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That's Where You'll Find Me
Chapter 9: Reason to Hope
Fandom: Teen Wolf / The Wizard of Oz AU
Characters: Stiles + Lydia, Prada
After an hour or so the light faded away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness. - L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Stiles wakes. Only two hours have passed, but something feels different. Not wrong but not quite right either. Lydia is still sleeping, but she’s restless.
He swipes a few strands of hair away from her face. “It’s okay. You’re safe,” he whispers.
His voice and touch seem to put her at ease, so he figures the best thing to do is not to wake her, just keep her close and reassure her as often as she needs it.
He carefully slides one arm beneath her and rolls onto his back. With minimal encouragement, Lydia moves with him, nuzzling up to his shoulder and grabbing a fistful of his tee shirt. He shudders, half troubled by the tension in her body, half melting over the way she clings to him.
Two years ago, if anyone would’ve told him it would be like this between them, he’d have been stunned. Happy, but stunned. He never could have predicted they would affect each other on so many levels. Never could have presumed that Lydia would have trembled the way she did when she swore she didn’t want space from him. Never could have hoped he would have the courage to say it back.
Now, he can’t imagine it any other way, can’t imagine them being anything other than completely raw and honest with each other.
If she were awake, he would tell her that, as long as she wants, he’s never letting go.
He stretches out his other arm, intending to draw her closer when his elbow bumps something solid. The hard cover of a book.
It gives him an idea.
Read more: ao3
It's here @folglore13, @kylermalloy (anyone else? drop a comment if you'd like me to add you to the list)
#stydia#stiles and lydia#stiles#lydia martin#prada martin#teen wolf#the wizard of oz au#That's Where You'll Find Me#chapter 9#Reason to Hope#lydia martin pov#stiles pov#post 5x16#relationship building#parallels#being there for each other#opening up#emotional h/c#trauma#slow burn#stydia fic#stydia au#stydia fanfic#my writing#teen wolf au#teen wolf fic#remember I love queue
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The other day, a dear friend paid me a wonderful compliment. And it’s really how I strive to be in the world, as a person, so it made me a bit emotional. The thing is, I’m not a person who runs when things get hard. I don’t run. It’s not in my nature. Good, bad—in between, I’m there. I am really not someone who wavers or hesitates, especially if my heart is involved (spoiler alert: I am all heart, oops). I go into most situations with a firm understanding of what the difficulties might be. I'm a Libra. I know how to assess and be mindful. I may be blundering in, but I’m not blundering in unseeing.
Yesterday, I came across what was meant to be an inspirational meme about how love is great and all, but having someone love you when you’re difficult or a burden or a mess or inconvenient is really what counts. And yes, but I would also argue that if love isn’t all those things, it’s not love. And I hated the bit about the burden, because no one I have ever cared about has ever been a burden to me. Caring for my dying mother was sure unfun (a little over a decade ago), and I really don’t wish that entire experience on anyone. But was she a burden to me? No.
Making meals for a friend going through surgery was not a burden to me. Sitting with another friend when they were having a bad time—just chilling out on the couch together was not a burden. I could go on and on, but the point is this: being there for those you care about is never a burden. And if someone makes you feel as if it is—as if you’re wrong for being messy or having a hard time—than they do not deserve you.
For me, and I’ve said this before, being there for folks is part of what I love about life and relationships. God knows, I can be a messy human who feels too much and talks a lot (when I feel comfortable). But being close to someone is an honor. I love it. Truly. Makes my heart sing. Even on the bad days. Will I try to make you laugh? Sure. Will I sit with you and hug you if you need to cry? Yes. I will definitely try to feed you (Italian American), and probably learn how to make your favorite things. Because that’s love, to me. Here I made this for.
The thing about life is that is never rainbows and kittens and sunshine all of the time. Leaning on each other during the tough times is what gets us through it all. And I don’t understand anyone who thinks that care is conditional. Care and love are not. And if someone has told you that it is, they can go pound sand.
