#because this is what opens them back up to interacting with gabriel

[cherubchoirs]

ferryman in fallen gabe au is now real!! how would they interact with gabriel and v1?

(see this!)

YES i love the ferryman's part in this au because they are in a very, very strained place with gabriel - i did talk about their respective relationships with gabe here and v1 here BUT since i just gave like. a couple pages of background reading, i'll summarize real quick!! basically, the ferryman feels betrayed by gabriel's fall, having so idolized him to the point that he was their reason for hope, to continue on in the bleak ocean styx - now he is no better than they are, tearing away the little comfort the ferryman had in their darkness. after all, he is the only angel that offered them that little light, but if he falls then...did it ever mean anything? was he just like them all along? it breaks them to think of him so but it's unbearably painful to lose that promise of salvation no matter how ephemeral it was. as for v1, they initially see it as in instigator of gabriel's fall but they can't ignore it despite the hate they feel because they need to understand what it did to make him lose his way, what it did to gain his love. v1 at first isn't interested in the slightest, but after it faces the ferryman in a fight they instantly grow to understand one another - v1 is an artful combatant, it is an embodiment of an intimate war, and the ferryman is far more capable than they appear, a skilled and brutal husk that challenges v1. soon after, v1's curious nature leads it to investigate the ferryman and they can't deny its paradoxical charm. so. while still rejecting gabriel, they find something of a companion in v1. WHICH...is where they're at when they seek out gabriel after michael has destroyed their ship.

despite their complicated feelings, they have nowhere else to turn that has a possibility of keeping them safe, especially bereft of their holy cloth and as damaged as they are from michael's assault. their mind is hardly clear anyway, in a haze when gabriel's virtues offer them assistance after their initial, automatic recoiling at seeing more angels coming toward them. gabriel has struggled himself with the ferryman's rejection but that doesn't even really register when they're brought to him, bones broken and bleeding with the ferryman themself seeming unable to articulate what's happened. somewhere they feel they can't deserve gabriel's help, not with how they've treated him as he is now, but he gently brings them into his and v1's little home without question. gabriel's kindness, the same he's always had, shines through his darkened armor and freezing hands (he apologizes for it quietly, but they act like a nice ice pack really) as he tends to the ferryman's wounds. his voice is just the same even in the language of hell, melodic and soothing, at turns telling them they'll be safe here and asking how this happened, who did this to them (with a silent promise to protect them from it) even in their daze it takes them offguard, mercifully taking their mind from michael's condemnations to find comfort in gabriel. hope, not the same, but more personal.

v1's much more blunt and nosy than gabe, pestering about what did this with gabe trying to wave it off (it CLEARLY wants to fight whatever was powerful enough to best the ferryman so thoroughly) but...it then asks why the ferryman didn't fight back. their wounds are all defensive, v1 can tell. still they stay silent even as gabriel looks on in much deeper concern, his body tensing in worry that the ferryman can see. they had thought of him as so different, as a demon against the righteous ways of heaven but now...what can they think? what can they do when he is so gentle, when he cares for them and keeps them safe just the way he did so long ago when he first saved them? everything about him feels the same in this moment and it stands in sharp contrast with the treatment they had received from an actual angel. v1 settles down by their side (they must be cold without their cloth, and v1 lets them know it is an EXPERT space heater now) with gabriel not much farther away, their thoughts circling around what could be right or wrong or if it matters. if there's even an answer now. gabriel has fallen but his kindness hasn't diminished in the slightest, while michael acted with immense cruelty yet isn't that what's right? he is the prince of heaven...yet was he? it breaks the ferryman down, they need their answers and somewhere, despite the damage done, they are concerned for the angel that had come to them. in spite of it all, they can't forget the sickness they had seen...the suffering of michael.

and so eventually they ask about him, and once again they see something so different from gabriel than might be expected of a demon. his weariness, his long hesitation in answering, his quiet, worn way of telling them michael is sick. a voice that suddenly reflects gabriel's infinite age, a grief untouchable by human understanding. and he is like them, but not in the way they believed. he is so, so old, so exhausted, yet still moving forward in an abyss that fights against him at every second. in that moment, i think the ferryman first sees gabriel not as an idol nor as an evil, just a being so much older than they can comprehend burdened with their own pain and sorrow. he is not just a holy angel sent from god nor is he just a demon that turned against him - he has had an entire life, an individual existence that is ancient and battered, but that is gabriel. of course. michael is his family, isn't he? not a concept, but two tangible people that have eons of history between them. the ferryman apologizes even as gabriel tells them there is no need. in fact...he is sorry, sorry for their pain and for what they suffered at michael's hands. he will protect hell from this...he will protect the ferryman like he once failed to. all of this serves to encourage the ferryman's quiet reflection, to reckon with the idea that the objects of their worship are alive and dynamic too, not static, constant perfection but instead fully formed with minds, with trouble. it isn't easy to face, but at the very least their heart can open once more to gabriel....and they really need that when they truly begin to process the trauma michael's left them with.

[halemerry]

Okay so I wanna take a moment to talk about gravity. Now I know what this sounds like, but bare with me here I promise I'm not looking to do a physics lecture. But I've been rotating this around in my head for a couple days now and I think there's something really critical in the way the show presents it to us.

For example: it's one of the few things actually listed in our introduction to this show individually while our protagonists build the universe, right between matter and everything else.

The show draws our attention to it here fairly bluntly by naming it but there are other incidents that, while I would not call them subtle, are not quite as on the nose.

There are at least three times Crowley chucks something he's holding in his hands across the room. They're played for comedic bits but they all feel very weird and pointed to me - especially both times he does this to books that he seems to have no purpose for holding other than to chuck them later. It caught my attention mostly because everything in me recoiled at the idea of him doing that, but the more I thought about the way they're so visible and pointed was important. They almost feel like weird hiccups in the scene they're in.

We also get gravity as an implied threat with Gabriel climbing out the window and, of course, with every mention of a Fall. But there's also more mundane uses of gravity in the season that while not odd in isolation, the fact we get it popping up so notably is interesting to me. There's also the scene with Nina and Maggie under the awning where rainwater's weight gets pulled down by gravity, the scene in 1941 where Aziraphale drops the picture of them onto the floor before they have their gray area talk, Gabriel dropping the matchbox, and I'm sure there's more. The point is the show is littered with reminders that gravity exists.

Now I know what this sounds like. I know it seems like yeah. Duh. They're on earth. Which has gravity. Of course gravity is a factor in nearly every physical action they do. Why are you even talking about this at all?

Well, it's because of a scene that is one of my absolute favorites in the whole season: the Gravity Lesson.

The scene opens with Jim throwing a book (My Best Games of Chess, an interesting title that feels pointed) repetitively at a desk. He's testing gravity himself, looking confused.

Crowley then descends from the upper level, carrying a stack of books. He pauses his descent on the spiral staircase and notes what Jim is doing.

Then we get this shot. Notice the light here. Jim is in the light from the windows but relatively in the middle of the shot. He's an angel still, though not nearly as in the Light as he was as Gabriel. And he's notably at ground level, on earth. Meanwhile Crowley blends into the shadows of the shop itself. He continues down the staircase, sauntering vaguely downward, until he finally hits earth level to be even with Jim. There's symbolism here, in the lighting, in the way they move through these frames, in the way the staircase spirals like an orbit.

Crowley continues this same sweeping circular pattern to come around the bookshop and place him in front of Jim. Unable to resist a question, even one that wasn't asked out loud, Crowley tells him about gravity. He moves center toward Jim here. A meeting in the middle. This is the first scene we see Crowley interact with Jim in a way anything near amicable. He explains how gravity works. "It's, um... A thing that happens when objects are pulled together. In this case, they're all pulled downwards because Earth is the largest thing around."

As he speaks, Crowley moves away from Jim, toward the back of the bookshop. But he stops very rapidly because Jim goes and asks him why. Crowley frowns to himself. He says he can't remember. He says it seemed like a good idea when they were all talking about it.

He walks back to Jim, giving this question some real thought, and settles on, "So things would stay where you put them, not just drift off." And Jim, backlit by the windows still, kind of frowns and drops the book again and points out. "But it doesn't stay where I put them. It goes down."

When the book hits the table it also visibly does not land precisely over where Jim dropped it either. It settles out of place, bouncing slightly from the force of it. This is what drew my attention to this scene more than anything else.

Because it's interesting isn't it? They're both right in their assessment here. And so much of this story is about people not fitting quite where they're dropped. Aziraphale and Crowley are both caught in Earth's gravity, jostled out of their respective places. The very first shot in the intro sequence emphasizes this idea. Crowley and Aziraphale meet in the middle on earth (where Crowley then says let there be light and lights a flame to guide them going forward).

Gabriel and Beez too fall out of line as soon as they get caught in Earth's gravity. Memories are deleted, but can't entirely escape the gravity of their old home. Memories are added, but you can't predict exactly the way they'll form. Miracles backfire and don't land quite as they're expected. We obey Heaven or Hell as far as we can, but not necessarily exactly as they'd like. These shifts eventually become predictable and eventually we learn we can calculate the odds of how gravity can impact something, but as Jim shows us here a little bit of the drift still happens. In the end it's all just firing bullets at ears and pretend to catch them in our teeth.

And there's viewing this line of thinking from the perspective of God. God who functionally dropped the universe into the gravity of Fate and Choice just to see where it would land.

And then there's the Fly.

As Jim points out here, some things actively resist gravity, at least temporarily. Flies go up. This is very fun, given Beelzebub's arc this season, but I think it's getting at more than just that. Crowley and Jim both pause to watch the fly rise upward, drifting away from Jim and toward the dark half of the shop. Crowley says Jim makes a good point and then shifts into "Right, the plan, Operation: Lovebird."

Given the plot of season 1, I find the use of the word plan here pretty interesting. Especially given that the event that follows this is Crowley trying and failing to get Nina and Maggie to recreate his own meet cute. Like the idea of these two being drawn together will fix everything.

And that got me thinking about Crowley's line at the end of season 1. About what if God planned it that way. What if they're God's own Operation Lovebird. We know that together they can do very powerful things. This whole season starts with them, while trying to keep their power under control and contained, do a miracle so big it could've brought someone back from the dead nearly 25 times. Last season ends with Heaven and Hell thinking they've become something impossible. The Metatron here goes out of his way to separate the two of them like he's afraid of what they're capable of together. And he seems to have successfully managed to do this.

But a Fly can't stay in the air forever. The Fly is always drawn back to Jim. Because not all gravity is about Earth itself. The same way Gabriel's memories are drawn back to him. The same way Beelzebub and Gabriel are drawn to each other in the first place. The same way Aziraphale and Crowley have been described time and time again as drawn in by each other. They're Alpha Centauri. Twin stars orbiting each other. They're constantly going in circles around each other. It's a dance. With the hands touching in the middle. Because that is a gravity too. They complete each other the same way the Fly completes Jim.

So what about choice? Think about the Ball episode. Think about how everyone in the shop is being influenced by some sort of miracle. Their clothes and behavior shift and change and Nina in particular shows us that this is Noticeable. Forcing something in a gravity it doesn't like or want makes it have a hard time settling. It doesn't go quite where you drop it.

And then there's the chat Nina and Maggie have with Crowley. "We're not a game. We're real people," says Maggie. And Crowley tries to argue this saying that they both needed help and they both push back that it is still not his right to meddle with. A game. Like the title My Best Games of Chess. Like the thing we know God has been using as a framing device since season 1. A thing the narrative always has pushed as a bad thing.

