#and none of that is on Jeri

[flootzavut]

Rewatching the episode where Seven starts exhibiting multiple personalities and am yet again struck by how fucking amazing Jeri Ryan is and how much they wasted her as sexy set dressing. How they made this episode and then went "okay back to standing around glowering" I do not begin to understand.

It's almost weirdly impressive how Voyager managed to be so focused on Seven and simultaneously gave Jeri Ryan hardly any actual acting to do. The few times they do, I'm like "oh yeah she's such a great actress", and it really shows how underused her talents are the rest of the time. How you cast someone like Jeri Ryan and then just use her as eye candy who's repressing her emotions 90% of the time is beyond me.

[itsdefinitely]

doctor i just thought about the jeri/rys for too long and teared up . is this normal

[jinniebit]

Anna! What a cute idea! 🥺 Again, Happy 1000 days of being a Stay!! I will always remember our boys dropping so much the first few weeks when I became a Stay because it was right before STAY WEEK. My favourite though, since I was struggling so much with my identity at this time, was when they dropped #LOVESTAY Chocolate Factory Behind videos! I was heavily mourning the lost of my femininity but here were a bunch of men prance around in THE cutest pink outfits, with no care in the world. 😭 It really helped me in that mental battle. Those were also the first photos I pinned of the boys when learning their names and faces and it just brings me so much love and joy watching back over those videos! - 👽 BrighterMorePls / Jeri x

Here you go Jeri!! I'm so happy u found them in such a special but difficult time for you! they always come when we are less expecting but more in need of them right? I really hope you like this set!! ly

[writergeekrhw]

There's a Reddit screenshot going around (including here on Tumblr, Wil Wheaton reblogged a post about it) where a Trump supporter got whiny that at the Vegas convention this year, a couple of the Voyager actors were asked about their political beliefs by a fan, and they answered by praising Kamala Harris and condemning Trump and Trump supporters. This person on Reddit (not the same person who asked the politics question at the con) was upset because they felt they and their friends "learned that 7 of 9 hates them" and they were roundly made fun of for expecting that a Star Trek convention wouldn't contain anything that contradicts their MAGA beliefs given that, you know, it's such a progressive show where the future is LITERALLY luxury space communism, and where it has always spoken in favor of diversity.

This led to a bigger discussion about the place of politics in fandom spaces. I personally would understand not talking about electoral politics if we were in a normal election, like Obama vs. Romney, even though the Republicans even then advocated a lot of things that I think is at odds with what Star Trek says. But I don't think people who voted for them were necessarily hateful. I don't think they are people I can't share fandom with, you know? We can be friends. But I think with Trump people are hateful, or at the very least they're okay with hate, given how often he spews it and encourages it in his supporters. I'm a lesbian and I absolutely do feel less safe around people who wear MAGA hats in a way I just didn't around Romney or McCain or Bush supporters. My opinion personally is that it's probably a mistake and what got us to where we are today (sending this in late September 2024, where Harris is slightly up in the polls but it's still very close and Republicans are trying to ratfuck the vote in a bunch of swing states - maybe by the time you answer, the election will be over and we'll know?) that we didn't do enough to recognize that Trump support is either bigotry, or support for bigotry, in a way that should be socially unacceptable and treated as such. That we should have deployed more social shaming over it, especially in places that should be understood to be safe spaces for diverse groups of people, like the fandom of a series like Star Trek.

I was wondering what you thought about this topic. Personally, while I don't think American electoral politics need to be in every aspect of a convention, finding out that actors who played characters I like, writers who wrote shows I love, etc. are supportive of my basic civil rights, not just in broad platitudes but also in how they vote, is really heartening and makes me feel more "welcomed" in fandom. It makes me feel safer there. And the fact that Trump supporters feel excluded also makes it a safer space IMO, because I don't feel safe around those people. I have Republican friends - but none of them who have voted for Trump.

