#atleast i hear my wife again faithful

[greekbros]

"greek-Bros: The Return of an Old Enemy"

Chp 1: A Pandemic

As legends come and go, often times they come up again for the sake of reemerging. Today was like any other day in Greece, the shepherds tending to the sheep, fisherman scouring the coast for fish and the market places bustled and hummed with activity and life. However, like everyday, there was occasionally misfortune; a farmer's livelihood has been taken from him in the form of all of his goats being brutally killed.

A small village in Arcadia has been struck with a series of slaughtered animals and the disappearances of many young men and women, as the villagers grow more and more anxious, they turn to the only entities who they believe could possibly give answers to this occurrence. "OH MY THE GODS FIND WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TERRIBLE PLAGUE UPON OUR LAND?!" pretched a local temple priest, a longtime patriarch of the polis, had never seen such bloodshed....atleast not personally, the same can't be said for the vilagers. As the priest was billowing his wise words of wisdom, many of the villagers started to bicker and commentate on the subject. Some claim to have seen large beasts roaming the countryside stalking in the night, "wolves possibly if they didn't walk on two legs" says a farmer, "some of them were eyeing the women and children", spoke another. No knew what was happening, but the ever watchful eyes of Zeus knew.

Zeus, god of thunder, king of the sky, the homewrecker to end all homewreckers, observed from Olympus the current worries and woes of man. He couldn't help but feel concerned for the newest string of prayers, "HERA" he boomed to his beloved wife, "Have you received any prayers regarding the disappearances of loved one, my dove?". Hera, goddesses of marriage, queen to Zeus and if she could she would put Zeus in a jar and shake it violently, wanted to ignore her consentingly disappointing husband....but this time she could tell there was concern in his tone. "What did I tell you about pet names, Zeus?" she tartly replied. Zeus knowing well that no matter how many times he tries to rekindle and semblance of affection from Hera, she would never forget his treacherous behavior, "Sorry Hera, I can't help myself sometimes" he responded, "yes and THAT is all the time, now what do you mean "disappearances of loved ones", mean like....oh I don't know.... husbands running off with another woman or some smart young girl actually realising her life is meaningless ordeal and did the smart thing and left everything behind to become a free thinking and independent individual?" Hera bombarded him, all he could simply do is listen and let her ramble...after all it was at the very least he could do. "Um no, Hera, I'm mean as in....well.... disappearing under strange circumstances. You know....like a child or a family disappearing and never being seen again." he sternly replied. She felt as if she's stepped on someone's toes and immediately felt guilty for probably not holding herself better, "Oh, well...as a matter of fact, I have been getting some rather upsetting prayers....and...yes...they are disappearances...why are you concerned? You haven't cared about "man's" afairs in centuries.". Zeus pondered this situation, of all the times to worry about humanity, why now? "I feel that this may be an issue that is spreading across Greece....followed closely by slaughtered farm animals...." He claimed. Hera didn't understand why but she knew this must have had something to do with Zeus, after all, most things are. ".... Zeus, what is going on.", She asked. Walking to a balcony overlooking all of Greece, his eyes rested on a dark forest at the base of mountain near one of his beloved son's polis, Mount Parnassus, a place that was once peacefully secluded, now has a dark cloud handing over the area. "I fear, that in the past, I should have taken a more direct action....I just hope this is not what I'm thinking it is....it should be impossible since that was many decades ago.....please Hera, if you feel that there is any strange or see anything..... please do not hesitate to tell me." As he turned around, his shining white hair and beard stiffened into eagle feathers, wings took up his space like a cape establishing his presence, and as he ruffled feathers, sparks of electricity fell to the floor. "You know....has anyone told you that you are way too dramatic for your age Zeus?.....but...yes I will keep an eye out.....but again I ask....what am I looking for?" She mewed. Inspite of her contempt for him, she couldn't help be occasionally be impressed by him, as after, you can take the man out of the wild but you can't take wild out of the man. Zeus in eagle form turned to her before he can take off, "wolves" he replied. Spreads his wings and sores down to the earth, in search of what he hoped was just a really bad month.

With a soft huff, she turned away from the balcony to return to her own matters, "wolves?" She exclaimed, "wolves? Please....it's not like as if wolves are something new....." finishing her statement, she sees all her prayers and finds one prayer that sends a chill down her spine.

Oh great and glorious Hera,

I fear for my children and family, I have not seen my husband in three days....he is a faithful man, he would never abandon me and my girls. We're frightened, I hear howls in the dark of knight, the horses have been restless and my brother had to have come his farm to keep us safe. His village has had a string of wolf attacks, he says that some of these wolves have taken people from his village. I pray to you in hopes that this was not the fate of my dear husband.

Breathless at the prayer, she couldn't help but hear Zeus's warning. "Well Zeus.....I don't know what is going on, or what you have anything to do with it.....but I swear if you're responsible for this.....I'm going to cut your balls off." she growled.

End of chapter 1

[blorbosexterminator]

AND I am back. Once again on this lovely day to give my review for the EPISODE 24 so, here we go :

Agustin is squinting his eyes at him, as Sergio keeps muttering that Agustin has in fact done what he just mentioned he did and which both of them have known for years. 

Federico is 99% dead?! Damn, what is Sergio's gonna do?! Make it 100% ? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

(I got a feeling that Federico is the kidnapper or atleast a very important lead to them)

Btw, WHO IS FEDERICO?! Tatiana's alive husband?!

(Look at me, hoping like a moron she aint dead

My dog : Yep, total moron 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Me :

Me : NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR BITCH-ASS OPINION, YOU DUMB-FUCK DONKEY!!!! 😡😡😡)

Martin, my darling, my sweetheart, my poor angel. Nada, some help? Atleast gimme some tips, bruh, come on, you cant desert me like that. Not when I need to help someone 🙁🙁🙁

since, drunk, the last idea he got was that Laura turned out to be completely insane and kidnapped Andrés to marry him

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Martin, honey, stop drinking. This getting out of hand 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. But then again, Andres is so hot poor thing keeps on doubting.

As Roci said in one of the tags, his wives deserve the highest civilian award for putting up with him.

(Although, I just had a frisky thought. What if Sergio wanted Andres away from Martin, not because he cared bout his hermano but......😳😳😳😳😳 *whispers loudly* he wanted Andres all for himself? In *frantically looks around* INCEST WAY?!)

(Calm down, my deranged mind, you went too far 🤣🤣🤣)

Who knows, it could be the professor he punched in the middle of an exam once. Martín doesn’t think he has forgiven him.

Mood, bruh, such a mood 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 NO, OMG 😆😆😆 I didnt do it, but I do kinda have a beef with my Organic prof. I'll go off tangent again, so tell me if you wanna know the story.

He sent Silene in disguise to collect the cctv from the nearby shops and streets. His own cctv has been disabled since the IT bitch ruined it, Martín will kill him when he gets them back.

I think if and only IF Silene finds something good, her % of redemption will increase.

(Raquel s2e7 deja vu, I see what you did there 😏)

And Martin about to go John Wick on anyone & everyone. I tell ya Keanu Reeves will be crying when he sees Martin go nuts. I am willing to bet he'll pull a gun on the poor milkman, who just wanna do his job 😆😆😆

So he calls Bogota, with a little (not that little) handwritten list in his hand with the names of people he thinks he might have ruined their life in the past. 

Martin : Okay, I'll just take out the list and

*the paper rolls out the door, travels around the world for 5 times and comes back while going over top of Everest and bottom of Marina Trench*

No, it’s because when he hated Martín, he had always hated him openly. If he wanted to hurt him, then he’d just try to stab him in the middle of the living room.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Bogota, did Tatiana have any family?”

“No, who of us did, Martín?”

“You literally have 7 children and 7 ex-wives.”

COMEDY GOLD, NADA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Those kids are ungrateful bastards, if I fall dead tomorrow they would just run to see what they’ve inherited.”

Aka THE PLOT of 70% Indian Telenovas 🤣🤣🤣. Also this line alone has so much soap opera vibes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

He has no choice but to go to fucking Sergio Marquina. And if it’s his wife, then even better. Keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer. 

For fuck sake, Martín, Ive been telling you from last 2 ep

Stop. Blaming. Raquel.

Also, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 damn, these 2 assholes cant keep away from each other. Nada, are we sure these 2 married the right people? As much I am a Berlermo ship stan, this here is just smth else 😆😆😆

Uh-oh 🙁 this asshole son of a bitch just poked the mama bear. And if ANDRES of all people narrows his eyes at you, You are, quoting Martin from last ep, truly, utterly, entirely, thoroughly and wholly fucked.

“Do you know him?”

“Oh yes, a childhood friend, I stole his pencil once and he never forgave me. Have you heard this Paula? Don’t steal your friends’ pencils, they will never get over the betrayal. You could steal the teacher’s ones though.”

“Why did you steal his pencil?” Paula asked seriously, with a delirious tone, and too tired to even move her head upwards. Raquel is gonna kill every single person involved for doing this to her daughter.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sassy Andres = Best Andres. Words that should be written with GOLD. Wisdom passed onto generations

Poor Paula 🤣🤣🤣 I just imagine this in some other situation :

Andres : *saying smth smth*

Paula : *taking notes & asking questions*

Raquel after seeing her daughter :

Look what you made me do

🎶But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time

Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time

I got a list of names, and yours is in red, underlined

I check it once, then I check it twice, oh!

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do🎶

(Look what you made me do by Taylor Swift)

I am telling you Nada, by the time Raquel will be done with everyone, Uma Thurman will cry buckets because no one, okay?, no one can compete with A MAMA BEAR RAQUEL MURILLO.

“Poison is a woman’s choice of weapon, Anibal. Don’t be disrespectful.”

Again, words of wisdom. Only time hes not being a misogynist.

Also, Andres, my dear, are you speaking this from experience?

(Why do I think that Martin got Tatiana killed cause she poisoned him and Martin had to watch Andres fight for his life in hospital?)

“He won’t say anything, Mama. He’s the one who kidnapped grandma with Silene!”

Is anyone gonna listen to her? Or do I need to bonk Raquel myself? 🤦‍♀️

“Silence!” she screams. “I need to know everything that happened, if we’re getting out of here alive.” 

FINALLY!!!! SOME COMMON SENSE!!!! WE THANK THE LORD FOR MERCY!!!

And as for me, its time for me to say goodbye and goodnight (Cause its quarter to 12 rn in my watch)

AND ILL SEE YALL TOMORROW 🤗 BYE!!! 🙋‍♀️

I'm back as well! And we've finally caught up with each other.

Valid reaction. Sergio is also slowly going insane. Love that for him.

He's hoping he could. We all know this family has beef with that last one percentage.

(we'll see👀👀👀)

Hope is all we got at this point afabgs.

Now, now, don't speak to him like that. He has valid criticism.

I'd help him if I could, but alas (lmfao no, I do love them suffering)

Same recommendation. But he just, poor boy, could nothing to think of. So might as well be Laura. (also fair, who knows, maybe Andrés gets constantly kidnapped and forced into marriage)

Definitely, she's 100%. I really don't know how they do it.

Avsnsjsvjshsjs all theories are valid. Maybe Sergio does want Martín or Andrés, who knows what goes in the head of that fucker.

Seems like an interesting story! I never got along with my chemistry teachers. (Got one once to tell me that he's still not kicking me out of class only because he feels bad for my parents that they have to deal with me and they'll be the ones who will have to deal with the mess lmfao.)

Yes, have some faith in her!

100% accurate. Martín is this close from just shooting random people in the supermarket because they also could be the ones who kidnapped Andrés.

