#and marius's dad i guess

[coquelicoq]

i'm about 1400 pages in and i've now gotten too choked up to read four times, all of which were because of old men. tragic stuff is happening to all the characters but it's the old guys that get me. typical.

now that i've moved on to reading les misérables aloud, i'm still having the same problem i had with le comte de monte-cristo (i.e., le procureur du roi continues to dog my every step), but a new issue has arisen, viz., i'm only 60 pages in and i've already gotten so choked up with emotion that i've had to stop reading two different times. and all that's happened so far is hugo has been giving background on the guy who will eventually let jean valjean steal his candlesticks. we have not met even a single major character yet. heh heh. i'm in danger.

[kanjichris]

it's so funny to me that in the books, louis and lestat might've never met if it weren't for the french revolution.. rip marie antoinette you would've loved loustat

[phi8]

Recently rewatched Gravity Falls with its resurgence online, and I was itching to give my take on an older Mabel with an absolute unit of a Waddles (who is a regular farm pig after all). To go along with this, I also wrote some fanfic: a letter from Dipper to Mabel, about his return to Gravity Falls years after the show. Read it on AO3 or below!

Dear Mabel,

I hope everything is going well back home!  I miss you already, but it’s so good to be back in Gravity Falls too. A  lot has changed since our summer here.

The first week of my internship at McGucket Labs has been amazing. McGucket has really transformed Northwest Manor into a fantastic campus (though he still insists everyone call it “the Hootenanny Hut”)! There are so many  brilliant scientists and engineers here, and most of them have a refreshingly open mind about the nature and use of all the weirdness you can find in Gravity Falls. My experience with all that stuff is already paying off big time. Yesterday some PHD dude asked for my opinion on practical applications of necromancy (I told him it was a bad idea)!

Candy says hi by the way! It’s funny, for me this internship is all the way across the country, but for her it’s practically in her back yard, even though we both got that scholarship. Also, she tells me Grenda is more or less officially part of the Austrian aristocracy at this point? Apparently she and that Marius duke guy got engaged, did you hear about that?? Turns out I’m completely out of the loop with your friend group.

Candy and I have been hanging out with, of all people, Pacifica and Gideon. Can you believe it? Pacifica works at Corduroy Lumber these days. Probably in some misguided sense to get back to her roots, but I think it’s doing her some actual good. Working with her hands has been teaching her valuable life lessons I guess. It makes it a bit weird if Wendy also comes hang out, because she’s technically Pacifica’s boss – but you know Wendy’s cool about that.

Gideon is still running the Tent of Telepathy, so, not all winners. But he’s turned into a more lovable kind of swindler I think, like a younger Stan. He’s honestly kinda funny now (except that he’s taller than me). Wendy also told me he has a thing for Pacifica, and once she did, I couldn’t unsee it. He’s all over her! Pacifica hasn’t noticed, even though they spend a lot of time together. Or maybe she just hasn’t deigned it with a reaction... Either way, both of them are a ball to go for a drink with, whoda thunk.

You also have a lot of hugs from Soos, Melody and the baby (Stan Jr is sooo cute). (Yes, I asked. Melody promised to make you godmother of the hypothetical next child. You owe me.) The Shack is as charmingly ramshackle as it was back when we were here, but Soos finally got the old man stink out. I’m staying in Grunkle Ford’s old secret office because our room was converted to baby chamber. I still haven’t gotten the Bill murals completely off the walls and I have no natural light down here, but I spend most of my time at Northwest Manor the Hootenanny Hut anyway.

Or in the woods! Being back here really was a good move for my Youtube channel, there’s so much more supernatural stuff here than in California, and people are loving it. (I saw you liked my last video, thanks!) I’m currently tracking down what I think is the actual Gobblewonker. I analyzed some detritus samples from the lake, and there were feces from a large reptile present. From what we know, none of the dinosaurs in the mine were aquatic, so my current hypothesis is that it’s an unrelated creature. Especially since, according to my research, the Gobblewonker story dates back at least a century. I also gotta show Ford some of my findings. You know they’ve come across some aquatic monsters in the Bermuda Triangle. (Have you also been getting his mails with scans of the fourth journal? Truly fascinating stuff.) Either way, I’ll keep you posted, and you’ll be able to watch the result online.

Give my love to mom and dad, and Waddles a tummy rub! Awkward sibling sign off, Dipper

PS. Along with the photo’s in the envelope is that stuff you wanted. Be safe with it! There’s a reason it’s illegal in the parts of the forest controlled by the gnomes. But also have fun, I have it on very good authority it’s the good stuff.

[kim-the-miserable-rat]

I SAW A TIKTOK WHERE A GUY SAID THAT "LES MIS" WAS JUST A THREE HOUR MUSICAL OF THE FRENCH COMPLAINING

(and I mean, he's not entirely wrong.)

(JUST ACT 1 CAUSE I UNDERESTIMATED HOW LONG THIS WOULD TAKE ME)

So here's a list of what they complain about in each song:

LOOK DOWN: the prison system sucks

PROLOGUE: the life of an exconvict sucks

VALJEAN'S SOLILOQUY: this guy is too nice how dare he? And also the prison system still sucks.

AT THE END OF THE DAY: my workplace is full of cunts

I DREAMED A DREAM: men are the worst

LOVELY LADIES: selling my necklace, hair and becoming a prostitute to help my child is something that I have all the right to be mad about (she's completely right, Fantine you deserved sooooo much better queen)

FANTINE'S ARREST: (to the bourgeoisie asshole) stop dehumanizing me I will fight you (to javert) your justice is not fair (to Jean Valjean) It's kinda your fault that im in this situation tbh

THE RUNAWAY CART: (javert) YO HOMIE WTF ARE YOU HULK? [suspecting]or are you buff because of slavery?.....

