#because i'm constantly bracing for a L jump-scare

[lovecolibri]

SaL anon here friend and, just, ughh...i've been trying so hard to work some enthusiasm for 5x13 and Eddie's breakdown, but the FireBarbie of it all is bringing me down. At first the lack of her in promo for the show was funny, but considering they have a general lack of any promo for the next 3 episodes I'm thinking she's going to be obnoxiously front and center. That's not even getting into the incredible disappointment of getting rid of TayKay (aka S2 M*ria) only to be replaced instantly TBC

with LD (aka S3 M*ria who is beloved by all, unnecessary for any sort of narrative, and who the show had to turn a popular character (s2 Greg was a blessing in the middle of a dumpster fire season) completely ooc to awkwardly force them together). I just never expected to have to watch 911 like I do RNM, ready to hit mute with some fanfic on hand as I wait for scenes of certain characters to pass. I'm usually not so doomsday about shows but if RNM s3 taught me anything ...

Bestie, I FEEL you! Some moments I'm super excited thinking of all the things coming up, and the next I'm just *grabs hair and screams* so frustrated with it all. Can you believe? Can you believe after 911 was such a bright spot of hope and was so good at doing the opposite of RNM in terms of handling things that we would be here again?! I just...*bangs head against table*

I also think it's weird that (aside from Boston, I think?) they have just been doing general previews for what's coming up "this season" instead of specific previews for the episodes. There's a couple of reasons I can think of for that, one being that they don't want to spoil upcoming stuff however they've been able to release previews without spoiling stuff before. Which leads me to what you mentioned about them cutting L out of everything, because typically the previews are of the emergencies but if what the interviews teased about her ends up being true, then they can't tease those without her, and they can't spoil the other stuff going on, so we're stuck watching the same clips over and over, half of which are from 5a! The other theory I've seen floating around is that they're trying to keep more of a lid on things so they can shuffle stuff around without people knowing about it and getting angry like happened with Ghost Stories. Casual viewers were READY for a fun Halloween episode after a fairly heavy season and then they shuffled the episode order, and THEN they cut the only scenes that had been in the preview for the episode, and replaced that storyline with two side characters doing nothing that had to do with first responding or the firefam at all! And people were very loud about how much they hated that storyline, hated that nothing from the preview was shown, and it also reflected in the viewership numbers for the next episode. And knowing how much casual viewers are already sick of side characters and already hate L, I'm not surprised they cut her out of the promo, but also that they are keeping stuff under wraps so they can change it if needed, depending on the response to whatever is going to happen in 5x13. I think that episode will give us a good baseline for how they are going to handle Eddie's storyline, but also how they are going to handle L, her screen time, and the B/L of it all. But I'm definitely regretting getting my grandma into the show because I feel like I need to watch alone so I can scream into a pillow if needed 🤣

Remember when we were all tired of tay kay but praised 911 for at least not pretending like the was the greatest thing to ever grace the show? They never addressed her actions from season 2 and she was still awful to Buck, but at least the other characters just kind of ignored her (except for petty ass Eddie Diaz, my beloved), and we had the hope of the breakup and Buck bringing that stuff up to look forward to. *deep sigh* You're SO right that tay kay was season 2 m*ria, and L is season 3 m*ria (at least that's how she's being presented and promoted. Fingers crossed they course correct because I cannot stomach whatever the fuck it is they teased was going to happen). And Greg! Oh, season 2 soft, kind, gentle, elementary school teach Greg my absolute most beloved. They did him SO dirty just so they could force him with m*ria "kids are sticky" d*luca 🙄🙄🙄 We already had to go through Evan "loyal streak w mile wide who thinks of Bobby as a father figure" Buckley going after that woman after everything that went down in 2x06 which was bad enough, but now this? Someone get KR away from that man and his storylines, and maybe the whole show in general.

