#and then ALLLLLL the good people die again.

[quarra]

And please, can they fucking LIVE at the end?? I am SO TIRED of star wars canon building up awesome, cool, GOOD people and then murdering 99% of them for the sake of making yet another Rebellion story.

So that was fun, now I want stories about actual Jedi instead of characters who leave and/or betray the Jedi.

Give me Kit Fisto during Nahdar Vebb's Padawan years.

Agen Kolar and Eeth Koth go on an adventure together.

Shaak Ti connecting with the clones on Kamino.

Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee.

Yoda as a youngling.

Plo Koon as a Padawan.

Quinlan Vos getting into shenanigans at literally any point in his life.

Depa Billaba and Mace Windu.

Stass Allie learning Force healing so we can get a firmer worldbuilding answer on what that even is.

Really dip into the deep deep well that is the Jedi and explore characters that could use some actual exploring and show us everyday Jedi life for once.

[sage-nebula]

Gonna be honest: I am halfway through my second playthrough of P5R and I don't get the Akechi love in the fandom. No hate to anyone who loves him ofc, we all have different tastes, but

[erwinsvow]

I know this isn’t the usual speed around here but slightly pathetic whimpery s1 Rafe is to die for!! He’s obviously cocky and entitled but it’s in a more spoiled and almost bratty way so he throws his little temper tantrums when he doesn’t get his way… I think s1 has seriously overlooked toxic Rafe potential

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wait i know im allllll about season 2 rafe like hes loml seriously but i just started rewatching season 1 and i dont like his hair lol but hes so toxic and gross. i know everyone on here has been talking more about him and like fratboy rafe and i usually refrain but something about being his gf through all of season 1..... im hornee.

in particular im thinking of like how he acts so douchey with everyone in public but its so visible he has a huge soft spot for you.. waves you over when he's just hanging out with his friends to check in that you're doing okay, goes and gets you a fresh drink before giving you a kiss and sending you off back to ur friends.. makes some gross comment about how you were screaming for him in the back of his truck last night after you walk away... kelce is like bro. i always sit in the back.

you'd be lurking in his bedroom when he goes down to 'have a chat' with his dad, like when he gets yelled at about the generators. comes back all angry and literally folds you in half and fucks you until you cry because you are his favorite way to calm down <3 ... (i have no idea what the vibes on this blog are and i dont wanna make people mad but he gets so manipulative... esp if you're just like i don't feeling like fucking again right now or esp in public!!!! which he looooves.... starts going on a tangent about how he provides for you and takes care of you and he's the man of the house and if he needs to relax you should be on your knees already.... sorry omg if ur reading this n youre starting to hate me i apologize in advance. i never talk about scummy scummy rafe but hes real and hes so hot. fully wants you to be like a hyperactive horny bunny just waiting for his dick at all times.... i would 110% start doing it too... ANYWAYS)

he's so spoiled so he likes spoiling you with anything you want... most of the stuff he gets you is pretty much for him tho... gets hard because you wear an RC necklace.. lots of pretty lingerie and babydolls that he likes to rip up...handcuffs because duh.. it's almost always you in the handcuffs but every once in a while he can be convinced to get in them lol

but the temper tantrums are soooo real like especially if you're out with friends or made plans with your parents. like he seriously loves making you abandon your plans to come see him. but then youll show up and hes at a party and selling or ignoring you and ofc you cry because it's like he made you come here and not even giving you any attention... then he'll drag you out by your hair and fuck you SOOO mean in the back of his truck talkin about "just needed this dick, yeah? s'okay, dad's gonna give it to ya hard. then you'll be good as gold won'tya?" ugh. hes so mean.

im still in my rewatch but the scene where him and topper beat up pope:( this especially hits sooo hard w my pogue reader but i can just imagine that being the cause of your first real fight, like you're so upset he can be that cruel but there goes his manipulation tactics.. telling you he needs to be a proactive man to protect you and his friends and his turf. he's not letting anyone walk all over him, regardless if you like them or not. fucks you until you forget all about your pogue friends, and then you end up bandaging his bloody hand for him.

ooohh and when they go to that movie showing.. can just imagine curling up on a lawnchair with him under a blanket, him n the boys are on high alert for jj and pope but he keeps a tight arm around you, goes and gets you a soda and popcorn which you two share.. you don't want him to leave and you whine when he does.. can just imagine the scene where jj and pope turn back to look at him when kie tells them rafe is right behind them. rafe is staring so hard at them while ur tryna feed him a piece of popcorn. LOL

[mochi-kitty]

Being an impulse fan is like walking the edge of a knife sometimes

Rant about cartoon impulse that morphs into complaints about the young justice show itself.

Please scroll I just needed to complain a little

cuz on one hand that’s my boy. My complicated driven and violent creature who sometimes doesn’t understand that danger is realTM… and to see him animated is a dream but the only place he’s really animated is in a half anime half cartoon low effort art style series that sorta got him right in the season they introduced him in but then when the show got rebooted they turned his cringe dial allllll the way up and it’s kind of painful to rewatch because they didn’t hold onto a single bit of his story in the reboot after season 2 and if you thought they hated writing him in the newer comics well they also hate to do it in animation (as said previously they just never know what to do with the flashes hence why Wally barely appeared in Justice league unlimited). Season 2 impulse was okay, I was happy with what I got. Season 3 kid flash was unbearable. Season 4 kid flash was better but not as good as season 2 and they brushed over his involvement like nothing.

It just sucks so much because an impulse series is never going to happen. The TV Industry is too far into other genres like Harley Quinn and kiteman to even attempt spending money on adapting the impulse comics even if it would find a small audience, the fandom is just too divided between the multiple interpretations that were created for Bart Allen over the years. From aging him down when he shouldn’t have been to making him more adult and then never using him or killing him off to make him young again.

And it SUCKS so much because was keeping his comic personality in the young Justice show too much to ask for? Could the writers really not find any use for him past season 2? Could they not be bothered to read up on his lore? Not even from the wiki?

I keep thinking of what it would be like if the show directors had just a little more wiggle room to work with. Like if they didn’t HAVE to keep a central plot involving 30 different characters to wrap up a 24 episode season with a big battle at the end only to remember in hindsight that they A. forgot some characters still had holes in their plots and B. no one got character development that was substantial enough to matter. We had up to nearly a decade between season 2 and season 3 and it was a miracle in itself that it even got this chance in the first place. Even I admit I was too excited to care at the time but now it’s kind of painful to find all the faults in it when it’s been left again on the back burner of a greedy studio. From the time skips to introducing SO MANY new characters all in one season,,, the show practically dug itself in a hole and I will die on this hill. I understand the time constraints, the money issues, the audience reacting to a new season years after the last one when we’ve turned the internet into a harsher judgement zone. They wanted to include every character DC ever created, if only to please that one DC fan who even knew about Halo or dolphins existence and then add in real world issues on top of that to make it relatable.

IMO they bit off more then they could chew. Despite what redditers will tell you, the time skips were a cheap way to avoid certain parts of the characters development and they hindered more then they helped. Not only did we not get to grow with our original team of hero’s, we had to accept that we wouldn’t get to see 7 years of their growth (not even in flashbacks). And it just kept happening in a lesser volume with each season. Add on top of that we had the 20 new people they’d introduce who’d get the same no development treatment. Season 4, of course, tried to course correct and made little arcs for the original characters to get developed. Almost 9 years within the story later and with one of the original dead for no reason.

I just keep wondering if they hadn’t done any of that, what it would be like. Even the big rolling up hill plot of 24 episodes that crests 14 minutes into the last 20 minute episode with the remaining 6 minutes being the down time. If we had it more like the original Justice league cartoon with part 1-2 episodes focusing on one major plot or issue with all or most team members showing up. Or if we had kept it like season 1 with the monster of the week style of episodes (see supernatural season 1 to know monster of the week better) would we have gotten better character development? Would it have paced out the big bad reveal at the end more efficiently? Would it have forced the writers to actually read up on the characters they were adapting past their surface level personality? We’ll never know.

I can’t even hate the young justice plot that much either because it’s not terrible, it just the way they play dolls with the characters that hurts because I want to love it. My fav has been animated and I can see them move past their still comic pages and hear them actually talk on screen, that alone should be enough but it’s not.

Not when I can’t rewatch any of it without the high chance of getting second hand embarrassment if I don’t pay attention to when I have to skip ahead. An issue that wouldn’t even be a thing if the writers had JUST ORGANIZED THEMSELVES A LITTLE BETTER AND READ THE DAMN CHARACTERS COMICS A LITTLE.