I commented on that while I was still on Xitter. I honestly worry Trump may pose an existential threat to our democracy. I think others feel similarly. I suspect Jeri Ryan, who's seen the rot inside the GOP firsthand, has particularly strong feelings about that as well. So it's no surprise she chose to speak out before the election. And it's certainly her right.

I think it's a bit silly for fans of a franchise that has a strong progressive POV to feel alienated when the artists involved in said franchise embrace its philosophy and choose to take a stand for it.

I worry for us all over the next four years, but the voters have spoken. We'll see how it goes.

[logansgaar]

listen if Marvel continues their embracing gay characters streak (which I'm loving btw, Phastos, America, Valkyrie, Loki, Sylvie, Ayo, Aneka, Agatha, Billy, Tommy, Rio, Jennifer, Korg, Jeri, that guy from Ant Man, Nikki, hopefully my aroace queen Yelena and so on... give me more!!), I really hope they fully acknowledge Bucky's Arnie Roth origins and have Bucky come out as gay, I'm not expecting it but I have marginally more hope than I used to. I think it'll have a huge impact on a wider scope of fans, more so than newer character introductions because Bucky's been here, he's been here since Phase 1, he's not so easy for bigot fans to ignore after they've been worshipping the Winter Soldier as the epitome of their straight male power fantasy for the last 13 years

And they can't even say they "made him gay" because Bucky's literally had the same backstory as Arnie Roth since day one, more Arnie than any other Bucky Barnes variant across the comics. Bro's had the same dynamics Arnie has with female characters since the first movie, he acts the exact same with women as Arnie Roth does, yet has none of the same dynamics with women that 616 Bucky has, not a single one.

And Arnie Roth is the FIRST mainstream gay comic character in history. MCU Bucky is a composite of Arnie and 616 Bucky (I don't believe people who say Ultimates Bucky, that fucker was a press photographer the fuck? That's such a reach. A reach that's only being made so they don't have to admit Bucky's actually based on a gay man).

Made him gay?? Bitch he's been gay this whole time, which they'd know if they were a 'rEaL cOmIc BoOk FaN'

[fideidefenswhore]

What exactly does Anne Boleyn do to Mary? I know that Anne's "malicious stepmother" is mostly smeared, but she does have some suppression and hostility towards Mary, right?

The reports only come from Chapuys, the most infamous being that she ordered her aunt to ‘box her ears as a cursed bastard’ if she continued to insist to be called Princess, the less so of the same dispatch (and infinitely more plausible, imo) that she wasn’t to be allowed to eat in her own chambers, and had to eat in the dining hall, so that Princess Elizabeth’s precedence was enforced (an odd ritual visually, since she was literally an infant-toddler, but she was supposed to rank higher than all else of her household, including Mary, & AB likely wanted this reinforced).

Some historians believe this was ordered, but never effected, there’s only one that believes it was, iirc (Anna Whitelock), some believe it was exaggeration. There’s pretty good arguments for the first and last, it’s an odd report in myriad ways: 1) Mary wasn’t a servant, this was a joint household in which she was merely the ‘lesser’ of the King’s daughters (it was the remit of nobles to physically chastise servants, specifically), 2) Mary was an adult, so while corporal punishment for royal children was not unheard of (it happened to Edward VI, and nearly to Henry Fitzroy), it wasn’t typically towards royal adults, not even royal ‘bastards’, and it if did it was aberrant enough that chroniclers would generally comment (none did, here), 3) Chapuys never gives us any update on this report? Like whether her ears were ever boxed or not? If that specific punishment is continuing? Etc She was a threat to AB & her daughter and AB treated her as such. She made some conciliatory attempts which were rebuffed. Some believe she would never have made the first unless she ‘had’ to, I believe she made it because she had confidence the Acts of Parliament were going to pass soon in her favour, and would make Mary’s stance dangerous.

Tl; dr Mary was derogated and isolated , and there’s some debate on to what degree this was Anne’s influence vs HVIII’s (what happened to her after Anne’s execution, however , proves Anne was, at the least, not the sole author of her mistreatment)

Recommended reading on this topic: Jeri L McIntosh’s work on Mary & Elizabeth’s joint household .