I am the softest person on earth in a lot of ways. But there is strength in that softness, trust me. And I will absolutely use that on behalf of those I care about, no hesitation. Because that's the whole damn point of why we're here.
#care#love#affection#being there for each other#we all have bad days and hard times#it does not make you a burden#fuck that
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Hi.
You’re TK.
I’m Carlos.
Marry me.
It’s not drama.
It’s love.
The kind that you can’t get away from.
The love that I feel is infinitely more powerful than the power of losing it.
I’m not going anywhere.
I’m right here.
And we’re soulmates.
#these boys will be the death of me#im not crying#just my eyes sweating#nothing to see here#send help#preferably the 126#and maybe that cop with cow eyes#hi youre tk im carlos#we're soulmates#marry me#so this is love#tarlos#tk strand#carlos reyes#911 lone star#911 ls#hugs#kisses#being there for each other#not going anywhere#husbands
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maybe this has been said already but i dislike how people often discard everything complicated teens ever do. 'Haha teens. Just the worst. Can't wait til they grow up"
but one. growing up is so fucking hard. i mean. you're slowly losing something, that being your childhood. and such a loss, often coming in the form of leaving familiar places, people, activities behind (a school, friends, hobbies...) has to be mourned (sth our society is so chronically bad at). also. you need to find out who you are as that new person you are slowly becoming. even in the best circumstances inventing yourself anew is not a small feat.
and two. an overly 'complicated' teen. someone who doesn't want to talk to their parents anymore. or who becomes really (passive) aggressive all the time. or who stays all day in their room, doesn't seem to care about anything or anyone anymore. these teens - people who are at a very fragile stage in their lives - are often kinda a litmus test that something around them is really fucked up. could be family, school, the area where they live, our society as a whole... nobody gets like that out of nowhere. so it would be nice to frame it more like 'that teen did/said some messed up things. their circumstances might really suck rn' (and then maybe even. like. trying to be kind to them regardless)
(not to mention that the behaviours i described could also be signs of mental illness. hate how easily we dismiss them in teens)
#teenhood#teens#being a teenager#growing up#being complicated#we live in a society#coming of age#being kind#showing kindness#being human#the human condition#mental illness mention#being there for each other#having respect#parenting
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more thoughts on aven and topaz and why i don't really interpret them as having the close relationship that i see a lot of in the fandom + his general feelings about her. talking about the checking out quest a little in the beginning.
screenshots from my own transcript but they're still word for word. aven is more than aware that the tb is never going to accept a job offer from the ipc and treats this entire exchange as the joke that is, and an excuse to get under topaz' skin a little. just for fun. interesting then, how topaz immediately starts to get very personal during this little debate — while simultaneously displaying how well she actually knows aven, which is honestly not at all. i wouldn't blame this on a lack of understanding on her part, but on the way aven keeps everyone at arms distance, a distinct lack of trust in her from aven, and radically different outlooks on their work and life.
both of the dialogue excerpts kind of highlight that but i want to focus on the second one here because it immediately reminded me of a personal headcanon when i was playing the quest through.
so. i'd already made the assumption that aven didn't have many staff working under him — both because of his treatment within the ipc / the varying reactions to who he is and his history with the previous aventurine which is pretty much public knowledge, his preference for working solo, and his habits of putting himself in harms way and taking very unreasonable risks. he'd assume that topaz sees these " work habits " she mentions as the main reason that people don't work to him but he also knows that she isn't foolish enough to think that's the only reason anyway. which is why he then immediately reminds her that diamond doesn't particularly care WHAT he does so long as he secures the bag at the end of the day.