I can’t even talk about the outfits or art style or the battle animations or the relationships or the specific character based plot holes or the change of priority the reboot brought or idk maybe Wally’s death??

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

ok you've mentioned a sword lesbian getting sucked into a spider consciousness and i feel like i need the name of this series because that is a wild concept XD name drop, please?

MY TRAP CARRRRRRD!!!!

Tavra (sword lesbian) (tired) (middle sister) is a key main secondary character in the YA books spin off / au of The Dark Crystal: The Age of Resistance by J.M. Lee, of which there are 4

Shadows of the Dark Crystal (Naia POV) (Tavra has a bad day)

Song of the Dark Crystal (Kylan POV) (Tavra has a REALLY bad day)

Tides of the Dark Crystal (Amri POV) (Tavra has the most screen time but also depression. At least she's with her girlfriend again)

Flames of the Dark Crystal (Naia POV) (Tavra's bad day is mostly off screen but it starts and ends with her having happy moments with people she loves and that's allllll I care about)

she's the frowny grim slightly pathetic practical one who wants to believe in people, secretly dating the smiling yet somehow utterly scary cunning lady who's a bit more jaded about people's ability to change for the better than she is, but who also 100% believes that Tavra herself will always do that change without hesitation.

QUOTES TIME!!

Spider Tavra (hesitant): "My mother (the queen) will do the right thing."

Onica (her gf) (Sifa) (Far-Dreamer): "The right thing, eh? As she did when she found you were sneaking out to the wharfs to visit a Sifa Far-Dreamer?"

Spider Tavra (even more hesitant): "That was a long time ago."

Onica (sighing): "When your mother does the right thing, it will be what is right for the Vapra alone. She wears a heavy mantle in Skeksis colors, and it will not be easily changed for a suit of armor. Not everyone is like you, my love."

A Few Moments Later

Spider Tavra: "Brea (her little sister) is young, but she is not stupid. If she had reasons to doubt my mother, then so do we."

Tavra's also a bit too frank for a young insecure teen boy's ego to handle sometimes

Tavra: "I told you not to strike! If this had been a real battle, you'd be dead."

Amri: "Well, it's not. I thought I saw an opening, so I went for it. What's the point of practicing if you're not allowed to take risks?"

Tavra: "It wasn't a risk. It was a guaranteed failure."

Amri (has never used a sword before): "You don't know that."

Tavra (a soldier): "I did."

ONE BOOK EARLIER

Kylan (parents were killed when he was a kid): "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... do whatever I did. I just didn't want you to die. I hope you aren't angry with me."

Spider Tavra (ends up basically his new mom): "I'm not angry. My body will return to Thra. When my work is done, I will join it. Until then, I have no time to worry or complain."

(she will later find time to complain about not being able to hold her girlfriend anymore) (she and her gf will stick with Kylan at the end of the books, finally getting to have a life together like they always promised)

She's the second character we're introduced to (seen slogging miserably through a swamp) (a good set up for how life is mostly going to be going for her) and she kinda ends up as the foil / mentor for the three POV characters in the series

Knowing that her queen mother was both controlling AND distant explains a lot of her struggles expressing herself to the three teens suddenly dropped into her life, but also makes the fact that she tries so hard to keep them safe and learns to listen to them and cares so much about them VERY heartwarming

Tavra is the queen her people SHOULD have had....

... and also a gloomy sulker who sulks when she can't make herself understood

she's in the 1 season tv show of the same name too, where she is awesome and separated from her gf and the best sister ever and dies (probably)

[findyourlovely]

Purging my thoughts on my millionth rewatch for science:

Ep 1.01

It’s truly incredible to see Andrew Lincoln back at it after all these years. This man might be the best actor in Hollywood.… is that doing too much? I really don’t think so.

We see three escape attempts in this episode and in all of them he barely manages to make it out of city limits, if even that. Tbh it’s wild to me that he never gave in to the ideation, but even without hope his subconscious is still fighting for his family 😭

I know feelings are mixed on his choice to cut off his hand (what was the plannnnnn Rick) but if this man has been alive for this many years I need to know he tried everything to get home

God, Michonne looks so so good

The lighting and color grading when he’s in CRM territory vs his dreams. The only time he genuinely smiles is when he’s sleeping, imagining all the ways he could meet and fall in love with his wife

Why does Beale allow Okafor to make these secret plays when he knows he’s up to no good? He can clock Ricks motives immediately but he can’t get a read on a man he’s known for a decade?

For my own sanity I hope we never see Esteban again so I can just tell myself he lives a long happy life with his journalist girlfriend in that air conditioned prison city

All this secrecy but nobody knows how to lock their doors huh

I’m endlessly intrigued by Okafor. This man is so compelling (and fine, sheesh). He keeps Rick captive for the hope of using him to change an irredeemable system. breaks Rick down to nothing and gives him in all the power to completely destabilize the CRM, but I struggle to see this plan as anything but a drawn out suicide mission. Even if they’re successful taking out leadership, no way they won’t die in the aftermath. And what guarantee is there that the next military leaders won’t pick right back up where Beale left off. What is the plan???

“You didn’t save my life” World traveling poker player Pearl, and she don’t understand Rick at allllll. She thinks not shooting him during escape #4 was kindness, but every day that poor man spends isolated from his people is worse than death. What good is it to survive if your soul is destroyed in the process. He doesn’t see the sun, or the sky, or the water, y’all. This shit is breaking my heart.

It’s interesting that when Rick writes his final goodbye letter, he tells Michonne he doesn’t see her in his dreams anymore. But in the very next scene he betrays the point with the “five pizzas and a wedding ring” proposal.. baby boy you aren’t ever getting over this woman, you know that right? He chooses to give up but his subconscious can’t accept it until she’s completely burned out

That reunion! He can’t even believe she’s real, you can literally see his brain buffering trying to understand what’s happening in front of him. This man had spent half a decade surviving off doodles to keep her image alive in his mind, finally gave up all hope of ever seeing her again and here she is, shot him right out of the sky.

I was really curious to see how this pilot would compare to the original series, and it totally blew my expectations. Can’t wait to see how they finish this story.

[infinite-hearts-333]

Fun tit bits about thorns power. Cause. I like making life hard for them :) (also once the red smokes gone then how will I make angsty beast stuff?????)

Further ramble/explanation below!

AU belongs to @onyxonline

Being connected to an animal like the Beast can be tricky, especially with the translation of shared emotions. Some animals have really good understanding of emotions (orangutans, orcas, whales) while other simply don’t. The Beast sort of…. Lies in the middle. I’d say that it would lay below dogs.

Power presenting through emotion for Thorn is commonly caused by anger, and omg-im-gonna-die kind of fear. (Usually anger for thorn though) Due to Thorns home life they don’t have the best grip on their emotions, (which honestly makes them stupidly easy to read) so the first time Thorn has a anger spell it’s like the Intervention comic allllll over again. Thankfully, people would be more prepared by then.

Body language wise the symptom’s are:

- Thorn gets very irritated, which is quite unlike them usually. This usually causes them to growl, or chitter, like the Beast would.

- lots and lots of huffing, caused by shortness of breath and hot flushes.

- Based off yours truely, Thorn has what i called ‘delayed emotions’ where for some emotions (anger, sadness, fear for my case, anger for thorns) instead of getting heated instantly in the moment, they freeze up and dissociate during the initial incident. This dissociation can last a bit, and if it isn’t taken care of, it can lead to an emotional power rush (AKA The Beast) or a meltdown. Yippe!

Thankfully there are two, very obvious physical signs!

- “The crown of thorns” aka, Thorn grows more spines from the back of their head, like the beast has. This happens during their normal transformation as well! If Thorn can calm down the spines will go away after a while. (It can be seen above, as well as in this angry post I did!)

- “Bleeding black paws” aka, Thorn has lil beanies cause I SAY SO. And the Beast has the grey black socks on the claws, which is from the skin of the paw pad spreading to cover all of Thorns hands.

Pretty much, my baby can be pretty fragile when stressed/mad.

Thankfully they don’t get mad often

[gretavangroupie]

FIRST the fuck of all, what the hell kind of CRUST BASTARD goes and starts confessing his love to some lame bitch for the 800th time and calls her the fucking one that got away right after his WAY better girlfriend that he swore up and down was the love of his life just DIED?! SHE FUCKING DIED, SAM. Poor girl is barely cold and here you are right up shit salad's goofy ass all the fuck over again?! Suck several dicks, Sammy. I know grief is a strange thing, but seriously. Suck an entire bag of dicks.