[the-pen-pot]

[lilacthebooklover]

part of the reason why i find nightmare time episodes so interesting is because in half of them, i'm not even sure who the writers want me to root for.

take honey queen, for example. linda's the focus of it and we see her emotions, motivations & family, so it's expected that she would be the "hero" of the episode. but she isn't. the episode consists of her doing horrible things to zoey, zoey doing horrible things to her, and it gradually escalating to the point of kidnapping and murder. it's due to linda that zoey dies. and she gets what she wants, what the whole episode has been about her vying to achieve, but we as viewers don't feel satisfied, because how can all that's happened possibly be worth such a tiny, temporary, meaningless title? linda's father seems to be proud of her, which is what she's been hoping to gain and added an extra element of sympathy for her character. but in the end, he sacrifices her to an eldritch being because she "the hungriest". honey queen is tragic and comedic and messed up and chaotic and there are The Horrors and nobody is distinctly good.

and that stays the same in every nightmare time episode. so many of these characters wouldn't care a bit if they killed someone, as long as they were able to survive. but that's just hatchetfield. a strange community of selfish people with no clear morals, because that's all they know and that's all they can be if they want to survive. they have a magic child fighting ring, they have evil weed birds, they have clones in the technical department, they have an asexual axe murderer in the woods, they have a wealthy doting mother who's been alive for centuries, they have a 1986 foxbody mustang possessed by a dead psychiatrist, so on and so forth.

the whole hatchetfield universe is so surreal: this is a place where people go missing every day, where gruesome murders are dismissed unless it threatens their football team losing to the clivesdale chemists, where a character can do the most horrendous things or seem absolutely irredeemable, only for the narrative to put them through so much that the audience ends up loving them.

each character is so complex and unique (i could write an essay about literally any of them if i tried to- and yet that includes peanuts the hatchetfield pocket squirrel). none of them are meant to be all good, and none of them are meant to be all bad. they're realistic to their environment and screwed over by their universe and they all have their own lives to focus on.

the vast majority of the antagonistic characters are very beloved in this fandom, because this is hatchetfield, where the most horrifying things are normalised in-universe, so they begin to be for us, too. we don't think it's as awful when we see zoey's body hanging from the rafters, or watch boy jeri be killed by his own son, or see eldritch beings hunt people down, since that's all seen as far more normal in this world. besides that, people like to have flawed characters, it's good to have little fictional freaks committing atrocities since it means the episodes are completely unpredictable.

every volume of nightmare time is a rollercoaster or a fever dream, because they'll take the most unexpected characters and the most random concepts ever and throw them into a completely absurd plot. so many modern pieces of media follow a specific genre or structure, but the hatchetfield universe does whatever the hell it wants, and it's so investing to see. there aren't any limits here, and each episode is a separate timeline, so the creators can go wild and do literally anything with this town. it's like a treasured collection of cracky aus that have been written and performed astonishingly beautifully.

anyway, this is your sign to go check out nightmare time and @blinkysrewatchparty! it will be entirely worth it, i promise <3

[starcanwrecked-confessions]