Maggie and Nina are choosing to not let beings above them influence their choices. They actively resist being compelled by Aziraphale in the bookshop together because they know what's right. His gravity is not enough to overwhelm their choices. And at the end maybe they're not together but they're working on it. And, maybe, if they do come back together (when they do, according to Maggie) it will be when they are ready and when they are choosing each their free of the constraints of the game or higher power. And that gives me hope that's where we're headed for the Ineffables as well.

[memoiresofaneternaldreamer]

Omertà

Assassin! Park Seonghwa x Mafia Heiress! Reader.

Themes: Smut | AU | PWP | Enemies to Lovers | Explicit sexual acts | Use of Italian Petnames (this deserves a separate warning in itself) | PIV | Unprotected intercourse (wrap it before you tap it kids!) | Desperate sex | Fluff - Angst?

Word Count: 1.9K

Playlist: 'See You Bleed' - Ramsey | 'Two Shots' - Cross My Heart Hope to Die | 'In The Blood' - Red Rosamond | 'Scorpio' - Pour Vous

Part of the 'ATEEZ as Dark Tropes' series.

This story is intended for an adult audience only. Minors do not interact.

"I wonder which will get you killed faster -- Your loyalty or your stubbornness?" Seonghwa whispers. His hot breath cascades over your neck while his lips lightly graze the shell of your ear. He has firmly planted himself into your personal space, with his chest flush against your back and his left hand gripping your jaw. 

Any regular person would have seen his words for what they were, a threat, and used them as fuel to run for their life. Or perhaps they would drop down to their knees and beg him, or any Deity they believed in, for mercy.

But you weren’t any regular person. 

His words, nor presence instilled any of its' intended fear into you. That is not what you were trained for. That is not the reaction your body had to him.

“Why don’t we find out?” You retaliate, the ghost of a smirk taking over your features. The challenge in your voice so prominent he cannot help but release a humourless chuckle. 

“Oh Carissima, when I am done with you, you know they will want to kill us both.” He answers. You snort at that, he wasn’t wrong. 

As tragic as the tale of Romeo and Juliet had been, the tale of the Angelinis and Barbieris was much worse.

Two brothers, not by blood but by bond, were once as thick as thieves. They ruled the Underworld side by side and were revered by many. Until one backstabbing and one double-crossing made them sworn enemies. As a result, the Angelinis vowed that no Barbieri would ever rule the Underworld again. And the Barbieris, in turn, vowed to take out each and every living Angelini.

It was a feud that lasted for many years and led to many tragic casualties on both sides. A mutual hatred which should have manifested into the only living heirs of both men.

While your father, Gabriele Angelini, had trained you to become the perfect heiress to the throne, Davide Barbieri, Seonghwa’s mentor turned adoptive father, had trained him to become the perfect killing machine.

Both offspring destined to fulfil the vows their fathers had made, and both offspring as lethal as the other.

But faith had other plans.

Before you can formulate a clever retort, he spins you around and shoves you backwards. The sudden movement catches you off guard, the breath you did not know you were holding bursting from your lips as your back bounces on the mattress. His gaze zeroes in on yours, and you recognize the dark look hidden behind them. Lust. Pure, unadulterated, dirty, forbidden lust. But also something else. Another emotion, much more terrifying. 

Because as your fathers before you, you should hate each other. He should want to kill you, and you should want to ruin him. But you don't. You can't. Not when he is the air you breathe, and you are the light that guides him. And it is with that thought that you understand what it is. Love. 

No words are spoken as you both hurriedly undress, the building tension between you stifling in the air. You both know there is no time for slow kisses or soft touches. Not now. Not when Davide had just formally declared the hit on your life, and every assassin - including Seonghwa - was ordered to hunt you down and eliminate you.  

As you open up the buttons of your blouse and unzip your skirt, he drops the leather jacket off his shoulders and unbuckles his belt. Every layer he sheds reveals more of his flawless skin, sculpted muscles and delicious hardness, and you cannot help but bite your lower lip at the sight. Somewhere in the depths of your mind, you wonder if this will be the last time you see him like this. As you slide your already soaked-through panties over your legs, the minimal light coming in from the window catches onto your glistening folds. 

Seonghwa's eyes capture the sight, and his hand - that had just removed his underwear - grips his uncovered hardness. "Fuck, Cara, you're already soaking wet for me." He groans. "I am." You agree. "What are you going to do about it?" You taunt, while you open your legs to give him an unobstructed view of your cunt. 

He is on you in an instant, his hand grabbing onto your ankle and pulling you closer towards him. Wordlessly he drops to his knees on the bed and lifts your other foot, allowing your legs to frame his hips. From this kneeling position, he can see your arousal in its' entirety. He swipes two fingers over your folds as a reply, before he plunges them deep into your hole. 

The sudden but welcome intrusion of his digits within your walls makes you gasp. "Fuck, Hwa. Amore, please." You mutter, as you feel them curling up into your sensitive spot. "What is it, Cara? Hmm?" He cannot help but taunt back. His eyes take in your beautiful face and he thinks to himself that he would give you anything you asked for in this moment. Hell, he'd give you the world even. And even though he loved Davide like a son loves his father, he loved you so much more. And he'd gladly see the Barbieri empire burn before he hurt a hair on your head.

"More, I need more." You relent, grabbing onto his wrist as he pulls his digits from your cunt. "I want to feel you inside me. I want you." You continue, the desperation to be devoured by him and the danger you know that faces you once you leave his safety slowly consuming you.

Seonghwa understands this though, as he too feels much too overcome already. He's not ready to lose you. He doesn't think he ever will be. So he tells you just that. "You have me Carissima, all of me. Now and forever after." He chokes out, as he enters you in one swift thrust.

The simultaneous moans you let out fill the otherwise quiet room. Seonghwa drops his weight forward, one hand on either side of your head, while you spread your legs to accommodate the width of his body. The pace he sets is unforgiving, the quick snaps of his hips into you making you quiver. Your tits jiggle with the movement and Seonghwa leans down to envelop one of your nipples in his mouth, sucking and nibbling on the stiff nub. 

"Oh fuck..." You curse, your hand reaches the back of his neck to grip at the roots. The sensation of his lips on your skin coupled with his sharp thrusts is almost too much to handle. And yet, it's somehow not enough still. You rotate your hips, desperate for more friction but too out of it to utter the words. But Seonghwa understands. He always does. Latching his mouth onto your other nipple, he glides his hand towards your clit. 

The first roll of his thumb over your sensitive nub is almost enough to make you cry. "Oh Dio.... Yes, just like that."  you whimper, every nerve ending being lit on fire by his ministrations. Seonghwa releases your - now swollen - nipple from his mouth in favour of taking in your blissed-out expression, all the while never letting up his movements. Your hooded eyes, glistening lips and the little drop of drool rolling over your cheek make him groan. 

The desire to plant his lips on yours and lick the drool from your mouth overwhelms him. Even though, when you two had started this "arrangement" years ago, there were two rules he promised you he'd never break.

No kissing. Kissing makes it too personal.

Never say the words "I love you." Saying them turns this into a weakness. And a weakness can be used to kill you.

But suddenly, Seonghwa couldn't care less about these rules. He loves you, more than he has loved anything else before. And Davide has set out to kill you anyway, even without any knowledge of your relationship. If you are going to die - and he in turn as well - he wants to etch your taste into his mind before you both release your final breath. 

"Cara, please. Please let me kiss you." He pleads, his face mere inches from yours while his hand grabs ahold of your jaw. The despair in his tone pulls at your heartstrings, and you know. You know what he wants to say, but doesn't. So you silently nod your head. Tightening his hold on you, he cranes your neck backwards and uses it to finally fuse his lips to yours. 

The kiss is all-consuming; warm, demanding, passionate, ferocious, but at the same time full of love, devotion and tenderness. You feel it everywhere. In the way he grips your jaw, in the fierceness of his hips slamming between your thighs, he's claiming you as his. And you let it happen. Because for someone who's craved control all her life, giving it to him so easily has never felt more right. 

So in that moment, you decide to break the second rule and tear your mouth from his.

"Te amo, Vita Mia." You whisper. Once the words register in his ears, Seonghwa stills his movements. Thankfully, you don't have to wait too long for his reply. "Mio Tesoro, I love you so much." He replies, full of conviction. 

Your words seem to open some invisible floodgate because he is on you again. Tilting his head as he deepens the kiss, it's a flurry of teeth clicking, tongues tangling, and lips smacking. His hips continue their assault on your insides, increasing the brutal force of his thrusts while his thumb stays pressed against your sensitive clit. When Seonghwa suddenly lifts one of your legs until it is resting on his shoulder, you feel him even deeper than before. And it's all too much. 

Fisting the sheets beside your head you cannot stop the scorching heat from coursing through your veins. Your body is on fire, so close to combustion you can almost taste your release. Seonghwa is not far behind. The pulsing of his cock within your walls becomes more prominent with each push. "Come with me Amore, give it to me. Fill me up." You manage to choke out before you tumble over that invisible ledge. 

"Fuck. Yes, Yes, yes. Just like that." He encourages, as he feels your pleasure overflowing within you. He's following right behind you with his own release. One, two, three thrusts and he's spilling inside you, your name rolling off his lips like a mantra, his seed filling you up. 

Seonghwa collapses on top of you, utterly spent, and he chuckles as you wrap your arms and legs around his body like a vice, trapping him to you. No other words need to be said, the softness of your touches and the look in his eyes convey everything you need to know. You stay like this for what feels like an eternity. Wrapped up in each other's warmth, lost in your own little universe. You think you can actually fall asleep like this, with his weight on you and his softening member still inside you. As Seonghwa lays his head on your chest you figure he's coming to the same conclusion. So you close your eyes and let the comfort slowly pull you under.

And then a shot rings out.

A/N: Little brain rot of mine because I've had this moodboard I created just sitting in my drafts forever, and I finally decided to do something with it. (It may also be because of all the concert content floating around). Definitely not proofread. Hope you all enjoy!

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[ladykatibeth]

I disagree with the Beelzebub and Gabriel happened fast because they’ve never had to be afraid take I’ve seen floating around. They both have people working above them who could hurt them.

For Gabriel, it’s Metatron directly above who is also the voice of God, literal creator of the Universe and then, um, God, Creator of the Universe.

God who was willing to cast a bunch of angels, including an archangel, into hell….and it seems to have been a pretty traumatic experience, even for what seems to have been…literally just…having doubts? In Crowley’s case?

Plus Gabriel may be the lead archangel but he’s also at the check of the other archangels….who seem to have been completely secure in their ability to take him down, and Gabriel seemed to have been pretty sure they could too because he ran away.

And they did. As soon as he disagreed. And they could have at any point if they felt they should in the past 6000 years.

And Beelz seems to have less peer based supervision imo, but they also are working for Satan. Whose so frightening that Crowley was literally about to fall down to the ground in terror when he heard him coming.

Here’s where I think the nuance lies, Gabriel and Beelz have power, at the expense of visibility. Every single person in Heaven and Hell is looking at them. They have to interact with the most powerful beings in the universe to see what they need done regularly, they’re called upon to make decisions, if something planned fails everyone will look to them.

They are also powerful, they aren’t as likely to be questioned. They’ve got more magic, they probably don’t have to explain things like what they’re using it for as much as lower demons and angels either.

Aziraphale and Crowley are less powerful but also less visible. If they get their work done, according to Crowley, Hell doesn’t care that much /how/ things get done. Aziraphale and Crowley sometimes do each other’s work for each other.

They also managed to plan to stop the apocalypse behind H&H’s back….they do (or almost) get caught a couple times but they also manage 6000 years of fraternizing without being executed as traitors. Less visibility at the expense of less power, they have more people to be scared of.