it's for things like this, and her general hostility towards him ( which does seem to vary, but her voice line about him is very harsh as opposed to what she tells us about him when she knows he's around / how she acts to his face ) and with the sheer amount of manipulation she's under, the things she genuinely believes about the ipc and her job there, he does personally think that it's impossible for her not to have absorbed at least some of the ipc's common opinions on him, the avgin + avgin extinction event / ipc's involvement on sigonia, and the egyhazo - aventurine case, and allowed them to colour her impression of him before really getting to know him.
however as i mentioned in those disc screenshots, aven is obviously aware of the predatory nature of the ipc. he's been working there for almost a decade now, he was a teenager when he first wound up there, and he understands what happened on topaz' planet very well. he understands that she's naive. he understands that she has been essentially groomed, as well as the fact that she's very dedicated to her work. but he also understands that she's a kind hearted person, and that she does try to do what she thinks is the right thing in most situations. it would be ridiculous for me to say that he doesn't sympathise with topaz, even if he does find her a little obnoxious and annoying to be around.
so while he doesn't necessarily feel enough responsibility towards her to put up with her apparent dislike for him, he does subtly keep an eye out for her. when she first became a stoneheart he figured that she should be able to understand his situation better than anyone and that it would make sense for them both to have each others backs as much as possible. but from what he's observed and how they interact with each other, he just cannot convince himself that it would be safe to trust her. he knows he'd have to be careful with his words around her, and that at least currently, she wouldn't ever choose him over the job. still, he has a feeling that if she were ever to open her eyes to what she is complicit in, she'd despise the truth and herself as much as he does, if not more for being so easily strung along by the likes of jade.
so are they friends? no. but if topaz ever genuinely needed help he would be there. he would understand.
#i'm not proof reading this before i disappear so i hope it makes sense#also not intending to step on anyone's toes here !!!#i'd love to plot things with topaz because they're so interesting to me and i'd really like to explore them actually#being there for each other#but this is drawn from my own interpretation of her + how she interacts with aven#🫶🏻#❝ 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮 ♤*´. ── headcanon.
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hey can we like. can we go back to celebrating things when they actually happen instead of 4 months in advance. i've been seeing halloween shit for a month and a half. halloween hasn't even HAPPENED yet and now im seeing christmas stuff. they got the back to school stuff out the second week of july
im just. im so sick of getting holidays and events shoved down my throat for months and then there's not even any time to enjoy it bc the next fuckin thing is being shoved down your throat. can we just go back to actually celebrating holidays when they happen. pls
#i'm so tired#i'm pretty sure this bothers only me#but like i really don't need or want fall being sold to me all fucking summe r#bc now fall is here and i'm getting winter shoved down my throat#like can we fucking stop#please#calm the fuck down#also this ain't about people getting excited about holidays#this is about corporations ruining everything by making EVERYTHING about profit#i was the biggest fuckimg christmas bitch as a kid#i would never shut up about it#i was the christmas in july kid#and now i fucking hate christmas#bc it's about Prove Your Love By Buying Gifts#i don't let people get me gifts anymore#bc all it does is stress me out#christmas is about love and celebration and family and community#being there for each other#celebrating all your wins of the year#stop making me feel like an asshole bc i can't afford 3k in gifts#that people probably won't use after 6 months anyways#like i just#i can't with the corporate take over of the seasons#i'm begging you please let us go back to just enjoying things#the world is a fuckimg mess#i'm fucking tired#ignore this#persoanl rambles#stick is ranting again#not stargate
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https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/theyre-not-human-how-19th-century-inuit-coped-with-a-real-life-invasion-of-the-walking-dead
Indigenous groups across the Americas had all encountered Europeans differently. But where other coastal groups such as the Haida or the Mi’kmaq had met white men who were well-fed and well-dressed, the Inuit frequently encountered their future colonizers as small parties on the edge of death.
“I’m sure it terrified people,” said Eber, 91, speaking to the National Post by phone from her Toronto home.
And it’s why, as many as six generations after the events of the Franklin Expedition, Eber was meeting Inuit still raised on stories of the two giant ships that came to the Arctic and discharged columns of death onto the ice.
