#also caro is PISSED

[aquarri]

[boatboys]

wolfsbane boys the sketchening

[vullcanica]

the canonical inter-roster relationships of my own oc's are something else. like yes Nik and Avita are father and daughter ofc and Constance can potentially come into contact with any of my supernatural muses but also. unrelated to anything: daniel WILL hate nikodemus' fucking guts in any verse they may ever cross paths in. meanwhile nik wants to smash for funsies.

[starlittragedies]

i read a fic a long time ago where barty was italian (we love italian barty on this blog !!!) and he gives nicknames to everyone he likes and I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH IT.

he calls regulus tesoro/caro, pandora piccola, evan amore/rosa/fiore, and dorcas dolcezza.

i also think that it pisses his friends’ partners (more specifically james and marlene).

james has always been a little jealous fella but it goes beyond when its barty we’re talking about (its kinda barty’s fault). the bloke can’t stop himself from taunting james by saying things like “i had regulus first” or “did regulus ever tell you about the summer of fourth year?”. so him having a nickname for darling regulus just sets james off more.

but marlene…

oh sweet marlene’s reasons are quite different. she gets irked by it because she DOESN’T have one. when she and dorcas had dated for a good amount of time and she was introduced to the pantheon barty quite liked her. she was funny, always kept it real, and kept his wits about him.

he treated marlene (to some extent as he would say) as a good friend. she would have had her nickname given by now but being as she is considered as a friend by barty crouch jr. it would mean that she had to deal with him being a little menace to her life as all his friends do (a good example of this would be regulus who somehow will always find that one of his socks will be missing its pair). and the form of her little minuscule personal hell served by barty is NOT getting a nickname and just being called “mckinnon” for the rest of her days.

[samberrybay]

875 chp spoilers

Just read the chapter! And I'm pissed at Valentino right now! Like! This fucking bitch!!

Of course i started to be suspicious the moment he showed his gread towards Mogoru, but DAMN BOY! You always say how thankful you are to Cale and shit, yet there is no help from you at all.

And one thing you are military weak, but you are gaining money right now, it would be very rightfully so to share some things with Roan Kingdom, that saved your ass on a multiple occasions, don't you think so? At least help with city reconstruction!

Even the Whipper Kingdom, who didn't had much left, helped on the max of their abilities. They are literally broke, yet there is more movements than from Caro Kingdom.

It was strange from the beginning when Valentino knew exactly what was going on with the taxes problem, however proceeded to do nothing because of some bastard support... Wouldn't a honest ruler, that he tries to be, maybe try to find a solution to change things for their people?

Ugh, Idk it just pisses me off a lot.

I'm sure Cale soon gonna shake like a pair of maracas those assholes who treat him and his kingdom so poorly or without any respect for saving the entire continent .

Also i think some of the ore mines are going to Whipper Kingdom after that heho

[lucawrites11]

Not Georgia and Evie plotting 😭😭 as public people now the footballers can't exactly be too upfront with their opinions on things so they've Evie at the ready to defend one of their own 🤣🤣

evie is PISSED. georgia bleeps the video that she posts complaining about the stupid ballon d'or people and also evie covers up evie's face with an emoji but EVERYONE knows it's evie, that was made very clear when she used spanish, catalan and german to swear (georgia taught her the german swear words not laura and it's very important to laura that the world knows that) and then added a bit in the end at french aimed directly 'at the ballon d'or people'

she also adds a little argument for ingrid's nomination and complains about caro not being nominated before this (caro had pointed it out to calm evie down but it had had the opposite effect)

[kmze]

Finally decided to do a TVD rewatch now that the 'verse is complete. Since I know how everything ends I thought it would be interesting to see how I react with that knowledge. Curious if my feelings might change about characters, ships, storylines etc. (obviously I am fully aware there's going some bias).

Adding my thoughts after I complete the half-way mark of each season (there is simply too many episodes to do a recap of each one). I am talking to the void mostly here but feel free to leave comments, thoughts on my posts for those who still follow me or just find this post. However, I am not here to argue, I simply DO NOT CARE whatever you think is right totally, please leave me alone.

Recaps tagged with k rewatches tvd

S1 Episodes 1-11

I am loving the dark atmosphere of the first season, feeling so much nostalgia! Nice to go back in time to when vampires were scary on this show. That's not really criticism because every supernatural show goes through this. The big bad must always be upped as it goes on but it was nice when the stakes were lower and the mythos was being developed.

Damon makes me feel so uncomfortable so far... I know he was the 'villian' for most of the beginning of the season but his treatment of Vicki and Caroline is just so predatory and gross. Which brings me to...

WHY HAS NO ONE GIVEN CAROLINE A GOD DAMN VERVAIN NECKLACE ALREADY!!! Stefan and Elena both know Damon was using her (and they know damn well he hasn't stopped). Her Mom has the vervain to give her and just has not for no reason!! GET AWAY FROM HER ALREADY! I got so mad when Damon was compelling her AGAIN in the 10th episode. I'm so glad she outlives them all, justice for my baby!

I'm sorry but Stefan is so creepy and self-righteous in the beginning, I remembered this but did not remember how bad it was. Also he did not need to kill Vicki, that pissed me off. I don't think it did as much when I first watch this (mind you that was literally 14+ years ago) but just knowing how freely everyone neck-snaps around here it was bullshit. His one cool moment remains when he told Logan he can't walk in the sun. The manipulative way he used Elena’s adoption to get her to forgive him had me rolling my eyes (then of course she used it against Jenna to get out of trouble lol).

I can't remember who the other vampire is who turned Logan, I'm thinking its Pearl's henchman but yeah I don't remember that part. I also didn't remember the crystal so I like that some of this is like a 'mystery' again.

I did remember that I thought Tyler was such a dick in the first season and yeah confirmed. Though now I remembered his Dad was an abusive piece of shit. Still, fuck Tyler for now.

Alaric looks so different I don't hate him (yet).

I still hate Matt #bias

The progression of Bonnie realizing her powers has been well done, again nice to just see the simple magic again. (Stefan totally wanted to bang Sheila back in the day... maybe they did)

Jeremy just met Anna and I still love them, I wish they got more time. They were the only 'ship I like in this season when it first aired.

The Bonnie, Elena and Caroline friendship is nice but I am annoyed they haven't done more to protect Caro from Damon. Especially when she doesn't know what's going on and they do (though Bonnie only just got all the deets). This might be magnified by my love of Caroline I admit but I hate the prop-y way she's being used so far.

I kinda rolled my eyes at the whole Katherine/Damon/Stefan stuff before Elena knew they were vamps because OMG Stefan is 17(!!!) Does no one thinks it's weird he's like "it was a long time ago" A LONG TIME AGO LIKE WHEN YOU WERE 12?! They should have made him at least 20, just bothers me.

I liked that not every vampire had a daylight ring and it was more of a novelty. That is something that could have stuck more in the later seasons.

Lines that made me laugh:

Caroline: Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today. It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever going to learn the routines. (Bonnie offers to help her) I guess we can put her in the back. (all right in front of Elena lmao oh Caroline never change)

Caroline: So, Elena...how long do you think this fight with Stefan's gonna last? Is it...like a permanent thing? (eyes on the prize baby! lol)

Stefan: (imitating Damon) Now that the secret society of vampire haters is off our back, I can go back to my routine of how can I destroy Stefan’s life this week. (never gets old!)