What’s actually the difference here is a combination of attachments, recent institutional confusion, and incomparable relationship stages.

I’d argue Crowley and Aziraphale stoping the Apocalypse caused enough confusion to open up space for Beelz and Gabriel to grow closer, that wouldn’t have been available pre-apocalypse, pre-apocalypse Gabriel and Beelzebub would have struggled a lot more with doing regular meetings.

And attachments, both Crowley and Aziraphale are having a kind of moral/idea disagreement here that’s keeping them from being together. Beelz and Gabriel just do not care about things outside each other in the same way Crowley and Aziraphale do. (Not an insult to either of them, btw, C+A have been living on the earth for 6000 years, of course they’ve got more attachments.)

And C+A have had a longer time to establish unhealthy patterns partially caused by a constantly unsafe environment, over 6000 years of relationship development.

Whereas Beelz and Gabriel have been so entrenched in an unsafe environment this is the first time they’ve had a chance to form a non-professional relationship ever, period, let alone establish any patterns, they haven’t interacted with human ideas about romance, like C+A are aware of, which are often silly and insecure and structured, and impact how C+A approach things.

G+B are dealing with love completely instinctively and right now they’re honeymooning.

And this happened after 6000 years of having absolutely no one. And C+A have just made it much easier to interact without retribution……so they’re going hard and heavy and fast.

[theravenmuse]

Theorizing time! Crowley was Lucifer!

I’m going to preface this by saying I’m 50/50 on this theory, but it’s fun so we’re gonna talk about it. 

Now Lucifer and Satan are not necessarily the same person in the Bible. We also know for a fact that Satan and Lucifer aren’t the same entity in Good Omens. (Neil has said this but I’m too lazy to track down the ask.) BUT  in Paradise Lost, which I see as a big influence on Good Omens, Satan is the fallen angel Lucifer. Now Crowley is not Satan. We know this for certain as we get interactions between them via the Bentley in S1E1 and at the airbase in S1E6. But in this theory, the lines have been muddled and Crowely is the fallen Lucifer while Satan is someone else. No idea who. That’s not important.

Evidence Part 1: Biblical stories attributed to Lucifer/Satan that Crowley is now known to be responsible for. 

Now all of these are technically attributed to Satan, not to Lucifer. See opening note about muddled lines.

The original sin 

Job’s trials

The temptation of Christ

Evidence Part 2: Crowley’s former status in Heaven

Crowley can access a file that is only available to “Throne, Dominion, or above.” Now, the angelic hierarchy in GO is twisted up so much I hardly know what to make of that, but it definitely means high up. 

Then, shortly after this revelation, we get the Metatron saying this: “For one prince of Heaven to be cast out into the outer darkness makes a good story. For it to happen twice, makes it look like there is an institutional problem.” 

Are the two connected? Not necessarily, but the proximity of them indicates to me that they might be.

Evidence Part 3: Crowley’s power

When Shax mentions (in episode 2) the accidentally super powerful miracle that Crowley and Aziraphale co-created, she calls it one that “only the mightiest of Archangel’s could have performed.” Crowley responds to her query with, “how do you know I didn’t do it?” Now, is he talking out of his ass? Who knows. He does tend to do that a lot.

What we do know is that Crowley can stop time and create pocket dimensions. Something we don’t know of anyone else being capable of. He does this most notably by creating a pocket dimension in the climax of S1 to give him and Aziraphale time to talk to Adam, but he also freezes the executioner in 1793 and Mr. Dalrymple in 1827. The latter is especially notable because Aziraphale requests that he do it instead of simply doing it himself. Now this could just be Aziraphale goading Crowley into doing things for him again, but I’m inclined to believe this is something Crowley can do that Aziraphale can’t. Aziraphale is pretty high up by angel standards.

And then obviously there’s the star making in the opening of season 2. Or, more accurately, the star factory making, which is even better in my opinion.

Evidence Part 4: “Let there be light”

Ah, that gorgeous opening scene where Crolwey creates M16, the Eagle Nebula, which contains the gorgeous Pillars of Creation. He uses that classic line, “let there be light,” to set it all off. Lucifer is known as “the light bringer.”

Then we get a call back to that opening scene in episode 5 with Gabriel and the lamp. Being mentioned a second time means to me that there’s something intentional there. 

Evidence Part 5: Gabriel’s triggered memory may be a bit more specific than Crowley would like to admit.

“I remember when the morning stars sang together, and all the angels of God shouted for joy.”

Lucifer is also known as “the morning star”

Crowley deflects and says it’s what God told Job. He’s absolutely right, but I don’t think Gabriel picking it out was random. I think it’s because he’s looking right at the morning star (or perhaps one of several, since God says morning stars, plural?)

Now this is probably the weakest bit of evidence out of the bunch, BUT, it’s what tipped me off to this theory in the first place.

Now the cons. 

The most obvious is that Satan is typically fallen Lucifer and Crowley is most certainly not Satan.

Crowley also mentions Lucifer by name once in season 1, in the drunk scene after the bookshop fire. Granted, he’s starting on his third bottle of Talisker, so that may be enough for him to start talking in the third person, but it’s still odd.

Like I said, I’m not sold on this theory, but we’ve got at least three years of clowning to do so why not have fun with it?

[fuckyeahdindjarin]

Behind the Seams: Part III

Welcome to the first instalment of Behind the Seams! Thank you everyone who has responded so positively to this slightly self-indulgent idea I had. I know I take so long in between chapters, this seems like a fun way to keep you guys in the loop, and also to keep myself motivated and productive while I work by sharing my thoughts as I go.

This time, I'll be rambling about focusing on the characters as I'm still in the thick of developing personalities and interpretations in the Seams universe, and I'd love to put all the thoughts that have been rattling around my brain into words to help me process it.

I will be tagging these posts as 'behind the seams' together with the chapter number 'seams iii' so you can filter this out if you don't want to see them! For those who are interested, let's dive in below the cut!

Current status: 3.2k written, fully outlined rough draft with most of the dialogue drafted.

Initial thoughts: This chapter wrote far more easily than I expected to so far. Each story is different, but I tend to find the 3rd to 5th chapters hardest to write, when you're building up the shape of the arc of the whole series.

I'm still keeping my options open with regards to what Seams is or can be, but I'm still thinking 'loose fit series' i.e. there won't be a solid, overarching story arc or ending to the series since it's not a plot-driven story. It will be interesting to see if my approach changes after a couple more chapters!

The challenge: The first two instalments were so hyper-zoomed in on Joel and Pin, I knew that the challenge for this chapter is pulling back the camera and seeing how they interact with each other outside the safety of the Outfitters, and how they fit into the wider community.

Joel and Pin: I was re-reading Threads in preparation for writing Part III, and what strikes me is that these two really don't know a lot about one another. They've barely had a fully formed conversation despite the forced proximity and some very charged moments in the last two chapters. I've tentatively written most of their dialogue in this chapter, and it's interesting that a couple of times, I've stopped myself and thought - is this too playful for a shy person like Pin? Is it too familiar with two people who are practically strangers, despite their chemistry? It's a balance that I'll have to find as I edit, and I'm excited to see how it turns out.

Tommy: For some reason, Tommy comes fairly easily to me, a testament to Pedro and Gabriel’s chemistry on screen. Without giving too much away, I'm really happy with the angle I found for Joel and Tommy in this chapter. There's a lot to unpack between the two brothers, but the happy occasion means that I can focus on the good part of their relationship for now. However, I am keeping the tensions in their history in my back pocket because I don't want to gloss over the very real and three-dimensional relationship we saw in the series.

Ellie: I've talked about how I'm nervous about writing Ellie. My Pedro boys are all lone wolves - sure they have their best friends (Teak to Palomino!Jack, Santi to Grays!Frankie, Pete/Rebecca to Consent!Dieter), but Ellie is Joel's kid, and she's part of his life more than any BFF is to my other Pedro boys. Luckily, I have found an in with Ellie that I think works well with the story in Part III, and also fits in with the broader direction of the fic. It's going to be nerve-wrecking, but I'm ready to write her into Seams!

Tess: I'm not in a place to say too much yet about Tess, but it's so important to me that she isn't erased from the Seams universe despite her not being there. I've been thinking a lot about Tess lately, about how she will fit into the story, how Joel will fit Pin into his and in relation to Tess. There are no easy answers, and it will be something to mull over in the next few chapters.

Something fun: Ok, all this character stuff is pretty heavy, so I want to end on a light-hearted note - Joel's tummy makes a cameo in a white undervest 😌

And that's it for Behind the Seams: Part III! I feel a lot lighter having found a space for all the things I have been thinking about while drafting the chapter. I hope this was a fun deep dive for you guys as well, I'll be hitting Google Docs hard this weekend to try to get all of the writing done for Part III so that I can start editing next week. My askbox is always open if anyone wants to chat 🥰

[sugdenlovesdingle]

Endings week Season 5 countdown tag game

Doing this right away because I'm pretty sure I forgot last week's @lonestar-s5countdown

1) Which 911 Lone Star season finale is your favorite? Gotta be season 4 - the tarlos wedding. Though season 3 with the 3:18 proposal in 3x18 was good too!

(2) What was your favorite moment from the season 4 finale? The tarlos wedding obviously. Tommy singing for them and both of them getting a little teary eyed, TK holding onto his husband's (!!!) arm, Carlos telling his mum it was the best night of his life, their vows (!!!), both of them being romantic idiots, "You are the key that unlocked me" "You are the dream I would not allow myself to have", "You saw me for the man I hadn't yet become" "I vow to take care and nurture your heart as if it was my very own", Paul officiating (!!!), the two of them in their own little bubble dancing in the background, the cake smash scene!!! (I don't care that it was deleted - it counts).

(3) Are there any storylines that you would like to see brought back for a more satisfying conclusion? Not so much a conclusion but I'd like to see Carlos' sisters again - just to see their dynamic with him some more. We barely saw them at the rehearsal dinner and then the next time was Gabriel's funeral. I want to see them tease their little brother, I want TK to join in and just interact with his in laws other than Andrea.

Or if we're going full delusion - Gabriel. He had to fake his death and now Carlos is solving his 'murder' and when the bad guy is locked up, he comes home to be with his family and see his son happily married to the love of his life.

(4) Pick one character and tell us where you hope to see them at the end of season 5. I think most of all I want *everybody* to have a happy ending. though i don't know how likely that's going to be if they really do what I think they'll do with Judd's storyline.

And maybe for Owen to have a FRIEND. No more random girlfriends young enough to be his daughter.

(5) What is one thing you really want to see before the show ends? An announcement abc (or any other network) has picked up the show? Nancy and Marjan kiss and fall in love and live happily ever after? (shush let me live in denial) On a more realistic note... I think I'd like Andrea and Owen to bond over losing their partner/the other parent of their child/children and Judd will probably be joining that club too this season I want tarlos to be a united front with whatever drama comes their way this season. No fighting between them please. I'm curious about Carlos' new work partner (RIP Lexi Mitchell, you'll always be famous) and even though I think it'll be like the Cooper of it all, I really hope it won't be. Carlos would absolutely never cheat, and TK knows it, but I don't particularly want him to be "jealous" of how much time Carlos is spending with New Guy for work. And I want at least one Catan crew hang at the tarloft. I want tarlos to be That Couple that's constantly making heart eyes at each other, telling the other they missed them when they've been apart for more than 5 minutes, just being all loved up and obnoxiously happy. Carlos went to the store to get more snacks, was gone for maybe 20 minutes, slides the door open, and TK all but jumps up from his seat to greet him with a kiss.

"Hi baby, I missed you."

"I missed you too."

Nancy *rolling her eyes* "He was gone for FIFTEEN MINUTES!"

