#and he suggested the idea that got Jimmy killed

[tubbytarchia]

Honestly, the whole idea that "if you criticize scott you're homophobic" is so terribly problematic. Basically giving him blanket clearance to do anything or say anything and if you criticize it, well, you're just homophobic. I can't imagine that's a good mindset to have as a person, let alone to see someone having as an impressionable young person.

I'm sure scott is a lovely guy in person but seeing how he acts online, frequently as a holier-than-thou type character, and looking down at others, like saying he interrupted a canon event by preventing scar and jimmy from pairing, is just upsetting. I find myself as the same as character joel in the life series, rooting for his death.

Something else that has really irritated me in the life series is how often he gifts deaths to other people. He did it so much in limited life. He literally gave every one of his deaths in secret life to someone else. And he acted so smarmy about it, too, like "oh I am taking this precious life and graciously giving it to you because otherwise I might never die to anything".

I was really happy when most of scott's deaths in wild life happened out of his control, like yes you are exactly the same as everyone else. Stop trying to act otherwise. Anywise thanks for being open about criticism. I don't know if I ever thought about toxic positivity until I saw you talking about it!

Oh I have so many thoughts on Scott's self-sacrificial nature. The toxic positivity is much more prominent on twitter but does still rear its ugly head on tumblr too. Especially concerning Scott's character, which I agree with you on. Him giving up his lives is doubly interesting and in the same vein frustrating to me because half the time it doesn't necessarily even leave the recipient better off

Gem did not want to kill him in SL, but because he has a martyr complex, he made it happen anyway, disregarding Gem's hesitancy. I'm sorry but to me, in that moment he was thinking about himself first and Gem second, which is how I think he regards every single one of his sacrifices. Especially when you contrast that with the Mounders, where Pearl rooted for Bdubs (and Joel but mostly Bdubs) and suggested herself being killed for Bdubs once things got dicey, but it never coming to it. Pearl so deeply wanted for Bdubs to win, and Bdubs, although not very confident, wanted to as well for Pearl. There was never any pressure involved in that unlike Scott's last minute and frankly kind of random sacrifice. He wasn't that low on hearts and Gem would have stood a much better chance against Pearl and Scar with him by his side

In Wild Life, Pearl didn't feel good about taking Scott's life, and Scott basically said he was doing it to quell Pearl. Something also about the fact that Pearl wanted to decide how to do it, just as some remnant of control when she really didn't have any for almost the entirity of Wild Life

In Limited Life, Scott was ready to give up that life he'd promised Jimmy, but then used it to try and coax Jimmy into telling him he loved him. And Jimmy has had a few other people give up their lives for him, Bdubs out of selflessness and Ren out of a promise for an allyship. And yet the only sacrifice Jimmy has even referenced after the fact, is the one Joel had planned but didn't even succeed with. That holds more importance to Jimmy than Scott's sacrifice, which I think says something

And of course, Scott blowing himself up in Double Life. Because Pearl deserved the win more than he did, he says without giving Pearl much opportunity to speak, taking control of the ending that was supposed to belong to Pearl

It's all very interesting to analyse, his character is super intricate and unique in this sense, but it does unfortunately become more frustrating paired with his unchanging selective framing of events and putting down of other characters through no wrongdoing of their own etc

[loveaurapearl]

Wild Life Mechanics

Hey guys, I was thinking about the Mechanics of Wild Life and the theory that the previous winners create the next game. The first thing I want to say is that while Cleo is a winner and we should respect the queen, it's clear that Wild Life wasn't created by her. While she is chaotic and loves to burn things, Wild Life is not a game she would make. She's pretty level-headed and only burns people's bases if they make her mad. She would not choose the next game to have random effects each session. Scar, on the other hand, is completely crazy and would have the games be so chaotic. Sure, Grian and the other Watchers are the ones who decide the game and how it functions, its clear that the winner has some input on how the game is created. Scar even mentioned in his first episode that he and others suggested ideas to implement into the game. He just wasn't sure if Grian put those ideas into use. It's just funny that the mechanics that Grian decided to use directly relate to Scar and the struggles he goes through. And I will be analyzing each Wild Card that we know of for now. (This will be outdated tomorrow since a new episode will come out. But I don't want the idea to disappear from my head, so I'm writing this now.)

The first session had the Shrink and Grow Wildcard and it relates to Scar's sensation of scale. While Scar is 6 ft tall and has known the feeling of being tall, for most of his time, he's in a wheelchair at around 4 ft tall and thus, he is also small. We saw that immediately with small Scar during Real life. Scar is both a tall man, and also small, just like session one's Wildcard where you can be both big or small. And for most of Scar's session, he tries to be in the middle. Just be his regular, Minecraft self, since he doesn't want to be reminded of relatity.

The second session was about having your food randomized and having to eat things like dirt and rocks. This relates to the fact that... well... Scar can't eat like a normal person anymore. Scar can only 'eat' through a tube and has to constantly make sure the food is mush. He also fantasizes about eating people. c!Scar is a cannibal and so when the watchers changed what he and the other lifers could eat, his brain couldn't handle that truth and just assumed they just couldn't eat. It was only thanks to Grian that he and his team managed to survive.

The third session was the snail and it was pretty simple what was happening. Scar had been tormented by the Snails in Hermitcraft and now they transferred over to the life series. The watchers made them into one-shotters because it would hurt Scar more since he's already not great at staying alive.

The fourth Session relates to the fact that Scar is pretty slow when making videos because of his illness. Scar starts off slow, but once he gets going, it's hard for him to stop. He mentioned tons of times that he tends to forget how long he should be on the computer and thus ends up being on a project for hours. Usually ending some episodes while it's like 1 in the morning for him.

And finally, session 5's gimmick was the Quizmaster, which relates to the fact that Scar is constantly reminiscing on the past. Mostly third life, double life, limited life, and secret life. Scar has been haunting people's posts and remembering the past. He got a good chunk of questions right. It was only the Last Life questions he didn't know completely since he was so sick during Last Life that he had to miss a session because of his real-world illness. Like he knew the horn Jimmy used in Double Life, but he couldn't remember the name because he's bad at remembering names.

Now, none of these gimmicks were meant to relate to Scar. After all, Grian created all the gimmicks. Its just funny how all of these gimmicks able to be connected to Scar. Grian truly is Scar's soulmate. Also, the fact that yellow and red names can kill dark green lives to get health back and has been compared to cannibalism is funny because I can connect this to Scar since c!Scar is a cannibal. He would totally implement the idea of adding some kind of cannibalism into the games. It is my headcannon that Scar was the one who had the random lives and life trade mechanic in Last Life while Grian put in the Boogeyman mechanic since Grian AND Scar both won Third Life. It's just a shame most people, including Scar, don't remember that Third Life was a double victory. So yeah. Scar is the only winner who won two games. Scott doesn't count because he didn't win Double life. He gave up the game to Pearl and she is the sole winner of Double life while Scott got second. Just wanted put idea up.

