watched…

Prompt two: Hocus Pocus

You've been working at the Harkness museum of witchery for about six months now. One night after you get off of work, you decide to take a walk through the graveyard across the street to look at the stones. You find a very strange cat stuck in a trap in the process, and let the poor thing out. Turns out, he's not actually a cat at all, but working at a witch museum has its perks, and you find yourself helping the kitty regain it's true form!

Winning selection: Haunted Mansion!

Character poll:

Candidates: Nightcrawler, Quicksilver, Cyclops,

Winning selection: Nightcrawler!

Full fic Here!

Poll 2: Howling vs. Bloody halloween

Prompt Three: Howling

Something has been spotted in the woods behind your house. You don’t believe any of the bullshit all these reporters and wannabe horror vloggers are pushing, all you know is that you really want them off your land. Until you have a personal encounter with this creature, that is. What is the thing that has seemingly moved into your neck of the woods, and does it have anything to do with your new neighbor?

Prompt Four: Bloody Halloween

A bat flies through your window one night, and although you're dreadfully afraid of rabies and scared to touch the little thing, it's in really bad shape and you can't stand by and just let it die. You spend the next few days nursing the little guy back to health, when one day he up and disappears. The next night you go out with your friends, and feel like you keep seeing a familiar pair of eyes in the crowd.

Winning selection: Bloody Halloween!

Character poll:

Candidates: Gambit, Quicksilver.

Winning selection: Gambit!

Full fic here!

Poll 3: Season of the Witch vs. Halloween town!

Prompt Five: Season of the Witch

You’ve always considered the rumors about your family’s witchy and magical past to be fictional, absolute nonsense. Well, you did, until you found yourself accidentally bound to someone who’s more or less your familiar. Neither of you particularly wants this, so you focus on whatever magical skills you managed to inherit on breaking the bond- but is that really what you want?

Prompt Six: Halloweentown

You've won the title of best pumpkin carver for the past five Halloweens, which is a big deal in Halloween town! The Sixth year rolls around, and you're determined to keep your title. Until some dude accidentally smashes your masterpiece mere steps from the festival. You make him swear to you he'd make up for it next year. You've almost forgotten about it when the end of August rolls around, only to find him right at your doorstep.

Winning Selection: Season of the Witch!

Character Poll:

Candidates: Angel, Morph, Quicksilver.

Winning selection: Morph!

Full fic here!

Poll 4: Redemption round

This poll was a chance for the losers to win, and one fresh prompt to round them out

Prompt 8: Practical Magic

You recently found out that your family is cursed for any man you love to die. You’re devastated when you find this out the day after you realize you’re deeply in love, and make it your mission to keep your boyfriend alive. Shenanigans and ridiculous conflicts ensue, and after a very long couple of weeks- He reveals to you that he’s been immortal the whole time.

Winner: Practical Magic!

Character Poll:

Candidates: TBA

[seeingivy]

again. big method acting asks post.

btw! im just finalizing things (mentally) on how I want the last arc of our story to go, but im planning on writing the chapter either today/tomorrow! thank you for your patience 💌

I think stick season is VERY eren coded, but I see how it could go for both. "you must have had yourself a change of heart" is very eren after the impromptu breakup coded. also, strawberry wine by noah kahan is very eren for y/n coded too.

@ri-sa20 BIG FAT KISS FOR YOU MY LOVE!!!!!! thank you so much for all the sweet, kind words about my writing <3 and yes, my own made up men make me sad about the fate of real men too bc they are all gross (just kidding!, not really tho...) AND MUAH IM SO GLAD THAT YOU LOVE BOTH MY SERIES AND RECOMMEND MY WORKS 😭 WHAT A GEM YOU ARE

omg. i've thought long and hard on vigilante shit as a song in general (and almost included it in the fic solely for the live performance). I will say it's a lana song w/ a y/n feature (ricky james you are bones) and that when they perform it eren and sukuna just sit there like 😌 yes that's correct

this is so random but do you remember that old meme of the barbie dancing dogs with that nicki minaj (? I think) song. anyways they connie and jean would recreate that on set. THAT BEING SAID I LOVE BARBIE MOVIES and barbie songs and you are 1000% right

I refuse to say anything about this one. it's on the method acting playlist and either in this next chapter or the one after 😌

MUAH THIS ONE IS JUST A COMPLIMENT BUT IT'S SO CUTE AND SO SWEET AND I WILL FRAME IT ON MY WALL AND I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH

I for some reason can't link it to the post but its basically chris hemsworth saying he stuffed his daughters shoes to make her taller so she could go on a rollercoaster AND THEN she flew through the air. and yes, that is 1000% correct. also regarding casting stuff, erwin and levi talk about eren in the press the way anthony mackie and sebastian stan talk about tom holland (if you know you know)

THIS IS SUCH A CUTE ASK. the people who binge method acting in one day are brave because god the emotional whiplash....I personally reread it myself the other day just as I started planning the end and gave MYSELF a headache like I was doing too much but also you know that's how it goes. ALSO I LOVE LOVE LOVED WRITING THAT PART and will write that when I finish the story overall <3 there's a few things like that, that I wanted to expand on more - like how eren and y/n used to spend holidays together in the year they dated after s3 and his relationship w/ falco colt, and other awards shows and stuff like that BUT I will when its all over <3

[eliteseven]

I just finished Consonance. As Shadowheart herself would say, no notes. It was so lovely and sweet. Thank you for giving us this amazing fic, will there be more to come?

Omg this is seriously too kind!! 🥹 Thank YOU for reading and stopping by! I’m so glad you liked it! It was a lot of fun to write.

Consonance is technically finished (though I have some requests for oneshots in that universe, so I’ll be adding those at some point- like a Tav/Shar confrontation that never made the cut). I have a suggestion box for any specific requests! You can always feel free to request something and if it fits, I’ll try to work it in, or we might just end up discussing it for fun 🥰

Currently: I’m doing a requested prompt as a little warmup to get back into writing, (In which Tav returns from Avernus with Karlach after nearly a year and surprises Shadowheart, since they never made it to the post-game reunion). I'll post it tomorrow after a little proofreading!

If you read my other works- I’m working on finishing “Better Than You Remember” and getting to the other NLS series requests in the queue. Since it’s been like 1000 years since I've posted, here’s a preview: (sorry, Ik it’s not Consonance, but I don’t have anything ready for that just now 😭💀).

Tav always reacts to her touches, even the faintest brush of her lips. 

But there is something about the way she closes her eyes that tells Shadowheart that something more is at play here. 

Shadowheart does what she does best- she draws the truth from Tav’s lips through touch. She rakes her fingernails lightly across Tav’s stomach under the water. Each little kiss makes Tav’s lashes flutter with pleasure at the sensation, molding into Shadowheart’s touch like soft clay. 

Her free hand takes Tav’s chin delicately and tilts it, allowing her better access to her lover’s neck. 

She nips once at Tav’s throat, and smirks against Tav’s skin when she hisses in surprise. 

“If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were Astarion.” Tav mutters with a little grin and enjoys the way Shadowheart chuckles against her. 

“I suppose I do want to feed on you, in a sense.” Shadowheart muses playfully, and pulls a face. “Just…not like that.”

“Be careful what you start. We’re expected in High Hall by nightfall, and your goddess herself can’t pry me away from you, once we’ve begun.”Tav laughs, but yet again- Shadowheart finds she’s not entirely there. “-And I’d hate to make a poor impression as guests of honor, for Wyll’s sake.” She adds, as an afterthought. 

Ever since they’ve arrived in Baldur’s Gate, she’s had a particularly tense quality about her, her gaze never fully present. 

She decides that a direct approach may be the best option, after all. 

“Is that what has you so tense?” Realization dawns across Shadowheart’s face. “...Of course it is, how doltish of me. It’s your first time back in royal court, in this capacity. You’re nervous.” She says it so matter-of-factly, there’s little room for any kind of argument. 

Tav sighs. “Perhaps I’m just nervous to be in the presence of such breathtaking company.” She tries, in one final attempt, to steer Shadowheart away from the truth. 

She tries, and fails. Shadowheart rolls her eyes at the pathetic attempt. “I’ve little patience for your dodgery, Lady Tavyndír.”

[amtrak12]

AO3 Wrapped: 2024 Edition!

I did this last year and it's been really fun comparing my 2024 stats to my 2023 ones. So let's get started! :D

Note: I won't link directly to my own fics because... I'm lazy :P But here's my AO3 profile if you're interested in a fic mentioned here. Others' works, though, will be linked.