And Elle! Poor fucking sweet, beautiful, amazing, awesome, cool as fuck, and too good for this shit dump of a planet Elle! Her final words were asking her shitty ass friend she just threw her whole amazing ass life away for to tell her dingus of a boyfriend she fucked behind her back how much she loves him and that she'll be waiting on him? And in true Y/N fashion, she's just like nah bitch, I won't do any of that, but I will go after him and break the wonderful, beautiful man I don't deserve for the trillionth time. ELLE BABY DON'T YOU WAIT ON SHIT. I hope she is up in the afterlife getting it from whoever she wants and finally being treated like the angel she is because lord knows her "best friend" and boyfriend are both trash and couldn't do it to save their lives (or hers). She didn't even get to fuck Jake 😭😭😭😭😭

And don't even get me started on Y/N. What can I say about how much she sucks that I haven't already said a thousand times? It truly boggles my mind. Even when she's fucking comatose she still finds a way to destroy poor fucking Jake.

It should have been Y/N, not Elle. Love you, mean it, but I said what tf I said and I stand by it.

Please just let those two dumpster clowns come together in their grief and lameness and have each other and let Jake finally free himself from that human equivalent of wilted lettuce. I am begging you to please let Jake find better. He deserves better, and it wouldn't be hard to find. I truly don't understand how some people think him being stuck with that sentient hemorrhoid for the rest of his life is "justice" for him. Justice would be having him find better because she's trash warmed over twice and he deserves so much better.

Dear Gingerbread,

I fucking love you so bad. Your reviews alone make us want to keep writing more chapters just so that we can continue to read your perfectly executed roasting sessions of our beloved shit salad. The one you were begging not to die last chapter if I remember correctly.

Allllll that being said, there’s only a few chapters left and I cannot WAIT to see what you have to say about those…

Peace and Blessin’s,

N+J

[xviistrings]

kotohime palace rulers ranking (wakaba included)

oh no, being asked for my opinions on the palace rulers, whatever shall i do...

KOTOHIME'S TOP 9 PALACE RULERS!!! WHO IS MARUKI

at number 9 we have the one and only kunikazu okumura!

probably the most predictable outcome, but can you blame me when he has an atrocious palace design, terrible writing as a character both in that arc and in haru's confidant, unsavoury memories of a certain cat... i mean, it wasn't really kuni's fault that morgana ended up stealing haru's spotlight to have his moment, but the writers know what they did

okumura's saving grace is that 1) he has enough backstory provided for me to do whatever i want with him in rsau and 2) he's pretty handsome

at number 8, junya kaneshiro!

now don't get me wrong, i love kaneshiro. i think about him allllll the time and he's THE bro in rsau (i can't go a second without mentioning it sorry) and also suguru's implied romantic interest cough cough

but... uh... :')

his palace is just as annoying. the only bonus it has is better music. makoto's awakening is also super sick, but this ain't about her

i get that he's got a fixation on being rich but it's a little comical how much he talks about it. like. he LOOOVES money. money money money. and hes purple fly hitler. who loves money

coming up on number 7 is yaldabaoth

cool twist. cool ending. cool whatever. but youre not my kitten baby (he actually is a kitten in rsau. or is he a cobra? kuni calls him a zebra)

at number 6 is wakaba isshiki!!!

who are you

at number 5 we have........ masayoshi shido!

was THAT predictable? i didn't think so!

you might think that from the amount of posting i do about how deeply i desire him carnally i must be a big fan, right? well. eh

playing through his palace was tedious and longwinded and dull when it wasn't plot-related. the whole "oh, kaneshiro and madarame actually knew shido and were sucking his dick the whole tiiiime" thing is also completely unnecessary and never gets mentioned again. nobody even talks about it. you probably didnt even remember it until i mentioned it again

shido is still cartoonishly evil like okumura is, but he gets bonus points for not trying to be made into a sympathetic, hard-working and misunderstood dad in akechi's confidant (and at least we actually get to see him show feelings towards things, even if it is just hating children and monologuing in his office)

also hes kiiiiiiiiiind of the tritagonist in cnau but we aren't going to talk about that.... yet..............

idk. i like shido but there's people who are better

making it into number 4 is futaba sakura!

i really like the twist on the concept of palace rulers actually. not every person with distorted desires is a bad person; instead of sabotaging others, futaba is self-sabotaging. but with a change of heart, that little shut-in is able to get back up and live life to the fullest!

now in the top 3, i give this spot to ichiryusai madarame!

the palace ruler with a canon deadname...... our trans icon 🏳‍🌈

he's what okumura wishes he was. this single father can do it all! he can paint, love, steal, emotionally abuse, he's a man of many hats without mastering anything!

if theres anyone who i love picking apart the brain of more than kaneshiro, it's madarame. he hates himself so much that it loops back around to having a huge ego. he was jealous of yusuke's mother and the talent she held that he let her die just so he can be validated boohoo

madarame thinks hes only worth what he creates, and being yusuke's only authoritative figure, imprinted that mindset and behaviour onto him. he actually sees yusuke as his son and loves him deeply but hes soooo dependent on him in multiple ways and without him he literally crumbles. madarame is pathetic and helpless and i love him

in 2nd place is sae niijima!

you know her. i know her. we've seen that section of the story. soooo good. banger palace theme, pretty environment, attractive lady, hoo-wee!

seriously, she has great development. sae never actually gets a change of heart, she changes on her own because she remembers she's here to protect what she really cares about; justice. she comes to be one of the few adults the phantom thieves can genuinely place their trust in. theres a bonus chapter in mementos mission where sae looks at buchimaru slippers because they remind her of makoto. and thats after she roundhouse kicks a purse-snatcher in the face while wearing high heels.

she's also the one who won the hottest palace ruler poll by a longshot so. you go girl!

and at long last... number 1 goes to......

SUGURU KAMOSHIDA!!!!!!!

i wanted to get a bunch of pictures of him for this but he's actually so hideous i legitimately got freaked out

he's my meow meow who did nothing wrong (he did everything wrong) and hes just a baby (literal abuser) and youre all just mean (he deserves worse)

they wanted to write a piece of shit and they did it. and they did it well. i can't think of a single reason why someone would like this guy. and thats exactly why i like him.

kamoshida was conditioned to believe that his actions had no consequences and therefore he could do whatever he wanted. people would cover it up. they'd keep their silence. his reputation is great enough that everyone is too worried to topple it because it might crush them when he falls. he doesn't need to be two-faced when they've already seen the other mask. hes the greatest introductory to the story and themes of persona 5 ever and i would not have it any other way

kamoshida is a SHIT BAG. he makes me legitimately sick to my stomach in a way the other characters just dont really do. i mean the mementos palace did a pretty good job of making me think about what im doing with my life so props to them, but like i said just looking at kamoshidas face made me feel uneasy

also i wrote a oneshot about him and kaneshiro fucking and there was the swag mention of the lingering guilt he experiences in the back of his mind every time he hurts someone because he is still a human after all

he's the protagonist in rsau and he's my favourite test subject for different kinds of pain and anguish. suguru kamoshida numba one 4eva. i hope he dies

[mllelaurel]

Starlight Enclave - first five chapters

Wow, Salvatore has VASTLY improved on female characters through the years. Already there are more than four named ones (guess how many Shard had?), none of them are described in terms of how fuckable they, they are allowed to be competent and successful instead of refrigerator bait/cannon fodder, and they have internality. This better hold, or I shall be most disappointed. 

I like Dab’nay in particular. She seems cool. 

Okay, I probably should go back to spoiler cuts at this point, as this is an actual recent book. 

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‘“She was half elf and half drow,” Gromph dryly replied. “That is sin enough.” 

Kimmuriel shrugged and let it go.”

Man, Kimmy’s mellowed out over the years. Back in Shard, he would have been high-fiving Gromph on that statement. In a lineface way. 

(Oh, hey, I can copy-paste from Hoopla. Hurrah!)

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Fucking Gromph. Why is your name like that??!!! Also apparently he’s real creepy about Catti-Brie. And despite what I’m about to say about her below, I would not wish that on her in any way shape or form. 

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‘Racist because my goddess said so and that is a hill I will die on’ was nnnnot a great intro to Catti-Brie. ( can only assume she’ll grow as a person. Ideally within this book. But as of this point, the amount of microagression Drizzt puts up with from her is. Um. Not low. 