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[darksideofthemamon]

God in Hellblazer vs Lucifer comics

I have a lot of thoughts on the angel characters from Hellblazer/Sandman/Lucifer (basically the DC/Vertigo comics era). I've had them for a long time but I guess I'm only getting to writing about it now. I have a whole essay to write about Remiel from Sandman, but for now, this should do as a warm up.

Though Hellblazer and Sandman are supposed to be in the same universe, it gets really messy with different writers and storylines going in different directions, more so when you include Sandman's spin-offs, like the Lucifer comics and its sequels.

I think one of the most glaring differences is their portrayal of God. God seems... so much nicer in the Lucifer comics (both the Mike Carey (2000) and Holly Black (2016) runs).

And I think a lot of this is caused by the themes of each story.

Hellblazer has some really strong political themes going on, so much that I can't possibly analyze them all. What I do know is that gods/angels/etc in the story tend to represent people in power and privilege. So for example, look at what John says to the archangel Gabriel in the bottom right panel: "You're the ones that make the frigging rules for us, and you don't even understand us!"

In effect, God, as well as the heavenly hosts, tend to be portrayed as jerks.

The Lucifer comics take a different approach. The story's themes tend to gear more towards family, identity, and free will. The protagonist is a really headstrong guy who wants to be free of his omniscient, omnipotent, dad. In his words (upper right panel): "This face is mine. This scar-- is mine. You may not have them. Not without my permission."

Because of the "messed up family" angle, God tends to come off as more well-meaning, but flawed.

Reading the comics together and considering them in the same universe can get jarring when God is so patient with Lucifer, but so damn harsh towards The First of the Fallen and Gabriel.

(and yes I know the Lucifer spin-offs aren't or are dubiously canon, but for this analysis, just consider them canon)

When Lucifer rebels and causes a whole war, God gives him a domain to rule over in order to give His son what he wants: to be away from Him. (top panels)

But when First of the Fallen and Gabriel even step a toe out of line? They get cast out of Heaven in painful, soul-crushing ways. (bottom panels)

And I guess it just ends up coming off as if God has some pretty massive favoritism towards Lucifer?? XD Like wow the Morningstar gets so much leeway, but FOTF and Gabriel get tossed out so fast??

In the end though, it doesn't bother me. I think the dynamic can even enhance the story in fascinating ways.

The story where these 2 portrayals get reconciled is through Gabriel's character in the Lucifer (2016) run by Holly Black.

Gabriel in this run shares a backstory with his Hellblazer self, and though the specific events leading to his Fall were only briefly touched upon, his treatment and relationship with his Father retains those themes of free will and identity, while also portraying God as harsh and tyrannical.

When a God that turned evil tries to take away his free will, Gabriel cries "Get out of my head! I was beyond your mercy before. Now I am beyond your reach."

God tossed him out so mercilessly the first time, so why does He get to control him now?

Gabriel in Hellblazer is a proud snob who views things through a very self-righteous black-and-white lens. It's revealed however, that his Father's strict rules and harsh punishments have left him anxious, guilty, and afraid (especially following an eye-opening interaction with John Constantine).

When he opens up about his problems to Julie (actually a succubus named Ellie) in Hellblazer, she says: "Look at you. What did he do to make you feel so scared and guilty?"

When it's revealed in Lucifer (2016) that Gabriel killed God, Lucifer says: "Our Father turned His back on you. And you were so angry. You've been angry for so long."

The Lucifer (2016) comic manages to show God through the lighter lens while also acknowledging his harsh treatment of Gabriel.

And we see this in Gabriel's character. In Hellblazer he's nervously looking over his own shoulder, in Lucifer (2016) he's proudly passion's fool.

And while we're talking about Gabriel, his self-actualization arc is one of the main reasons I love Holly Black's run despite its flaws!

I love how they continued his story from Hellblazer. There's a story about a guy living under his strict father's thumb who fell from grace when he was cast out, then got back up with the help of family and friends who support him. It says something that by the end of the story, he no longer works for Heaven but instead for Hell, serving under Mazikeen who acknowledged him at his lowest. He also gains his wings and heart back-- the former from Lucifer and the latter from Raphael, his brothers.

That's all I have to say XD. This was just supposed to be an observation but I ended up talking about Gabriel lol

[generalluxun]

Miraculous: The Movie Reaction/Review

A little more ordering of my thoughts now, and I can go through in a little more detail why I loved this movie so much. This will be a solid look at things, and so... yeah, SPOILERS! And just for the record this will be looking both at the movie itself as a movie AND in comparison to the series. I know that there are different pressures on both, but I do feel there are narrative through lines tackled better or worse.

Putting a cut here for the Spoiler free folks.

This will be somewhat chronological, with some asides.

Okay, so the opening, a great setup. It's a Lore dump, but it's clean and neat and we are already introduced to the vibrant colors we will see throughout the movie, and Mr. Overdramatic Fu who I find priceless.

Marinette:

Oh Marinette, I love this Marinette. She feels downtrodden to start. The type of person for whom one too many hiccups have become a self-fullfiling way of life. The movie spends a lot more time with her on this. Which is to the benefit because her choice and ascension are much bigger payoffs. She's still a dreamer, and energetic, She's our Marinette, but vitalized.

Okay I'll put this here: The Songs. They're fine. They're not great, but they're find. they have a stage-style vibe to them which fits in with the change to Emilie's career. They are also pushing the narrative through most of the time, so even if the song isn't to your liking, you've got a lot going on.

School&Chloé: Marinette seems a lot more jumpy/unpopular in general, it's not JUST Chloé which is a good shift. Don't get me wrong, the blonde is still clearly a nightmare, but it's not she alone among the student body that thinks something's off about Mari at the beginning.

Alya&Nino: What is there to say? She's Alya, she's great. Nino and Adrien friendship! yay! And Alya&Nino are a cute secondary couple-in-the-making. The movie loved it's secondary characters.

Adrien: Sad Adrien, but gentle. Marinette's first interaction with him was great. She's Marinetting, but she actually gets up the will to talk to him. I liked this balance. Yes some of it comes from a shorter runtime, but it comes across as just... healthier?

Gabemoth: Gabriel outside! GASP! He's a human being! Clearly still flawed, but this Gabe is one I buy the ending for, and I quite enjoy it. Both Gabe and Adrien being over the top theaterical fits having Emilie in their lives. and.. OMG we got to see and hear Emilie as a person! I loved this. I'll add in Nathalie here. She didn't have a lot but we get her care for Adrien and the family right away.

Rescue Fu Alleyway and Tikki: Saving Fu felt much more earned in this one, give a bonus to whoever storyboarded this. Marinette pulling him from in front of a bus then bodily putting herself between him and the danger of another oncoming car? This girl! Go Marinette, you've earned these earirngs(want them or not) also: Her reaction to this crazed little man screaming about death and end of the world was awesome, I LOVE them lamp shading this trope.

Little aside about Sabrina She's adorable in the whole movie, but we get a hint of her own independence when she covers for Marinette in the Alleyway, and I loved that. Tiny Character building moments are a sign of great writing.

Tikki: They amped up Tikki's energy and I can see why. Marinette's more reluctant heroine role needed someone with a bit more push to keep her going. This is honestly the most I've ever enjoyed Tikki (not that TV Tikki was awful)

Cathedral: So, We meet Cat Noir here, and he's a cocky goofball, and it works. They balance it well. He gets instant karma a few times, he tries hard, and he does quickly acknowledge Ladybug later on when *she* acknowledges herself. This is an important lesson, people do treat you better when you believe in yourself, it shows. Much like I said with Gabe, Adrien being an overdramatic theater kid fits perfectly in this story.

The back and forth between these two is great. And here's something else: It's instructive for Marinette. If Cat Noir was just a fawning lovesick boy from square one, she wouldn't learn to stand up for herself, which she later uses vs Chloé. People fuss at chat for the watermelon, but Ladybug's throwing her own zingers in there too.

I do like that we bring Fu back here, and then again at the end. He's a little more sane, a little more mentor, so his use as comic relief isn't one note. That's another sign of good writing.

Marinette's refusal: I liked this a lot. It felt right for Marinette. This was dangerous, scary, and she was barely managing for a lot of the fight at the cathedral. I love how the scene evolved from loud and frustrated, to comedy, then finally settled on sincerity. Marinette curling up in her chair was more earned emotion and heartbreak than S5 wrung from me in 13 eps.

Plagg and Adrien: Okay so yeah, Fart jokes. The show had it's share of 'stinky cheese' jokes so we shouldn't point too many fingers. I love dad-Plagg in the TV show, so I was slightly bummed it wasn't as prevelent here, but with Tiki needing a more energetic role, Adrien not being a shut in, and Gabriel not being a complete and total heel, Plagg's role is going to be different. It's worth noting that after Chat's failed confession Plagg does Dad-Plagg him, so all is not lost for that dynamic.

Fairground: Just a showcase of fun. Marinette&Adrien, Alya&Nino, the Akumas, Marinette making the *decision* to be a hero and triggering her first voluntary transformation. The two of them working together. This was a great celebratory event, and it kicks off:

Montage!

You knew they'd need this in a movie covering this much ground. We got to see a few fun akuma designs, a few Adrienette dates, and how the changes wrought on the fairground played out. We had enough time with sad, isolated, Marinette that this does feel like a triumph.

Third Act low point: This is where everyone fails. Chat's confession to Ladybug burns out. Marinette's confession to Adrien burns out. Even Gabriel has burned out. All three of our main players are at their low (which is a brilliant way to hint they're framing Gabe as not just a villain, he's treated to the narrative beats of a hero) All three felt solid and hit hard. It's the Lovesquare cliff notes, but it hits all the right elements. You still come away thinking 'If only they knew!' because the movie has really built up both Adrienette and Ladynoir in equal parts.

Final fight: Damn son, what is there to say? Akumatized Hawkmoth is not playing. Plagg telling Adrien to get his stuff together. This battle is just plain brutal. Mari unmasked! Chat punching his dad. Marinette being a hero without the suit, saving Chat in the same selfless way she saved Fu back at the beginning of the movie. Chat unmasked. and Gabriel's breakdown. *Adrien hugging his dad!* CLOSURE. Ladybug getting her Miraculous Ladybugs and it being a BIG DEAL, like it should be!

The Dance: Cute character moments. Chloe is big enough to give Marinette a 'truce' it seems, but mean enough to let her know it's not over yet. Sabrina's shrug is great :) Oh wait MARINETTE'S DRESS. It's Ladybug, it's beautiful. This girl is a designer. A reveal in snow. The two of them together, yes!

Post-script: Mayura next Villain? I'm hype.

End Notes: I feel this movie hit all the notes it needed to. We got the characters, they were compressed clearly because it's a movie, but still felt themselves, but fresh. Everything about this word feels a little more 'real' which is funny considering how ethereal all the lighting was.

I'm notoriously prone to critique and dissecting media, even media I enjoy. Yet my nitpick sensors were surprisingly mute while watching this. They told a huge amount of story, accessible both to long time fans and newcomers.

I probably have more thoughts, but that's already a lot for a Tumblr post. Feel free to engage my Asks or replies if you have questions or would like opinions on anything specific.

[unhealthy-reading-habits]

I need to just write this down so the thoughts stop living in my headspace.

Spoiler Warning: I’m not taking about that spoiler but I’ll be speculating about Good Omens Season 2 content from the authorised Promo material, so if you don’t want to know anything about GO Season 2 until the release date, please stop reading.

So yesterday, Prime dropped another teaser video at the coffee shop, and I’m speculating that this is when Aziraphale calls Crowley to tell him about Gabriel.