Inuit nomads had come across streams of men that “didn’t seem to be right.” Maddened by scurvy, botulism or desperation, they were raving in a language the Inuit couldn’t understand. In one case, hunters came across two Franklin Expedition survivors who had been sleeping for days in the hollowed-out corpses of seals.
“They were unrecognizable they were so dirty,” Lena Kingmiatook, a resident of Taloyoak, told Eber.
Mark Tootiak, a stepson of Nicholas Qayutinuaq, related a story to Eber of a group of Inuit who had an early encounter with a small and “hairy” group of Franklin Expedition men evacuating south.
“Later … these Inuit heard that people had seen more white people, a lot more white people, dying,” he said. “They were seen carrying human meat.”
Even Eber’s translator, the late Tommy Anguttitauruq, recounted a goose hunting trip in which he had stumbled upon a Franklin Expedition skeleton still carrying a clay pipe.
By 1850, coves and beaches around King William Island were littered with the disturbing remnants of their advance: Scraps of clothing and camps still littered with their dead occupants. Decades later, researchers would confirm the Inuit accounts of cannibalism when they found bleached human bones with their flesh hacked clean.
“I’ve never in all my life seen any kind of spirit — I’ve heard the sounds they make, but I’ve never seen them with my own eyes,” said the old man who had gone out to investigate the Franklin survivors who had straggled into his camp that day on King William Island.
The figures’ skin was cold but it was not “cold as a fish,” concluded the man. Therefore, he reasoned, they were probably alive.
“They were beings but not Inuit,” he said, according to the account by shaman Nicholas Qayutinuaq.
The figures were too weak to be dangerous, so Inuit women tried to comfort the strangers by inviting them into their igloo.
But close contact only increased their alienness: The men were timid, untalkative and — despite their obvious starvation — they refused to eat.
The men spit out pieces of cooked seal offered to them. They rejected offers of soup. They grabbed jealous hold of their belongings when the Inuit offered to trade.
When the Inuit men returned to the camp from their hunt, they constructed an igloo for the strangers, built them a fire and even outfitted the shelter with three whole seals.
Then, after the white men had gone to sleep, the Inuit quickly packed up their belongings and fled by moonlight.
Whether the pale-skinned visitors were qallunaat or “Indians” — the group determined that staying too long around these “strange people” with iron knives could get them all killed.
“That night they got all their belongings together and took off towards the southwest,” Qayutinuaq told Dorothy Eber.
But the true horror of the encounter wouldn’t be revealed until several months later.
The Inuit had left in such a hurry that they had abandoned several belongings. When a small party went back to the camp to retrieve them, they found an igloo filled with corpses.
The seals were untouched. Instead, the men had eaten each other.
#being so English you die of racism#because youd rather eat each other than a seal#or try to signal to the friendly locals that you need help#many such cases#UNIRONICALLY#the terror#the franklin expedition#dorothy eber#then they infected all these people with European disease of course#the national post is a chud rag so this is an unexpectedly good article for them
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Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.
#the ship overall is C to A tier#but it's things like THIS that push it up toward the A#titan ae#titan a.e.#cale#akima#it just...#starts with them chilling together being comfortable in each other's space#that would be enough that's a point there#then she goes and HANDS HIM THE SANDWICH SHE'S EATING#sharing their food#that's another one#and she does it because his hands are busy so he can't feed himself#so that's a third point#and she does it WITHOUT LOOKING AT HIM which is a FOURTH point#and he bites into it without request or invitation so that's a FIFTH point#and then he TAKES THE WHOLE SANDWICH AND GULPS IT DOWN LIKE A LIZARD#which is a SIXTH point#and jumps it up to SEVEN because she pulls her fingers free and finally looks at him and yells at him#IT'S A SEVEN-POINT ROMANCE COMBO#do you know how utterly rare those are?#those are generally earned through KISS scenes where the hands move and the heads touch and maybe there's a spin#they achieved a seven-point romance combo by SHARING A SANDWICH#fixing machines and sharing lunch URRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHH
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Let the poor man rest.