[sparklystarinthesky]

I've never used tumblr before but I recently got into life series lore and needed to put this little idea somewhere so

What if: when Scott died in 3rd life and went to his little hobbithole heaven with Jimmy he thought they'd be there forever but then they were pulled away to fight in a new death arena. Scott eventually struck a deal with the watchers (how? Idk yet) if Scott and Jimmy can both win a season without helping each other then they can leave the death games and go home. There's a catch though, while they're in the games they don't know about the deal so they don't know that they have to win. Also Jimmy's curse makes it pretty hard for him to win. After Last life Scott goes back to the watcher and tried to convince them to lift jimmy's curse because otherwise he can never win. The watchers agree, on one condition, Scott will help them rig the games. In double life and limited life scott was in the finals, I don't know why but I think the watchers don't like cleo (evidence:people don't consider her a real winner even though she won real life) and so scott had to kill cleo in double life. I think the watchers knew that martyn wanted to win really badly and the watchers were tired of all the winners being sad and grieving, they wanted ruthlessness, so they told Scott to make sure martyn and him were in the final, this is why scott suggested they all get down to 30 minutes, making it easier for martyn to kill him. When Scott helped the watchers rig the games twice the watchers finally listened and lifted Jimmy's curse (kind of). In secret life one of the endermen pushes Lizzie into the void, I think the watchers purposely used the endermen to do that, making sure Jimmy didn't die first. But Jimmy died right after, the curse lifted, but he still didn't win. I think the watchers don't count real life as a series because they didn't like how much fun the players were having, there wasn't enough bloodshed and chaos, but either way neither Jimmy nor scott won. Also, I forgot to mention earlier but Scott won last life so he already did his part, he just needs Jimmy to win and then they can go home. So far in wildlife Jimmy hasn't died yet and 3 people have already died so I'm super excited to see whether or not he wins and if he does then flower husbands get their happily ever after. This was just a silly idea that's been in my head for a while, if anyone wants to add to it or tell me if anything is inaccurate, go ahead, I just wanted to put this somewhere

[karma-creations]

My favorite bits/lines from every Secret Life session after watching all POVs

Session 1

tango trying to ask multiple questions at a time to get scar talking for a little while and scar outright telling him to shut up so he can infodump

joel’s response to lizzie, his ACTUAL WIFE, saying "I love you": "oh thank you"

joel: "hey bdubs your house is upside down" bdubs: "YES I KNOW IT'S UPSIDE DOWN- i'm sorry. i'm sorry"

bdubs not-so-subtly begging mumbo not to build a house inspired by his and mumbo straight up going going "uh huh" before suggesting a house inspired by bdubs's

cleo catching etho with the bed shrine

mumbo: "it could be like the alps, but bad. like, much worse."

martyn: "we can do a bit of, uh, tankin' and spankin'" gem: "……bit of what?"

skizz: "all of us are pretty old, maybe our island's called heart problems"

tango: "well, i'll be honest, skizz… everybody's teamed up, so… you're all that's left, we're gonna have to shack up" skizz: "well! it’s like a giant hug!"

Session 2

everyone going "OOOOHHhhhhhhhhhh…….." after skizz's creeper got put in a boat

mumbo: "I'm happy to be in whatever group you guys- oh hey bdubs"

bdubs: "I DON'T NEED NO MOM, I'M A GROWN MAN!" cleo: "really? how do you explain the everything?"

cleo (to bdubs): "you're just a horse girl at heart, aren’t you?"

skizz going "BREAK IT UP BREAK IT UP" at the same time as tango chanting "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT"

scar: "was this your idea, pearl?" pearl: "no" scar: "this is amazing, only you would have come up with something like this"

martyn: "that's right, I'm a yellow life, and I've come to KILL you" bigb: "….wow, dude"

grian: "I've had the weirdest interactions whenever I see you" bigb: "y'know, I hope they get weirder"

everyone singing happy birthday off-key and out of sync

mumbo: "is there anything that I can help with? I come with no resources and very little talent"

bdubs: "I know how to crit punch, so it's gonna hurt you more than it hurts me!" gem: "..I also know how to crit punch" bdubs: "oh"

scar: "can I give you a ride, bdubs, wherever you're going?" bdubs: "freaking no, not on that thing! you kidding me?" scar: "aw. well I was just offering!" bdubs: "…all right, fine."

Session 3

*joel and lizzie arguing* grian: "aren't you guys married"

grian saying "I don't like what this has become" then immediately joining in the chanting when it’s joel's turn to fail

grian: "I love you, etho" etho: "……thank you?"

mumbo: "right, show me the gear knob on that camel" grian: "I’d rather not"

cleo: "yes, tango, the thing that I know about you is you don't know how minecraft works"

cleo's constant ethubs jokes

etho waterboarding everyone

scar: "losers will be beaten with my beatin' stick"

joel: "you are a FAILURE!!" martyn: "wow that was whole chest" joel: "sorry I’ve had a really rough episode"

bigb accidentally picking up torchy and tango being DEVASTATED

cleo: "why are we coming out this way?" bigb: "so no one can hear!" cleo: "well impulse is right there" impulse: "who?"

torchy out for blood the entire time

Session 4

cleo accidentally hitting etho with her sword and etho's immediate response: "I'LL DO THE DISHES I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT"

cleo: "hey grian" grian: "🎶hellooo theeeere🎶" cleo: "hello, are you singing?" grian: "🎶absolutely not, I would never sing🎶"

mumbo: "what's your favorite welsh town" grian: "……….🎶let me googleee🎶"

grian: "I don't know what to do with myself now, cleo, what do we do?" cleo: "I don't know, I think we should burn things down"

grian: "ignore the stairs, they wouldn’t burn"

scar: "you guys are still here? I went and stole a bunch of stuff and you guys are still yapping over here"

jimmy: "I'll go in BigB's hole" scott: "you're gonna do WHAT????" cleo: "I always knew there was something about you two"

scar singing back at grian with no hesitation

grian and scar spotting martyn hiding behind the tree

jimmy: "WHAT ARE YOU DOING" scott: "hi, I’m just making the path connect-" jimmy: "STOP CRYIN' AND TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOIN'" scott: "I'm making the path connect like lizzie did"

joel: "anyway, just came over here to ruin your day"

bdubs: "okay, you count us in" bigb: "okay. seven"

mumbo: "what do I win?" bdubs: "uhh- you win.. eight baked potatoes!" mumbo: "YEEEEESSS!!!!!"

bdubs: "you can't hit me! I can say and do whatever I want! okay, going to the house real quick though, to lock myself in"

people gaslighting jimmy and martyn (mostly jimmy) into thinking there’s a zombie/skeleton horse spawner somewhere

bdubs: "hey, hey! I consider you a friend! apparently it’s not reciprocated." gem: "it’s not. what do you want?"

jimmy: "martyn I think he can see you-" *beat* martyn: "WELL HE DIDN’T UNTIL YOU SAID THAT YOU IDIOT"

martyn: "oh yeah, wait! why are you wearin’ that?" scar: *incoherent cop sounds* (/ref)

jimmy: "he'll come back like nothing's happened now" mumbo: "hey guys 😀"

skizz: "here's the thing, I'm not too bossy, I- Boppers, go home for a second, I gotta talk to these guys"

[blueishspace]

Last Life with divine domains

Part 4: Session 5 & 6

Fandom

As there weren't many suggestions last time I'll leave this empty and add them to the next part of this series. So @shortystack75 and @easily-distracted-by-fandom don't worry, your ideas will be in the next one.

Session 5

Etho is chosen as the boogeyman, Grian is notified about there being 1 boogey.

Scar has no reason to link anyone except the Southlands being his biggest enemies so he probably links Impulse and Martyn.

Martyn is given 3 rules to choose from: Everyone must play without sounds, Nobody is allowed to enter the nether, everyone must use showels as their main weapon. Martyn chooses the deaf option mostly because the Nether Is useful and using showels as weapons is a pain.

Grian probably still goes after Scott and Pearls villagers even without being a red, mostly because It's too big of an advantage... Meanwhile Cleo is getting her daily arson done by setting the fairy circle on fire... Lizzie summons a storm to estinguish the flames but if you know how minecraft fire works It's hardly enough.

Grian probably doesn't spawn trap Scar though... especially not alone versus a trio.

Etho doesn't buy Bdubs a life so he doesn't get the chance to get a kill on Scar... unless he goes to Scar to get himself a life and then kills him... But that doesn't seem likely.

So, Etho is still the boogey and Martyn is never summoned to the shadow alliance (because of not sharing resources with Ren)

Meanwhile Jimmy's attempt to buy a life from Scar Isn't twarted by Joel and Grian meaning he gets this sessions Scar bonus life... And isn't red anymore... I don't think Jimmy goes back to the Southlanders though considering that the only thing he can give Scar in exchange of a life is an alliance.

Now, Etho needs to get a kill... He's not going to target Bdubs, Skizz or Tango... Really, only magical mountain is really a target at this point so considering Mumbo is more likely to stay somewhere safe I'm going to say Joel dies at this time.