Jerries anon no one says Girl Jeri shares none of the blame its that the purity culture they both preach 100% treated Jeri much worse. They're not equal Boy Jerry blamed and put all the responsibility onto Girl Jeri

~~~

[janewaykove]

I love when a show/movie makes a reference to a show/movie relating to someone in it. Like the recent Warehouse 13 episode I watched that had a Star Trek reference in the Jeri Ryan episode.

But then I hate when shows/movies act like no other shows/movies exist. Example being, a show/movie about zombies and nobody knows how to kill zombies. As if there have been zero shows/movies about zombies where the characters would have learned things. I guess shows/movies aren't meant to exist? Like, some shows/movies know of older shows/movies very well, while others just don't have any clue. A sci-fi show/movie about paranormal encounters and none of the characters ever saw Buffy or Supernatural. I find that so frustrating.

[only-a-moment-ago]

Greyson Slayd: How do I make a date really romantic? Purity: Be mysterious. Later, while on a date with Jeri. Jeri: So where are we going? Greyson: None of your fucking business.

[fuddlewuddle]

Thank you for the tag @hala-macaron

This should be fun

shuffle your on repeat playlist and let your followers pick their favourite song 🎵

This list probably tells you something about me, but I couldn’t tell you what 🙈

None pressure tag @playingwiththeboysisagayanthem @pilvimarja @vindobonensis 💜

[morimess]

So I went back and rewatched all of the Hachetfield stuff, and now I have some ✨questions✨ and also possible ✨theories✨

(I don't know how much has been talked about before in theory circles, so go easy on me if these are widely accepted theories or questions that have been answered a million times before)

1- The LiB and their altars

Ok, so first off we know there are 5 black altars and 5 LiB- it only makes sense that each altar was dedicated to one LiB in particular- but can be used as a general altar if the need calls for it.

I believe we can determine which altar belongs to which LiB by where that Lord showed up first in the series.

So Pokey's altar is the Starlight Theater, Wiggly's was the old mill (now Lakeside Mall), and Tinky's was The Gazette (in Time Bastard, we learn the Gazette eventually turns into CCRP- Paul and Ted's workplace), Nibbly's is the Waylon place, and Blinky's is Hachetfield High.

I'm pretty sure Nibbly's is the Waylon place because in Honey Queen, the CotSC bring Linda to the middle of nowhere for her to be possessed by Nibbly. I'm gonna run under the assumption that the Church would almost certainly bring her to one of the altars for such an important ceremony- but none of the other altars fit such an out-of-the-way description.

I also think that Blinky would LOVE the drama that goes on behind the scenes of a Hachetfield High, and something about him having an amusement park also tells me that he may enjoy watching drama between children more than he does adults.

2- Grace Chastity may have a touch of "the gift"

My main reasons for thinking this comes from Abstinence Camp and NPMD.

First, Grace was able to get the ax-man to turn on Jerry and Jeri after a single conversation. The ax-man also gave her his ax as a symbol of passing the torch to her to protect the woods. I don't think that would have happened without a little intervention.

Secondly, after the scene with Richie's death, Grace wakes up and says she saw Max- looking angry and not hot at all- and while I do believe it was mainly played for laughs, SHE STILL SAW HIM. I don't know if it *was* just a dream, but dreams have been used as shorthand for having "the gift" before, and I don't believe in coincidence with these shows.

I don't think she has a strong version of "the gift" but I do believe that it's enough that her having the black book will end up being a problem for everyone else.

3- Was the "ghost" of Ethan really a ghost?

This one may seem strange, but Ethan died pretty violently in BF- and he was also at an altar when it happened. That vision Hannah saw of him- was it just a puppet of Wiggly, or was it a little closer to what Max is?

Is Max just more powerful because he made a more violent promise as his last words?

4- The entirety of season 2 is the same timeline

This one is pretty self-explanatory, but the main gist is that, if it happened in season 2, then it falls on one timeline in the Hachetfield saga.

Yellow Jacket is the last event in this timeline, and it starts with Perky's Buds.

Every story in this timeline mentions the Honey Festival. While at the Honey Festival, we get clear signs that things tie together.