#also no he doesn't want to experience life as a normal person. no he wouldn't sacrifice his powers to live again.#he LOVED being powerful. he was very proud of his powers. he was at the top of the world. what he disliked was being so lonely at the top.#which having reunited with Geto now he is not.#and he wanted to keep the next generation safe due to his past regrets and teach a generation of kids to be at the top together.#and he wanted to get rid of the corrupt higher-ups and reform the Jujutsu society.#and he did all of that. Yuta and Yuuji are both alive and safe and the kids are all reunited with each other stronger than ever#and the higher-ups are d**d.#Gojo obviously wouldn't hate to keep living. he clearly didn't expect to lose and die. but as he himself confirmed#he died doing what he loved. he went out the way he wanted. he went out with a bang. he had the best fight of his life and gave it his all.#as he said 'he had fun'. he said it would have been embarrassing if he died of old age or sickness.#and now that he's gone he's happy with his friends and especially Geto. he found peace.#He said it himself 'Now i'm wishing that it's not just a dream'.#also for those of you who say that Geto & Gojo wouldn't be together because one would go to hell and one to heaven... no. just no.#first of all. Gojo did a mass m*r*** before his death#second of all. they're Buddhists. they don't have heaven and hell. don't bring Abrahamic religions into everything.#and you'd be surprised by the excuses the Abrahamic religions find to not let people in heaven.#probably Gojo wouldn't go to heaven even if he didn't kill the higher-ups due to...idk... occasionaly doing pranks or sth.#but Gege apparently created a whole other afterlife of his own. and Toji Geto Gojo Nanami and everyone were all gathered there together.#you SAW that. so stop.#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#gojo satoru#satoru gojo#jjk gojo#gege akutami#my two cents#satosugu
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au where everything is the same except mabel and dipper have been going to gravity falls every year before the show takes place since like kindergarten.
its a pretty simple premise that derives mostly from my desire to explore interpersonal relationships and the ways a place and people can change from a young child’s point of view. it doesn’t change canon that much either, admittedly, i just wanted to draw childhood friends stuff LOL. ill call it uhhhhhhhh every summer au.
#every summer au#gravity falls#stanley pines#dipper pines#mabel pines#stan pines#grenda grendinator#candy chiu#pacifica northwest#gabuart#pacifica eventually stops being their friend and it makes mabel really sad but it just makes dipper really angry#gestures vaguely#people change. relationships change. every summer becomes a shadow of the last summer#gravity falls is the same but the people within it become more different every time we come#growing up is difficult#and frustrating#nothing makes sense#but at least we have each other#everything is going to be okay
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Reunion...?
#gravity falls#the book of bill#billford#bill cipher#stanford pines#they're getting along so well already#the bitter exes trope's got a hold on me can you tell#the thought of them constantly being at each others throats is funny to me#skribbles
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was talking with a friend about how some of dunmeshi fаndom misunderstands kabru's initial feelings towards laios.