Damon: *shoots Logan with wooden bullets* Payback's a bitch, isn't it? (all in the delivery here lmao kudos to Ian)

[sasuhinasno1fan]

Wish come true - Adrien AUGreste Day 18+19

I imagined this one going slightly different but it ended the same, Adrien's Italian anger coming out in defense of the people he loves. Another thank you to @etherealxgenie for betaing. Masks

Adrien was still reeling from what happened earlier. He’d immediately gone to the Liberty after they left and they had to video chat Ivan and Rose – who surprisingly was home – to tell them the news. If he thought they were excited, Anarka was even more so. She might not like Jagged Stone but she was more than willing to cause trouble for Bob Roth. Adrien just hoped Juleka and Luka recorded when the two finally met.

He was typing out an email to his dad, bursting with excitement when he heard the front door open. He dropped his laptop to the side and climbed down his bed, running to the front door.

“Mama, Mama, you’re never going to believe what just happened! I got to meet – oh. I didn’t know we had a guest coming over.” behind his mother was an older gentleman. Compared to his father’s own style of suits, this man looked like a stereotypical high-profile lawyer, with his pressed suit and squirmy looking face.

“Adrien, I don’t know if you remember Signor St Claire? You went to school with his daughter Elizabeth in New York?”

Elizabeth? Then Adrien remembered. “Betty St Claire. Class president and president of the cultural society.”

“That’s my girl!”

And also, the most spoiled brat in the whole school. She was like Lila in terms of annoyance and Chloe, pre-change, in terms of behavior. She constantly insulted those she thought was beneath her, acting like her behavior was completely acceptable. Most of the students hated her, but because her father was a diplomat who was well known to be connected with politicians and the current president – who happened to also be a superhero – they would bend to her will. Adrien never had to, except when her mother was invited to parties by Betty’s father. Then, he had to pretend he was a follower of her, like he was this spoiled diplomat kid who had power and abused it whenever he wanted.

He hated that persona diplomate kids took, acting like just because their parents moved and they had a high pay check to pay for things it meant they could treat people who didn’t have that like crap. It took Adrien a long time to accept what his parents did as they’d been doing it since he was a child. It was rare they’d let him stay with his nonna in Italy while they moved. He learned to work with what he lived with, even more so when the fighting was getting worse. He had every right to be like those other kids but he wasn’t going to let them turn him into something he wasn’t. So, he didn’t spend much time with Betty, not playing her mind games, unless he had no choice. Betty had her father wrapped around her finger and she knew it. in a school full of people whose parents needed him for something, if they pissed her off or went against her, all she had to do was go crying to daddy and all that support would be ripped away. With her dad standing right there, it didn’t take much for Adrien to guess why he was here.

“I hear you’ve been pretty close to these new heroes and villains. Must have been quite scary getting akumatized.”

“Something like that. Thankfully people like mama are trying to do things that will help.”

“And we’re hoping Signor St Claire will offer his support as well.” his mother said.

“You’re really gonna have to convince me, Rossi. So, what are you going to make me for dinner?”

Oh god, he was one of those guys.

“Take out. You’ll be staying at the Italian Embassy while we host you, I’m sure you’ll get sick of Italian food very quickly. Adrien, caro, why don’t you suggest something?”

“Ever had bahn mi?”

“N-no. can’t say I have. I’ll have to ask for your suggestion.”

“While Adrien does that, how about a glass of wine?”

That brightened him up. “If you’d be so kind.”

Because the kitchen was open into the living area, Adrin slipped into Italian, but still spoke softly. Betty might not have passed her foreign language classes but he wasn’t sure about her father.

“What’s going on?”

“After Hero Day, all those who came to France to offer help and suggestions finally agreed on things that should be implemented. But after going over the budget, we don’t have as much funds. Most money is put towards counseling for those who’ve been akumatized and we don’t feel right taking money from that for these suggestions. So, we’ve asked our countries to donate and even gone to the UN. We’re getting a grant from them but we’re still missing a substantial amount, an amount that most countries wouldn’t think to have set aside for instances like this. Except, of course…”

“For the US, New York specifically.”

With all the heroes and villains that lived and centered themselves in the city, it wouldn’t be surprising if a lot of funding was directed there. And because Signor St Claire was so close with those who controlled the direction of the money…

“Will he say yes?”

“That’s what this visit is about. I wish your father was here, he’s much better at this interacting with people part.” His mama was more of ‘Let’s solve this problem together’ compared to his father’s ‘Hi, it’s so nice to meet you. Let's be friends so if either of us need something, we can come to each other.’ “We’re even having a ball to celebrate connections between Italy and America that he’ll be representing America at. Betty will also be there.”

“Mama.”

“Adrien, please. You know I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important.”

And it was, god damnit, it was. If Paris wasn’t prepared for events where Miraculous Reset didn’t happen after a fight or if the heroes were unaware of the akuma due to its powers, they’d need help.

“You wanted to tell me something when we came in?”

Tell his mother about the best thing while they both had to deal with this? He was getting better at not hiding things from his parents, minus the thing with Lila, but he was sure Luka couldn’t begrudge him this.

“Not important. I’ll play nice.”

                             _______________________________

Luka looked around the reception area of the Italian Embassy. He’d seen pictures of a lot of museums and well-known buildings and castles in Italy and it seemed to fit. He mostly heard Italian being spoken, able to pick up a few words from what Adrien taught him, a bit of English and very accented French. The receptionist finally came around the corner, a man following her.

“Signor? This is Signor St Claire. He’ll be accepting the delivery.”

“I hear you have the name cards? And the ones for table settings?”

“Yes sir.” Luka handed him the box in question. He flinched a little when he pulled out a pocket knife to cut the tape and judging from the receptionist's face, she didn’t like it either. Opening the box and pulling out one of the cards, M. St Claire looked them over before nodding.

“Perfect. Here you go son.” He pulled out a $100 US bill and handed it to Luka, collapsing his knife and taking the box and leaving.

He looked at the sort of useless bill. His mom had a collection of $1 from every country she visited but he wasn’t planning on visiting America anytime soon. He was still trying to see if his school’s request to College Dupont would be accepted to allow him to join their class trip to London. He turned to the receptionist who’s exasperated face matched his.

“You can 100% say no, but do you mind…?”

“Of course. In fact, the Ambassador is heading to America with Signor St Claire when he leaves, I’m sure he’ll have change. I’ll be right back.”

“Thank you.” Unclipping his helmet, he pulled it off, ruffling his hair, wondering if he should text Adrien. The band’s parents were going to need to speak with Bob Roth and Jagged Stone to work out the details of the contract and their debut. He still couldn’t believe it when Adrien and Marinette told them. Adrien’s piano skills caught the rocker’s attention so much, he was giving them this chance to impress him just as much and Luka was dying to prove him right in giving them this chance.

“It’s so pretty!” Tikki climbed out of his hood, hiding under his hair as she looked around. “Is Adrien here?”

“I don’t know. I guess I could at least say hi to his mom.”

“It’s so small!” A new voice, accented French, worse than M. St Claire’s, echoed loudly in the hall as a girl Juleka’s age, with long curly red hair and a sneer on her lips came down the stairs. Following her, this odd look on his face was Adrien. “The school’s foyer is bigger than this. Daddy expects the party to be here?”

“The ballroom is big enough for the guest list.” Adrien said with a small smile. It didn’t seem real though.

“Please, it’s daddy. If they were at all smart, they’d have the ball at the hotel that idiot Mayor owns. I mean, can he even do that? Own a hotel, a movie company and run Paris? Though I guess the rest of the city knows where the actual power lies, with that brat of a daughter. I met her and she acted like she was so much better, with her little dog following her every word.”