Crowley is clearly on edge, but is surprised at “naked man” comment so he doesn’t know about Gabriel yet.

I think this is the expression of a jealous individual who has quite a few questions that he knows he cannot ask right now – if he knew it as Gabriel, then he would have just dismissed Nina's comment.

The only reason I can think he’s on edge is Aziraphale and Crowley had some sort of falling out. Based purely on the knowledge of Crowley living in his car, I’m thinking that Crowley tried moving their relationship forward after he lost his flat, i.e. trying to get Aziraphale to invite him to live with him, but Aziraphale has only just left abusive Heaven management so would still have some trauma he has to work through so while he is fine with Crowley being at the bookshop, he couldn’t take the step to let Crowley move in.

Crowley seems to be going through some sort of existential crisis during his talks with Shax, so he’s not enjoying his new found freedom as much as he thought he would. Why? I speculate because he thought without Heaven/Hell, Aziraphale would finally be free enough to express himself and maybe Crowley built up in his head what he expected Aziraphale to be like after (relaxed/open with his feelings), since Crowley is very accepting of his own.

However, healing from trauma isn’t immediate.

Aziraphale maybe is enjoying his new freedom, but he is still hesitant with Crowley, since how can you undo millennia of repression in just a few months/years?

I think this leads to a fall out early in episode 1 (or pre-episode 1), and they are not on the best speaking terms, hence when Aziraphale contacts Crowley, Crowley is in an emotional state, which I don’t think he ever is in season 1 when the two are meeting up for food. Eating together is their calming space, even when they were techy at a café in Season 1, Aziraphale still ate food and while annoyed, they weren’t this emotionally charged.

Aziraphale however is freaking out about Gabriel and Aziraphale is probably aware of the tension but at the same time his fear of what’s happening with Gabriel overcomes his annoyance at Crowley.

So these two meet up, argument not fully resolved, and Crowley has been having a rough time of it (no job, staying in his car, fragmented angel relationship). Aziraphale is obviously nervous right from the start as he wants to clam down, so ordered the Eccles cakes. Most likely the same cakes that Crowley brings to the bookshop later.

The one thing that Aziraphale does say that seems to change the mood is acknowledging that him and Crowley go back a long way. Pretty much every other interaction from season 1, Aziraphale has verbally put distance between them. Saying they aren’t friends, he doesn’t like Crowley, they don’t even know each other etc. But potentially for the first time in front of someone, Aziraphale admits to knowing Crowley and not just in passing, but as a long term acquittance (at least).

There seems to be a cut here in the video but Crowley demeanour improves following that one acknowledgment.

It seems that after the naked man comment from Nina, whatever Aziraphale’s plan of explaining the situation to Crowley is in disarray as he is properly panicking and realises it is easier to show Crowley what happened rather than try to explain the coffee shop. But I expect this makes Crowley a bit worried/upset as Aziraphale is choosing not to eat in the café, which is an obvious alarm bell and as his usual “acts of service”, he takes the plates with the cakes to the bookshop to make Aziraphale happy, or at least less stressed.

Then of course, Gabriel is revealed and they are both panicking. But at least they are panicking together.

I’m so goddamn excited.

[dotchi18]

Other Directions

This is what the other choices would have garnered for you, for each part:

Part 1-

Picking the Sword- Would have limited your knowledge of the world that you garnered, but you would have been able to take less breaks and would be much more competent against threats (You would have been able to kill the mermaid on your own, and probably would have something that set off your senses to the dish that Leader gave you. You also would have had an option to Threaten Leader back from what they were starting to do.)

Part 2-

Choosing not to say goodbye- Still would have had you meet with Sonny, only you would have ran into the second eldest, Gabriel, and the third eldest Rosen, which would have caused you to be threatened to say goodbye to him.

It probably would have put your relationship with him on the wrong foot as the family is upset you wouldn't say goodbye to them, especially their youngest who is over the moon for you.

Part 3-

This Choice was symbolic in a way, as you were choosing your relationship setting with Sonny.

A short-stemmed red rose would have portrayed that you were already harboring feelings for him, while the long-stemmed yellow one showed that you preferred how things were with him.

The Yellow Rose showed that you were a friend to humans/humanoids.

While the pure Red One would have showed that you were a mate to a specific type of monster, and no monster would have approached you.

The encounter with the mermaid would not have existed, as it would have been much more powerful than a friendship charm simply changed to a protection one.

Part 4-

The Candied Petals- Would have forced you to take a break from all the walking when you reached the forest treeline in Part 6.

It would have been much more filling than anything else in your bag, so you wouldn't have referenced your food being low when you were reaching the river, as you would have filled up on the petals.

Part 5-

Not Waving Back to the Rosen Family- Would have been a softlock into discomfort in a sense.

Family matters the most to Sonny, and your disregard to them, especially if it was paired with you trying to leave town without talking to anyone, would have caused the Rosens to feel you discarded them in hopes for a different life.

And while they would have been happy in the end if Sonny had got you, you would have gotten some very unhappy yandere inlaws you would have to win the trust of.

Part 6-

Sitting and Taking a Break- Would have unlocked an interaction of you interacting with some of the flora of the forest.

Specifically, Psilocybin Mushrooms, also known as magic Mushrooms.

You would have had the option to either eat them, boop the tops of their hats, or- with your books- check out what they were.

It would have let you recognize what Psy was.

Part 7-

Going Alone- You would have continued on your trek avoiding Leader and the Followers entirely.

You would have never met them.

But you still would have met Psy!

Just, only them.

They just would have been unable to speak to you, considering you wouldn't have had the option to ingest the dish that gets you to hear them.

The leatherbound journal you see with them later is their way to communicate with Customers whom had not eaten Magic Mushrooms.

Part 8-

Eating One of Your Sandwiches- Would have been another option that would have left you unable to hear Psy, only this this option would have had Leader and the Followers there.

This would have left open the option for you to either talk with him directly through his journal, or have Leader and the Followers translate Psy's 'Words' to you, as only they can hear them.

Part 9-

Simply asking about the Trinket- Would have cut off the ability to acquire anything from the Crates.

Psy let you have something from it because you would have showed an interest in it with your first choice.

If you show no interest, then obviously they are not going to waste your time by getting you to try and take something.

Sticking around with them- Would have unlocked a scene where you walked with Psy around the ring and to the river, and they would have asked you what your favorite color was and what kind of person you would be attracted to, blatantly displaying their interest.

Any answer you gave them would have been what you would see from them at your shared ending.

They want to be what you want them to be.

Part 10-

Any forfeit of Sonny's Rose would have led to Psy taking the rose and letting it rot in their hands.

There wasn't any need for something with the blood of an Alarune to protect what belonged to the Collective.

The Pixie's Parasol- Would have been a one time use camouflage that would have tricked whatever enemy came for you that you were one of their kind, and not to be harmed.

The Purple Pinwheel- Fragile things have to get out of any dangerous situation they're in, a twist of that and the pinwheel would have picked you up and deposited you closer to the village, avoiding any confrontations.

The Bitter Oyster- Similar to the Rose, it's a protection charm with it's entrancing green glow. It just would have branded you as Psy's, rather than a Rosen.

Part 11-

This one was a tie between multiple crates, the deciding factor of what you got, funnily enough, was me asking a family member what crate she would draw out of.

In the First Crate- Was the Invisibility Cloak that Briar had given to a friend of his, only for them to be killed by the Forest, having Psy acquire it.

It would have given Briar a much more defensive side to him when he met you, because it had been for his friend who perished, but ultimately it wouldn't have harmed your first interaction too much.

Briar stole it back while Psy was 'distracted' by you.

In the Second Crate- It would have given you an option to pick what kind of jewelry you wore, but ultimately it would have been a flashbang in a sense, stunning whichever enemy you encountered, either giving you a chance to get away or have time for others to help.

In the Third Crate- You would have acquired a bladed weapon so sharp the flesh of anything it touched would be cut.

Even the Nandi Bear's hide and bones would be pierced quite easily with it.

In the Fourth Crate- You would have acquired a weapon that would never miss.

Whether or not it would kill your opponent depended on whether or not you picked the Sword at the beginning, but you would have been able to at least incapacitate them even if you had no knowledge at all.

In the Fifth Crate- You would have acquired a small Spellbook considering how little space in your bag you did have, which would have had a few basic spells equipped in it for entry level magic users; So stuff like 'Ice Beam' or 'Tend Wounds', 'Speak with Animals'

Part 12-

Crossing the River- Would have had you skip the Mermaid encounter, but you would have encountered the Nandi Bear and discovered a real need for that Potion you had acquired.

Not kidding when you guys found yourself to be incredibly lucky throughout all of this when it comes to encounters with danger.

Part 13-

Not investigating the Sound- Would have still caused the mermaid to attack you, but they would not have given you hints about your flower as a little treat, and the wounds on your legs would have been much worse considering they would be pulling you back from running.

Part 14-

Either One of these options would have simply set the tone in how Briar would treat you.

Being thankful and attempting to Help- Briar would act in an even friendlier manner than he does, though he would think you were a bit naive to be in a place like this, and would have not given you the option to stay at the River.

Crying- Would have immediately set him to be protective of you.

There would have been no discussion to you staying at the River, he would have simply taken your hand, and after hanging the body would immediately would have left with you instead of letting you see the disposal of the corpse.

Being Gruff- Would have made him somewhat amused, but much cooler about you and how you handle yourself.

Your options would have been either for you to go and see the corpse being disposed, or simply start to walk away, instead of waiting for him or following him and avoiding the gore.

Part 15-

Going with him but not wanting to watch- Leads you to follow him and see the hanging, but any possible enemies you could have encountered would have been sheltered from you as Briar immediately moves to take you to the In Between, giving you a better feel of the atmosphere in the Daylight.

Waiting at the River- Would have skipped anymore gore or horror and he would have disappeared and come back to walk with you along the bank until you both reached the bridge at the In Between, which would have given you a first glimpse at The Glen with it's wide open spaces and distant enemies.

Part 16-

Any choice shows how good your affinity to Briar is.

He's interested in the way the world works, and while either way he would like you, your response still would show him how he should treat you.

Being Nervous- Makes him comfort you and think of ways to cheer you up, taking you on a detour to see the Kouken Berries and try a piece.

Becoming sick- Would have him conclude that this kind of thing was too much for you and make a decision to keep you away from such gory things in the future as he hurries you to town.

And Part 17 is the lead-up to the endings, which we'll be seeing in the future for sure!

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[baenyth]

Bethany's Bizarre Miraculous Reviews Episodes 3-25 and 3-26: Heart Hunter and Miracle Queen

So, this is it. Goodbye, Chloe.

You ever think about how weird it is that Miraculous season 3 still uses the season 2 opening despite all the new heroes and kwamis introduced? We got to see 6 more Miraculouses here out of the 12 of the Chinese Zodiac.

So that's where pizzaboy Luka came from! Seems to be a delivery boy more than anything.

Yes! Luka! And hopefully Lukanette!

pfffft Gabriel really busted out the "Our get along shirt"

Yes! Kagami and Adrien having friendly interactions with Marinette!

Andre needs to divorce his garbage heap of a wife. Does he know about the affair?

Yes! Kagami and Adrien spending happy time with eachother!

Yes! Silly Kagami and the three having mischevious antics!

Ooh, the ballpit pool as well! The three of them are so cute and fun together. Now all we need is Luka and we'll have the superior love square! One that's actually a square as well!

Kagami might have feelings for Marinette too?! Whoopee!

Marinette with her hair down is peak.

