#artemis x benjamin

[exmcrtis]

closed starter for: @thirtecnth (ben)

artemis had been going out of her way to avoid ben, and so far her efforts had been working. she didn't have anything nice to say to her sister's ex-boyfriend, and she especially didn't want to encounter him now that things seemed to be getting heated between them again. allegra's relationship wasn't her business unless it was made into her business, but huntsville was a small town and you couldn't avoid people for long. that's why, when she found herself standing in front of him, artemis had to take a deep breath to prepare.

"benjamin," she said coolly, lips tugging into a smile that was only half-genuine. "how are you?"

[itsss4t4n]

Who I write for /Rules

Masterlist

I'm new-ish to writing (i used to write fanfiction when i was like 13. i'm 19 now and write very rarely) but I really wanna do it again.

So this is a list of characters/fandoms I write for as well as some rules for asks. Some things may be missing from this list so if you dont see something on this list, feel free to ask. :))

Do add as much detail as you want to a request and please ALWAYS have at least some sort of prompt, as i'm really not good with coming up with storys on my own yet.

I WILL NOT DO SMUT SO DONT REQUEST IT! I might however do spicy stuff (Nothing more than making out or somewhat implied stuff tho).

My writing will be mostly pg 13 but please still be careful if the fic-warnings include sensitive topics, and i might repost some 18+ things so be careful when navigating my blog.

Please be nice and have manners when requesting.

Also please include what gender/pronouns you want the reader to have (i write for all genders). If its not included I will default it as gender neutral. :)))

I also write poly relationships and AUs.

Some things I will not write include: Pregnancy, toxic/yandere, student x teacher, love triangles.

(Also english isnt my first language, and even though, in my opinion, i speak it really well, if they are any mistakes, thats why.)

Heartbreak high

Harper Mclean

Quinni Ghallager-Jones

Darren Rivers

Spencer "Spider" White

Anthony "Ant" Vaughn

Malakai Mitchel

Sally face

Sal Fisher

Travis Phelps (male or gn readers)

Larry Johnson

Ashley Campbell

Harry Potter

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Charly Weasley

Bill Weasley

Cedric Diggory

Olliver Wood

Draco Malfoy (+6th year only)

Theodore Nott (+6th year only)

Marauders

James Potter

Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

Regulus Black

Evan Rosier

Barty Crouch jr

Pandora Rosier

Lilly Evans

Marlene Mckinnon

Hogwarts Legacy

Sebastian Sallow

Ominus Gaunt

Gareth Weasley

Poppy Sweetings

Imelda Reyes

Die drei fragezeichen / the three investigators

Bob Andrews

Peter Shaw

Justus Jonas

Skinny Norris

Twilight

Jasper Hale

Emmet Cullen

Carlisle Cullen

Esme Cullen

Rosalie Hale

Alice Cullen

Sam Uley

Paul Lahote

Charlie Swan

Leah Clearwater

Jacob Black

Pjo

Let me know if you want book or show

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

Luke Castellan

Clarrisse La Rue

Selena Beauregard

Charles Beckendorf

Ethan Nakamura

Nico di Angelo (no romantic fem readers)

Rachel Elizabeth Dare

Will Solace

Travis Stoll

Connor Stoll

Hazel Levesque (no romantic)

Jason Grace

Leo Valdez

Piper Mclean

Magnus chase

Magnus Chase

Samirah al Abbas ( no romantic)

Alex Fierro

Blitzen

Hearthstone

Mallory Keen

TJ (Thomas Jefferson jr)

MCU (Avengers)

Bucky Barnes

Steve Rogers

Tony Stark

Sam Wilson

Natasha Romanoff

Yelena Belova

Peter Parker (tom holland and andrew garfield)

MJ

Wanda Maximof

Piedro Maximof

Clint Barton

Scott Lang

Stephen Strange

Kate Bishop

MCU ( Guardians of the galaxy)

Peter Quill

Daredevil (Season 1)

Matt Murdock

Karen Page

James Wesley

X-men universe

Deadpool

Wolverine

Francis

Xavier

Mystic

Angel

Kurt

Venom

Eddie Brock

DC

Harley Quinn

Jason Todd

Dick Grayson (any version, young justice, robin, nightwing,etc.)

Wally West (youngJustice)

Artemis (young justice)

Roy Harper (young justice)

Disney Descendants

Mal

Evie

Carlos devil

Jay

Benjamin Beast

Chad Charming

Audrey Rose

Jane

Lonnie Fa

Uma

Harry Hook

Gil

Rise of red

James Hook

Hades

Bridget

Ella

Cloe

Red

Morgie

Kingsmen

Eggsy

Tiny Pretty things (Netflix)

Bette Whitlaw

Oren Lennox

Shane Madej (no romantic fem readers)

June Park

Jennifers Body

Jennifer Check

Colin Gray

Ever after high

all characters

Redacted Audios

(no x reader, just ships)

literally all characters

[medic-matchups]

MEDIC-MATCHUPS BRACKETS

Time for a showdown to decide the ultimate medic!

OUR MATCHUPS:

(Round 1 brackets were randomised)

ROUND 1 : PART A

13/4 UTC +0

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson (9-1-1) vs. Watson (Sherlock Holmes Franchise)

Winner: Watson (Sherlock Holmes Franchise)

Julian Bashir (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) vs.

Artemy Burakh (Pathologic) vs. Gregory House (House)

Winner: Gregory House (House)

Martha Jones (Doctor Who) vs. Tia Safalin (Your Turn to Die)

Winner: Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece) vs. Wen Qing (The Untamed)

Winner: Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece)

Katara (Avatar: The Last Air Bender) vs. Ralsei (Deltarune) vs. Beverly Crusher (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

Winner: Katara (Avatar: The Last Air Bender)

Dana Scully (The X-Files) vs. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Winner: Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Daniil Dankovsky (Pathologic) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Ratchet (Transformers)

ROUND 1 : PART B

14/4 UTC +0

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Linhardt von Hevring (Fire Emblem)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

Kix (Star wars) vs. Yosano Akiko (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Winner: Yosano Akiko (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H) vs. Julian Devorak (The Arcana) vs. Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

Winner: Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Will Solace (Riordanverse) vs. Tommy Vega (9-1-1)

Winner: Will Solace (Riordanverse)

Nurse Joy (Pokémon) vs. Anders (Dragon Age)

Winner: Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

Frank 'Doc' DuFresne (Red vs. Blue) vs.

Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist) vs. Kureha (One Piece)

Winner: Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist)

Howard "Chimney" Han (9-1-1) vs. Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter)

Winner: Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter)

Angela "Mercy" Ziegler (Overwatch) vs. The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

Winner: The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

ROUND 2

16/4 UTC +0

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Watson (Sherlock Holmes Franchise)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Gregory House (House) vs. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Winner: Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece) vs. Katara (Avatar: The Last Air Bender)

Winner: Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece)

Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek: The Original Series) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Ratchet (Transformers)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Yosano Akiko (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H) vs. Will Solace (Riordanverse)

Winner: Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Nurse Joy (Pokémon) vs. Winry Rockbell (Full Metal Alchemist)

Winner: Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

Leorio Paladiknight (Hunter x Hunter) vs. The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

Winner: The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

ROUND 3

18/4 UTC +0

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Martha Jones (Doctor Who)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Trafalgar Water Law (One Piece) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Ratchet (Transformers)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

Nurse Joy (Pokémon) vs. The Doctor/Emergency Medical Hologram (Star Trek: Voyager)

Winner: Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

ROUND 4 : SEMI-FINALS

19/4 - 26/4

Medic (Team Fortress 2) vs. Ratchet (Transformers)

Winner: Medic (Team Fortress 2)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Nurse Joy (Pokémon)

Winner: Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

ROUND 5 : FINALS

26/4-3/5

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) vs. Medic (Team Fortress 2)

WINNER: MEDIC (TEAM FORTRESS 2)

[readtilyoudie]

#

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

A

Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston | Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood | Alice Have I Been by Melanie Benjamin | Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | Animal by Lisa Taddeo | Ariadne by Jennifer Saint | Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer

B

The Band by Nicholas Eames | Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi | The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

C

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White | Choke by Chuck Palahniuk | The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo | Circe by Madeline Miller

D

The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King | Deerskin by Robin McKinley | The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams | Dietland by Sarai Walker | Dreadnought by April Daniels

E

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine | Enders by Lissa Price | The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden

F

Fable: the Balverine Order by Peter David | Fable: Reaver by Peter David | Fairy Tales of Remnant by E.C. Myers | Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

G

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

H

Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Harper Connelly Series by Charlaine Harris | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien | How To Train Your Dragon Series by Cressida Cowell | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I

The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu | Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk | Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

J

K

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn | A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks

L

Last Flight by Liane Merciel | Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee | The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers | The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor | The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl | Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas | Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

M

The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan | Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

N

A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller | Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty | A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien | Not Your Sidekick Series by C.B. Lee

O

Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood

P

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood | Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan | Pet by Akwaeke Emezi | Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth | The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde | A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving | The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Q

R

The Reckoners Series by Brandon Sanderson | Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright | The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood | Ruination by Anthony Reynolds

S

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket | The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo | Sherlock Holmes by Sir Conan Doyle | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares | Starters by Lissa Price | Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk | A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

T

The Tale of the Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman | These Ruthless Deeds by Kelly Zekas & Tarun Shanker | These Vicious Masks by Kelly Zekas & Tarun Shanker | To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers | Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Elizabeth May | Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

U

Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld | Until I Find You by John Irving

V

W

The Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers | Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire | When Christmas Comes Again: The World War One Diary of Simone Spencer by Beth Seidel Levine | The Wicker King by K. Ancrum | William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope | A Wind In The Door by Madeleine L'Engle | The Witcher Series by Andrzej Sapkowski | The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell | The World According to Garp by John Irving | A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle

X

Y

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman | The Young Elites Series by Marie Lu

Z

Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O'Brien

[edgessunflower]

Masterlist

Fics i have done!

Fandoms i write for!