Overall Stats:

Works Published: 21 (😱) plus 10 new chapters of my WIP (shockingly, not a record for me. 2016 and Ghostbusters still holds the title in this category.)

Word Count: 107,567 (new personal record!)

Kudos: 1770 (also a new personal record, but Lucifer is a much bigger fandom than I've ever written for before)

Hits: 31,177 (probably a record for the same reason the Kudos was, but who knows lol)

... apparently I included bookmarks and subscriptions last year, but I didn't write down how many of those were for my ongoing WIP. So I can't say for sure how many new bookmarks and work subscriptions I got in 2024. Ah well. Those numbers fluctuate up and down anyway. The stats above are static, so we'll stick with those.

Individual Work Stats:

*I will be excluding my ongoing WIP "Can We Keep Her". Even if you subtract the metrics it racked up in 2023, it would still top every category again this year and that's boring lol So, newly published in 2024 fics only for this section.

Most Popular by Kudos: Partners in Wing (Lucifer, my first COMPLETED soulmate AU!) with 196

Most Hits: also Partners in Wing with 1652

Longest: Partners in Wing at 17,032 -- okay so it's still a sweep, but at least it's not a Can We Keep Her sweep again :P

Shortest: Fair Play (Warehouse 13), a double drabble (200 words) I did for the Seasons of Drabbles Exchange this summer.

Most Comments: Partners in Wing with 21

In the Community:

Gifts: I gifted three fics during the Seasons of Drabble Exchange, summer round (including my first pinch hit!! 😄) and was gifted one fic during the same event.

Collaborations: I planned a fic challenge and Comment Fest with the Lucifer Discord for the January anniversary of the show's premiere. I'm excited for both! I also pulled together a masterlist of fanworks for Lucitober (an October Lucifer event), if that counts as a collaboration. I feel like it should.

Events: Seasons of Drabble Exchange summer round and Lucitober. I also wrote a fic for International Fanworks Day in February and wrote three fics for AO3's 14th Anniversary Prompt Challenge in November. Big event year for me! And also a new personal record! I can write to deadlines and prompts now, you guys 😁

AO3 Milestones Reached (All Years Stats):

1000 comment threads

1000 bookmarks

100,000 hits

7000 kudos

New Fandom - MASH

Reading:

Fics that made me cry:

OldDog9 wrote a Lucifer time travel fic ("Universum Turbato") while I was on medical hiatus in the spring because they missed reading my time travel fic that much 😭 I was so touched!

"My Baby Just Cares for Me" by @cassiopeiasara (Athena/Bobby, 911) I mean, I guess I was still sobbing from watching Athena Begins rather than her fic, but it is the perfect coda to that ep. 12/10, do recommend 💜

Fics that made me smile:

The Hanged Man by ash_madrone (Bering and Wells, Warehouse 13) -- I finally got around to reading this! I remember being super intrigued by the summary during the Bering and Wells Big Bang, and it did not disappoint! I thoroughly enjoyed both the fic and just reading B&W again, in general. Good times.

"A swan and a pistol" by echidnoodle (Olivia/Alex, Law and Order: SVU) -- HNNGG!! I subbed to the author after I stumbled across their incredible Olivia/Barba fic. When I noted (approvingly) the hint of a past Olivia/Alex relationship in there, the author told me they actually had a partially written Olivia/Alex fic. "Maybe I should go back and finish that" -- AND THEN THEY DID! Or wrote an entirely different one from scratch, idk. EITHER WAY I WON THE FIC LOTTERY THIS YEAR! I legit screamed when that AO3 email came through. 🤩

And now I've cherry-picked some questions from this AO3 wrapped ask game to answer, but I'm putting them under the cut so this post doesn't become too unwieldy for your dash.

#5 - What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Should Have Been a Peacock (Warehouse 13) -- I wrote this, totally spur of the moment, during AO3's anniversary prompts, and I thought I'd get maybe 2 comments, like I got for my WH13 drabbles over the summer. Wrong! I GOT SIX ENTIRE COMMENTS!! 😱 We were all missing silly warehouse antics apparently. :') It made me super happy, and it actually inspired me to try and write more WH13 fics this year.

#6 - Favorite title you used

Credible Death Threats Are Usually a Turn-Off (Lucifer) -- I just love that Lucifer named their episodes after lines of dialogue. It lets me do some really silly things with my own fic titles XD

#9 - Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

Romantic relationship, I most enjoyed writing Bering and Wells. It just felt so damn good to revisit Warehouse 13 again after nearly a decade away! Platonic relationship, I most enjoyed writing Trixie & Lucifer. They never fail to make me laugh. :P

#10 - What work was the quickest to write?

Ooo, toss-up between Pennies on the Dollar and As Per the Rules (both for Lucifer). Both were inspired by prompts and I wrote and posted both within hours of seeing those prompts. Like, I'm not talking the same day here. I mean within the same evenings. And you know what? They both actually hold up.

Oh crap, Still Clothes in Play was also written and posted in a matter of hours. So, I have THREE impulse fics from 2024. Still Clothes in Play was written in a desperate attempt to rid the Pierce ick from my mind since I didn't have any brain bleach on hand 🤢 It's not as good as my other impulse fics, but the title makes people click on it more often so I've nicknamed it my catfishing fic lol

#15 - What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

The same one I started 2024 with: Can We Keep Her 😩 I hope to god I don't have to drag it along into 2026 too, but I'm also too wise to declare finishing it as one of my 2025 goals. If it happens this year, great. If it doesn't, well... fine! 😩 We'll just keep trudging along with it.

#17 - Your favorite character to write this year?

Trixie (Lucifer) delights me so much. I always have fun writing her. Though toddler Rory (Lucifer) is also fun at times, and it felt really good to write my boy Pete (WH13) again too.

#18 - The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

Maze (Lucifer) 😩 Man, her POV scenes gave me so much grief this year. One day, I'll get better at them, but that day was not in 2024.

#19 - What's one pairing you want to explore next year?

I'm treating this as new pairings, so for writing that's Dan/Charlotte (Lucifer). Really, I just want to write any Charlotte fic. That's definitely on my 2025 goals. Reading, I'd love to finally check out Wednesday/Enid fic. I keep meaning to, but I'm not really reading any fic lately so I haven't gotten around to it yet. Also now that I'm caught up on 911, I'd love to go read the rest of @cassiopeiasara's 911 fic and then maybe branch out into the Maddie/Chimney tag. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We'll see.

#30 - Biggest surprise while writing this year?

Learning I can write to deadlines for fic events????? That seemed like it came out of nowhere! And it's super shocking given my past history of either panicking and writing absolute garbage or having to back out of an event. I give the credit to my WIP. It's super long and wants to kill me, but it's also given me a TON of practice at finding 'the end' because I've had to write so many scenes. Maybe I'm still struggling to reach the overall end of that epic-length story, but it did make the shorter stuff feel super easy! 😜

[enigma731]

Hey there... I wanted to tell you that you have some of the most amazing writing I've seen.

I've been caught in some pretty dark & exhausting times these past few years, the daily grind of adulting, parenting & self sacrifice my world, to the point where anything fun & worth dreaming over has been something so far out of reach, that I didn't feel like I deserved. I would wonder, where did I go, & will I ever see that part.of me again. My heart naturally gravitates towards the underdog, the rare breeds, towards those from the Isle of Misfit Toys, that when they come together form a bond so strong they would die for each other. I am 0% a fairytale princess love story lover, but 1000% drawn to "those two" that banter in guarded & sometimes mean frustration & fear because of the Unspoken Thing between them. These people are the ones that speak to my heart, & have often many times in their journey helped me through a hard time or work through something within myself. Potter did this for me in so many instances- & yes, I rocked the Ron/Hermione ship- which I was able to live & enjoy in real time. These guys.. I knew OF them, the ride is my favorite at EPCOT, & I was drawn enough to it after that to wanna sit down & watch these movies with my son. I did it out of order- watched Vol. 3 ("the latest one") with him first... & felt enough of their vibe to know that I needed to go back & watch it correctly... but like Gamora now, didn't recognize the pain & devastation that many have experienced watching their story unfold in real time. Last month, I went back & watched it in order (also realizing the concept of jumping time, & opened up to the world of how the Avengers are part of the story too with the IW & EG crossover)... & oiy... 🥹🥹😭😭 So I am late to the game (may be better as I don't know if my heart could've handled it in real time), but they have joined my village. &, like so many, SOO many feels that this didn't end fairly. That their family was built up & shattered & not put back together the way it should've been. That SHE grew leaps & bounds only to be shattered down... & then brought back in a purgatory state. It would be one thing if their story wasn't over... but that seems to be the word. I can go on & on about how I think she carries the heaviest burden in the MCU, from the repeated cruel narcissistic mindfucks she endured by that monster to the disrespect of dying at his hands on the basis of "love," to being brought back a shell of herself & not finding her way back home (& it doesn't seem like she will)... so many unfairs left. So I, like many, are beyond grateful for the stories. They help process & keep them alive & all the enjoyable "What if it went this way" & will I'm sure be the closest thing to closure I-& many- get. So thank you again for that, for sharing their world- her world- through your eyes.

