#amusing muse musings

[wavemaker9]

thinking of spn au again, specifically a thought for gil and kyle

basically, instead of gil and kyle both starting out hunting together at the start of the "series", it could be a scenario where one of the brothers has to come recruit the other for help similar to the show. however, instead of it being a "who follows their dad vs who doesn't" sort of conflict like the main boys had, it still Kinda being dad trauma but: gil is still hunting and kyle is living civilian life but he's spiraled a bit hard, doing bartender work on his better days but sometimes it's clear when the depression and self-doubt Has Got him.

the reason is because at least kyle WANTED to be a hunter, maybe Gil too or Gil being more hesitant to be a hunter in the way that art taught them? But. Well. (gestures at the pair) between the two, Gil was seen as the better behaved kid. Also the older one, more responsible, but Kyle really struggled with the hunter work, especially since he's be trained for a lot of it as a child/teen. it'd be hard for him to do any of the research necessary for missions, hard for him to do the quiet and careful stakeouts and hunts required to catch their targets by surprised. Gil's loud and playful and stuff too, but he's good at research, he's better at behaving when he means to be behaved (even if he also has his authority thing like kyle has sometimes). Gil prob wasn't the Perfect Hunter under Art's teachings either, but he shined in comparison to Kyle, who really just liked the thrills and the helping people- but if he couldn't get the other parts down too, one day he was going to get himself killed.

Kyle and Art eventually having a big enough fight where kyle goes to leave and Arthur not only doesn't stop him, but maybe encourages him more or less. Kyle wants to believe that he's more important than he's starting to see himself as (aka ANY importance besides "the one that causes problems for the other two"), and Arthur doesn't have the emotional understanding enough to put his pride aside for his son, especially when he can probably reason it (and justify it to gil as) "this is safer for kyle. if he can't do the job right, continuing to let him do the job will get him killed, if not all of us killed. he'll be safer in civilian life than he will be with us." which i imagine gil isn't happy about, doesn't Exactly agree with, but he gets that there IS some factor of this potentially being safer and healthier for kyle, not to mention potentially happier when it was getting to a point where kyle and art were arguing all the fucking time and not just about hunting shit anymore.

gil himself staying with art to continue hunting because of wanting to help people. this is not following his dad's orders or even being convinced that art's orders were worth following (between the two, i feel like kyle was leaning more towards that until later on when he Wasn't because art was so critical of him), this is "we still need to help people and right now arthur needs someone to watch his back more than kyle does."

i think gil still tries to keep an eye on kyle and keep in contact with him some, but kyle doesn't get gil's reasoning and is too mad to listen to it right away, so he just sees this as a betrayal and cuts ties with both of them, leaving him on his own.

things change and gil and kyle start working together when something goes wrong after gil and art get split. gil reaching out to kyle on the low point of one of kyle's mood dips, and kyle tries to resist talking to gil again but reluctantly listens when gil mentions art likely being in danger. as angry as kyle is at art, that's his dad and he does at the end of the day love him, so reluctantly listens and joins along. i imagine him not having many ties to cut at this point- we don't need a sig other burning on the ceiling or anything. kyle had little ties in his life right now and i could imagine given the spiral he was starting into, probably already recently fired from his bartending job so didn't have much holding him down anyway. it's largely his anger at art and gil that lead to any hesitation, but he still cares and A, wants to make sure his brother and father are okay, and B, he still wants to help protect others via hunting too. he never STOPPED wanting to be a hunter, he was just so angry about not feeling like he COULD be a hunter thanks to art that he gave up.

kyle's grudge against gil holding for a bit until it coming out that… okay, art was actually gone for a little bit longer than first implied when gil came to get kyle. he thought he could find art on his own, and yes, he's partially here because he realized eventually he needed backup too, but he's way MORE here because he got an update on kyle (either directly checking on him again or from some contact in the area passing that info along to him when able) and how he was doing terrible. gil wanted to reach out to look after kyle and make sure he was okay, and because he missed when they worked together. and his previous hesitations were all gone (kyle and art will fight? not if art isn't with them right now; kyle's safer not on the road with them? given the spiral he was well into, was he safer at this point????).