Young justice

Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad

Megan morse/Miss martian

Connor kent/Superboy

Artemis crock/Tigress

Jaime reyes/Blue beetle

Cassie sandsmark/Wondergirl

Wally west/Kidflash

Barbara gordon/Batgirl

CSI Vegas

Sara sidle

Nick stokes

Mia dickerson

Greg sanders

Catherine willows

Warrick brown

Riley adams

Gil grissom

M*A*S*H*

Benjamin hawkeye pierce

Margaret hot lips houlihan

B.J. hunnicutt

Margie cutler

Radar o'reilly

Kellye yamoto

John mulcahy

Stranger things

Nancy wheeler

Dustin henderson

Max mayfield

Jonathan byers

Robin buckley

Steve harrison

Jane hopper/el

Lucas Sinclair

Joyce byers

Mike wheeler

Barbara holland

Jim hopper

CSI Miami

Walter simmons

Yelena salazar

Ryan wolfe

Natalia boa vista

Eric delko

Calliegh duquesne

Horatio caine

Alexx woods

Jesse cardoza

Marisol delko

Marvel

Kate bishop

Clint barton

Natasha romanoff

T'challa

Cassandra lang

Sam wilson

Kamala khan

Bucky barnes

Shuri

Bruce banner

Mortal kombat

Kung jin

Skarlet

Hanzo hasashi

Sonya blade

Kuai liang

Jaqui briggs

Johnny cage

Kitana

Takeda takashi

Jade

Jax briggs

Cassie cage

Resident evil

Claire redfield

Carlos olivera

Sherry birkins

Leon kennedy

Jill valentine

Jake muller

Helena harper

Chris redfield

Alice

NCIS NOLA

Chris laselle

Loretta wade

Sebastian lund

Hannah khoury

Patton plame

Sonja percy

Dwayne pride

Tammy gregario

Final destination

Clear rivers

Lewis romaro

Wendy christensen

Kevin horton

Carrie dryer

Kevin fischer

Kimberly corman

Thomas burke

Alex browning

The mighty ducks

Fulton reed

Julie gaffney

Adam banks

Charlie conway

Dean portman

Guy germaine

Dwayne robertson

Luiz mendoza

Connie monreau

Criminal minds

Emily prentiss

Spencer reid

Jennifer jareau

Aaron hotchner

Kate callahan

Derek morgan

Penelope garcia

Luke alvez

Tara lewis

Matt simmons

Trauma center

Derek stiles

Angie thompson

Gabriel cunningham

Elena salazar

Erhard miller

Naomi kimishima

Markus vaughn

Valerie blaylock

ER

Susan lewis

Mark greene

Carol hathaway

Doug ross

Kerry weaver

Gregory pratt

Samantha taggart

John carter

Cate banfield

Luka kovac

Harry potter

Cedric diggory

Luna lovegood

Harry potter

Ginny weasley

Remus lupin

Narcissa malfoy

Ron weasley

Nymphodora tonks

Sirius black

Marlene mckinnon

Draco malfoy

Fleur declour

Blaise zabini

Hermione granger

Kingdom hearts

Namine

Riku

Kairi

Sora

Aqua

Terra

Xion

Ventus

Roxas

Xmen

Charles xavier

Ororo munroe

Warren worthington

Kitty pryde

Kurt wagner

Illyana rasputin

Erik leshnerr

Raven darkholme

Logan

Marie d'ancanto

Peter maximoff

Jubliee

Pixie

Pixie o'brien

Harland mckenna

Frank mccullen

Final fantasy

Cloud strife

Oerba dia vanille

Snow villers

Tifa lockhart

Hope esthiem

Oerba yun fang

Vincent valentine

Lighting farron

Zack fair

Aerith gainsborough

Narnia

Lucy pevensie

Peter pevensie

Susan pevensie

Edmund pevensie

Mr tumnus

Prince caspian

NCIS LA

Marty deeks

Shay mosley

Sam hanna

Kensi blye

G callen

Fatima nazami

Eric beale

Harley hidoko

Nell jones

Code lyoko

Aelita schaffer

Odd della robbia

Yumi ishiyama

Ulrich stern

Milly solovieff

William dunbar

Tamiya diop

Jeremy belpois

Triple frontier

Will "ironhead" miller

Frankie "catfish" morales

Benny miller

Santiago "pope" garcia

The night shift

Landry de la cruz

Joey chavez

Gwen gaskin

Kenny fornette

Jordan alexander

Michael ragosa

Drew allister

Shannon rivera

TC callahan

Ewan mcgregor characters

Catcher block

Dan torrance

Perry makepeace

Christopher robin

Rodney copperbottom

Robert lewis

Alex law

Edward bloom

Star wars

Crosshair

Cara dune

Luke skywalker

Aayla secura

Hunter

Din djarin

Padme amidala

Cal kestis

Rey skywalker

Obi wan kenobi

Bo katan kryze

Qui gon jin

Tech

Ahsoka tano

Poe dameron

Leia organa

Echo

Finn

Iden versio

Del meeko

Wrecker

Misc 1

Jack mercer

Mason "mace" brown

Spike spiegel

Toph

Lu fox

Elizabeth martinson

Casi

Laney boggs

Max lewinsky

Mahtilda

Flip zimmerman

Nani pelekai

Murphy macmanus

Korra

Lu fox

Samantha caine

Bill s prescott

Iris

Zack siler

Rachel

David abbott

Marta

Jed eckhart

Tess finnegan

Ryan williams

Barbara novak

Ted logan

Toni

Eugene/vida boheme

Tris prior

Murtagh morzzansson

Skeeter

Christian

Stephanie speck

John wick

Viola eade

Jonathan levy

Evey hammond

Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz

Casey jones

Marni

Elliot alderson

Misc 2

Chris chambers

Andie anderson

Michael perry

Beatrix "the bride" kiddo

Elliott

Quinn fabray

Benjamin barry

Dani rojas

Billy/four

Daphne moon

Javi gutierrez

Allison reynolds

Hector villanueva

April o'neil

Ned tash

Kara

Don billingsley

Asami sato

Beau hutton

Monica long dutton

Joey coalter

Celine naville

Sam munroe

[manwhacrossoverfamilybecauseyes]

The Crossover Family Tree's

Dion x Medea

-Benjamin

-Leilin

-Lucas

-Kaira

-Eun Lee

The way to protect the female leads older brother/Your throne/I have become the hero's rival/Today the villainess has fun again/Who made me a princess/Actually I was the real one/Princess of doom

Jeremy x Jeanette

-Carina

-Axion

-Bianca

-Joseph

-Florentina

The way to protect the female leads older brother/Who made me a princess/Limited time extra/Untouchable lady/Marriage business/Actually I was the real one/I'll master this family

Rezef x Psyche

-Leticia

-Isis

-Athanasia

-Luca

-Eril

The villainess is a marionette/Your throne/The way to protect the lovable you/Into the light once again/Who made me a princess/I will change the genre/Matchmaking baby princess

Izeck x Marcia

-Kalia

-Fiona

-Kallisto

-Amy

How to get my husband on my side/The perfect ending plan of the villain in a fairytale/The baby is not yours/I have become the male leads wife/Death is the only ending for the villainess/My sister picked up the male lead

Killian x Marianne

-Dokja

-Kyla

-Eustaph

-Yurisien

Villainess Maker/Demonic contract/Omnisent reader point of view/Let's hide my younger brother first/Recording hall/Blacked haired princess

Ian x Melissa

-Rosalette

-Ruth

-Ijekiel

Finding Camila/Beware of the villainess/If you touch my little brother you're all dead/Under the oak tree/Who made me a princess

Eros x Claudia

-Luciphella

-Hikan

-Jeremy

Your throne/I have become the hero's rival/The way that knight lives as a lady/The strongest characters in the world are obsessed with me/The way to protect the female leads older brother

Arwin x Latte

-Arista

-Ariadna

-Fiyord

Miss not-so-sidekick/Abandoned empress/Daughter of the emeror/My mother get's married again

Abel x Charlize

-Ayesha

-Maribelle

-Ian

-Felix

-Claudia

I have become the wife of the male lead/I tamed a tyrant and ran away/I married the male leads dad/The villainess needs a tyrant/Finding Camila/I have become the hero's rival

Thenstheon x Cassia

-Euredian

-Juvelian

-Hikka

I became the wife of the monstrous crown prince/Honey I'm going on a strike/I seduced the villains father/Father, I don't want to get married/The reason raeliana ended up at the dukes mansion

Lithera

-Reynold

-Penelope

-Astair

-Lili

Another typical fantasy romance/Death is the only ending of the villainess/Let's hide my younger brother first/An unseemly lady

Kallisto x Cayena

-Roxanne

-Alberu

-Beatrice

-Arez

-Hailynn

Death is the only ending for the villainess/The villainess is a marionette/The way to protect the female leads older brother/The reason raeliana ended up at the dukes mansion/Trash of the counts family/Actually I was the real one/Am I your daughter

Helio x Elizabeth

-Killian

-Yona

-Nadricka

-Erich

-Hari

-Leon

Your throne/The emperor reverses time/Here comes the golden spoon/Beware of the villainess/I fell into the world of a reverse harem game/Beware of the brothers/In this life I will raise you well your highness

Felix x Juvelian

-Dahlia

-Aisha

-Ethel

-Artemis

I have become the hero's rival/ Father, I don't want to get married/The strongest characters in the world are obsessed with me/Into the light once again/The villainess is a marionette/Choose your tyrant daddy

Lucas x Athanasia

-Charlotte

-Kara

Who made me a princess/Cheerful countess sister's

Cale x Leilin

-Perion

-Karen

-Adelaide

-Leticia

-Elena

-Leonia

Trash of the counts family/Today the villainess has fun again/Your throne/Resetting lady/Say ah the silver spoon is entering/My secretly hot husband/My observational diary of elena evoy/I have become the male leads adopted daughter

Siegren x Penelope

-Rosica

-Yerenica

-Casia

-Aira

-Anastasia

I have become the hero's wife/Death is the only ending for the villainess/Doubled faced princess/I seduced the villains father/The princess doll shop/Becoming the villains family/The villainous princess wants to live in a gingerbread house

Reynold x Shuli

-Carnelia

-Herman

-Vivian

-Aylet

-Adel

Death is the only ending for the villainess/Stepmother's Märchen/Survive as the hero's wife/The precious little sister of the villain grand duke/It was a mistake grab duke/A transmigratior privilege/Baby Empress

Clevian x Navier

-Luminas

-Aria

-Vincent

-Ancia

I shall master this family/Remarried empress/Into the light once again/The villainess reverses the hourglass/Becoming the villains family/I became the wife of the monstrous crown prince