In PB- Ziggs is making the pin-up girl specifically to be their mascot to present at the festival.

In AC- I'm pretty sure Steph says that she's going to miss the Honey Festival

HQ- this one is obvious.

Daddy- the mother says she's going to pick up a new father from the Honey Festival- she comes back with Ted.

KT- Ted and the mother flirting. Zoey's roommate asking for something that will ruin Zoey's voice.

YJ- young Sherman sitting on the counter at toy zone.

That's most of them for now- I have other thoughts, but none want to come to me rn. I may update this later with more.

[antimatterpod]

Last April, Anika and Liz each bought a copy of the June 1999 issue of the official Star Trek magazine.

Then we had … some other things to podcast about.

But we’ve finally opened it, and we’re talking about…

Remember when we’d pay US$7.99 — or AU$15! — for a magazine that contained a couple of interviews, some facts we already knew about the Klingon Empire and a Bird-of-Prey pinup?

The Kate Mulgrew interview:

She does not talk about her relationship with Jeri Ryan (but we do)

None of the other captains of this era had to talk about how work took them away from their kids — and Scott Bakula had a toddler when Enterprise started!

(Hey, isn’t it cool that now Anson Mount can request and get paternity leave, and no one’s asking Sonequa Martin-Green how she balances motherhood with her career?)

Putting the Janeway/Chakotay relationship on the backburner (and where they could end up in Prodigy — that’s us speculating, not Kate in 1999…)

We try to picture Kate Mulgrew in the MCU and fail spectacularly

Let’s all take a moment to send bad vibes to Liz’s grade 10 drama teacher

Jason Alexander and the woke agenda

1999 NFTs

Anika wants you to know that D. C. Fontana shipped Spock/Christine

25 years later, Tim Russ deserves an apology for the interview which closes the magazine

[pumazoey]

Ok credit to the wonderful @well-liked-but-ineffectual for this but anyway this au we’ve talked about

What it is is basically Becky Barnes, Linda Monroe, Charlotte Sweetly, Karen Chasity and maybe Girl Jeri??? Are part of a “book club” thats actually just a polycule. Like if you’re a Hatchetfield woman over 30, welcome. Come make out with us while we pretend to discuss literature.

None of their respective partners know a thing, except Mark but he’s too busy making out with Ted in a CCRP cubicle.

[voidselfshipp]

Star-Crossed (or not so much)

Cw: none that im aware.

Summary: A date between Jerico (a Half-Blood) and Amos (A magician of the house of life) leads to divine intervention.

A/n: pshhht @tex-treasures IIRC you were into PJO. I figured I'd share this with you!!

Above them the ceiling projected stars and consentellations. Its a beautiful show of lights and technology to replicate the night Sky the city few times saw glimmering in all its splendour.

But Amos isnt watching the show,no. His beautiful brown eyes,deep as an endless cup of coffee,melted its gazes to admire the godly Beauty of his partner.

Jerico,Child of Hephastus,leader of cabin 09. They who are the favored child of the god of forges.  He melted like metal in their presence,he poured himself in their embrace in hopes to have them engraved in his self when they leave for camp and their heat no longer graces his being.

He sighs in love with his lips curling in a smile. All the stars in the world, and he is still looking at them.

They lean back on the theatre-esque chair, arms on the backrest and their legs crossed. Irreverent,sweet and rebelious,he loves them so dearly for it. In that iconic way to go about the world, they wear a black overall, torn to shreds and mended witt colorful patches,embroidery floss stitches and absolutely stained in paint.

Heavy boots cover their feet. Multiple,intricate jewelry pieces adorn their neck and hair that is tied up in a bun. Gold and brown mix beautifully, and a few hairs brush against the shaved back of their neck.

It burns his heart that their love is forbidden. Like Geb and Nut, or Pyramus and Thisbe.

Jerico is unaware of his longing pondering, they look up at the show and ask-- hey,what constellations can be seen from Egypt?

--Orion,Leo...then,of course,there are egyptian constellations-- he fixed his posture so he can lean closer to them. His arm goes around their shoulders and brings them to his side over the armrest-- Sah,Sepedet..Meskhetyu..

They Hummed in surprise,pressing against him and taking in his scent of amber,well Dryed herbs and his cologne. -- I wish I could see them sometime.

With a heavy heart, he kisses the side of their head--One day,my dear. One day-- He promised.

Greeks and Egyptians, Mages and Half-bloods... They could never mix. So it was written, to Keep the pantheons separate.