WHO AM I?: Oh poo! Now I have to choose between lying (it will make god sad) or going back to jail (hundreds of people will lose their jobs and end up living in misery by my actions) Fuck them workers, im an honest man, lets save that one innocent man.

THE TRIAL: the justice system is flawed. Look at my sick ass tattoo in my chest. Ok nvm im going to se Fantine fuck you all.

FANTINE'S DEATH: I will never see my daughter again this is so unfair (it really is)

THE CONFRONTATION: (Jean Valjean) Javert could you FUCKING WAIT A SECOND! I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO(Javert) Im going to drop all my lore in two lines that you will not get cause were all singing at the same time; and NO, you can't just go, WTF?

CASTLE ON A CLOUD: HELLO, CHILD SLAVERY???? SOMEBODY HELP THIS CHILD ASAP!!!

MASTER OF THE HOUSE: Madam Thenardier has a solo just to talk shit about his husband (and he deserves every bit of it)

THE BARGAIN: (Thenardiers) NO, OF COURSE YOU CAN'T TAKE OUR LITTLE TREASURE AWAY -unless you pay for her, that is-

PARIS (look down reprise): EVERYTHING IS AWFUL, WE HATE IT HERE!

THE ROBBERY: (Eponine) FUCK YOU MARIUS MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! (Javert) Ewwww... i hate criminals! and also poor people. Same thing to me, really.

STARS: I'm so obsessed with that fugitive that it's starting to blur into an homoerotic desire. Also HOW DARE HE to be free? I will hunt him for sport

EPONINE'S ERRAND: (Eponine) So now I have to help YOU, the boy im in love with to find a random girl? ALSO WTF DON'T GIVE ME MONEY YOU ASSHOLE.

ABC CAFE: (Enjolras) STOP WHINING MARIUS, NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR NON EXISTENT LOVE LIFE, WE ARE PLANNING A REVOLUTION HERE, YOU KNOW? Also please guys can we take this thing seriously? Please please please :(

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?: (the people, obviously) time to eat the rich or die trying!

RUE PLUMMET/IN MY LIFE: (Cosette) father, ur cool to be around and all that but.... Who the fuck are you? And why do we act like we are convicts running from the law (cause ur dad kinda is, sweetie)

A HEART FULL OF LOVE: (Eponine) It fucking sucks to have helped my crush find the girl he's in love with[who would have thought?] Guess I will look at them longingly from like five feet away while they confess their love for each other and purposefully ignore me.

THE ATTACK ON RUE PLUMMET: (Eponine) GODAMNIT they will think I'm one of those assholes I have to do something! Go away or I'll scream IM INSANE I WILL FUCKING DO IT. Also fuck you dad. (Babet) I DON'T FUCKING CARE ABOUT THE LORE, GIVE ME MY FUCKING MONEY THENARDIER (Thenardier) Im surrounded by idiots! (Jean Valjean) TIME TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, FUCK EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE MY DOWNFALL.

ONE DAY MORE: (Jean Valjean) Kinda sucks to have to run from the law [yeah homie we noticed that] (Marius & Cosette) OH NO! I'LL BE SEPARATED FROM THE LOVE OF MY LIFE THAT I MET A WEEK AGO. WHAT A GREAT TRAGEDY (Eponine) Marius still doesnt care about me. (Enjolras) He's not complaining, he's having the best time of his life. Good for him. Enjoy it while it lasts, citizen! (Javert) Guess I'll go as a spy with this cool new outfit. [Again, not a complain but important to notice]

OK, THIS DESCENDED INTO MADNESS.

EXPECT ACT 2 SOON :)

[covenofthearticulate]

ASH my love I missed your post last night I'm so glad you're okay!! 🫂🫂🫂

let me see if I can come up with any good vampire thoughts on the fly:

- for armand/lestat/louis I feel like lestat has SO MUCH to learn in terms of being a selfless lover and I guess I’m remembering crimson incarnate again like I do every day of my life, but this time I want lestat to put into practice what he’s learned about putting others’ needs first. and not just sex! I want to see him watching armand to learn how to pamper louis the way louis WANTS to be pampered. I want the three of them in the bath together and for once it’s not The Lestat Show but he’s watching louis and armand bathe each other and he finds in him to ask what he can do too 🤧 he ASKS armand if he’d like a turn in the middle for once

- thinking about louis and daniel, and I just think it would be really sweet if louis became the guy daniel went to whenever he feels like there’s a rift or a miscommunication happening in his relationship with armand (I feel like going to lestat or marius with this one would make it worse). since BOTH louis and daniel are on the fledging side of the equation, there’s a unique common ground here. tl; dr: louis is the post-canon a/d marriage counselor (also it’s so funny bc I know armand and louis commiserate re: lestat and now louis and daniel can commiserate re: armand rip louis my guy does not get a break)

- for armand/louis I’m just imagining louis getting armand’s blood stained filthy love letter and tearing off a rust colored edge and putting it in his mouth like an absolute fucking weirdo so he can have the slightest taste of armand on his tongue as he writes his response (whatever that may be 🫢 )

- for lestat/louis I’m know it doesn’t align with canon since most animals are afraid of vampires and mojo was the exception, but I desperately want them to raise a puppy together! I think they deserve it and I usually imagine louis with cats, but I also think he’d be so sweet with a dog and he’d never stop making comments to it—“you’re just like your papa” when it jumps up and licks his face (papa being lestat)

hope these made you smile and hope you feel better soon babe!!! ❤️❤️❤️ (I apologize for any typos I just drank two energy drinks and I am ZOOMING)

Hi friend I hope you know the reason for the late reply is because I've been keeping this in my inbox like a little locket and I go back to peek at it every time I need inspo or serotonin lmfao but these are all so excellent!!!!!!!!!!