Luka noticed Adrien’s hands clench, though the smile never left his face.

“Betty, this way, all the attention can be on you and your dad. A bigger ballroom would take away from that.”

The sneer morphed into a deformed smirk. “It would be a shame if that weren’t able to happen. My dress is from one of the best designers in New York. I hope you picked up some sense of fashion living here. I swear, you used to just wear whatever during free dress day at school.”

Luka then noticed it, Adrien’s heart song. It was normally a very pleasant piano melody. It’s tune changes depending on his mood. His favourite was the giddy yet soft tone it took when he kissed him. This… this was like you not knowing how to play the piano in terms of its chaos but oddly at the same time, you did know and you were going for a soundtrack that expressed all the anger in the world. But he still had that smile on his face.

“Well, no one can beat your fashion.”

“Obviously.” She scoffed, reaching the bottom of the stairs and heading to the front door when she spotted him. “And who are you? Thieves won’t get very far.”

“I don’t think he’s a thief.” Adrien jumped in. “Helmet and the fact that he’s still standing here probably means delivery guy?”

“Whatever. Still sure he’s stealing. I’m getting security.” The girl walked off before Luka could defend himself.

“I’m so sorry. Are you ok?”

“Are you? I can hear your heart song, it’s in chaos and you’re mad, like really mad. What’s going on?”

Before Adrien could answer, the receptionist returned, change in hand. “Here you are. Signor Rossi, anything I can help you with? Where’s Signoria St Claire?”

St Claire? As in the man who was carrying around a knife?

“Attempting to get security. I’ll go stop her. Sorry.” Adrien apologized, before running off after Betty. As much as he wanted to go after him, something told him it was better to leave. But he needed one more bit of information.

“Sorry, but is Boulangerie Patisserie doing pastries here tomorrow? I work as a delivery person for them and I was curious if I needed to plan to arrive early for this ball.”

“As far as I know, they might? We also have a local Italian bakery doing food as well.”

“Why did you want to know if Marinette’s family were working the event?” Tikki asked as he got to his bike.

“I haven’t heard from Adrien all day, so I want to know if this discord is something only, I've seen or if it’s something everyone knows about.”

Marinette was working at the register, her mother talking to someone on the phone and her father working away if the noise from the kitchen was any indication. She perked up at the sight of him, waving him over.

“Have you talked to Adrien?”

“I just saw him at the Embassy. Do you know what’s going on?”

“I don’t know the whole story, but he was dropped off by an embassy car this morning.” An odd start. Once Adrien knew his way to school, he either took the walk through the park or took the metro. “There was a girl with him. Chloe recognised her and Alya found her online. Elizabeth St Claire. She might have followers who are jealous of her lifestyle but most comments are about her behaviour and even Chloe couldn’t stand her. She met her the day before; her dad is an American diplomat with some pretty rich friends.”

Rich friends? “Wait, did Chloe mention anything about the decision for implementing things to help with akumas?”

“I think she said they agreed on things. She might have also mentioned something about money?”

When the talks started, his mom had mentioned she hoped they could afford it. Having to create a new budget to deal with akumatization was difficult and since Miraculous Reset fixed everything, the budget was kinda small. If Adrien was willingly hanging out with a person who’s manners clearly made him mad but had him biting his tongue, then there was a chance he had to pretend to be ok with this.

“Is your family doing an order for an event at the Italian Embassy?”

“Yeah, that’s why my mom’s on the phone. She’s doing a final check of their order. Did you want to come? The event’s in two days. I could use a hand as a waiter.”

“Please.”

                                    ________________________

“Can you believe that Boudoir girl? She looks like a little girl in that dress.”

“Bourgeois. Like the fashion critic. That’s her mother.” Adrien said, keeping the stupid peace though all he wanted was to shave Betty’s hair off. She was dressed in a backless short dress and had the nerve to say something bad about Chloe’s dress, the asymmetric hem and lace looking dainty on her, especially with her hair down.

“God, she must be so embarrassed that’s her daughter. I think I’d just kill myself.”

And he wanted to take the serving dish Luka and Marinette were carrying around and slam it on her head. Three days, he’d put up with her insults for three days while his mother tried getting the head of the St Claire family to agree to fund the ScarCat Assistance Program, as his mother finally announced it. He’d even heard Alya going insane over being asked to use the name for it. He'd distanced himself from his friends to keep his cool, which made things worse when Betty, who was always in the embassy car when he was dropped off, would loudly insult anyone she saw, giving fake smiles when they turned to her. He wanted to actually be violent with her, but he couldn’t. Not yet, not until his mom was covered. There’d been no approach by Scarlet Bug or Catseye about the note they left and while Scarlet Bug had disappeared the time he and Luka were going to St Vincent for the pictures, there was no telling what would happen if neither of the heroes were there to reset everything. They needed to program.

“Oh my god, look at those wait staff. What is this, such a sad excuse for Molin Rouge adaptation?”

“Moulin Rouge.”

“Don’t you have anything better to do than correct me all day?” she asked, turning to him.

“Sorry.”

She scoffed at him, walking away and he let his mask break a little to glare at her. Clearly Lila had spoiled him, he forgot how annoying she was.

“Deep breaths.” A very welcomed voice said, lifting a tray to him full of macaroons. “Yellow is your favourite.”

“Passion fruit.” He plucked one off and looked at his boyfriend. “I haven’t spoken to you in a while.”

“Marinette filled me in. Your ‘friend’ knows how to make an impression. If I didn’t know you, I would assume you were fine with her abuse.”

“We’re this close to getting the program, I just need to keep her happy.”

“Adrien!” Betty reappeared, looking annoyed. “You left me talking to myself like an idiot.”

Pasting that smile on again, he looked apologetic, “I didn’t know you wanted me to follow you. Macaroon?”

“Does it have eggs?”

“It’s a meringue cookie, so yes.” Luka answered. When he got a confused look he explained further, “Meringues are made with egg whites.”

“Gross. Get lost. Come on.” she dragged Adrien away, who gave Luka an apologetic look over his shoulder.

This continued and the mask of not being bothered was getting harder and harder to keep when his mother stepped on the steps and taped a fork to her glass. Once the room fell quiet, she smiled brightly.

“As many of you know, myself and other diplomates came to Paris to assist the mayor in efforts to help combat Hawkmoth and his attacks. During Hero Day it became very apparent we could not let this slip by us any longer. Measures and suggestions have been agreed upon and the Mayor is ready to implement the ScarCat Assistance Program, named after the famed blog that documents the heroes’ rescues. Our only issue had been money, even with donations made by each country. Tonight however, at this ball to celebrate the bond Italy and America have, their diplomat Signor St Claire has signed a check of 4 million and has already secured from the President of America, a hero in her own right, another 4 billion to put towards the program. With this, we can help Scarlet Bug and Catseye and for those moments where their magic fails, we have a way of helping the city when they can’t. a round of applause for Signor St Claire.”

“What kind of name is ScarBug? It sounds like a disease.” Betty said.

“The only disease is you and the words you constantly spew. It’s like you love hearing the sound of your own voice, even when it’s only capable of saying hate and insults. Take a look in the mirror you porca Eva and actually think for a second if by the time you leave school if anyone is going to want to be around you. I have put up with you insulting my friends these past few days when all I wanted to do was shove you down the stairs. Grow the fuck up and vaffanculo!” Adrien finally spouted. He was loud enough that they certainly got attention, but his mother had the band start playing again if only to distract a little.