Etho not killing Scar means Skizz doesn't get the enchanter and Scar doesn't chase him to the Southlanders and doesn't die in a trap... However as strong as this version of Magical Mountain is I doubt they can keep the enchanter for this long so by the end of the session BEST has it.

Scott doesn't have the lives to gift Cleo one.

Lives

Scar has 6 lives.

Mumbo, Joel and Tango have 4 lives.

BigB, Etho, Lizzie, Ren, Pearl, Impulse and Scott have 3 lives.

Martyn, Skizz, Jimmy, Cleo, Bdubs and Grian have 2 lives.

Session 6

Mumbo, Joel, Jimmy, Scott, Etho and Bdubs are chosen to be the boogie, Grian discovers there are 6 boogeymen and panics.

Scar chooses... Well, either Southlands or BEST so *randomizer*...Impulse and Martyn.

Martyn has 3 rules to choose from this session: Everyone must set their game language to lolcat. No one is allowed to sprint or shift. One more boogeyman is added to the session. I think he chooses the boogeyman version over having an horrible and painful session because he has no idea there are 6.

Tango is chosen by the randomizer as the extra boogeyman, Grian is going to be very very confused when he realizes he got the wrong number of boogeyman... wonder how Martyn managed to fool Grian's sight.

Tango is equally confused at becoming the boogey after being told he wasn't.

Mumbo can't get his boogey kill in the same way as he isn't with Martyn and Grian when they listen in to team BEST... however Scar definitely goes after the enchanter and while Joel has already decided to target Lizzie Mumbo can use it as an opportunity to get a kill... Etho, Bdubs, Tango and Skizz are all equally likely to die so... Randomizer says Skizz... Skizz is red.

Meanwhile Joel traps Lizzie's base and still much like in canon accidentally kills himself in the process... Scar gives him his one bonus life.

Bdubs kills Tango in this timeline as well to get rid of the boogey curse... Tango of course can still threaten Bdubs like in canon but he also can do something else as he is also a boogeyman, Tango is rarely a fighter and he often has mire bark then bite but this once I'll let him have the satisfaction... I feel like Tango killing Bdubs also makes sense thematically... After all, the hearth is associated with home and family and betrayal is tarnishing that which the hearth stands for.

In our timeline Etho killed Mumbo as his boogey kill in response to him killing Bdubs... So... Etho kills Tango much the same way. Team BEST splits with Etho and Bdubs going on way and Tango going the opposite...and Skizz being a red is also doing his own thing now.

The Southlanders who are spending this whole reason spying on people for some reason use this to steal the enchanter.

Joel still goes out of his way to kill Lizzie.

Impulse and Grian still try to get the wither skulls which eventually leads to Scott killing Impulse... And Martyn going to red.

Scar still dies to Scott's water elevator, there is no reason for that not to happen.

Jimmy is still killed by Lizzie's trap, seeing similar deals made in canon I thinm he is given a life by Scar to stay with Magic Mountain.

If we consider timing Jimmy probably had the time to create his exile red life shack before trading his loyalty to magical mountain so Lizzie still falls into lava.

Joel and Mumbo don't try to kill Scott so he doesn't die by ender pearl this time.

Lives

Mumbo, Scar and Joel have 4 lives.

BigB, Etho, Ren, Pearl and Scott have 3 lives.

Cleo, Jimmy, Tango, Impulse and Grian have 2 lives.

Skizz, Bdubs, Martyn and Lizzie have 1 life.

Fandom

Again, this is going to be me just asking for suggestions... However I want to say that I just now realized that despite being a conman Scar is the most trustworthy and loyal ally in Last Life.

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[lildevyl]

Out of Time

Summary: Set during Limit Life.

Jimmy, Grian, and Joel meet up at the Bakery in the Sky to do something that none of them ever thought they needed to do. Jimmy knows that his time is up, so offers his life to one of the Bad Boys instead.

TW: Character Death, Angst

(Bakery in the Sky)

Jimmy looked at the timer on his wrist and his heart plummeted. Half an hour. That's all the time that he has left in this series. Just thirty minutes unless he gets a kill. Jimmy begins to pace back and forth, pulling at his hair, biting his nails, and frantically trying to come up with some kind of game plan. Jimmy looked up and saw Skynet 2.0 and thought that maybe he could get a kill that way. But then a flash of him dying just by ender pearling while falling off the ladder came rushing back. He quickly went against that idea.

Jimmy checked the time again, 25:30.

If Jimmy didn't do anything he be out first again! Jimmy abruptly stopped pacing. He be out first again. The Canary Curse, as everyone loved to meme but in truth, Jimmy's just that bad at the game. A Self Fulfilled Prophecy.

A Self Fulfilled Prophecy.

Jimmy was always out first because of something stupid he did. Got shot in the Bunker with Scar in 3rd Life. Died to a Creeper in Last Life. Died to an Enderman in Double LIfe. Now he's going to be out first because he Ran Out of Time or Fell from a High Place.

Unless . . . Unless . . . Would they even agree to this?

Taking a deep breath, Jimmy whipped out his com and put in Chat.

Bad Boys. Bakery in the sky. Pronto!

It didn't take long for Grian and Joel to get there.

"Jimmy, what's the emergency?" Joel asked concerned.

"What' you time at, Grian?" Jimmy asked.

"Uh, 4 hours and 15 minutes."

"Joel, what are you at?"

"3 hours and 25 minutes," Joel answered "Jimmy what is going on?"

"Alright, Gentlemen, it's been an honor."

"WHAT?!" Grian and Joel shouted.

"What are you on, right now?" Grain demanded.

"I'm on 15 minutes and 30 seconds. I can't get another kill. And I refuse to go out because I ran outta time." Jimmy said.

"Then we can get your time back! TNT Minecart from the Skynet 2.0!" Joel suggested.

"No! I can't get it done, and honestly, since I've got the Carany Curse then if I'm going out, I'm going out my way! Joel, you need the time more so, take this, and this, and some of this, and I have a couple of TNT left. Some bread and take this." Jimmy then hands Joel his diamond axe.

"Jimmy, are you sure?" Joel asked and took the axe.

"Look my time isn't going to someone else! We started this Series as the Bad Boys we're ending it as the Bad Boys. The Bad Boys are going to the Semi Finals and it's going to be one of you two! Grian, it's been fun and Joel it's been great having you as a team member. Do the honors, Joel."

"Jimmy, your standup guy, you've been one hell of a Bad Boy and I'm glad you were my partner in crime. I just wished you were better at this game."

"Yeah, me too," Jimmy said in a low voice with a tear coming down his cheek.

Lightning struck, SolidarityGaming Ran Out of Time flashed across Chat, and 30+ minutes were added to Joel's time.

[novamariestark]

Deathbed Confession

Summary: Your imminent death leads you to tell Parker how you feel about him

Main Character(s): Alden Parker, Timothy McGee, Jessica Knight, Jimmy Palmer, Kasie Hines

Words: 1630 (approx)

Notes: This is my first time writing for Parker, well it's been a while since I've written anything so I'm a little rusty. Hope you like it.

The only reason you were in here was to avoid him. Him who replaced your father, Gibbs, a few months ago. And despite your objections and obvious distaste for his presence at the beginning, somehow you managed to fall for him. Him being Special Agent Alden Parker. Your boss.

Falling for your boss is never a good idea. Obviously. But it was just something that happened, and it completely took you by surprise. One late night case and being stuck in a car with him, in close quarters. He sat there, talking, trying to get to know you, probably to get you to accept him. Everyone else on the team had pretty much accepted him now but you, you were still acting like you hated him being there. At least that’s what he thought. But because you were never close to him in the first place, no one noticed the slight change of you trying to avoid him every chance you got. Except for Jimmy, he noticed when you spent more time down in autopsy. Eventually you got tired of his questions, and you told him about your “crush”.

You thought about telling him your feelings but come on, look at him. He was perfect in your eyes, and you weren’t good enough for him. That’s what you told yourself.