LESTAT WATCHING ARMAND PAMPER LOUIS IN THE BATHTUB HELP I'M DECEASED you're so big brained for this oh my god like Crimson Incarnate was fun and I loved having Lestat watch Armand but I can't believe I never even thought about having Lestat watch Louis! Especially because they don't share the Mind Gift I bet Armand would pull out all the stops just to get Louis to vocalize a little more when he does something he likes :)

And YES I love the idea of Daniel being able to talk to Louis about Armand!!! and even before that like i’m honestly so intrigued by what it would look like when Daniel first decides that he’s going to stay with Louis and Armand like how long does it take for them to stop being awkward around one another and what does it look like the very first time that Daniel broaches the subject and asks Louis for advice!!! they have so much baggage between each other but their common ground is Armand 🥺🥺🥺

(also listen……..every day i’m tempted to write a letter from Louis in reply to the Armand letter like my god that shit STILL lives in my head rent free)

nooooooooooooo but i’m gonna fucking CRY at the idea of Loustat raising a puppy together 😭 like Mojo was already full grown when Lestat found him but imagine all the lovely chaos that comes along with raising a little PUPPY!! Louis is the dad who said “Absolutely Not” when Lestat showed up one night with a little dusty stray and then two days later Louis is planted on the sofa with the puppy curled up on his chest and he refuses to let Lestat anywhere near them LMAO (also just think of all the bittersweet ANGST of the two of them living together and co-parenting again and healing but also still being incredibly traumatized after Claudia aaaaaahhhhhhhh)

[acewithobsessions]

Headcanon ask game yayyy I love it!

I’m thinking what if Thomas went back to his parents’ house to tell his dad and mom he was leaving Britain forever to live with his partner in America. Because he knew he would never see them alive again. Although he very much knew his father would deny him once more, he just hoped maybe in his father’s twilight years, he would finally accept who his son was.

In my mind, Thomas really craved his father’s approval more than anything. That was projected to Carson since Downton became his home. But all was rooted in his father. So he wanted to have this one last chance to turn things around. Because Thomas knew that this was the only way he could truly accept himself, no matter what others think of him now.

I think when you watch Thomas’ expressions, even when he was invited back to be the butler, or when he smiled at Guy after he resigned, you can still see there was a glimpse of sadness behind his eyes. Maybe that was why.

So, do you think Thomas and his father could be reconciled with each other? And how about his mother? I think she would be more accepting (or perhaps she didn’t really care much idk)? Somehow I got the idea that Thomas was the only boy in the Barrow family so it mattered more to his father. Anyway, please tell me what you think <3

Oh man YES!!!!! (For some reason, as soon as you said it, I pictured the scene from les mis where Marius asks his dad for permission to marry Cosette??)

That part about Carson? Yes, PREACH. I love love love it when people pick up on this. It's one of the most fascinating bits of his character, imo.

Ok so in my personal headcanon, the reason he started work a bit later than was typical (he did this right??) is because his mother died, meaning there was no longer any sense of security at home. (Also because from what I remember, he talks about her in the past tense.) But if she were still alive, that adds even more layers to the whole thing. I'll have to set aside half an hour of my usual pacing to think about this lol

I'd imagine he shows up to their house kind of stiff, with a sort of "f*ck it" attitude. Guy's not there. He understands that this is something Thomas has to do by himself, and Thomas wasn't exactly eager to let him meet his parents, either.

There's no small talk -- he barely even comes inside. He just finds his parents and deadpans, "I'm leaving."

"What?" his mother asks, a little bit breathless.

"I'm leaving," he repeats. "I've got a beau and I'm going to America with him."

There's a familiar flash of anger across his father's face, but he looks so tired that it swallows it right up. He stands up and leaves. For a second, Thomas wonders if he's found ways to keep his thunderstorm inside, to stop it from raging and having the lightning strike others. He wonders if it makes a difference. It doesn't, he decides, but all the same, it's good to know.

(He wonders if he knows just how much the storm can hurt you when it is stuck inside.)

His mother asks him questions until she is satisfied. She doesn't approve, he knows that. But she knows her son is happy, and maybe enough of her cares that her disapproval isn't the most important thing to her anymore.

He finds his father leaning over the table, staring into space. He starts into his pre-prepared spiel - I'm sorry if I've disappointed you, this is who I am, blah blah etc - but his father cuts him off.

"I'm not happy for you." He still won't look up. "But truth be told, I don't think I'd have been happy for you if you'd settled down like the rest of us. I don't think I'd have been happy with anyone." Finally, finally, he looks up. They have the same eyes. How has Thomas never noticed this before? "You survived me. I guess that's as close to close as we're going to get."

Is he high? Maybe he's drunk. He looks sober enough, but Thomas can't connect this person with the image of his father he has in his mind.

Thomas leaves without feeling as though anything's been accomplished, but nothing got worse. Pick your battles and all that. Just as he's leaving, he thinks that maybe, maybe, his father's storm has blown itself out.

Ough, sorry, I wasn't actually trying to write anything. Anyways, all in all, I'd absolutely love to see this kinda thing, whether it goes horribly or not. (Tbh, I think his dad being so articulate in this iteration points to how he's been thinking about this for a while. Which is probably optimistic. So this is one of the better situations...)

Tysm for the ask!! Wonderful idea :D

[pyromaniacbibliophile]

Stars (Eponine and Euphrasie)

For LesMisOctober24

Eponine has always loved the stars. They were her escape. She used to climb onto the roof and look at them for hours. She brought Euphrasie up there once. It was nice. 

After that it was her and Euphrasie’s special place. They used to climb up there every night. One night it was so windy that the two small girls were nearly blown off. It was the scariest thing that had happened to either of them. 

They still went back the next night.