kyle's anger at gil softening a little when he realizes that gil came to talk to him to look after him first and find art second, rather than the other way around, and that even being a source of character growth and bonding later on in the plot. we get to see kyle pseudo thriving in this environment again, clearly happier helping people even if it is a risk to his life (and arguably, maybe more so, but that'd get addressed later too). we get to see kyle at some point being more openly grateful to gil for pulling him back into this, maybe even especially in a scenario where kyle is hurt or otherwise put at risk, and gil feels like maybe he shouldn't have pulled kyle back into the hunting life, but kyle actually shows a little bit of like honesty about his feelings and admits he has no regrets about coming back into this. that he's SO grateful for gil having come to get him, and he knows he may be more directly at risk here, but he wasn't doing much better outside of hunting and at least here he knows that all his choices matter more to others and he's back with family he cares about.

maybe this even factoring in later with ivan's involvement and the later opportunity for ivan to turn kyle into a vamp. gil admitting to kyle that he wonders if kyle would have been saved all this if he'd never asked kyle for help all those years ago, and kyle countering he probably woulda been dead sooner if he's honest. and he certainly wouldn't have ever been as happy as he's grown to be here. i wanna make it clear that this would not be leaning into the "kyle's worth is through what he can do for others and his life is only worth while when he's putting it on the line for someone else" mindset. but more that without those important connections he has in his life, he'd be worse off. he is safer with others, even doing a dangerous job, than he EVER was alone and feeling abandoned and rejected.

there was that idea I had a While ago of gil getting stuck in the dream world while being fed on, where the world he finds himself in is one where ivan never became a part of the team, and kyle's not considering becoming a vampire but he isn't happy or healthy either. i like the idea of leaning into this lore in that regard, too.

from more general AUs where Jake is Kyle's brother but Kyle dates Ivan, we know that subjects that previously might have bored kyle in the past could become interesting if they're tied to someone kyle cares about. he grows up hearing jake talk about space all the fucking time and snork mimimi what a fucking snooze fest from this nerd. but ivan talks about space and kyle listens. kyle's delighted because ivan's delighted. kyle remembers facts about space ivan told him that kyle heard jake tell him a million times and just kinda tuned out on. bit of a rude bitch move but yknow. kyle.

but anyway, that same thing happening here with hunting. there being a visible difference between early in the story vs later in the story where, once kyle starts to get close to ivan and like him more/start dating him, ivan- who is also good at the research part of all this -helps kyle to find reason to pay more attention to that aspect of hunting. kyle's happy to do research if it means spending an evening talking to ivan while he does it (wishes he could spend an evening doing Other Things with ivan, but yknow, gotta work). same with kyle learning to be more careful because of ivan's influence. not only is it just a factor where ivan is more willing to be honest with his feelings and recognizes that if he just sits kyle down and emphasizes how much kyle's recklessness scares him, kyle will try to listen and adjust (but god forbid art talk about his fucking feelings either or expect anything but kyle to just listen when he's told to do something). but it's also no longer his dad or his brother lecturing him once again on hey kyle can you not be a fuck up, can you do this right, can you blah blah blah. ivan learns how to talk to kyle in a way where he feels like he can listen without hearing that he's Doing Another Thing Wrong (and gil learning how to better nudge kyle in the right direction that way too). he learns to be more aware of kyle's instincts, learns how to reward kyle in a way his brain cares about when he does do things more by the book, as well as probably putting more effort into finding alternate options that allow kyle to do a bit more of what he wants without it jeopardizing every mission.