I would love NOTHING more than the show to course correct enough that I'm completely wrong about how things go with L. I would be thrilled if they cut her as much as possible, and Buck's storyline set up for season 6 is even better than imagined (mmmm coma!Buck (meaning scruffy, curly haired Buck) theory my beloved), but I'm not going to hold my breath. I'd rather be pleasantly surprised, than utterly disappointed 🤷🏻‍♀️

Buckle up bestie, I feel like we're going to be on a ride this season. Hopefully it ends up being a fun one, and not one of those horror-house rides!

(Also, I feel like we are very close to our one year anniversary so if you know when exactly that was, let me know and we'll celebrate!)

[cutegirlmayra]

I'm actually a little curious of what would happen if Amy DID loose herself on that one prompt where it's explained if something happens to the past self, the present ones would feel bruises, or something like that. Good luck! Not that you need it anyway since you're writing is just... I can't even describe it. What a better word for phenomenal?

Lol, how about ‘I love you?’ *wn* thank you so much!

WARNING: For the faint of the precious heart feels, plz read with some caution.

Original: (x)

                    ALTERNATIVE “DARK” ENDING

Prompt:

“Stooopp!!!”

“L-leave this to us…”

“We don’t want you to change! You’ll only hurt yourself by being something you’re not! But we will fight with you!”

“Please! Listen to us!”

In a moment of true weakness, her heart feeling heavy and her hammer held tightly as if she was a rabid animal, Classic Amy breathed heavily and looked down.

She didn’t see their faces.

She barely saw through the blur of her eyes, her hands shaking and her vision going in and out of focus.

Her mind barely grasped their words… till she felt a strong hand upon her own, which was gripping her hammer.

She lightly shifted her gaze her to it, but never looked up into the keeper’s eyes.

Her mind was wild, it wasn’t stable.

Modern Amy tried to run to help the others but fell as her head started to throb, her grip on herself slowly disintegrating as she gripped her head.

“W..what’s going on? I can’t… I can’t think straight… I’m.. I’m…”

Classic Amy shook her head, “N-…Nooo!!!” she flailed and fought. Her sudden movement shocked her friends as they were tossed around and flung away from her.

She looked up with unchecked rage at the robot, and swung her hammer out towards it, readying for battle.

“Very well, foolish girl.” Classic Eggman fired the machine gun.

She skillfully arched and swerved her way through it, before smashing the robot’s footing and getting it off center.

Thanks to her practice, she found some weak points and targeted its balance, before the cannon charged and fired her back and away from them.

“No!” The Modern Sonic Team cried out, trying to desperately get up, before succeeding. Racing against time, Knuckles reached out and gripped Classic Amy’s limp body, grinding his shoulder against the rock of the broken earth and rolling along with the bumps and ramps in it.

Out of sheer power, he dug his knuckles into the earth, and stopped them before they both went tumbling into a gorge of glowing lava…

He breathed in his own sweat and the smoke suck to the inside of his mouth. But he didn’t care much, looking down at the precious jewel in his arms.

She was out cold. Her color faded. Her quills still spiked in aggression and tension.

“Ah, kid…” He breathed out, seeing as she really took a blow.

He let his head fall just above hers, trying to catch some air, but nothing was cleaning his lungs from the smoke and heatstroke he was experiencing so close to the edge.

Tails flew over and helped them up, before realizing…

Modern Sonic fought with the Classic Team, it was clear his quills had risen somewhat in his distress at seeing Classic Amy blasted away like that.

Taking down the main threat after seeing she would be alright was his first priority, then he could check on her later.

“Amy!” Tails turned to look out into the distance, squinting his eyes before his panic threw him into a loop.

The two dimensions were almost fully one… when more than just 7 Chaos Emeralds flickered into existence near Amy.

Modern Amy’s body was collapsed on the ground… but her color was faded as well, as the emeralds started spiraling around her, glowing as if getting some form of a power source around her.

With Modern’s universes Master Emerald obliterated by the Eggmans, having the Classic era’s Master Emerald and destroying any further way to charge the emeralds, it was almost a complete victory…

But Tails quickly pulled Knuckles and Classic Amy from the edge even further and then flew out to meet her.

“Amy! What’s going on!?” he cried out, seeing the emeralds flicker out of existence after touching her back, turning her even darker.