Felix x Livia

-Cale

-Eleanor

-Maximilian

-Karyuel

Who made me a princess/I became the wife of the male lead/Trash of the counts family/I didn't mean to seduce the male lead/Under the oak tree/Black haired princess

Ludwig x Rashta

-Lucas

-Rosenitte

-Anet

-Christian

-Cossete

Actually I was the real one/Remarried empress/I have Become the hero's rival/The princess imprints the traitor/The trash princess second life/Actually I was the real one/Into the light once again

Claude x Diana

-Rudbeckia

-Heinry

-Cayena

-Rezef

-Joshua

Who made me a princess/How to get my husband on my side/Remarried empress/The villainess is a marionette/An unseemly lady

Heinry x Renesha

-Samona

-Elzay

-Alicia

-Leon

-Olivia

-Ran

-Ethan

Remarried empress/A false confession/Lady baby/The villains savior/The tyrant's sister/The emperor reverses time/The villainess is a marionette/The recording hall/Please don't eat me

Perion x Olivia

-Rosalia

-Kate

-Raeliana

-Priscilla

Your throne/The villainess is a marionette/I became the villains mom/The detective of muiella/The reason raeliana ended up at the dukes mansion/Priscillas marriage request

Cassis x Lillian

-Stan

-Melissa

-Irene

The way to protect the female leads older brother/Who made me a princess/This is obviously a fraudulent marriage/Beware of the villainess/I have become the hero's rival

Anastasius x Penelope

-Aseph

-Meldenik

-Rubert

-Jeanette

Who made me a princess/The villain's saviour/Please don’t come to the villainess stationery store/Your majesty, please don't kill me again/Who made me a princess

Erudian x Elvia

-Izeck

-Ellen

-Livia

-Girono

-Neveah

-Blake

-Brisney

I seduced the villains father/I fell into a reverse harem game/How to get my husband on my side/I became the wife of the male lead/Strange love rivals increased/Can we become a family/I became the wife of the monstrous crown prince/I seduced the villains father

Noah x Yona

-Leslie

-Larissa

-Ian

-Cecil

The reason why realiana ended up at the duke mansion/Beware of the villainess/The monstrous duke adopted daughter/A perfect ending plan of the villain in the fairy tale/Survive as the hero's wife

Gallahan x Camila

-Noah

-Izana

-Dietrich

-Noel

-Llyod

-Lae

-Aria

I shall master this family/The precious little sister of the villainous grand duke/The reason raeliana ended up at the dukes mansion/Virtues of the villainess/The precious little sister of the villainous grand duke/Why are you doing this duke?/Becoming the villains family/How to be a dark hero's daughter/The reason raeliana ended up at the dukes mansion

Rayburn x Maximilian

-Mariette

-Oscar

-Arabella

-Elphinny

-Ashtarte

I'm stanning the prince/Under the Oak tree/I am the sister of the possed female lead/The villainess reverses the hourglass/Actually I was the real one/Lady baby/Ashtrate

Zachary x Rosentine

-Louis

-Camellia

-Camellius

-Kairos

The marriage business/Secret lady/Prince Maker/Finding camellia/The bountique at 97th street

Camellius x Rudbeckia

-Yuri

-Chris

-Larissa

-Etoile

-Yvonne

Finding camellia/How to get my husband on my side/Beware of the villainess/Doctor Elise:the royal lady with the lamp/Marilyn loves larissa too much/I stole the male leads first night/Please bully me miss villainess

Therdeo x Camellia

-Bethrion

-Claire

-Zekehart

-Lotilucia

My in-laws are obsessed with me/Finding camellia/The monstrous duke adopted daughter/Why are you doing this duke?/Actually I was the real one/Monster duke's daughter

Damian x Cecilia

-Adalicia

-Penia

-Calliope

-Damien

-Abel

-Lapel

-Mu

Monster duke's daughter/Strange love rivals increased/The strongest characters in the world are obsessed with me/Lady baby/Lucia/I married the male leads dad/I found a husband when I picked up the male lead/I raised a black dragon

Eith x Leyrin

-Theor

-Rafael

-Rayed

-Decald

-Irene

-Dellin

I'm the soldier's ex-girlfriend/This is an obvious fraudulent marriage/How to hide the emperor's child/This is an obvious fraudulent marriage

Hiika x Rubia

-Raelle

-Libertia

-Ariel

-Charlotte

-Helena

-Ciel

-Leona

-Vivian

The reason why realiana ended up at the dukes mansion/The lady wants to rest/Villainess in love/When the villainess loves/The lady's butler/The princess is bored again today/Saving the villain who was abandoned by the female lead/The princess is evil/The land lord baby retires

Edwin x Irene

-Linden

-Hillise

-Theo

-Lorraine

-Trail

-Anissa

-Lousie

I was born a second daughter/I have become the hero's rival/I became the villainess in an anticlimactic novel/Untouchable lady/I was born a second daughter/The precious little sister of the villainous grand duke/I only came to find my dad

Max x Beatrice

-Elise

-Maise

-Perez

-Robel

-Lorraine

-Alpen

-Arien

-Arjen

-Joshua

-Stella

Father I don't want to get married/The reason why realiana ended up at the dukes mansion/Doctor Elise:the royal lady with the lamp/I'm the soldier's ex-girlfriend/I shall master this family/Lady baby/I shall master this family/Actually I was the real one/The tyrant's guardian is an evil witch/The twin siblings new life/I'm the soldier's ex-girlfriend

Regis x Leatrice

-Vinter

-Veronica

-Yuric

-Eunice

-Louise

-Asterias

Father I don't want to get married/The precious little sister of the villainous grand duke/Death is the only ending for the villainess/The precious little sister of the villainous grand duke/I became the male leads wife/The male leads girlfriend/Lady baby

Raquel x Ariel

-Lilian

-Shannon

-Johannes

Daughter of the archmage/I was born a second daughter/I'll do that marriage/Villainous Princess/Beware of the brothers

Sedrick x Ash

-Buttercup

-Freya

-Rona

-Ursch

Death is the only ending for the villainess/Surviving as a maid/Disobey the duke if you dare/Please throw me away/How to get my husband on my side/The villainess wants to marry a commoner!!

Benjamin x Ariel

-Dabian

-Sisley

-Freya

-Arielle

-Iset

-Arisa

I have become the hero's rival/Charming and the beast/I will break this marriage/Don’t pick up the trash you threw away/How to get my husband on my side/I fell into the world of a reverse harem game/The tyrants older sister/I became pregnant with the tyrant's child

Raymond x Roxanne

-Kaira

-Helga

-Karl

-Karina

-Enisha

The princess jewels/The way to protect the fenale leads older brother/It's useless to hang on/The real daughter is back/I only came to find my dad/Youngest princess

Ariadne

-Eris

-Anastasha

Sister in this life i'm the queen/Kill the villainess/Surviving as a illegitimate princess

Ayesha

-Laritte

-Luca

I married the male leads dad/When the count illegitimate daughter married/An unseemly lady

Ines

-Pierta

-Mikhail

The broken ring: this marriage will fail anyway/Tricked into becoming the heroine's stepmother/Writing my male leads happily ever after

Raya x Adele

-Sena

-Allendis

-Rachel

Surviving the heros wife/Please throw me away/Lady chef royal/The abandoned empress/I became the younger sister of a regretful obsessive male lead

Stan x Artizea

-Julius

-Gillieu

-Mairon

-Jay

This is an obvious fraudulent marriage/The villainess lives twice/A way to protect the loveable you/I shall master this family/I was born a second daughter

Astair x Kyla

-Vivi

-Dylan

-Regina

-Erden

-Prinz

-Blance

Let's hide my younger brother first/The symbiotic relationship between a panther and a rabbit/I tamed a tyrant and ran away/Second life of a trash princess/My husband hides his beauty/A transmigrator's privilege/I'm only a stepmother but my daughter is just too cute

Aseph x Illyana

-Elena

-Rubia

-Noelle

-Benjamin

-Yurenia

-Lisandro

The villains saviour/The breast tamed by the villainess/Shadow queen/The lady wants to rest/Say ah the golden spoon is entering/I'm worried that my brother is too gentle/She's the sister of the obsessive male lead

Dylan x Meldenik

-Ares

-Eiji

-Leon

-Dorothea

-Rachel

-Diana

-Bliss

I tamed a tyrant and ran away/Please don't come to the villainess stationary store/The tyrant's sister/The tyrant's wants a better life/The twin siblings new life/A stepmother's märchen/I became the wife of the monstrous crown prince/The villainess reverses the hourglass

Heinrich x Cossete

-Veronica

-Marianne

The villainess is a marionette/Actually I was the real one/Becoming the villain's family/Into the light once again

Philio x Hillise

-Cass

-Eloise

-Rena

-Abelle

-Ian

-Clara

I became the male leads adopted daughter/Untouchable lady/I'm a fake saintess but the gods are obsessed/The grand duchess of the north was secretly a villainess/Regina rena: to the unforgiven/She came back and opened a dessert shop/I was born a second daughter/Lady isabella's path to happiness

Christian x Diana

-Raymond

-Mia

-Iris

-Cordelia

Untouchable lady/For my abandoned love/A divorced evil lady bakes cake/Isn't being a wicked woman much better/Today the villainess has fun again/The villain's precious daughter

Bayel x Rosalyn

-Lobelia

-Edward

-Deborah

The villainess is a marionette/Trash of the counts family/How to survive sleeping with the emperor/I'm a villainess but I picked up the male lead/Isn't being a wicked woman much better

Ijekiel x Keira

-Sigrid

-Edina

-Ardmund

-Jeremy

-Elena

Who made me a princess/Actually i was the real one/Sigrid/I'm a villainess but I picked up the male lead/Don't do this your majesty/I raised the villain previously/I will stand next to the main character

[multimusesblog]

Current Muses

A list of the current characters I play on this blog, organized by the first letter of their names

A

Abigail Lincoln (Codename: Kids Next Door)

Andy Hatsune (My portrayal of the Boyfriend from Friday Night Funkin)

Angelica Pickles (Rugrats: All Grown Up)

Articuno (Pokemon)

Ashley (All That)

Ashley Spinelli (Recess)