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Speaking of Drizzt. Ya boy seems depressed. Like ‘I took a wonderful and refreshing eight hour nap starting at 5:00 PM and why do I feel like shit? I think I’ll go back to sleep’ depressed. 

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I really want to know how the fuck Entreri went from too pissed at Jarlaxle (for valid reasons) to be in the same room with him, to them being besties again. Bob better give us the flashback of them working shit out. Or a short story. Or something. 

Okay, I suspect what happened was Jarlaxle got enough words in edgewise to tell Entreri that he did not betray him of his own free will. And got emotionally naked enough to not only admit he’d left himself unguarded enough for Kimmuriel to alter his memories, but to convince Entreri there was no way he was lying. 

How he got Entreri to not kill Kimmuriel after that is another question. Possibly by making sure they’re never in the same room again for the next hundred years. 

Whatever is going on with Jarlaxle and Kimmuriel is a whole ‘nother question. Questions. I have many.  

With any of these, I can assume lots of things. But what I want is text answers. On the page. With alphabet. 

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I do kind of love that Entreri and Zak are getting along like a house on fire. Not only because it makes me happy, but it says good things about their mental states. Given how similar they are, the fact that they are responding positively and empathetically to this other person who reminds them of themselves is very, very good. 

And Jarlaxle is watching them, rubbing his hands in glee. “Respect was important between those two...” indeed. Boy, you just want a threesome. Or at least to not commit Geek Social Fallacy #4, but you want it real bad! 

...Shit, now I want that threesome. Ffffffffff. 

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“[Jarlaxle] used his favorite wand, gluing the crafts together with a glob of viscous goo...” Okay, I know how that wand works, I’ve seen it in Servant of the Shard. But also, we allllll know what that sounded like. 

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Okay, I just really like this line: “They, we two, Bregan D’aerthe, Luskan itself—we are all Jarlaxle’s treasure. He’s like a dragon, but he hoards people and power instead of gold and gems.”

Also namechecking the dragon sisters! I’m kind of hoping they return and I haven’t even ‘met’ them properly yet. 

[shshshquietnow]

Hehe

I like villainous whumpers that are just terrible to everyone. Like whumpee has a special place in their heart, but they take the time to make sure allllll of whumpee's friends feel the love.

...

Torrents Under the Skin III

Contents: nightmare torture, claustrophobia (tight spaces, woo!) Panic attacks, derealization (not sure if that's the right one but like... not thinking you're awake?) Paranoia, and I'm sure you'll notice lots more swearing.

...

Shit! Fucking hell, she... GRH!

Amaya dashed through the forest, finding the camp she and Ryn had been at before she was fucking kidnapped by the evil sorceress that killed her family.

That now has Ryn, her best friend.

She unshifted, hot angry tears stinging at her eyes as she packed up camp. They had ambushed Invidia on one of her pillagings of a town, Amaya didn't even know where to BEGIN looking for where her lair could be, assuming that's even where she was taking Ryn...

"Amaya," Leruna, Ryn's mentor pulled the shapeshifter aside. Amaya had been an adventurer for some time before the runesmith decided to tag along, a few years of experience, and a few years over Ryn. "You're aware my apprentice has resolved to go adventuring with you, correct?"

Amaya nodded. Even before the apprentice had asked if she could come, she could just SEE the wonder in her eyes at the prospect of traveling the earth, using her magic to aid those in need, learning new magic on the field... hm. Amaya sucked up, hoping she was doing her formalities right. "I am much aware, Madam Leruna. With your permission I was thinking of letting her follow me."

Leruna was silent for a moment, taking off her spectacles to clean them with a cloth. She didn't look back at Amaya when she spoke again. "... she may go, but you better promise to take damn good care of my apprentice. I used to be an adventurer as well you meet all sorts of people... make sure she's out of the way of the bad ones."

The shapeshifter nodded, bowing to the older mage. Ryn had the most joyful look on her face when she broke the news...

And Amaya broke her promise.

She put all the stuff from the camp in her backpack, turning into a horse to race to the next town. Usually looking through libraries and researching and shit was Ryn's job, but that wasn't exactly an option. And according to what the runesmith had been going off about before the two had had their last night of travel together, Bell Haven had the largest magical library in the west.

Amaya shifted back to her human form as she approached the library, a large building with gilded marble and white columns. She tried the door, but it was locked.

She gritted her teeth and slammed her fists against the cold smooth stone. She didn't care if anyone answered- she didn't care if anyone SAW her, just... how could she ever let this happen.

She ran. She ran. Ryn told her to run and instead of insisting on fighting she ran like a coward and Ryn was going to die-

Tears blurred in her eyes... she couldn't bear the idea of getting a room at an inn in this state. She shifted into a wolf, curling up on the steps to the library. As soon as it opened she'd hear.

She'd hear...

"Amaya, was it love?"

The shapeshifter's eyes shot open, sitting upright and snarling at the figure in front of her. Invidia stood tall and sharp, long dark hair flowing around her. She looked like a prim and proper noble, rather than a dark sorceress.

But... they weren't outside the library. Amaya's heart lurched when she didn't feel the ground under her, floating about to be dropped into the abyss.

Normally Amaya would chalk this up as a dream... but she could feel her pounding heart. She was still a wolf as well, which when she was dreaming she was usually human, if not a bird (she's been studying their anatomy for quite some time now, she was getting close she just KNEW it). She could feel her ears flatten, and every piece of fur on her body stand on end as she growled.

"Oh, enough of that." Invidia tsked, snapping her fingers.

All at once Amaya felt her body shifting, the fur retreating to her skin. It was a painful process that had gotten dull over the years, but once it was over and she was human again, her skin crawled.

There wasn't a powerful enough sorcerer in the WORLD to force a shifter out of their form directly. Maybe with mind control, maybe with a pain spell, but to be able to completely work against the natural magic inside of someone when it was so intertwined...

"That's better," Invidia smiled. Amaya would have clawed her to death if her nails were sharp enough, and if she could find the courage to move while in the vast dark emptiness of wherever Invidia took her. "Now we can talk like adults. You're trying to find my doll, aren't you?"

"She's not a doll-" Amaya hissed, bristling. She was terrified out of her wits, but she couldn't STAND to hear Invidia call her that. She hesitated as the sorceress raised an eyebrow, DARING Amaya to keep talking back. "... where am I."

All of a sudden the darkness was blinding, enough so Amaya had to shield her eyes. When it died down, she was... home. Where her family lived. It was exactly like it was the last time she was there... before Invidia ravaged it. "Wherever I want us to be, love. I knew Ryn was more or less the brains of you two, but did you really not realize you were dreaming?"

"If you wanted to torment me, you should have kept me when you had the chance." Amaya said flatly, trying to keep her voice even.

Invidia had the audacity to laugh. "Love, pain is not the only thing I need from your friend. I just know that you will get in my way every chance you get. And I needed a way to... dissuade you."

"The only thing you..." Amaya focused on the floor, she couldn't see her home like this, not only a few months after her family was slaughtered. She sucked in a breath, puffing her chest to intimidate the larger predator, and stared Invidia dead in the eyes. "What do you want from Ryn."

Invidia looked down at the shifter, an unimpressed look. "Every great mage should feel the power of having someone under their complete control, in my opinion. Your Ryn will make a lovely pet."

Amaya felt the hot anger well up in her chest. "That's not what you meant and you know it! What do you need Ryn for, surely- she's a skilled runesmith, you... you need a spell only a runesmith could do or SOMETHING-"

All at once the world shifted again, Invidia disappearing and the four walls of her home closing in around her, until her arms were trapped all scrunched up, the floor rising so she had to bend her knees and tilt her neck at an angle that would hurt to hold.

Amaya did her best to pound on the wooden wall, anger quickly dissolving to panic as her breath grew quick. She was trapped she was trapped and she couldn't move she couldn't shift it was dark and she was trapped-

"No need for that, love," a hand was placed on the ceiling, Invidia must be standing over her, still there. "I already said this was a dream, but I'm glad the message us received."

Invidia's nails ran up and down the wood on top of her. She could barely breath.

"Should you find me," Invidia continued, not paying mind to the shifter's terror. "I have a chest just like this in my cellar. Don't get in my way, and don't look for your friend."

There was no noise, but Amaya could tell the sorceress was no longer there. Tears ran down her face as she struggled to move, her breathing ragged and her throat raw from screaming for what felt like hours.

