#and it hurt and it was beautiful and tragic and just wow

[fandommothlady]

Isha doesn't speak aloud. Everyone that Jinx lost before her became a voice in her head. That won't happen with Isha. All she'll have is her quiet ghost. And I've gotta wonder if the silence will be more or less painful.

[shutupineedtothink]

More ep 7 thoughts, now that I’ve watched it twice and processed 🫠

Bookending the episode with Lilia’s fall but first it’s down and then it’s up - sick, twisted, beautiful, devastating, I’m crying

The soundtrack really goes hard in this ep

The wildest part about the “ex best friend” line is all of those things are equally insane - ex, ex best friend, or best friend. Like ma’am what hex were you living in

Babysitter is likely a reference to the comics, but interesting also in terms of WV because we saw Agatha babysit the twins only once I think. Does this mean she actually spent more time with them than we know?

Wow once again Kathryn Hahn is doing so much work in this first scene with Billy, she’s going from snarky to wary to calculating to hurt to i don’t even know. She’s doing a masterclass in face acting.

When they start to climb toward the castle, Agatha has her hands clasped behind her back and initially I was just like ma’am, why are you like this, but then I realized oh. Her hands are tied right now.

Waning moon for the Crone trial babyyyyyy called it

Fun and fast transition to get us into the trial, since we know the deal by now

She’s based on me you know — sooooo, tragic, misunderstood, secretly suffering her whole life, constantly judged by others, uh huh uh huh

Prove it - he really doesn’t believe a word she says! And she looks so hurt by it!

The way Agatha sits in the chair omg girl please chill

This is such like an Indiana Jones trap I love it

God I love Lilia’s visions, changing the perspective to hers, the blurring around the edges - sometimes you don’t need to do much, but it’s hella effective

Actually a lot of good camera tricks in this ep I’m not going to point them all out

It’s about limiting beliefs baybeee - once again the writers showing they know their psych

I’m sorry that tea leaves to the underground transition??? Spectacular

“Well tell me what more I should see when I look at you. No, I mean it” - hey nonviolent communication, how’s it going 🤌

God can you imagine how scary it would be to have these visions as a CHILD

Did you not see imminent impalement in your future?? Lol why did this get me

I get the fake nose on Agatha but idk maybe I could’ve done without it

Teenager his full name LOLOL underrated joke

Dory OMGGGGG

Jen being the ultimate Lilia champion this ep and I love it. Also seems to contradict her behavior even more in Agatha’s trial, but she’s still more snappy with Agatha here too

What are you wearing, I don’t wanna talk about it - bruh every line. EVERY LINE.

Did I mention the transitions are killer

Your task is not to control but to see. - I, I can’t keep writing down every line but

I love that as soon as Jen knows what’s going on, she’s totally on board, just asking Lilia for intel, like yep this is normal now

Ahhh the spell book. Interesting that Lilia finds it.

Ohp - I wish Lilia was here. Ask and you shall receive - see the Billy’s Road theory

She calls him baby again 😭

Is snappy dialogue one of my biggest joys on this earth? I think it is

Proper tarot takes time and care. And leads to large gaping wounds - …. You mean like internal wounds? Like trauma? Like you have to bring up the trauma to heal it? Uh huh uh huh cool cool cool cool you said it Agatha not me.

The Magician, the ability to turn all of your goals into reality - Agatha immediately side eyes him. Bruh.

I’m a forgotten woman. Then remember yourself. 🤌🤌🤌

I was falling. I will fall. - CAMERA. MOVEMENT.

What will you do with your remaining time 🤝 all we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us. Iykyk.

The subway baybeee get that House of R theory

God this tarot spread scene is so epic.

Ok Jen being the path ahead… I gotta come back to that

Agatha is the obstacle yep that makes sense (but the obstacle is the way)

Windfall - Billy, miraculous transformation uh yep ok

Destination - Death. Such a good reveal, even if I already knew it. Once again the power of good writing. In the end all roads lead to me. UGH WTF

NOT THE GREEN VINES SPELLING A BIG OL “R” WHEN THE DOORS OPEN

The original green witch…. Ok so she is in the coven… but also Billy’s in the coven? It’s a shared black heart? Or it means you can go one direction or the other… hm.

Ughghghghhh her just giving them each what they need before she sends them onward. She’s the GOAT.

Did I mention the music????

This whole scene is so EPIC. The tower upright fuck it up queen

Oh my God Lilia took her power back 😭

We didn’t see a body unlike Alice I’m holding onto that “see you at the end” lyric with all my might at this point

Time in a bottle was sick and twisted and beautiful I love it

I just… can’t believe this is something I got to witness. Like it’s so good I’m mad about it.

A few other quick thoughts:

Jen being the path ahead… if she was birth in the first trial (see my maiden mother crone trial theory), then maybe she’s also REbirth? It’s a circle sewn with fate… we’re going back to the beginning but emerging from the Road this time. Eh??

Patti…. PATTI!! Where’s her Emmy? Where’s the show’s Emmy???

Not only was this a better time travel plot than the rest of Marvel as I said in another post but it’s also better than time travel in Doctor Who for the last 10 years and that pisses me off low key.

Not to jump ahead but buckle up kids cuz if we’re following the loose structure of WandaVision then ep 8 is our flashback/reliving the trauma episode for Agatha and as much as I was destroyed by this ep I am so not ready for all of that.

Anyway. What a masterpiece. I’m DONE.

[grandlinedreams]

Two weeks. Fourteen days, three hundred and thirty-six hours since the Polar Tang last surfaced.

Not that you're counting, or anything. You love your crew, you do ㅡ but there's only so much of inky black portholes and crewmate shenanigans (read: Penguin and Shachi) that you can take before it becomes too much to handle.

But you've finally surfaced, Polar Tang bobbing contentedly at the dock of an island that, for all intents and purposes, is beyond peaceful. Those grow rarer and rarer it seems (an unfortunate setback when you have a bounty on your head), and you're glad that your crewmates are just as excited as you are to get some non-submersible based peace.