& I know that life happens (as it has for me), & maybe it has become harder with the finality of it (or maybe not), & hope this is OK to say... but if it speaks to you to finish your last work, even if it is your final work for them, you have people that will be there to love & acknowledge it just like before. & if not, I know I'm grateful for all you've given.

blessedb28

Thank you so much for your kind words! We are still working on our current fic -- in fact my wife is sitting across from me editing our next chapter as I write this.

The truth is that it has gotten harder to write fic, but mostly for good reasons. We started these stories when we were still in our 20s, in a long distance friendship across the country. We both spent a lot of time online and in fandom as an escape, and it was easy to produce a ton of words because it was the thing that brought us the most joy.

And I'm not saying it's become less joyful to write, but that there are now so many more things that also bring us joy. We got married this year, we went on a honeymoon, we own a house full of rescued animals that we love dearly. We've also both had significant career developments in the past few years, and I personally am in the midst of realizing a number of really lofty professional goals I've been inching toward since the start of the pandemic.

What started out as a shared fictional escape became *our* real life love story.

So I guess what I want people to know is that we're less present here and writing more slowly not because we've lost the passion for it, but because that passion has led to so many other amazing things that also take up our time. I don't think we'll ever really be done telling this story, though, whether that's in fanfic or some form of loosely inspired original writing. I'm glad to hear there are still people enjoying it and people who will be patient enough to stick with us.

[musettina]

His smile is everything🌞

He is everything😭💗

NowVIZ mag's season 2023 digital issue is finally out with the interview & photoshoot with Lorenzo that was done before his participation in the Miami Masters 1000 (you'll remember those sneak pics...😏🥵)!❤️‍🔥

Often, it's a single moment in the course of your career, a moment that may be overlooked by onlookers, that makes you realize you're on the right road.

For Italian Tennis pro Lorenzo Musetti, that came after a five-set loss to former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the 2021 French Open. The then 19-year-old Musetti took the first two sets against the Serbian maestro in what was his Grand Slam debut.

"It was a fantastic experience. I was playing my best tennis, for sure," the young player who ranked 76th at the time later told the press, adding, "Now I know how I can play, how far I am from the biggest in the tour, like Nole, so I know that if I play good I can stay at this level."

It was a moment of clarity for Musetti that propelled the player to become one of ltaly's top three tennis players less than two years later. But though he claimed his highest ATP ranking ranking of World No. 15 on 26 June 2023, the road to sporting success had been a long time coming for the Italian star.

Musetti, who was born in Carrara, Tuscany, in Northern ltaly, on 3 March 2002, began playing tennis at the incredibly young age of four. When it quickly became obvious that he had a gift for the game, his father, Francesco, a marble producer, and his mother, Sabrina, a secretary in a local Tuscan company, didn't hesitate to support their only child's tennis dreams.

At the age of 10, Musetti was taken under the wing of tennis coach, Simone Tartarini, who has remained the Italian champ's coach to this day. A regimented training routine and the tight circle of supportive family and friends around him were instrumental in keeping Musetti focused during his teen years as he evolved into a strong junior player.

Between 2016 and 2019, the young Italian won seven singles titles, reaching his peak as the winner of the 2019 Australian Open boys' singles and ranking junior world No. 1 that same year.

2019 was also the year that the star player turned pro. Receiving a wildcard and passing the qualifiers, 17-year-old Musetti made his ATP Tour debut at the Dubai Tennis Championships in February 2020.

In 2021, he reached the semifinals of the ATP Tour 500 Mexican Open where he had his first top-10 win, beating world no. 9 Diego Schwartzman in three sets. Later, he played in the Lyon Open and the French Open, and finished the season with the Next Generation ATP Finals.

In 2022, the determined tennis dynamo scored 44 wins from 74 matches. He scooped winning titles at the Napoli Tennis Cup and the Hamburg European Open, where he beat current Wimbledon winner Carlos Alcaraz. Reaching the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters 1000 Musetti faced-off with Novak Djokovic once again and took another loss against the tennis superstar.

That would change in 2023. In a three-set thriller against Djokovic at the Monte Carlo Masters in April 2023, Musetti finally defeated the former world No. 1 and reached the championship's quarter finals.

"I am really proud of myself," the ltalian player told the media in his on-court victory interview afterwards. "I am struggling not to cry because it is a dream..."

And though he added, "Beating Novak is something remarkable for me," perhaps, beating Djokovic was also an inevitable step on the road to tennis greatness that only a few years ago Musetti had realized was the actual road he was on.

Lorenzo has the phrase, 'Il meglio deve ancora venire' tattooed on the side of his chest. Translated in English as, 'The Best is Yet to Come' inspired by a song from Ligabue.

You've been on fire this 2023 season making your top 20 ranking debut with a career-high singles ATP ranking world No.15!

At this year's Monte-Carlo Master's you upset world No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic to reach your second Master's quarterfinal. Then you went to the fourth round at the French Open, and the third round at Wimbledon! Will you talk about some of your best moments?

@lore_musetti: "My best moment in this season so far was when I had the chance to beat Nole. I was living a dream for sure! It was the best win in my career and something that I won't forget!"

@djokernole praise on Musetti's game at 2021 Roland Garros: "I really like how he plays. He's got a lot of firepower from both forehand and backhand. He can play with a lot of spin. He's got a great feel, come to the net. He can play short balls and dropshots. He can flatten out his serve. He can open up with a good kick and slice. He's got an all-around game."

You've been coached by Simone Tartarini since the beginning of your career. What is it that makes him a great coach for you?

"Simone is more than a coach; for me, he is like a parent. We have shared a lot of memories and experiences during our relationship and he definitely knows what I need to do the most."

Every top athlete seems to have or has had a mentor, friend, or someone in their corner to offer guidance. We wonder if you do and, if so, how have they helped?

"I think my family is the best support system I could ever dream of. They are always there for me and they are always supporting me."

What motivates and inspires you daily?

"My daily motivation is to get better every day so that I reach my goals!"

You travel extensively when on tour. So besides playing tennis, how do you stay physically fit?

"I train every day either in the gym or the track field. The fitness part is something really important in our sport, but training is also important for my health."

As a top player how do you stay in control of your game mentally?

"I work daily with a psychologist; the mental side is equally as important as the physical side in this sport. It is a long process to develop and takes time to be defined."

How do you fuel your body nutritionally throughout the season? Is there a specific diet or regime you follow?

"I try to stay as healthy as possible and follow a meal plan, especially during tournament week."

"Music is probably my biggest passion. I'm a huge fan of music in general and I listen to it a lot during the day - literally, every kind of music!"

"The top of one mountain is the bottom of the next. So keep climbing!"