"Girl? Girlie! Get off the doorstep, people want to get in!"

Amaya jumped up, paws landing on the ground, ears alert. She was getting a disapproving look from an old wizard, whom had nudged her awake with a broom.

The wolf whined, sprinting back to the forest. She couldn't go back in that chest, she couldn't risk invoking Invidua's wrath and endangering Ryn she couldn't do ANYTHING!

Leaves crunched under her legs, before they were pulled out from under her. Hunting trap. Dangling her in a net off the ground. Amaya quickly unshifted and twisted, writhing in the rope, only getting herself more tangled and only making her freak out all the more. She couldn't be trapped not again...

Boots stomped behind her head, a gruff voice sighed. "Hold still for me, I'll cut you out..."

She couldn't see who it was... the one who set the trap certainly. Amaya struggled even harder. Whoever this hunter was, she could cut the net which means she had a weapon. She couldn't tell at first last time, what if this was another dream?! And Invidia was keeping her asleep forever and ever to influence her nightmares and to laugh at her fear-

"You aren't making this very easy, miss." The hunter huffed. "Hold still-... screw it."

Amaya could hear a swiping sound through the air before something hit her, a blunt pain on the side of her head. She doesn't remember anything after, other than the sensation of being cut free.

[fandxmslxt69]

i should elaborate - Trump's rallies, campaigns and "debates" just come off as funny to me. he's so blatantly racist and so ignorant of the terms that the United States were even formed under.

In Europe, when the US was still the 13 colonies and under British rule, the Enlightnment movement was going, right? Changed the whole West's view on rights, people, etc etc etc. Out of it came some of the most influential political writing since the Renaissance. Primarily, Hobbes & Locke. Thomas Hobbes' political work focused on "absolute power" in democracy - Kings, Queens, placed by divine right. That's what the British monarch was based under, and while Canada has it's own constitution and government, its democracy is still very Hobbes based.

John Locke, on the other hand, was much like Mary Wollstonecraft's work, where he focused a lot more on individual rights of freedom, life, and liberty. His whole life's work was literally about how ALLLLLL man, and I must be clear, ALL. MAN. (yes, I know, man blah blah yes. but his era was so much more differnt, but the point stands) are born equal, and should be treated as such. He was an Enlightnment thinker - a movement that was literally for equality. It's what sparked the French Revolution, and why slavery ended so much earlier in France than it did in the Americas!!!!!!! That was his THING. The American democracy follows his rule much more than they do Hobbes. It's the key difference in the Canadian democracy and the American democracy.

And so you have Trump here parading about immigrants and whatever other batshit is coming out of his mouth, and it drives me up the walls? And I find it embarrassing. Do you not know the terms of which your government was found? Do you not know that when Jefferson first wrote the Declaration, it was intended that slavery end, because he was also an Enlightenment thinker, and 90% of Enlightenment thinkers were abolitionists, and Jefferson was one of them? But the Southern states protested so much, they had to cut out that bit of freeing slaves because it was crucial to have all the colonies fighting against the British or they'd never win that independence???

Baffles baffles baffles me. You are founded on the work of men who believed in equality of all men (once again, nothing of women is mentioned, which is where the French Revolution differed bc their whole thing was equality for everyone but thats a diff story). Of men who, despite all the errors and wrongs of their times, would actually be stunned speechless of what is happening?? Drives me up the walls actually. Drives me INSANE.

I've read Locke's work for a history class before, and Hobbes', and we'd discuss how they influenced the democracy in the Americas, and the biggest thing that comes out is how Locke's work is literally MEANT for the US and yet they couldn't be anymore different??????????

Like I can go on and on and on for ages. Anyway. At some point you have to just turn off the TV so you can keep whatever sanity you have left from listening to Trump say the most random, irrelevant shit to ever exist.

Btw, this has been like this for years, btw. The racism? The hatred? The discrimination? It's just been very much centered around Arabs, Muslims, and Black people, and because it had gone on for so long people seemed to let it "wash away" and forget all about it, but now that he's targeting a new ethnic group, the sparks are raging again? And notice how it'll all die down again and ppl will let him continue to get away with it because it seems that people don't actually understand that advocating for something means staying with it even after the "trend" dies out??? Also a topic for another day but just so it's out there

Anyway thank you good night i hope he dies of a stroke or smth before the elections.

watching these elections as a history nerd always makes me laugh? how are you lying out of your ass

[mikeyelistsukasa]

HELLO

SO

May I request a Hanakou oneshot where Hanako feels insecure about being Kou's boyfriend, thinking he can get something much better so Kou comforts him??

Thank u 🤭

Ah cat ofc

My first hanakou writing (took me while to make that ugly banner)

Daily hanakou🧡❤️

Insecure hanako!

It was a basic day hanako said to himself

Exept he is all alone

In the bathroom

Waiting for the the next day to start so he can see his boyfriend kou again

For some reason this time it felt like a WEEK has passed and not 4hours

So he decided to go take a walk at the garden to clear off his mind

While he was outside he was not able to think straight because all he could think of is kou

He barely started to visit for cleaning duty with yashiro

Because he was too busy hanging with another ghost

Or sometimes he leaves earlier with yashiro to go somewhere fun

He mumbled to himself.

„Ofcourse. Whats so fun in hanging out at school“

Was he not good enough?,was he getting boring? He hopes that this isn’t the case

He wished that he could also go outside with them. To the beach.park.Restaurants.

But he just HAD to be cursed by not being able to leave the school

He didn’t even realize that the sun is starting to rise

He was too deep in his awful thoughts

But after snapping out of it he went back to the school into the girls bathroom

„4 more hours“

It’s Friday so they had a short day today

Just as all the kids started to enter the school he was on his way to greet both of them

He didn’t see yashiro „probably is late“ he thought to himself

But then his eyes landed on kou

He was about to approach him until he saw him

Mitsuba. One of kou‘s friends

Guess he was faster than him..

Not wanting to „disturb“ these two he decided that he should go.

„2 more hours….should i?“

He was unsure if he should go visit kou

He did miss him so he went

„You’ve got to be kidding me“

Why is He there again.

He is so damn CLINGY

He didn’t try to make a move on kou though right?

A small panic ran through his mind

And without thinking straight he just went up to these two

They both look at hanako

„Oh hanako! How are you? Ive missed you!“

Mitsuba just stayed quiet not wanting to say anything to the other ghost

Missed him huh? If he really did then he wouldn’t have avoided him so much

„Uhm yeah hey kou.im ok.ive missed you too„

„Oh by the way is it okay if we won’t do the cleaning duty today? Me and yashiro promised to meet up at her place today“

Again?.

How long will this all keep going?!!?

„Ah well can’t you like dunno skip it on another day? You know its very VEEERRRY lonely being allllll alone here~“

„Oh come on you wont die from boredom. And besides its pretty important to me.“

„Fine fine. I have to talk to you later anyway. So I’ll see you at lunch“

„A-actually i promised to go take pictures with mitsuba at lunchtime“

Hearing that made hanako snap on the inside

He quickly turned around to the pink ghost giving him a death glare

„Is that so?…“

„I-I UHM ACTUALLY HAVE SOME THINGS TO DO dont hurt me SO SORRY KOU WE CANT MEET UP UHM BYE“

This sudden reaction made kou startle a little

„uhm bye? See you.“

„Soooooooo still busy?????“

„Well not anymore hah“

„GREAT“

He hugged kou tightly happy that he can spend time with him

This made kou blush a little by his sudden hug but he still hugged back

„Can you let go? People are starting to look weirdly at me“

„Just five more minutes❤️“

As expected kou went to the bathroom to meet up with hanako

Just as he entered he was already greeted with a kiss on his cheek

„Hahha you should’ve seen your face!“

He was right kou‘s face looked super funny. He was red like a tomato!