The Evil Egg that Eats Everyone

So the ice cream guy isn't really polyamorous, but just concerned about having too many flavors? I mean, peppermint and orange kinda sounds like toothpaste and orange juice, but searching it up there are people who think otherwise,

Marinette letting Adrien and Kagami be happy together. Yippee!

Master Fu's monologue really went back to normal halfway through, huh?

Steals your girlfriend

And there it is. Honestly it's less of a jape and more of a downward spiral. Chloe wants to help in deakumatizing her parents, Ladybug broke her own rules by bringing back Ryuko when Hawkmoth knows her identity as much as Queen Bee's, and paralysis being a better fit for this fight than Logias. Girl felt abandoned by her crush, and Hawkmoth only manipulated her in person because he couldn't do it with an akuma, as well as it giving her the special treatment she craved.

And the superior ships fall into place.

The bees actually stinging people wasn't in the budget?

Now that's what I call a hive mind!

Oooh, and the moth's back as well!

I'm glad the water voices aren't back. Oh yeah. A lot of stuff's coming back. This really is a season finale!

Love me a good boss rush!

Again with the baldness.

And yet, Ladybug tries to get Chloe back on her side. What an angel.

Pfft she's really putting on everything

And there's Chloe's villain meltdown. Ladybug didn't even tell her she couldn't be Queen Bee anymore. Chloe broke ties with Ladybug on her own.

Why and how are they in love again? One's a karen and the other's a pushover.

mmmm, crumbs of Julerose.

And so we get Lukanette and Adrigami. They should've stuck with these ships and abandoned the love square, but no. Not even for one measly episode.

It's been said a bajillion times before, but it's weird how Miraculous says a grown adult terrorist with too much beef with two 14-year-olds can be redeemed but a 14-year-old with blatant issues is irredeemable and the scum of the earth. Admittedly this wasn't as bad as expected. I know the first two episodes of season 4 are going to make this look like paradise. So much disrespect. I'm probably going to watch the two specials in this season, and move on to rereading that fic I decided I still love and take a long hiatus to review a different Franime series. One I've known for much longer, and feel much fonder about as well.

[edgyandoverzealous]

Why Gabriel From Supernatural being alive would've been sick as fuck and you can pry it from my burning corpse

I'd like to start by saying I 100% understand why they killed off Gabriel from supernatural because if that mother fucker lived and the Winchester's somehow made Gabriel's side theirs instead of his own (or at least had them overlap substantially), and they would've because the Winchesters have this weird charm/luck that keeps making these ultra powerful beings fight for them/on their side, half of the show wouldn't have happened because they had a mf archangel in their corner. But also do you ever think about if he did? Because I do, all the time, I have almost the entire show rewritten, where nobody I love dies and also I'm there because ya boy's delulu and escapism is his favorite past time.

Castiel about to devour all of purgatory? Not on Gabriel's watch are you insane? He'd show up with the "Okay seriously though, playtimes over little brother." Right Before Castiel started his ritual at his other undisclosed location because "Big Brothers know everything" and there's no way his baby brother can hide from him. Because it's Supernatural there would've been an epic fucking battle, and because older = stronger, the underdogs (more specifically the Winchesters) win, and big plans being foiled by unlikely forces in Supernatural lore and because this time Gabriel's fighting for the Winchester's he'd win and make a quip with his stupid shit eating grin that I love and carry Cas over his shoulder like a bag of fucking potatoes marching both their asses back to the Winchesters.

Knocking out Crowley and scaring off Raphael as he does so because holy shit that's one raging archangel and his blade is already being thrown between his eyes because Castiel explained everything during their fight and after what Raphael was doing he was ready to kill him. He also actively tried to kill his free will favorite baby brother and also Castiel is knocked the fuck out over their brothers shoulder and the Winchesters are here too? No. He wouldn't win. Best case he can't leave another epic battle and the three of them kill Raphael while Crowley barely gains enough consciousness to dip out therefore giving Cass no more reason to crack open purgatory. Though Crowley probably will or it could still be cracked open from Cas' unfinished ritual if you want to see Gabriel interact with Dick because I do I so do.

[soulofapatrick]

Call me your Baby Girl - Gabriel Luna x Reader (slight OC)

Summary: Bella posts a behind the scenes photo dump that has you and Gabriel admitting your feelings for one another

Words: 3.2k

Warnings: F!receiving oral; handjobs; teasing

Notes: Gabriel needs some stories too! I absolutely adore Pedro but just look at this man... he is fucking perfect and needs the same appreciation - also I needed a fc for the insta posts but can be ignored (each nine is one post) 

Y/N’s POV 

“I come bearing gifts,” Gabriel sits next to me as I pull myself up from my nap on the couch, the blanket still wrapped around me as I take the coffee from my co star, leaning my head on his shoulder as I try to wake up. He just shifts a bit so he can wrap his arm around my shoulder so I can lay comfier. We’re filming for The Last of Us and it’s very non stop, especially in the below freezing temperatures of Canada so I’ve found myself falling asleep a lot. Nobody seems to mind, Pedro and Gabriel just keep checking up on me as I don’t do too well in the cold, even wrapped up and with a blanket. 

“I love you,” I mumble to the Texan, pressing an innocent kiss to the first bit of skin I can find which is his neck, feeling him shiver beneath me, “If you’re cold, we can-“

“It’s okay, ‘m not cold.” He murmurs, pressing a kiss to the side of my head before pulling me closer. He pulls out his phone and begins surfing social media while I just people watch, sipping my coffee which is exactly how I like it. Crew and cameramen are buzzing around and preparing the set for the next few scenes we’ll be filming today, technically I can go back to the hotel if I want as I’m done for the day but I like the company and busyness of everything compared to just sitting in my hotel room, waiting for one of my team or fellow actors to come and get me for dinner. 

My coffee cup empties too quickly for my liking and Gabriel’s chuckling, warm and loving when I shake the empty cup and grumble before putting it on the floor by the sofa. His safe arms wrap around my waist and pull me back against his chest with a surprising shriek but I don’t pull away or struggle because I’ve had the biggest crush on Gabriel since I met him at the table reads. He’s just such a warm-hearted and open person that I couldn’t help falling for him and Pedro knows, of course he knows. Pedro very quickly learnt how to read me like a book which is both parts frustrating and nice as I don’t really have to tell him how I’m feeling but it means he can pick up on things like me becoming flustered around Gabriel. 

Pedro’s been trying to get me and Gabriel alone together a lot the last week calling it bonding time as we’re filming episode six and I play Gabriel’s character’s wife - Maria. It’s my first big role in a show and for it to be in a show like this? I have been shitting myself ever since I got the casting call telling me I got the job. I met Pedro and Bella first and oh I would die for sweet Bella. They quickly became a younger sibling figure to me and they can be found in my trailer a lot as they finds it a safe space and I really don’t mind the company. They're vert sweet and funny, always cracking jokes and making up nicknames for everyone. Their bond with Pedro’s bond is to die for and I just love watching them interact, the way he calls them his ‘Bellie’. Someone needs to give Pedro a baby girl of his own I swear, he is such a girl dad, adopting strays as he goes along but the bond he and Bella has? That’s for life, for sure.

“What’s going on up there?” Gabriel squeezes my sides a little to get my attention and I’m turning to face him, smiling softly as he tilts his head in curiosity. His hand captures mine and all I can focus on is the way his thumb rubs across my knuckles comfortingly when there’s a loud bang from whatever they’re filming now as I can’t not jump. I’ve always hated loud noises and the team quickly found that out when it took a few tries filming certain scenes as I would jump but the set crew never got angry at me, telling me it could all just be added to the blooper reels. I’ve never been on such a nice set with so many kind and thoughtful people before as most directors want to get the shooting done and I’ve met some who are very anal about it all.

“I like your curls.” I blurt out, raising a hand to twirl a strand around my finger, “Don’t ever get rid of them.” 

“Yes ma’am.” It’s my turn to shiver when he speaks in that deep southern twang. It always has me melting on the spot, especially when he says pet names like ‘baby girl’, it just rolls of his tongue like honey and I’m jelly at his feet. If he called me baby girl I’d do anything he said. Pedro found this out when Gabriel was talking to Neil and was told to say a line that included the pet name. I grabbed Pedro’s arm and he took one look at me before throwing his head back in a hearty laugh that had me smacking his arm and turning a shade of scarlet. The things Gabriel does to me without knowing it. 

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The knock at my trailer door scares me until Gabriel pokes his head in with a cheeky grin on his face as if he’s done something he shouldn’t have. Before he can speak my phone buzzes, pausing for a second or two before it starts buzzing again and doesn’t stop. Someone’s tagged me in something and the fans are going crazy and I don’t really want to touch my phone until the notifications slow down so I reach for Gabriel’s phone as he sits next to me. 

Bella’s posted a photo dump from the last two episodes and on the last slide is a picture of what I know is me and Gabriel asleep on one of the set’s sofas, his arm thrown around my waist and face buried in the back of my neck but our faces are cut off as if to protect our identities. It hasn’t worked out as well as Bella’s tagged us in the picture. I should be mad but I can’t be because Gabriel’s looking at me, umber eyes full of warmth and something else. They flick down to my lips and back up, tongue darting out to wet his bottom lip and I’m putting his phone down to cup his cheek in my hand. My thumb ghosts over his damp bottom lip and he drags a gasp from me when he draws it into his mouth, tongue cautiously brushing across the pad of it. 

I don’t think I breath until he’s holding my face in his hands, letting my thumb go so he can bring his face close to mine, lips hovering over mine. I close the gap, letting my eyes fall shut and just take in the softness and sweetness of his velvety lips moving against mine. No fireworks go off or anything cliche but I think I fall a little more with how gentle and caring his kisses are, his hands holding me as if I’ll disappear if he lets go. All I can focus on are his lips on mine and the fact he’s kissing me, why is he kiss me of all people? 

“Someone told me you like being called baby girl.” He whispers when we part, voice low and I can’t stop the moan leaving my throat, causing him to smirk proudly while I turn my head away in embarrassment. His thumb and forefinger grip my chin, making me look at him again, “You don’t ever stop making sounds like that for me baby girl.” 

He’s capturing me in another kiss, this one with more passion and want as he gently lays me back, fitting between my legs perfectly. It’s nice, the weight of his body settling over mine like it’s meant to be there. My heart flutters when his hand that’s not holding his full weight off of me trails featherlight down my sides until it slips under my shirt and massages the skin lovingly. It draws a whimper from me, his lips turning into a smile and breaking away from mine to trail scorching kisses down my neck, biting hard when he finds that soft spot just below my jawline, causing my breath to hitch. There’s nothing rushed about this, just exploring my body as if trying to memorise it and find all the parts that make me whine. 

I want his lips on mine again so, with a random burst of confidence I tangle a hand in his soft curls and draw him back up into a kiss. He comes willingly, a low sound leaving his own throat when I accident tug at his hair and I store that away for another time. He’s so hot and this is the beginning of what I’ve dreamed of but I don’t want to rush any of it, I’m pressing my hands to his chest and he understands, pulling back and hovering over me with concern on his soft features. 

“I don’t want to rush anything,” I cup his cheek, smiling as he leans into the touch, “I-I don’t know how you… I want this… I want us but slow.” 

“I can do slow baby girl,” He moves so we’re laying, facing each other instead. He reaches out and brushes a stray hair out of my eyes, “I would wait forever if you needed that baby girl.” 

Fuck.

*

It’s been a few weeks of Gabriel and I sneaking around now, not ready to tell our cast mates or the world about us yet but somethings different today. Waking to see him still asleep, face soft and peaceful with a gentle smile on his perfect cupid bow lips has my heart aching to tell the world he’s mine. This sight is mine and mine alone and I want to scream it from the rooftops. 