Its such hypocrisy, Both mythos had stories of forbidden lovers. Why did they need to bring it into modernity? He only wanted to love his partner freely, and not be scared of getting either of them in trouble.

The show came to an end and the rest of the audience left. Jerico grabbed their things and took the hand to their lover-- honey?

Amos snapped from his trance and looked up. He smiled and got up-- Yes,sorry. I was thinking.

--Anything interesting?--They asked with a grin.

He chuckled-- nothing of the sort,sadly.

They blew a rasperry,all playful like-- ah Man,shame.

Both exit out of the planetarium Galileo Galilei and into the park. Jeri's eyes go bright and filled with stars at the sight of the gooses in the pond. --Amos look at them!--They tug on his arm and hand like an excited child.

--Lets go look at them,then-- He offered with a grin. Its so good to see them happy.

Down to the pond they go. Jeri kneels to reach their hand out to one of the gooses-- These are the days where I wish I was a child of artemis. I love animals...

He chuckled--I May have something to remedy that--he mutters something and from his pocket he takes out a handfull of seeds. He drops them on his lover's outstretched Palms and like moths to a flame, a gaggle of geese approach and lovingly eat from the morsels offered.

They let out this joyful giggle,and Amos simply strokes their Lower back with a smile. Right now,he could make-believe they were a normal couple.

Above them the sweet spring afternoon kept them warm, with a gentle breeze to ease the heat when it became too much. People come and go,but they pay the pair no mind.

Mages and Half-bloods alike had a way to go unheeded by passerbys.

--I had this idea that geeses werent exactly friendy--they comment as they dust off their Palms from the remainer of the crumbs. They sit on the gravelly shore and their boyfriend follows along.

--Animals tend to distinguish good and bad people-- he turns to them,taking the opportunity to be a flirt-- and with a heart like yours its no surprise either.

Their face blooms in reds and pinks. They chuckle and dismiss him with a hand gesture-- Smooth.

He leaned in to press a gentle kiss on their cheek-- Any day,my dear-- He fixes the brim of his fedora and shakes off his trenchcoat. Then,he feels his lover lean on him.

Gentle fingers brush against the brim of the sleeve of their t-shirt tanktop they wear under the overall. His warm hand finds rest on their bicep,and he feels their smoldering warmth.

Out of habit,he cuddles closer,and his eyes fall half-closed underneath his round glasses.

Brief silence falls,hes unaware of the gears turning within his lover's mind.

They sigh as a first indicator of troubled thoughts, before they add--Hey,A? --He hummed to let them know hes listening-- Do you ever wish we were just..both humans?

--...sometimes-- He drawled with his american accent--Sometimes,when my beds too cold and I long to hold you and wake up to you-- He admitted,pressing against them-- But then I remember the shows I put on for you with my magic,that divinity that is so weaved into your soul. And I then wish to never have you lose that part,or any part for that matter,of you. I wish you to be wholly you.

They smiled and feel their eyes push forward tears that never fall. They chuckle and say-- Your romaticism makes me even more In love with you.

He lets out a short,soft laugh-- love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds-- He quoted,his grip on his lover tightening--Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no, it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken

Always remebering everything, he knows their favorite poems by heart. But they know why he decided to quote that one.

Their love is never going to be broken,true love like this is never broken by rules or impediments. Even if hidden as their relationshipp is, breaking up is not an option and it Will never be.

Few minutes pass by before he gets up and offers his hand. He flashes a loving,dashing smile to his lover who melts under such display. They take his hand and get on their feet with the aid of their boyfriend.

Both go to Grab coffee at a store nearby. Its cozy,and comfortable. They sit on a lowlit booth and order.

Amos had long since perfected his spanish,he had no accent-Except for the bits of soft Argentine that began to appear the longer he dated Jerico. He ordered for himself and their lover,and the waiter left soon after.

Their chats were always fun,they bounced off of eachother with ease as lovers often do. His eyes cant stop staring at their green ones, he wishes to look at them forever.