Arnold Shortman (Hey Arnold)

AJ (The Fairly OddParents)

Angel (Lilo and Stitch)

Annie Knitts (South Park)

Android 18 (Dragonball Z)

Android 17 (Dragonball Z)

Android 21 (Dragonball Z)

Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Adyson Sweetwater (Phineas and Ferb)

Alejandro Burromuerto (Total Drama)

Alice Angel (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Alice Hatsune (Friday Night Funkin)

Arcanine (Pokemon)

Aquamarine (Steven Universe)

Aoi Asahina (Danganronpa)

Amy (Total Drama)

Artemis (Greek Mythology)

Athena (Greek Mythology)

Anne Marie/Rogue (X-Men)

Ami Onuki (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Show)

B

Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)

Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls)

Benjamin Fairest (Friday Night Funkin: Soft Mod)

Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)

Bunny (The Powerpuff Girls)

Bliss (The Powerpuff Girls)

Bill Cypher (Gravity Falls)

Bebe Stevens (South Park)

Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)

Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls)

Brick (The Powerpuff Girls)

Bradley Biggle

Boomer (The Powerpuff Girls)

Butch (The Powerpuff Girls)

Bell (Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi)

Bendy the Dancing Demon (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Brittney (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Ben Drowned (Creepypastas)

Buster Bunny (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Babs Bunny (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Bulma Briefs (Dragonball Z)

c

Clyde Donovan (South Park)

Craig Tucker (South Park)

Chara (Undertale)

Chris McLean (Total Drama)

Connie Maheswaran (Steven Universe)

Crosshatch (Creepypastas)

Chloe Carmichael (The Fairly OddParents)

Chihiro Fujisaki (Danganronpa)

Carol (Friday Night Funkin)

Carol McCormick (South Park)

Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb)

Camillia/Monday Dusk Monolith Girlfriend (Friday Night Funkin)

Courtney (Total Drama)

Circus Baby (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Cornelia Vale (W.I.T.C.H.)

Chica (Five Nights at Freddy's)

D

Damien Thorn (South Park)

Dick Grayson/Robin (Teen Titans)

Disgust (Inside Out)

Duncan (Total Drama)

Dwayne Junior (Total Drama)

Daria Morgendorrfer (Daria)

Desiree (Danny Phantom)

Dark Magician Girl (Yugioh)

Dovahkiin (South Park)

Dot Warner (Animaniacs)

Dora Marquez (Dora the Explorer)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls)

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

E

Elsa (Frozen)

Eliza Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Elmyra Duff (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Eric Cartman (South Park)

Eevee (Pokemon)

Ember McLain (Danny Phantom)

F

Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Fifi La Fume (Tiny Toon Adventures)

Frank/Saturday Night Swappin Boyfriend (Friday Night Funkin)

Firkle (South Park)

Flippy (Happy Tree Friends)

Fetch (Fazbear Frights)

Freddy Fazbear (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Foxy (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Frisk (Undertale)

G

Gregory (South Park)

Gretchen (Phineas and Ferb)

Ginger Hirano (Phineas and Ferb)

Giffany (Gravity Falls)

Gaz (Invader ZIM)

Garfield Logan/Beast Boy (Teen Titans)

Gatomon (Digimon)

Growlithe (Pokemon)

Grace Dearest/Soft Mod GF (Friday Night Funkin)

Gerald Johanssen (Hey Arnold)

H

Helga Pataki (Hey Arnold)

Holly (Phineas and Ferb)

Hecate (Greek Mythology)

Hestia (Greek Mythology)

Hades (Greek Mythology)

Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H.)

Heidi Turner (South Park)

Heather (Total Drama)

Heather (South Park)

Houndoom (Pokemon)

Henrietta Biggle (South Park)

Hank J. Wimbleton (Madness Combat)

I

Isabella Garcia-Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb)

Ino Yamanaka (Naruto)

Itsumi (Salty's Sunday Night)

Inez (Cyberchase)

J

Jeremy Johnson (Phineas and Ferb)

Jenny Simons (South Park)

Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)

Jimmy Valmer (South Park)

Jimmy Neutron (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)

Jorgen von Strangle (The Fairly Oddparents)

Jackie (Cyberchase)

K

Kyle Broflovski (South Park)

Kenny McCormick (South Park)

Karen McCormick (South Park)

Kevin Levin (Ben 10)

Kevin Stoley (South Park)

Kevin McCormick (South Park)

Kim Possible

Koriand'r/Starfire (Teen Titans)

Komand'r/Blackfire (Teen Titans)

Kris (Deltarune)

L

Liane Cartman (South Park)

Lexus (South Park)

Lola Loud (The Loud House)

Lucy Loud (The Loud House)

Lord Dominator (Wander over Yonder)

Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons)

LeShawna (Total Drama)

Lila Sawyer (Hey Arnold)

Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch)

Leopold "Butters" Stotch (South Park)

Lola (South Park)

Luna Loud (The Loud House)

Leopold "Butters" Stotch (South Park)

M

Mickey Mouse (Disney)

Mickey Mouse (South Park)

Matt (Cyberchase)

Miku Hatsune (Vocaloid)

Mark Cotswolds (South Park)

N

Nelly (South Park)

Nights (Nights into Dreams)

Nichole Daniels (South Park)

Nene (Pico's School)

O

Olga Pataki (Hey Arnold)

Ororo Munroe/Storm (X-Men)

P

Phoebe Heyerdahl (Hey Arnold)

Porsche (South Park)

Pete Thelman (South Park)

Princess Morbucks (The Powerpuff Girls)

Pepper Ann Pearson (Pepper Ann)

Pico (Pico's School)

Pan (Dragonball GT)

R

Red McArthur (South Park)

Rachel Roth/Raven (Teen Titans)

Rebecca Cotswolds (South Park)

S

Sky (Friday Night Funkin)

Stan Marsh (South Park)

Stacy Hirano (Phineas and Ferb)

Shelly Marsh (South Park)

Sparky (South Park)

Sharon Marsh (South Park)

Scott Malkinson (South Park)

Shego (Kim Possible)

T

Timmy Turner (The Fairly OddParents)

Trixie Tang (The Fairly Oddparents)

Timmy Burch (South Park)

Tweek Tweak (South Park)

Tootie (The Fairly Oddparents)

Tori Vega (Victorious)

V

Vegeta (Dragonball Z)

Vicky (The Fairly OddParents)

Vendetta (Making Fiends)

W

Wendy Testaburger (South Park)

Wakko Warner (Animaniacs)

Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)

Y

Yakko Warner (Animaniacs)

Z

Zim (Invader ZIM)

Zapdos (Pokemon)

Zeno (Zatch Bell)

More will be added later

[atty-goldstein]

Just thinking about Great Moon Hoax ships. Honestly, these are also really good as friendships

Samuel x Benjamin - Classic besties to lovers, or besties with something more and I love that for them. It makes Benjamin picking up the notebook and reading it and returning it and publishing it, so much sweeter. But it also makes the betrayal much more painful. As well as him feeling left behind while the Stratfords succeed. And Sam didn’t mean to make him feel left out, he tried to assure Benjamin he’d be recognized for his efforts too.

Rose x Benjamin - I’ve read that he did have a bit of a crush on her, and who would fault him? Even if Benjamin worked a thankless job, Rose still tells him she appreciates his help genuinely. I don’t think she knew about Thomas’ treatment of Benjamin, but if she did, she might hit him upside the head with her printing press plate.

Samuel x Margaret - Ugh. So good. The Sun and Moon ship. Literally too, cuz the song Margaret and the Moon is followed by Samuel and the Sun. You know how in mythology, beautiful ethereal goddesses sometimes fall for mortal men because they see veneration and learn something about humanity from them? Yeah. Those are the vibes this ship gives. Also, Samuel putting in the effort to win her trust back.

Rose x Margaret - This elicits dreamy sighs and longing. They have the same interests and Rose believed Margaret’s home must be heaven. And Margaret does let her read there as much as she could, heck, she might have even had book recommendations that she was happy to share. Rose happened to also know that Margaret would be on the roof in the end. Also, the girl who loves learning about the stars, and the girl who shines like the moon? Impeccable. Couple this with Samuel x Benjamin or Samuel x John Herschel, and you get mlm wlw solidarity.

Samuel x John Herschel - I feel like there should be more interaction before these two first, but I wouldn’t discount it entirely. Samuel is most likely just as knowledgeable about his work as Rose is, Rose just happens to be more of a fangirl. There’s potential tho.

Rose x John Herschel - The mutual admiration for each other’s intelligence and skills is already there. And then they’re gonna be working together on stuff they’re both passionate about. (Here’s to hoping he recommends her to the Royal Astronomical Society since Rose mentions they’re letting women in)

Margaret x John Herschel - Honestly tho, who wouldn’t be entranced by Margaret Cavendish? Also this is similar to Rose x Margaret in that, it’s the dude who’s dedicated himself to studying celestial bodies and the brilliant lady who gives off her own light. I could also see them possibly subconsciously co-parenting the Stratfords.

Stratfords x Benjamin - Would be a good ot3 imo. Also makes the betrayal even angstier

Stratfords x Margaret - I feel like they’d be soft. Especially with her letting them stay at her place that time.

Stratfords x John Herschel - There’s potential, yeah.

Stratfords x Margaret x John Herschel - Ultimate astronomy polycule, they would be unstoppable.

and of course,

Margaret x the Moon - How sure are we she wasn’t actually chosen by Artemis or Selene or Diana or Cybele as a lover? 

[carewyncromwell]

[LOTR AU] Carewyn “Carey” Cromwell-Took and Orion II Ellessar, Son of Arathorn and Heir to the Throne of Gondor Moodboard

Inspired by @drinkyoursoupbitch and @no-moon-nor-stars!! xoxo

x~x~x~x~x

The small band of travelers settled in a glen just outside the marshy Swanfleet. It would take some time to follow the river up toward Rivendell, so it was decided that it’d be best to take that journey at first daylight. One by one, the members -- Gwendolyn “Wendy” Copper, shieldmaiden of Rohan; her partner and Rider of the Mark, Benjamin; and the elvin twins Selene and Artemis Claire de Lune -- all fell off to sleep.

Orion lit his pipe, the tiny flame flickering in the dark. The campfire had nearly gone out and, he thought, perhaps that was best. With the rumors circulating about the cursed One Ring having been found, he deemed it wise to not attract too much attention.