and it helps that it overlaps with years passing, as kyle starts to finally mature a little too, and eventually there just being. again a VISIBLE difference between an early series kyle getting by largely on luck and speed and his ass being saved by others alone, and a later series kyle who has not only found ways to learn skills he struggled to before, but has learned how to compensate for when he can't and better work with a team that's become a new, far more caring family for him than art ever was.

so anyway, just. in the dream sequence with gil, that being where it becomes Most Visible. kyle is back to his old ways. he never learned a lot of those skills, those efforts, those changes- at least not nearly to the extent he had in the real world. dream kyle is still more reckless, too impulsive, he doesn't do the full amount of research so he makes mistakes on what the monster is. then combine that with the previously discussed bit about how gil still has matt in this world, but kyle doesn't have anyone. gil and gil's boyfriend are his entire support network and it makes him feel alone, a third wheel. sure gil loves him, but his feelings on that are ALWAYS going to be a little complicated because of how the two ended up being raised after they were taken in by art. so he still has this mindset of being largely good to burn bright and burn short as a hunter, combined with the rough place he was in when gil first found him early in the series due to his larger isolation. all of it works really well into gil needing to fully confront the reality that ivan, vampire or not, WAS a positive impact for kyle. him having to sit down and Actually Consider if maybe being with ivan is the better option for kyle, even if it means him turning into a vampire, compared to previously probably just shooting down any argument that it was the better option as impossible because How Is Becoming A Vampire Better, Kyle??? Kyle????

anyway, i'm not SOLD on this as a change but i think it's an interesting thing to consider. idk. shrug emoji.

[salvadorbonaparte]

Myths, nation- and identity building are really fascinating because one thing I noticed in Europe is that no matter what kind you contact you had with the Roman Empire people are using it to build identity. "The Romans came here and here are some Roman buildings and roads and the name of this place is Latin in origin :D" vs "The Romans never conquered us in fact we absolutely beat the shit out of them :D"

[florencebirdsong]

Okay hear me out! Teen being Wanda son and Agatha’s son can still happen.

Agatha loses Nicholas as a baby/toddler. William says “thank you, for everything” to his father at the bar mitzvah. This has significant meaning based on his father’s returning look. I’m assigning it as William being adopted aka Nicholas ends up as William Kaplan.

The rest follows the show as we know but with the certainty that Billy and William combined in death (“am I William or am I Billy?!”). Ergo, he is both Agatha(/Rio) and Wanda’s son.

[authorafterhours]

I just know Will and Hannibal are featured in so many true crime podcasts and documentaries.

[wavemaker9]

"people have an easier time falling asleep around her and sleep heavier than usual" hey so thinking about this re: Trine

because i know a joke's been that trine would be more awake than the other companions so could catch more things, but hey, them being affected by this instead in the version where they're both in camp. and like, they'd still sleep way less than the others. you add 25 to everyone's sleep meter and people who were at 50 or 75 get way closer to if not at fully out, but trine starts at zero and is still under half sleep compared to others, but 25 is still way more sleepy than what it would have been and honestly would spook them a bit, especially early on without knowing why.

Like, imagine Trine actually getting an even decent if not good night's sleep for once. either trine's already joined and then abaddon joins the party after, or trine joins new, and just one day out of the blue, for the first time in over a decade, they don't take approx 20 years to reach a shallow-at-best sleep. the party is out in the wilderness and also there's an ever growing number of other people who will make their own noises in the middle of the night and trine expects to be in and out of sleep all night with all the different sounds. even knowing it's coming, knowing most if not all of those sounds are NOT threats, their body can't help it and they've learned to see it as a positive at this point (largely because what else can they do). sure, they don't remember what a peaceful night was like, but hey! they're alive! that's a good trade off, right? (star wars meme voice) right?

but they lay their head down and it's not out like a light, but it's faster than they even knew was possible. they don't even notice falling asleep. they wake up and they're a little startled to be honest, when it's suddenly sunny out again. i had this thought of like, in a trine only situation, them running into this once post-game with astarion, the first time they genuinely feel safe enough to doze off a little more fully, and it's startling waking up. they're usually so hyperly aware of their night. they'll doze off in little pieces, sure, but they're aware the night is passing, none of this "close your eyes and it's morning" crap, what is that???? it's the jarring sense of waking up from a nap and you need to remember what day it is.