When Euphrasie left it was different. The stars didn’t seem right without her best friend lying next to her. She tried to think that Euphrasie would still be looking at the stars wherever she was but it didn’t help. Eponine never pretended to be anything other than selfish when it came to Euphrasie. 

By the time Gavroche was old enough to climb they were on the streets. Dad never wanted them in the house anyway, so they were kicked out. Of course, any money they made would go straight back to her parents, but apart from that they were alone. Alone and free. 

It wasn’t too hard, in the heart of Paris, to find a fallen down house. After that it was easy enough to take brick after brick and hide them away in their alley. Cement was easily stolen from the builders. Glass was a luxury but it could be found in the Seine without too much work. 

Eponine found a battered old meadow just across the bridge. She set Gavroche to mudlarking while she stirred cement and placed bricks. By the time she had built what resembled a tiny house her and Gavroche’s hands were cut to pieces yet they had shelter and enough glass to make a few windows dotted around the structure. 

Sleeping on bricks wasn’t fun, but the siblings coped until Eponine could steal enough fabric scraps to make their floor into a nest. One day, when hanging around the dressmakers, she met Marius. 

Marius who was a naive student with old money and an apartment falling around his ears. 

Marius who liked her brother and didn’t frown on her for stealing. 

Marius who introduced her as ‘my best friend’ without shame. 

Marius who she might be falling in love with, just a bit. 

Only she never takes him to look at the stars.

Then he comes to her all excited, talking about this girl he’s seen in town. Eponine knows the signs well enough and smiles even while her heart breaks. Marius is in love. Gavroche, now a teenager, asks if he should punch Marius or find his new girl and ‘rough her up a bit’.

Eponine tells him not to, she always does. It’s nice to have someone to defend you, though. 

He says her name is Cosette. Eponine learns a lot about Cosette over the next month. She’s beautiful and sweet and clever and so many other things. Eponine carefully doesn’t think about how Marius thinks she doesn’t know anything because she’s poor. Doesn’t think about how she could never be ‘sweet’. Doesn’t think about the fact that she isn’t beautiful. 

She is taken to meet Cosette, Marius so excited he’s buzzing. They wait on a park bench until She arrives. 

Then she actually does arrive and Eponine is whisked back to the times when she had a best friend like a sister: Lying on a cold roof looking at the stars and talking about everything and nothing. 

“E-Euphrasie?” 

She’s having a similar reaction, Eponine guesses, as recognition flashes and Euphrasie runs forward and squeezes the air out of her. 

“Eponine oh Eponine is it really you I missed you so much my name’s Cosette now though oh Eponine!” words are tangling in Eponine’s ears but she knows she’s smiling like she rarely does. 

Marius is watching, slightly bemused. He sits down and looks up at the stars. They’re very bright tonight.

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@lesmis-prompts hope you like, I have Plans to do more :)

[ca-suffit]

Ca I'm fucking tired I swear 😭 These people will pull out 'Claudia is a stand in for Anne's daughter' 'Lestat is Stan' 'Louis is her' I EVEN FUCKING HEARD 'She wrote TOTBT after her dad died and Talbot is an incarnation of her memory for him' (real unflattering for him I guess) or how intrinsically she was connected to Lestat.

BUT GOD FUCKING FORBID, that someone brings out her statement about 14 year olds being adults when talking about the erotic depiction of Armand's sexual assault, and the complete tolerance of it from every other character, and Marius being painted as a saviour, the good master, etc. Or her saying photographs of children in Vogue were erotic.

THEN it's 'seperate the art from the artist' 'depiction isn't endorsement' WELL GUESS WHAT YOU CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE THIS SHIT. I'm sorry that so many people formed a parasocial relationship with this woman, because her work is actually much more interesting when you're able to critique it and figure all the ways of how or why it's fucked up.

(obligatory thank you for existing Ca and welcome back, your blog is a safe haven for people who have anything to say outside of the echo chamber. 🖤)

tw: csa

the way I see a lot of how she wrote in her books and what she said on these topics in interviews is that she prbly experienced it firsthand and spent a lifetime never confronting it. that's what happens with some trauma victims, they stay locked into that mindset from being a child victim and end up repeating these justifications for shit bcuz they can't ever escape. I dislike the woman greatly and idk if I'd call it "pity" for her, but I feel some kind of something for someone who had the means to get rly extensive therapy and instead used it to lash out at ppl (her own fans a lot of the time) until she died. now her fans are repeating the same behaviors and also having no self-awareness of that, while not even having access to her wealth so even more wtf are u all doing.

it *is* a lot more insightful to question everything in these books and look at her too, which is why I was first surprised af that this didn't routinely happen when I first had awareness of this fandom too. There's plenty of ppl who do it, they just don't last long in the very public area of fandom spaces bcuz the rabid "gothic romance" types chase them all out, bcuz they can't undo their special image of her and/or look at their own trauma they're using this to escape from (or did as kids) and they make that everyone else's problem.

(also ty for the nice comments<3)

[samsspambox]

oh god ok much much thoughts i hope you don't mind my extremely rambly series of asks. first off, marius

I imagine Marius villain as that he wants to completely remake pax to be free of austin & giann's influence, and if he can't, destroy the company instead. because what if austin & giann never truly got over carenina's death?

austin subconsciously holds marius to the Giann Standard:tm: and is generally more absent in his life, sometimes ignoring marius' achievements (like winning the art competition at his school) for giann's events.

giann despises marius for taking away his mother, and makes no secret of that. austin doesn't notice (austin never notices), and only the staff saves marius from the worst of the bullying. (he would have died when he was six, if someone didn't alert giann. and even then, the saving was for the sake of his reputation, not because he genuinely cared about marius surviving)

but that doesn't matter now. as much as austin disliked him, he has no reason to return to the job. and even if austin really does suspect that marius took care of his brother (because he did. the body would never be found), and every conversation they have are a careful dance around the accusation, he would never know.

after all, his name starts with m. m for marius. (m for monster. and what can they say when the truth comes out? what can they say to a monster of their own making?)