Sighing contentedly, you lean against the railing of the deck, head tipped skyward. The breeze is nice ㅡ with your boiler suit peeled down to tie around your waist and leaving you in the black tank top beneath, there's quiet enjoyment to be had of air that hasn't been recycled and scrubbed clean.

"Not going to go run around with everyone else?"

The question comes from behind you, footsteps familiar enough that you don't need to turn around. Hooking your fingers around the railing, you lean back, tipping your head further to look at Law. "I don't think that Bepo, Shachi and Penguin constitute as 'everyone else'."

"Don't lean like that, you'll fall." A hand cups the back of your head, pushing you to correct your stance.

"You won't patch me up if I get hurt?" Your eyes lock with gold.

"When it's your own fault? No." The linger of Law's hand against the nape of your neck says otherwise, and a soft smile tugs at your lips as you take in his appearance. It's unchanged from his usual besides the absence of Kikoku, his sleeves rolled up to expose his tattoos.

"How tragic," you lament, grinning when you catch the slow eyeroll from the man beside you before your attention shifts back to the sky above. The sun set hours ago, tugging a blanket of midnight blue to replace the sun, scattered with silver pinprick stars. "Aren't they beautiful?"

Law follows your line of vision, the gleam of stars winking down. "I suppose so."

You snort. "Wow, what a romantic. No surprise you swept me off my feet with that kind of attitude." Your tone is light and teasing, meeting his flat look with one of amusement. Stepping closer, you ignore the reflexive tensing of his body as you lean against him. It's a little risky, pushing for affection beyond the closed door of his room ㅡ but when all he does is look away and give a sharp tug to his hat to shadow the blush of his cheeks, you know you've won. "Think they'll ever figure it out?"

They, of course, being the rest of the Heart Pirates ㅡ and Law snorts, this time truly amused. "The way things have gone so far? I doubt it."

"True," you say, leaning forward to rest against the railing once more, your gaze drawn back to the sky. "I think Bepo at least suspects something."

Law's hand drifts along your bare shoulders, fingers curling to tug you back towards him, and you smile to yourself as you let him. "If he does, he won't say anything." He pauses. "Do you want them to know?"

You debate for a moment, relishing the warmth of his palm against your shoulder, the fact that you're privvy to this softer, more vulnerable side of your usually intimidating boyfriend.

"Nah," you answer at last. "Think I'd like to keep this with you all to myself for a little longer." His fingers squeeze, and you don't have to look up to know he's smiling.

"Me too."

[bobosbillionsknives]

(not shipping content)

It's one of my biggest headcanons ever that Vash does NOOOT like his birthday dude I just can't believe it...Knives however. Biggest birthday enjoyer ever. He is the special birthday boy. 🤗🤗🤗

Knives usually leaves Vash alone but Vash KNOWS Knives is going to make an effort to show up on their birthday and it stresses him out so bad. Especially if the July incident was on their birthday...that would leave horrible memories for him. 😭 Not to mention how painful remembering his first birthday with Rem would be. Plus Knives would act so bitchy about it like wooow dont even want to see your own brother on your birthday wow. I get it I'm just the worst ever ..🥀 Vash would be so over it.

I feel so strongly that Vash is the introvert while Knives is the extrovert. Knives self isolates out of fear and disgust of humans but he secretly thrives while talking to others. Especially if they have strong opinions he can argue against (definitely a debate bro). If Knives had a normal childhood he would've loved big crowds, he has absolutely no social awareness or shame . Or filter. He'd talk to anyone who'd listen. Knives drives himself absolutely insane with his own isolation. All he really wants is social connection, something he's convinced himself is impossible with humans. That's why he's so fixated on getting Vash to stay, he feels Vash is the only person he can actually talk to. Vash on the other hand, would do anything for 5 minutes alone. He is constantly pushing away Milly, Meryl, and even Wolfwood. He cannot let anyone know him beyond his silly guy persona. He especially doesn't like being celebrated (doesn't think he deserves it. 😂😂😂) He is constantly trying to skip out on the parties towns people throw for him, leaving without saying goodbye. (He does like getting drunk tho...makes talking easier) He'd never EVER share his birthday with anyone. Especially not Wolfwood or the girls. Knives however, would tell EVERYONE !!! (like how the entire Gung Ho Gun knew Knives had a brother, but Meryl had no idea Vash did. I think Knives loves talking about himself and his tragic past, painting himself as the forever victim to absolutely anyone who'd listen. To Vashes absolute horror 😭.) Vash is constantly drained from forcing himself to perform socially. He loves people and talking to them but he just needs like. 8 hours of alone time to properly function. That's why he gets so bitchy with everyone sometimes lol. She just needs a naaaaap omg 🤦‍♂️. But he feels guilty for being snippy and tired so he'll force himself to be social anyway. Which makes it worse. Love hiiim !!!! 😍 Either way they're both hurting themselves when they behave like this.

Knives is definitely the yapper while Vash just listens. I feel like Vash would appreciate not having that pressure to constantly respond. Even if Knives can be overbearing, I do think they enjoy each other's company. When they aren't... trying to murder each other. Nobody knows him like Knives does, it would almost be relieving not having to pretend to be happy all the time. He can perfectly morally justify being as mean to Knives as he wants to be !! And he wouldn't admit it, but he does enjoy listening to Knives complain about nothing. He thinks it's funny. Knives is just happy to be with someone he's deemed worthy of his time. He views Vash as his equal, someone he actually trusts to confide in. They are the opposite and also the same in every way life is so beautiful I love these guys.

It would also just be such a cute subversion of audience expectation if Knives, the self proclaimed people hater, was a people person. I think that's sooo interesting and makes so much sense with the context of his desperation for the approval of humans when he was a child. I think kid Knives would've tried to argue that celebrating something everyone goes through is pointless, but would love all the attention anyway. Even be a bit resentful that it was Vashes birthday too if he didn't seem to appreciate the attention as much. As he got older hed mellow out and warm up to the idea of having a birthday and sharing it. Mostly as an excuse to talk to Vash and make everything about himself again. Lol. Plus I think he likes organizing parties. His dream is to have that sweet 16 fantasy the humans in the old world used to have. He actually wants to be normal is the thing. They both do.