maybe they think it's the worm and/or the dream guardian. the worm wants them to be at their full strength, get some sleep bud, you need it. the dream guardian has some effect on dreams, maybe it can affect sleep as a whole, make them sleep more deeply than they normally would. doesn't even consider it'd be abaddon's fault and why would they???? and hey, either way, that probably becomes their working hypothesis for a while! because if they pried to see who else ran into the same situation, pretty much everyone else would say they did! only one who wouldn't is abaddon, who's been having nightmares and can't remember how normal that is. they sure didn't encounter this before the worm, and even if there was a long rest or two before one or the other joined, could be attributed to a slow effect of the symptoms. so clearly something's weird with abaddon but looks like we found another side effect of the worm. that's wild. astarion voice someone's changed the rules and all that. trine, again, would internally hate it. sure, it's nice being able to sleep well, sure did kinda miss that, but it makes them SO uneasy. how can they protect themself properly if they're getting a full night's rest???

honestly, they might NOT do the poke-the-bear questioning of abaddon's "hey how would you kill the camp in their sleep if you could? not me tho i'd wake up i'm different" because like. the very real consideration that abaddon COULD get close enough to slit their throat or cut out their tongue or slice off their face before they woke up is genuinely pretty concerning. huh, it's weird about that, huh trine? weird how you sleeping more soundly could make it easier for them to kill you. wild.

also, later, after halsin's saved and joins the party, getting the further confirmation there that it's probably not the worms actually. talking to halsin, trying to learn about him, standard affair, but the question comes up about how he's been handling camp life so far and he answers that it's better than he expected, had a surprisingly restful night, that sort of thing. trine ???? questions that further and confirms similar symptoms, easier time sleeping, slept more deeply; maybe it's just being outside of a prison cell but had a very good night! halsin smiles about it, but trine internally like wtf. that CAN'T just be a coincidence but halsin doesn't have a worm so. what the FUCK. back to research then, need to figure out what the fuck is going on.

though also!!! thinking about that pic again of astarion trine and abaddon snoozing and hey. way way late game, trine actually getting more rest and being able to somewhat enjoy it. no longer sleeping in a camp with people they don't know or trust (mostly). might possibly be okay to sleep a little more soundly and not die by morning. just perhaps!

thinking about abaddon, as i usually am these days. idle talking about her being an aasimar under the cut, mostly fun flavor text in the form of divine physical and metaphysical traits

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[leeeeeeeeech]

Y/n's first time meeting Beetlejuice's clones

[mirellapryce]

George mentioned Shrek in one of his cameos, and then "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright came on my music today so here we fuckin' go! You cannot tell me that a boy with as many trophies as Charles has was not forced to learn piano. On top of that I have decided that our little punk rocker probably learned the Leonard Cohen version of "Hallelujah".

Now to incorporate Jayden's vision of Greek Gods. As one of the gods of music, I envision Apollo challenging the boys to play him a song (just to bring this full circle back to Orpheus and Eurydice, please know I'm thinking of Hadestown when Hades tells Orpheus to sing for him). Edwin is panicking 'cause he doesn't know how, and while Charles enjoys music, he's never shown any sign of knowing how to PLAY. Then Charles, cool as you please just steps up to the piano in the room and plays a very basic scale.

Apollo sarcastically remarks that that's hardly impressive and Charles tells him to give him a minute. It's BEEN 30 years. It's not perfect, but "Hallelujah" was the first song he learned for himself. He practiced it at school til the sun went down for months. He had dreams of joining a band and escaping his life, and they all centred around this song. Now it's a faded memory but he remembers enough to stumble through.

But all I ever learned from love, was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.