“You can’t talk to me that way!”

“Why? You gonna go crying to daddy and tell him to pull the funding? Please, do that, in front of this whole ballroom, including the mayor of Paris and the cameras he has focused on him. I guarantee you that you’ll have gotten your dad fired faster than you can backstab someone.”

Betty let out a frustrated scream and stomped off and a few people who’d dealt with her applauded. He couldn’t help but truly smile as she tried complaining to her father, who was in the middle of guests.

“Caro, a word?” his mother whispered. “What were you thinking? I know you don’t like her but insulting her that loudly? And what about that language? I’m ashamed of you.”

“Mama, normally I’d care, even when it was Lila, but I don’t. It was bad enough playing nice with her at school when I couldn’t ignore her. I had to do it now while she insulted my friends, my boyfriend, staff at the embassy, I’m pretty sure you at one time.”

“Adrien.”

“Mama, I have wanted to do that for ages. Please, punish me later, but let me revel in this, just a little. Oh wait, don’t punish me.”

“And why not? Mio dio Adrien, your behaviour was worse than when you yelled at the Agreste girl in the middle of class.”

“I wanted to tell you before, Jagged Stone.”

“Did you find out I got you tickets? I have half a mind to ban you now.”

“You got me tickets? Wait, I’ll go back to that later. No, Marinette was commissioned to make a jacket for him and I went with her to ask him to save a ticket for me until I could get dad to send me the money, but turns out Marinette gets free tickets for the class. I was messing around on his piano during his fitting and he thought I was so good, he’s gonna get Bob Roth to honour his promise of a contract and he wants us to open for him at his first concert. Mama, Kitty Section is going to open for Jagged Stone.”

“You are? Oh caro, that’s amazing news! I’m so proud of you. It’s not getting you out of punishment, but I’m so happy for you.”

Ok, well he tried. But the good thing was, it sounded like he could do it and bonus, he was finally able to pull Betty down a few pegs.

[toestalucia]

Kou: What? You don't…have chocolate for me this year? Can I ask why? >I heard that you can't give foxes chocolate.

LOSING MY MIND CUZ 1) <-person who literally sent that question (but seriously) to venom IM GONNNAAAAAAAA 2) captain bullying a 12yo AGAIN is so fkng funny to me. but also kou who at this point is ssooo honest.......no wonder he's getting teased LOL him & you are both so cute

Caro: Whether you're an artist or not, it's important to nurture your heart.

m...mahoyaku......

Lu Woh: Even more so if the purpose of such practice is meant for one who has piqued your interest for reproduction. I repeat—I am one of the Six Dragons.

THIS ONE MADE ME LOSE IT. LIKE FIRST HES ALL 'we 6 dragons dont need stuff like food etc to survive this is wasted provisions' THEN HE SAID THIS AND IMMMMMMMMMMMMM LMFAAOOOOOO would u like to speak with helel ben shalem about the bees and the flowers i think itd be hilarious af & hell for captain. lu woh who was too honest about vyrn to the point of pissing of captain (rare moment) to lu woh who says this i dont think i can do this anymore chat

Ragazzo: Wha? Ch-chocolate? For me? Ah… Well, I mean, it's not like I didn't notice your feelings for me or anything— Huh? You're…handing them out to everybody? R-right, yeah, I knew that. Yep. In other words, you're giving chocolate to all the crew members as a token of friendship. Thanks. I appreciate it.

ragazzo playing tough only to be hit with the 'actually i give everyone' IS SSOOOOO FUNNYYYYYY LOLLLLL GOD let this turn into captain teasing him every year. i need terrible pranks. i miss captain & seofon 'u give/get chocolate to/from other ppl?:(' shenanigans (pls read seofons vday & white days, comedy deluxe). that but onesided, considering ragazzo......

Freyr: I see. So you slipped off a cliff while trying to pick that fruit. That was rather reckless of you in such poor weather.

fullkawa honpo's alice mention !!!!!!! (its not)

Balurga: What? Your hand slipped because you were tired from staying up all night making chocolate? Skull: You stayed up? After spending the past couple days busy with requests? That means you've barely slept at all… Do you got chocolate for brains? Go to bed, right now! I'll tuck you in and sing you a lullaby if I have to! Balurga: Can't believe I'm saying this, but Skull's got the right idea. You don't gotta push yourself like that! Huh? You wanted to make chocolates for us that badly… Thanks for caring, but… I'd rather not have chocolate with your blood, sweat, and tears in it.

out of all of the new ones ive read so far this is the sweetest captain-wise,,,like...u absolute fool (endearing). also skull & balurga being so ????? go to BED!!!!!!!!! about it is something i rly like too. excellent. glad to see units & characters i rly like get seasonals i rly like

Lobelia: Let's make this a day to remember. Je t'aime, Captain.

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Utsusemi: I know that this emotion can bring no joy to a courtesan, but I can't bring myself to throw it away. Therefore… I would leave it in your care. This savage, fiery emotion… You will find it in this box. If you doubt me, then witness it with your own eyes. Captain opens the box as if in a trance, only to let out a short cry when a spring propels something out of it at high speed. Utsusemi: He… Hehe… Hahaha! Well that was a cute reaction indeed! To think that a jack-in-the-box would be so effective…

KBJAFBJKADBJKAD PLEEEEAASSEEEEE BE PRANKING VDAY/WHITE DAY BUDDIES PLLEEASEE PLEEASEE CYGAMES I NEED THIS SO BAD...NOT THE JUMPSCARE...i need to read her fate eps shes growing on me sm just from the seasonals

Meg: Ehehe. Truth be told, Mari, the one I gave you has special ingredients and is different from the rest. I hope you like it. Mari: (Wow, you were so upfront about that, it may as well have been a wedding proposal!)

me when i read mhyk

Meg: By the way, Mari, did you happen to have any chocolate for Captain? Mari: Mm-hm, sure do. Here you go, Captain. A little thank-you for all you do for us. With all the delight of the proud victor of an imagined love triangle, Mari places a miniscule piece of chocolate on Captain's pinky.

LNKADNKLADNKLADNKLADNKLADNKLADNKLDNKLA?!?!?!?!?!?! MARI...CMON....................i actually was surprised she had choco for captain THEN SHE HIT ME WITH THAAAATTT................I KNOW U LOVE MEG BUT...........god im so thankful for the megmari unit. mari is excellent. the seasonal where shes like 'ill make sure the kitchen width is just right so our shoulders brush when we cook' ??????? u r my favorite person. also when mari thought deliford was in love with sandal. lord. u need to be in every single event

Cosmos: Thought one thing Satyr said remains a mystery to me. She mentioned that skydwellers "put their love" into the chocolate. I followed her instructions to whisper my feelings to the chocolate while making a heart shape with my hands. But I remain uncertain as to whether that affected the flavor.

WHAT IS SATYR TEACHING EVERYONEEEEEEEEEEE

[musigrusi]

Aight this is Pt.2 of my list, enjoy

Part 1

Farah

HABIBI MY SISTERRRR

Will cook Couscous all day every day for her istg

Inshallah may your days be forever blessed and your plans always sucessful

Mashallah

The rEAL kind of Tea Time with pine nuts and everything, fight me

Will probs bicker about different pronounciations, 10/10 tho

I will make use of all the bomb/arab jokes I have been told and rate em with her. Will also make use of my new bomb skills I learned from Soap lol.