[oddeyes588]

So... Lostbelt 6 part 2 is out and it's great! I haven't finished it yet but uh... I gotta address something. And it's this scene.

Good scene, right? Beautiful CG, some insight into the way Castoria thinks... but there's something wrong with this scene.

It's translated wrong.

Now if you're like me and you've been keeping up with fan translations for FGO, you may have realized this already, but this translation fundamentally misses the entire point of the scene.

This is what Castoria is supposed to be saying:

I don't want to see her. I don't want to be shown her. She's too much. I don't want to believe it. I don't want to acknowledge it.

After all.

She has no equal. Takes no refuge. No one who understands her. None who can comfort her.

She receives no reward. No goals. No rest. She cannot afford failure, not even a single mistake.

Ah—from the bottom of my heart, I think: "no."

Just how cruel must it be for everyone to smile and acknowledge a king like that?

Do you see the difference? This is a defining scene concerning Castoria's character. Something that sets her apart from every other iteration of Artoria that we've known so far (barring the Servantverse ones). Castoria sees the way of life that her PHH self chose and is repulsed. She can't stand to think about it. At first it seems like she's just buckling under the weight of those expectations, but in reality, Castoria just can't stand to see her.

She can't stand to see this other version of herself willingly throw away her humanity for the sake of an ideal. To give up her own happiness, to give up any chance of ever being understood, all to become a perfect king who the people will love and praise, but never truly understand.

It is a lonely existence, and like a certain redhead in Fate/Stay Night, she can't accept it. Who could bear to live like that? Who would want to live like that? Castoria wants nothing more than to be happy. She wants to make friends her age, eat sweets with them, go shopping with them and walk down the street while holding their hands. She wants to LIVE, and the thought of giving all of that up for the sake of everybody but yourself...

Noble? Sure. But it's mostly just tragic.

That's what this scene is about. Establishing exactly how Castoria feels about her Proper Human History self. She doesn't admire her, if anything it HURTS to see her, to know what she went through, to know what she did.

So WHY was it translated like this?

I'm the only one of my kind. I have nowhere to run. No one understands me. Romance is out of the question.

There's no reward. No finish line. no rest. I can't make so much as a single mistake.

Ahh... So many things I'll never have.

How cruel would I have to be for everyone to accept a king like me with a smile?

Listen, Castoria thinking of her own struggles in parallel to Saber's is interesting, and it isn't NOT there... but that isn't the point of the scene, and foregrounding it like this is uh...

It sure is a decision, that's for sure.

It's not necessarily bad, but it just doesn't fit due to the obvious reason that this isn't what the scene is supposed to be. This scene isn't Castoria seeing a vision of Saber and going "wow, how am I going to live up to this?" as if Saber's story is aspirational.

No. It's a tragedy, and what Castoria is actually thinking is "that's cruel and fucked up"

Anyways I just felt like putting this out there... and before anybody jumps down my throat about how the fan-translation could've been wrong... I did bring this up with a friend who can read Japanese and went to read the node in Japanese. While you could argue that because Caster and Artoria are acknowledged to be different versions of the same person, that Caster is using "I" to refer to the other, but the last line is just outright wrong. The scene is fundamentally about the cruelty of everyone around Saber placing an impossible burden on her, and how Castoria feels seeing that.

[4h0y-m4t3s]

Dexbloss incorrect quotes ( that may or may not be very OOC at times)

https://perchance.org/incorrect-quote-generator - taken from here.

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Blossom: You got a date yet Dexter? Dexter: No… Blossom: Well you do now! Get your ass up and hold my hand!

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Blossom: Did it hurt when you fell- Dexter: From heaven? Wow, I didn’t think you were such a flirt- Blossom: No, I meant when you fell down the stairs. Dexter: … Blossom: You just laid there for 15 minutes.

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Blossom: You have to apologize to them Dexter. Dexter: Fine! But I must warn you that this might make me a better, nicer person and that is NOT the person you fell in love with!

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Dexter: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos- Blossom: I wrote you a poem. Dexter, already crying: You did?

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Dexter: Hey, random question, what are your favorite flowers? Blossom: Peonies, why? Dexter: Blossom: Were you going to get me flowers? Dexter: Blossom: Dexter: ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵖᵒˢˢᶦᵇᶦˡᶦᵗʸ

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Dexter: seductively takes off glasses Dexter: Wow… Blossom: blushes Haha… what? Dexter: You're really fucking blurry.

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Dexter: My future partner must be brave, strong, intelligent, successful and organized. Blossom: steps on a caterpillar and proceeds to drop to their knees and sob while apologizing profusely Dexter: That one. I want that one.

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Dexter: Come to dinner tonight. I can’t cook, but I’ll bring plenty of free wine. Blossom: Marry me.

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Blossom: We’re getting married, bitches! Dexter: And we're about to make it everybody else's problem.

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Blossom: I would never say that dexter is a bitch and I don’t don’t like him. That’s not true...dexter is a bitch and I like him so much!

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Blossom: I’m in love with you. Dexter: We called off the prank war last night at midnight, dork. Blossom: I know. Dexter: Ah. Okay. Um. Cool. Neat. Very cool. Cool. Cool. Coolcoolcool-

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Dexter: I can't take this anymore, someone needs to take me out! Blossom: In a dating type of way, or an assassination type of way? Dexter: I don't know, surprise me!

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Blossom: Stop doing that. Dexter: Stop doing what? Blossom: Saying things that make me wanna kiss the hell out of you.

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Dexter: Crushes are the worst. Whenever I’m near mine, I start acting stupid. Blossom: You always act stupid. Blossom: Blossom: Wait…

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Blossom is crying after a breakup Dexter: There there, Blossom. Blossom, still crying: Thanks, but how did you get into my room? Dexter: Great question—

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Blossom: The stars are so beautiful… Dexter: They're just giant balls of gas. Blossom: You know what, if you're just going to ruin this, then- Dexter: And yet none of them are as huge as my love for you. Blossom: Oh…

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Blossom: Okay, but what if we went to dinner not as friends this time? Dexter: AS ENEMIES?! Blossom:

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Dexter, trying to flirt: So, you come around here often? Blossom, confused: I mean, this is my house, so yeah.