-🍓

(why do i hurt marius like this when he's my fav?)

sorry for the incredibly late response to this strawberry nonnie i'm nothing if not a corporate slave to the government

bUT!!! vincent as a young hacker intrigues me 👀 like,,, i guess you could put him in luke's place? secret agent vincent kim but you decided if he's corporate spying or not LMAO!!

you're so right mob boss vyn richter sounds so good and delicious esp if you think about all the influences he has and, if he plays into Dad Haspran's hands, he can gain so much capitol. like. a whole ass king in stellis funded by his dad and his dad can't say shit bc he's reaping the benefits of increased imports and having a relationship with his son.

i do like the idea of artem being pushed to be an anti hero of sorts in the law industry, i think i still prefer blackmailed artem into helping bc after a while he'd become what he fought so valiantly against, yk? it's poetic but i won't deny mockingjay has a really good ring to it.

luke as a vigilante i can totally get behind, especially if you combine him being a bit of a labrat and concocting his own poisons or like making torture devices!!!

no but marius reinventing pax is so good, not just for a villain au but in general??? he does it out of grief and strife and to kick out all the people who oppose him and i'm gnawing on this like a dog to a bone nonnie i like this one a lot it's so poetic and it can take so many meanings and it could mean that marius killed giann for the throne bc he's a king after all

also you 🤝 me

villans are also pretty neat

thank you for dropping by nonnie!!

[shitty-mechs-headcannons]

Every one of the mechs' backgrounds involves parental trauma, usually with the murder of their father. Jonny, Nastya and Ashes are obvious, ofc. Brian killed his father on accident and that was his driving force going into medicine. Ivy's dad died in a tragic library accident. The Toy Soldier collects parental figures during every war it participates in and it inevitably has to kill them when it switches sides. Tim's dad... died in the moon war? Sure. Raph and Marius? Your guess is as good as mine but I can sure as hell say they both killed their dads.

Good for all of them, it really IS hard not to get involved in an emotionally charged narrative climax where you kill your father

[apoptoses]

Ship Bingo: Armand/Daniel (Was I the 100th person to send this to you??)

wildly enough people have been sending rarer pairs, i guess i'm really transparent on this one haha

Like what can I say, they own me body and soul. I think there's people you can be fated to be with and people you can choose to be with and then there's the ultimate rare thing of both. And they're the third option.

Like sometimes I think about what it took for them to meet. If Armand had never been able to make ikons, if he'd never gone to the monastery, if his dad had never tried to take him away and he never got kidnapped...if Marius had never found him and turned him, and then if Lestat hadn't thrust the theater upon him. He would have never met Louis and never gone to New Orleans and never would have been hiding out there when Daniel wandered into that old house.

And Daniel himself had to be born at the right time, had to want to be a journalist, had to meet Louis himself and then make the rash decision to search for Lestat.

It's insane! These two should have never met! It had to be fate playing a hand, Armand was born with his other half showing up five hundred years later and it was only through sheer luck that he ever bumped into Daniel. If he'd been out of town that night or been busy or just hadn't thought to poke around Lestat's house? It's so much!

And then for Daniel to be dying just when Akasha started raising hell-

Idk I just get so emotional over the fact that the world moved mountains for them to meet, and then they overcame some extreme hurdles to get back together. They were fated and then they chose each other after spending time apart and that's love. My favorite love story in the series, hands down.

[tinky-dinky]

Les Mis 2018 Live Watch: Episode 1

- How did Baron Pontmercy survive being sandwiched between two horses?

- Lil baby Marius! He’s so cute!

- I reserve judgement on the casting so far, but I am not optimistic on Lily Collins as Fantine. Slightly more optimistic on Dominic West as Valjean. Liking David Oyelowo as Javert, though.

- Why is Javert dressed kinda like a cowboy? I think it’s the short jacket. His outfit just gives me cowboy vibes:

- Tholomyes and crew are scummy dickheads.

- I don’t know why I don’t buy Lily Collins as Fantine, but I just don’t.

- Fantine, why do you trust this man? He has dickhead written all over him. Jesus, girl, use your goddamn brain.

- Lil baby Marius is so adorable. I love him. Fuck Gillenormand though (but props to David Bradley for his excellent ability to portray awful people. Man’s got some serious talent).

- Yay Nicolette for letting Lil baby Marius see his dad. Love her, hope nothing bad happens to her but this is Les Mis.

- Oh holy god that’s Dominic West’s entire bare ass. I did not need to see that.

- David Oyelowo does a good job of playing Javert as kind of an asshole but also just a guy sticking to the rules without deviation. Liking it.

- They are kinda providing a little homoeroticism between Valjean and Javert, like subtextually, and I like it.

- Oh Fantine. You silly stupid girl. Why are you buying anything this awful man is saying? His talking of abandonment for a younger lover is blatant foreshadowing!

- Dominic West Valjean is growing on me. I feel very sad for him that he’s being treated badly because he’s a former convict.

- The Bishop of Dignes! I love him. What a lovely man. He’s just so kind to poor Valjean.

- Valjean, my dude, I understand your bitterness and anger, but don’t take it out on the dear Bishop who is being so very kind to you!

- Oh, Valjean. I get that the silver stealing has to happen but I don’t like it.

- Have I said how much I adore the Bishop? Valjean steals his silver and he’s not even angry and gives him more. What a man.

- Yes, Bishop, you get him on the path to redemption. I realise I’m gushing over him a lot but I just really like this old dude politely convincing this bitter ex convict to be a better man.