The ranger called “Amari” had thought he was the only one awake at first, until the soft chirping of crickets and rustling of trees gained fresh accompaniment.

“Far over the Misty Mountains cold

To dungeons deep and caverns old,

We must away ‘ere break of day

To find our long forgotten gold...”

Orion looked down, to see the final and smallest member of their group -- Carewyn Cromwell-Took -- carrying a small pile of wood over to the dying campfire. It was little wonder Orion hadn’t noticed her at first. He wasn’t impressively tall himself, but he still towered over the female hobbit. The thought had crossed his mind that she might even be considered small by hobbit standards, given that she only came up to his waist at full height. 

“The pines were roaring on the height;

The winds were moaning in the night;

The fire was red, it flaming spread --

The trees like torches...blazed with light...”

Her singing had actually lulled Orion into a rather relaxed state of mind, like a child listening to an engaging story -- but seeing her putting down the stack of wood she was carrying and poke the fire prompted him to say something.

“Forgive me for interrupting,” he said very softly, “but given that we aim to travel with stealth, it may be prudent to let it die out, so as not to draw attention to ourselves.”

Carewyn looked up, startled. Then her blue eyes softened and her ruby red lips curled up in a half-smile.

“I see what you mean,” she said, “but given the rumors...well, might the Nazgul take notice?”

Orion blinked. “The Nazgul?”

“Yes -- from what I’ve heard, they’re slaves to Sauron, aren’t they?”

“Yes,” said Orion. “They were corrupted by the nine Rings of Power Sauron gave them, and so can only follow his will and orders. If the One Ring has appeared, as they say...I daresay they would be the most dangerous threat we could meet, while traveling at night.”

“That’s what I thought,” said Carewyn with a nod. “Their primary weakness is sunlight, so they shouldn’t chase us by day...but they’re also weak to fire, so...”

“...Keeping a fire lit until morning would be wise, in case we needed to defend ourselves from a Nazgul attack,” Orion finished.

His voice was very level, but he was actually quite surprised. He hadn’t expected a being of creature comforts like a hobbit to be so...well, resourceful.

Carewyn nodded and set about relighting the fire. She poked the cinders into an open flame, added a cluster of sticks and some leaves, and soon was able to bring it back to glowing, golden light.

Orion considered the tiny woman’s back with interest.

“...The song you were singing,” he mused, “is it from your homeland?”

“The Shire?” asked Carewyn. “No -- I learned it from the dwarves of Erebor. It’s the tale of how the dragon Smaug conquered their home, oh, many, many years ago...”

“You traveled to the Lonely Mountain?” Orion asked, raising his eyebrows curiously. He’d never heard of a hobbit traveling somewhere that far, let alone dangerous. He leaned forward, resting an arm on top of his crossed legs.

“Yes. My brother Jacob had apparently had dealings with the dwarves of Erebor...so I went with two of my friends from the Shire, Bill and Charlie Weasley, to meet them. The dwarves weren’t able to give me all the answers I was looking for, but they were kind enough to host us for a few days. Duncan, son of Dain and Prince of Erebor, sang the Song of the Lonely Mountain during one of their feasts, and I asked him to teach me the words. It was actually on that same trip that I first met Ben.”

“I see...”

Orion put down his pipe at last, his dark eyes trailing over Carewyn’s face with a marked interest. He hadn’t been sure what to make of the two Rohirrim who rode alongside a little she-Hobbit on a white pony when they first collided, but it seemed that this little Lady Took had far more grit than her pretty white shirt with the bow-trimmed collar and wide tan skirt would suggest.

Carewyn cocked an amused eyebrow at Orion. “Are you surprised, that I traveled to the Lonely Mountain?”

Orion inclined his head respectively. “Forgive me -- I can’t claim any intimate knowledge of hobbits...but my understanding was that your people aren’t the kind to chase adventure.”

“We’re not, for the most part,” said Carewyn. “Nor am I either, truthfully. But my brother was -- he always took more after the risk-taking ‘Took’ side of our family, out of the two of us...”

Her gaze drifted down to the fire as she settled herself down on a small stone next to it. The golden-red light of the flames passed over her face, leaving dark shadows around her eyes and on the apples of her cheeks.

“He left the Shire to travel Middle Earth,” she said softly. “But just as he was about to come home...his letters stopped abruptly. We tried to reach out to other towns close by, but no one had heard anything from him. Weeks turned into months, and then a year and still...nothing. So I finally decided to set out and find out what happened to him. And it’s that journey that’s led me here.”

“Do you believe your brother has a link to the One Ring?” asked Orion.

“I believe he was hot on its trail, at least. He tracked its last sighting down to a cave in the Misty Mountains. Apparently from there, it was rumored to have been stolen by a hobbit and taken back to the Shire.”

Orion’s eyebrows furrowed. Was Carewyn’s brother the one who’d found the Ring and supposedly brought it to the elves of Rivendell?

“How long ago was this?” he asked.

“I can’t say for sure, but it was definitely a long time ago,” said Carewyn with a frown. “I hardly know how it could’ve been so long without anyone in the Shire catching wise, considering how in-everyone-else’s-business they all are...but considering the One Ring has now been found, I guess we’ll find out whether what Jacob heard is true or not.”

“And you might have your next lead about what happened to your brother,” surmised Orion.

Carewyn nodded, her eyes still on the flames. She paused for a moment -- then, without fully raising her head, she looked up at Orion out the top side of her eye.

“...Amari...may I ask you about your homeland?”

Orion raised his eyebrows airily.

“I’m afraid I don’t have one to speak about, Ms. Took.”

Carewyn frowned. “Did your family also travel?”

“If they did, I can’t testify to it,” said Orion with a light shrug of his shoulders.

Carewyn looked confused for only a few seconds -- then her eyes softened in a sad realization.

“...Do you not have a family, Amari?”

Orion gave the hobbit a small, reassuring smile. “No. But don’t pity me too much, Ms. Took. I’ve created a family of my own over the years, out of the friends I’ve made across Middle Earth. Much like you have, from what I can see.”

He nodded to the two sleeping Coppers. Wendy had fallen asleep with her head on Ben’s shoulder, only for Ben to likewise fall asleep with his head on top of hers.

Carewyn’s eyes softened upon her friends.

“...Yes, I have,” she murmured, and her voice echoed with fondness.

She glanced back up at Orion, her ruby red lips curled up in a small smile.

“I’d say you have more royalty in your family than I do in mine, however.”

Orion looked down at Carewyn, looking a bit taken aback for the first time.

“...What makes you say that?”

His voice was as balanced as usual, but he watched her face very carefully, all the same.

Carewyn’s eyes drifted away, landing somewhere in the area of his shoulder as she smiled a bit more wryly.

“Your...affect, I suppose,” she said thoughtfully. “Something in the way you talk and hold yourself reminds me of Duncan...though, of course, Duncan doesn’t tower over me nearly as much as you do.”

Orion couldn’t fight back a soft chuckle. “I daresay the Prince of Erebor also doesn’t dress in the attire of a ranger.”

His dark eyes sparkled with amusement, but they still trailed over the hobbit’s ginger hair and almond-shaped eyes carefully.

This Carewyn Cromwell-Took was truly a very intriguing woman...

Her ruby red lips still curled up in a pretty smile, Carewyn got to her feet and crossed over to the large tent that Orion, Ben, and Artemis had put up earlier. 

“Now then, shouldn’t you get off to bed too?” she said. “If you’re going to be helping us navigate tomorrow, your eyes will need to be in top shape.”

“Yes, but one of us should stand guard over the camp,” Orion pointed out. Seeing Carewyn’s reproachful look, he added a bit more gently, “I shall go to sleep once you have, Ms. Took.”

He suspected that she herself was also the sort of person to not go to sleep until everyone else had. It appeared he was right, since she crossed her arms and gave him a rather cool expression.

“I will go to sleep once I know you’re actually going to go to sleep, not just say you’re going to do it.”

Orion chuckled again. “All right, then.”

He leaned back onto the grass, resting his arms behind his head and folding his cloak into something of a pillow. Once he was lying down, he heard the flap of the tent move again.

“Oh...and Amari?”

“Yes, Ms. Took?”

“Please call me Carewyn. Or ‘Carey,’ if you’d prefer. I don’t let anyone call me ‘Ms. Took,’ unless they’re someone I’d like to remain a stranger.”

“I’m grateful that I’m not in that category, at least.”

Despite the lightness in his voice, however, Orion’s dark eyes softened slightly. He could hear the pretty smile in her voice when she spoke again.

“Good night, Amari.”

“...Good night, Carewyn.”

[tangledbea]

If you keep wondering and wondering (and wondering and wondering) when Rapunzel’s new adventures will begin, you’re in luck. Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure kicks off its third season on Monday, October 7 (1–2 p.m. EDT), on Disney Channel and in the DisneyNOW app.

We’ve got an exclusive clip from the special one-hour season premiere, which finds Rapunzel and Eugene returning home to Corona to discover that the kingdom is oddly quiet… the streets are empty and even the bakery, Attila the Bun, appears to be closed. Rapunzel is still coming to terms with Cassandra’s betrayal, but she’ll now need to summon her inner strength as she takes on an old enemy and sets out to save Corona and its people—including her parents, King Frederic and Queen Arianna. But lucky for us, Rapunzel will have Eugene, Pascal, Maximus, and Lance by her side. This sounds like the makings for the Best. Season. Ever.

Mandy Moore (This Is Us) and Zachary Levi (Shazam!) return as the beloved couple Rapunzel and Eugene, along with Eden Espinosa (Broadway’s Wicked) as Cassandra, James Monroe Iglehart (Broadway’s Aladdin) as Lance, Paul F. Tompkins (Bob’s Burgers) as Shorty, and Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl) as Varian. We’ve combed through the roster of guest stars for season three, and are happy to report that fans will also hear from Sean Giambrone (ABC’s The Goldbergs) as the teenage version of Eugene, Khary Payton (The Walking Dead) as the new age thug Kai, Chris Diamantopoulos (Silicon Valley) as a budding Flynn Rider, Betsy Sodaro (Disjointed) as the memory-stealing witch Clementine, Artemis Pebdani (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) as the werewolf hunter Creighton, Gina Torres (Suits) as the rival Queen of Ingvarr, and Tara Fitzgerald (Game of Thrones) as Zhan Tiri, the ancient threat to Corona.