HAHAHA YES. This is exactly how the scene went.

We stan honesty in this house.

So happy you found it funny!!

I can confirm! Like 70% of all Egyptian drama as well.

I don't think he's hearing you well. But afnajscsgsh SAME. Okay look, now I really understand show runners with super homoerotic ships that they refuse to make canon. You try and make two male characters hate each other so much for plot then it slips and gets homoerotic.

Totally agree. This guy isn't making enemies with the right people (they are all dumb, but also none of them have anything that even resembles a moral compass)

Totally agree. This guy is honestly super amusing to watch and it's mainly because he's incapable of taking any situation in life seriously.

This family is really iconic. (love the song agsnsg) but also like Raquel would basically tell her after writing done his notes just put the title on top: things to never, ever, do.

I believe you! They really fucked with the wrong dumb family.

I mean, he's still a misogynist. Maybe some of us really like dagger, has he considered that?

That's as valid theory as any right there.

Hopefully Raquel will finally start listening to the child!

Raquel is the only one with a semblance of common sense.

Hope you had a good sleep! I'll see you tomorrow!

[witchylittlefox]

My Thoughts and Feelings About Star Wars as of 2019

I held off sharing my complete feelings on this franchise/fandom because I wanted to wait for TROS to be out. since I have seen it now I’m ready to share how I feel about disney owned Star Wars, the fandom war, reylo, and TROS. Heads up these are my opinions and if we disagree that’s okay! But I would appreciate some respect when it comes to nasty comments because some of the things I’m going to say can be..... controversial in the reylo community.

Preface: I have been a Star Wars fan since I was 4 years old. I somehow figured out how to used a VHS machine and I would insert Return of the Jedi and rewind to watch it over and over again. To this day that movie is my favorite out of all of them. Star Wars was something my brother and I shared together and he would lend me all the EU books. I loved all the stories about Jacen and Jaina Solo at Luke’s jedi academy. I grew up with the prequels and yes, I am a prequel defender but they were corny as hell. So not to toot my own horn but I was very much invested in the lore and commited to the series before Disney bought it.

Disney Star Wars: Disney had absolutely no idea what they were doing with the movies (atleast when it comes to the Skywalkers + everyone related to the OT trio). They spat on the OT character’s legacy. They turn Luke into a character who seems to care nothing about helping his sister. No way in the world would Luke just throw a lightsaber off a cliff. Han and Leia are treated a little better (more so Leia), but Disney is passive agressive with them and make them out to be these horrible parents that decide to send away their son because they’re scared of him. No wonder Ben turned out the way he did. Rey, well......they could of written her better and don’t get me wrong I love aspects of her but this should of been Ben’s time to shine. HE should of been the main character of all the movies. Finn? Would of been cool seeing more perspective from an ex stormtrooper but nahhhh let’s just make him fawn over rey in the first one and then in the second give him this whole arc making us think he’s getting somewhere and then another badly written character ruins it. Poe? Well he atleast got more of an arc than Finn but he’s still so flat.

The Fandom Menace And the Fandom War: I decided after TLJ came out that I was not going to label myself in this fight. It seemed like (or atleast on Tumblr) that you couldn’t be a Reylo if you hated Rian Johnson. Rian was made out to be this “savior” of some sorts, just because he focused the movie to be more Reylo centered. YES he is talented. YES I’m thankful he gave us more of a Reylo plot, But jeez that guy is an ass (I didn’t want to cuss in this but oh well lol). Calling out fans on Twitter? Calling them names? Ridiculing Mike Zeroh? Which say what you will about Mike (not a huge fan of him tbh) but god he’s a fan of the series why are you making fun of him? But those people who are apart of the Fandom Menace are not innocent. A lot of them (NOT ALL, but most) only make videos on Youtube hating on Star Wars because it’s cool. They use the hate to get attention. I’m just not all about that. I agree with them on a lot...but seriously at what cost do we have to allow this. Both sides are annoying and immature and I choose not to take a side. I will like what I want about Star Wars and dislike what I want about Star Wars. I am not going to be a sheep. So yes... I am a Reylo, hardcore since TFA came out in 2015 and yes, I think Rian Johnson is a crappy person and I won’t be seeing any of his movies ever again (besides rewatching TLJ) because I don’t want to give money to someone who fuels the fan war. That being said, I dont support (whether that be my viewership or money) anyone who is in the “Fandom Menace” and does the same for the other side.

Reylo: The only thing I really cared about in this sequel trilogy was Reylo. I honestly started to care less about the other characters like Finn and Poe, which in my opinion is sad and just goes to show how bad Disney was at writing these characters. What got me so choked up about their relationship was how raw it was. It wasn’t some unrealistic clean romance. There was no love at first sight (at least on Rey’s end.. can’t say for Ben). It felt so real to me. They reached a level of intimacy that honestly in my opinion reached higher than sexual intercourse. Unconditional love is something that I hold close to my heart, it may be because of my faith, but the fact that Rey saw through Kylo and could see that at his core he was just Ben, emotionally hurt and lost, just wanting someone to believe in him. And she did! she believed in him when his uncle and mother easily gave up hope for him (again horrible character writing bc uhhh sry but isn’t hope supposed to be a theme with them???). And Ben loved her in return!! He protected her and not this stupid patronizing crap that Finn does (Which side note: THAT PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH LOL. John Boyega was wasted with this stupid character). Ben knew her strength and worth and only did what a man should do in a relationship, not overstep, not take control but add his part to the relationship, creating symbiosis. If you look up the meaning of “Dyad”, this comes up:

specifically, sociology : two individuals (such as husband and wife) maintaining a sociologically significant relationship

They are equal. No one is better than the other. They are two sides of the same coin and they complete each other.

And at last....

TROS: Well crap. This movie was...... not amazing. I will have to say that I have only seen it once at this point and may make an edit to it if I change my mind. Honestly though... I can’t see myself changing my opinion but it may happen after a second viewing. I had been following the leaks and yup pretty much all true. And yep... Ben dies. Not only does he die but he barely gets any time to shine when he is redeemed. I am grateful we finally got the Reylo kiss we all waiting for but did he really have to die??? I know lots are saying he didn’t die because we didn’t see him show up as a force ghost in the end but obviously there is no confirmation from Disney on this. The fact that he died for her to live just supports everything I have said above. But where was her emotion? I expected her to be crying? it seemed to appear like she couldn’t care less, yet she was the one who went in for the kiss first and then she seems to be fine when everyone is rejoicing and hugging in celebration? Why didn’t they add him in as a voice in her head or something (ooh fanfic idea! :) ) Why did Rey call herself Rey Skywalker?! I’m sorry but she DOES NOT desserve that title plus she is still a Palpatine! That does not change anything. Don’t get me started on Palpatine.... bringing him back was the dumbest decision ever and undid everything that Anakin did. Now I would of been slightly okay with it if they got Anakin in to help to defeat him but we only got his voice and a bunch of other jedi’s voices sharing words of guidance (which ngl it was nice hearing Ahsoka) but holy heck you could of atleast added ben to the mix. They could of both heard the voices and ended Palpatine together? Also what happened to Rey and Kylo fighting through the various scenes of the past movies? I thought that was a leak? They did absolutely NOTHING to tie up the OT and PT. It has no ties to PT, besides Anakin’s voice and some of the other jedi in the mix (Mace Windu, Ayala Secura, Yoda, Ahsoka Tano, etc..). I know I’m nitpicking but I am atleast grateful we got their voices I just wish we actually got to see their faces. That’s a lot of negatives though so here is what I did like:

Babu Frik.

Rey’s kind heart ( you see that when she greets the little girl on Pasaana, helps D.O. and the snake creature)

The banter between Finn, Poe, and Rey

C-3PO ( they really did him justice)

Ben (just all of him everything about him)

Lando was pretty good

Seeing Wicket at the end with his child ( I think that’s his child?)

Wedge Antilles showing up for like one second ( although that could be a negative because I thought he was going to be in it more because of the book Resistance Reborn. WHICH OH YEAH..... this movie retconned that book btw! So not only was it a horrible book but everything in it doesnt matter)

Conclusion: So yeah, I am not happy. But in the end I will always love Star Wars no matter what. This franchise has taught me so much about hope, love, and even redemption. It was such a fun ride on here. There were ups and downs ( anyone remember that Reylo discourse a while back lol) but we made it. Even though as Reylos, it didn’t end the way we wanted it... we still were proved right. We fought hard against the antis when they kept trying to tell us Reylo wasn’t a thing and boy were they wrong..... they were very wrong. I don’t know what the future holds in store for Reylo’s story or even Star Wars but all we have to do is look forward and have hope for Ben because just as the great Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker once said:

"No one is ever really gone."

May the Force be with you all.

[imagine-loki]

Mad Predictions

TITLE: Mad Predictions

CHAPTER NO./ONE SHOT: Chapter 8

AUTHOR: inspired-snowflace

ORIGINAL IMAGINE: “A freedom restrained the sun shall invoke, The gift from the plea a mother spoke, Purpose shall be bestowed upon your life, In form of one you should have called wife, A lover presumed dead shall be back, Now shall you truly pay for your attack.”

Ever since the fortune teller had spilt these words, Loki’s life was thrown into a hurricane. He dared to hope that after the attack on New York and the following arrest, things would get better, but these words seemed to point in an opposite direction.

Things would never remain the same, for better or worse.

RATING: Everyone

NOTES/WARNINGS: Description of war. This includes something that isn’t part of the MCU Canon. Also, a short ellaboration on your powers- when you turn your wrist counter-clockwise, it tortures your subject (The slower, the more pain) and turning it clockwise kills them easily and consumes way less power. Updates earlier on my tumblr!!

RECAP : Loki regrets his past actions but doesn’t confess the reason he did them. Time passes on.

~a month later~

The attack started the first thing in the morning.

The city of Sokovia was once again threatened by extra-terrestrial beings. They were similar to the Chitauri, but they were obviously smarter and stronger than their brethren who had attacked New York. Apparently, they wanted vengeance for their previous defeat and so they decided that the best place to attack would be Sokovia, which had already suffered one attack in the past and had not recovered from it entirely. For the first time, the tide was in favour of the Avengers.

Wanda put all her emotions in her fight since her brother, Pietro had died saving the city and she would do all in her power to protect it.

Unbeknownst to you all, even Loki worked overtime since he wanted his own sweet revenge on the Chitauri for making him a mere puppet in the hands of Thanos.

You stood in the place since the past hour, turning any nasty Chitauri that dared to come close to you to dust. But of course, they had a ace up their sleeve.

You first heard it over the comms, Hawkeye muttered, “Guys! How are you even dealing with these things? They don’t seem to die!!”

“Dear Hawk, looks like your eyesight has worsened. For each of these stupid things that die, there are two!” Black Widow said in the comms.

“Guys, for the past hour I have been trying to kill them, frying, roasting, boiling, deep frying, nothing seems to work on them.” Tony sounded exhausted through the comms. “I have been avoiding them by flying. Cap’s Orders- first evacuate citizens and then find a way to kill them.”

“Even lightning doesn’t work!” Thor sounded irritated through the comms.

“And from my and Hawk’s side, you can definitely eliminate arrows and bullets.”

You were completely confused. Two for each that die? What was going on?

Then Steve’s voice crackled through, “Team, focus on civilians first. We will deal with these creatures, later. Ok?”

“Umm.. Guys, could you please elaborate on the issue of ‘kill one get two free’?” You asked.