to sum up kabru's situation via a self-contained modernized metaphor:
kabru is like a guy who lost his entire family in a highly traumatic car accident. years later he joins a discord server and takes note of laios, another server member who seems interesting, so they start chatting. then laios reveals his special interest and favorite movie of all time is David Cronenberg's Crash (1996), and invites kabru to go watch a demolition derby with him
#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#kabru#kabru already added laios as a discord friend. everyone else in the server can see laios excitedly asking kabru to go with him#what would You even Do in this situation. how would YOU feel?#basically: kabru isnt a laios-hater! hes just in shock bc Thats His Trauma. the key part is kabru still says yes#bc he wants to get to know laios. to understand why laios would be so fascinated by something horrific to him#and ALSO bc even while in shock kabru can still tell laios has unique expertise + knowledge that Could be used for Good#even if kabru doesnt fully trust laios yet (bc kabru just started talking to the guy 2 hours ago. they barely know each other)#kabru also understands that getting to know ppl (esp laios) means having to get to know their passions. even if it triggers his trauma here#but thats too much to fit in this metaphor/analogy. this is NOT an AU! its not supposed to cover everything abt kabru or laios' character!#its a self-contained metaphor written Specifically to be more easily relatable+thus easy to understand for general ppl online#(ie. assumed discord users. hence why i said (a non-specific) 'discord server' and not something specific like 'car repair subreddit')#its for ppl who mightve not fully grasped kabru's character+intentions and think hes being mean/'chaotic'/murderous.#to place ppl in kabru's shoes in an emotionally similar situation thats more possible/grounded in irl experiences and contexts.#and also for the movie punchline#mynn.txt#dm text#crossposting my tweets onto here since my friends suggested so
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caitvi + hands
#caitvi#arcane#arcaneedit#animationedit#wlwedit#vi#caitlyn kiramman#piltover's finest#arcane spoilers#**#if i think too hard abt the sex scene being the first time they touch each other without some sort of hand covering#ill go insane like legitimately
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would you bite the hand that feeds you?
#pearlescentmoon#smajor1995#wild life smp#namemc spoilers#i hope these two never get along in the storyline i find them fascinating#OKAY SO#originally i had this sketch back in session 2 when scott manages to throw her something actually edible JUST IN TIME#and now with the namemc spoilers of pearl ACTUALLY having a yellow eye which does! kind of match scotts esp since he died for this#i figured itd be an appropriate time#i did edit it though the original was pearl eating smth#now do i think scott and pearl has had any Major (heh) interactions to warrant this fanart in WL?#frankly no LMAO theyve been very civil you go guys . but i like the dynamics between them anyway#also i finally got a piece with scott!!! hes been very hard to draw goodness#anyway long rambly tags#eydidraws#my art#mcyt#trafficblr#galaxyduo#majormoon#** i say civil because its just been more on verbal light jabs at each other rather than anything Really significant ?#and well. its obvious all 3Gs are being very careful around each other which makes me JUST A L IL SAD#id love to see them let loose and be vicious but i also understand the angle theyre coming from#anyway can you tell i like the 3g dynamics
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This episode really demonstrates why M9 won the battle royale. They really are nigh unkillable.
They are rolling like dogshit and losing spell slots left and right, have less PCs than the VM fight at the Key, have taken exhaustion points and soo much damage, and their healing is being sabotaged.
But they still managed to complete their encounter in less than 1 episode. They managed to avoid all the obstacles leading to the boss fight. They had no deaths.
This party build is legit insane. Theyre so mobile, cant pin them down. Their casters control the battlefield. Their tanks are basically immortal. They have 2 guaranteed Divine Interventions, 2 Mass Heals. They have 1 Vestige, and an unending well of tricks in Fjord and Veth. They are dripping with advantages, resistances, and rerolls.
Mighty Nein most qualified assholes for the job fr.
#this is a bit rambly but i just rlly missed them#it was so fun seeing them be hypercompetent and efficient#even in the midst of all the shit talking and trolling each other they wiped the floor with ancient beings who controlled an entire planet#m9#the mighty nein#critical role#cr
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Gregory canonically has the best dad in FNAF
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#glamrock freddy#fnaf gregory#micheal afton#fnaf vanessa#fnaf vanny#security breach#fnaf fanart#five nights at freddy's#sorry to Vanessa and Michael but Gregory simply can’t relate#it’s actually funny that glamrock Freddy might be the best dad#seeing he’s an animatronic and bears out most human fathers 😭#who knew just being a silly guy can make you such a good father it was that easy#least Nessa and Michael can relate to each other on this#they got each other 🙏🏾
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