-Lorenzo Musetti (do you remember when he wrote this...?🥺💪🏻🏔🤍)

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[sparklyseblos]

so i just finished the final season of hsmtmts and i’m 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

that was an emotional rollercoaster

i can’t believe that season:

gave us the best written episode in this show which is 4x05 (nneka gerstle thank you for those beautifully written scenes)

and the most chaotic one (4x06)

made me kind of like rina???

gave us a portwell scene 😭😭😭😭😭 😭

gave us the most emotional speeches ever

gave us a credits scene of them sing born to be brave in a limo with the camera

an after credits scene of the cast singing for good from wicked 😭

there is sm more to talk about but that’s a little summary.

however i made notes while watching of my reactions so i’ll post those episode by episode at some point.

but anyways i’m still trying to process that this show is over but i feel so grateful that i discovered it. no matter whether i have liked or disliked certain choices the show has made i still love it to bits. i remember watching it for the first just as 2x01 came out and immediately fell in love with it. a couple months after i made some amazing friends in the fandom who i love sm! this show also made me discover the most wonderful cast ever (major props to the casting directors there) and they have the sweetest and most wholesome friendship with each other, and though this show is over i know that they are all going to do amazing things in the future bc they’re SO TALENTED and i will 1000% be supporting them every step of the way. this show has been a piece of comfort to me and honestly may always will be. my only regret with this show was not watching it sooner.

thank you to the incredible and talented cast and crew who brought this show to life, thank you to all the friends i’ve made in this fandom, thank you to my family and anyone i have added on snapchat for putting up with me freaking out over this show 24/7 for the past two years. don’t know how long it’ll be until my bio on multiple social media platforms isn’t “just a girl who fangirls over hsmtmts on the daily” but i am not ready for that day yet 😭💕

[starstruckkittensweets]

what do you think mia would be like during the finale episode? i’m dying to know i was thinking about her story the whole time watching the episode 🫶🏻🫶🏻

Anon I'm so very sorry I'm so late with answering this ask! It's been stewing in my brain ever since I got it, I've been thinking and thinking about it, and I think I finally have an answer for you! (As organized as I can make it, because I'm still very emotional that AoT is finally over) 😭

I have an entire outline of the 4 year timeskip between seasons 3 and 4, it's all part of the third volume of AWWW (the second one is outlined to cover seasons 1-3). Maybe someday I'll compile all my notes into one big doc and share it on here, haha! But for now I'll share a few points that lead up to the final battle and epilogue. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible under a cut, so both AoT and AWWW spoilers ahead!

(Also as a disclaimer, some points may be changed once I finish writing the story, so don't count on everything mentioned below being 100% canon to AWWW)

Mia and Levi are married in the late summer/early fall of 851, during the expeditions to rebuild Shiganshina (Hanji insists on giving them time away from the Scouts to have a proper honeymoon, because priorities haha); Mia learns she's pregnant in May of 852, and their son Alexander is born (named after Mia's father)

They're able to live in peace until 854, after Eren leaves to infiltrate Marley on his own; in order to keep Alex safe from the inevitable war, they leave him in the care of Leyna's old friend Sara (who's also a volunteer at the farm Historia has for the orphans from the Underground City)

Skip to Levi having to babysit Zeke in the forest; he heads out on the mission while Mia stays behind with Hanji; he leaves her his original cravat (which she ties around her right wrist as a memento) and takes the one she sewed for him in AWWW (Ch. 46); (so that when Hanji finds him and patches up his injuries, she notices the words "for my captain" written on the edge - so even when they're apart, Levi always has a piece of Mia with him)

Mia is PISSED when she sees the Beast Titan in action in Shiganshina, even more so when she reunites with Hanji and she explains Levi's injured state. If she didn't want to kill Zeke before, she's out for blood now, nearly going off on her own just to slice his head off herself (but the kids hold her back, with Armin talking some sense into her) yeah and look where that plan got you Armin lol

Okay, now that that's out of the way, onto the finale:

Mia is 1000% supportive of Levi, no matter what. If he wants to fight, she'll let him fight. It's the same with Levi, as much as he wishes Mia was safe and sound back home on Paradis. They love each other too much to abandon the other, they both know damn well that their son won't have any chance at a normal life if they don't try to stop Eren. Even if it means putting their lives on the line. They're soldiers after all.

Oof, but Hanji's death? Absolutely devastating for Mia; Levi actually has to hold her back to stop her from going after her. Even when she knows it's what Hanji wants, she's still her best friend in the entire world. It's always been the two of them, since their days as clueless cadets. Mia barely has time to grieve during the battle, so the majority of it is saved for the aftermath. It takes her a long time to come to terms with it, though.

Levi/Mia/Mikasa team up at the very end. Mia and Levi buying Mikasa time in order to break through and finally kill Eren; also similar to the Eren/Armin conversation (as far as I know he had a similar convo with each and every one of the Scouts involved), Mia sees a sequence of her own; she sees her dream future: living peacefully with Levi and their children, far away from the hardships of war; she's unbelievably angry with Eren for putting them all in this position in the first place, but remarks that he's damn lucky for having a pair of friends like Mikasa and Armin to keep him grounded (and to stay by his side even when he's in the wrong)

As for the epilogue? I can see Levi and Mia staying in Marley afterwards (after making a secret trip back to Paradis to pick up Alex and to say their goodbyes to Sara and the others). They're seen as traitors to Paradis now, and I think apart from Mikasa (who's either living there in secret or under the protection of Historia) none of them would be welcomed back to Paradis any time soon. So it'll just be the three of them for a while, living in one of the newly rebuilt towns by the edge of the sea.

(As a side note, I can see Mia feeling obliged to join the alliance to fix things between Paradis and the rest of the world, but Armin’s the one to convince her to step down and enjoy the rest of her life in peace with Levi. He’s seen how hard they’ve fought over the years, how they’ve protected them through thick and thin, and he tells her it’s okay to rest. That he’s got it from here—and the rest of the Scouts do, too. And that’s when she realizes how much he’s grown, and she thanks him for understanding and begins to start a new life in Marley with Levi at her side.)

It's a struggle at first, dealing with all the memories of the last few years, Levi's new injuries from the battle, and raising Alex. A couple years later there are two new additions to the family: twin girls Izzy and Zoe (named after Isabel and Hanji, both born on September 5th). And slowly, they begin to build a new life for themselves. Eventually they split their time between caring for the orphaned children of the town and setting up their own little teashop. It’s simple and quiet, and honestly Levi and Mia wouldn’t have it any other way.

In the end, these are just my rough thoughts on the ending and Mia's role in it. I haven't fleshed everything out yet, and things are still subject to change at this point, but at this point in time this is the outline I have written down. I don't wanna give too much away because everything's still up in the air, and I may have a few things I want to add in later on.

Either way I hope you enjoyed this anon, and again I'm so sorry it took me so long to type this all out! I know I’m kinda late to the party but what did you think of the ending? I’d love to hear your thoughts on it! ❤️❤️❤️

[roosterscockpit]

His Little Girl | Bradley Bradshaw x reader P. 8

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Hiii besties! I am so excited for you all to read this next part! I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did writing it for you 🥹 Bradley is finally here and I don't know how to act 😭 I love you all so much! Thank you so much for reading my fic, it means the world to me ❤️ Happy reading and enjoy! 💕

A/n: He's finally here, in the flesh. What the actual fuuuuuuck. How will your first encounter be after 7 years? 😱 Buckle up babe, turbulence is ahead 🛫

Word Count: 2.7k

Warnings: cursing, a lot of cursing, angst x 1000 (please let me know if I missed anything!)

Please don't take my work, I will find you.

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You were frozen. You didn’t know what to do. You looked around to see where Leia was. Luckily she was down by the shore with Bri and a random little boy. You sighed and turned to him slowly.  

You put your hand above your eyes to block the sun to get a better look at him.

He took off his aviators. “Y/n/n! It’s me! It’s Bradley!” He was smiling. 

You wanted to slap that sexy smile off of his face, but instead you played along. “Oh my goodness!” You sat up. “Bradley Bradshaw.” You nodded your head. 

He sat at the end of your chair and put his hand on your leg. “Hey! How are you?” 

His touch made your skin crawl, in a good and bad way. “I’ve been okay, and yourself?” At this point Mav and Penny excused themselves to go down to the shore with Leia and Bri. 

“God, I've been really good, y/n.” He took his hand off of your leg and put his aviators back on. “You look great! God what has it been? Nearly 7 years now?” His big stupid smile still across his face.

“Yes, about….Thank you.” You were really awkward. 

He reached out for your hand. “Hey it’s just me y/n/n.” He caressed your hand. “No need to be awkward! We know each other like the back of our hands.” 

He was still smiling so big. His cheeks were rosy and his mustache a little messy. He was glistening with sweat. God he looks so damn fine. You thought to yourself. You narrowed your eyes behind your sunglasses. 

“So what’s been up with you y/n? Anything new?” He made himself comfortable at the end of your lounge chair.

You shifted around, “You know, Brad. Just the same shit different day.” You were very monotoned and were not amused or enjoying this fake talk. 

“Oh I know exactly what you mean, y/n/n. God I can’t believe you’re sitting here in front of me!” He was still so excited to be talking to you.

You nodded, “You too, Brad. You too.” What the actual fuck is going on here? You asked yourself as he looked out to the ocean.