Don’t tell him. You’ll only get rejected. Then it will be so awkward, you’ll have to leave.

Well, that train of thought led to you being here. Sitting on the floor of Kasie’s lab, dying.

You, Jimmy and Kasie all inhaled a biotoxin and a lethal one at that. So stupid.

Kasie hummed as she took a whiff of the flask, “Skotch? Bourbon?”

Jimmy leaned in and sniffed the open container, “Vodka” he shrugged, “I don’t know,”

You laughed and shook your head, “I do, I know my vodka,” You leaned in to take a sniff and then leaned away after you did, “Definitely not vodka. Not bourbon either,”

Jimmy suggested giving a shot to Mass Spec, Kasie nodded and did exactly that. It wasn’t long after that, that you got a call from Parker.

“Don’t open the flask,” he said through the phone, his voice full of urgency.

Before you could ask why, the alarm for the lab started going off, causing the lab to shut down, “Too late,” you replied to him.

You weren’t one to panic. Usually. But being trapped in a death box was starting to get to you.

“(Y/N)? You, okay?” Jimmy asked, to which you shook your head.

“I can’t be trapped,”

Jimmy scrunched his eyebrows in confusion, “You’re claustrophobic? Since when?”

“Pretty much always,” you laughed, pacing around the lab, “Only difference, I had dad or Ducky to help me with it. And they aren’t here,”

It wasn’t long after that, that Kasie and Jimmy were butting heads. You had tried to stop them but neither of them would listen. Then Carol told them to knock it off.

“I want you to stop anything and everything that's gonna elevate your blood pressures, especially arguing.”

“We weren’t arguing,” Jimmy spoke up almost in a childish manner.

“We were,”

You were getting tired of their bickering, and that’s when you snapped. You threw your hands up in the air and said, “Oh MY GOD, I’m gonna kill you before the toxin does,” If you had you’re gun on you, you were sure you would’ve just used it there and then.

 Carol then told you some good news, “Atropine will have no effect.”

“So why? What? You're-you're telling us that we're supposed to just, like, sit in this box and wait to die in a couple of hours?” Jimmy asked, getting agitated. He tried to exit the lab, to spend the last hours of his life with his daughter, but Carol told him that he’d only be killing her and that the toxin they had inhaled was designed to have no visible effects, so that the victim exposed wouldn’t know they were infecting everyone around them. More good news.

All you could do is wait. Wait to die.

At some point, the team came down to talk to you guys, see how you were doing. Parker told you to hold on and that they would get you the antidote.

You chuckled, "You don't need to give us hope, boss," you uttered. Then you looked up at Parker and queried, "Seeing as how I'm on my way out, can I tell you something?"

“You can tell me anything,” he replied, kneeling beside the glass. He definitely was not expecting you to say what you did. No one did.

“I love you,”

Parker hesitated for a moment. His mouth opened but he didn’t reply. You guessed he didn’t want to break the heart of a dying woman. There was an awkward silence before you spoke again. “It’s alright. You don’t have to say anything.” you told him, you looked away from him to the two others in the room, “Promise me something?”

“Yeah?”

“If you do get it. If there isn’t time?” you started, he nodded for you to continue, “You save them.” sniffing you added, “Not me.”

You closed your eyes and McGee, who has been a big brother to you for most of your life, began banging on the door, worry covering his features, “No, (Y/N) you stay awake,”

“It’s okay, Timmy. I’m okay with it,” you spoke through coughs, “I wanna see my mom again,” You nodded, contented, before closing your eyes to drift off into a peaceful sleep. You weren't scared anymore. You knew that you were going to be reunited with your mom soon. You had seen her before when you passed out in the lab. It felt incredibly real, as if she was truly by your side, and you wanted to experience it again.

As you gradually regained consciousness, a series of beeps pierced through the hazy fog of your mind. Blinking a few times, you cautiously opened your eyes, allowing them to adjust to the sudden brightness that flooded the room. You scanned your surroundings, only to discover that you were lying in a hospital room. However, what truly struck you was the sight of Parker, peacefully sleeping in the chair right by your side, a sight that was completely unexpected.

"Hey, you're awake," you hear, looking up to see your friend Jess hugging a giant stuffed bear.

You laughed as she and the bear squeezed through the door, “Oh my God. Is that for me?"

“Nope, for Jimmy,”

“Oh, of course,”

“I bought you him,” she said, nodding to your sleeping boss.

You groan, “My god, now I have to transfer. I never would have admitted my feelings if I knew I was going to live,”

Jess tilted her head and looked at you, you asked her what was wrong, “You didn’t hear him did you?” Confused, you asked Jess what she meant. She just nodded to the sleeping boss and said, "He said it back."

You laughed and shook your head, “No he didn’t,”

“Yeah, he did,” you heard, but the voice was lower and definitely didn’t belong to Jess. You looked over to the man beside you who was now awake, “He did say it back,”

He was referring to himself in the 3rd person so you decided to use that to question it, stuttering slightly as nerves built up in your body, “A-And why did he s-say it back,”

The man calmly replied, “He probably shouldn’t have, he’s way older and has no business with such a beautiful, smart woman who is 30 years younger than him,”

“I’m just gonna,” Jess spoke up, excusing herself from the room.

“And why does he think that?” you questioned.

“Come on, (Y/N) look at me,” Parker said, leaning forward to grab your hand.

“I do,” you said, laughing a little nervously “Probably more than I should,” you added, feeling somewhat embarrassed at your own boldness.

“All this time, I thought you hated me,” he said quietly, staring at their conjoined hands.

You sighed, “At first, I did. I mean, I did just leave my dad, the only family I had left and someone I didn’t know took his spot,” you explained.

“What changed?” he asked quietly.

You shrugged and said, “I don’t know how it happened, but one day I suddenly found you attractive,” feeling embarrassed, you turned your gaze away from him.

“Well that I believe,” he smirked.

“How did you get your head through the door?” He laughed, god you loved that laugh and you wanted to hear it for the rest of your life, “So, you were suddenly attracted to me? Whilst I was dying on the floor?”

“No, uhm long before that,” he replied shaking his head.

“What like a month? 2?”

“7” he replied. 7 months? That was before he joined NCIS, he was still FBI. As if he knew what you were thinking he replied, “Yeah, remember when you punched me in the face?”

“Yeah,” you nodded slowly unsure of what this had to do with anything.

“Then,”

Your eyes widened in surprise, followed by a burst of laughter as you tried to process his words. “You were attracted to me punching you in the face?” you asked in disbelief.

“It was a hell of a punch, and you looked great doing it,” he replied, you laughed, shaking your head at his compliment. He smiled and kissed the back of your hand.

Vance came in at some point, asking to speak to Parker, he let go of your hand and headed out the door, not before throwing you a wink that made your whole body tingle with excitement. Oh crap. you thought.

How the hell were you going to keep your hands off him at work?!

[noblest-roman-of-them-all]

New AU idea. The Zombie Apocalypse AU I wrote a lot of for Whumptober is actually just Remus getting carried away with a project for his film class. Mishap by Moonlight (which I initially wrote last year) was initially the whole project, but Remus got carried away with the writing and filming and conned everyone into going along with it.

Just about everything stays the same except for Logan’s mentor within the zombie storyline is only emotionally/mentally abusive and doesn't actually touch him because while Remus would in fact write something like that, he's not going to ask his friend to play that out for his project. Remus still writes his character as killing Marcus and still writes Marcus as getting creepy with him, as a way of coping with some actual abuse he's dealing with. This scene prompts Logan to talk to him about some abuse he's also actually dealing with from his advisor.

At some point between filming Remus is in a car accident or something and actually loses his leg and due to his commit to the bite disease just writes it into the script that Janus cuts off his leg to avoid weird continuity stuff and so he doesn't have to try hide his prosthetic.