Throwing shoe contests

Alex

I feel like he would be the kind to speak arabic with that horrible western accent

Will defo tag team with Farah to make fun of him

Will also console him when he feels bullied

"You're doing great baby, it aint your fault you are linguistically challenged. DW we still love you"

That kind of shit

Will teach him niche curse words and tell him it's a compliment

Will watch from afar how he gets decked by Farah lol

He has a crush on Farah, say what you want. And I will bully him relentlessly about it.

I will, however, be his wingman and tell him all the things she likes/dislikes. Will teach him how to cook and season AND, most importantly, how to evade the flying shoe™

Laswell

MOTHER

I wanna be adopted by her and her wife

Will chase her with adoption papers until they are signed

That is all

Thank you for comming to my TED Talk

Valeria

The love hate of siblings, but make it two sisters.

Don't touch my stuff or I will eat your liver

But also don't touch her or I will eat your liver

Will throw chanclas at her for no reason

I can see her make my blood boil by teasing and annoying me

But I would give that vibe back tenfold

Will start a new rumor abt her and Alejandro every week

Will make and execute plans to lock her and him in a room and shit like that.

Gift her a cool shirt and wait until she wears it comfortably as her PJs before telling her that it's Alejandro's

Will send video footage of her sleeping in it and then her finding out to Alejandro and all of Los Vaqueros

Roach

I don't have too much to go off of him but the mother instincts are tingling

Teach me ASL, this is not a request, thank you

I *will* mother him just as badly as Gaz and Rodolfo, if not more.

Can't handle spice? Blasphemy, but I shall make you a serving with minimal spice.

König

Strap in, this is gonna be a long one

Listen up you Austrian Fuck

Honestly, I feel kinda bad for him because,

If he speaks English, I would have a meltdown over his pronounciation

If he spoke German, I would have a laugh flash over his dialect.

There is no way he could evade my bullying

Constant bickering over whose pronounciation is correct.

Listen you fuckwhipe, it's "Brätzel" with a nice and short ä NOT "BREEEEETZEL" OR WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU CALL IT.

This would all be in good humor

Not

Will bond over mutual hate of English and American"bread" listen, i dont know what bread ever did to offend you so much to lead you down such a dark path of mutilating its recepie but pls come back to the light

Cook off, because I like Austrian dishes and I will bribe him with Maultaschen, Röschti and Fondue.

Will have him speak French for comedy (have you ever heard an Austrian speak French? You are missing out on A-tier commedy my friend)

Mutual agreed silence

The germanic awkwardness is not felt between us.

The 'tism will also be happy, 10/10

Will force it to cuddle

Horrible Schlager and Après-Ski playlists playing on enless loop just to piss him off

Will use increasingly cringey pet names on him

Mausi/Müüsli, Schatzi/Schätzeli, Schnuggeli, Gaggibolle, Pupser, Zuckerschnute, Zimtschnecke/Schnäggli, (Creme)Schnittchen, Spatzi/Späzzli, Schnuggelpupser, Hasi/Hääsli, Bärchen, Entchen

Listen I have an endless list not only in German, but Swiss German too, which is infinitely more cringe fight me

I would not be above using French and Italian terms of endearment either because, do you know how sappy they are? You'll get a stroke just hearing them

Mon bijou, Amore, mon chéri, Caro, mon âme, Tesoro, Chouchou, mon coeur *insert gagging*

Can't rlly curse him out in my dialect since there's a 85% chance he'd understand it all, but also

He could not curse me out in his dialect bc there's an 90% chance I'd understand it all lmao.

Can and will constantly complain that he is TOO DAMN BIG and promptly abuse him for whatever one can use a large strong man for.

Will compliment on said strength and revel in his subsequent shyness over the compliment.

I could see myself be overly agressive with compliments for the sole benefit of turning him beat red or very quiet.

I love Nietsche and Kafka, two german speaking authors that the majority of german speakers hate with a burning passion. Naturally, if he were bed ridden with injury or sickness, I'd read him works of the two to him.

I am such a kind and compassionate friend, am I not?

Anyways that is all lol enjoy

[percocet]

home finally!!! recount of the night:

the opening band FUCKED and fucked hard. tonight was the first live show they played in 3 yrs!! and they're from the city i go to uni in and at the merch stand we ended up talking about it. they're so cute and funny. i was like hey do u take debit card my friend here doesn't have canadian money. and they were like no but i'll literally trade you anything you want for that red bull jacket you're wearing. and caro was like HAHAH I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY TO TAKE IT OFF THEM. i got a t-shirt :)

KAYLEIGH. is so lovely. omg. she took time between songs to chat about her thought processes while writing, joked around with us, kept it real. she's so eloquent and i was lowkey pissed off at the back of the crowd for talking while she was talking because like hello! yeah i know she's not bringing like heavy bangers or whatever but she's literally sharing her heart with us. show some love? during her second last song the pit opened tho and she stopped singing for a moment to be like awh you guys are rad as fuck. fell in love w her tonight.

i had pre-show jitters before ls dunes came on because this was like. my first ever show where i was general admission! standing on the floor!! moshing, even!!! and i was worried i'd get squished or hurt or wouldn't be able to see shit and i got myself in a state for like. nothing lol. it was fine. it was more than fine. there were moments where the crowd would part before me like the red goddamn sea and anthony or frank or travis would be like Right There.

tucker rule is so fucking good. did not miss at any point during the set. also it was his birthday! we sang happy birthday very badly for him!! i will upload that in a sec lol

before past lives, frank said "mark, could we get a LOT less anthony and tucker's ears. thank you so much." and anthony said "can you take me out of tucker's ear?" while frank threw his arms up like "sorry, SORRY. i don't want to be the guy who has to say it!" then anthony went, "what the fuck, tucker?" and frank grabbed the mic immediately like "can we get some xanax in tucker's ears, please?" they fucked around for a couple seconds and then anthony said "everybody just needs less of me" to which frank responded. "i'll take whatever they got.... and if i could get more of MY vocal, please." then frank tucked his hair behind his ears. said "okay im done with them." insane little duo. im going to gif this instead of sleeping

people went insane during permanent rebellion and past lives. anthony stood on a mountain of people at one point in the latter song. i think i stopped breathing it was intense

encore was 2022 and sleep cult! we all sang the shadoop shoobeedoop part and god the entire crowd singing "sorry that i wish that i was dead"....... punch in the gut. kayleigh also came on stage for it!! so good. also they extended the ending for maximum psychological damage. i love this song and this record

caro and i got chatime after and then got lost in toronto because apparently even though i've moved here i know fuck all about the ttc 😭 literally had . the most fun ever and it's 2:30 am and i have to be up at 6 to picket at 7 so i think i'll just be up. oughh so much love in my heart. so much love!!

[dangermousie]

Emperor and Empress of drama

Watching them snarl and snark at each other is pretty hilarious.

Ivan just can’t stop - he keeps picking and picking on the principle that any attention from Julia is better than none. He’s still acting on the kindergarten pigtail pulling principle.

I think Marcos is about to start banging their heads together. I do love that calm, steady Marcos utterly and completely does not get Ivan’s tempestuous relationship and just operates on “as long as it makes you happy bro, I guess.”

Watching Ivan be jealous about Ruben is so tasty! And the more he denies it, the more amusing it gets. I love how nobody buys he doesn’t care except Julia, who is too emotionally involved.