He takes their hand,his thumb stroking their knuckles. His eyes fall on the New bead bracelet around the hand hes holding and says-- That one's New.

Jerico smiled-- Right,forgot to tell you-- their free hand pushed the bracelet closer to their palm-- We had a scavenger hunt, my cabin came in second. Of course,Athena's kids found all of the treasures first. But Chiron and Mr.D made these for us as compensation

--Its amethyst and gold-- He pointed out-- Huh...

--Yeah,they're meant to grow and shrink to the size of the wearer-- They quickly take it off and put it on the magician's wrist--Here, Keep it.

His eyes widened, his face darkens. He knew hephastus' kids were stubborn. He could only smile and take their left hand,still covered in bead bracelets. He cups their palm with both of his hands and kisses their knuckles with devotion-- thank you,My sun.

They grin-- Something to Keep me close.

Soon their food arrive,and their chat resumes. Their conversations range from the every day to the deeply sentimental. Its always good fun either way,and both just spend the afternoon together like this.

Eventually the sun begins to set, and Amos takes Jerico to Puerto Madero where he summons his boat. Both hop in and in a matter of seconds they travel through the Duat back to the US where both could go their separate ways.

Though Amos knew to stay away,he knew he couldnt exactly leave them away from camp. So,their boat emerges in the city of Montauk. Far away enough that they go unnoticed.

Sun began to set on the horizon as the clock struck 6 p.m. Jerico doesnt want to leave,they want- Need to stay with their beloved.

He sighs knowing that conflicted look in their eyes. He pulls them in by the waist for a passionate kiss,long and filled with Yearning. Kissing Amos was like that improv jazz he liked so much.

Wild enough to Keep you on your toes,balanced with smoothness to soothe your soul. One hand cups their cheek,the other rests on their backpocket of their overall. Both rock side to side,and he melts further against them.

Jerico's kisses were shy,seeing as they are the less experienced one. But their sweetnes was unparalleled. Kissing them was like standing by a roaring forge, with a heat that leaves you breathless,and puts in your hands melting gold of unparalleled price.

Parting from them is like dying from hypothermia.

And he died a little every time their dates ended.

He pulled them close,lingering in the kiss for a little longer. He doesnt want to let go. By the gods,dont let this end.

--Must you leave?--He whispered when his breath was scarce.

--Ill stay with you if you only asked.

He sighed against their lips--I love you,but I dont want you to get into trouble for my foolish heart.

--Amos your heart could never be foolish--They began with such love and fear that their beloved saw himself as less.

--My heart wants you to be safe,and stay away from problems. Things you cant think your way out of. Go home,baby.

Above them the night began to push forward the moon. The River they were in was glimmering silver,and both lovers stood in its light knowing that the moon was no stranger to forbidden lovers.

--it just feels like...if I leave you..--Jer began-- My heart might shatter the moment I step out of this boat.

He squeezes them--Theres nothing I want more than for you to come to my home here in New York,and have dinner with me. --He said just so they knew he felt the same and was just as conflicted as they were-- But if we want to be able to see eachother you cant stay with me.

Jerico deinflated in his arm,they want to cry but the tears dont come as much as they want them to--...Can I stay at your place another day?

Amos nodded--We can work something out,Talk to Eden and we'll figure it out.

Eden,their satyr companion,protector and best friend, was their co-hort in this forbidden affair. She always made sure their dates could happen. She wanted nothing more than for her charge,her best friend,to be happy with such a wonderful Man.

--...fffine--They huffed,pulling away. --Fine. Alright-- he gives them one last kiss before helping them out of the boat.

--Here...--He took off his glasses and folded them within one of the pockets of their overalls--Something to Keep me close.-- the smile they give him outshines the moon.

And he watches them leave with one last yearning,mournful look. He sees them turn to meet his beautiful brown eyes once more before fully taking off to camp.

He stays on the boat until he gets a text that they made it home. Then,he leaves before hes caught.

-♡-

Jerico entered the barrier of the camp,it wooshes with energy and there stands Eden on the other side. The punk satyr smiles and says-- How was it?