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Blossom: angrily presses Dexter against a wall WHERE'S THE MONEY?! Dexter: … Dexter: Are we about to kiss-

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Blossom: Babe, you're so funny! Dexter: We have 1492 days until your tragic premature death. You will break my trust three times before that happens, but I forgive you. Blossom: Awwww, that's sweet of you!

(This one was so random??? 😭)

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Blossom: Smart is attractive. Educate me on something I don't know! Dexter: The mouth of a jellyfish is also an anus. Blossom: Stop.

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Dexter: Blossom and I are no longer friends. Blossom: DEXTER THAT IS THE WORST WAY TO TELL PEOPLE THAT WE’RE DATING!

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Dexter: I owe you one. Blossom: That’s ok. You can just date me and we’ll call it even.

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Edit: WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME I MISSPELLED OOC 💔

[see-arcane]

objectively the funniest part of frankenstein is that he didn't even abandon the creature, he went on a little stress induced walksie and when he came back BOOM no more creature. Actually I lied funniest part of Frankenstein is the creature going ''man my creator must think I'm an unholy abomination'' based on no evidence and then victor going ''man the creature I haven't seen in two years must hate me enough to hunt down my family and kill them'' ALSO based on no evidence. They meet up like "wow! you are really living up to my insane preconceived notions. This sucks."

The actual funniest part is that, upon meeting properly post-William and Justine deaths, the Creature guilts Victor into sitting and hearing out his tragic origin story and Victor is like,

"Man, I guess I really don't have evidence it was him that did the murdering and framing. That's my bad. I should sit and hear him out instead of judging him just on vibes!"

And then the Creature ends his sob story with,

"Yeah, no, I absolutely murdered the shit out of that small child (your brother) and cheered about it. Same with framing that hot chick (your nanny and family friend) in her sleep for being too hot and definitely bound to not want to date me if she saw me. Also, you have to invent me a girlfriend. You owe me."

And Victor realizes his vibe read was 110% accurate.

"This sucks."

And the Creature proceeds to carry on doing revenge-tantrum-Making Victor a Fellow Miserable Wretch plan while being 110% convinced that he is in the right and that Victor and his innocent loved ones have definitely for sure earned all of this very Luciferian and cool homicide

"This sucks so much for me, personally, as I feel so icky about the murdering."

"So? Don't murder anyone?"

"No, I'm gonna"

And then people for the next 200 years decided with increasing and worrisome lack of irony that Victor was the reeeal villain and the Creature was no more than an innocent baby boy lashing out at society..!*

*Society here not referring to literally any of the people who actually hurt the Creature, but instead entirely premeditated victims whose only crime was 'loved by Victor.' Which could have its own unique reads in how easily the story lens could have gone to the other half of the Luciferian motif--not hubris, but envy.

The Creature is alone, unloved. He discovers his Creator and his origins. He rages. He spies all these beautiful people in Victor's life; his true family. And when Victor refuses to make a custom wretch to be his companion, he rips Victor's family away, forcing Victor himself to become that desired loved-loathed counterpart. The Bastard Son VS the Loved Ones, plus a dose of highlighting how people aren't after Justice so much as a Convenient Target/Scapegoat. (RIP Justine, Victor)

But no no no, let's just stick with 'Too much science scary-bad! Pride and goals = family murder! Look at this dumb deadbeat dad suffer, ha ha.'

lmao

[envy-of-the-apple]

Hi! I have a request, could you write meruem x reader (female). Fluff and he being overprotective over his lover, a oneshot or ongoing fic. Perhaps pregnant reader if you are ok with it ofc.

I don't do pregnancy sorry:( how about we compromise with a forced wedding trope:))))))

oh wow, you said fluff? does-does killing loved ones and forcing the love of your life to swear their life to you count as fluff? Istg I cant read I'm so sorry

(Dark content, forced marriage, implied murder, implied stalking)

You've heard what was happening in the Kakin Empire.

Just rumors. Murmurs whispered here and there. People were disappearing in droves, but no one knew what was really happening. Some people speculated of aliens finally touching the Earth, taking humanity into the stars. Others thought it was a government failure, a leaked chemical plant that was causing people to die and the Empire was just covering it up.

It was a tragedy, but you lived two countries away from the Kakin Empire. It wasn't supposed to effect you.

This was supposed to be the happiest day of your life. You were supposed to marry the man of your dreams. Live the rest of your life in marital bliss.

Now, the man you were about to swear your life to was dead, and someone else sat at your side.

You've never seen anyone like him. He was peculiar looking. Handsome, but his skin was an inhuman green color. You've never seen someone with a tail before. He was oddly beautiful, in a tragic sort of way.

But you could barely care about appearances, not with how effortlessly he started to massacre.

He called himself the King when he entered the venue. You thought him rude, at first, when he interrupted the ritual with his sudden presence. Your fiance looked annoyed at the appearance. You could see him turn, about to curse out the stranger.

In retrospect, you should be grateful his death was quick. Painless.

You don't notice his subordinates until they demand attention as well. Three, just as peculiar as their leader. One demands that everyone bow for their so-called King. When the crowd doesn't listen, still amassed in hysteria, you have a perfect view as his men begin to pick off the crowd one by one. The only ones left are the few that were smart enough to reel in their horror, slinking down to their knees.

And then there's you.

He's slow when he makes his ascension. You wonder if he was the personification of death itself, coming to claim you for his own. You wished he would, but instead, he stops, right by your side. Instead of killing you, he starts to speak.

He has a nice voice.

He says he's been watching you for a while. He says that in order to respect your tumultuous human customs, he will finish this ceremony with you so you two can be wed. Then, he sits down right next to you, urging the shaking priest to continue.

You don't acknowledge him, not at first. You're not smiling anymore. You don't stare into the remaining crowd, too scared to see who you also lost. Instead, you look down at your hands, draped in jewelry and henna. You continue to stare, reminiscing how just ten minutes ago, you were so so happy.

You wince when a hand reaches over to roughly grab your arm. It doesn't hurt, but it easily could have.

"You don't seem happy," He hisses, "I expect you to behave gratefully. It is an honor to marry a King."