[sanguineserrations]

[wolpertinger-prince]

I miss my wife, Tumblr.

I miss him a lot.

[expectiations]

I recently got pulled back into a rabbit hole that Rory Williams is a descendant of Caecilius (you know, the guy in Pompeii the Doctor and Donna saved). By saving Caecilius and fam, the Doctor has unwittingly ensured the existence of their wife (which they'll meet in the Library a few episodes later).

Then someone pointed out that supposedly, the Froshbishers in Torchwood was the descendant of Caecilius (since they're played by the same actor – Peter Capaldi himself) and that's why he ends up killing himself and his family to tie up all loose ends that never should have existed.

And I was like no–oh. OH. WAIT. The Froshbishers and the Williams could have both been descendants of Caecilius. We already know of the Froshbishers' tragic end but then there's Rory! Roranicus Pondicus, who seems to suffer from a tragic death every other episode. Penny in the air. What if that's why Rory suffers from frequent deaths? It's the universe trying to tie loose ends up but somehow Rory almost always ends up 'escaping' (for lack of a better word that I can currently come up with) the clutches of death – until of course, Manhattan. Penny drops.

But anyways, I think there's something beautiful in all that yapping I've spewed. Also, that could also explain why – or could be one of the explanations why River's death had to be a fixed point. Other than to prevent the Doctor from rewriting it, it was also the universe's final way of cleaning up the past.

[gildedmuse]

This is me calling Law out.

He is purposefully making his moves look sexy as possible, and that's the kind of bullshit we need to be calling out.

[baltharino]

[astrxlfinale]

:[

I KNEW THIS WAS THE HIDDEN TRUTH.

LET US GET MORE OUTFITS DAMN IT. THIS IS A SUPERHERO DILEMMA

[arbitergeneraljy]

*snaps a picture of the kitty general* "I'm not to be held accountable for any of this, by the way. I didn't instigate anything."

The sound of the shutter immediately caught his attention , head snapping in the direction of him holding the phone up , no doubt pointed his way . Jing Yuan had to bite back a groan of embarrassment , heat spreading from his ears to his neck and cheeks . ❞ Is that so , gege ? ❝

❞ Because I can somewhat recall the very specific words of ‘ Jingliu had a very badly behaved kitten ’ , I wonder where I heard it from . ❝ With the way he crossed his arms over his chest — aureate eyes narrowed , one could almost see the figurative tail flicking behind him , fully embodying an annoyed cat now .

[burninwrath]

“Heh… Haha… HAHAHA”

“HAHAHAHA!!!”

[teatitty]

Someone in my notes just reminded me of this but it is kind of funny how often Kishimoto fudged around with people's ages. The Part 1 to Shippuden timeskip is supposed to be 2 years so Naruto goes from age 13-15 but then Iruka goes from 23-26 and Teuchi from 43-47 all in the same timeskip

And this is because of their ages being changed in the databooks. For instance: Kakashi and Iruka were only 1 year apart in the first databook but then databook 2/3 made it a 4 year difference instead and you can find out when certain fics or doujin were made by what their age gap is

Which makes trying to figure out the actual timeline of this series a fucking nightmare because ages are inconsistent across the board and you end up having to fuck around with some of them yourself [one thing I do is age Hiruzen up to his 70's and put the sannin in their 60's because it's just. So hard trying to use their canon ages (69 and mid-late 50's respectively) when you have to fit them around Hashirama]

Basically what I'm saying is: sometimes you can just have fun with it. I like making the shippuden skip an even 4 years so our rookie 9 are all around 17-18, and I always flip-flop between what age gap I wanna give KakaIru depending on the vibe I wanna go for with them. If it's childhood friends, then the gap is only gonna be 1-2 years but if I want them meeting when they're older I go with the 4 year gap instead

If Kishimoto's allowed to fudge around with people's canon ages all the time then why not do the same if it fits our own timelines and purposes yanno