Gotta say, I have a small soft spot for slimy but muscular Ruben. Someone so shamelessly going “you are using me to piss off your boyfriend, pls continue and oh maybe we should bang to really piss him off” is endlessly entertaining.

“It’s tough to have your tongue or penis be a hot woman’s instrument of revenge but someone’s got to do it,” clearly thinks Ruben. Of course the kiss does get interrupted before it happens but can’t say he didn’t try.

The thing with Roque is he is such an interesting character. He’s a traitor and he murdered Caro but he also cares for them, just not as much for his own neck. It’s one of those situations that if he wasn’t in an extreme unimaginable situation, he’d have probably remained good but as is...

There is something very fundamentally sane and decent in Julia. She cannot get this sort of thing on a basic emotional level. And I think because before her father was murdered in her late teens, she had a loving, normal, very functional childhood and upbringing. That is why, outside of her acting out with stepdad in the immediate aftermath of trauma (father murdered, ghost seeing ability activating, mom sticking her into psych ward), she is good at healthy processes and healthy coping mechanisms.

But also, Julia is sort of right here only she’s not warped enough to get why Roque’s rebuttal is not truly a rebuttal. Noiret does not view Ivan as his son - with his bio son he’s quite nice. And Wolf only viewed Irene as an inferior clone copy of his actual daughter, only object to be used. They are capable of (monstrous) love, it’s just everyone outside of their blood and appropriate degree of purity is a subhuman to be used whichever way.

I love that literally everyone can see all Ivan and Julia want to do is jump each other, they just can’t figure out how to get past that fight....

[writing-winters]

sgroa: vampire diaries, s1 e16: there goes the neighborhood

Hola, y’all, how’s the heat where you are? We got two days of 70-degree temps, and now we’re back to high 90s! Thank all the various gods that it’s the solstice, and darkness returns to us apace. Let’s get started!

We open on the vamp house - covenhouse? - where the raveyard vamps are learning about television and getting haircuts.

Why. Why are vampires getting haircuts. WTF. I - You know what? Let’s just ignore this and move on, shall we? It’s hot, it’s summer, I do not have the energy to get into why vampires almost never need haircuts and why the fuck are you writing/directing/running a show about vampires if you can’t even be trusted to know that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

MOVING ON. Anna goes from teaching a TV class to seeing the homeowner, Ms. Gibbons, being chomped. She gives the male vamp chomping the stinkeye, and he disengages. Ms. Gibbons asks if he had enough, and Anna tells her to go get some rest - and we can see that she also has bites on her throat. Male vamp says no, she feels fine, and she agrees - so she’s been mojo’d and this is all compulsion. Anna doesn’t look thrilled, and then we get our opening sting.

Matt is parenting his mother before school, which is awful. Not, like, the scene, but it’s awful for Matt. I’m pissed at his mom, mother-to-mother, because bitch, this is your job. You chose to have that kid. Fuckin’ step up. Jesus.

Elena and Stefan are gossiping at her locker. Damon is still depressed, won’t talk about Katharine, and has Elena decided what to do about her vampire birth mother? Who apparently is related to Katharine? Elena says that like it’s a fact, but I thought it was Damon’s depressed ramblings. Vampire Diaries, I wish I knew how to pay attention to you!

Back at the covenhouse, Anna’s mom is showing Harper (the vamp from the woods last episode) how to text, when they trigger Anna’s voicemail. She’s saving one from Jeremy, and she comes in to stop the phone playing. Harper asks if that’s her boyfriend, and her mom says, “Of course not!” in a scandalized tone. Uh-oh, did someone catch feelings?

Oh, Anna’s mom is Pearl, thank you for the reminder, Harper! Anyway, Anna and Pearl are taking Gibbons’s car and ATM card into town, where they have vague “business”, as Pearl says to the vamp who was eating Gibbons in the open: Frederick. He objects to being a “babysitter”, and Pearl reminds him that they have to cooperate with each other. Which - yes, of course they do, they evolved as humans. I’ve never understood why so much vampire media insists that vampires are weirdly territorial and always want to kill each other and shit. Why? Do you know people like that? Gross. You should maybe not hang out with them anymore, they’re broken.

Matt was distracted by his mother and maybe Elena and didn’t kiss Caroline before heading to class, which I didn’t think was hugely important, but now Caro is inviting Elena and Stefan on a double-date night with her and Matt, so. Oh, she thinks it will lead to them all getting over their awkwardness - because Elena and Matt used to date, remember. Stefan agrees with Caro, so Elena acquiesces.

Pearl goes to see Damon. She was able to waltz right in because no human lives there. Anna asks what they do about other vampires, and he says he kills them. He tries to demonstrate on Pearl, but she bends his hand back easily and suggests they sit down to talk instead.

The drama! How are these vampires all so strong and good-looking after being entombed for 145 years? Like, they were starved, they were basically left for dead. They’ve been eating whom, Ms. Gibbons? All 27 of them? They can’t eat animals, but they can all share one donor for weeks? (Okay, we don’t know it’s weeks, it might have been a day and a half, the way this show is.) And Pearl can beat the crap out of Damon.

Y’all, I haven’t even mentioned that it is broad fuckin’ daylight, again, either.

Jeremy decides to ask ChatGPT how to become or kill a vampire. Just kidding, it’s an actual chat room, this is like, 2008 or something. He gets joke answers, and we cut away to Pearl and Damon as he settles in after asking for serious answers only.

Pearl and Anna tell Damon they know about the Founding Families’ Council, and that Damon’s on it, and that he’s supplying vervain. They want all the names of the Council and for him to stop supplying. Damon scoffs and asks what it’s supposed to achieve. They want their town back. Damon doesn’t give a shit, and Pearl offers him Katharine. But Damon doesn’t want her! First of all, he doesn’t think Pearl could even find her, but secondly, he’s not going to be her “little minion”.

So Pearl puts her thumbs in his eyes, and he’s unable to get her off. She says she has 400 years on him, and yes, that may be true, but YOU WERE IN A BOX FOR 150 YEARS.

Y’all. Y’ALL. I HAVE A CHARACTER WHO WAS STARVED IN A BOX SINCE THE 1860s! My man was not in a position to be doing anything but eating and killing entire grown people for several years after that. YEARS.

Elena thinks they should cancel on Caroline and Matt, but Stefan says this is what he’s wanted: to hang out with his girlfriend, to have as normal a life as possible. He’s been looking forward to it! Elena acquiesces.

The “business” Pearl and Anna have in town is meeting Jenna, who is apparently a realtor, to look at the old apothecary shop that they… used to own? So who owns it now? Shouldn’t they still own it, if they never sold it? Shouldn’t some sort of lawyer’s clause have kicked in when they disappeared?

I know too much. I cannot be trusted to just go along with the plot. I’m way too autistic for that, and I fuckin’ love logistics.

Damon rolls up to the bar at The Grill with sunglasses on, but when Matt’s mom asks him what the deal is, he takes them off, and his eyes are fine. Kelly says he’s new around here, and she would have remembered someone who looked like him when he says he’s not. She’s been blown off for the bartending job interview - she did fuck the manager’s boyfriend last time she was in town - and is about to hit on Damon really hard when Jenna walks in and Kelly invites her to drink with them and catch up. Because there’s nothing a television show likes more than everyone knowing everyone else - so no one ever leaves town, or only for college, or only until they decide to marry their high school sweetheart, or whatever. So weird to me. I grew up in Connecticut, my husband in Wisconsin, we met in Phoenix and currently live in Denver. Like. Do people just… sit and stay?