They grin--Wonderful,as always-- they feel for their phone and adds-- gimme a sec.

After sending a quick "I got home" text to their lover,they return to the cabin area with their friend. In hushed tones and giggles they re-tell the great day they had.

The child of hephastus is left to return to their cabin,greeting their siblings with hugs and kisses before going to their bed and drawing the curtains that helped cover their top bunk.

Putting on their headphones, they lay on their side and Keep their bag near. They find a song, and listen to it with the volume on full Blast.

《Do you think I'd give up

That this might've shook the love from me

Or that I was on the brink?

How could you think, darling, I'd scare so easily?

Now that it's done

There's not one thing that I would change

My life was a storm, since I was born

How could I fear any hurricane?》

Meanwhile,Amos gets home to his apartment in New York. He takes off his shoes and smiles as Amunet,his black cat, awaits patiently on the bar-like table between his livingroom and kitchen.

He scratches underneath the old feline's ear and then underneath her long,elegant snout--Hello,honey--He said softly-- how was your day?

The cat purred and went to sniff the bead bracelet. She doesnt seem bothered by the greek magic scent it carries and licks it.

--Yeah,thats from them-- he said with a sad smile-- They'd love you,im sure of it.-- he made a short pause, hoping hes lucky enough to see them again soon-- Ill make us dinner,yeah?

The cats ears twitch and she purrs louder. Well,theres his answer.

Before getting to bussiness, he gets into some comfortable clothes. A simple T-shirt with the logo of the Lakers,some comfortable,fuzzy sweatpants and loafers.

He puts on the radio as he cleans his hands and thinks of something to eat. Usually, he would have Khufu help him decide,but the baboon is house-sitting the 21st nome.

Amos has been coming here when he wanted to live a normal,mortal life. Usually,he does it on the weeks he sees his lover. He could sneak them in this house,but he has yet to figure out how to change the barriers of the 21st Nome,his family house, for greek divinity to come in.

There were no instructions on how to do it, nobody has thought of such a thing. And as far as he knows,no magician has Fallen in love with a half-blood before. He didnt know where to start.

But he Will figure something out. For his love,he Will.

-- That is a beautiful sentiment-- came the voice of a woman.

He turns behind him, suddenly his home gone and replaced with an endless field of reeds. He sees a curvy woman of black skin,dressed in silks And jewelry, her head looked like a cows.

--Hathor...-- He mused. Gods didnt frequent talking to magicians like these.

But certain gods didnt mind. Specially when it came to the goddess of love.

--You love them dearly-- the diety continued-- that I can respect. Im sorry you cannot Keep them close for Long..

--Not that I mind,but why the visit.

Hathor's gaze softened-- Aphrodite and I have kept close eyes on you two. Few things scape our gazes in the department of love. We're moved by the willingless you two have of making it work.

Amos tensed,and was about to Ask something when the goddes spoke again.

--neither Will tell on you both-- she promised-- we dont wish to see this end. Neither deserve such fate -- she put a hand to her heart-- if theres anything we can do for you two,just let us know.

The magician Spared a glance where his fridge would be if he was home-- would you be able to have them spend the night with me? Allow me to Cook them dinner and breakfast and wake up to them for at least one day?

His godly companion smiled-- Of course. Expect it for Next week.

And he knew he was forbidden for interacting with any gods.  The house of life prohibited Many things-- Thank you-- he says regardless-- Will they know of this?

--Rest assured that one of Aphrodite's children Will let them know the arrangement.

Before he can nodd, the field of reeds is gone from his view and hes back home. He blinks in a stupor thats broken as the radio begins to emanate music.

Right. He still needs to make dinner.

Amunet meowed,impatient for the food and unbothered by the divine intervention he just lived.

He sighed and allowed his focus to turn to the song playing as he went to Open his fridge and get dinner made.

《If someone asked me at the end

I'll tell them put me back in it

Darling, I would do it again, ah, ah

If I could hold you for a minute

Darling, I'd go through it again, ah, ah

I would still be surprised I could find you, darling

In any life

If I could hold you for a minute

Darling, I would do it again, ah, ah》