„YOU DAMN BASTARDS THATS CHEATING“

„Nope. No it wasn’t ~“

Kou just mumbled some light hearted curse words while hanako was laughing

„ hahahh…ah Ive missed this“

„What do you mean by that?“

Crap

Hanako frowned and took kou‘s hand

„Listen this might sound selfish from me but…“

Kou was feeling intense at this moment

„I’ve been feeling as if im not good enough for you“

Ok help the poor boy he is about to have a Heart attack

„Maybe you should find someone e-„

Kou quickly grabbed hanako‘s other hand

„DONT YOU DARE SAY THAT“

Hanako was taken back by his sudden rising voice

„Hanako.you mean a lot to me.i don’t know what made you feel that you aren’t good enough but i will do my best to make you never EVER feel like that“

These words almost made hanako tear up

„Its just. Why would you be with someone who can’t even leave the school“

Kou just suddenly hugged hanako

„I understand what you mean.mitsuba also told me how much this suck-…no this is isnt about him right now.“

He pushed hanako slightly to look him in the eyes

„always stuck to the school or not.i dont care.ghost or human.i dont care. Ive fallen for your personality.and all the adventures we’ve had“

„I love you and only you hanako“

Hanako was speechless

„He just hugged him back but this time more tightly

„I know idiot.i love you too“

Thank you for your request! Hope i left you satisfied as always! Please visit again <3

[strawbunniiee]

A Girl and a Ghost Ch. 3: The King’s Revenge

SOOOOO this is the part where the plot thickens :)

if anybody else wants me to tag them in these chapters so you know when they come out i will gladly do so andksnkfs

hope you enjoy! ive had tons of fun with writing these :D

dont mind me, just lettin my frendos know that this is a thing skfnkdjf

@salamifuposey @monsterbride99 aaAAA when i initially posted this i COMPLETELY forgot to do this a a a a a sorry

King Boo was furious.

How could that peasant, that foul impure abomination of a Boo do this to his beloved crown? It contained his power, it was so incredibly important to him...

And that filthy little purple haired brat! How could she so carelessly throw a rock at him like that?

He plopped his body down in a chair and marinated in his own rage for a few minutes.

After a few moments of enraged silence, he spoke.

"...I have got to get my revenge on those two. But... how will I do it?"

King Boo began to brainstorm a way to get the ghost Rabbid and his little idiot friend in hot water.

"Torture? No, no... one of them is a ghost. It wouldn't hurt him... Torture could be done with the little nuisance however. Perhaps a bit of childhood trauma will teach her not to mess with the wrong people." he thought aloud.

He spent almost fifteen whole minutes thinking of gruesome ways to get back at them, until it finally struck him.

"...Oooh, I know. I know exactly what to do now. It'll mostly affect that bloated rabbit, but I can still do some damage to his moronic pipsqueak pal."

He grinned maliciously and floated towards the doors of his manor.

"I'm about to open up some old wounds of yours, Tommy." he said to himself.

———

Meanwhile, Phantom was racing through the sky with Jawaii in his arms, panicking. He would never let King Boo lay his foul hands on her.

They were both absolutely dead silent the whole time until Jawaii opened her mouth.

"...Do you know that guy?"

Phantom halted for a moment and looked down at the young alien he held. "...Yes, I do, but I don't think I would like to go into detail at the moment. We have a very... rough history, I will say."

"Oh... I get it. It's okay, I won't pry. I understand." Jawaii said.

"Just remember that if King Boo ever tries to hurt us, I'll make sure he will regret it for the rest of his days." promised the Rabbid ghost. "I swear on it."

Phantom resumed his flight and soared down to the ground safely. He gently set her down in the grass.

"That was actually really fun! We should do that again sometime! ...without being scared off by an evil ghost, obviously. That would just make it less fun." said Jawaii.

"I'm glad you were entertained, I suppose... King Boo is quite intimidating. And rude." said Phantom.

Jawaii put her hands on her hips. "Well, yeah! I mean, he made fun of your weight! No friend of mine is getting made fun of like that!"

Phantom laughed a bit. "Oh, don't worry, I wasn't that harmed by that statement. I er, get that all the time."

She frowned. "Why do people tease you about that, that's dumb! Besides, I think you're perfect just the way you are!" She gave him a hug.

He hugged back and smiled. "Awww... thank you. I was born like this, I can't help it you see."

"You're a giant fluffy singing ghost bunny with a mustache, I have no idea how anybody could hate THAT! Cuz I don't."

"Oh, don't make me blush from all of these compliments!" said Phantom, smiling.

Jawaii jokingly grinned evilly. "Never. I'm gonna shower you in compliments 'til you DROWN!"

She cackled maniacally as she began relentlessly saying nice things about him with Phantom begging her to stop. Soon, it became a full-on flattery war to see who could out-compliment the other. They had a grand old time.

Eventually, the sun began to set.

"Oh yikes, I better get home. I had no idea we stayed out here for so long! Mom is probably having a heart attack as we speak!" said Jawaii.

Phantom was quite alarmed, his ears sprung up in worry and concern. "She's having a what?! Oh, poor child, I hope your mother is all right..."

She burst out laughing hysterically.

"Wh-what's so funny? I thought your mother was dying!"

"No, dummy! That was an exaggeration, I meant that she's probably WORRIED about me!" Jawaii continued giggling like a maniac.

"Ah. I see now... Thank you for correcting me!" Phantom joined in on the laughter.

They got themselves together after a moment.

"Oh yeah, mind if you could fly me over to my house..? We're kinda far away from home." said Jawaii.

"Of course!" Phantom replied happily.

Jawaii climbed on his back and the two flew home.

———

After flying back to town, Phantom gently set Jawaii down in front of her home.

"See you soon, my friend. I enjoyed showing you around Spooky Trails today!" said Phantom.

"Cya tomorrow Phantom! I had a good day today too!" She ran up to him and gave him one last hug.

She walked up to her door and waved goodbye to Phantom. He waved back.

"Moooom! I'm hoooome!"

Jawaii's stepmother Stella ran in.

"Oh, Jawaii! Thank goodness you're all right! I was so worried, where were you?"

"Sorry I came home late! But I spent today with a friend of mine."

Stella had a look of pleasant surprise on her face. "You made a friend? That's so wonderful! I know you haven't really ever had any friends, honey, I'm so happy to hear that you finally made one!" She smiled.

Jawaii grinned. "Yeah! I'll tell you allllll about him! He's the best."

They sat down at the dinner table with the food Stella made.

Jawaii dug into her mashed potatoes and ate it like a wild animal that had nothing to eat for the past 3 weeks.

"Honey, chew slowly. I don't want you choking!" said Stella.

"Sorry, Mom..." Jawaii said, frowning.

"It's okay. I don't want you in the hospital or anything, especially after you just made a new friend!"

"Oh, I've known him for a while, actually. We've been hanging out together a lot!" she smiled, her mouth still full of food.

"...Jawaii, sweetie, don't talk with food in your mouth.“

"Oh yeah! Sorry again Mom.."

"Anyways, that's why you've been out so much lately? I'm so happy for you, Jawaii!" Stella smiled.

Jawaii gulped down some water. "Yep! I'm glad I'm his friend too!"

They spent dinner talking about all of the fun adventures she and Phantom had gone on.

Jawaii however, conveniently left out any mention of them being in danger, she wouldn't want to worry her stepmother of course!

"Oh yeah! I meant to ask you this, but I got totally sidetracked but where's Dad? And where's Hakai?" asked Jawaii.

"Your father is out destroying planets again, and your sister is having a sleepover with some friends of hers." said Stella.

"Ohhhh. Wonder why Dad's out so late. Hope he's alright."

"I'm sure he's fine, hon."

Jawaii had another sister though, and her name was Roe. She went to a boarding school and wasn't home most of the time.

She stretched and yawned. "Hey Mom, I think I'm gonna hit the hay today."

Stella gave her a small look of surprise. "Oh! You are? Usually you're quite a night owl. Maybe you're just tired from all your little adventures with Phantom."

Jawaii smiled. "Yeah. Maybe. Anyways, g'night Mom! Love ya, don't let the bed bugs bite."

Stella gave Jawaii a hug. "Aww, good night sweetie. Love you too.”

Jawaii ran upstairs, changed into her nightgown, brushed her teeth and jumped into bed, quickly falling asleep after her long, tiring but fun day.

———

That same night, the Mushroom Kingdom was as quiet as ever when it was nighttime. The once colorful, cheerful inviting land was deathly silent, almost hauntingly so.

Princess Peach was safely tucked in her bed, sleeping peacefully.

But little did the sleeping princess know, this would not remain for long.

King Boo had finally made it to the castle after venturing there to exact his revenge. He knew how dearly Phantom loved Peach. Breaking them apart forever would be the ultimate punishment for stepping on his turf. He knew that either way, the plan would work. If Phantom didn't come to the manor, him and Peach would be separated forever. If he did, however, it would give the vengeful king the chance to trap him and Jawaii in his manor, to torture them and possibly even kill them somehow.

He knew he could kill Jawaii, that was no problem, but Phantom...? Could he possibly do it again? ...No, he's a ghost now. He can't be killed again. But the king knew that even if he couldn't die, he could still make him suffer for as long as he wanted. Possibly even for eternity.