You nod because you're a coward. You value your life more than your dignity.

"Yes, your Majesty," You respond quietly.

"You must not use titles when referring to me," He declares, "From now on, you will call me by my name or husband."

"I don't know your name." You respond.

Of course, you didn't know his name. The monster of the man who entered your life so suddenly. He's silent, and you wonder if that's the last graciousness he'll give you. If he's decided to slay you here, leave you for another more obedient one.

"Meruem," He finally responds, "My name is Meruem."

He doesn't speak another word, intently focusing on the priest. You both sit in silence, hearing the priest shakily recite the mantras, hearing your remaining family quietly sob on the floor.

He acknowledges you once more when he ties the mangal sutra around your neck. It's thin, discrete, and easily hides under your gaudy dress. Still, it feels like a chain that suddenly snaps in place, bogging you down.

You don't remember much after that. It's only after Meruem pulls you up, effectively pulling you back into reality. There are still many rituals to be done. He doesn't seem to care. You don't either.

He leads you away from the altar. Your bare feet hit the smooth tile as you are dragged outside. The anklets create small jingles, bells that ring your perceived fate. The men who came in with him, silently trail behind. The doors close behind you with a sickening thud, locking you away from your dream forever.

You wouldn't be able to bury him.

Meruem suddenly stops, turning back to you. He reaches up to your face as though he is fascinated. You can feel him wipe a tear off your cheek.

You hadn't even realized you'd begun to cry.

"I can make you happy," He promises, his voice small, so much different compared to how he spoke less than ten minutes ago.

You search his face. His eyes show a glimmer of loneliness. Desperation.

It's gone within a moment. The King takes a breath, removing his hand.

"Come," He says, the usual cruelty back in his voice, "We should return to the palace. Your new home."

[spectral-kitkat]

Finished Bodies on Netflix and wow! After the initial mindfuck had worn off and I was able to comprehend everything this series was amazing!

I saw it advertised on fb a while ago and was like “mum I have a new series to watch!”

Spoilers for the next bit if you haven’t seen it

Top 3 favourite characters:

• Karl Weissman/Charles Whiteman:

His one liners and general idgaf attitude were just 😚👌🏻 chefs kiss. He did what needed to be done no questions asked. Need to kill this bitch - done. Need to frame this guy - no problem! No fucks were given and I love him for it! Plus his reluctant “adoption” of Esther made me feel all types of emotions. Their back and forth conversation in the police station was hilarious and I really wished they could’ve gone to Inverness together.

• Alfred Hillinghead:

He gave his life just to close this case and not only that he gave his life to spare the only person he could be his true authentic self with! Give me the “gay closeted victorian romance that leads one of them to die just to protect the other” Pain. That is all. He risked everything to try and solve the murder, his family, his reputation, his job and I respect the hell out of him for it! His love story with Henry was tragically beautiful and I love it! Their final goodbye where Alfred tells him to run knowing that he’s actually going to turn himself in - cinema! That final kiss between them hurts me on such an emotional level I actually feel sick when I think about it! Alfred knew that was the last time he’d ever see Henry and he did not hold back!

• Shahara Hasan:

She was on a mission the entire series and did not let anything stop her! Even finding out that the exact same body was found in 1890 and 1941 didn’t dissuade her. She still went “alright wtf that’s weird but it’s still a murder and I’m gonna solve this bitch!” and then she did! No doubt made harder by the fact her boss was in on it… What a badass! Her future self was no slouch either. She really went from “I need to help this kid who clearly has some mental issues” to “fuck this kid - we need to dismantle everything he’s done” and all this whilst suffering the pain of knowing she could probably have prevented Elias from detonating the bomb and killing half a million people including her own son! Damn woman, you dropped this: 👑

Iris gets a honourable mention since the timeline would never have righted itself if she hadn’t sacrificed her life in 2053 to tell Hillinghead what happened and how he can prevent it. Her jumping into The Throat was the catalyst that started the end to Mannix and his weird fucked up timeloop of a life.

Also props to Tom Mothersdale for lying on the floor naked in the exact same position for godknows how long as various people find him. Especially in 1941 with the rain machine pelting him with cold water

I was also thinking up potential ship names for Alfred and Henry and the only 4 I could come up with are:

- Candid Constable

- HillingAshe

- Alfrey

- PhotoCop/PhotoCopper

Idk if any of them are any good but eh 😂 i tried

[tare-anime]

Fullmetal Alchemist

Welp, finally I read this manga.

So very late, yes I know, but this and that happened and I've finally able to binge read this amazing 10 years work (2001-2010) in a little more than a week.

Tbh, the first book was mostly world building and kind of slow paced, but starting from the last half of second book.... I can't stop reading.

Wow. Just wow.

As a reader who usually has to wait a week or two between each chapter, being able to read a series from start to finish in a week is quite a different experience, tbh 🤣🤣 I need two days to take a breath and comprehend the story. There must be details that I missed that I need to reread.

Overall, the highlight of this series is the impecabble characterizations and the growth of each character, and character dynamics.

And not only Ed and Al as protagonists, or Winry, Roy, Izumi as the closest support characters but also the people around them up until the minorest characters. I love Scar, Barry the Chopper, the Homonculus, and even the main antagonist Shadow in the flask.

All of them get their moments to shine. All of them got their share of development, and most important, all of them got to do something in the plot!

The world building and plot also been done amazingly. From the current timeline, up until events in the past, and all loose ends being tied up in the end that give me the most satisfactory endings. It is still an open ending, but at the same time the epilogue feels enough.

And of course, this manga contains so many amazing female characters, and each one of them is so badass. They have their strength and weakness and impact to the people around them.

My favorites mommies.... Izumi Curtiz and Olivier Armstrong.

OmG!!!! Especially in these badass moments??? 🛐🛐🛐🛐 My Queeeennn!

Of course, I will always love black haired beauty with knives. LanFan my beloved 💖💖💖💖

And last but not least, Granny Pinnako!

I mean, this person has been there, and will always be there through sweet moments and sorrows. Supporting Trisha and Hohenheim, Ed and Al, Winry. She stands strong for them. She is there when these people needs some strong hands to steady their wobbly legs. And pushes them to carry on with their life.