The music for Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure comes from Oscar®-winning Disney Legend Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater. Emmy® Award winner Kevin Kliesh composes the series’ score. The series has been nominated for multiple Emmys®, including Outstanding Music Direction and Composition (2018) and Outstanding Casting for an Animated Series or Special (2018 and 2019). Chris Sonnenburg and Shane Prigmore developed Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, and Sonnenburg serves as executive producer, with Benjamin Balistreri as co-executive producer, Jase Ricci as story editor and co-producer, and Alan Bodner as art director. The artist behind Rapunzel’s tower murals from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature film Tangled is the series’ visual development artist. (x)

[secondgenerationnerd]

I was wondering if you could make a list of all of the ships/characters/teams that you write with and their kids? (totally don’t have to though, i’m just not that familiar with a lot of the characters)

Lord XD I actually counted a while ago because I was bored. I routinely write with over 30 characters. I’m going to write the established teams first them, then break down to couples (their kids) and a list of other characters.

Key:

*-denotes meta human/powered individual

!-Adopted child

I AM ALSO A MULTISHIPPER AND WRITE MULTIPLE UNIVERSES, PLEASE BE KIND

Teams

Omega Squad

Mar’i Grayson*

Lian Harper (Co-Leader)

Jon Kent*

Milagro Reyes

Damian Wayne (Co-Leader)

Irey West* (Co-leader)

Jai West*

Colin Wilkes*

Epsilon Squad (All Female Team)

Kathy Branden*

Maya Ducard

Tiffany Fox (Leader, title only. Team makes descions together.)

Sin Lance

Nell Little

Anissa Pierce*

Jennifer Pierce*

Alpha Squad (All Male team, names only, under-development, most subject to change)

Dwayne*

Grant*

Jackson* (leader)

Kom Yor*

Pen’kar*

Zayne

Young Justice Team (Don’t write with them as often, but would love to start writing with them again!)

Ceridian ‘Ahm*

Luca Gordon-Grayson

Jania West*

Matt West*

Ships and their kids

Main baes:

1. Speeddemon (Irey West X Damian Wayne)  -Asha Nuri West-Wayne

2. Speeding Arrow (Jai West X Lian Harper) -Liliana Grace Harper-West (Lily)* -Melinda Abigail Harper-West (Milly)* -Lukas Roy West (Luke)

3. Colin Wilke X Milagro Reyes (open to suggestions for a ship name) -Benjamin James Wilkes (Ben)! -Maximilian Jaime Wilkes (Max)

4. Superstar (Jon Kent X Mar’i Grayson) -Charlotte Elisabeth Kent (Charlie)!* -Peter Jonathan Kent!* -Mary Margaret Kent (M&M)!* -Laney Christine Kent

5. Meloni Thawne X Donovan Allen (Mel X Donny) -Barthalomew Henry Allen II (Bart)

6. Bluepulse (Jaime Reyes X Bart Allen) -Solana Allen-Reyes!* -Adan Allen-Reyes!* -Luna Allen-Reyes!*

7. Kathaya (Kathy Branden X Maya Ducard)

8. TimKon (Tim Drake X Conner Kent/Kon-el) -Grace Anne Drake-Kent* (Cassie Sandsmark was their surrogate)

 Side Baes:

NOTE: again, I’m a multishipper. I’m not trying to start a war, I’m not going to argue with people, none of it. This is who I like together and I think it’s cool to see different dynamics

1.Spitfire (Wally West x Artemis Crock) -Matthew Isaac West* -Jania Diana West*

2. Wally West X Linda Park -Iris Anne West II (Irey)* -Jai Bartholomew West* 

3. Dickkory (I write three different versions of them: my main universe, Titansverse, and DCAMU. They are a couple in Titansverse and DCAMU) -Mar’i Grayson (Main universe, Titansverse, DCAMU)* -Jake Grayson (DCAMU)*

4. Dickbabs (Main universe, Young Justice universe) -Luca John Gordon-Grayson (Young Justice Universe)

5. Jade Ngueyn X Roy Harper (Main Universe, Young Justice Universe) -Lian Harper (Main universe, Young Justice Universe)

Other Characters:

1. Jason Todd -Dahlia Noelle Todd!

2. Rose Wilson

3. Bianca Reyes

4. Alberto Reyes

5. Ra’s al ghul

6. Cassie Sandsmark* -Grace Anne Drake-Kent (bio daughter)*

7. Cass Cain

8. Bruce Wayne

9. Selina Kyle

10. Helena Wayne 

11. Zachary Zatara (Main universe, Young Justice Universe)*

12. Chris Kent

13. Donna Troy (Main Universe, Titansverse)

14. Hank Hall (Titansverse)

15. Dawn Granger (Titansverse)

16. Garfield Logan (Young Justice Universe, Titansverse)

17. Rachel Roth (Titansverse.)

.....I’m tired XD

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[rockrevoltmagazine]

ASHES TO OMENS Release Official Lyric Video for "War Cry"

Athens, GA based Hard Rock Band ASHES TO OMENS has released the official music video for their new single, “War Cry.” Released on 10/2, the single addresses the experience of overcoming anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts during difficult times and has already garnered critical praise as “a powerful song with persuasive lyrics, and dynamic instrumentals. It’s forceful message comes at a much needed time with our social climate and pandemic situation encompassing the globe.” (Famous And Made).

” War Cry’ is about bringing awareness to depression, PTSD, anxiety, mental illness and suicide prevention. It’s about staying strong when you can’t be and knowing that you’re not alone and that you don’t have to suffer in silence.” – ASHES TO OMENS

Click HERE Download / Stream “War Cry” Online!

Based out of Athens, GA, Ashes to Omens formed in late July 2017 as a 4 piece and have influences from Breaking Benjamin, Nothing More, Audioslave, Iron Maiden and more. Not long after their formation, vocalist James Branton was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer and underwent treatment for it.

The band quickly released their debut single “The Screws”, in August of 2017 and accompanied by a music video in February 2018. After overcoming cancer, Branton added a 2nd guitarist to the band and they became a 5 piece. Their self-titled debut album hit the indie charts in June 2018 and catapulted them to the number one position for Rock on Reverbnation in Athens where they held for over a year.

Not long after the release of their debut ep, they began work on their 2nd album. The first release was “The Conflict Within”. It was featured in Georgia Music Spotlight as being “energetic, straight ahead hard rock”. Full of monolithic mid-tempo hard rock riffs, anthemic (Slash-esque) guitar solos, and gritty, commanding vocals with the ideal level of attitude and energy for the genre. As well as getting a stellar review of their most recent single, “The Conflict Within” in Rawckus Magazine.

In July-August 2018, the band opened for legendary Cinderella frontman, Tom Keifer to a sold out crowd at Innovation Amphitheater to an over-whelmingly positive response and left with the crowd on their feet. They have also shared the stage with several national acts, including REHAB, Hallowpoint (Missouri) and Demon In Me (Cali) and Lullwater. They are currently tracking their 2nd album with the incredible Led Belly Studios in Dawsonville, GA with engineer, Matt Washburn. Ledbelly is responsible for several releases from national acts Mastadon, Artemis Pyledriver, Legion X and many more. The album will be produced ,mixed and mastered by Justin Davis of American Music out of Seattle, Washington. Justin is known for his amazing work with Lullwater’s most recent album.

On October 2nd of 2020 the band released “War Cry”, a song about overcoming anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts during difficult times. It will be released independently. Early listening by blogs and radio stations have already given it stellar reviews.

Connect with ASHES TO OMENS: Official Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

ASHES TO OMENS Release Official Lyric Video for “War Cry” was originally published on RockRevolt Mag

[honeykngdom]

congratulations lee💖💫i can't pick just one so I'm gona recommend 4: I'm sorry, I'm trying - nothing, nowhere take this lonely heart - nothing but thieves prayer x - king gnu water fountain - alec benjamin

beautiful suggestions 💖 

color: burgundy — gold — ivory — lilac — peach — pink  — silverelement: air — earth — fire — waterscent: chocolate — jasmine — mint — old books — rain — vanillalocation: forest — meadows — mountains — ocean — spaceolympian: apollo — athena — artemis —  hera — hermes — zeusarchetype: femme fatale — hero — lover — rebel — villain — warrioricon: 7/10theme: 8/10url: 7/10compliment: you are a blessing, truly. you’re talented, and sweet, and kind. You’re thoughtful and supportive. You stand up for what you believe in, you defend what you should, and I admire you 

join the celebration!

[writing-yj]

Robin x Reader: The Bird Tattoo~Part Four (Soulmate AU)

A/n: I thought I lost the entire first half of it, it scared me half to death. I also rewrote it like, twelve times. Henze is pronounced as Hen-zee, by the way. Cheesy and angsty vibes coming your way. A little gore? Also, it’s not as long as usual because every time I take my hands off the keyboard, they start to shake and it’s hard to type when that happens.

You looked down at your watch, and you weren't surprised that it was 8:26 AM. It was the weekend and most teenagers slept in, but not you. You switched back and forth between investigating and teaching yourself more Romanian. You didn't get a single moment of sleep, but you couldn't even if you tried.

    You took off your mask and used the camera on your phone to look at your face. Your eyes were bloodshot and there were slight bags under your eyes. The lack of sleep on a regular basis was taking a toll on you, but there were things to be done. Procrastinating important things? Not your cup of tea. But today you felt... different. And not in a good way. You chalked it up to being tired and stressed, as usual.

    So you put the domino mask back on, and went back to work. You pushed your Romanian text book aside; you were a little over half way fluent in the language. On your laptop, you pulled up the file that the Justice League had for about the twentieth time since you started. 

     You kept digging and digging in that file, repeating steps you’d done dozens of times. An idea struck you, and you felt stupid for not thinking of it earlier. Who was The Doctor, before he went insane? What life did he live, what was his son like? You knew his son’s name was Benjamin, since he rambled and muttered about him when you were being one of his ‘experiments’.

     You didn’t feel sorry. You lost your family to that mentally corrupt man and at this point, you were hell-bent on revenge. For taking your family from you, extinguishing your hopes for a happy normal life, and turning you into a monster to be used as a weapon to avenge Benjamin. Even though you did escape and blow his lab sky-high, you knew deep down that he was alive and you were going to get rid of him, once and for all. 