“Y/N, since you haven’t noticed…. THESE IDIOTIC CREATURES DO NOT DIE, NOT REALLY, THEY JUST SPRING BACK ALONG WITH A SECOND BODY AND KEEP COMING!” Tony screamed. “Does anybody have any ideas to kill them?” He added.

You looked at all the dust around you. Not a single one had resurrected. What were these guys talking about? Then you saw it. Hawkeye jumped over buildings with a small crew of Chitauri running behind him. When one of them came too close, Hawk shot him. But the monster would fall for a second and then suddenly awaken back as two. It was that moment that you realised that the perfect recipe to a dead Chitauri was shredding it to perfection.

“Have any of you guys tried turning them to dust?” You questioned over the comms.

“Well breaking news, Y/N!! You can’t exactly turn these things to dust with an arrow!!” Clint said, exhaustion and frustration imminent in his voice.

“Well, Congratulations Clint, for your birthday you get some Chitauri dust!!” You exclaimed while quickly twisting your wrist clockwise at Barton’s tail.

They immediately disintegrated into piles of Chitauri dust. Clint looked behind him in shock only to see no followers. However, killing so many together took its toll on you. You started huffing like you had just run a marathon. Meanwhile a grateful Clint jumped down a two floored building and landed gracefully.

He headed towards you and said, “Well, Chitauri dust makes a decent birthday gift.”

“Cap, your recipe is to turn them to dust.” Clint said in the comms.

“Well, I don’t think that except Y/N, there are many of us who can do that. Y/N, Charge to you. Over.”

“Fine. Cap, Nat, Thor and Clint; I want you to help the civilians. Loki and Wanda, my fellow magicians, just hold these guys out or if you can turn then to dust, do that! Tony head over to my location, I would like an aerial position to murder these creatures. Do not kill these creatures yourself unless there in an absolute necessary.”

“On it!” Wanda confirmed.

Clint quickly headed to the direction where he could hear screams.

“Ummm.. Y/N, I would gladly head over but I have a tail of like 40, very, very, angry looking Chitauri.” Tony said.

“Head over to my location and give me a window and a clear shot. I shall deal with them.”

“Fine Y/N, behind you!!” Tony screamed. You turned to see Tony soaring skywards and the Chitauri following him. You made quick work using both your wrist and soon it was raining dust a few feet ahead of you.

The effort caused you lots. You were literally on the ground trying to catch your breath. Tony came back down and lifted you from behind.

“Nice work there, kid!!”

“Tony, to Wanda and Loki’s position.” You panted.

You arrived quickly at Wanda’s location. Wanda had managed to turn many to dust herself, so had very few Chitauri in front of her. But you saw the deep gash on her left leg and figured she could use some help. Tony flew you closer so that you could get a better shot. You turned your left wrist and the dumb things turned to ash. Wanda turned and smiled at your pair.

“Loki is dealing with too many, I can sense it. He is at the centre of the city. Y/N, here is my energy.” Wanda said while red wisps floated towards you, providing you with a new boost. As a contrast, Wanda fell to the ground with all her energy drained.

Feeling newly energized with whole of Wanda’s energy, Tony flew you to Loki’s location. You had prepared yourself to be extremely professional on field, so Loki and your past didn’t matter on the battlefield.

But the moment he came into your view, you were shocked. Loki was fighting hundreds, if not a thousand, all alone! He froze some, trapped some in magical loops, cast illusions of himself running away to distract a few Chitauri. Behind him, Steve, Nat and Hawkeye guided the civilians to safety. By the sheer number of civilians present, you assumed that they were being held hostage. Steve would occasionally join Loki, to knock some out. Not strong enough to kill them, but enough to keep them down for a few moments. You intended on using your powers, but there were so many! Killing a mere 40 had caused the wind to knock off your lungs, but handling more than a hundred all by yourself!! Even with Wanda’s energy, you would die before you even erased half of them from existence. A sudden surge of panic hit you when you remembered that you were the only one capable of defeating them, the others could only assist you. This victory was riding on what you did.

“I can’t do this!! There are too many!!” You cried out from sheer panic gripping your veins.

“Y/N, you can do this. I have complete faith in you.” Steve said with firmness. This reassured you a bit.

You turned your wrist in the direction of a few Chitauri which were about to attack Loki. Your breath become more laboured almost immediately. It was ironic how an action as small as turning your wrist caused you to lose so much energy.

“Tony, set me down there; that will give me good height.” You said pointing to a crashed car behind Loki.

Tony flew you over while you decimated a few Chitauri that were heading towards the civilians. He set you down nimbly on a car, ensuring that you had enough energy to stand.

“Fly over to Wanda! Get her to the evac ships!” You told Tony.

“Kid, you sure?” Tony’s voice seemed uncertain.

“Yeah! The Chitauri might attack her!” and to prove your point a few Chitauri disintegrated on the turn of your hand. You started panting heavily, but there was no way the war was over yet. Hundreds of Chitauri still surrounded you, while Loki did his best to hold them off. Tony flew with a start, leaving black marks on the bonnet of the car you stood on.

Suddenly, a voice whispered something in your mind. While training with Wanda, you had learned that the thing you called your ‘gut instinct’ was actually the soul stone talking to you. You had got used to the soul stone warning you in your mind, but this didn’t seem like a warning. It seemed more like an idea.

“Uhhh… Guys? I have an idea…. Not sure of it, really…” You said uncertainly, this was definitely crazy.

“Is it crazy?” Tony asked over the comms.

“Would it kill all the Chitauri?” Steve enquired.

“Yes! Yes to both!” You exclaimed. “Not sure whether I have the energy though…” You muttered under your breath.

“Then go with it!” Steve and Tony exclaimed in unison.

You were sure that no one heard your second sentence. But a string of green energy flew into your body from Loki’s direction, leaving you energized, then surprised.

“It is all I can manage. I will require the rest to hold them off. You can do this, Y/N.” Loki said loudly while looking dead ahead, as if he wasn’t talking to you.

The Asgardian God did provide you with a lot of strength. Atleast now you will be able to save the avengers, even if you yourself die. “Thank you.” You said as gratitude flooded your voice.

On the comms you said, “I would need cover!”

“On it!” Steve replied almost immediately. You let the soul stone take over you. You started chanting a spell with your hands slightly raised at your side, palms as if you were holding two beach balls.

You saw Steve jump to your protection and knocking a few Chitauri out, even killing some in the process. On his left, Loki did as earlier, freezing the Chitauri, trapping some in magic and even lulling some to sleep.

You muttered ancient words that made no sense to you. However, You knew that they were your only chance. Suddenly, a group of about 50 Chitauri stopped completely and turned back as if they were being controlled by a remote. Was this the soul stone’s idea?

You traced the line of direction in which they were walking. Oh shit!! They were heading straight towards the civilians!! You wanted to use your energy, but you knew you couldn’t waste any. Steve also came to the same conclusion and started heading towards the small battalion.

“Y/N, you have lost cover!! Some are following the common men!!” Steve shouted over the comms.

At that exact moment, as if the Chitauri knew your vulnerability, he shot a weapon, which looked very much like an arrow, only sharper and extra-terrestrial, straight at your heart. You looked with shock at Loki, who was too busy re-freezing soldiers who had gotten free and were trying to attack him.

So this is how you would die.

[thorlegodkar-blog]

LOCKDOWN DAYS

These are the lockdown day's going on, sitting home ideal, no work to do. It's my 47th day today where I am home, sitting on the balcony, just watching the deserted market road which used to be fully crowded once. Every shop is shut, few people can be scene, assuming they must be going for their groceries or for the duties of essential services. Something louder these days can be hear is azan from neighbouring masjid and then Maulana urging people to stay home and complete their namaz from the home itself. During these fearing days such namaz and bell sounds from mandir are the only hope which was giving spirit to everyone that sooner everything is going to be alright. However staying at home is also not that bad, our busy life has never allowed us to spend time with our loved ones. To speak about me, I got married to Krashmi and after 2 days I was on my site for the work. People would hardly believe I was on leave of 4 days for my marriage. On the 5th day of my marriage I was on site, I still remember her face that day morning she was okay with me for going to my work but somewhere inside she was hoping me to stay back home at least for a day. But I'm kind of workaholic, my site schedule was critical, we were at foundation level. Although I’m having only 2 hobbies which I had developed after my college days, first is work and second is hard work. After almost 2 year of my marriage I am getting time to be with Krashmi, seeing her face with my full satisfaction, seeing and laughing with her on her notorious things is the best. Even on Sundays, when we both used to be at our homes, our maximum time used to go with doing some household works or groceries shopping. Like every married couple, we never got time for each other to spend together except for going on holidays like Kerala, Goa and Udaipur. But still to think about holidays, our most of the time went in wandering on places rather than spending time with each other. Unlike those days now I am holding her hand, grabbing her from the waist, kissing her on cheeks, seeing her being smiling is priceless. I love when she makes the cutest face and she makes it when I don't listen to her. I don't know why, she every time wants me to keep my face clean, keep scrubbing it, keep doing massage? And every time I say her, “being a man I should not be doing it" and at that time she shows her cutest face, I am like going flat for her. She has something which is dragging me every time towards her.

Although not every time she makes the cute face. Sometimes she is also makes her face red, when she is angry, I never understood, why do she expects rice can be serve with only the serving spoon but not with the small eating spoon, what matters is she just to get the rice anyhow, how much we want. I think this problem is with every wife. Why is it necessary to tuck the bedsheet very tightly in the mattress, government should intervene here and address on public announcements that only sleeping is important, one who is faithful to his/her sleep can sleep at any conditions. As I am home these days, like a good husband I am helping her with most of the activities like using washing machine, drying clothes. Why is it necessary to hang clothes in the manner like thick clothes on the exterior part, thin on the inner. We are staying in Mumbai, here all the 12 months the only season is hot and humid. Even if we leave the clothes as it is on the window, it is going to be dry anyhow.

 Hahaha.... Anyways she never stops poking me and I will never stops poking her and this is how the marriage goes if I am not wrong. Our mom and dad must be knowing the true mantra but what I learnt in these 2 years is, if you can't give your wife time, give her the moments, keep poking her, let her scold you for the wrong tucked bedsheet and for wearing unmatched clothes because after that when you hug your wife she smiles beautifully, well I don't know about other wives but my wife smiles beautiful. And this is how moments are created. We can talk in future with our kids we use to do alot of fun. Or we can also share what we used to do in our lockdown days. In the completely silent road when we can see an idiot roaming around without any reason, we used to shout from balcony to go home like crazy. And people used to look up and that used to be very weird.

Infact to mention one incident, we live on 6th floor and there is a building in front of our window of 3 storeys, once in a night there was an incident when on terrace someone's AC's compressor catches a minor fire and people around the building started shouting and raising alarms we can see the fire from our window and we were also shouting for using blanket to cool it down. But I don't know how a fire rumour got spread in our building, almost half of the building crowd were gathered on our building terrace and we were clueless what was happening. As we were busy watching that not so thrilling and not so adventurous but entertaining acts of people using fire extinguisher. After staying for so many days in lockdown we are finding so many humans together and fire must be common but watching crowd these days is not so common, that reminded me of my train and platform days. Suddenly our doorbell started ringing like hell we rushed towards the door for new entertainment. On opening the door, we saw our neighbour uncle red faced, we can sense he was angry.

We were innocently and with no clue listening him, "we can hear u were shouting for the blankets but can't see what is happening in our building first, people gathered on terrace against the fire scare and you guys are enjoying the scene for your window. Bhai, how irresponsible you can’t even sense what is happening in our neighbourhood. Atleast you could have come out and tell the fire is not in our building. Aaj kal k generation…." and the saga went on without hearing us…

but we were really sorry for that, it was foolish to enjoy that incident.