He phased through the castle walls, not having any of the guards notice him. Then, he finally found her room. There Peach slept, defenseless, ready for the taking.

In the blink of an eye, he snatched her from her bed.

Peach immediately woke up and let out a shrill scream of horror, alerting the Toads guarding her door.

But it was too late. He had already burst out her window with her and was headed straight towards his mansion.

———

Tap, tap, tap.

Jawaii woke up very late that night to a tapping sound she heard at her window. She went over to it to find one of the Peek-A-Boos she had met in Spooky Trails, tapping away at her window.

"Hey... aren't you that kid who Phantom is friends with?"

Jawaii rubbed her eye and yawned. "Yeah. Why do you ask? And how are you at my house anyway?"

The Peek-A-Boo had a somber expression on his face. "Well... I have to tell you some... bad news."

Jawaii was horrified of what was about to come out of his mouth next. Did something terrible happen to Phantom?

"His love, Princess Peach was kidnapped by King Boo. And... Phantom is gone. He went off to go save her. Knowing King Boo, Phantom may not come back in one piece. ...The other Rabbids told me it was best to go tell you. That way, you would know where he is. You deserve to know..."

Jawaii was devastated. How could this happen?

She knew she had to save him. And if she couldn't save him... then she wouldn't let him suffer alone.

"...No. I'm not going to let this happen to him."

The Peek-A-Boo was taken aback in surprise by Jawaii's response. "...I dunno if you should go. You're only a kid. You could get seriously hu-"

"I don't care." said Jawaii.

She jumped into her closet and changed into her usual clothes, grabbed a lantern and ran out of the house and into the black, haunted forest that she met Phantom in.

[ones-delight]

I unfortunately won’t have therapy until the end of this month (I should have scheduled one earlier this month ugh lmao I thought one later this month would be better) so I’m doing what my therapist suggested, write down all what’s going through my head even if it doesn’t make sense to help bring myself back to reality. lol. I’m very much lost in my own sauce of feelings and thoughts. it’s allllll about my ex again so ugh lmao. My main anxieties are just feelings about my ex and what’s coming up this semester.

I’m currently in my apartment in Iowa City since we’re about to start back up my usual routine. I’ve been here for almost two weeks now which is nice because I’ve been trying to take my time to relax and get myself mentally prepared for this upcoming semester. I’m also low key glad I’m having these overwhelming anxieties right now instead of later this week. I need to ask my therapist again what exactly I am feeling (if it’s like a panic attack because i truly dont know) because I’ve been feeling hella anxious the past few days (in general) and yesterday my anxiety was so intense that I barely ate and I felt sick to my stomach. idk if others have the same too but when I also get hella anxious, all I want to do is go to the bathroom so tmi lmao. I feel this way now and I just cannot stop crying so again, I’m just writing everything that’s going through my mind lmao.

#1) Related to my ex, heart break

Yeah.. I literally keep talking about this/him and I’m glad I have multiple outlets that I can say what’s going through my mind because if I keep these thoughts to myself, I keep spiraling. I’m also very thankful I have multiple strong support systems from people where it truly doesn’t get annoying to them when I keep talking about him/my overall heart break/healing journey. I know I don’t want to burden my friends with my own thoughts (it can be a lot) so overall very thankful for friends, family, and my therapist lmao. 

I think the last time I talked about my heart break was the letter I wrote to him. I wrote it and sent it to him lmao. I also wrote his mom a letter in Spanish because I want to stay connected with her and very thankful she reciprocates the same energy, Apparently, he never received the letter even though I sent it over 3 weeks ago, but anyways yeah that’s a story I will tell later in this post. Anyways, it’s legit easier said than done to completely stop checking on his social media. I was doing great before winter break. Now that winter break has happened (still kind of is for a few more days), I have relapsed where I was checking very often. The break was great since I got to spend quality time with family, however, unfortunately being back in Wichita still floods a lot of my emotions where there are still a lot of memories of him and I that still makes me feel sad (luckily no longer sobbing about but I do still feel some type of way. It’s getting better thankfully). It also hurts that he’s making new memories with his new girlfriend Kylie so I was def feeling all sorts of things. Sorry, I’m trying to go onto chronologize order of events that have happened. I’m jumping back and forth lmao 

First, did I mention his mom called me the day before Christmas? I was SHOOOOOK when I saw her name on my phone. I legit froze because I wasn’t sure if it was actually her so I accidently missed her call. I’m so glad she left a voicemail so I could listen first and immediately call her back LMAO. But basically, she wanted to check in to see how I was doing, wish me and my family a merry christmas/happy new year, and asked if I could come see her. We joked a bit back and forth like how she was learning English for me while I’m learning Spanish for her. lmao. so after this phone call, I wrote her a letter to update her on what I’ve been doing. I wrote it all in Spanish since that’s her primary language so thank god for google translate. overall, I told her about how I’m about to earn my masters degree in may, I’ve lost now 30 lbs of weight/having a better relationship with food, how I’m honestly still hurt about her son cheating on me (I was in my feels. You know if you ever get those feelings like you want your mom? She legit is like a mom to me since my mom isn’t an active part of my life so yeah I guess you can say I got mommy issues but anyways) I also told her that if she’d still like me to come over, I’d love to come over and see her.

Few days go by, I’ve been creeping onto his social media, it stings to see how he has flaunted his relationship with Kylie. It hurts because I keep playing this comparison game because he truly has NEVER allowed me to post about us and he would himself refuse to post about us on his social media. So, just to see how he’s been basically spending every single day with her and posting her throughout all of his social media, makes me feel an extreme type of way. during new years, she had a party at her house where it was him, her, his brother paco (which I was SHOOOK because she met paco and not everyone has ever met paco, who is his oldest brother), miguel and his girlfriend (both are super cute btw), Blake (surprisingly), and Erik. I felt some kind of way because obviously I know they would share a new years kiss even tho they’ve only been dating for literally a month. I dated him for 3 years and NEVER got a new years kiss (because he wanted to be with bros). Valentines day is coming up and it’d be their “two month” anniversary and I just KNOW he’d actually put EFFORT into spending that day with her. 3 years I dated this guy and he never ONCE did ANYTHING for me for valentines day. ok I’m getting more hurt thinking how he’s treating his other girls better than me so anyways BACK TO THE TOPIC

few days go by and I got another call from his mom. I actually picked up this time because I was really excited to hear her voice again. I legit would die for this woman legit #1 mom. She asked if she could see me and I happily said yes. It really means a lot that she still gives me the same energy that she gave me when I was still dating her son. One of the hardest parts of us breaking up was the potential of losing his family too because they are all truly good people and I am NOT the CEO of letting people go lmao. okay back to subject, I had TONS of anxiety driving over to her house because I had so many thoughts. I asked on the phone if 1.) is Lalo there. She said no. 2.) Is Paco there. No, he apparently flew back to California that morning. I was low key hoping paco would be there still because it would be cool to catch up with him but anyways my main concern was if eduardo was there so since he wasn’t, I was like “ok vroom vroom let’s go” lmao. WOWOWOWWO seeing her just made my heart so happy. She def has a lot more gray hairs since the last time I saw her lmao she’s the cutest anyways, I’m really shook that HIS DAD FREAKING HUGGED ME. THIS MAN NEVER USUALLY HUGS ANYONEEEEEEEEEEE. Typically how we greet each other, it’s like a wave from a distance and we obvi acknowledge each other. so WOOOOW I was very thankful and shook he hugged me. Anyways, his mom showed me around the house with the Christmas decorations, I noticed her birds were still doing well, she even showed me her new plants she got lmao. We sat at the dining room table and talked and ate mexican snacks. She has broken English and I have broken Spanish so literally thank god for dualingo because it has helped me. I love how when we are together, we talk really slow and try to annunciate for each other LMAOOO. Anyways, THIS WOMAN ALSO GOT ME A STOCKING filled with Mexican Candy. omg this woman i love her so much. Anyways, I showed my tattoos to her and she legit wanted to murder me lmao but she says she likes them but hates them at the same time. She also sat me down and we had a serious conversation in terms of how she sees me. She said that I am no longer known as lalo’s novia, what I am to her is a daughter. I am evelyn’s sister and yo boi that got me crying in the club because that’s what I would love to have, to maintain my relationship with them . Okay, to kind of speed things up, basically we kept talking about Evelyn’s quinceanera that’s happening this year AHHHHHH, dropped Evelyn off and her friend to a friend’s quince, and his mom took me to eat at paleterias tropicana where I tried elote for the first time and had a jugo verde WOOOOOW SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD. literally cannot stop thinking about it. Anyways, random note, I noticed my old K-State beanie in the car and his mom said it was Evelyn’s. It gave me a weird feeling because it was originally mine that he gifted me on our first Christmas together but obviously I knew he wouldn’t keep it so I’m not suprised he gave it to Evelyn. It made me wonder then what did he do to the other gifts that he originally gave me but I gave it back to him once we broke up.. okay that was a tangent, anyways, that was it with the night with his mom and ughhh it was a really fun night and I really am looking forward to seeing her again.