Remus deliberately writes Logan and Thomas as idiots to lovers because they're genuinely idiots to lovers and he's subtly trying to help them out. It actually works to his surpise and the little heart to heart scene he writes for their characters actually gets them talking. He also writes Emil and Roman as partners because they've also been skirting around each other for two years and he can't take it anymore and hopes writing their characters as an established couple will help them sort it out.

Later on (which I am working on writing) Remus is plying around with some drams ideas and recruites his buddy Chris, who is taking an assortment of classes to figure out what he's actually passionate about after an accident he and his brother were in the year before and also has a penchant for the color green, to brainstorm ideas with him.

Chris everso helpful shrugs and suggests someone come after him as revenge for killing Marcus and in the process kills someone else. They draw names from a hat and Emile is the lucky victim.

Remus does love a good tragedy, but also find there's something to be said for the drama of a scare and writes two versions of the scene, one in which Emile dies and one where he doesn't. Day of filming comes around and no one bothered to double check that they were all on the same page leading to Roman thinking Emile is actually dead in a filming accident gone horrifically wrong.

The whole thing does end in a confession of feeling, but Remus does wish he could have accomplished this without traumatizing the shit out of his poor twin.

That said at the end of it he's two for two on the match making scene in this film project he's already turned in and gotten an A on, so when Chris jokingly offers up time traveling to stop the apocalypse it takes no time at all for Remus to agree, provided Chris can get Zach and the rest of his friend group involved. His reasoning behind this is that he can write in Jimmy's side project of designing a ship shaped like a turtle can be incorporated and actually turned into the time machine.

Somehow Chris actually manages to get everyone on board with Zach and Aviva being the hardest sells because they each have other projects that they're working on, Chris points out that once Remus is done with this for his class he could put it on YouTube and it would show off parts of their projects and they both agree. Koki's already been in on the project helping with post editing and all that couldn't careless to be in the production itself, but Jimmy convinces her to join in. The two bantering back and forth practically write their own parts, and Remus is pleased to find Martin has a surprising amount of commit to the bit disease himself and seems to be the only one to get Aviva to play along. This all works out really well for Remus, who's sole motivation for bringing such a big new group into the storyline is to once again play match maker, this time with Chris and Zach.

During filming at some point Zach falls ill and instead of trying to hide it or make Zach work through it, he just writes his character as suffering from anemia and malnutrition due to the apocalypse and has Zach use his wheelchair when he can or wants to show up. Little does he know that Zach is actually battling an eating disorder, the reason he's actually sick, it all comes to a head when Remus writes Zach's character as eating on screen and Zach breaks down about it, leading to Chris intervining and the two finally talking. (Remus immediately offers to delete the footage and rework things to cut out any mention of malnutrition. Zach agrees it's okay as long as he just curs out the last bit of filming.)

Remus is now three for three and Roman confronts him about his matchmaking habits. Remus admits that, yes, he's been doing this on purpose and hasn't tried to set up Remy, Patton, or Virgil in any way because they all just seem so settled in without being paired off and it would feel weird to try to set up two of them and just leave the other hanging. He's shocked when Roman tells him the three of them are an established ploycule and have been this entire time.

[eric-the-bmo]

The Neighborhood Watch s4 ep4: The Best Laid Plans...

[Summary: The Main Cast devises a plan to defeat Douglas Baxter.] @gr3y-plays-ttrpgs ___________

In Emmet's house on the edge of town, the Main Cast has a discussion on how to defeat Baxter as Emmet looks at the object John gave him in the basement. Bob Patterson is tending to the camera girl we found earlier in a different room.

The Main Cast theorize maybe they can get Entity X to crystalize the leylines under town- like how Song's mother was trying to do, just on a much smaller scale- so they can properly leave Greenville and perhaps have an advantage over Baxter.

Markus asks X if it knows anything about the leylines; it doesn't know much, but Baxter said it was supposed to be there with the lines. Song joins in on the telepathic chat, introducing herself to Entity X.

Upon being asked X explains it gains new abilities after eating things, and Song relays this to the group. She also gets a chance to pet Entity X. Song rolls to see if its ability to crystalize leylines depends on its form, aka if its more centipede or ant or what- with her roll she determines that's not the case, and that perhaps typical food is not the only thing it can eat; maybe it can also eat the magic of the leylines and quickly crystalize it that way.

We also don't need to directly head down to the leylines, either- Everything in Greenville's been affected by leylines; but there's a lot of magic in things around here, and who knows what will happen if you just eat a random berry bush. [I suggest the idea of John offering to have his flesh eaten by the Entity, as he's a lifelong resident of the town and would probably have the most leyline energy out of everyone here- I am immediately vetoed by all the other players.]

The Cast wonders if the town's water would have sufficient enough leyline magic; Markus goes to get a glass of water. Meanwhile on the train of though of X eating part of his body, John connects the dots that at some point Douglas Baxter must have had X eat from him to result in X's telepathy. He relates this to the Song and Louis, who state that that's even more reason to not let X take a bite out of his arm. Markus returns and we find the water doesn't really do anything save for making X a bit more translucent.

Regardless, the Cast still needs to get Baxter away from the leylines; Emmet enters the room, telling them Bob's heading out and also tells them about the item he was observing- he asks where John found it and he's just like "a box with no return address, sorry." Anyway Markus decides to show him Entity X. Emmet's intrigued and Markus tells him it's from Mars, and Baxter plans to drain the leylines with it, so we kinda need to get X home. Song mentions X is the best bait we've got to lure Baxter to us.

On the mention of it being an alien, Emmet brings out newspaper clipping with a headline stating a meteorite crashed near town recently. A photo on the paper shows a crowd around it; Baxter is singled out with a red circle drawn around him. Entity X confirms this meteor crash is how it got here.

(Song finally asks Entity X if it has a name; it doesn't, so Markus hereby names it Jimmy Jr.) Song explains to Jimmy Jr our plan to lure Baxter, but it rejects her idea of having to call out to him telepathically as a lure, since it's scared of him. It is willing to just check what he's doing though and mentions that Baxter is gathering people to look for it, as well as the Cast.

Since the X Lure idea is a bust our next idea is to have Emmet call his brother and say he found a creature more up Baxter's alley to lure him over- Emmet hesitates on this but eventually agrees.

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Now the Cast has a plan to lure Baxter over, now we need a plan to kill him- which might be difficult given he's a very powerful telepath; earlier he had made the Cast feel nauseous without any effort, by merely just taking off his bowler hat. Emmet seems to have a reaction to this and leads us down into the basement. He goes through his design papers until he shows us one that he created- a bowler hat that can suppress telepathic abilities with a little electric chip.

Emmet realizes his brother had stolen his design and erased his memory of it and how to make it; he's been unable to replicate it or any sort of suppressor ever since. However, he lets us know that it also helps Baxter, as his telepathic abilities can overwhelm him without it and he can only go without the hat for so long. Emmet can build an EMP within an hour to shut it down.

Markus is wondering how Entity X/Jimmy Jr is able to hide itself from Baxter's telepathy; X reveals that it doesn't know how to do that. So basically we might all be being tracked rn. We do some tests to see if Song can cast a mental shield, and Markus is all "Well if this plan goes wrong and well all die I might as well tell yall my real name." They're really called Anatoli Markus Rossu, and with the help of Louis they had left their home in Budapest to escape their parent's treatment, which was largely due to the fact they didn't accept them and their bug abilities. Markus states that even if their parents wanted them back, they're an adult- they can't make him go back.

["That being said, we're not going to lose, we're going to kick ass and save the world."]

Song offers that once this is all over, Markus can join her family if they so choose; Markus states that everyone here is already their family. John hugs them, and a lovely group hug ensues- Song pulls Louis into it. ["Okay." John is the first to pull away. "I should withdraw before I get the urge to bite you."]

Song continues her practice of magic shields so we can hide our presences from Baxter later as Markus promises to protect Jimmy Jr from Douglas Baxter.