Another incident still gives me laughter-

Currently the situation everywhere is not hidden, people are rarely getting anything due to the lockdown, every family was scared to step out due to coronavirus, once after almost about 2 weeks of home stay we stepped out for our basic needs, like groceries, vegetables and all... My wife saw an ayurvedic medical shops.

She- bhaiya do u have saunth powder (ginger powder)

Shopkeeper- No bhabhi

She- then do u have dried sounth cubes (only she knows what was that but- ginger, may be) 

Shopkeeper- No bhabhi

She reacted on the shopkeeper- No worries I had dried ginger and made the cubes at my home, I can make the sounth powder now. I don't need from you.

Shopkeeper was stunned. I am still confused why she went there, if she was having it.

Sometimes even she doesn’t know what she is uttering, but she just utters. That was peculiar and hilariously she has got lots of useless talent of talking unnecessary.

However, everyone is scared, everyone is hoping to be good soon and everyone wants to go and start working again even me wants my site back. But if I would flip to see the other side of the coin I would see from crazy incidents to Ludo games from public announcements to pillow fights unwanted Lockdown is creating moments, Today, it’s our 2nd anniversary and anniversary to anniversary years will be passing, we will be busy in our work, but still when we will be together after the hectic day I’m sure we will be keep making the moments.

I love you…

Happy Anniversary Honey!!!

Always be there for you…

[mikaelson-imagine]

Here

Spoilers of the ending of season 5

pairing(s): Elijah x reader, Freya x reader

Summary: after being forced to separate due to Elijah’s sacrifices, he watches over his wife until they meet again // sorry this is v long i once again got carried away :) // requested by anon

Elijah had thought this through. The minute he knew what his brother was up to, he knew he’d have not many reasons to live left. Yes he loved his wife, his siblings, but the bond he has with Niklaus is different. His entire reason to live was to be there for his brother, and if he lost him, he’d be utterly lost.

So, on the night of Klaus’ funeral, Elijah knew he had one thing left to do. Tell her about what he was going to leave her behind, putting all his faith in his siblings to watch out for his wife. She wasn’t happy, he didn’t expect her to be. She screamed, louder than she ever had done during arguments. She hit him multiple times on his chest, and he let her until she collapsed.

His heart was breaking at the sight. Even with tears streaming down her face, pleading eyes not to leave her, she still looked beautiful. Holding her closer than he ever did, he could feel every part of her body shaking, her tears leaving his shirt soaked. She knew Niklaus would always be his number one priority, but he knew that no one expected him to follow his brother tonight.

All the plans they made suddenly vanished. Their own house, somewhere they could truly be happy. One kiss, too many I love you’s exchanged to count on both hands, followed by their last goodbye kiss.

-

He’s been watching her. How she packed all of their belongings, and moved to the house they were supposed to buy together. The boxes of him stayed closed for weeks, he didn’t blame her. The only thing that represented him were pictures of his wedding, which she decorated the house with.

She had been living here for a month when she finally opened the box his dirty laundry was in. She hated laundry, so he’d been wondering how many times she forced her to wash the clothes until she finally did. He could hear it, a shaky breath as she took the clothes out of the box, pulling it to her chest as his scent was filling up her nose.

"Elijah, if there is a possibility that you’re here.. hear me. There’s still so much I want to tell you. It is hard to move on without you, to remind myself you will never come back. It’s hard to let it all go, let the past disappaer. I thought we were happy. I certainly was with you. For all those decadies you made me the happiest person alive. You promised forever, but now you’ll never get older, and I’m stuck mourning you. I wish we had one last time, to tell you everything I never did say."

-

It’s been months until she finally went to see his family that gathered in New Orleans. He was probably invating her privacy when she spoke with Freya, but he never knew she felt this way.

"Hey, how are you?" His sister asked her, sitting down next to her on one of the couches. "I’d like to say I’m okay, Freya, but I’m not." Silence filled the room. "Everything here reminds me of him, taking me back to the night he ended his life. And I tried my best to be happy again, to make him proud." Freya has always been a good listener, no wonder why she was confessing this all to his older sister. "But at the end of the day, I’m still alone."

-

As more time went by, he could see she was losing herself. How she couldn’t sleep for days. Or how she wasn’t sober for days. Or how she was writing letters to all his siblings, wishing he could stop her from following his path. Looking over her shoulder, he started reading the cursive words that decorated the paper.

"Freya, I’m writing you to say goodbye. I know we probably should have done this in person, but I can’t do this for another day. I’m saying goodbye to everything I have, and have lost. Elijah and Niklaus have found peace, atleast I hope. But I don’t have any peace, and there is only one way to get it back. I love you."

-

"My love, you’re here?” He asked, not believing she was really standing in front of him. "I’m here, Elijah. I am here." Cupping her face with both his hands, he couldn’t help but kiss her after all this time apart.

"Why are you here? You are not supposed to be here.” He told her, suddenly getting hit by the fact that she really staked herself. "I am supposed to be here, with you."

[lighdesoti-blog]

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[dalyunministry]

Pastor Johnraj Lamech

🍁

Greetings in the matchless Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Topic: Obedience Made Easy!

Rhema Word (1): Matthew 11:30 (NIV) “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Rhema Word (2): 1 John 5:3-4 (NIV) “In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith”.

Let’s pray. Our Gracious Loving Father, thank you for giving us an opportunity to meditate your Word today. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for helping us to understand your Words which are living and active. Please help us to live a life as per your Word Lord. Father, we give all the Glory and Honour to you. We pray in the mighty Name of your beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen.

We may not be regular in talking to God. But the devil never misses a day to talk to us. Invariably his subject of conversation with us is lies about God and His Word. The foremost of his lies is that, “God is a hard taskmaster…His expectations are too demanding to be lived up to…His commandments are too difficult to be obeyed!” Victory in Christian life depends on which one we choose to believe: Devil’s lie OR GOD’S TRUTH”.

Christian life begins with obedience to the Gospel. From beginning to end Christian life is a life of obedience. That’s why unbelievers are called the “children of disobedience” (Eph 5:6). No doubt obedience to God is difficult, but it is not a drudgery. This was made clear in one of the very early discourses of Jesus: ”My yoke is easy and my burden is light.” To this the dear most disciple of Jesus, even John said Amen when he testified at the end of his six decade of Christian life, ”God’s commands are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3 b).

Remember, the first audience of Jesus was mostly of Jews. Religion was a burden for them. The laws of Moses were a heavy yoke. The leaders who taught those laws to the people would not even touch them with their fingers (Matthew 23:4). It was against this background Jesus invited folks to Him with the promise in Matthew 11:28-30 ”Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

This does not mean that Jesus lowered the standard of holiness set by the Father God in the law of Moses. In fact Jesus has raised it. He said that even a lustful look was adultery, and hatred was murder (Matthew 5:21,22,27,28). The difference is that God under the New Covenant has abundantly given to us His grace through Christ that we may be enabled to obey His Commandments as would be acceptable to Him (John 1:16,17). In other words, obedience is now made easy!.

Let us try to understand how obedience is made practical and easy from the Book of Hebrews. Interestingly this 13 chapter book begins with the words, ”God spoke!”. I could pick up from this Epistle atleast following seven factors which make obedience easy. Understanding of each of these factors will surely catapult you to soaring heights to walk in the heavenlies.

1] Faith:

2] Fear:

3] Facts:

4] Fellowship:

5] Forerunners:

6] Failures:

7] Future:

1] Faith:

If we trust someone, it becomes easy for us to do what that person bids us to do. The Book of Hebrews presents Abraham as a classic example of this truth. Hebrews 11:8 says ”By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” He trusted God as a “friend”. James records this fact in James 2:23 (b) “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.”. Jesus came to show us not only the fatherhood of God but also His friendliness. Obedience is such a pleasant and natural thing in homes where parents and children relate to each other as friends!

Jesus during His life on earth was a friend both of sinners and saints. He was nick-named, “friends of sinners”, and He called His disciples His friends. Fellowship is basic to trust and confidence.

God’s commandments come to us through His Word. We cannot obey them unless we believe them. Adam disobeyed God because he disbelieved what God has told him about the tree of knowledge. Unbelief was the root cause of the disobedience of the people of Israel (Hebrews 3:18,19). The Author of Hebrews says in Hebrews 4:2 ”For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.”

God is not against common sense or logical reasoning. They are very necessary to make right decisions and sound judgement. But everything should be submitted to the Word of God. Peter was quite frustrated when after a whole night of toiling and moiling in the sea he caught nothing. Jesus was not a fisherman but a carpenter. When He asked Peter to throw the net into deep waters, the latter would not have found it easy to do so. But when he placed his fishing experience under the words of Jesus, obedience became easy for him. He said, ”Nevertheless at Your Word…”(Luke 5:5).

This kind of faith comes by hearing the Word of God again and again. Not just by reading, but by “hearing” – which means that we must realise that it is actually God “speaking” to us whenever we read His Word. Hearing leads to believing, and believing helps obedience (Romans 10:16-17).

Obedience becomes difficult once the heart is hardened by unbelief. The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews warns us in Hebrews 3:12 ” See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.” When we realise that the one who calls us to obey is a “living God”, we feel like a child relaxing with confidence into the bosom of its mother. No anxiety. No worry.

2] Fear :

Fear is the next powerful force that motivates us to obey. Noah feared God and obeyed Him to build an ark. We read in Hebrews 11:7 ”By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.” If he had not obeyed, he would have got destroyed with others in the flood.

Fear has two components, one negative and the other positive. Fear of punishment is negative. Fear for the person is positive. The negative thing is the worry of consequence. The other one is reverence for the person. For God-pleasing obedience both the dimensions are important.

a] Negative Fear:

The first lessons of obedience are usually learnt in the school of negative fear. When God gave Adam His commandment about the tree of knowledge, He warned him, ”In the day when you eat of it you shall surely die!” (Genesis 2:17). Parents show the cane or threaten their children. Teachers warn students that they would fail if they don’t work hard. While counselling youngsters, King Solomon wrote, ”Fear the Lord and depart from evil” (Proverbs 3:7(b)). As a preacher he concluded his sermons with the words in Ecclesiastes 12:13 ”Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”

Let us just check why does a nation become corrupt? Why do communities collapse in morals? Why does the world embrace evil? Why is sin tolerated in the Churches? Loss of Fear of God is the underlying reason.

When Abraham went to Gerar, he requested his wife Sarah to tell people that she was his sister. The King of that place was attracted by her beauty and took her to himself. But before he touched her God intervened and warned him that she was someone’s wife. The King was alarmed and asked Abraham why he told this lie. The answer of Abraham was ”Because I thought, surely the FEAR of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife!” (Genesis 20:10-11).

Fear of God comes from the knowledge that nothing can be hidden from Him. The Bible says in Hebrews 4:13 ”And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” It was this knowledge that made Joseph flee from temptation. When his boss’ wife enticed him, her argument perhaps was no one would know because “none of the men of the house was inside” (Gen 39:11-12). She looked “around”, but he looked “above”! He knew that God knew. Joseph has the knowledge that every transgression and disobedience would receive a just penalty (Hebrews 2:2).

b) Positive Fear:

Understanding “who” commands us makes obedience easy. Reverential fear for God stops arguments and rebellion in our mind. See the introduction to the Ten Commandments: ”I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” (Exodus 20:2). Then follow the commandments, ”Therefore, You shall….You shall not … and so on!”

Not only for the Ten Commandments, but also whenever God gave His people important laws and regulations, He prefaced them with the statement, ”I am the Lord!”