How was he just being so normal like he didn’t ghost you for 7 years. You were constantly worrying about him. Praying that he would just text or call one day. That he would just take 2 minutes to let you know he was alive. To just sit here and act like everything is all happy and dandy as if nothing ever happened. As if you just didn’t just spend the last 6 years raising his daughter he had no idea about because he never contacted you. Not even after he got back from his deployment. He was back for 6… 6 fucking years from his deployment and he never even said he was back. He never even said when he finished his deployment. When he was back in the states. Yet here he is, with his stupid ass beautiful smile acting like nothing is wrong. Just picking up where you both left off… 7 FUCKING YEARS AGO. You used everything in you to keep your composure, but you just really wanted to reach over and slap that sexy ass mustache off of his face.

Right before you could say something your daughter came running to you. Oh fuck, Leia PLEASE. NO. You felt like you had a knot in your throat and your heart rate increased.

Leia: “Momma can I have a popsicle from the ice chest?” She stood there next to you and Bradley, fixing her hat on her head and pushing up her little sunglasses. 

Y/n: “Yes, baby that’s fine. Go ahead.” You brushed her curly hair behind her ears and pinched her cheek.  

She gave you a hug, “Thanks momma! I want a strawberry one, I really like the strawberry ones.” She walked to the ice chest next to Bradley and just stopped to look at him.

“Son of a bitch….” You whispered under your breath. You sat up about to help your daughter so she could get away as soon as possible. But she straightened herself up and smiled at Bradley. 

She looked at Bradley. “Hi I’m Leia!” She gave him a big hug.

Bradley hugged her back and your heart skipped a beat. You thought you were going to pass out right then and there. WHAT THE FUCK!!! You were shaking. 

“Hi sweetheart, I’m Bradley. It’s nice to meet you.” He was smiling at her.

You thought your heart was going to explode from the warmth you felt seeing her first interaction with her father and also because you were scared as hell. 

Leia smiled at Bradley. “Its nice to meet you, Bradley.” She pulled a popsicle out of the ice chest and waved it in his face, “I like strawberry popsicles, what flavor do you like?”

He put his hand on her hip, “I like strawberry too, sweetheart. It is the best flavor there is, besides chocolate.” He smirked at her. 

She lit up with excitement, “I really like chocolate too!! Momma says too much, but you can never have enough.”

Bradley patted her hip, “Exactly! You can never have too much chocolate.”

Fuck. Shit. Fuck. Bitch. Fuuucccckkk. You thought as they continued some small talk.

“Bradley would you like a popsicle too? I did take the last strawberry though.” Leia showed sympathy in her voice.

“That’s okay, sweetheart. Maybe next time we can have strawberry popsicles together.” He rubbed her arm. 

She nodded, “Can you open this for me?” She waved the popsicle at him.

He laughed and ripped open the plastic for her. The gave her the popsicle. “There you go, Leia.” He just kept smiling at her.

Leia looked at the popsicle and then back to Bradley, “Here you can take a bite since it’s the last one.” She put the popsicle to his mouth. 

“Sweetheart, it’s okay! That’s your popsicle.” He put his hand up to the popsicle.

She had her puppy dog eyes contained behind her sunglasses. THANK GOD. You were still petrified. 

You knew she was giving him the look because in the sweetest baby tone she insisted, “Pleeeeeease Bradley. Have some pooooppsicle?” She put it out to him again. 

He smiled at her and nodded, “Okay, but just a small bite.” He took a little bite of her popsicle. “Thank you, sweetheart. I definitely needed that pick me up after a long day.” He messed up her hair as he rubbed her head.

She was super giddy and ran off as Bri was calling for her over and over again. 

You scratched your head because you could feel the sweat trickling down. You were so nervous for what was to come. PLEASE DO NOT… JUST DON’T PLEASE. You pleaded in your head. 

Bradley looked at you and smiled, “Y/n/n, you didn’t tell me you have a kid! She is the sweetest thing ever. She’s just like you.” 

Are you fucking kidding me right now? Was all you could think. “Yea, I have a daughter.” You said smiling. And so do you. You thought to yourself. “She has a heart of gold, Bradley. She loves loving and sharing.” 

“Wow that’s crazy! She looks just like you.” He put his hand above his eyes looking out to see her. “I always knew you would be a great mom, y/n.” He put his hand on your leg.

Oh how you just wanted to kick him off your chair and into the sand castle next to him. 

No sir. She actually fucking looks just like you. You thought to yourself again. “I really think she’s a photo copy of her dad.” You laughed. 

“No way, y/n.” He looked back at you. “She’s definitely you. Everything.” He moved his hand to your thigh and squeezed it. 

You wanted to punch him in the face, but you also wanted to just pull him in to feel his warmth against you. 

The two of you sat there for 3 hours just talking. He was talking about his career in the Navy and how it took off. You were happy for him. You talked about how you finished school for engineering and how you work head of your sector. You talked about life with a kid and he was so amazed. It started to get late.

Bradley: “So I was wondering if you’d like to grab some dinner sometime while I’m here? Maybe tomorrow after training?”

You were going to regret this and shoot yourself in the foot, but you remembered what Penny and Mav told you at your daughter’s birthday party. “Sure, I’d like that.” You smiled.

“Great! How does 7 PM sound?” He started to put his shirt back on.

“7 it is Bradley.” You smiled. Oh my goodness…..

You got upand you started to clean up the area.

Bradley helped you clean up and load the car. He said goodbye to everyone and headed into the bar with the rest of the crew. 

On the way home Leia fell asleep and you told Bri about everything you and Bradley talked about. She was shocked that you even agreed to a date tomorrow. 

Bri slapped her palm to her forehead, “So what you’re telling me is he literally hugged his daughter, LOOKED HER IN THE FACE, and proceeded to say she looked just like you?”

You sighed, “Yep, that is exactly what I’m telling you, girl, but she did also have sunglasses and her bucket hat on. Covered some of the obvious features.”

She leaned over the middle console and got close to your face. She was just staring at you. “Didn’t he realize HE WAS LOOKING IN A GODDAMN MIRROR!? THEY WERE BOTH WEARING SUNGLASSES!”

You looked over at her slightly, trying to not take your eyes off of the road, “Yes.”

She flew back in her seat, “Blind. Fucking blind I tell you.” She shook her head and crossed her arms, “I thought Mav was blind. He helped raise Bradley. But this is just a whole new level. He was literally looking at himself!” She groaned loudly, “I bet him flying towards the sun has really jacked up his eye sight because HOW DO YOU JUST NOT NOTICE YOUR CHILD?”

You reached your hand over and rested it on her arm, “Well for one, It's Bradley. He couldn’t tell the difference of a llama and an alpaca if they were right in front of him. He’s very oblivious. And two, I’m sure the thought of possibly having a kid has never crossed his mind.” 

Bri was still pouting, “He’s still blind.” She turned to the window. “So, are you gonna tell him?”

You retracted your hand from her arm and returned it to your steering wheel, “I want to. I have to. It’s only fair to Leia.” You looked at her sleeping in your rear view mirror. “It’s the right thing to do.”

Bri looked at you, “When will you tell him? Tonight when you're on you ‘date?’ ” She put air quotes around date.

You slapped her hands, “It’s just an outing with him. Not a date. But I don’t think tonight would be best to just lay it on him… I don’t know. I think tonight maybe we should just talk about what happened with us?” You pinched the bridge of your nose, “Gosh I really don’t know. I guess we will just see what happens. Plus I have some time.”

You got home gave your daughter a bath and put her to bed. You cleaned up and laid in your bed all night. You had hard time sleeping trying to process everything. You were excited to see Bradley, but also so scared and mad. 

It was the next day and you were nervous all day to meet up with Bradley. How would you know when he was coming? Did he still have the same number? Does he even have your number still? You didn’t have his anymore, it was too hard to have his in your phone after he ghosted you. It was now 5 PM and you started to get ready. You did your hair and some light make up. You put on a cute black glittery dress and some cute baby heals. 

7 PM rolled around and you were just waiting, sitting by the front window looking at the stars.  Then, it was 8 PM you were sitting there looking stupider and stupider by the second. You thought to yourself, how could you trust he would actually come? He stood you up for 7 years already. Then, 9 PM rolled around. You got up defeated going into your room to change because at this point this was just pathetic to sit around and wait. You already did that more than enough for him. You weren’t going to give him anymore of your time. Your phone started to buzz and light up. You answered it.

Y: Hello?

B: Hey y/n! It’s Bradley!

Y: Oh hey, Bradley.

B: Hey look I’m really sorry I got caught up with training tonight.

Y: It’s cool maybe another time.

B: No no y/n/n I’m already here.