So we have a plan to lure him over, but we still need a way to attack him once his hat comes off. Louis and John can be there for close-range combat, and perhaps Song can cast some sort of barrier spell, as well as contributing to close-range and mental attacks- But all of this is very high-risk/high-reward. We turn to Louis for advice since he's probably the one who's killed the most people; Louis looks honored at this, and says normally a gun would work. He's got some guns with him as well- a 9mm and a shotgun.

Markus concludes we've got a good base for a plan, and if it goes wrong (like most of our plans tend to go) we're always good at thinking on our feet. Song wonders if Douglas will bring specialists to help him fight, but Louis just says if we kill Douglas then they wont have a reason to fight.

We look through Emmet's map of town to plan out where to have this go down. There's leylines covering the town all over; the only gap we can find is a triangular spot over a lake. A few cabins for an abandoned summer camp is near the shore, and Emmet suggests the Cast could all hide out there- to reach them, Douglas' helicopter would have to go right over that triangle if it was going in a straight line from town.

Plan A is to shoot down the helicopter. Plan B is to equip mind shields and get him with physical attacks and an EMP.

But first, the Main Cast should probably get some more supplies- and, the Circle General Store pretty much sells everything!

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Notes:

Alright everyone. Let's kill a billionaire /hj

It was Very nice to be back with my Thursday group aaaa <3

Louis admitted he was more often used as a lure than being the one killing during his time with Lestat.

"If we can handle a plant monster we can handle an asshole with psychic powers"

I'm pretty sure the abandoned summer camp is a reference to Friday the 13th; Emmet mentioned it was abandoned after "The Incident" and wouldn't elaborate

John's going to get a shotgun btw. The mental image of it rocks

[thekimspoblog]

Don't have a formal FotD today. I'm just going to ramble a little about the person Iris is in their 20's. Cus I said I was going to do that a few days ago:

Iris's life kind of sucks. Arguably, Iris's life always sucked. By the time Iris is 25, severe droughts have ravaged the entire western half of the US. Now, if you're some weirdo film auteur who's obsessed with filming people walking around deserts from creative angles, this is an absolute boon to you... but virtually everyone else is having a bad time. Specifically, today I'm thinking about how Iris does have moments where they consider laying down their proverbial arms, stop running and hiding and fighting and hiding and running. They can't turn themselves in; that would be throwing their life away. But they could do what their sister does: lay low, try not to let the troubles of the world get to them, don't get involved.

But then they think of their dad... and look, Iris is smart enough to know their own bias. Intellectually, they've read the news stories about the things their father did before they were born, and some of the things he did after. They know he's hurt people. But it's still hard to square that with the Jimmy McGill they knew, who took them to the zoo and the movies, who taught them every dirty joke and piece of classic rock trivia they know, whose pinky ring they're still wearing. They spent years angry at their mother for how he died, but where Iris's feelings about blaming Kim are complicated, blaming the cops is easy. The way their mom tells it (the few times they've actually discussed what happened directly) and corroborated by online research, law enforcement were the initial aggressors for why the protest turned violent.

A lot of people were killed in that stampede. Sure, maybe Jimmy's health was too fragile and he shouldn't have been there, but the fact that the cops could be provoked like that, kind of demonstrates exactly why he felt he had to be there. Why Iris's parents did a lot of what they did, actually. People are selling themselves into slavery for water; corporations are putting shock collars on people. Someone's got to be a fly in the ointment. An investigator who was menacing them recently suggested - not in these exact words, but it was the idea he was circling - that the mindset of a career criminal, this Saul Goodman persona that can't seem to be stamped out, at its core comes from a victim mentality. That the world is out to get you and that institutions can't be trusted. But institutions are just made up of people, some good and some bad, and it's egotistical for the anarchist to think any regime they could replace it with would be free of the same problems. "You want to change the laws, you have to be willing to work with the people who can do that". Some of it did manage to dig at Iris's psyche. Maybe some parts of that are true. But then Iris clears their head of any temptation to let their guard down. Fille has never done anything worse than a traffic infraction, and still she can't find a job, and Iris is sure it's because somewhere on some database it says that both of them are bad seeds. Fille's solution was to change her last name, but damnit Iris is proud to be Wexler; it's everyone else who's the problem!

Thinking about them in the quiet scene of the gritty action movie that is their life, zoning out as they stand in the shower washing the dirt off themselves. (You can see scars on their chest, mastectomy and others).

Laying on the busted couch in some flophouse, practicing the chord changes of "Smoke on the Water", "Stairway to Heaven" and "Behind Blue Eyes" on an acoustic guitar.

Rubbing just a taste of crushed Demerol or Ritalin on their gums as they wait for the rest of their crew to arrive on a site. Iris cannot afford to become an addict, but when you're dealing with this much trauma and you spend this much time in proximity to smuggling operations, what do you expect.

I haven't made up my mind whether they've killed anyone by the time they're 30. Most of Iris's "job" involves extortions of businesses. And look, they can come across as cavalier when they're shaking a place down. They are dealing with people who have done heinous things, but did it piecemeal from the comfort of a desk, and therefore don't understand how what they did was wrong. They are dealing with people Iris wants to protect, but can't because they buy into propaganda and won't cooperate, so Iris has to inconvenience them in the name of it being for their own good in the long term. Playing the big bad gangster, trying to have fun with it, it's just how they cope with the absurdity of their situation. But they're not a sociopath! They don't enjoy hurting anyone! Nevertheless, inevitably some of these stunts are going to go bad, and Iris doesn't get to play dumb when they do. It's a fact of this life, and Kim always justified it by saying that innocent people died when she tried sitting on her hands too, so you're damned either way. Maybe the world is getting too fast, too ruthless; maybe there does need to be de-escalation of the class conflict... but in Iris's mind the rest of the world can go first.

[mossfeathers]

I don't know what specifically to ask yet but consider this an ask about your siren au, so if you din't mind could you share a detail or something, please?

(Also thanks for making one, I've seen people suggest siren!BigB in the tags of that post about people just believing what he says(I think that was the post), but I haven't actaully seen any, or anything further than that at all really. So thank you for doing something with the idea of siren!BigB.)

hi omg hi yes yes yes!! in light of grians new obsession with fishing i think that just makes this au even better (under cut bc theres a lot also sorry this took so long i got so excited i forgot everything i knew about this au)

The easiest thing to start with is the worldbuilding. I kinda changed up what a siren actually is for sake of me not wanting to write romantic/sexual sirens but still wanting to keep the voice aspect. So, siren voices/songs are just kind of a universal persuasion, and not always with the end goal of killing, it can just be for fun to get things or to mess with people. While their voice does develop naturally over time, practice and consistent use is what mainly contributes to control (starting and stopping using it at will) and power (just how far one can go). Sirens also have a really varied phenotype, especially on ear shape and eye color. There's a bunch of other stuff I have about sirens but that's its own post.

About the characters themselves, the 'main' four are Jimmy and Grian as human fishmongers, and Scar and Bigb as sirens! Jimmy and Grian are super close friends, and Scar and Bigb are actually siblings (this, too, is its own post entirely). Base premise is Jimmy and Grian get a little house near the beach in a small town for really cheap, but don't know the ocean has sirens in it and trouble ensues. A lot. Scar uses his voice a lot more and has a pretty nasty reputation for just taking all of your things and sometimes killing for fun, while bigb's pretty under the radar and likes to avoid using his voice, but still uses it. Not a super strong reason against it, just isn't a fan and feels kinda bad. This is semi-inspired by how each of them actually persuade people in the life series, with Scar just doing it for fun and Bigb noticeably not doing it as often and usually in moments of life-or-death (especially thinking of the third and secret life finale), semi-inspired by scar liking singing and bigb having a general disdain for it. Here's a few doodles of my rough designs for these fellas, super messy but the general vibe is there

[siriannatan]

Real Beast of Gobland - ScfWhip

This took embarrassingly long between me coming up with the idea and now…

fWhip was totally good being a goblin. It was both a perfect excuse and a way to get a lot of gold. The cave was plenty spacious. And he didn't have to worry about being hunted. Not that anyone would have any reason to do something like that. fWhip was a perfectly normal goblin after all. 