“Amy..?” he slowed down, his voice growing faint, before backing up a little bit… his arm over his head as if to shield him from something…

Sonic and the Classic Sonic Team finally took down the robot, getting ready to capture the Eggmans when they turned around at a shadow moving swiftly over the land…

The fires dimmed… but made the only light possible.

“Oh no… are the universes one?” Tails looked at the darkened sky and quickly back to Amy.

Something was going on… but he didn’t know what.

What he didn’t know… was that because the two dimensions were now polluted with uncharacteristic potential reactions… that the universe was being changed constantly.

He didn’t even realize it happening to him, but could certainly see Amy’s body burst out into a darkness power.

The reverse of Super Form was because of the corruption of time and space, and instead of a controlled power…

Modern Amy slowly got up to her knees.

At first, Tails smiled, “Amy!” he moved a little forward, being knocked back a moment but was unsure of the dark aura…

His smile faded when she stood with a blank expression, her eyes empty except for a void of white, and the darkness whisking around her in desperate need of stability.

In fear and exhaustion, the team were forced to dodge and even fight back against her bursts of power, attacking anything that moved, and seeming unable to recognize them.

“I don’t think that’s Amy!” Tails cried out, dodging another dark energy pulse that came from her, laying down from the impact. “I… urk… I think it’s the essence of the universe! It’s just as distressed, and with all the pressure of the two dimensions being painfully merged together… I think it’s just using her as an outlet!”

“That shouldn’t make sense!” Knuckles, still holding onto Classic Amy’s dangling body, jumped to the side to avoid a power blast.

“…” Modern Sonic clenched his teeth, unable to speak.

He sped up and burst out into a spin dash towards her.

However, Modern Amy turned her ghostly head and blasted a motionless pulse that spun him off his course.

He landed on his knees and braced with his hands, hitting the ground. “No..! This wasn’t.. suppose to happen… Amy! I know you’re in there!” he whipped himself around, “You gotta remember yourself… control yourself!” he was more aggressive as well, everyone being altered through the pollution of the two shredded and torn realities.

“Who are you!?”

She didn’t move again, as a pulse pushed him back but he remained able to withstand through the placement of his feet, skidding against the ground some in resistance.

“Grr… You said you felt weird… but you never said you were turning against yourself!” he cried out, shielding with squinted eyes against the furry of hot air and dark pressure trying to push him away.

“Amy! Say something!”

Nothing… just staring in his direction… the darkness building more unimaginable rage and even less comprehension…

But she broke.

Her face suddenly gave way to strained pain, stretching her face back before she swiped her hand out and her eyes turned a darkness with a shadow as it’s pupil.

“You care about us… we’re your friends… you may be the first to morph because of all this.. but if we don’t do something… you won’t be the last!”

A painful cry rang out as the gang turned to see Classic Tails gripped his head, staggering backwards as multiple colored emeralds appeared around him before flickering away when they touched his struggling body. He tried to smack them away but they suddenly, violently thrust themselves and their power into him.

“N…no..” Modern Tails watched in horror, before looking at his hands and seeing the color fade.

He looked up… but without much warning… his eyes widened as he immediately felt swallowed up at the same time as his Classic self burst into a dark silhouette and fainted.

Modern Tails’s entire body was consumed in dark flames, as they formed into some figure of a mythological fox spirit, residing on all fours and having sharp, jagged teeth. The darkness flared up but returned to his normal size, as Modern Tails began to savagely attack Classic Sonic with his new found form. Running on all fours, he slashed through to injury him, leaving Modern Sonic to reel back and watch as a slow-moving scar began to be created on the side of his chest, moving across and just stopping before the center of his body.

He breathed in fear, feeling scared, and not understanding why he couldn’t push past it like he used too.

Immediately grabbed his Classic self, Knuckles took both kids in hand and started racing away from the Classic double-ganger of Modern Tails.

The Eggmans had already begun to cringe with mouths open on the ground, feeling great pain as more emeralds swarmed them from the other dimension. As if time and space were fighting against the merger, and also going insane…

“We… Argh! Have to get to the AUUUHH…. Master Emerald.” Modern Eggman put an arm over his Classic Self, trying to help him up as he looked as though he were painfully dying, but hoisted him over his shoulder as the pain also replicated to him, causing him to fall once again to the ground.