Y: What? How do you know where I live ?

B: It’s the same place like before right?

Y: Well yes, but-

B: Okay, see you right now!

Y: Bradley.

B: I’m coming to the door right now!

Y: Bradley, wait..

—-click—-

There was knocking at your door. He was in his flight suit with it peeled down revealing his black T-shirt underneath and the arms of his suit tied around his waist. How the hell could someone make a green jump suit look so damn sexy without even trying. He had flowers with him and he was sweating and smiling.

“Hi y/n/n. I’m so sorry for taking so long. I can explain to you on the way back to my house so I can change real quick.” He handed you the flowers.

“Oh um it’s okay.” You put the flowers down on the table by the front door and walked out of the house to go with Bradley. Shit. You thought to yourself. 

He opened the door for you to his bronco and lended you a hand to help you into his truck. You sat in the passenger seat and he climbed into the driver seat and drove to his house. He pulled into his drive way and he came around and opened the door for you and helped you down. 

What the hell? The two of you lived in the same city not even 20 minutes away from one another and he never said anything to you? AND he still had your number because he just called you. What the fuck is wrong with this dude, seriously? You thought about how all the Gs he’s been pulling all these years has really messed him up and he now just permanently doesn’t get enough blood to his brain. 

You entered his house after he opened the door and let you in first. You sat at the bar stools he had at his counter top as you waited for him to clean up and change. After 30 minutes of waiting, he finally came downstairs. He had some jeans on with a white T-shirt and another famous Hawaiian shirt. You felt over dressed. 

Bradley: “So since it’s too late to make our reservations for dinner, would you be up for going to the Hard Deck?” He said as he combed his hand though his wet curly hair.

Y/n: “Sure that’s fine, I don’t mind.” You got off the stool and fixed your dress. 

Bradley just looked at you, lips parted slightly. “You look very beautiful y/n/n.”

You smiled lightly and looked down at the floor blushing. “Thanks Bradley, I like your shirt.” You grabbed the one of the open ends from it being unbuttoned and waved it slightly in your hand.

He smirked at you and looked away. He stepped towards you and put his index finger and thumb to your chin to raise your gaze to meet with his. Your heart stopped when your eyes met his green eyes, he smiled. “Shall we then?” He grabbed your hand and you felt a pit in your stomach. Good and Bad. 

Here goes nothing, y/n…. You thought to yourself as you crossed the threshold of a warm house into the cold night. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

HOOOLY SHIIIIIT, Leia really did that besties. How do you feel about their first encounter? Are you ready for your "date" with Bradley? 😉 I'll see you in the next one babesss 💕

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[erin-bo-berin]

I think I have caused some hurt in my heart with this request bc oh my god.

Abbie is a teen now, she’s out doing usual teen things & she comes home late. Her mom & Steve Scold her and she tells her mom she hates her. Reader doesn’t know how to feel and she breaks down crying and walking away. Steve proceeds to go off on her and it turns out really fluffy when she comes into bed with the reader and they hug it out.

if this isn’t something that you wanna do, ignore it, I get it 1000% if you don’t want to -🦋

Ouch my heart. I can’t even imagine how much that has to hurt and now I really regret all the times I yelled at my mom as a teen 😭

I feel like this is the perfect gif for this too lol

Part of the Steve x SingleTeenMom!Reader universe: you can check out the others in this series on my masterlist, if you’re interested ☺️

It was after midnight when your sixteen year old daughter finally walked into the house.

You and Steve sat in the living room, worried to death and angry that she hadn’t called to let you both know that she was going to be late.

“Abrielle!” you called, rarely ever using her full name, unless she was in trouble.

She came in, sighing. What used to be happy smiles and laughter when it came to seeing you and Steve was now met with stubbornness and annoyance, as if she had better things to do. How your heart ached for those days when she was still a baby and didn’t resent you.

“Where were you?! Your dad and I have been worried sick!” you exclaimed.

This hadn’t been the first time she’d been acting out lately. She hadn’t been horrible, necessarily, but she’d been defying rules—natural teenage things Steve had assured you. It still didn’t ease your worries. You had no idea what she was doing anymore and you desperately didn’t want her to end up like you were—18, pregnant and alone.

You wanted so much better for her.

“Relax, mom. Jeez. Me and some friends went out for pizza after the game. It’s no big deal.”

“You could’ve still let us know, Abbie,” Steve said gently.

Steve was always the one to try and ease tensions in the household. With a stubborn teenager that defied you at almost every turn, he was the natural favorite at the moment.

“I was only a little late for curfew, okay?” she shrugged.

“You were an hour and a half late,” you scolded.

“Can’t you lighten up and let me have any fun?!” she shouted.

“Don’t you take that tone with me, missy,” you said, lips pursed tight.

“Why don’t we just all calm down for a minute,” Steve started, but Abbie didn’t let her finish.

“God, I can’t do anything right can I?! You’re always jumping down my throat for something! I hate you!”

Your breath caught in your throat, stunned speechless by your daughter’s words.

You’d had plenty of fights since she’d entered the teenage years, but she’d never said those words to you. You pressed your mouth into a firm line, trying to ward off the tears that threatened to fall. You turned without a sound, heading off to the kitchen, only letting the tears to fall when you’d left the room.

They say that the terrible twos are the worst because of all the tantrums a toddler has as they try to express emotions and feelings they’re experiencing and know nothing about. What they don’t tell you, is that the teenage years are harder. There will be fights, defiance and stubbornness, similar to a toddler’s tantrums. What’s worse is that by this point, they can say some awfully hurtful words, wounding you so deep, you’re not sure how to even express it. You truly don’t know of any other pain similar to it, hearing the child you’ve brought into the world and raised thus far, tell you they hate you.

Even if said in the heat of the moment, you feel like an awful mother.

•

“Abrielle Jade Harrington!”

Steve was absolutely furious and he wasn’t one to lose his tempter often.

“Dad, don’t start,” she groaned, unaffected by her full name from his lips.

“No. You’re going to listen to me and you’re going to sit.”

He pointed a finger to the couch and something on his face must’ve portrayed how deadly serious and insanely angry he was because she dropped on it without another word.

“I have never heard you be more disrespectful to your mother,” he glared at her, “I thought you were better than that.”

“But-”

“Did I say talk? I’m not even close to being finished with you young lady.”

Her mouth snapped closed real quick.

“Your mom spent the entire ninety minutes you were late, pacing, fretting and worrying herself to pieces. She was afraid something happened to you, Abbie. She’s not mad that you went out with your friends. If you’d called and let us know that you wanted to go for pizza, she would’ve let you. I would’ve let you. But you can’t just do what you want and ask for forgiveness later. That’s how we stop trusting you.”

She sat, fidgeting, not looking at him.

“Look at me, please,” he said, a touch softer, but still firm.

She looked up at him, looking miserable.

“I know you were angry and that’s fine. It’s normal to be frustrated and angry. But I won’t tolerate you screaming at us or telling your mother that you hate her. You really hurt her, Abbie. You know how much she loves you, sweetheart.”

By now, Steve’s voice had softened a lot more. He couldn’t help but notice his hands were on his hips and he was wagging a finger at her just like he did to his friends so many years ago.

“I’m sorry, daddy,” she whispered, looking like she meant it.

“I’m not the one you should be apologizing to,” he said firmly, “You know since you broke your curfew, you’re going to have to be punished, right?”

She nodded, miserably.

“Good, because you’re grounded for a week. You’re to come home after school and aren’t allowed to go out with you friends, got it?”

“Yes,” she nodded.

“If you’re good, you can be off punishment by Friday to go out,” he hugged her shoulders, kissing her head, “Love you kiddo.”

“Love you too, daddy.”

•

You sat in bed, trying to concentrate on the words in front of you. The book you were holding wasn’t keeping your attention and you didn’t have the energy to try to make sense of it anyway.

Steve had been earlier to let you know that he’d talked to Abbie, grounding her for a week. You’d just nodded silently, fine with his decision. He’d left to go do something down in the kitchen, promising to be up for bed soon.

All you could hear was her words rattling around in your head.

I hate you.

I.

Hate.

You.

You were definitely too tender hearted for this teenager thing, that’s for sure.

“Mom?”

You looked up and saw Abbie, in her pajamas, fidgeting in the door.

“Can I come in?”

“Of course,” you said, pulling back the covers.

It was something she used to do when she was little, come crawling into bed with you before Steve had come to bed. She’d curl under the covers and face you, sometimes sitting, sometimes laying, but you’d always had the best times just laying there with her.