     Finally, you found a name. Cassius Henze. The last name was one you heard before, but not under any significant events.

     You jotted the name down at lightning speed, and you searched the name up once your pencil left the paper. One by one, several results came up, all about either ‘Animal Scientist Dr. Cassius Henze’ or the ‘Death of Benjamin Henze’. They were about either his success as a scientist, or how his son was killed.

     You chose the first link that described Benjamin’s death. Ever since the first day after you and your family were kidnapped, you heard the words ‘Benjamin’, ‘killed’, ‘dead’, or the sentence ‘They will pay’ every day.

          The various articles describing the death of the successful scientist’s son were not what you expected. It was more of an accident, from what you could tell. Cassius and his son were at a military base so radiology and biology research could be exchanged, experiments could take place, and awards could be given. 

     It turns out that five-year-old Benjamin Henze was under the supervision of a fellow scientist in training, or intern, while an experiment was taking place. From what you gathered, the intern was a little butt-hurt about being forced to watch a child instead of participating in the experimentation. So he took it upon himself to start his own experiment, in a more secluded lab. Benjamin tottered behind his ‘babysitter’ with a smile and some giggles. 

     If the intern really knew what he was doing, he wouldn’t have been an intern. There was a glass chamber, designed to test on animals (legally, at the time), weapons, or any sort of life involved. This experiment was going to use a simple cactus from the plant supply brought for this very purpose. After the intern slid the cactus inside, he gathered his materials and combined them with careful precision, in incorrect and dangerous amounts. The little toddler wandered into the chamber before it was sealed shut; his small height and the obliviousness of the intern left him unseen.

     The screams and cries of Benjamin Henze were heard all around the base, and the intern was yelling and frantically trying to open the door. By the time Cassius Henze sprinted the lab in question, his son was burned and dead, with his baby blue eyes still open.

          The story brought real tears to the surface, but you wiped them away. It didn’t make you forgive The Doctor, but you felt horrible for Benjamin. Killed by an ignorant and arrogant intern, without any idea of what was going on. An innocent life snuffed out in the blink of an un-watchful eye.

     With a shudder, you moved to one of the more positive results. A video of Cassius Henze receiving an award. You didn’t expect Benjamin to be in it, but when you watched it, you learned his voice. It was soft and bubbly, with enthusiasm and energy. Now, you had something to use against The Doctor if all else fails. But your heart still ached for Benjamin. Not for Cassius, hell no, but Benjamin’s life didn’t deserve to end so soon and in such a horrid way.

     You sifted through the internet a few more times, to make sure the information you found was accurate, before moving on to more recent discoveries. You started to compare current cases with the ones when you were an experiment, and you downloaded or wrote down all of it.

     The clock read 10:48 AM. A normal teenager would still be sleeping, but you were sure Artemis would be here by now to either do some training or look for you. And your body yearned for some good coffee. You prayed that Wally didn’t make it this time; you nearly threw up after the first sip.

     You closed the laptop and organized your stacks of notes. The Romanian worksheets you printed were almost filled out, so you folded them and put them inside your textbook. The notes took their place in a small drawer in the desk, and you stood up and shuffled to the exit. 

     On your way there, you knocked into some book shelves and had to quickly catch a couple books to prevent them from falling. And you had to put them back in their right places. The library was one of your favorite places in Mount Justice. It was literally two stories of books, and a quiet place to relax and work. You were usually busy with a variety of things, but you took the time to read a good novel on occasion.

    You heard the team talking in the kitchen, and although you didn't feel up to social interaction, you went there anyway. The food was in there, anyway. You put restocking your room’s stash on your agenda for the day. There were some foods you hid from Wally, and he wouldn’t dare go in your room without asking.

    All conversation stopped when you tiredly trudged into the kitchen. They were all staring at you, and it was eventually uncomfortable. “Can I help you?” You hoped you didn't sound too grumpy.

    “Did you even leave the library?” Robin asked.

    “No,” You stated as you poured a hot cup of coffee. “I had several things to catch up on. I got a lot done.” You glanced at the coffee pot. “By the way, who made this coffee?”

     “Robin.”

     “Thank God, I would die if Wally made it again.” You didn’t care who else made the coffee, just as long as Wally wasn’t the one who did.

     Wally looked offended as you took his attention away from his large plate of pancakes and bacon. “What were you guys doing in the library?” He wiggled his eyebrows, but Artemis whacked the back of his head. “Ow!”

     “Robin couldn’t sleep and he ended up finding me, and I was up late to make up for all the research I lost.” you pointed a glare at Robin, who busied himself with finishing a glass of orange juice.

    “You didn't sleep, either.” M’gann added. “You're pretty much radiating exhaustion.” She barely had to read your mind; she easily sensed it.

    “Like I said, I had to catch up on some things.” The ceramic mug of coffee warmed your hands and you took a sip. You pulled it away from your lips and sighed. “There we go, that tastes so much better... This is definitely what I need in the mornings.”

    Artemis was worried about your health. You didn’t sleep much in the first place, and now you pulled another all-nighter. She smiled when you were quietly muttering about your coffee; it was rather cute.

     You leaned against the counter and watched all your friends talk and banter at the table. The scene made you smile a little; they were like a family, and this is what you pictured. You only got to experience moments like these for a short amount of time when you were younger.

     Robin slid on over next to you, drinking his own coffee. You didn’t take Robin for a coffee drinker, but he did make it, so he had a right. “So, you like my coffee?” He asked, and he took an obnoxious sip. “I think I did pretty good.”

     You saw an opportunity, and you took it. “Aren’t you like, twelve?” The corners of your mouth turned up a little, and Artemis barely heard it but she giggled. “I didn’t think a twelve-year-old body could handle coffee.”

     “I am not twelve,” Robin hissed. He started to get worked up, but he didn’t want to set you off.

     “That’s exactly what a twelve-year-old would say.” You reached for the almost empty coffee pot, but Robin grabbed it at the same time. His hand was over yours, and you had a solid grip on the handle. He was essentially holding your hand. You just wanted the coffee. More for it’s taste, rather than the caffeine. Caffeine had very little effect on you, unless consumed in horrendously large amounts.

     Robin narrowed his eyes behind his sunglasses. He wanted the coffee almost as much as you did. “Care to let go?” He didn’t even register that he was grabbing your hand, not the handle.

     “You’re the one holding my hand.” You stated, raising an eyebrow. The words caused most of the team to stop talking and stare. Mockingbird? Robin? Hand-holding? What kind of tomfoolery is this?

     Robin looked down at your hand in his and he yanked it back. His face turned a light pink and he became very flustered. ‘Did that just happen?’ Of all the things he was going to do today, holding Mockingbird’s hand was not on the list. He was unhappy.

     The moment his hand left yours, you quite literally sprinted out of the kitchen with the coffee pot in hand. Your own cheeks were dusted with pink, but you shut that down as soon as it started. “No time for that.” You grumbled. You quite literally slid into your room and slammed the door. The noise echoed throughout the cave, and you had the rest of the coffee to yourself.

“You held her hand!” Wally taunted. It was like elementary school all over again; a boy holds a girl’s hand and everyone flips their shit. “And you didn’t try to fight each other, that’s a great improvement. I’m so proud!”

     Artemis rolled her eyes. “And how old are you?” Wally acted so childish sometimes, but it wasn’t something she would want to change about him. She didn’t want him to change at all.

     The smirk he had was contagious. “I’ve been told sixteen, but I can be as old as you want me be, babe.” Wally winked and he leaned back in his chair so the two front legs were off the ground.

     He didn’t see her place a hand on the back of his chair because he was paying more attention to her face getting closer. Wally was entranced by her sparkling dark grey eyes, so much so that he had the shock of his life when he ended up on the floor in an odd position with his chair. “You’ve got to be kidding me...” And to think that he was so close.

     The group shared a good laugh as Wally pulled himself up from the floor. He put his chair upright, sat in it, and proceeded to pout like a child. “Okay, okay, for once, take the attention away from me, and put it back on Robin.” Wally held his hands up, then gestured to Robin.”Have you guys not noticed how their behavior has changed recently? Aside from that whole ‘sorry I wiped your tablet’ thing, of course.”

     Robin opened his mouth to aggressively deny it, but it was no use.

     “Yes, I have, now that I think about it.” Kaldur pondered. “That is normal for those who will soon find their soulmate, yes?”

     “So I’ve heard.” Artemis said, and a slow smile came across her face.

     Conner didn’t know much about the whole soulmate system, but he was catching on. “Are you saying that they could be soulmates?”

     Robin was mortified. The last thing he thought he wanted was to be your soulmate. His mind never willingly  touched the idea of being your soulmate. But oh how he yearned for one. That probably was the reason he was acting out of character, but he didn’t want it to be you. At least, his brain didn’t. His heart had something else in mind.

     “No! They are not!” Robin snapped out of it and added his input on the situation. “Not going to happen! I am not to be soulmates with Mockingbird!”

     “I’m going to laugh when you are.”

     “No!”

     Kaldur shrugged. “I guess we will find out in five days.”

     Robin never thought that he would anticipate and dread his tattoo date at the same time.

You were still feeling odd by the time you looked down upon Gotham City from a tall building. It was the end of a long but relatively enjoyable day. Although you usually patrolled Star City, you took a little detour on your way back to Mount Justice. You took full advantage of the zeta tubes; Star City and Gotham City were legitimately on opposite sides of the country. If someone said you could get there and back with your motorcycle in one night, you’d laugh in their face.

     You crawled and jumped until you sat next to a gargoyle. You let your legs hang over the edge as you studied the life that pulsed through the city. So many people, so many places to be. Cities like Gotham were like complex clockwork; interesting but difficult.

     A mother and a father with their two children walking through the park caught your eye. They looked so... happy. Smiling and laughing with each other in a cruel world. The park was lit with streetlamps, so they could see their way through the night and get home safely. Hopefully. 

     You remembered those days. Being happy with your mother, father, and older sister. At the time, you hardly knew what crime was. It never came close to touching you, you never saw it, and it never crossed your mind. You didn’t know what it was like until it was ripped away in a matter of minutes. One moment, you were with your family on your way back from eating out. The next moment, you were chained to a wall and gagged in a dimly lit basement of a warehouse turned into a lab.