That is.... one amazing woman right there!!

As far as pairing ships, being a TwiYor fan I am, I've always been bombarded with Royai fanarts (and I'm not complaining). Yes, I noticed the tragic pasts, the relationship, and how supportive Royai can be (and it is quite similar to TwiYor in a way), but I think for FMA, I lean more to Ed and Winry ship.

Don't get me wrong, I love both ships.

But seeing Ed and Winry grow from little boy and girls, do their share of hardships, realize their feelings, and finally voice their awkward proposal. Auugghhh!!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

My favorite moments for these ships are:

Yes yes, I will still love angst and hurt/comfort whenever I go 🤣🤣🤣

Oh, other ships that I like: LanFan and Lin, Izumi and Sig, May and Alphonse, Mr and Mrs. Hughes.

All in all, what an amazing series. I'm glad I finally able to read this 🥰🥰🥰🥰 and will do a reread while waiting for the next spy x family chapter.

[cowboylikedean]

Haylor makes me so sad because she wrecked him… but she did so because he never realize she was actually as in if not more in love as he was. He couldn’t see a reality where he had her heart… he idolized her, true, but he probs also still was grasping with his own fame, and his own value as a person. In what universe would someone like her, older, wiser, and so pretty and famous would be so in love with him.

Their timing was the worst.

And yet also… is that a surprise. That he didn’t got the memo? Seeing all the reactions even from some haylors after hearing the vault songs were like wow, guess she really did love him…. For years there was an agreement of how much of an impact she had on him, but not as much of the impact he had on her… and it just breaks my heart when I think about it

i know. i knew that it meant something to her, and i said that for years. but i did always think that this hit him harder because it was his first love. but the truth is it fucking smashed and destroyed her, she was fucking broken. if you hold onto someone for years, and the hope that they'll get their shit together and love you the way you need, when they don't, it's going to crush you.

and yeah, it makes sense but that doesn't make it hurt less. and it wasn't all him and his not knowing how to deal with his fame, again, she was not a strong communicator either. so they both just couldn't deal right. and it ended up hurting them both so hard and bad and fucked them up for years.

i kinda think there's something to be said there that sums up to "ouch."

this story is tragic and beautiful and sad, and also gives you whiplash and spins you around confused about where you are and what just happened. her analogy to wonderland is perfect, I think.

[dreamerswriter]

Book 6 Finale

Leona threw gold into hell. Also, I thought Leona was going to kill Ortho for that. And I out of the teams, besides Vil’s, Leona and Jamil’s team is the best. I love this group so much. Especially with what Leona did. He didn’t have to help Jamil, but he did. I want an anaylsis. Leona is one of the best characters in this app. 

I.... this was translated for me. I love this so much. Also, those mini games were a lot of fun! I loved it! That and fighting and searching. I love those kinds of mini-games! 

Hahah! Even Azul can only handle Riddle for so long! 

.......... I think in a fist fight, yes, Azul could take down Riddle. 

I loved how both were so happy to take down the titan. They had so much fun. This is true friendship right here. Also, I just noticed this, but Azul’s hat and Riddle’s crown are gone after that fight. 

No, I am with Vil on this. Rook is supposed to look after the dorm if anything happened to the house warden. Sure, Rook went to save his husband, but Vil’s right. Those students must’ve freaked out about this. 

He’s really laying on Rook. I agree with him still. 

Oh wow. Dang. 

Sir, I’ve played through the KH series, I will be fine. (And others, but I see my Yuu as the player who failed to raise Xehanort). 

I really like this. Gods, I can’t get over Vil. He’s such a good character. He takes his position as the dorm leader very seriously. 

Aw....That’s sweet. 

The fans rejoiced! I was blushing too. It isn’t every day someone like Vil does this, and he means it too. More importantly, ROOKVIL KISS?! 

Proud apple child right here. 

That’s not the best success rate.... 

So... Ariel ran a non profit organization.... You didn’t believe that and searched... Realizing it was true. Your mind went “FREE!” Fricken same. Especially in this economy... 

They were so close. I really do feel bad for them, but this wasn’t good either. 

They really did help the students. 

School traditions are stronger and more impactful. Love how Rook agrees. 

That is terrifying. They’re 18-16, and they know this. But gosh darn, this is written so well. I cannot wait for Book 7 with this level of writing. It is going to be immaculate. 

Yes, yes, yes! 

I still can’t believe Vil is a Xiao build. Rook, yes, but Vil? Well, yes... Beanfest proves this. Never mind, I am wrong. 

Hot dang! Yes! 

That is final boss dialogue, and I love it so much! Vil got his wish too! He’s a hero! 

Ok, so I love stats, but Idia not only gives himself a boost in fire magic, but he also gets a healing factor too in grass. I love Hades and Persephone, so I am going to believe that’s why he has it. 

HE JUMPED AND FELL TO THE BOTTOM AND AFTER IDIA, ORTHO, AND GRIM! 

This hurts so much. Out of all the Overblots, Idia’s is the most tragic. Riddle, Leona, and Azul are relatable. Vil’s kind of, and I hope to gods no one is in Jamil’s situation. Idia’s backstory is tragic.... I was so silent. He’s been carrying that pain, guilt, and not grieving for so long.... No one should ever have to do that. If you are suffering, please talk to someone. You deserve to be happy and not go through anything like this alone. I love you all and hugs all around. 

THANK YOU FOR NOT TRANSLATING THIS ONE WIERDLY! I WAS SO WORRIED! NO, BESIDES AZUL’S, I LOVE HIS! THAT SOUNDS SO EPIC AND AWESOME TO ME! 

Welcome! We love to have you! You have friends now! 

Idia, you nearly destroyed the world. Azul, you saved it. HOW ARE YOU BOTH ARGUING ABOUT CHESS?! Oh, Azul got his hat back. 

I am surprised they even let you back onto the premise after this. I didn’t think they would either. 

Hahah! 

Do not get me wrong, this was sad. But also, Hercules turned old. You know who else did and scarificed their beauty? The Evil Queen! She’s an amazing writer! 