Now fast forward to now-ish, me not doing good of not checking his social media, I got triggered because they now made it “facebook officlal” that they are dating. it triggered me because again, he refused to publicize our relationship and it really threw me off that they’ve only been dating for a month (technically interested in each other since October, started dating November) and already publicizing they are together. they moving hella quick and basically, I got hella bitter. I felt reckless and I texted him. I KNOW I shouldn’t have texted him because I immediately felt a sense of regret after but also low key glad I did text him. ugh i hate me lmao. Anyways, i texted him and he asked if he could call me so I said yes. Luckily, the conversation was better than I expected because it was simply like two old friends catching up. It was a really good feeling even tho I’m honestly still hurt about the way that he treated me. It caught me by suprised when he said that he has talked about me with Kylie and he actually stated that he knows what he did and feels regretful for the choices he made. That was a huge shocker and I do still have trust issues because I try to take things that he says with a grain of salt. He may be saying things to me that I want to hear but it’s not the truth so anyways lmao. Our conversation was good and it really got me thinking what exactly am I doing/how am I really feeling.

I really am happy for him. Yes i’m still deeply hurt and feel a type of way about how he treated me, but I can’t do anything about the past and all I can do is just simply be happy for him. I will always love him without a doubt, but he isn’t my person. I hope this doesn’t come off as selfish but he will never find someone better than me, he is simply finding someone better suited for him. What helps me the most about this is thinking about ME because that’s the situation for him, however, I know I will find someone better than him because I deserve the best.

I felt bad for asking because I am just fucking nosy and I’m glad he was okay with me asking about what happened with his relationship with Lila (the girl he left me for) and how did he start dating Kylie. He shared with with me that even though it was all great in the beginning with Lila (and let me tell you dude, he totally was hella infatuated with her lmao), they started becoming two different people. She apparently wasn’t emotionally there for him when he needed her (IRONICCCCCCCCCCCCC BECAUSE THAT’S EXACTLY HOW HE WAS WITH ME THROUGHOUT OUR 3 YEARS TOGETHER) and she ended the relationship. It did make me sad to hear because everyone needs support and it is sad when you go to someone for support and they don’t give you it, ya know? anyways, he said with Kylie, they’ve been friends for two years (I knew who she was when we were together but they’ve always only been friends since they worked at the Sunflower together. This will sound extremely bad but I never thought about her being a girl to worry about because she did a lot of “white” things that we make fun of white people for and so it kind of shocked me that he is dating her now but anyways) apparently he said that “they were hanging out and next thing he knows is that he kissed her and that’s how they started dating.” dude didn’t want to go into detail which was fine but I’m also in my head like “ok lmao you literally just got broken up by your ex and then immediately start hanging out with another girl? ok” ANYWAYS, I really am happy for him and wish him the best. 

It was cool to hear about what he’s hoping to do. He shared a lot more detail than usual which again caught me by surprise. Anyways, he shared that he is currently looking for a new place to live (a house to rent) somewhere in college hill (conveniently where Kylie also lives lmao) with Erik. He is also hoping to find another job soon because things at KWCH are no longer making him feel happier so he’s looking to see if he can work for a non-profit org which makes me happy for him because I’d also want to do the same. If I’m at a job where I’m not excited to be, I’d want to also try to make a switch. He also shared that junior (martin, his little brother) will be moving to Cali in May to move close to paco which wow made me really happy for them all. Anyways, he shared that he is hoping to stay in Wichita for about one more year and then possibly relocating to KC or somewhere in Oklahoma. i did encourage him KC because it seems that KC has much more opportunities than Wichita and Oklahoma. Only thing we both hate is driving in KC lmao

Okay, so overall, I’m still really hurt about how our relationship was and how it ended but I’m very grateful that I’m doing what is best for me to make progress because this is not an overall easy thing to do, move on. I do feel low key embarrassed that I still am not over our break up but I’m very glad that I know that He isn’t my person. we will and I cannot get back together with him even if he stated that he has “changed” Yes i invested so much in him to be my forever partner and it didn’t work out but that’s okay. I’m always willing to invest in people to be the best version of themselves and it really makes me happy to see people thrive. I truly cannot and will not take him back if there was ever a time where he wanted to give us a second try because I need to remember how he treated me. If he really was always thinking it was me, then he shouldn’t have cheated on me, treated me so poorly. I’m okay with us remaining friends, but as partners in life? that isn’t it. I deserve so much better and the man of my dreams will come. I’m 10000000% okay with being single because I know I need to work on myself so that I can be fully ready for my next. I really wish my next relationship is my one and only, but hey we’ll see. 

so this is already extremely long but I’m very glad I got this all out of me. I know I have other anxieties such as starting school again, which will be my last semester before I earn my masters (FINALLY), RA training coming back up (so me working is coming back), JOB SEARCH. So much is coming up and AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I need to get my head into gear. 

[persepinas]

First thank you. 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

Second I also rec @prouvaireafterdark Loustat fics. All of them. All. All. Allllll.

Also @fablesdelightme fics which have both show and book verses in them and she’s so talented I want to claw my eyes out.

Also @aryastark-valarmorghulis who has an amazing tale of the body thief Loustat fic that I read too many times by now.

@dreamofme9 was already mentioned but yesss reccing again the right regrets ruined my life Lmfao in the best way.

@thatgothicgay entire is this too much Loustat series and also her Armand fics and her Claudia fic daffodil. I have more in my head I just can’t get them all out right now.

@calipsan has really really really good fics too many that I cannot list just go to their ao3 and @angstosaur just posted a soft af Loustat fic that touched my soul.

Basically I am transfixed with adoration and admiration for these people and my heart can’t take it but if it explodes that’s fine at least I will die happily reading about two idiots in coffins in various universes and situations and always always always in love.

@burstingbone please tell bluebloodbruise how much we love her and how much her fic has altered my own brain chemistry.

Hi,

I just popped in to let you know that even though IWTV is not my main fandom, I immensely enjoyed the series and your insights on the whole universe got me hooked badly (but in a good way). However, the book discussions are def a wild ride in which I'm lost most of the time lol!

As someone who only watched the series (..and ofc the 90s film), it really surprises me how some people see the characters and want to force them in some kind of fluffy fanfic narrative. As much as love all of them, they are all quite awful and, to say at least (As they should be, they are Vampires after all). Louis is not an angel, and Armand, however gorgeous he is, imo is already creepy as hell and lestat (my unhinged love) is definitely troublesome in so many ways. They all are so bad for each other but so good for us, can't wait the second season!

Anyway, thanks and keep on the good work! And if you have any good fic recs, faithful to canon (so not fluffy coffee shops pls), I could give it a go.

Oh oh oh, I am at once delighted and very sorry to have reeled you in *laughs* :))) Thank you?! 💕

And yeah, I also find the overly "cutifying" of those vampires (and I love them dearly!) a bit ... weird. *shrugs* They are all monsters... but they are our monsters, right :)))

(Also, sorry for the late reply, I needed a bit mental space to think about the recs)

In regards to those recs - I have only read a few ones as of now. I am also someone who likes to stay in canon (If you want to have a look), I rarely write or read AUs.

So, some of those I have read:

The right regrets, by @dreamofme9 - canon tie-in with smut, but an awesome character dissection, too :)

I can generally recommend @thefairylights fics, though I haven't read them all yet (*hides face in shame*)

I've also read some by Zisurru, and of course Go Fetch God by BlueBloodBruise who I love dearly, but who only writes one fic per fandom *cries* and doesn't really like social media. Also it is slightly AU but still almost a must read.

But I'm really, really, really behind, mostly because I'm writing so much as well 🙈😅 (I am looking forward to my summer vacation tbh, with a cocktail and my phone, lol.)

Maybe other people out there want to add recs for canon-compliant fics here?