Unless it was spring of course. Spring was a terrible time. His only problem was of course just the pollen. Horrible surface pollen that got everywhere everywhere. Even inside the deep caves. Pollen was the only reason he locked himself up in his house with strict orders to keep everyone away. He simply didn't wish to be seen in this state.

Of course, he didn't take Scott existing into account. If the guy wanted something he'd get it. And apparently, he really wanted to see fWhip. And managed to get past all the goblin security. And was knocking on fWhip's door.

"fWhip?" the definitely not handsome demon-king of Chromia called out as he knocked on the door. "I know you're there~" he carried on as fWhip fought the urge to rip his front door out its hinges. And the urge to drag Scott to his nes... bed. And to rip everything he has on to better see all the shiny crystals he always had sticking out.

Fighting his urges was rather hard. But he could not give in. If he did Scott would find his biggest secret. And likely used it against him. fWhip could not have it happen. The demon was his biggest competition in being the biggest 'magpie' - as Jimmy called them - around. fWhip could not lose to some Demon in the size of his riches pile.

"fWhipppp~," Scott almost whined as he banged on the door once more. fWhip had to bite his lips to not growl. Goblins were not known to growl. Hiss and bite, yes. Growl like some dragon? No.

But fWhip was not a normal Goblin... Or maybe. Actually. Not a goblin at all. But a dragon who kind of adopted a group of goblin settlers as his borderline worshippers and was hiding amongst them to avoid annoyances. And maybe springtime was dragon mating time. Making it a very bad time for fWhip to see literally anyone at the time. Especially individuals as shiny as Scott.

It was silent outside for some time. fWhip hoped it meant Scott left and was about to relax back into his silent suffering when suddenly there was Scott's face in his bedroom window. Looking at him with a far too happy smirk. And with crystals sticking out around his golden eye. fWhip's instincts were burning. 

With a growl that had the demon's eyes going wide fWhip practically ripped the window open. Possibly breaking the lock. He'd fix it later. And dragged Scott inside and into his nest. No time for semantics as he clawed at Scott's coat. 

"Whoa, slow down. Not like I appreciate," Scott chuckled, restraining the 'goblin'. All he got was a growl and a snap of far too sharp for a goblin teeth. And maybe some sparks as suddenly fWhip have vary not gobliny wings with dark red scales and emerald green membrane. He barely saw it for a second before he was pushed down into the goblin king's plush bed. 

For the next few hours, Scott had very little time or desire to question anything about fWhip. And even when fWhip calmed down he didn't feel like questioning anything. Especially with a very happy, apparently, dragon lying out on top of him. Tail happily swished as blue eyes stared at Scott's shiny spikies. "You're lucky it was me that got here first, you'd kill anyone else with that," Scott huffed, faking annoyance.

"Anyone else would stay away," fWhip rolled his eyes. A somewhat involuntary purr sneaked in as his spring instincts flared up again. "I'd suggest you run away if you're too tired for another. While I'm willing to let you go," he graciously offered.

Scott of course did not run away. Why would he turn down fWhip's generous offer of hours upon hours of fun?

[overthinkingtaleblr]

My brain has been eating an idea of Ghost and Toast being a evil gay duo and now I think I've got like a whole swap AU with Ghost/Toast and Jimmy/Gavin

Gavin steals this object that he has no clue what it does. At first he was just going to sell it for a quick buck, but further inspection (and some dead guy freaking out when they spot it) suggests something more paranormal. Gavin doesn't deal with that kinda stuff so he begrudgingly calls Johnny and gives it to him and makes it P.I.E's problem.

Then things start having over the next months. For one: there's been an increase in murders recently, but surprisingly, Gavin can't seem to see their spirits. Usually when a murder happens, he'll note the victim's ghost somewhere nearby, but that hasn't happened. Odd.

Second: Johnny might have something to do with it. gossip he's picked up often mentions suspicions surrounding his twin. That gives Gavin pause: yeah, Johnny can be violent and he's commited manslaughter, but murder? No.

Then it gets worse one late night, when Gavin gets woken by frantic knocks on the window and a familiar voice: "heyy GavGav! Can you let me in?" He opens the blinds to see Jimmy on the window sill looking... Oddly alive, and uncharacteristically nervous. He lets him in (because what other option is there?) And demands an explanation.

Turns out, that device he gave Johnny has the ability to remove ghosts from their dimension. Full on gone, never to be seen again. At first they used it sparingly, but after one of Jimmy's possession, something in Ghost snapped - and he started killing on his own.

At first Jimmy was proud: he's just like him now! Yippee! Then Toast started using the device to remove the victims, and they started feeling a bit invincible. After all, why worry about hauntings when you can just delete them in a matter of seconds? Then came Ghost's comments about issues with "a certain someone" - Jimmy knew it was him. And he was starting to feel a tiny bit of panic... Probably.

So one night, enough was enough: Jimmy didn't like how things were going (and that's saying something) and he wanted them to stop. So he possessed Ghost and tried to talk to Toast about it.

He used the device on him. And they split.

Ghost groggily woke up to a knocked out Jimmy and worried Toast checking to see if he was ok. He was fine, but came the question: what to do with Jimmy? They can't use the device how that he's somewhat alive, and it's too risky to kill him again, so they just lock him in the basement until they work out the details.

Jimmy felt like pray in those few days. He had no idea if he was alive again (he's similar to Spooker, except more obvious) or what they'd do to him, and felt fear for the first time. Of course, he found a way to break out. The rope they used to tie him up was old and weathered, so it was easy to use friction to snap them, and a slow and careful search in Ghost's bag led to him getting his knife.

He knew he should've just stabbed them right then and there. He didn't know why he didn't. Instead he scampered off to a safe hiding spot, and decided to head to the only person he knew that was nearby: Gavin.

Gavin is stunned. This had gone way out of hand: there's a new killer duo at hand, one being his brother; noone could trace back to them; and the only person that could've done something is in his apartment.

So yeah: the Johnnys get a taste for blood and Gavin and Jimmy now have to work out how to deal with them, considering they have the power to full on delete you before you can say anything, and Jimmy can't possess Ghost anymore.

Sounds like a hectic plot in the making— I’d read that fic! ^^

I do wonder how the other members of PIE are handling this descent into the “dark side”, and if opposition is even possible, considering the banishment thing.

The turn toward violence and stuff from our main guys could be the influence of something paranormal as well, since Gavin’s assessment of the PIE guys not being really violent before this does make the downward spiral more difficult to do without a nudge. It’ll be both easier to solve and explain if there’s something else at the root of this.

I do wonder what PIE intends to get out of active murder and ghost vanishing. Maybe there’s a goal they’re working toward that they always knew was an option but never had the guts to risk so many people to do it?

[p-artsypants]

Blurb #43

I got distracted with the holidays. I'm going to try to share 70 blurbs from my WIPs and unfinished fics to celebrate reaching 70 posted fics! To help with this endeavor, please feel free to send me a word or a fandom you know I write for, and I'll share the blurb. IDK if I'll get 70 prompts, but let's try it! Send as many as you want!

“We have to conclude that whoever this was…they took your mother. I’m sorry.” 

Jim just kinda stared at Detective Scott for a moment after he finished speaking. It was like he couldn’t comprehend what he said. Yes, he understood that his mother was kidnapped, but she couldn’t actually be kidnapped, right? That couldn’t happen. He made sure she would be safe and—

The game. Everyone was at the game. Draal and Strickler…there was no one home to protect her. 

“Jim?” Detective Scott asked, resting a hand on his shoulder. The boy had grown very pale and very quiet. 

“It’s my fault…” Jim whispered. 

Detective Scott actually laughed at that. “No, no no no, Jim, this was far from your fault. You know that, right?” 

“I wasn’t here…I was a distraction…” 

“Jim,” Claire spoke evenly. “Detective Scott is right. You didn’t do anything wrong.” 

Their words bounced off of him, unheard by the boy. He walked toward the house, leaving them behind to talk. 