     You often wondered about what life would be like if that didn’t happen. How different would things be if you and your family weren’t kidnapped? What if you didn’t end up being the only one to survive the experiments? Maybe instead of running through the night, taking out criminals or sitting next to gargoyles, you’d be sitting at a dinner table, eating with your family while talking about your day.

     The family you had now, the team, you wouldn’t trade for the world. But you sometimes still begged and cried for the family you once had years ago. You had the memories of them, but you couldn’t remember how they felt. You remembered the sounds, but not the love in them.

     Just as a tear started to fall, you heard the loud woosh of a cape, but you weren’t alarmed. You adjusted to the sound of Batman’s cape; he wasn’t amused when you made the noise back. “Mockingbird.” His deep baritone voice was a favorite of yours to mimic.

     “Batman.” You said just as solemnly. 

     “Why is she in Gotham?” Robin asked through Batman’s comm. The Dynamic Duo were making their nightly patrol, and they separated to cover more ground. “Doesn’t she know that this is our territory?” Robin instinctively morphed back into his irritated self when you were mentioned. You weren’t expecting anything different.

     “What are you doing in Gotham?” Batman inquired. He also noticed something was off about your behavior lately, but anyone could tell that you were sad.

     You didn’t even turn to look at him. “Honestly?” You didn’t try to hide your emotion. “I’m thinking about what my family could have been. If I didn’t become a stupid Mockingbird.” It was one of those moments when you would trade anything, even your powers, to have them back again.

     Batman knew that you blamed yourself, even if you didn’t realize it. He knew he did when his parents were shot. “It wasn’t your fault.”

     “I never said it was.” You voice started to have an edge to it. The dark corner of your mind sometimes said it was your fault, but it was never something you voiced. “We finished things up in Star City, so I decided to drop by on my way home.” 

     “Does Black Canary know you’re out here?”

     “I wouldn’t be surprised if she didn’t. But then again, it’s not like she dropped me off in a mountain and told me ‘this is your home now, learn to work with others, have fun’.” You didn’t know what made your mood plummet that night, but it was noticeable.

     Dinah knew your parents, and vaguely you and your sister, before things changed. It made even more sense to become her protege when you came back with the sound manipulation powers of a mockingbird. You thought of her as a mother figure overtime, and she saw you as a daughter in return. When you moved to Mount Justice, you felt like you were kicked out of the home you grew used to. You enjoyed living in the cave now, but it still stung.

     “Isn’t it a school night?”

     “Yes,” you weren’t used to having this long of a conversation with the Batman. Normally, you were getting scolded. “Remind Robin that school pictures are on Tuesday. I know I’m not looking forward to it.” You went to the same school Robin did, but he only heard about you going there once or twice.

     You and Batman stood in a comfortable silence while Robin started to impatiently chatter through the comm system. When he stated that he was on his way to Batman’s position, the tall and brooding vigilante looked down at you. “Robin is on his way.” He understood how you and Robin interacted (he ranted about you often enough), so he warned you ahead of time. Even though you weren’t his protege or particularly close to him, he sympathized with you. He knew what it felt like to be in your position.

     “I’ll take my leave then. Thanks for not kicking me out.” 

     You heard the woosh of a smaller cape, and you briefly saw his black, red, and yellow colors before you gracefully jumped off the building. 

     Robin nearly choked on air and he ran over to the side of the building, hoping you weren’t a human pancake. But he saw nothing. Only a busy street that was bustling with people and taxis and cars.

     “Black Canary hates when she does that.” Batman stated after a short pause.

     “I can see why.”

[sciencespies]

NASA Contractors Share the Grief of Chandrayaan-2 Failure

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NASA Contractors Share the Grief of Chandrayaan-2 Failure

The team was gathered in a conference room last week, about 35 in all, ready to celebrate India’s triumph: the country’s first lunar landing. Like many watching the livestream broadcast from the control center in Bengaluru half a world away, John Thornton, the chief executive of Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh company that is developing a moon lander of its own, was confident India would stick it, setting off celebrations across the world.

But there was silence and long faces in India’s mission control, not celebration, when they lost contact with the lunar craft, and there was silence, too, in Astrobotic’s conference room, as Thornton’s team was reminded that the difficulties of orbital mechanics and the vacuum of space are not to be taken for granted. “Everything has to be working just right,” he said. “It’s like humankind against space.”

Soon it will be their turn to attempt to land on the moon. Astrobotic is one of nine companies that NASA is betting on as part of a program to deliver science experiments to the surface of the moon. The list is comprised of small startups, like Thornton’s venture, which grew out of Carnegie Mellon University, and industry stalwarts, such as Lockheed Martin and Draper, which provided navigation and guidance systems during the Apollo era.

NASA intends to invest $2.6 billion over 10 years in relatively small contracts – some under $100 million or so – for delivery services to the moon under a program called Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). That’s a small fraction of the estimated $20 to $30 billion it would spend on its Artemis program, which is designed to get humans to the moon’s surface by 2024.

Under CLPS, NASA isn’t designing, building or operating the landers that will make these lunar trips – that’s all up to the companies. Instead, NASA is simply hiring them to provide a FedEx-like service to a lifeless celestial body 240,000 miles away. The plans even include sending a rover to the lunar south pole, a mission that could help NASA decide where its astronauts should land.

The endeavour is risky, the effort entrepreneurial, and failure is more than an option, NASA says, it’s likely.

And that’s just how NASA wants it, as it tries to hit a cadence of two deliveries to the moon per year starting in 2021.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine likens the program to a venture capital fund investing in a startup, where the upside is as high as the risk of failure. And some of the companies NASA is looking to are unconventional. One, Firefly, went bankrupt in 2016 when it lost a key investor. Another, Masten, has just 12 employees and works out of a dusty barn in the Mojave desert.

“The idea is that it is low investment, high risk, which means some will fail,” Bridenstine said in an interview. “But if one is successful, the returns to NASA and the returns to the United States of America will be significant.”

Earlier this year, he told reporters, “It’s important we get back to the moon as fast as possible. We’re going to take shots on goal.”

Astrobotic plans its first moon mission in 2021. It would be the culmination of a long and unlikely odyssey. The company was co-founded in 2007 by a Carnegie Mellon University professor, who recruited some of his current and former robotics students to join him in building a spacecraft for the Google Lunar X Prize, then a competition to get payloads to the moon.

The company was able to drum up some money from angel investors and the university, but still it went through “nearly two deaths,” Thornton said. He took over as CEO, and refocused the company on trying to develop and market a commercial delivery service to the moon.

The idea was derided as fantasy, and as he was pitching Astrobotic to investors at a conference there was “one guy laughing the entire time,” he recalled. “And he wasn’t laughing with me.”

Earlier this year, however, NASA awarded it a $79.5 million contract, a big source of revenue for the small company that gave it a douse of credibility it hadn’t had before. Last month, it chose its ride to the moon, signing a deal with the United Launch Alliance to launch its Peregrine lunar lander, which stands at just over 6-feet tall, on ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.

But getting to the moon is hard, as Israel learned in April when its Beresheet spacecraft crashed into the moon. It was a devastating outcome, but industry leaders and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in the mission command center, vowed to learn from it and push on. “If at first you don’t succeed, you try again,” Netanyahu said.

Then last week, India lost communication with its spacecraft as it descended toward the moon, a heartbreaking outcome for the country’s space agency. It has since located the lander but has not established communication with it or released any details about its condition.

India is also taking stock of its lunar ambitions. The lunar lander seemed to be on the right trajectory, but then in the final moments appeared to fall straight down, stunning the people packed in the space agency’s control center. Afterward, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “our determination to touch the moon has become even stronger.” And he consoled a distraught K. Sivan, the head of the county’s space agency, with an emotional embrace.

In a tweet, NASA encouraged the Indian space agency, saying, “you have inspired us with your journey.” And it vowed to work to “explore our solar system together.”

These were the first attempts by Israel and India to land on the surface of the moon, so failure may have been expected, as it was at the dawn of the Space Age, when countries treated the moon like a dartboard, crashing spacecraft into the lunar surface as if it were target practice.

In the 1960s, spacecraft like the Soviet Luna 2 and NASA’s Ranger 7 plowed into the lunar surface routinely, as space agencies taught themselves how to hit a another celestial body.

Failed moon missions might have been politically acceptable when the U.S. was racing the Soviet Union in the Cold War space race. Today, however, there could be a backlash if NASA and its commercial partners can’t successfully perform a feat that NASA first accomplished in the 1960s.

There may also be institutional resistance to adopting a Silicon Valley ethos – fail fast, iterate, try again – to a 60-year-old federal bureaucracy overseen by the United States Congress, a body not likely to rejoice at the prospect of expensive spacecraft careening into Earth’s closest neighbor.

“In reality, the question we’ll have is how much tolerance will our political system have for failure?” said Michael Neufeld, a senior curator in at the National Air and Space Museum. “Does the taxpayer want to pay for stuff that’s blowing up and crashing? It’s a lot easier to talk about taking risk than it is to actually do it.”

If India, which has one of the most robust space agencies in the world, and successfully put a spacecraft in orbit around the moon in 2008, had troubles landing, how can a bunch of startups, some working out of glorified garages, and relying on small government contracts and venture capital funds do it?

The answer, NASA says, is that the commercial space industry has come a long way, developing new technologies and taking on increasing responsibility for NASA. Two companies – Northrop Grumman and SpaceX – deliver cargo and supplies to the International Space Station and another two, SpaceX and Boeing, are working to fly astronauts there.

Given the maturity in the industry, Steven Clarke, NASA’s deputy associate administrator for exploration, said he is confident that private industry is ready to take on the moon, even if some of the companies in the program have never flown anything to space before.

The “strengths of the commercial industry have come up and matured, and so we’re willing to take additional risk with them,” he said in an interview.

But while NASA says it’s willing to tolerate a certain amount of failure, the companies involved say their goal is to succeed. They want to have not just NASA as a customer, but to ultimately build a commercial business flying science experiments and payloads to the lunar surface.

“For us, success is of the utmost importance,” Thornton said. “It’s not like we’re out there taking unreasonable risk. That does not work for our business plan. The one who will lead in this market five years from now is the one who has successful flights.”

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