- I enjoyed Valjean’s little roar. You tried, my man.

- …are they crouching in the woods to piss? are we watching three ladies piss simultaneously?

- Seriously, Fantine, so many red flags. Your friends detest his friends and he’s a smarmy douche. Run. Run far.

- …they’re not coming back, are they?

- Douchebags and dickheads.

- Told you. Shouldn’t have trusted him Fantine.

- At least they paid for the meal?

- Uh oh. Valjean, my dude, what are you doing to the child?

- Don’t steal from a literal child!

- Ah, god, you arsehole. Poor Petit Gervais.

- At least he feels bad for it, I guess. Redemption doesn’t happen overnight.

- Baby Cosette! She’s very cute.

Final thoughts on episode one:

I do not like Lily Collins as Fantine. I don’t know why. I do like Dominic West as Valjean and David Oyelowo as Javert. I think they made Tholomyes too much of an obvious douchebag. It makes me far less sympathetic to Fantine, because it was so obvious what was going to happen. And her friends warned her.

Looking forward to episode 2. A cursory glance at the cast list shows only three named Barricade Boys (Enjolras, Grantaire and Courfeyrac) which is not a good sign, but I think I’ve got at least a couple of episodes before that.

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Wild card for Monet and Shinobi! Just anything you were hoping someone would ask about them or always meant to post but didn’t, some random hc or observations, whatever!

21. Wildcard - Monet

I've actually been thinking a lot recently about her abysmal love/sex life, her lack of relationship experience and perhaps intimacy issues (partly due to those fears/dislikes prompts the other day and partly me being remined of that ship and my reaction to it) But I think that's still cooking.

I could talk about her dad? The fact that she says "it's too late" as far as their relationship goes... but since then she seems to have a better relationship with him... after he gets kidnapped.

x-factor 200ish - Mordo wants to basically eat Monet for her life force, kidnaps her dad to lure her into it. His plan is a direct deliberate parallel to what Marius did to her. He incapacitates her by making her hallucinate being penance again, which makes her go catatonic like she used to. Team turns up and helps, eventually she defeats him by promising she'll help him willingly and then using her powers to trick him.

The reason she's mad at Cartier in Gen X is that fundamentally he is prioritising Marius over her. He isn't believing his daughter when she tells him she's been abused and that's dark.

But later on, post-kidnapping, he seems to have come to understand her experiences. At least, the subtext of this line is that he has come too see what was done to her for what it was:

Also this is just a good arc for following up on her Penance-related trauma. It ties in all these elements very well, and allows her to win with her telepathy and intellect, something that Marius had previous robbed her off. Idk it's neat. It's a shame it came with the dawn of her worst outfit.

21. Wildcard - Shinobi

So, in this scene:

The classic "hey, shinobi, I won the competition, give me that ring and then let's do some sexual assault - oh stop screaming haven't you ever seen a severed head before?" scene.

now, there's a lot to love (?) here, but seeing as you've said I can say anything I want:

Shinobi lives his life on the razor's edge? Shinobi? Seriously? In what way, aside from I guess substance abuse, is Shinobi Shaw a risk taker? He mostly comes across as the opposite.

Anyway, so I hc he's into base jumping or something idk

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The Mosley Review: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Remember back in the mid 2000's where ever major studio film had a summer blockbuster that was filled to the brim with an insane amount of nonsensical action which was fueled by CGI and about 2 gallons of Redbull? One film in particular comes to mind that was the major culprit of having an over abundance of CGI and a very comical attempt at a story. G.I. Joe: the Rise of Cobra was that film and the studio tried their hardest to make up for with a more "grounded" sequel I guess. I hoped that no film would ever take the same route as that film. Well here we are with a another film that prioritizes demolishing your senses with an insane amount of sonic and visual noise to distract you from the abysmal storytelling. The DCEU as we know it comes to an end with this film and they do send it off with a huge amount of action, but showcased why it was failing. The lack of consistent tone and character development was appalling and boredom set in heavily halfway through the film.

Jason Mamoa returns as Arthur Curry / Aquaman and honestly, it was 90 percent Jason having fun and about 10 percent Arthur's story. Don't get me wrong, its always fun watching the man work, but I wish he matured the character into the King of Atlantis instead of the fun surfer dad. Amber Heard returns as his wife Mera and she was good for the amount of time she was on screen. She gets to play in the action, but not much else character development wise. You know those type of characters that are written in to be the moral compass and also the very cheesy comic relief that has an overused catchphrase? Well, Randall Park as Dr. Stephen Shin was exactly that character and he was great in the opening but after that, I couldn't stand him. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II returns as David Kane / Black Manta and for the most part he was good and menacing. His motivation for vengeance knows no bounds and that's really all he has to do in the film. There really wasn't anywhere for him to take the character or evolve him in anyway. He was whittled down to a cliche in so many ways and I felt sorry for him. Now the one character that actually had substance and had the best performance was Patrick Wilson as Orm Marius. He understood the film he was in and had the most character growth. I loved his chemistry with Arthur and I wish the film was about just the two of them. The path of redemption for Orm was way more interesting and sometimes hilarious as he gets a taste of surface life. There is a great emotional scene with him toward the final act that really solidifies the brotherhood between him and Arthur that was the gold standard I wish the film reached.

The soundtrack was fun and served as a driving force during the majority of the action and comedic scenes. Composer Rupert Gregson-Williams did what he could to underscore the scattered emotion in the film and his score during the massive action set pieces was good. I'm all for fun and action fueled stories, but when it is earned and the story calls for it first. This film felt like it had so many people throwing in different ideas to spice up a dish that didn't need it and now its just a soggy mess that people might say they liked, but don't love. I didn't hate this film for it is watchable, but its definitely one of the worst ways to end a cinematic universe. I truly wish the same amount of love and care went into the finale of this universe and it breaks my heart to see so much potential wasted on a cheap and rushed sequel. Even the mid credits scene was unnecessary. Let me know what you thought of the film or my review in the comments below. Thanks for reading!