Back at the covenhouse, trouble is brewing. Despite being told how to use television and the internet, a bunch of vamps are just sitting around, staring at each other. And because there’s nothing vampires like more than never mastering their emotions, Harper and Frederick are getting into it.

Pearl comes in and stops the fight. Frederick wants to go into town, but she says they have to keep a low profile. How did this jabroni survive? YOU’RE A VAMPIRE. You have to hide. Get your shit together, my god.

The double date is going well, until we learn that Kelly and Elena’s mom were best friends, and she and Matt have known each other literally since they were babies. Then Matt looks over at the bar and sees Kelly drinking with Damon, Elena sees Jenna with them, and everyone on the double date is very disapproving.

Frederick and a female vamp, Beth-Ann, are going to town. Harper catches them, and Frederick’s all, “gonna stop me?” But no, obviously not, he’s just going to tell Pearl and she’s going to kill you, dude.

Anna shows up at Jeremy’s. He doesn’t look terribly enthused, and when she goes past him into the house - she’s already been invited in - he looks positively terrified.

Nonsense at The Grill - Damon suggests they get hammered, Elena talks about the first time she and Matt got drunk, Jenna notices the kids are there.

Jeremy asks why Anna and her mom decided to stay in town. “Business opportunity,” she says, her mom is going to open a store. And Anna might go back to school, but she’d have to ask. “I wish you were going now,” says Jeremy, “because I could use some help with my history paper about VAMPIRES.”

But he has a theory that vampires are maybe just outsiders, just misunderstood. She gave him all that info before, what does she think? “I made that up, Jeremy. I wanted you to like me. Vampires aren’t real.” Oh. OK. Sure. I don’t think he’s convinced, Anna.

The girls go to the bathroom, and Caro tells Elena to stop going down memory lane with Matt. “The point was to show him how much you like Stefan,” she says, and stalks away back to the pool tables. Elena follows, but is immediately intercepted by Frederick, who calls her Katharine. “You have the wrong person,” she says, and he hangs onto her arm for an uncomfortably long moment before saying it’s his mistake.

She goes directly to Stefan, whom Frederick recognizes, and very obviously texts him what’s going on. He immediately looks up at Frederick - but he and Beth-Ann are gone.

In the car on the way… home? Elena says she wants to deal with it tomorrow. Oh, Stefan’s house, they’re gonna watch a movie or something, I guess. Caroline feels like she’s been there before, lol. Stefan and Matt bond over cars. Matt brings up a Camaro Elena’s dad used to have, and Caro says she doesn’t like sports cars: they’re too hard to make out in. “Nah,” says Matt, “it wasn’t that bad,” and immediately everyone knows he fucked up, and Caroline goes back to the house.

It doesn’t bother Stefan, and Matt tells him he’s happy Elena is with him. She’s happy, and that’s what matters to Matt. Aw. Get it together, Matty, or you’ll lose Caroline.

Jenna leaves Damon and Kelly practically sucking face at the bar, and walks out to find Frederick and break her shoe. He breaks the other one for her, and then asks her about Damon, saying they “go way back”. But he’d rather talk to her, and tries to mojo her into going with him, but obviously she’s got the vervain amulet. She gets her cab, and maybe Frederick realizes he doesn’t know everything.

Matt gets the engine going on Stefan’s - it might be a Karmann Ghia, but I’m not 100% on that - anyway, he gets it to run, and they head back to the girls, and because everyone senses the tension between Caroline and everyone else, Stefan tells Matt and her to take it for a drive.

Jeremy makes Anna and him sandwiches, and while her back is turned, he cuts his hand on purpose to see her reaction. He gets her to vamp out and she chomps him - well, chomps his already-bleeding hand. Jenna interrupts, and Anna goes out the back door while Jeremy is distracted.

Y’all, not a lot of jokes this week, but we’re back in the land of super-quick scenes, nine million cuts, and absolutely zero plot movement. Well, maybe not zero, but it is very little. Most of this ep is just relationship drama, which is not what I’m here for, frankly.

Matt and Caro make up and make out. Obviously. I do like them, they’re the least irritating people on this show, and Caro proves her point about sports cars, heh.

Damon brings Kelly home, and right about the time her legs are wrapped around him in the FRONT HALLWAY, Matt and Caroline come back in, followed shortly by Elena and Stefan, who’ve been alerted by Matt’s very loud, “MOM?!”

Kelly slinks back through the door, Matt follows, I’m sure Stefan’s lecture to Damon will be boring as usual. Stefan sends the girls home, and of course Frederick is watching the house. So no, Stefan’s lecture will not be boring: it will be interrupted by Frederick flying through a window, followed by Beth-Ann, to have a vamp fight in the house. What these men must spend on glazers, wouldn’t it be easier to have a butler or something?

Frederick gets away, Beth-Ann looks dead but we’ll see. Stefan says he recognizes them from 1864, and Damon says, “About that….”

Damon. DAMON. You didn’t tell him the crypt is open?!?!?!?!?!? You couldn’t send a damn text all day?

Matt’s lecture to his mother, on the other hand, is excellent. She’s drunk at the bar, where HE works to pay bills that SHE doesn’t? She’s tryna fuck a guy half her age? She’s always drunk somewhere? She says he’s right, and she’ll try.

Elena and Jeremy meet in the bathroom to brush their teeth. “How was your night?” says Jeremy. “Same old, same old,” says Elena, and they brush in silence.

Frederick goes back to the covenhouse. Pearl is waiting, and asks after Beth-Ann. “She won’t be coming back,” he says. “We shouldn’t have left.”

She fixes him a glass of blood from a motherfucking WATER BOTTLE, and I do not have time for that, we’re just gonna move along - She fixes a glass of blood for him, then stabs him in the stomach with a wooden spoon and throws the blood on him. “Next time you’ll listen to me.” Ooh, Pearl might become my new fave, that was excellent. Not the water bottle, obviously, but I… can’t. We have three minutes left, I’m out of steam.

Elena lets Stefan know she made it home okay.

Anna shows up in Jeremy’s bedroom. She could have killed him. She should have. But she didn’t. How did he know? He tells her about Vicki, and the articles, and her own eyeballs when he kissed her. Why didn’t she kill him? She says she’s a sucker for lost guys, like him. Why did he take the chance? Because maybe it means Vicki’s still out there, alive.

And because he wants Anna to turn him.

[hana-akari]

“It’s your fault my ass is naked.” 

Sakura pouted at him, stepping away to pick up her gun off the floor and strap it to her leg where it usually sat. It was an expensive handgun. Gold, with a dragon carved into it. It was a wedding gift to replace her old one that was getting rather beat up. It served her well and so will this one. Though she didn’t resort to the gun often. Sakura was strong, and a well known street fighter. Despite the classy clothing she wore, Sakura was not one to underestimate. She was the daughter of a Don, and now wife to a future one. It was expected for women to be strong, so they could back up their husbands, no matter the situation. Shisui wouldn’t have to worry much about her. At a glance people would assume she’s just the pretty wife decorating his arm, but in reality, she had no issue ending a life if needed.