“The Master Emerald?” Knuckles looked into the fallen robot, seeing the gem start to dangle over the fire crevice… “Oh no!” he quickly looked to the kids…

Judging what would be better, he put the kids down beside each other, seeing his Classic self take off his head, and hold it to his chest.

“We’re in deep… aren’t we, buddy?” His Classic self held a solemn look as if trying to resist accepting his fate just yet.

“…Hmm. We’ll make it.” Knuckles gave him a thumbs up, a confident smile, before booking it to rescue what could be their only hope…

Classic Sonic fought off Modern Tails, but only keeping him back with rapid spin-dashes, having marks everywhere from battle damage.

Modern Sonic could feel every attack, and gripped his arm as his body mimed taking injury… walking towards Modern Amy.

“You… have to fight it… both of you… all of us…”

The Eggmans shifted, turning into spider-like robots in dark form, and charging after Knuckles to stop him- the emeralds combining the Eggmans with parts of the fallen robot they, themselves, had invented…

Amy started to laugh.

A darkness rose behind her, a pillar to be feared, as she began to step back into it. “You think… that was… love?”

The fire engulfed her, morphing her fully into a shadowed beast, raising her up to loom over Sonic at the top of the pillar.

He could barely stand up any longer… feeling the effects of the universe… but he wasn’t going to fall so easily…

He rose his head to watch her form and then listened to her shriek out her next line-

“Now you’ll feel the pain!!!”

“…Funny.” He straightened out his back.

The universe closed in all around him, Modern Knuckles throwing the Master Emerald before the dark, mutated Eggmans got to him, and Classic Knuckles rushing to grab it and abandoning the fallen Classic Amy as she stirred to start forming into a dark creature as well.

He passed it to Classic Sonic, “Go long!” he cried out, his hat flying off into the wind.

Classic Sonic stumbled but caught it, holding it up before an attacking shadow beast, not even seeing it as his friend anymore.

“For something that wasn’t real… it still brings you lasting pain?” he gave himself a smile… before an Emerald jabbed into his shoulder, being absorbed by him. “AH!”

Like a gunshot, Sonic fell to his knees again…

But Modern Amy twitched back at his words, before shaking her head.

“You ruined the cosmos! You destroyed me!”

“…Amy did care…” Sonic gasped out, fighting with quakes against the pain in his shoulder, seeing another Emerald flicker into existence, he turned his head in reflex and dodged it as it lunged towards him.

Classic Sonic stumbled and dropped the Master Emerald, having it roll through the broken earth’s ramps and peaks before falling near Modern Sonic…

“Amy doesn’t exist!”

Sonic rose his head, “So you are the universe!”

The dark formed creature leaned its head back in surprise, realizing Sonic knew that darkness was invading the world through pollution. They weren’t his friends anymore… it was possession.

He dashed to the Master Emerald in one last attempt for freedom, Knuckles shifting, his Classic self fading, and Sonic seeing the darkness start to quickly consume him.

Suddenly… everything was black… all Sonic could see through it was his white, gloved hand… reaching for a faint emerald color…

Then the light shone before he was fully taken over.

Chaos emerged and was released from the emerald, encircling Sonic in a brilliant glow.

He was purified and turned super, immediately using Chaos’s abilities to cover the world and split the dimensions back into their proper place.

Classic Amy woke up under a tree. The sun shining, the air clean.

She looked around before she saw a patch of flowers swaying by her, freshly picked.

She smiled and happily smelled them before a figure walked up behind her.

A few… actually.

“What are you doing way out here, Rosy?” Tails leaned over to smile at her, as Sonic and Knuckles looked to one another and then smiled down at her too.

“Need a lift?” Knuckles offered, as he held out a hand for her.

Happy, content, and not even wondering why everything was so peaceful, Amy had no idea the adventure that had happened in another pocket of time and space; and with the healed universe, took Knuckles’s hand, and leaped into Sonic’s arms.