[surely-galena]

Hey Galena!

You know those channels on youtube like 5 minute crafts or troom troom? I have a crack idea.

Streamer!AU NXX is reacting to these videos on a joint stream, they just showed some bullshit idk and one of them is currently losing their mind at a bullshit hack (like idk Marius saw them say sth like "mix egg whites with paint to achieve x effect" or luke saw them using wires in a way that would likely lead to deaths) and everyone else is laughing as they lost their shit.

For the most amount of amusement I'd like to picture Artem, after one of those videos did something like "here's how you get out of a legal binding contract" --does something illegal-- and artem starts ranting about all the ways that wouldn't work and everyone's surprised because nobody expected that reaction from him.

Hey Rose!! :D

And oh, this is a fun AU! I really love the idea of the NXX being streamers because in some way it's so different to who they are in canon?

But at the same time the things that everyone is pointing out aligns so well with canon -- Marius with art, Luke and secret agent type things, Artem and law -- and so it honestly also looks like NXX is still the NXX we know from canon, but their cover is that they're streamers. That's it, because who would think this group of silly little streamers are actually working undercover to unearth the secrets surrounding the NXX drug?

The streamer idea honestly sounds like a lot of fun and I love the idea of everyone losing their minds over hacks that don't actually work. I'm guessing the comments section probably loses their mind over Luke the most because of his strangely diverse set of skills.

But you're also so right about Artem. Artem seems like the kind of person who would be mostly in the background, only speaking up to calmly explain a few things or add a comment here and there. It's most probable that he and Vyn are seen as the mom and dad friend of the streamer group because of how sophisticated/serious they are online.

And so when the legal binding contract thing happens and Artem starts ranting? That's different. That's a side of Artem most people would not have seen before.

I wouldn't be surprised if Artem Ranting About Law becomes a viral clip that spreads all throughout Stellis social media.

Artem becomes cursed with Unfortunately, You Are Now A Meme (even though what he said was completely accurate).

Anyway, those are my rambling thoughts, Rose! Thank you for sharing this crack idea; I had a lot of fun thinking about it :DD

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Chapter 28 - Old Messages, pt. 4.

Nights went on like this. No word from Andy during the days. I guess it was better that way as it would cost too much attention if we both had our noses stuck in our phones all the time. The night was our time. And every single one of them, I looked forwards to the Facebook messages from Andy

Andy: Nice songs you post tonight. I didn't know you like Chris Cornell or Bon Jovi?

Congo: I do :)

Andy: It's good songs :) who are they for?

Congo: You.

Andy: (Blushing smiley) All of them?

Congo: Yes.

Andy: Also the Chris Cornell one?

Congo: Yes.

Andy: So you don't want us any longer? You wanna end things?

Congo: There's things I want, and things I should.

Andy: So, we aren't gonna see each other any longer or, you know…. Please don't do this! I want you! I want you to be mine… and me to be yours! If only we could! Please don't end things! I know we have to, but not yet! Please! I beg you Congo!

Congo: Hey, calm down. Please. I said, there's things I want, and things I should. I should walk away, but I want you too much.

Andy: So you aren't gonna end things?

Congo: No. I can't. I love you too much.

Andy: Don't make me cry.

Congo: Wasn't my intention. I only want you to be happy.

Andy: You make me happy.

Congo: But so does he.

Andy: Well so does Marius. Can we please not go there every night? I love you, and I don't need to be reminded of our situation all the time. It's hard enough as it is! And I know we gotta stop sooner or later, so can we just please try to enjoy each other as long as we can?

Congo: Yes. I think that sounds like a good plan.

Andy: Thank you.

Congo: Don't thank me. I want you too Andy. More than you know I'm very much in love with you.

Andy: I'm also very much in love with you.

Congo: I know.

Andy: You do?

Congo: Yes.

Andy: I thought you had lost most trust in me by now… I'm so relieved you trust that my love is for real.

Congo: No. It's not gone. Not at all.

Andy: Phew! And thank you for still trusting me.

Congo: It's okay. Just let it go :*

Andy: How was your day?

Congo: Not bad. Didn't do much. Just relaxed with a book, and watched my dad learn Marius how to braid willow branches. Mostly lost in thoughts of you.

Andy: Really? I was lost in my own thoughts of you as well. Stayed most of the day in bed, just daydreaming of you…

Congo: :)

Andy: What are your plans for tomorrow?

Congo: Getting up early, to go fishing with my dad.

Andy: Only you and your dad?

Congo: Yes. We will go at the break of dawn and stay out a few hours. Marius will be sleeping.

Andy: I wish I could come.

Congo: Yeah, me too. What are your plans?

Andy: I don't have any plans…

Congo: No ideas of new cover songs?

Andy: Nah… I'm pretty lazy these past two days.

Congo: So you don't wanna do a cover for me?

Andy: I could do that :) What do you want me to do?

Congo: Dedicate a song to me… but of course without dedicating it public. Just one only you and I know it's for me :)

Andy: I like that :) I'll do it!

Congo: Thank you :) that means a lot to me.

Andy: I just want to make you smile :)

Are you still here?

Congo: Yes.

Andy: You became so quiet?

Congo: I was smiling.

Andy: :D <3 :'( :) Can I call you?

Congo: Yes, just give me two minutes then. My dad will get up in 15 minutes, so I might as well get dressed now and cook him some breakfast.