“I suppose I don’t blame her either… It takes a strong type of person to handle this lifestyle. Like us, my parents were an arranged marriage, it just worked out that they ended up loving each other. I suppose just like us too.” Sakura grinned a bit, she was quite happy how the marriage turned out between them. Shisui didn’t turn out to be the stuck up man she worried he was going to be. He was a fun, free spirit like she was. But also dangerous. She very much liked that aspect of him too,

“The Harunos hailed from China originally, but eventually set up business here, in Japan. What an odd mix the two of us make.” Her fingers brushed over her wedding ring. Something she hasn’t taken off since their marriage. Marriage was an important thing in her family. Something to take pride in. And Sakura did. She was proud of her husband and didn’t care what anyone said about him. Sakura was going to remain loyal to him until the end.

When they got there, Sakura waited for him to open the door for her. She carefully stepped out, pulling down her dress a bit to make sure nothing was exposed. Shisui certainly put her in an odd position ordering her to go without panties. Her expression also grew serious, now it was down to business. Well serious, and then absolutely pissed and offended when she was practically shoved to the side so a bunch of dumbasses could try to light her husband’s cigarette. Losing her temper for a moment, she grabbed the man that pushed her by the collar and yanked him up in the air, reminding everyone of how strong she was,

“Do you want to die?! Watch who you’re shoving!”

Sakura hissed at him before shoving him away from her. She was the daughter of a Don and the wife of a future one. Sakura deserves respect and she demanded it from people. With a huff, she brushed herself off like she got touched by trash. Not caring to listen to the men bicker, she walked off to examine the crime scene. It looked an awful lot like the bombing of her own family’s warehouses. She used her heels to kick around some rubble to find something, and she found exactly what she was looking for. The remains of a pipe bomb. 

Bending down carefully, she picked up the bomb and made her way back to Shisui, hearing just the end of the conversation. Sakura’s face scrunched up at his choice of words, “Lingua, caro marito.” (Language, dear husband.) She might as well make it known that she could understand Italian. Sakura knew multiple languages just for the sake of making deals with other countries easier. 

“I believe the people that attacked here are the same people that attacked my family’s warehouses. The experimental drug I was working on was taken… And now they’ve stolen weapons. This might be the actions of some small, no name gang trying to play with the big dogs. If they actually had good money and resources, they wouldn’t be using such childish things as pipe bombs to stage their attacks.”

Sakura showed off the crudely put together bomb. While Shisui’s family dealt with guns, Sakura’s family dealt with drugs and organ trafficking. Prior to getting married, Sakura had a hobby of making new drugs that might be useful for the future. She had a medical degree, might as well put the knowledge to use. That’s also what made her so dangerous. She had extensive knowledge of the human body, and knew where to hit and attack to cause the most damage. Sakura was also known for meddling with poisons too. She let out an irritated sigh before tossing the bomb towards a passing man, “Here, catch.” The man just barely caught it before she returned her focus back to Shisui and Kagumi.

“You should be relieved to know, if anyone takes the drug they stole from me, they will die a miserably slow death. I never got the chance to perfect it… I was kinda busy getting married.” It was rather odd that this all happened right before they got married and right after like it was well planned. Sakura gave Kagami a smile,

“Pleasure to see you again, Kagami. We haven’t spoken since the wedding. Wish it was under better circumstances.” She shrugged a bit, rather calm about the whole situation. This was just something you come to expect being a part of this.

The slang I never lose was somehow familiar to him. At first, he did lose often, and men or Kagami's business partners would tease him. Saying 'Kagami why didn't you learn your pup to play better?' But in time he learned the unspoken rules of the game, if you can't win with your skill or wits, you need to be cunning you need to cheat. On his forefinger always rested a silver ring, similar to simple wedding rings men would have. But the purpose of this ring was something different, it was like a mirror while he deal cards he could see which cards went where.

"Maybe later we go after the world but for now we go and see who twisted our pants, lucky you, you have a dress on your naked ass" He teases, leaving a few bottoms of his white shirt open revealing his collar bone. He rubs some oil in his curls to calm them on the left side of his face, jacket over his back. A moment later they were in the car, going to the meeting spot, where he was summoned, by the clan leader, by his father, by Kagami. A rebelious son returns.

"Yes I am not pure blood my mother is Italian. She left my father because she could not stand these mafia wars any longer. Can't blame her" Shisui was out of the car holding the doors for her to come out. It looked as if the war broke out at the docks. It was obvious that there was some kind of explosion, but contained now. Few cops talking with Kagami, his lap dogs money will get you anywhere.

Shiasui took out a cigarette and just like that like magic, men and their subordinates pushed each other with extended arms, holding lighters to light Shisui's cig. "Fuck off all of you" He was annoyed all over again. That boyish face is completely gone, replaced with Aa mask of young future Don. Sakura is yet to meet and see the cruelty that lies in his heart. He shows no mercy, no second chance, in this world where he lives that is impossible.

"So they destroyed or more likely exposed two of our storages with weapons. You see, we sell weapons and explosive devices to anyone rich enough to pay. But the public eye sees a Charity company that helps develop and improve agriculture. Who helps farmers to produce. To put it simply it's a two-faced play from which we take income. Looks like we got competition or someone is rebelling against us"

After exchanging a few words with Kagami which were brief and fast they sounded angry, but all were spoken in Italian. That happened often when inraged Shisui would speak in his mother tongue. Which would only piss off Kagami even more

'Sei proprio come tua madre! (You are just like your mother!) Kagami would accuse, but Shisui would reply, yes he had a very nasty tongue.

"Almeno non sono diventato un fottuto frocio all'improvviso!" (At least I didn't suddenly become a fucking fagot!) Yes, he was not choosing his words. And they would argue God knows how long, but one of the men found a short message, directed at them. Death to Uchiha! Written in blood.

"We have scores upon scores of enemies, this isn't helping much"

[mermaidsirennikita]

I personally think more romance novels should have absolutely horrible heroes who beg the heroines to say I love you during sex; only to be firmly rebuffed by their equally wacky women

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1920’s ripper Stefan was something else 🤤 what’s your fave ripper Stefan era?

So my absolute biased answer is S6 Ripper Stefan because he was OBSESSED with Caroline and that's how I like my Stefan, completely obsessed with Caroline. But I am instead going to give you an episode from each Ripper Stefan era because what I love about Ripper Stefan is he revels in all the qualities that Regular Stefan tries to keep hidden, his mean side.

3x03: 1920s Ripper Stefan was A MOMENT! The fact that he had two original vampires obsessed with him because he had such charm and charisma while also being a completely manipulative psychopath was awesome to watch. When he made that guy drink his wife's blood and Klaus looked in awe like "he's the worst person I've ever met, I want to travel the world with him" one of the best flashbacks the show ever did.

6x17: Probably my favorite Ripper Stefan episode because he took to heart what he said in 3x11 to beat the villain you gotta me the better villain. NH!Caro completely outsmarted him and he had no idea she'd be as ruthless as he was in getting him to shut it off to leave her alone and he wanted revenge. The way he used everything he taught her about her bloodlust to get her to lose control was a masterclass in manipulation only Stefan could pull off. The way him seducing Caroline by feeding on that girl to make her give up control paralleling with him teaching her control in the bathroom. Lives rent free in my mind.

8x08: Again this was about teaching Damon a lesson, he was pissed Damon tricked him into making that deal with Cade (he said it twice) and thinking this would be easy for Damon. He was also mad Damon had something that was triggering his humanity. The way he used Dr. Elena in his diabolical plan because he loves nothing more than messing with people, hell that was the first thing he taught NH!Caro to do after she let go, fuck with people. He kept giving people morality tests and it was a joy to watch, I love when the show embraces the fact that deep down Stefan is the more evil brother. When his humanity is on he fights against it but when it's not he is one of the best villains on the show.