Can you blame him? He lost his dream and lively hood there.

FORESHADOWING! I’M CALLING IT! Also, thanks for helping Vil, Malleus! 

HE’S A REAL BOY! I AM SO HAPPY FOR HIM! HE’S A REAL BOY! 

Also, yes, Crowley, Silver and the mirror, Lilia’s old speech, and Malleus’ thoughts are so suspicious. I cannot wait for the next book! We get to fight a dragon prince who is suffering from loneliness and realizing he’s going to outlive his friends! YAHOO! I really want to fight the dragon! LET ME FIGHT THE DRAGON! 

Welp! That’s it for me! I’ll work on Harveston next, but please be patient! Final month for me, and I can’t wait! So, that is all! Thanks everyone! And remeber to love your friends and family and those important to you. We love you and will always be there to listen if you need it! I love you all! Thanks! See ya soon! 

[pitbullwithaship]

DOCTOR WHO LIVEBLOG S2 EP14 (2006 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL)

Yay we get to see Donna now!!! I've heard this episode is great, but it is also an hour long. But hey that's the reason I started doing these liveblogs anyway so that I wouldn't get bored after three episodes and give up. AnyWHO time for a bandaid for my broken heart.

Donna!!!

The wedding dress is very pretty

Okay so that girl there is nasty then

LIGHT

WOT

Great first conversation guys truly

THE WOT

I love Donna so much

Love how they just continue staring out the doors

SLAPS HIM I LOVE HER

Sorrow

Aw Donna doesn't understand

His face awww

Slitheen reference

I'm not from Mars I love him

Yells at the driver omg lol

Great start to an episode, sprinting around

Oof the pilot fish hello

Oh dear

I love him he cares so much just randomly

EXPLOSIONS never good

I love Donna so much

YES YOU LOOK LOVELY I love him so much

They're so cute I love the they're best friends

I love the cuts between the story and what actually happened its hilarious

Aww they had the reception without her that's sad

Oh that's Nerys

Starts fake crying to get them to stop mood

Torchwood, seriously

Rose flashbacks, he's so sad and tragic

CHRISTMAS TREE

Dramatic music

That's a weird ass spider alien

4H SUMS YOU UP DOCTOR

I love Donna

Creepy green hallways yay

Very seriously stands on a scooter

I love Donna and the Doctor so much lol they're so cute

That's weird

Unheard of lol

SHE GLOWS

HE GOES ABSOLUTELY INSANE WHEN HE FIGURES IT OUT OMG LOL I LOVE HIM

I'm not about to lose someone else he's so sad and tragic

DINOSAURS

Dramatic hissing

Oh shit Lance what!!!

Aww poor Donna, that fucking sucks. I hate him now he hurt her feelings

Awww poor Donna don't cry girlie

Aww he's so soft to her now

I love him

Hydroplanes him with sci-fi shit

BACKSEAT DRIVER

Hey its the surfboard thingy

Oh dear

Oh spider lady is a jokester then

LANCE STOP BEING MEAN YOU FUCK

Okay so he's dead now

Oof

I love them so much they're hilarious

WATER

The itsy bitsy spider ran up the water spout...

He's so tragic

Wow that's a fragile ship

I love them they're the best friends ever

Oopsie

He's so soft I love him so much he's so cute and kind I love him Do You Understand

They're so cute I Love Them

ITS BEAUTIFUL AND ITS TERRIBLE I LOVE HER

Aww poor lonely doctor

Am I ever gonna see you again? OMG DEATH PAIN

If I'm lucky I love him so much he's so sad I want to hug him

She's very smart, really. Good at people I think

HER NAME WAS ROSE GRIEF

End note I am reminded every time that this show is completely and totally about grief and mourning and the necessity of change and moving on and living in the present and and and and it hurts me every time holy hell

[ratilyn]

Just been through an incredibly traumatising week. I have so much to say. I got to see The Front Bottoms tonight with my best friend. We got to scream out all of our hurt, anger and happiness built up from the age of 16 to our favourite song. If we only knew back then what would happen to us... this was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. I wish I could verbalise it better. But these songs were what got us through so much in our teenage years. Like holy fuck I genuinely don't think we'd be alive if we didn't have those songs and each other to sing them with. Fucking wow. So many tortuously tragic and beautiful memories all connected to this song and this band. We finally got to experience our dream of seeing it live, right in front of us.

I didn't care about filming. I just had to have us (mainly me bc im closer to the camera) screaming out all of our pain to this song. Incredible.

Twin Size Mattress - The Front Bottoms, live at The Gov In Adelaide.

[kindaoptimisticsquirrel]

Trigun Bookclub Trimax Vol14 Part 3

Vol01: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3  | Vol02: Part 1 | Part 2

Trimax: Vol01 Part 1Vol01 Part 2 | Vol02 Part 1Vol02 Part 2 | Vol 03 Part 1 | Vol03 Part2 | Vol04 Part1 | Vol04 Part2 | Vol05 | Vol06 | Vol07 | Vol08 Part1 | Vol08 Part2 | Vol09 Part1 | Vol09 Part2 | Vol10 Part1 | Vol10 Part2 | Vol10 Part3 | Vol10 Part4 | Vol11 Part 1 | Vol11 Part2 | Vol12 Part1 | Vol12 Part2 | Vol12 Part3 | Vol13 Part1 | Vol13 Part2 | Vol13 Part3 | Vol14 Part1 | Vol14 Part2 | Vol14 Part3

Chapter 6 - 7 review under the cut

AAAAAH I forgot what I wanted to say in the last chapter!! You know the black void where Vash gets called out by Meryl...It occured to me that THAT is where they got the idea in Stampede from! Both times Vash is caught in his head, of course under different circumstances, but both times it's Meryl's voice that brings him back to reality!!

Chapter 6:

There's something beautiful about Meryl in this shower of feathers that I wanted to save.

And the fact that she tries not to shy away from it...even if she connects horrible memories with it! She's so strong for this.

And Vash appreciates it. This is what is needed! She's proof to Vash that people can overcome their fears, that this all is not in vain! She's proof of a possible better future <:'))

Louder for the guys in the back, please.