It was like watching her past and present self at the same time as she climbed into the bed next to you, pulling the covers over her legs and sitting back against the headboard.

“I’m sorry for worrying you tonight. And yelling at you. I don’t hate you, I was just mad,” she said, looking ashamed for her earlier temperament.

“It’s okay, sweetheart. We all get mad sometimes.”

“Yeah, but I shouldn’t have said that. Dad told me it really hurt you.”

You weren’t surprised that Steve had picked up on it. After all these years together he knew you even better than you knew yourself.

“Yeah,” you sighed, “You might understand one day with your own kid, but it does hurt to hear it come from the child you helped create, bring into the world and raise—no matter if it’s toward the father or mother. Any good parent would hate to hear those words.”

“I wasn’t thinking,” she said, shoulders slouching, “I really don’t hate you. I love you so much, I hope you know that mom.”

“I know, Abbie, I know,” you smiled, pulling her to you for a hug, “I love you too.”

“You know,” you said when you pulled away, “You were way too young to remember, but for the first year of your life it was just you and me against the world.”

“Really? I know dad is my adoptive dad legally, even though he’s my real dad, I’ve just never known how old I was when you guys met.”

“You’d just turned one,” you chuckled, “And he fell in love with you at first sight more than he did me, I think.”

“Mom, stop,” she laughed, “I’ve seen pictures of you as a teenager and you’re just as pretty as you are now.”

“Well you’re just biased,” you chuckled.

“Will you tell me the story about how you and dad met? It’s been too long since I’ve heard that one.”

You smiled, launching into the tale again, one you used to tell her all the time as a little girl.

All the while, Steve stood outside the door, eavesdropping, pleased to know peace once again ruled the house.

[yakumtsaki]

-GODDAMMIT VALENTINA JUST ROLL OVER, IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE 

What’s up Soph.

-My marriage is in shambles, I’ve been neglecting Sophito, and for what!!

To complete your LTW and achieve eternal happiness! And the marriage thing is 1000% dumbass Shajar’s fault.

-I don’t care! I can’t take this constant pet training anymore, I’m done!!!

Oh come on we’re so close, Ferra topped her career..

-I pay for your salary, Kaylynn. I own you.

..so only 1 more to go between Torr and Val, and you’re not even at the half of your lifebar, I mean this is a new record!

-Ugh, I guess..

I’m telling you, this is gonna be your week, NOTHING is gonna get you down. In fact, I dare the universe-

-MAXX NOOOOOO😭😭😭

-See you in Hell, Ferra. -Fuck you, Maxx, I should have killed you when I had the chance.

RIP Maxx💔 Our first dog ever, we only got him to cheer up knocked up Wyatt after Jojo’s affair with Max Flexor, and he ended up beating up the cats so viciously that I just had to start a dog legacy with him and continue those chad aggro genes. You will be sorely missed.

-Not by me, I’m so happy he croaked my bowels finally unblocked!

YA OK TORR, PLEASE, let’s observe some common decencies for once. The only reason you cats hated Maxx is that you’re all FLOPS and he won every single fight. Long gone are the days where our cats literally beat up the wolf!

It’s a peaceful night as Abbey is finally returned to us (after running away due to losing a fight to her own daughter LOL) I see you stunk up that police car real good..

-Fuck the police, comin’ straight from the underground🎵

..and Sophito adorably does that autonomous ‘follow’ interaction to Sophie and waits for her to wake up, AWWW

Look at them with their matching fortune pjs I can’t💛

-Who’s my little lion cub? Who is? Who’s gonna grow up and be at the top of the food chain where he belongs, stepping on the corpses of his vanquished enemies??

Oh God.

OH GOD I FORGOT THE FUCKING BIRTHDAYS AGAIN

-I grew up amazingly! 

You look amazing too, I’m legit getting emo over how much you look like kid Jojo with Wyatt’s nose AND with Komei’s recessive eye color?? What kind of stunning genetic success-

-followed by a stunning genetic failure as Sugar grows up by the pet beds (where he was sleeping) and it becomes clear I FUCKED UP fixing Don’s stupid broken face template and Sugar has the second template features that are gonna explode in adulthood. 

-Is that bad? :D

YES SUGAR, IT IS. I’m gonna have to go through so much bs to fix you and I’m scared of doing it wrongly (AGAIN) and fucking up the household. Ugh, just don’t even, avert your face 2 mug from me.

-Well Wyatt, my Sophito has only been a child for 8 minutes, but I can already tell he’s gonna graduate college with highest honors! -Mais Sophié, quelle if il tâkes àftér Shajaré? -HE WON’T. DON’T EVEN SAY THAT

Abbey remains soundly asleep while her carpool honks its heart out, man I love this chonk.

So the boyos weren’t at all close during toddlerhood but it seems they’re getting along as kids, cute!

We discover that Sugar’s one true hobby is SPORTS which. LMAO with this attire, and Sophito’s of course is science and he earned 8 LOGIC POINTS from the toddler shape toy, absolute brainchad..

.so it makes sense that he very diligently leaves for the first day of school. Where was Sugar, you ask??

Well apparently he decided to opt out of this experience.

-Oh man, after spending 6 years in a crib I really needed that nap!

We are so goddamn close to finishing Sophie’s LTW, I legit cannot believe it, I mean obv we had unreal good luck with the chance cards too but man, Sophie is the best! Hope nothing else happens to bum her out!

Aw look who kissed and made up, aging diva D’vorah and her boy-toy (tomcat toy?) Alcibiades! Are you guys playing?

-Take care of our children, Alc! -I will D’vorah, or may my back never arch again!

Uh what’s going on??

NO GODDAMMIT. D’VORAH

-See you stupid motherfuckers never! 

MY BABY😭😭😭

-Man you guys have a lot of pet graves, don’t you get depressed with so many pet deaths?

YES WE DO, JJ, STFU. RIP D’vorah, you will always be remembered as a stone-cold bitch who so consistently refused to procreate that it earned her a theme song, and for cursing us with your cowardly genes💔

Sophie has largely grown out of her townie teen bully persona and never does mean shit autonomously these days, but the pet deaths have really hit her hard which is unfortunate.. for this townie Shajar brought home from work. 

-YOU WALK INTO MY HOUSE WITH MY HAIRSTYLE WHILE I’M GRIEVING FOR MY PETS??  -Uh, I was invited here? -Oh you were INVITED, were you? By whom?? My WIFE??? Now that she’s mayor of some empty shithole she thinks she can trade me in for a younger model???? IS THAT WHAT SHE THINKS?!?!?! -What the fuck are you talking about?? -Does she think I won’t MURDER WHATEVER SOPHIE-MIGUEL-KNOCK-OFF SHE BRINGS OVER?!?!?!?  

Oh brother, ok Soph, why don’t we back away, take a nice bubble bath, maybe a nap?

-NO.

-MY EYE WHAT THE FUCK -Not so pretty without your eyeball, are you? HAHA -CRAZY BITCH, I’M SUING YOU -Good luck with that, my wife’s the mayor! HAHAHA

-Mom, mom, I got an A+ on my second day of school ever! -Not now, Sophito, mommy’s pondering the ephemerality of pet life. -Why are you smiling all creepy like that? -I’m smiling? I don’t know, my face’s been glitched since yesterday. 

-Nothing a good robot electroshock won’t fix! Go, iVan, go, unlike Cyneswith this one’s not getting any younger!

JOJO NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO TEST OUT YOUR INSANE THEORIES. FUCK OFF

-It’s not a theory, it’s a fact! Servobot electroshocking forces one to reach their full potential!!

I WILL KILL YOU

NEVERMIND. SOPHIE WHAT THE FUCK, WE DID IT!!! I can’t believe I joked that you would get 6 pets on top of their careers before Don topped his and it actually happened LMAO

-Finally, I can sleep.

You earned it, baby!

-And tomorrow, I will gouge out that townie slut’s other eye. 

Let’s talk more about it after you’ve rested. 

[dragon-spaghetti]

Ok so!! It's almost the new year!! Holy shit!!!

2022 has been. Something. A lot went wrong this year, and if you knew me in the first half of it you know how I was ✨going through it✨ lmfao

I kept it off of tumblr mostly, so for those of you who don't know; my family was evicted so I was homeless for like a week (we are now fine thankfully), we all got covid, while isolating we found out my granda could die at any time (he then passed like 2 weeks before we got evicted), had some friend group fuckery, plus a fuckton of school stress , all within the first three months of the year!