He’s letting out a small sound of surprise when he’s awoken by my lips on his and my hand caressing his cheek, his eyes fluttering open to reveal the deep umber colour, “Well, good morning to you baby girl.” He’s rolling on his back, pulling me on top of him and I sit up so I’m straddling him, wetting my lips at the sight of him below me and the feel of his firm hands on my hips. 

“Shower,” I’m blurting out and his brows crease before his just watches my hands run down his chest, nails dragging a little and it draws a gasp from him, “We have to be on set later so we should shower.” 

“We?” He asks, voice rough from sleep and eyes slipping over my body, only covered by one of his tee shirts and a pair of my underwear. He’s surging up, moving those strong arms to wrap around me instead when I nod, capturing me in a deep kiss that has my lips parting in surprise. It gives him the opportunity to swipe his tongue over mine, my heart fluttering and hands finding his hair. The sound he lets out is dirty and I’m nibbling at his bottom lip, a gasp ripped from me when he secures me against him and climbs out of bed, heading for the bathroom. The counter cold under my bare legs, Gabriel chuckling when I refuse to unwrap them from around his waist, grabbing the back of my neck and drawing me up into a dirty kiss, “I gotta turn the shower on if we plan on getting in.” 

Slowly, I unwind my legs, watching the way the muscles in his back ripple under his sun kissed skin as he turns away and leans into the shower to turn the water on and find a suitable temperature. Soon enough he’s back between my legs, freckles standing out on his cheeks and I just want to stare at them forever but his nimble fingers are fiddling with the hem of my shirt, umber eyes searching my face for any hesitation. It takes a deep breath from me before I’m raising my arms for him to rid me of my shirt and there’s a hitch in his breathing. I can’t look at him, wrapping my ams around my middle self-consciously but he’s pulling them away, rough pads of his fingers trailing over the bare skin. Daring a glance at him I almost cry as he’s admiring my body the way you would a world famous painting, lips slightly parted and chest rising and falling quickly, eyes full of …love. He glances up, meeting my shy gaze before he’s moving forwards, lips covering my nipple and drawing a soft sound from me as I arch into the pleasurable feeling. My hands fly to his shoulders when his hand moves to roll the erect bud of my other nipple between the pads of his fingers. 

“G-Gabriel.” I gasp out when he moves his lips a little higher, beginning to scatter hickeys up my chest and neck, in places only he’ll see as well place I’ll never be able to cover up. The knowledge he wants to show me off to the world like that heightens all pleasure he’s giving me, his lips brushing down my stomach and teeth grazing my hips now. His hands are guiding me off of the counter as he lowers to his knees, fingers dipping into the waistband of my underwear. I think I almost come then and there when he looks up at me, lip between his teeth, umber eyes almost black and blown out, silently asking for permission. I just tangle my hand in his luscious curls, tugging enough to elicit a moan from him and my underwear are on the floor before I can reach. 

I’m tensing instinctively when his warm breath ghosts over my wet and aching core, his fingers kneading the flesh of my thighs to get me to relax before he dives between my legs like a starved man. The moan he lets out sends shocks through my core and up my spine, blanking my mind and I’m having to grip the counter for stability. His tongue licks a broad stripe between my folds and I stifle my moan but he’s pulling back, voice husky, “I wanna hear you baby girl, moan for me.” Fuck. Two fingers are suddenly plunged into my aching core, causing my back to arch up and I think my eyes roll back into my head when Gabriel focuses his attention on my clit, swirling his tongue over it before sucking, hard. My hand tugs at his hair as my thighs begin to tremble at the building climax, hips trying to move away but his hands press my hips against the counter, holding me in place as he hums against my sensitive clit. My walls begin fluttering around his deft fingers, a moan escaping me so dirty I’m blushing and my thighs are clamping around his head as I ride the waves of pleasure. His mouth and fingers not stopping until my hips are struggling to shimmy away from oversensitivity. 

“Fuck me darlin’ I could stay between your legs forever.” His voice is so wrecked I’m feeling all hot and bothered again, especially with the way he scatters sweet kisses back up my body until he’s crowding me against the counter and drawing me into a dirty kiss, my hands flying to this firm and defined chest. I run my nails lightly down his abs like before, watching the skin raise and red lines follow in their wake. His head falls to my shoulder when I push his boxers low enough for him to kick off and stroke the thick length once. I’m not ready for the blow job stage so I lick my hand before wrapping it around his length, watching the way the angry and red head is leaking precum that I smear with my thumb. His nails dig into my hips as his lips press panted and open mouthed kisses as I begin to jerk him off, listening to the sounds he makes it gauge how to move my hand. His hips bucking up with every down movement of my hand until his thighs are flexing over and over again, my name drawn from his lips in a moan and he’s spurting thick ropes over my stomach and chest. 

“Shower time I think,” I mumble and he huffs a laugh, nodding against my shoulder as he catches his breath. He doesn’t let me go as he guides me into the shower both of us happy and sated. 

*

Gabriel’s settled above me, lips moving lazily against mine and hands kneading any flesh he can get them on. We’re due back on set any time soon but neither of us could wait until later, very much understanding what the honeymoon phase means now. My makeup artist wasn’t very happy with the hickeys she had to spend extra time hiding but she didn’t question me about who gave them to me unlike Coco. Coco is Pedro’s hair stylist who is currently in charge of doing my hair as well as my hair stylist - Ollie - is sick. Coco grills me, trying to make me crack on who has been giving me these hickeys but I just spent the time glaring at her in the mirror until she gave up with the warning that she will find out. 

“Wish I could mark your pretty skin sweet girl,” Gabriel groans, fingers scratching lightly down my stomach to my hips and I want it too. I love the feeling of his lips all over my skin, scorching it and marking it as his. He pops the button on my jeans, fingers dipping and rubbing over my clothed heat, a smirk on his lips when they press against my chest, “Look at you, already so wet for me.” 

“G-Gabriel!” I whine, arching my back off the bed and rocking my hips down to get some kind of friction as he teases me, fingers just missing my clothed clit with every rub over my folds. 

“Hey Y/N- OH MY GOD!” Gabriel’s quickly moving, placing his body between me and whoever opened the door. I’m peaking over his shoulder to see Pedro standing there with mouth dropped open in shock before he seems to regain his composure, “Was gonna ask if you wanted to join me and Bella for lunch but seems you’re busy. Happy you two finally dealt with the sexual tensions.” The trailer door shuts and I can’t stop the laughter bubbling up, Gabriel quickly joining me until we’re laughing so hard our chests ache. 

“Guess it’s no longer a secret.” 

“Shall we declare it to the world?” 

“Sneaky post slipped into photo dumps?” 

“Sneaky post.”

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How I Would Reorganize The Agreste Plotline If Miraculous Ladybug Were For An Older Audience

NOTE: Contains Season 5 Spoilers, Leak References, and Discussion of Mature Topics

I say reorganize instead of rewrite since I’m working with canon and embellish only on a few plot points that haven’t fully been touched upon yet. If you want to see how I reorganize the agreste plot for the show as is check out this post.

Season 1

Show in universe that everyone is aware of Emilie’s disappearance. In Origins, passing news blurb that it has been X amount of days and there are no leads into the Agreste case. This in turn, affects how his peers at school treat him, with some fawning over him like we see in the show, and the more sensitive ones reluctant to approach him due to his situation.

Ladybug is Adrien’s first ever crush. Show instead of implying on twitter that he takes romance hints from anime.

Plagg is aware of Adrien’s situation with wanting more independence and about mom’s disappearance. While he displays a lazy, go lucky attitude, he worries over Adrien. He encourages him to find himself as Chat Noir.

Show that even before Gabriel starts using the butterfly miraculous to get his wife back, he has unhealthy coping mechanisms. In the first few weeks after Emilie falls into a coma, he turns to drinking. Nathalie frequently joins him on his binges since she harbors guilt about Emilie’s illness. One night, they both get drunk and share a heated kiss.

Due to the kiss, and the stress of losing Emilie, there is a heavy tension between them. One day Nathalie snaps.

“What else could we have done? Emilie is gone! There’s no way we can bring her back! And if there was a possibly that we could, she’d hate us for it! Especially if she found out---I’m sorry I should have never brought that up. I’ll be on my way sir.”

Show that both Nathalie and The Gorilla care about Adrien despite their cold exteriors. With the next couple of seasons, he begins to open up to them, and they in turn.

Have Hawkmoth’s reveal that he is Gabriel take place at end of season 1 instead of beginning of season 2 in ML proper 

Flashback 1: It is 2014 and Adrien is six years old. He asks his mother why he can’t go out and play with other kids and go to school like his cousin Felix and Chloe. Emile smiles, cradles his face, and tells him that he can’t because he is a very special boy.

Season 2

Introduce Kagami and Adrien’s crush on her. Tease Ms. Tusguri and Gabriel Agreste’s connection earlier than presented in ML Proper with a business call.

The in universe news about Emilie’s disappearance dies down due to a lack of leads.

Show how Adrien is still naive when it comes to interacting with the world, and why he may not pick up on the fact that Marinette has a crush on him due to the fact that everyone fawns over him.

Show one of Master Fu’s tutoring sessions with Adrien post Syren. Master Fu plants a seed of doubt in Adrien’s head that all is well with his family.

Highlight early on that while Gabriel does love his son, he loves the idea of Adrien the perfect, obedient child more than Adrien the trying adolescent. Make it clear that Adrien is Emilie’s child and that Gabriel found it difficult to connect to Adrien even before Emilie’s disappearance.

Start of Gabriel’s slippery slope into madness due to the constant losses.

Nathalie’s infatuation with Gabriel is teased early on in season 2, then confirmed with the events of Style Queen. She becomes more bold with her feelings. At the end of season 2, they almost kiss but Gabriel hesitates.

The events of Heroes Day play out like in ML proper . However, have Gabriel explicitly mention that it was the peacock miraculous that made Emilie ill. 

Flashback 2: Takes place post Emilie’s “disappearance” but prior to season 1. Amelie and Felix visit. Amelie asks Gabriel for the Graham de Vanilly ring. Adrien and Felix interact. Felix has a mean streak. He asks how Adrien can deal “with such insufferable people.”

Season 3

Adrien and Kagami get together earlier. As a result their break up plays out a season earlier.

Nathalie takes up her role as Mayura. Her health worsens. Gabriel worries, and their relationship deepens to the point where they begin an affair. Gabriel is shown to feel guilty at first, but as he becomes more hellbent on being Hawkmoth, that guilt subsides.

Introduce sentimonsters like in ML proper. Place a hint that Adrien could be one.

Adrien mentions to Plagg that his mother used to have dizzy spells/ coughing fits like Nathalie. Plagg asks what disease she had. Adrien doesn’t know. He then asks Gabriel what type of illness Emilie had. Gabriel tells Adrien to mind his own business.

People drop hints that Marinette likes Adrien. Show that Adrien is in denial of his own feelings for her because of his feelings for Ladybug.

Show how Adrien gets stressed because of his modeling job. He is exposed to the underbelly of the fashion industry where his modeling peers have eating disorders, have drug/alcohol addictions, or are sexually preyed upon or exploited by their managers. Adrien wants out. He pleads with his father to stop modeling but is denied.

Introduce Felix like in ML proper. Show that Felix is knowledgeable about the miraculouses. Have him eye Gabriel’s brooch before leaving.

Have Chat Blanc and Ephemeral take place in this season. Keep plot and outcomes the same.

Gabriel starts to act more like Hawkmoth in real life and less like himself.