The humans finally being confronted with the (often unknown!) consequences of their actions.

That almost made me cry. I've read this so often now! But still goosebumps.

The desperation in Knive's eyes :( I'm having sad feelings for him, too.

This! Is also a promise of a future! Thank GOD after 3-4 volumes Vash's suicidal tendencies are finally over.

Shounen battle pose!! Wow Knives doesn't look in such a good shape. You read this volume for the first time and just how interesting is it that the big, final showdown that was anticipated the whole time...starts only 2 chapters before the end of the series?? Or, you think it might start.

Chapter 7:

Oh my god I'm slightly tearing up again from reading. This series man.

Rem!! The words she said to Vash, which have been hinted at before!

Epic page! The art just gets better and better. And look how the fifth moon is looking down from above them.

I like how you can see how rebuilding his body uses up energy for Knives! And meanwhile, Vash is throwing away all bullets except for one. He doesn't want this to be a fight, and he's not planning to fight Knives.

Beautiful Vash panel ♥

Oh Knives...how anticlimatic and unusual that in the final big showdown, the antagonist has already lost everything! It's not even a question of who has the upper hand anymore. I love love the unconventional way this ending plays out so much!

This....aaaah oh man, Knives!! You are such a tragic soul. "We've come this far caught up in something too big" yes you're so right...the moment you decided to let the ships crash there was no going back anymore, and STILL you were just a child, hurt, confused and scared. You could not have really grasped the consequences of your actions, but what was done was done. Would Rem have survived, I think she could have given him absolution, and make him strive to work for a better future. Who knows, but I like to imagine that if his mother would have put him in a tight hug the moment he stood on top of the debris of the fallen and burning ships...maybe he would've broken down. And given himself the chance to admit his wrong doing. Of which he knew it was wrong! But because suddenly he and Vash were all alone..he couldn't allow himself to see his mistake because then there would have been no one that could have saved him and comforted him.

What a great character!

Epic pooose

"But I was the one who broke away" KNIIIIVEs *sobs* oh man look how sad and also afraid he looks here! Or maybe just desperately sad because he knows, he destroyed something between them...

And that's what Rem said!! Aaaah the feelings. Aaah boy.

Ah hey Chronica! There you are! NOT a good time, these two were having a moment here!

Knives did NOT foresee Vash not using his last bullet on him, but to deflect Chronica's attack. Meanwhile he goes stab stab at Vash (bad brother!)

ddasffakm love this so much

And we can see the last of Vash's hair turning black...used it all up for the wings.

fasfsafajf aaah more goosebumps

What's with Livio fighting off beautiful women in this series?? (ok it's the second one but it's weird that it happened twice)

Instant damage to all Trigun readers because WOLFWOOD. Is he an actual ghost? Is this Livio's mind, some psychological stuff happening? I don't think it Nightow intended to be really clear about this, as it does not matter, the effect stands. Now I can wonder if what we heard earlier in the volume was also Wolfwood talking to Livio. Could be! I imagine this is more of an after image in his mind...but how nice it would be if there was some ghost Wolfwood? In that case he should make sure to visit Vash before he carries on to the after life. Any way it's just incredible what an impact he has on those dear to him, to Livio and Vash alike until the end.

In that moment, we are all Livio. And with the morning sun...

What a beautiful ending to this fight. I could have never anticipated this outcome and am SO happy about it.

Last chapter and final thoughts will continue in the next post!

[queenofglassbeliever]

I saw this picture of storybook prop pages on OUAT Wikia.

After taking a closer look, I saw that at least two of the pages were about the blended Tremaine family. One is about Ella warming up to Marcus. And the other is about Rapunzel poisoning Cecelia. There's also a page about Marcus loosing Cecelia to the infinite maze. The pages are kinda blurry and partially cut off, but I did my best to read them.

"...man that made her feel safe and filled her with laughter. Although Ella was skeptical of Marcus at first, she came to see what a warm heart he had -- and grew to learn that his heart was big enough, to not just love her mother, but herself as well. Since her own father had long been out of the picture, she...."

"Rapunzel exited the Woodcutter's Cottage. She carried with her a tray of glasses, each filled with lavender lemonade -- her special poisoned one marked by an extra long lavender stem. Crossing the winding path that led to the distant manor, she wondered still if she could really do this. Could she poison Cecelia? Rapunzel knew it wouldn't hurt her, it would just make her go away... at least that's what The Witch had promised. Entering the party, everyone seemed so happy. There were violinist and cellist. They played an upbeat joyous ditty. Rapunzel's eyes couldn't find Cecelia among the crowd, but....

'There you are,' Cecelia said. As she grabbed a lemonade from the tray. Oh no! It wasn't the one [Rapunzel?] had intended for her. 'I'm so glad you [...........] Cecelia continued. 'I don't want [...............] anything to hurt you, [...........] get along... [five?]'

And without even a second thought, Cecelia swallowed back her favorite drink. 'Wow. This one's even better than the last,' she exclaimed!Rapunzel looked away, shaking her head at how trusting this dumb woman was. She thought to herself [reassuring?]: Yes, it'll all be great again, just as The Witch promised...Step-mother entered her life [..............] is a story for another chapter...."

"...Marcus stared at the locket, longing for Cecelia. He hoped it would have lit up by now. But the locket never lit, and it never would. He turned his gaze on the infinite maze, it's winding paths stretched out to the horizon, like the hairy back of some green giant. What would it take to clear such a maze, Marcus wondered. If he could shave down the hedges somehow, maybe just maybe he could still find Cecelia. A fire could burn it, he thought! But no... the smoke would be unbearable and surely would take his life, or worse... her's. There was no way to clear the maze. Nothing that could be done. Cecelia was surely lost to Wonderland. Marcus turned away, soul kicked like a dog by his own failure to save his true love. Cecelia had raised his girls had her very own... both of them. What a wonderful woman she was! What a tender and l loving soul. What would he tell those girls when he returned? His beautiful girls. And then the most tragic of thoughts occurred; What would he tell Ella? That he failed. Yes, this was his responsibility and he would take whatever heartache that would result. He only hoped she could forgive him someday."