Andy: Oh, I don't wanna interrupt you then…

Congo: You wont. Call me in two minutes :*

Andy: :D

I still remember the song he recorded the next day… the one he dedicated to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLbya5qPveA I also still remember how when my dad woke up that same morning, and he walked in on me talking with Andy on the phone, he grabbed the phone and ended up talking with Andy for 20 minutes. Our fishing trip, which was supposed to set my mind straight, suddenly turned into a two hours long talk about why I should give up everything around me, and be with Andy instead. I can't say I disagreed, but I was afraid. I had wanted him for so many years, and finally he wanted me too. But he wasn't ready to give into me. So I wasn't prepared to lose it all. Deep down I knew I would lose to A in the end. I didn't contact Andy the whole day, neither during the evening. Even if I had promised him to call him on the way home from the lake. And when he started sending me messages, I didn't reply. I needed time to think. I had a question I desperately wanted to ask him, but I was terrified of his answer. Should I? I would risk everything. Marius. My life. Maybe even Andy's life? Could I?

Andy: Hey. How are you? You never called me again? Is something wrong? Did something happen after I talked with your dad this morning? I have a really bad feeling Please call me when you see this…. I'm freaking out! Congo? Please? I have tried calling you and sms'ing you… why wont you pick up? Is it over now? Please don't say its over! I beg you! I need you! I love you! Please Congo… please! I'll give up everything if I have to!!! Congo! I can't stand any more! Please pick up! Congo! What am i supposed to think now? If you don't pick up soon, I'm gonna come up there! I don't give a shit! PLEASE Congo!!! I beg you!!! I'm crying my eyes out!!! Please don't end things!!! I can't not have you!!!! I love you so much!!! Just tell me what to do? I'll end it all if you want me to, and be yours only!!! I mean it!!! I'm terrified, please please pick up or call me!!!! Aright! That's it!! I'm coming up there!!!

Andy: As he arrived, he parked his bike further down the road that lead to the house, making sure it was well hidden under some branches. He ran the rest of the way to the house, trying desperately to come up with a plan, as tears pressed in his eyes. He sighed relieved as he got closer to the house and could hear a well known chopping sound from behind, so he fastened his pace and silently ran around the house, staying hidden between trees. As he spotted Congo chopping wood, he slowed down to a slow walking, observing him chopping the wood, his flannel shirt was thrown on the ground by his feet, and his muscular upper body was glistening in the yellow moon light, drops of sweat running down his upper arms and back. Andy suddenly feels extremely dizzy, watching Congo like this, chopping the woods, being all man, and as a small breeze caught his nose, he even smelled the chopped wood, making him feel a rush to his stomach. He searched around on the ground a bit, and smiled softly as he found a small stone, picked it up and took a bit of time to aim before he flung it towards Congo, hitting the big chopping block, making Congo instantly stop and turn around, his sweaty pecks twitching a bit as he tried to figure what just happened? Psst! Andy waved a bit with his hand but instantly regretted when he saw Congo's deep frown, but as Congo started walking fast towards him, Andy's face lit up… only to seconds later feeling like a scolded dog, as Congo grabbed him by the collar and pressed him up against a tree, looking at him with fierce angry eyes

Congo: His voice was low and firm What the hell are you doing here?! You can't run around here, what if someone sees you?! FUCK Andy! You can't be here! Go home!

Andy: Looked at Congo with flickering eyes I just thought… I…

Congo: You clearly didn't think at all! If we keep sneaking around, they will figure out eventually. You are pretty much dating a bloodhound! He knows my smell all too well! He will smell me on you! And god knows what will happen then! Someone could get serious hurt, and I beg for it to not be Marius!

Andy: Shook his head He would NEVER hurt Marius! Ever!

Congo: He hissed That's not what I meant! Marius trusts you! He trusts me! He's so innocent! We cant fucking do this to him! And A loves you very much! This shit has to stop! We already went way over the top! Go home Andy!

Andy: He looked at Congo with flickering eyes, then out of the blue bust out in a loud sobbing, as he punched Congo's chest repeatedly What about me?! Huh?! What about how I feel?! I fucking love you!! I love you so fucking much!! Oh god!! his sobbing only turned louder

Congo: Andy! Calm down! They will hear you!

Andy: Sobbed on I don't give a shit any longer! If I can't have you I hope he will figure out, and kill me on the spot! I want you! YOU! His sobbing continued, stronger and stronger Why the fuck can't you see how much I love you??!!! Tell me to break up with him an I will!!! But you can't even do that! You don't really want me anyway! I'm too much of a fuck up! You love your quiet life, and I don't fit into that! I'm so screwed up! I ruin everything! Fine, I'll go and leave you alone. I'm sorry I ever came here, hoping you would give this, us, a chance! He turned to leave, but got stopped by Congo forcing him back up against the tree

Congo: He looked at Andy with flickering eyes, and just as they turned soft and loving, he grabbed both Andy's upper arms, pressing him even tighter against the tree as he with a deep moan started kissing Andy passionately

Andy: He moaned out, partially in surprise, partially in relief, quickly digging his fingers into Congo's chest, moaning yet again in Congo's mouth, as he fluttered his tongue over Congo's, feeling dizzier than ever, breathing faster and faster as their kissing speed up and became more heated. Hands travelling all over each others bodies, until Congo quickly pulled away, panting a bit as he looked at Andy with flickering eyes

Congo: We can't do this…

Andy: Whimpered softly Congo don't do this!

Congo: He shook his head softly I mean not here. Please move to the front of the house, to the main road, but stay out of sight! I'll meet you there in a couple of minutes. Just make sure to stay out of sight! If I'm not there in 5 minutes, run to the cabin where we were the other night, and hide there till I come, you know where the key is… He leaned in and planted a big kiss on Andy's lips, softly stroking his cheek Please don't cry… I'll be right back… He quickly ran off to the chopping block, picking up his shirt, casually putting it on, then taking a big deep breath, before entering the house