Flashback 3: Takes place when Gabriel, Emilie, and Nathalie are twenty years old. In the summer of 2000, they travel the world, in search of adventures and the miraculouses. The three of them have a close but complicated relationship due to the fact that Gabriel and Emilie are dating, Nathalie has feelings for him, and that she is friends with them both. This tension accumulates one night where they engage in a menage a tois. It is an event they vow to never speak of again. At the end of the summer, they have not found any miraculouses. Gabriel reaffirms his feelings for Emilie and rejects Nathalie completely.

Season 4

Love Square reversal. Adrien falls for Marinette. Slowly, they become closer and start dating. Gabriel finds out about Adrien’s feelings for Marinette. He forbids them to date, but they defy him. Gabriel tries to push Kagami onto Adrien.

Keep Felix’s discovery of Emlie’s body in Gabriel Agreste and trade with Gabriel at end of season 4 the same as ML proper.

Have Gabriel’s moral horizon event take place here along with Evolution in ML season 5 proper.

Nathalie and Gabriel’s relationship begins to crumble as he dives headfirst into madness and when she begins to question his decisions. The breaking point is when he does not leave the USB drive in the past like in ML Evolution. Nathalie declares that she will no longer help him, and states that she did everything for him because she loved him.

Adrien starts to look into his mother’s disappearance with Plagg and Ladybug’s encouragement. He discovers that his mother knew about the miraculouses.

The hints that Adrien could be a sentimonster intensify.

At the end of the season the alias rings are introduced.

Gabriel allows Adrien to stop modeling.

Flashback 4: Flashback of Gabriel and Emilie falling in love. Amelie and Colton’s rocky marriage. Same as the leaks. In 2006, Nathalie and Gabriel meet again. He says that he wants to try to find the miraculouses again, in particular the peacock miraculous. When Nathalie asks why, Gabriel answers “because it can create life”.

Season 5 

The cataclysm happens. Gabriel’s subsequent illness is explicitly shown. He loses weight due a loss of appetite and vomiting. His skin becomes pale and gangrened sores on his arm weeps black pus. By the end of the season, he has to rely on IV fluids to keep him alive.

Nathalie actively goes against Gabriel and helps Adrien in any way she can.

Felix is Argos. Events of Emotion take place. It is made clear that he is a sentimonster. It is only hinted that Kagami is one too. In addition, he leads Adrien to Emilie’s body.

Adrien find out his father is Hawkmoth,that his mother is dead, then the final truth that he himself is not human. He wrestles with the guilt of catacylsming his father. However, he does not fall into despair as predicted in Chat Blanc and Ephemeral.

Adrien makes his stand against Gabriel. Gabriel is forced to confront the fact that Adrien is no longer his perfect child.

The final battle and the reveal happens. During the final battle, Adrien pleads with his father to see reason. Gabriel is too far gone and tries to kill Adrien. Gabriel uses the miraculouses to make his wish. As mentioned in the leaks, Nathalie is sacrificed. Gabriel is shocked. This forces him to come to terms that due to his selfishness, he has lost the two most important women in his life. He makes one final wish: to sacrifice himself to bring back balance. He dies. Emilie is still dead, but Nathalie lives.

Adrien obtains his amok. Completely orphaned, he faces an uncertain future.

Flashback 5: It is 2007, Emilie has gone through three years of fertility treatments that have brought nothing but disappointment. Clinging onto her last hope, she, Gabriel, and Nathalie travel to Tibet to find the miraculouses one last time. They find the peacock and butterfly miraculous and find out that in order to create a fully functional human sentimonster, a piece of the wearer’s DNA must be bound to the amok. Emilie allows Amelie to test out the peacock miraculous first with Colt. Their son, Felix, is born healthy. Emilie binds a piece of her hair to a photograph of herself as a baby for the amok, and creates the sentibryo that will become Adrien. She magically implants it in herself to carry out a natural pregnancy. However not long after, she begins to miscarry. Desperate, she dons the peacock miraculous. The power she uses saves the pregnancy, but causes the miraculous to become damaged. Adrien is born in 2008. As the years pass, Emilie grows ill and falls into a coma.

[quillyfied]

Things I’m noticing on this rewatch, which I’m hoping to take slow and ponder on but we will see how it goes, PART FOUR (obviously major Good Omens season 2 spoilers throughout, specifically for S2E4)

- Lesi?

- Shax really does have creepy down pat.

- Aziraphale not sensing her, though. They really do play Calvinball with the rules of that, it seems.

- “You don’t seem his type at all” mirroring “I am so not your type” between Nina and Maggie last episode ;A; “you have no idea,” Maggie said. Aziraphale thinks. I weep.

- Sometime in the last 18, 19 years…would that have put them square in the “raising the Antichrist” years? Hang on. 4 years past the failed apocalypse…makes it 14…they were working on it for 11 years…no, that would put them before that, wouldn’t it? Wtf is that timing, Shax?

- “This Angel Gabriel, who I’ve never heard of” = “who’s Morales?”

- Shax really is the kind of infernally clever that’s perfect for tripping Aziraphale up when he’s already flustered and panicked. Love to see them interact.

- Opening theme detail today: one of the headstones reads Jane Austen. Wonder if the headstones change every episode too?

- “Here lies the former shell of Beelzebub” reads another, and “here lies Adam” with some text I can’t make out. Went back to the beginning of the graveyard bit now and “Peter Paintball”, and of course, “Every day.” If anyone gets good eyes on the Adam headstone, y’all gotta let me know.

- This episode’s theater feature: Nazi Zombie Flesheaters, with a still of the Nazis from s1 still alive. Nice.

- Seems odd to call the episode “The Hitchhiker” when it seems the literal hitchhiking is done by the time the opening credits roll. Time to refresh myself on why this episode might be called that.

- Did they reuse footage? Or reenact it?

- Yknow…none of the demons are wearing obvious animals this season. I think only Beelzebub, Hastur, and Ligur might have done it tbh.

- I love the details of Hell tbh. The fire cooler. The sheer number of Nazis. The way Shax moves so mechanically but so cool and collected.

- Does Shax actually have any higher demon ears? Or is she baiting Furfur? Hard to tell for her.

- Yknow the teeth aren’t helping in figuring out if Shax has an animal aspect.

- The besotted Aziraphale bit here. I cannot BELIEVE this all happens immediately post church bomb.

- Okay but the Nazis not disputing the fact that they belong in hell, just that they’re dead based on trickery. Nice.

- The tongue bit. Yuck.

- OKAY. Crowley has present day hair color for this adventure. That feels significant. Is this minisode a flashback?

- Okay the signage of Hell. Always a favorite. But the “heaven looks down on you” sign. Hmm. Bit odd.

- Ah. Because I couldn’t see the bottom half of it. “Because you’re…” something. Move it, Furfur XD

- Pathetic. “Heaven looks down on you because you’re pathetic.” …hmm. Still an interesting take, tbh.

- Happy to be in the probable minority that likes the zombies bit XD which is interesting bc I normally hate zombie fiction. They do it the way I like, though. They’re conscious and sentient in their zombieness.

- Also the brain repeating on him XD what a gloriously stupid and delightful detail

- And okay yeah the dead rising from the grave thing from Jimbriel’s prophecy and the Nazi zombies here feels like a big ole clue for s3. I’m Mormon so my upbringing around the Second Coming is probably weirder than other Christians but a big part of it for us is the emphasis on the resurrection of the dead, ALL the dead. Putting a properly macabre spin on it feels like a very Good Omens thing to do tbh.

- There’s the dirty donkey again! It DIDNT move, Crowley LITERALLY planned his heist ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BOOKSHOP. I WORK IN SOHO I HEAR THINGS INDEED.

- David Tennant what is that voice XD

- Lots of emphasis on sleight of hand this…entire show :P it does make one suspicious of The Final Fifteen Minutes. But also I don’t want to rob them of their power? Because damn. DAMN.

- (The lip reading. It. I. I will wait for the end but GUH)

- He’s so pleased with himself for getting it right XD

- They are SO. IN. LOVE. KILL ME.

- Natural dexterity. Like the magic words, I’m waiting for that one to come true.

- The way Pat tries to have some integrity XD

- THE WAY AZIRAPHALE CASUALLY DROPS THAT HE HAS BOTH A FIREARMS LICENSE AND A DERRINGER. AZIRAPHALE ZIRAPHALE FELL, ARE YOU POSITIVE CROWLEY IS THE JAMES BOND ENTHUSIAST?

- More importantly, does he still have that???

- …does that mean Aziraphale’s fired a gun when Crowley hasn’t? What does this mean for the paintball gun bit? Does your derringer lend weight to a moral argument, Aziraphale??

- Hang on have to squeal for the way Aziraphale just grabs Crowley’s hand in both of his. So excited. So cute.

- HA, the wrong ring XD

- Sad to see Pat get eaten. But the framing of it is really cool actually.

- Fell the Marvelous. That poster. How in the heck.

- Aziraphale having stage fright tho.

- Jiggery pokery indeed XD

- EXPERIENCE USING FIREARMS. AZIRAPHALE THESE ARE SOLDIERS.

- Omg the miracle blocker is a punch card. The worldbuilding implications.

- I wonder at how hell would have taken Aziraphale handing Crowley a rifle tbh.

- “Aim for my mouth, shoot past my ear” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

- the way they’re both shaking and nervous. The camera itself shaking. CROWLEY shaking

- The feather boa. I WEEP. He’s so happy.

- I know the implication is that Crowley, like Jim, is missing his memories, but. Also. The idea that maybe Crowley is just terrible at remembering people who aren’t Aziraphale. Poor Furfur.

- The sleight of hand is very subtle. Which is the point. But also. Idk man people have said it better and apparently written 16k essays about it, I’m just proud of him for pulling it off.

- Okay but. But they’re zombies. Neil they’re zombies. Aziraphale and Crowley just let three Nazi zombies wander off Neil. NEIL. WHAT IS THE PLAN WITH THEM??

- Dagon is in top form this season tbh

- I CANNOT BELIEVE. THAT THE ONE NAZI REALLY CAN READ LIPS. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. Peak comedy always.

- I got it right the time that mattered ;A;

- I knew you would come through for me. You always do.

- You said trust me.

- And you did.

- MURDER ME.

- ITS CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE AGAIN ARE YOU KIDDING ME I AM ALREADY TRYING SO HARD NOT TO QUOTE THIS SCENE WORD FOR HECKING WORD

- “If you were truly as evil as you like to paint yourself” the levels of deep seated misunderstanding and flawed foundational concepts I’m CRY

- Though it’s AZIRAPHALE who brings up shades of grey. A glimmer of hope.

- Can someone who knows accents tell me what is going on with Shax’s

- Beelzebub’s thanks and “good work” as a discordant note, but also their command for Shax to take an army to attack the bookshop knowing full well she isn’t going to get that kind of support…wut.

- THE BENTLEY FOLLOWING AZIRAPHALE AFTER HE PATS IT. CROWLEY FEELS WHAT IT FEELS.

- Peter Anderson’s screen effects are my favorite thing.

- Hate to see the way Nina is so broken down by Lindsey tbh.

- Yeeeah…Crowley seems to be purposely living in his car tbh. Retreating directly to it. I can’t tell if Aziraphale never thought to offer cohabitation or if Crowley turned him down but my money is on they’ve never discussed it despite both of them thinking about it very loudly.

- A night to remember! Never bodes well.

Okay. That’s it for tonight. An episode that seems out of place but has many good tasty morsels and I think more than a smidge of s3 foreshadowing. Why is the episode called The Hitchhiker? Maybe for Furfur trying to climb the greasy pole of bureaucracy? For the Nazis hanging onto life? Literally just for the one part at the beginning that sets the whole climax into motion? Who knows???