In a very practical situation Peter demonstrated how the knowledge of who commands makes obedience easy. When Jesus was walking on the sea towards His disciples whose boat had been seized by raging waves and contrary wind, they were afraid that it was a ghost! But Jesus cheered them up saying it was He. Immediately Peter responded, ”Lord, it is You, command me to come to You on the water!” (Matthew 14:24-29). Peter knew how risky it was to attempt to walk on water. But he ventured because he knew who called him.

3] Facts:

Often we are told by preachers and people that we must obey God blindly, but God would have us understand WHY we must obey Him. No doubt our obedience must be implicit and immediate, but God is only pleased when it is intelligent too.

In Hebrews 3:7 we read, ”Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” The author of the Epistle in the two previous verses states twin reasons for calling for obedience. One was that Moses was faithful in God’s house as a servant, and next, Christ is faithful over His house as a Son. In other words, Moses understood that he was a servant of God and that demanded faithful obedience; and Christ obeyed His Father as a son.

Applying the same principle to us, when we know that God is our Creator, we will obey Him as His creatures. When Christ is our King, we obey Him as His citizens. He is the Captain, so obey Him as His soldiers. He is the Lord and Master, so we obey Him as His disciples. That’s why He once rebuked His disciples, ”Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46). If Christ is the Head, we ought to obey Him as the organs of His body. This is intelligent obedience.

David was a man after God’s own heart, but that does not mean he never disobeyed God. He did have difficulties in obeying God in everything. That’s why he frequently prayed, “O Lord, give me understanding and I shall keep Your law…Give me understanding that I may learn Your commandments…that I may know Your testimonies” (Psalm 119:34,73b, 125). Yes, God does not demand from us blind obedience, but He desires brilliant obedience. Intelligent obedience gives no room for half-heartedness.

Please note, why do horses and donkeys and other animals find it difficult to obey their masters? Because, they have no understanding. That’s why God admonishes us, ”I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go … Do not be like the horse or like the mule, which have NO UNDERSTANDING, which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, or else they will not come near you!” (Psalm 32:8-9).

Where do we get facts from ? How do we get understanding? It’s all from the Word of God. It imparts understanding of eternal facts in our inner man. This function of God’s Word is graphically explained in Hebrews 4:11-12 ”Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of DISOBEDIENCE. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

The message here is that God’s Word gives us clear-cut understanding of divine truth. Plain truth. Just facts. No compromise. Systematic meditation of the Scriptures keeps our spirits soft and submitted to the Rule of God in our lives. Not mere accumulating of knowledge in head but assimilation of divine truth in heart.

4] Fellowship:

Help and support from fellow believers, friends and family folks make obedience to God easy. We are exhorted in Hebrews 3:13-15 ”But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end. As has just been said: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion.”

Please note when we enter eternity, there will be no “today” because there will be no yesterday or tomorrow! A walk of obedience with God is ultimately the individual’s choice and responsibility, but he cannot do it all by himself. Not isolation but integration is the safest road to walk in consistent obedience.

We must not fail to note when exactly God gave Eve to Adam. It was immediately after He commanded Adam about the tree of knowledge (Genesis 2:15-18). God said, ”It’s not good for man to be alone! Not that he would fall into adultery if he were alone. In fact, there was no woman at all at that time! The companionship of Eve was mainly to help Adam to obey God and resist Satan. What an awesome responsibility God has placed on spouses to mutually encourage and exhort one another in their walk of obedience to God! When together they seek to obey God in all matters, relationship between them also becomes smoother. This was the secret of oneness between the old couple Elizabeth and Zacharias (Luke 1:6,59-63).

Children need the help of parents to obey God. King Solomon stresses it in the very beginning of this book of Proverbs. ”My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother” (Proverbs 1:8; 4:1-4). The influence of mummy and granny is well known (2 Timothy 1:5).

”Leave me alone”, is the demand of youth both at home and outside. This puts the devil in an advantageous position to play havoc in their lives. Let them listen to the words of the wisest king ever lived: ”Two are better than one…Because, if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up… Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.. Better is a poor and wise youth than an old foolish king who will be admonished no more” (Ecc 4:9,10,13). Was it not because of the strong support of fellowship the three young men namely Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael enjoyed that they could choose to obey God rather than the King of Babylon in the matter of faith? (Daniel 3:28).

5) Forerunners:

Obedience is taught as well as caught. Because the children of disobedience outnumber the children of obedience and we are invariably surrounded by the former, we get easily imbibed with a spirit of disobedience (Eph 2:2). The most effective means to unlearn the ways of disobedience is to learn from those who walked in obedience (Colossians 3:6-8, 1 Timothy 6:11).

Of the clouds of forerunners whom we can emulate to walk in obedience, Jesus is the supreme example (Hebrews 12:1). We are called to closely study Him and watch Him (Hebrews 3:1-2). Apostle Paul points this out in Romans 5:19 in stark contrast to the disobedience of Adam and his race: ”As through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.”

Yes, the obedience of Jesus was not intermittent but consistent. He was obedient “until death”. His life from beginning to end was characterised by obedience. He obeyed His Father on the banks of River Jordon, in the wilderness of temptation, in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Golgotha and everywhere. No spot on earth was desecrated by Him by steps of disobedience. Let this mind of Christ, the willing mind of obedience, be in us also! (Phil 2:5,8). Let us “obey always!” (v 12). It is easy to dismiss the example of Jesus saying that He was God and so He could live like that. But let us not forget that He did so by ”coming in the likeness of men” (v 7c).

The 11th Chapter of Hebrews, which is called God’s Hall of Fame, is filled with portraits of those who excelled in obedience to God in their generations:

Noah obeyed God amidst mockers (Hebrews 1:17)

Abraham obeyed God leaving comforts (v 8)

Joseph obeyed God against allurements (v 22)

Moses obeyed God against affluence (v 24)

Daniel obeyed God against threats. The disciples obeyed God amidst persecutions. Let us be always inspired by these forerunners. Most of them lived in times when the benefits of Calvary or the blessings of Pentecost were unknown. If they could walk in God-pleasing obedience then, we certainly can – even more!

Forerunners of obedience run not only all over the Bible but also throughout Church history:

Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) obeyed God’s call and came to India.

William Carey (1761-1834) obeyed God’s call and came to India.

David Livingstone’s (1813-1873) obedience to God’s call took him to Africa.

Adoniram Judson’s (1788-1850) obedience landed him in Burma.

Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) sailed to China in obedience to God’s call.

6] Failures:

There is no one without failures in this world. For those who love God no failure is final. Failures, crises, suffering, losses, disappointments and such things belong to the same category. In the providence of God, all these can be redemptively used to learn obedience.

Why does God take us through difficult and depressing situations? Hebrews 12:9 seems to give the most satisfying answer: ”We have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in SUBJECTION to the Father of spirits and live?” Jesus was not exempted from this experience except that in His case there was and could be no failure but only suffering. The Son of God as the Son of Man graduated with honours in the school of suffering, with obedience as the major. The author of Hebrews writes in Chapter 5:8-9 ”Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who OBEY Him.”

Except in very rare circumstances, failures in life are due to disobedience to the Word of God and His revealed will. Failures are God’s attention-getters. Failures bring us to knees. Repeated failures make us prostrate before God. If we don’t learn from failures, we are only learning to fail. Henry Ford forgot to put a reverse gear in his first car. No one repeated that mistake. Hear the testimony of the Psalmist in Psalm 119:67,71 ”Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word…It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes”.

Disadvantages in life also usually keep us humble and obedient. Some failures are beyond us, but we are responsible for most of the failures in our lives. An objective and honest analysis of these failures would teach us how we can avoid them by watchfulness and diligence. Failures break our arrogance and stubbornness, and make obedience easy.

7] Future:

Finally, obedience becomes easy when we think of the future rewards God has promised to those who obey Him. The author of Hebrews says in Hebrews 4:9,11 ”There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. .. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.” Obedience may be a struggle now, but this struggle will be over in eternity. Hebrews 4:10 says ”For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His!” One day of rest in God’s literal presence will be worth all the efforts we took for thousands of days on earth to walk in obedience before Him!

Jesus spoke about two buildings in His Sermon on the Mount. One was built by a wise man and the other by someone foolish. The wise man was one who lived and worked in obedience to God’s will revealed in His Word. His building withstood all storms and floods. But the building of the disobedient man was washed away (Matthew 7:24-25). This illustration was the conclusion of Christ’s longest recorded sermon. It was a warning against disobedience, more so a motivation for obedience! If I believe in life after death I must choose to obey God in life before death.

Let me close this with a promise from the Old Testament. Deuteronomy 28:13 says, ”The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.”

Let us introspect ourselves..

Shall we trust our Lord wholeheartedly so that we will be able to obey Him like Abraham?

Shall we fear our Lord so that we will be able to obey Him like Noah?

Shall we have a reverential fear for God which stops arguments and rebellion in our minds?

Shall we obey our Lord by knowing that we are His children as He bought us on the cross of Calvary?

Shall we have the fellowship with our close friends in prayers and spiritual life so that it would lead to obey our God like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego?

Shall we try to unlearn our ways of disobedience from those who walked in obedience so that we can also walk in obedience to God?

Shall we use failures, crises, sufferings, losses, disappointments happening in our life to learn obedience like our Lord Jesus, though He was a Son of God, yet He learned OBEDIENCE by the things He suffered?

Let us Pray: Our Heavenly Gracious Father, we thank you for helping us to understand about “How Obedience is made easy” as Your yoke is easy and Your burden is light. Yes Father, Your commands are not burdensome. Father, please help us to trust You wholeheartedly, to fear You, to have a reverential fear for You which removes arguments and rebellions in our minds, help us to obey You as Your children, have fellowship with our friends and relatives besides help us to unlearn our ways of disobedience by seeing those who walked in obedience in the past Lord. Father, please help us to use our failures, crises, sufferings, losses, disappointments to learn obedience like Your beloved Son Lord Jesus. Please help us to run with perseverance the race marked out for us by doing Your commandments so that we may have the right to the tree of life and enter through the gates into the city Father. We give all praise, glory and honour to Your Holy Name. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

God bless you all..