The house was trashed. Furniture was upturned. A dining chair was on the ground, legless, and the legs were strewn around the floor, bloody. The coffee table was smashed, pictures had fallen off the wall, cracked. Just a huge mess. No wonder James was being taken to the hospital, if not dead. 

The officer had said Toby’s grandma had called the police. Maybe James wouldn’t have been hospitalized if she hadn’t. 

He’d have probably been killed. 

James’s phone suddenly started to vibrate in his hand. Jim looked at the screen, still in shock. 

Rudy.

Who was that? Maybe one of the people that took his mom?!

He answered, placing the phone to his ear, but not saying a word. 

“Jimmy? What the hell is going on at your wife’s house?” A woman’s voice spoke. “I’m around the corner and I can see the police lights from here! What did you do?!” 

This had to be James’ girlfriend, the driver of the car he had seen a few times. “I’m…I’m not James.” He said. 

The woman was quiet for a moment, and then asked in a deeper tone. “Who is this?” 

“I’m Jim. Jim Lake Jr.” 

“Oh you’re his kid! The blue one, right? Jesus kid, you freaked me the hell out! What’s going on? Where’s James? He never leaves his phone lying around.” 

“He…he just got taken by the ambulance. The men that he owes money to…it had to be them. They beat him badly…and they took my mom…” he choked on that last word, horrified, angry, sad, all sorts of overwhelming emotions. 

“Whoa whoa! Kid kid! It’s okay! Aww don’t cry, I can’t handle crying kids!” 

“I’m not crying, I’m just…worried sick.” 

“I knew that protest they were holding was going to be a bad idea. And did he leave like I suggested? Nope!” She muttered. “Alright, look, I’ll be there in a minute, okay? Don’t talk to the police.” 

“Okay.” 

And she hung up, presumably to arrive shortly.

[overanalysingfandoms]

No but the way Grian was attached to every person that permadied this session is insane

Jimmy and Joel were bad boys

And in Session 1 he pledged to protect Skizz and has now failed

[kulturegroupie]

Discover Jimmy Page pt. 3

The Mighty Zeppelin

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How to start writing about something that was bigger than anyone involved, even bigger than its own creator?

In the Zeppelin realm, myth and real happenings merge together to form a bittersweet reality, that first made its leader a man of godlike status and then slowly killed its own divinity.

From its creation to the very end, Led Zeppelin has been a colossal, thunderous force that changed the world of rock and roll forever, architect of a sound considered underground at first, that proceeded to take over the world with its infectious groove.

All thanks to the ambitious mind of one gifted 24 year old.

After plans of an alleged band featuring himself, his longtime friend Jeff Beck, Keith Moon and John Entwistle got cancelled, Jimmy Page, then 22, decided to continue the path he was on with his current band, the Yardbirds, which quickly enriched him with brand new experiences around the world, for the first time as a member of a well-known rock and roll band.

He started being praised for his unique playing style, as well as the countless revolutionary ideas he was applying to live performances and slowly collecting for an upcoming album.

While in Los Angeles with the Yardbirds in May 1968, Jimmy visited a palm-reader and brought tour manager Richard Cole along with him.

“It was on Sunset Boulevard, not far from the hotel. Richard was with me so I’ve got a witness. The key phrase was, ‘You're going to make a decision in a very short period of time that's going to change your life.’ Within 48 hours the other Yardbirds said they didn't want to continue. I was disappointed – what we had going I was willing to do with them, whatever it was. I can understand how disillusioned they were, but I could see the trajectory. FM radio was happening. I knew what that meant to underground bands. I wanted an underground band, but one that would come through and make a difference.”

— Jimmy Page, Rolling Stone

What would follow is a long, almost obsessive search for musicians available around his area, but after two weeks nothing had changed yet. Page then reached out to Terry Reid, a vocalist and guitarist whose work he had become interested in. Reid turned down the offer, explaining that he had already committed to go on the road for two tours with the Rolling Stones and another with Cream. He suggested to Page that if he were compensated for the gig fees he would lose and if Page would call Keith Richards to explain why Reid had to pull out of the US tours, Reid would try some things out with Page. It never happened and Reid told Page to consider a young Birmingham-based singer, Robert Plant, instead, having previously seen Plant's Band of Joy as a support act at one of his concerts. Reid also suggested Page check out their drummer John Bonham.

The New Yardbirds - soon to be Led Zeppelin* following a cease and desist letter issued by Chris Dreja - became one of the best-selling acts of all time, with strong musical morals and an eagerness to expand and explore their individual and collective abilities as much as they could.

*Why the name Led Zeppelin? Because it brought “the perfect combination of heavy and light, combustibility and grace” to Page's mind.

They broke records and earned a reputation for excess, but most importantly, they gained a steady place in the hearts of countless musicians and/or fans, a place that would endure the passage of time and still be here, today, after more than half a century.

What's curious about this 12 year period is that Jimmy continued his career as a session musician, too. Collaborators around this time include Joe Cocker, Chris Farlowe, P.J. Proby, Screaming Lord Sutch and Roy Harper.

My favourite tracks from this time period are the ones he recorded with Maggie Bell! She has a voice easily comparable to Janis Joplin's, and Jimmy's solos on these two songs are absolutely flawless and full of page-isms:

(Released March 31, 1975)

Another song I'm fond of is "Male Chauvinist Pig Blues", where Jimmy's electric guitar can be heard throughout the entire track:

(Released February 14, 1974)

And of course the live version of the song (part of Roy's Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion live album), in which a stunning slide guitar performance is delivered by Page:

(Released 1974)

As for Led Zeppelin, a remarkable piece of their early history is the first studio track all four members ever recorded together on August 25, 1968. Part of the P.J. Proby album Three Week Hero, the name of the track is "Jim's Blues" (featuring Robert Plant on harmonica):

Also worthy of notice is the first Zeppelin bootleg ever recorded, from their December 30, 1968 show in Spokane, Washington.

I really recommend checking out the bootlegs because a big part of what separated Led Zeppelin from other bands were their outstanding live performances and on-stage improvisations! If you may need a guide to the best bootlegs in order to get started, here's a really helpful one.

One song from the earlier years that was to be recorded as part of their first album - but probably got discarded to make place for other tracks - is my beloved As Long As I Have You:

(This version was performed at the Fillmore West on April 27, 1969)

Personally I will never forgive them for not including it as it's one of my favourite Zep songs ever.

As we all know, after many years and quotes of Robert Plant swearing that the band may as well “go on forever”, the tragic death of John Bonham on September 25, 1980 at Jimmy Page's then recently acquired Old Mill House, after a long day of alcohol binges, is what finally put an end to the giant that was, and forever will be, Led Zeppelin.

“Led Zeppelin wasn't a corporate entity. Led Zeppelin was an affair of the heart. Each of the members was important to the sum total of what we were. I like to think that if it had been me that wasn't there, the others would have made the same decision. What were we going to do? Create a role for somebody? Say, ‘You have to do this, this way?’ That wouldn't be honest.”

— Jimmy Page, 2014

Live performance:

There are quite a few professionally filmed concerts included as part of the 2003 Led Zeppelin DVD that you can watch on YouTube:

1970.01.09 London, Royal Albert Hall

1973.07.27, 28, 29, New York City, Madison Square Garden

1975.05.24 London, Earl's Court

1975.05.25 London, Earl's Court Arena

1979.08.04 Stevenage, Knebworth Festival

1979.08.11 Stevenage, Knebworth Festival

However, there is one more fully filmed concert that was not included in the DVD. It's the July 17, 1977 concert in Seattle:

Interview:

There is only one available filmed Jimmy interview on YouTube from the Zeppelin years that everyone and their mum has seen lol (the Sept. 18th 1970 one), so instead I want to include this other one, only recorded - not filmed, but a very precious piece of musical history nonetheless:

He addresses many topics and is quite talkative for 1977, a time when he would just stand up from his chair and say “I'm really not sorry to say the interview has ended” when the interviewer seemed to get on his nerves.

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