There was plenty more shit after that, such as the amount of coursework I had due, drama practical exams, the written exams (featuring my school fucking up the course, which we found out with 24 hours to go til the exam), and a very stressful few months of job searching which eventually ended with me biting the bullet and having to go full time rather than part time like I'd intended, plus a lot of mental health struggles in between 😭

Needless to say; very stressful year, I can safely say I couldn't even really breathe until October. Which was then followed by art burnout caused by sheer exhaustion from now working a 9-5, something that devastated me as I no longer had the energy to do what I love as much as I wanted to. But that doesn't mean everything was all bad!!

I made so many amazing friends this year, and became closer to many I already had. Jumping around fandoms more has honestly been great to meet so many groups. I improved a shitton w my art, got to be involved with multiple fan projects, started posting on other places than just tumblr, we hit 1000 followers here (recently 1600!!!) which is something I only ever dreamed of a couple years ago! I also finally finished school, and honestly didn't realise how amazing it would feel to finally be free from that damn place after 7 long, miserable years

This is so long but, I want to say thank you for bearing with me through it all. I know I've been a bit all over the place, but I genuinely adore the lil community we've built here, and I hope it continues to grow through 2023 💖

[starlightrows]

Welcome back to Krax (re)Watches. Tonight I’m watching the first episode of The Bad Batch and giving my unfiltered thoughts. I don’t remember shit from watching this the first time

Episode 1 — Aftermath

I forgot about the red clone wars logo!!!

Grey temples Obi Wan appearance, 😌

Baby Kanan!!!! Caleb!!!!

That was a fun entrance

Wrecker being able to push a 1000 pound tank is wildly impressive

The droid saying “I guess I’m in charge now” and then immediately getting shot is such a mood

Sledding

Green armor is a great look

Tech not even looking up from his computer… rude ass iPad kid

Master Bilabba… my beloved

Having to relive Order 66 again… ouchie

This snowy forest is honestly really pretty

Crosshair shooting first has cop vibes, nasty

Can you imagine? Caleb just fuckin ices Crosshair? Show would have such a different vibe

Hunter instantly lying about Caleb jumping to his death has major dad vibes

Crosshair you nosy ass bitch

Master Shaak Ti 😭

Messy ass men’s dorm room

Crosshair is like an annoying coworker. Passive aggressive. Low key a narc.

LULA!

“And MY exceptional mind” pretentious

“You are more machine than man, percentagewise” ableist

How has no one ever seen Omega before?

The clones cheering for the emporer’s speech has such an uncomfortable thing to watch

Oh-Me-Gah.

She sounds Australian

Hunter dad squats down to talk to her

Tarkin has nazi pants

Can you imagine being a fuckin 10 year old and going to hang out with a bunch of 20 something year old soldiers

SOUP clone

Crosshair thinks he’s too good for a food fight… loser

Echo’s PTSD makes me sad

“Turned into that” referring to Echo’s prosthetics… why do people like this guy?

Fucking hell I just realized the first episode is over and hour long…

“For which you will be fairly compensated” — viewing the clones as merchandise is disgusting

Tube Babies!!!

5 is all that remain… Echo is a regular clone… she’s talking about Omega

Crosshair filed a report stating Kanan lived. Snitch.

I fully forgot about Saw being in this

Tech believe propaganda

If you love the emperor so much, why don’t ya marry him Crosshair

Tech just casually stating Omega’s an enhanced clone

Crosshair litters

I really love the idea that troopers have little family pictures

The Corrie guard got sent back to Kamino and immediately started acting like top dog

Body glove scene

Omega creating sympathy for Crosshair makes sense in a narrative way, I guess… but I just do not like him.

Tarkin is crusty as fuck

Why did they let Tech keep his nerd goggles?

Still undecided on if Wrecker has a false eye or a white eye?

Lol they’re running around in their undies

My desire for a Lula plushie has been renewed

Take a shot every time Crosshair says the word “orders” take two every time someone else says it

Finish your drink every time Crosshair litters by spitting his toothpicks

I forgot how little resolution we get about the Kaminoans intentions

I remember watching this the first time and being a big Wrecker girl, and I still am sort of, but honestly none of them really do it for me anymore 😅 I’ve spent too long thirsting after Boba and Wolffe

Final Notes:

Unwhitewash The Bad Batch, others have more and better things to say on this topic but it must be stated if I’m going to make a post about this show at all.

I forgot literally everything about this show, and part of the reason why is because I didn’t like it that much 😅

Still gonna watch the rest and season 2 though

[beautyofthend]

I saw on your twitter that you're worried you won't feel the same about Jack and Nikki when you rewatch and I'm sad 🥺 I only have a few places where I talk about them and the other place seems to be so negative at the moment. I feel that the last couple of weeks people have got really down and negative about what to expect next season from them that it's made people go a bit negative.

I think because so many people have rewatched or just started watching, every else has been watching along with them and the over analysing has kicked in where every scene is being watched over and over again, instead of just watching and enjoying in the moment.

I hope when/if you rewatch you still feel the buzz with them because I love reading your thoughts about them and I was so happy to find people that enjoy them.

…Carrying on from my last post about the rewatch burnout thing. Thinking about it more, maybe you are just going through something similar to myself. When the s24 finished I was reading fanfic and talking non stop about theories and reading along with new people's rewatches of s16-24 and if I wasn't doing that I was rewatching myself. And now I can't remember when I last read a fic or watched a scene let alone an episode. I think maybe it's because s24 gave us so much that we all couldn't stop talking about it non stop that we've burned out quicker maybe. Dont get me wrong I'm really excited for the new season (and a little nervous to what they'll do), but I'm happy to not really think about it for a while and recharge if that makes sense lol.

I know I still love Jack and Nikki the same as I did when I watched but I'm not jumping to rewatch all their moments or anything at the moment. Maybe don't force yourself to rewatch if you're not feeling it right now and watch something else. When we get trailers etc I'm sure the excitement will kick back in.”

THIS 1000% I’m so glad it’s not just me tbh 😭 I also - and this is going to sound awful but my brain has always worked like this lmao - think it’s because it’s suddenly become so popular (especially Jack and Nikki) and don’t get me wrong, I LOVE THAT. I LOVE that Silent Witness is FINALLY getting the recognition it deserves and people are loving Jack and Nikki. But I have been championing this ship for the past 4/5 years, I’ve done all the analysing that people are doing (and they should, by all means, CONTINUE!!!) atm so idk I’m just bored?

And you’re so so right in saying that S24 gave us EVERYTHING. Me and a few other people have described the series as fanfic on crack 😭 Like there were things in there that I was like..wait I’ve literally written this? So in terms of writing for them I’ve not been inspired because everything that I have written/would write has transpired in the show itself. And I’m also very happy with how they left it? Like a part of me is worried that they won’t do them justice ofc but I’m feeling very safe in that they ended S24 with Nikki at his house and Jack stroking her head, I’d be MORE worried if they didn’t have that resolution at the end.

You’re also spot on with people being negative about it all, I know you can’t trust writers all the time but they dedicated an entire series to getting Jack and Nikki together, they’re not going to abandon it the moment S25 starts. Is it going to be plain sailing? Absolutely not, they’re gonna have drama for the sake of drama, it is Silent Witness after all. But to just completely chuck them to the side would be a disservice to the audience and would just make S24 completely pointless - and if we’re going to go into it, it would make the entirety of S21-24 pointless (including Awakening of course). I do think they will be taking a sort of backseat given Sam is coming back so she’s going to be bigged up A LOT, but they’re not going to be disregarded.

I’m going to watch until the end of S15 and then make a decision from there (because I have spent a lot of that era missing Jack [but I have also spent it missing Sam so 🤪 that’s fun]). I deffo will get my spark back when we get new content for them but right now I’m quite happy to sit back and let people carry on. I haven’t intentionally read any Jack and Nikki fanfic since S24 started tbh (unless people have sent me things to check/read through).

I think S25 is going to knock people’s socks off, it’s definitely going to be their strongest series yet and the fact Sam Ryan is coming back? People need to focus on that and give my Sammy some love!!! (But that’s a rant for another day lmao, love Nikki - which is debatable after the incident of S24 - but she wouldn’t be anywhere if it wasn’t for Sam laying the foundations in the first place).

I’m quite happy in my Sam era so think I’m going to stick around here for a while 😭 But I’ll always be here to analyse and discuss Jack and Nikki because once you get me going I can’t stop (clearly w this answer lmao) and the spark is still there deep down!!