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So Atar Matar Aryan was out of the closet with Veer's trick! He was bought to tarnish the image of Oberois but the situation was handled well by them in Rudra and Bhavya's Gift Ceremony. However there were two people absolutely anxious tonight. One for holding the secret and the other for being kept in dark about the same.It hurt more because there was a vow taken in their relationship that whatever life threw at them they would tell each other and handle it together. But each time one of them would forget this rule in the relationship n surge ahead in danger annoying the better half. Anika being at the recieveing end everytime knew how it felt n thus today keeping Shivaay in dark wasnt happy about the same.Especially when past an hour he hadn't looked in her direction.  Will Anika be able to explain and justify her act of hiding Aryan? Will Shivaay understand Anika's decision for keeping him in dark? Thwisha16 When the gift ball opened, Atar Matar Aryan fell right into Rudra's lap. Everybody around looked baffled & surprised. Shivaay looked at Anika and one glance at her he knew that this is what she was hiding for the reasons best known to her. But currently that was not important. They had to deal with the mess at present thus Shivaay took matters in his hand before Veer could call Media. He kept the party going much to Veer's annoyance. Thus, Saumya and Veer left the party to hatch their big plan of bride swap day after tomorrow.  An hour went by interacting with the guests and despite of the continuous efforts to make him see in her direction she was royally ignored by her husband. Generally in their relationship he has been the one always hiding things for their benefit. But whatever benefit it had she always felt the other person has the right to know. So today after hiding Aryan from him despite of him seeing the boy in the kitchen the other day she felt bad of what she chose to do.  To lighten the atmostphere at Rudra's Gift ceremony, Pinky came forward and gave Bhavya hand in Rudra's and urged them to dance. Following them other couples took centre stage too. While Om reached out to Gauri asking her for the dance, Shivaay moved out of the circle pretending to interact with more guests. Anika understanding the non chalant behaviour, walked right to him and in front of other guest asked for a dance. Unable to ignore his wife anymore they walked to the dance floor since when a wife asks, a man must listen.  Lights dimmed creating the right atmostphere and a song played in the background Baatein teri karte huyeThak ke so jaati hoonSirhaane aasmaan I sleep under the sky tired, speaking about you. As their feet moved in tandem to the song Anika conveyed in her thoughts, I wanted to tell you thing under the open starlit sky, but I chose not to. Defying him when he asked in the kitchen about Aryan, she chose not to say anything coz she wanted to take matters in her own hands n not burden him. But not she is tired and and under the star lit sky wants to fall asleep in his arms.  Jaane kahan mud jaati haiDekhte dekhte tujhe ye galiyaanTeri tarah khushboo chaleTaare humari tarah raaton se mile I look at you but the curves of the road make you vanish from my sight. I feel your fragrance in the air, when I see the stars meet like us in the darkness of night. Looking into his eyes holding onto his shoulders a little more tightly she conveys the curves that this journey is taking I feared losing the sight of you & I didn't want to burden you with the truth.Taking in his unique fragrance she nuzzles in his ears making him understand her position. Suni nahiZamaane ne teri meri kahaniyaanKarde koiNawashein karam meharbaaniyaan The world didn't listen to our story. Please someone have mercy upon us and do kindness.  Not giving in just yet and not letting her torture him anymore with her closeness he twirls her facing her back. Adamant she tells him I know the world doesn't understand me but I faith in you. She twirls back hand still in his hand she nudges him to look into her eyes and despite of all the planning and plotting to convey there is still hope. Once again facing him joining their foreheads all the time dancing to the rhythm she prays to the god for its mercy upon them and grant their wish.Ye aarzoo thi ke dekhein yeh duniyaHum jaisa koi deewana hi nahiKarde koiNawashein karam meharbaaniyaanWe had desired that the world would see upon us and think that there no one as loving as we are. Please someone have mercy upon us and shower kindness upon us.Now resting on him with hands on his heart dancing to the last bits of the rhythm she she feels sorry for keeping him in dark and prays to god to show mercy and and kindness to get them out of this situation.  Before Shivaay could keep his hands on his the music stops and he has broken out of their reverie and thus moves away from her towards the guests.  After some time the party gets over it's decided that Aryan will sleep with Rudra tonight. After making Aryan sleep in his room everybody retire to their respective rooms. As Anika travels the corridor sad that Shivaay has still not heard her out and she needs some time to explain him things he sees her walking ahead of him loosening his bow tie. She calls out for him but he doesn't seem in a mood to listen. Determined that she needs to speak to him, she takes faster steps and reaches the room before him, " Atleast hear me out, I had my reasons. Didn't you tell me you will wait till  I come and tell you. " Ignoring all that he goes to change. Anika closing the door behind waits for him to come out. He enters the room post the change and is about to retire to bed when she holds him from behind.  A: "itni narazgi ki ab baat bhi nahi karenge mujhse? S: " ab kyun baat karni hai, jab pani sar ke upar ja chukka hai. I told you that I was worried seeing you worried. I asked you what was bothering you. But you chose not to say. So why should I hear you out now? A: " Shivaay I didn't want to burden you with things since you were already prepalexed with veer antics. S:  "Toh aur ab kya hua, burden toh ab bhi hai, par iss baat ka zyada afsos hai ki tumhe kuch bother kar raha tha but you chose not to share with me because I would get worried. Didn't I say I get worried when I see you worried? Is not involving me in the plan more important than burdening yourself? Chalo theek hai may be you thought I was incapable of solving it for you Or u wanted to solve it yourself. Theeke phir dikhao apni anekta mein ekta aur solve karo sab khud mil ke. Aage se mujhe kuch bhi batane ki zarurat nahi hai." Anika had tears in her eyes which ofcourse shivaay cudnt see. So he decided to sleep since they had bigger battles to fight tomorrow. He told Anika to sleep promising that they will talk tomorrow.  Early morning Anika got up looking for Shivaay, who was already up and sipping his saira bano with a newspaper. She greeted him with a good morning. Since he wanted he conversation to be on between them he replied politely, "There is nothing good about this morning. Get ready, Veer has called in the doctor for a DNA Test. Congratulations we need to get through this now. Saying this he went out of the room.  He needed some time alone to think what could be done. In an hour the doc would be coming for a DNA test which ofcourse would be false. After rattling his brains which seems to stop working without Anika by his side, he made a few calls regarding the situation and waited patiently for the some visitors. Now he was getting tired of Veer's stupid games and wanted to tackle him head on. And currently his tiff with Anika would have made him punch Veer harder! Finally Aryan's real parents walked in to take him back and in one swift move he had checkmated Veer and Saumya who now panicked as Rudra wedding got preponed and was to take place tomorrow.   By the time everything got over it was night and after dinner with the marriage being preponed everybody retired to bed early. Since tommrow would be a long day! Anika had waited whole day patiently to talk to him and now was her time. She decided she will no longer take his silence and thus barged in the room where Shivaay was sitting sipping his saira bano trying to calm his nerves down with the laptop to give him company. She closed the door behind her and pulled in the curtains.  Shivaay sensing the upcoming drama told her, "Anika I m in no mood for anything like this" A: "But I m in the mood for everything like this. Kabhi kabar aapko meri bhi sun leni chaiye. S: Baffled by her accusation, "Tum toh aise bol rahi ho jaise ki main tumhari sunta hi nahi hun. Walk back down your memory lane n try to remember how many times I came n asked you, "Is there any problem? Par nahi kisi ko toh jhansi ki rani banna hai. Sab kuch khud se karna hai and ab toh ekta bhi hai with both the daughter in laws joining you. Shivaay jaye bhaad mein, nahi?" She tried hugging him to calm him down, but he gestured not to be near him.  A: Surprised with his gesture, she conveyed, "Shivaay, abhi zyada ho raha hai. S: "Zyada? Abhi toh kuch hua hi kahan hai? jab main kuch chupaun toh mere peeche pad pad ke u want to know everything. When I want space to think u don't even let me think over it giving me a big lecture on our so called Vows. Par jab tum chupao toh nari Shakti zindabad!Isnt this wrong?.  A: "I just wanted to be sure who was behind Aryan. S: "Whats there to be sure about? You  all were sure it isn't ours. So isn't it obvious someone planned it. And who can plan it other than veer? He repeated in Anika's language the *Logic* gesture.  Anika wanted to smile in this serious situation but controlled herself as she saw Shivaay was in full mood to act like her and rant his heart out, because he felt bad that she didn't include him in the plan. So silently she heard him out.  S: Continuing, "I thought we are a team first, Anika. I thought when a problem arises and you need a place to go to, I will be your hiding place. But no u want to depict nari Shakti these days toh theeke go and get yourself empowered, leave me alone!  With that he tried moving out of the room but all he heard was *splash*!By the time Shivaay struggled to get out of water Anika was in. Holding him close she wrapped his hand around her and he asked, "And what do u think you are doing? A: "Are you trying to behave like me, giving me dose of my own medicine? Shivaay laughing in his mind, controlled himself not letting go of the act said, "Havent I had enuf drama in my life that I add more by doing all this! A: "Well u weren't listening to me and moved out so this was the only way I could put water on your plans of running away from me without my permission.  Shivaay raised his eyebrows on "Your Permission? I see! Cutting the long story short, when he turned away from her, she made him look at her and said, "I'm sorry Shivaay, infact I'm very very sorry, yeh dobara nahi hoga.  S: With that kind of plea from his doe eyed wife he couldn't resist, "That's all you want to say?  A: "Yes, that's all I want to SAY that it won't be repeated again. With some mischief in her eyes, she added "But if You want I can DO a lot many things for You. Shivaay understanding the underlined statement, smiled "Acha ji! But for that we will have to get out of the water first. Anika nodded and together they started to walk out of water before she held by his collar, "Somebody said he wants SPACE in this relationship, well I can give YOU some if u want.  Taking in the sarcasm, he held her close with their bodies colliding right into each other touching at the right places, "In our relationship, not even a inch of space I want. And he sealed his thought with a deep kiss retiring for the night with absolutely no spaces in between them. Also each tasting their own medicine at respective time intervals, made mental note to not hide anything from one other and be each other's hiding place whenever the need arises. 

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VIII. James Baratheon

» TAGGING: Appearances by Ahelissa Tully and mentions of other Houses. » LOCATION: Tourney. » THREAD: James wins the tourney and crowns his chosen lady as Queen of Love and Beauty » NOTES: None in particular.

Even though he had suffered considerable injury to his arm, James couldn't be talked out of practicing his swordsmanship later the same afternoon. He couldn't quite defeat his sparring partner, one of his best knights, as he normally did. Although it wasn't all due to his one good arm at the moment, more so because thoughts about his earlier conversation with Lady Ahelissa lingered in his mind. Later that evening, he spoke with his siblings, both of whom had been sent by their uncle to urge him out of competing the joust as had been planned. Although he loved his siblings, he was headstrong and refused "What faith would the people have in their King if he is put off course by a mere wound?". It was clear that whichever explanation he offered, it was about his pride, and perhaps his newfound desire to impress Lady Ahelissa. After all, the victor got to crown the lady of his choosing. Around noon the next day, James, the noble families, and a thousand or so others were gathered in an arena. Two gold chairs adorned one end of the arena, set on a lavish wooden platform. The nobles were to be seated to James' right, in a more lavish arrangement away from the commoners, who were sat on the crowded fringes. There was murmur amongst the crowd as to why there were two seats, and words were passed around questioning just who it could be. Did Prince James intend to have Princess Elise by his side, or was it another lady? James was dressed in dark blue royal robes and some light armor, the black stag on gold sigil sitting proudly on his chest. He looked at the crowd that was murmuring amongst themselves in anticipation, his eye falling on Lord Grover seated beside Princess Elise. The shine of his blade was unmistakable, Valyrian steel. As the Lord met his glance, James offered an appreciative smile, acknowledging the Lord for carrying one of the venerated symbols of power in the Seven Kingdoms. James then glanced at the seat to his left, which was still empty.(edited)

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 5:40 PM

Ahelissa had gone from being scolded day after day due to her lack of interest in the Prince to being praised by both her parents and her older brother, Grover, since she had managed to obviously charm Prince James enough to ask her to sit by his side during the jousting tournament. That, of course came with neverending advice both from her mother Lady Tully and their handmaidens, offers to be lent the best gowns each of them owned, how to pull her hair up, or leave it down, and the morning after... oh, the morning after. Ahelissa was woken so early it was still dark outside; this to be bathed, dressed, perfumed, combed and adorned with her family's jewelry. She couldn't help but to think this whole ritual to keep the Prince's attention was nothing but a bad omen. An omen of what would happen to her should he choose her as his wife. "Mother, I don't think any of this is necess-" "Shh..." Her mother assessed her look from several angles before giving some instructions regarding her hair, to be pulled a little more on the top; something that of course resulted in unnecessary tugs on her hair. The cleavage of her dress was tugged down just slightly, enough to display a small beauty mark on one of her breasts, the back of the dress adjusted a bit tighter, so she'd have to gasp a little when she spoke. All of this was absolutely ridiculous, but she wasn't allowed to say anything as her cheeks were thoroughly pinched to keep them rosy and blushed. Prince Elise herself had showed up at some point during her preparation to wish her luck, telling her either way she hoped they'd become sisters at the end of the match; those being the only sentiments Ahelissa shared but not exactly due to Elise's brother.She was walked out by her handmaidens and this all looked like she would've be seen walking out to spend her day sewing or walking around the gardens. She still spent quite a few minutes pacing back and forth in clear desperation due to not really feeling like herself, all combed and primped like the ladies in Kings Landing took to. At a distance she could see her family, exchanging looks between the Prince and his empty seat by his side, then at her through the entrance she was supposed to take to sit by his side. Ultimately, she decided she was having none of it. By the time she curtsied to Prince James and thanked him for the seat by his side, her hair was combed as always; red curls fighting the ribbon on the back of her head, her dress retied to make her able to breathe comfortably without fearing she'd pass out from lack of air. All in all, looking like herself and not the doll they wanted her to walk out as. The gown's color, as expected from him, did make her stand out, skin paler and softer in appearance with the crimson red gown she wore."Your Grace." She saluted along with her curtsy, ignoring the whispers and surprised expressions of everyone surrounding them as she took a seat at last.

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 6:05 PM

As the minutes wore on, James had an increasingly disinterested look. His eyes met Lady Jessen as she was sat amongst the nobles. She shied away from his look, apparently out of guilt for the events of yesterday. James didn't hold a grudge against her, and really he didn't care much for the punishment that Lord Stark promised to bring down on her. His eyes next met Lady Perissa's but he hardly cared for her either. And it was fitting, because she turned her eyes away with equal speed to look at Prince Rydan. James was about to send one of his knights to ask Lady Tully where her daughter was, but he didn't need as he saw her unmistakable red locks in the distance. The crowd, whose gaze was fixated on his, also turned seeing that their prince's attention was captured. There were whispers and murmurs about the girl's look and what business she had sitting by James' side. Surely, he couldn't fancy her more than he did the Targaryean or Stark girls. Or even the Lannister girl for that matter. James was...a little flat footed by her look. He knew Ahelissa's beauty was without question, but he had expected her to be dolled up, to present herself immaculately so that he'd draw envy from every man and woman present there.He nodded as she curtsied, offering back with a smile "Lady Ahelissa". He rose from his throne like seat to help her take the seat beside his. This was not really custom, and it drew a few surprised gasps and widened eyes from the audience, Lady Jessen in particular. James remained standing, and then addressed the crowd, thanking the Gods first for their prosperity and then the goodwill of his people. "I will be throwing a grand feast every evening, for the next 7 days until we commemorate our new Queen" He announced, to resounding applause. The knights then announced the first contestants, and the two men rode up on their stallions to either end of the arena, lances and heavy shields prepared. James was sat again, and he glanced at Ahelissa "For a moment, I thought you would turn down my invitation, Lady Ahelissa" and as he spoke, his eyes wandered over the imperfections in her dress up. She was dressed for herself, not him, and somehow he didn't mind.

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 6:20 PM

Ahelissa kept her eyes on Prince James as she approached him, and she was able to hear the crowd's surpise and sense the Prince's disappointment as she presented herself as he'd known her; not a bit of worry spent on keeping up with her family's vanity or frivolous grooming. If he wanted he was more than free to dismiss her if he didn't like the way she looked, and she couldn't be less concerned of what others thought, even as she could feel her mother's eyes boring in her back, no doubt waiting to be alone with her to quite possibly directly punish her for making bad decisions regarding this issue. But really, had they been bad decisions when the Prince himself had invited her to sit by his side? Around them, Ahelissa could see how more or less offended some of the present people were, but she was determined not to listen to any of it. After the Prince made the announcement of the duration for the tournament and the countdown for the moment when he'd choose his bride, Ahelissa kept her attention on the arena. "I wouldn't have been able to in any case, Your Grace." She argued gently, taking notice of his looks despite not directly looking at him herself. "Is something the matter, My Prince?"

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 6:34 PM

"So you would consider it if you could?" James responded, with a bemused smile. His gaze over her was perhaps not that subtle and he turned a little to look directly ahead of them at the competitors after she asked her question "Nothing" he responded at first, but realized that it was probably too dismissive an answer, and followed with "Thanks to your handiwork in treating my wound, I will be able to compete as planned. The Maester sang praises of your work when he saw me this morning, said he couldn't have accomplished a better job" The knight gave the signal and the two men charged at one another on their stallions. James, however, had little interest in the contestants, atleast until the later rounds when the noble men would compete, along with himself. He glanced at Ahelissa again, just as the blow of one man's lance against another's shield rang loud "I hear Lord Grover is amongst the competition, as is Lord Eliar. I trust you will take my side if I face off against either Lord, no?"(edited)

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 6:45 PM

"I would consider anything that would send your attention to the right place, Your Grace." She replied, turning his way to reply, but not really looking at him as she did so. His simple, dismissive answer did make her smile, however, as she took it as a sign that he was hopefully giving up. "I wouldn't have expected otherwise, Your Grace. Maesters usually lack the gentleness of a woman's hands. They think the quicker they do things, the least pain they'll cause, but we both know that's not necessarily true." Ahelissa replied, proud of her abilities but not too surprised by the results she had accomplished. The tourney carried on as planned, and though some knights ended up arguing with their squires, everyone present seemed to be having a good time, Ahelissa included since for little moments here and there the Prince did not bother her. His next words along with his question had her fingers clenching into fists upon her lap. "Family, duty, honor." She recited. "House Tully's words, my Prince. I'm bound by them, and I'll take each side accordingly. Between Grover and you, of course. I have no relation to Lord Eliar yet."

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 7:00 PM

James picked up on the clench of her fists , but kept looking ahead at the crowd while Ahelissa recited her House's words. James had a good sense of Ahelissa by now, and the truth was he had deliberately asked what he did to provoke her exact answer. All so he could tell her "And would that the order of allegiance still remain if you were to come under House Baratheon?". Just as he finished those words, another two knights collided in a loud crash, metal clattering everywhere. "I may have to look for new knights. Other than Ser Janas, they are a clumsy lot" He muttered, clearly displeased at being interrupted. The latter stages of the tournament were soon upon them, and the first was a duel between Lord Eliar and Prince Rydan. Of course, the noble men were equipped with blunted weapons, for no wanted royal blood to be spilled without reason. James was beginning to take more interest, as were the families as now the reputation and pride of the Houses were at stake. Well, nearly everyone was paying attention, save for Lord Glover who seemed to be enjoying the company of the prince's younger sister a little too much. "Your brother has taken quite a liking for my sister, Lady Ahelissa" the prince observed, turning to look her in the eyes "I didn't know House Baratheon and House Tully were this fond of one another, not much as House Tully and House Stark are atleast"

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 7:15 PM

She swallowed, already feeling a pressure on her chest too uncomfortable to bear in silence, but still, she sat straight and took a deep breath before she gave him an answer. "You're so welcoming, my Prince, but I don't think it's fair to raise a Maiden's hopes up like that." Nor is it to threaten people to be your prisoners, I'm afraid She thought to herself. His next comment about his knights irked her as well, but she kept it to herself for the most part. "I've seen the way your knights sparr and the care they put into working for the Royal house, my Prince. I would hardly think of them as clumsy." Ahelissa paid the same attention to the duel between Lord Eliar and Prince Rydan as she had the rest. Lord Eliar caught her attention, with his dark hair, his blue eyes and his honorable attitude as well as the kindness he had for his family, but unable to get to know him, Ahelissa would never be able to know if they would get along or not, and with the Prince's attention on her, it was even harder to know. "This I mentioned whilst I cleansed your wound, your Grace. Getting to know your family has been one of our greatest honors during the tournament. We're all thankful for the hospitality. I'm sure the Starks agree."

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 7:34 PM

James glanced at her as she spoke and the look in her eyes made him suspect she thought differently to what she said, but of course he had no way of knowing. He nodded in agreement, though with a different intent "you're right...it is easy to lose sight of the many wonderful Ladys gathered here. Lady Jessen in particular seems very enthusiastic about the crown" James leaned over against her chair "But I've read a good king chooses a queen that cares for the people and not the crown. History has plenty of rich lessons to offer" He smiled. The duel before them didn't last very long, as the Northern nobleman was simply too skilled for the Dornish one. James could see Ahelissa take note of Eliar, though she was not overt about it. With the next set of duels also coming to an end, he saw it was soon his turn, and he motioned fro the knight standing guard at the far end of the platform to fetch his blade and shield. He rose up, and glanced down as he fixed the plates of armor "You know, Lady Ahelissa...that the winner of this tournament gets to bestow a very special prize upon the lady of his choosing"(edited)

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 7:43 PM

Of course she thought differently than what she said. Perhaps she would dare to challenge her family regarding decisions made about her appearance but she wasn't going to completely listen to what they had to say if she absolutely didn't feel like it, but she would, however, make them think she was working her hardest to achieve their goals. "Both Lady Jessen and Lady Rhaenys would compliment you beautifully, I'm sure, your grace." She rushed to offer her support for both girls, that before he leaned into her and made it obvious she'd displayed characteristics unlike those of the "competition". The result of the duel ahead of them did not surprise her even though perhaps it should. She'd heard of Eliar's abilities numerous times, and she wasn't all too aware of what the new Prince of Dorne was capable of.  As Prince James stood and began getting his armor in place, Ahelissa finally looked at him, wearing that near frown she always did, making her look more temperamental than she was. "I am aware, Your Grace. Whoever you or Lord Eliar crowns should be very proud of it."

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 8:00 PM

James smiled as she looked at him, again bemused at the slight frown she was wearing, though he didn't know if it was out of intention of a subconscious choice. He took leave without replying to her, stepping down the platform to raucous cheers and chants. The voices of the few that were chanting for Lord Eliar were drowned in this deluge. James approached the Northerner, his Valyrian steel blade in hand, Baratheon shield in the other "Lord Eliar" He announced, and Northerner responded with "Prince Baratheon". The respect between the two was mutual, but the stakes were raised manifold for James. He HAD to win for Ahelissa or else he'd have to witness Eliar crown the Lady that had been seated by him this whole time. He raised his blade, and the razored edges split the sunlight before it was met with Eliar's raised blade. "First to strike 3 blows to the armor takes the prize" James announced, before nodding, signaling for their duel to begin. With both good arms, this would have been not as close a fight as only Ser Janas could match James' skill. Though Eliar was surprisingly strong, and carried a lot of weight behind his swings, as James learned when he took the first blow, the armor plate over his left shoulder denting, the Northerner's blade nearly piercing.

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 8:13 PM

The following encounter would determine several things, Ahelissa knew it very well. She looked on with utmost attention to the duel unfolding in front of their audience. Part of her hoped, badly too, that Eliar would win, no matter whom he decided to crown, even if she wanted to believe that would be her; a gesture grand enough that her father, Lord Tully, would see where her own interests laid, but... young Lord Stark would risk offending the King to be, if it was interpreted as though he intended to court a Lady that had already caught James' attention. Still, she remained solemn in her seat, one hand resting atop the other one as she revealed nothing to any onlooker. First blow, given by Lord Eliar. Two more to go, she thought, concealing her breath, fingers changing position and holding each other just so she could tighten her grip there without making her nerves evident.

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 8:31 PM

James recovered from the blow, and some of the cheers for him were more hushed. This was the first time they had seen their prince struck. "You fight very well, Lord Stark" James complimented his opponent before drawing a more measured stance, going on the counter-attack more so than wasting his energy with meaningless jabs and lunges. The duo parried nearly a dozen swings before Eliar inadvertently overextended himself with a powerful lunge which James eluded with his quicker feet. And then came a quick strike to the Northerner's back. James expended only the force to leave a dent, before collecting himself back and now going on the offensive. He ducked another swing, though this one nearly caught his helmet. If it had, he would have been knocked out. Instead, fortune was in his favor and he caught Eliar's thigh with a strong jab, enough to nearly pierce him. The crowd was reeling at the swings in momentum as the two noblemen put on a show. It was only a matter of time for the final blow as James had worked out his opponent's impressive style. As their shields collided, James struck through the opening, striking straight at his opponent's gut and sending him off balance. Immediately he turned to help Eliar to his feet, commending him again "If you leave Winterfell and stay in King's Landing, we could learn much from each other Lord Eliar".

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 8:59 PM

As Prince James exerted his final blow and threw Lord Eliar down, Ahelissa drew in a deep breath, letting it out slowly. It was clear she did not know how to react other than accept Eliar's and her own defeat. From this point forward, it'd be evident he intended to court her if he crowned her that day. She clapped along with the crowd, ready for what was about to come, if it even came; still hoping he would change his mind and crown Jessen or anyone else for that matter.

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 9:11 PM

Eliar accepted the defeat with grace, but politely declined the offer "You're most kind, Prince James. But it is my duty to keep the North strong for both my House and your court" James nodded, and sheathed his blade. Preparations were already being made for the closing ceremony but before that there was one more main event to offer the crowd. A gesture that would announce to all his kingdom which lady he had taken favor to. The gold, jewel laden tiara was already ready and one of the knights brought it up to the Prince. He took it and held it aloft for the crowd to wonder at. Then he looked at the families sat to the side, his eyes falling on the expecting glances Lady Jessen and others were giving him. His mind was already made though, it had been since he had tucked the red haired girl's stray curls. James walked up the platform, and the crowd murmured in anticipation. "Lady Ahelissa" He said, as he stood before her with a smile, eyes telling hers to stand up to receive him. "Lady Ahelissa" He continued without hesitation, despite the other Ladys being there to hear him "You are the most beautiful and deserving Lady in the Seven Kingdoms, and  I offer you this crown as a token of my undying admiration"

bender, ᵗʰᵉ ᶠʳᵉᶰᶜᶤᵉˢᵗ ᶠʳʸ-Today at 9:17 PM

As Ahelissa saw the crown he intended to crown his chosen Lady with, she couldn't help but to swallow. Her eyes did not widen but... what was he thinking? She'd seen this happen many times, with the winner crowning a Lady with a FLOWER crown, not a golden lavish one such as that. She felt then, this was a lot more binding as a flower one would've been. One was a sign of appreciation, a display of how a knight intended to court a woman. The other, the one he held in his hands... it might as well be the crown he gave to his Queen. Ahelissa stood and stepped down, offering him a smile. A smile that didn't reach her eyes but that she was obligated to give him, bowing, leaning his head down for him to place the tiara upon. "Thank you, Your Grace. You are most kind..." She paused. "And House Tully will not forget this gesture."

Thanos, Burner of Popcorn-Today at 9:24 PM

James could see the surprise in her eyes and could have seen the same in the eyes of others had he been looking elsewhere but the red haired girl in front of him. As she bowed down a little, he placed the tiara on her hair, smiling as the touch of her red locks to his fingers brought back memories of their encounter yesterday. "I thought I should properly express my admiration for you after how kind you were to me yesterday" His words, no doubting fueling the imagination of those not in the privy. James turned to face the crowd once more, offering a few more parting words, thanking all the Houses for the day's festivities. He ended with an invitation to the crowd to partake in the feast.

[reesesxxpieces-blog]

Johnny William Gonna be me finally having a daughter.

(video of dad flipping out excited in delivery room)

Spencer James "One day, I hope."

Johnny William "Yeah, I don't know."

Spencer James "I think you will literally pass out. Right then and there."

Johnny William "I'm not the fainting type."

Spencer James "No? What if I told you I was already pregnant?"

Johnny William "You're not." Sniffs.

Spencer James "Happy birthday."

Johnny William "Oookay."

Spencer James Eyes him.

Johnny William "What?"

Spencer James "I'm telling you that we are having another baby."

Johnny William "Pft."

Spencer James "You don't believe me? Open the car in your nightstand," she offered as the proof was in his card that she hadn't yet planned on revealing, but the opportunity had been too good to pass up.

Johnny William Still not believing her as far as he could throw her though he could throw her pretty far most days. "Lead the way..." he gestured with his chin.

Spencer James At the gesture of his chin, she took his hand, realizing he had no faith in her on this. Leading the way as she turned around in front of him, eyes to his, a smirk to her lips as she walked backwards to the staircase. "You don't believe me, do you?"

Johnny William "No." He answered with ease, ready to watch her realize that he was onto her.

Spencer James Bringing their joint hands to her stomach, her eyes remained to his. "You think I would fuck with you on this?" She asked, finding the staircase.

Johnny William "Yeah, I do actually." He insisted, thinking she actually had a food baby.

Spencer James Eyes him, shaking her head no. "I would not," she assured as they found the top of the stairs. Leading him toward the bedroom where his birthday card awaited.

Johnny William Hand over her food belly for the moment as they walked upwards. Taking a seat to the edge of the bed as he reached out to open the sidetable drawer. Thinking it was an interesting place he also hid cards.

Spencer James As he sat down, she remained standing until he retrieved the card from within his side table. Once he had it there in his hands, she found a seat against his knee, meeting his eyes before pressing her lips to his. "You suuure you don't believe me?" She asked, giving him one last chance to change his mind before he would come face to face with test results within his birthday card that would prove her word to be true.

Johnny William "I'm sure." He returned confidently, feeling her find his knee before her kiss. Thumb paging open the card.

Spencer James Humming confidently to herself, she would wait patiently as he opened the simple birthday card that contained the test results that were highlighted with the pertinent pieces of information for his inspection and surely realization that she was in fact pregnant and apparently had been for several weeks now without either of them knowing. "An annual exam for the department produced some interesting information," she confessed as to where the blood work had come from.

Johnny William "No shit." He mused, though not able to understand most of what he was seeing. He saw one word in specific as she continued on. Glancing up towards her where his head would tilt. "You don't smell pregnant though."

Spencer James As his eyes met hers, her smile was there to her features, unable to anticipate just what he would say once he realized it to be true. "No?" She asked, knowing the nose on the man. "Maybe I don't smell pregnant with a boy...?"

Johnny William "No." Inhaling at her neck as his head burrowed in. "You don't smell pregnant at all." He stated, confused as his eyes found that paper. A shake of his head. "I've never /meant/ to make a baby before..."

Spencer James "Well, you did," she stated honestly, her smile unable to be shaken. "So... you think you're ready to be a daddy again?" She asked, anxious to tell River, but knowing it was best to wait.

Johnny William "/You/ did." Knowing with the way he'd been feeling lately that she was probably more in control of this one. Hearing her question, he'd nod. "I wouldn't have agreed to it in the first place if I wasn't ready." He'd remind her, as being a father was his entire reason for being on earth in his mind even if the people he fathered weren't always his kids.

Spencer James Eyeing him as she was sure she didn't do this one on her own, her arms drawing around his neck as her forehead found his. "Are you happy?" She asked, searching for a sign of it as she had been sitting on it for several days now, dying to tell him, but wanting to surprise him for his birthday, much like the year before.

Johnny William "Yes." He'd answer, though he was never one to express much emotion. He felt her around his neck as it still was a completely different scenario. "Or I will be atleast one it settles." He offered as he held the card and the paper still in his hand. "Are you?"

Spencer James As he held the card and paper in his hand, she looked for those tiny glimpses at emotions that he seemed to offer, finding disbelief and surprise, as she expected. "I'm thrilled," she confessed easily as the emotion was prevalent in the woman, only hoping that he would feel the same when it settled in on him.

Johnny William Looking over the paper and only able to wonder when it all took. "so how far along then?" He'd ask curiously, not even sure she knew as he folded the paper in half and tucked it back within the card.

Spencer James "We have an appointment tomorrow morning," she confessed, knowing he wouldn't want to miss a single thing and so she had waited. As he placed the lab results back within the card, she brought one hand down from the back of his neck to slip it from his hands and reach for the side table where she placed it. Returning her hand to the side of his face, her eyes set there to his as she offered a soft kiss to his lips. "I think we should be due around Rhys' birthday," she offered, though her calculations may have easily been off a bit, it was her best guess for now.

Johnny William Having to laugh softly at the idea of having two kids on exactly the same time. "Poor Rhys..." he hummed after her kiss, though he didn't think Rhys would mind for a few years at least.

Spencer James "Right?" She asked, knowing it would mean extra work on their parts to be sure each child had their own and one did not overshadow the other. Her kiss found the side of his neck a moment later before trailing up to the curve of his ear. "So, daddy, wanna celebrate with your wife and have your other birthday gift?"

Johnny William Feeling her to his ear as he heard her question, shrugging his shoulders as he hadn't wanted anything in the first place and he never did. "If you'd like."

Spencer James His response was met with wide eyes from his wife who knew better than that. "If /I/ would like?" She asked, not thinking that sounded quite right. Still there at his lap, she met his eyes, shaking her head no. "What would /you/ like? This isn't about me. It's /your/ birthday."

Johnny William Watching her reaction, not quite sure he understood why it was to be a production when she well knew his feelings on it at this point. "Just another day, Spence."

Spencer James "It's never just another day. It's the day you were born. It's the day that somewhere it was decided that you would be born for me and I would soon follow. It's the first day of years of pain that you would have to endure before I would be able to kiss away each scar and tear ever shed. It was the day that this heart that I love so much took its first beat independently. It's the day that these lips that I kiss would draw their first breath, the same that you now breathe in those kisses, drawing your breath from my lungs and mine through yours. It was the day that our boys had a father who would be constantly learning who he wanted to be as a father some day. It's you. Every moment along the way. Today's where you had no me, but were walking through life, kicking and fighting, not knowing you'd find me or this or us. But it's everything because you are everything to me."

Johnny William Hearing how serious this was for her when it was nothing for him. He had came into this world unwanted and by bad circumstances. His mother might have tried to love him once yet by the time he came to be anything at all, those feelings had changed. He was a walking, talking bad memory for her. Thus, his birthday was handled just the same. There were many in his life that would come in and try to change it yet it would always be too sore. His grandmother, a witch by all other means, even tried. But it was all for naught. Brows raising as he still didn't quite know what to tell her.

Spencer James His birthday meant something to her and always would and she would celebrate each and every one of them the best way she knew how. She couldn't undo the life before her, but she could assure that she did her part every day after her. "I love you, John James of South Philly."

Johnny William "You ever gonna stop calling me that?" Knowing it was her favorite punchline by now as his lips pressed back to hers. "I love you too."

Spencer James "Never," she promised as his lips found hers. A smile stole her features as he returned words that had not been easy to come by. Leaning into his kiss once more, her arms drew around his neck as she committed to that kiss that he had started a moment before.

Johnny William Still not having quite answered that question she had posed, she seemed content enough to let it be as his lips pressed back to hers with simple ease.

Spencer James Feeling his kiss return to hers, her hand found the back of his head, trusting he would tell her if and when he had an answer. Still there against his thigh, her tongue drifted over the part of his lips before returning within her own mouth, teasing him playfully as she sought a reaction in the man.

-August 26, 2017