#being wrecked by her feelings

[vulturevanity]

Anyway I can't get over the fact that before the incident Lorelai would encourage Molly to speak up. Both of their parents were too in their own heads to listen to Molly's quiet complaints, but Lori is loud. And Lori would use her loudness to speak for Molly, and Lori would teach Molly to be loud too, and even though Molly was kinda bad at it she still felt emboldened by her sister's support and encouragement, if only between the two of them. The Zoo skit in the 5th anniversary vod kills me about them

[catdoingblep]

[alexiethymia]

my favorite twilight is the one who can’t help but go gooey over his family😫

[nenoname]

the stan twins both having giant egos juxtaposed with their crippling self worth and shame being a huge part of their lives...

[fountainpenguin]

Things that happened in Martyn & Cleo Double Life canon:

Cleo hoping to find her soulmate and start a life with them

Cleo dumping Martyn without giving him a chance to explain his side of the story, but hearing him out when he comes to her later

Martyn watching Cleo through his spyglass and telling the audience she seems safe and happy even though he thinks it's weird she's outside at night

Martyn, after he's had time to consider how he wants to play this, spinning a story about trying to be a provider for her and Cleo explaining that she wanted him, not things

Cleo not being remotely impressed by the "I was providing" sob story, lol

Martyn calling Cleo selfish for choosing to be with Scott because she's supposed to be HIS soulmate and he wants a partner

Cleo willing to forgive Martyn if he meets them halfway

Martyn refusing to meet them halfway because he doesn't think he did anything wrong

Martyn screaming about how Cleo's building bridges with Scott but "When will she think about mending our bridges???"

Martyn explaining to Cleo that he doesn't understand why his Session 1 actions bothered them

Martyn centering his character arc and roleplay on trying to win Cleo back without actually apologizing

Cleo giving Martyn a flower and stating that if he loses it, she'll be real cross with him

Cleo chasing Martyn out of her yard because he tried to put an HOA sign on her base and she wanted to make it clear that she wasn't associated with them and their hate for his base (even though she does think his heart base is strange)

Martyn attacking Cleo after she said attacking is a form of affection to her

Cleo setting boundaries with Martyn and explaining what he can do to get her back

Cleo sighing when Scar set her up on a date with Martyn, but taking the chance to talk to him instead of walking out

Cleo genuinely wanting Martyn in her alliance

Martyn and Cleo giggling constantly when they chat

Scar asking if Martyn wanted him to play a romantic music disc for him and Cleo (and Martyn getting excited and saying yes)

Martyn offering to take Cleo's armor and weapons to the deep dark so he can enchant them and bring them back while she stays safe

Cleo gifting Martyn diamonds, expecting nothing in return but not wanting him to die from lack of a good sword

Martyn and Cleo forming a secret alliance that allows Cleo to live with Scott while being on good terms with Martyn

Martyn expressing frustration that Cleo wants to keep this alliance secret because he wants them to be public allies; Cleo softly shushes him when people approach and might overhear

Martyn telling Cleo that she's putting out a lot of mixed signals because she keeps reeling him in and then pushing him away, claiming he is very confused about where he stands with her

Martyn teasing Cleo by punching her off a cliff and accidentally killing her and feeling so bad about it that he apologizes profusely despite roleplaying as someone who refused to apologize for Session 1

Martyn and Cleo immediately threatening Bdubs together when he said hi to them while they were hanging out, sdkfj

Martyn genuinely apologizing to Pearl for dumping her after Session 1

Martyn hiding under Cleo's bed while she defends him from an enderman attack

Cleo offering to let Martyn move into her house after Etho and Joel grief his base; Martyn saying he might take her up on that

Cleo and Martyn agreeing to move out and base together at Box

Cleo trusting Martyn with the location and resources of her red life base

Martyn rushing to Cleo's aid in the deep dark and trying to turn everyone against him instead

Cleo responding to Martyn's panicked shouts for her to eat by opening her inventory to get food (and drowning because she forgot she was in water)

Cleo hanging back and letting Martyn attack Scott while she does nothing to stop him from doing so, implying as much as she likes Scott, she won't kill Martyn (and herself) for him (and/or she trusted Scott to handle himself even though he ran away while Martyn was shooting at him)

Things that did not happen:

Cleo unwilling to forgive Martyn or consider being his friend and partner

Martyn and Cleo hating each other

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk

[kennyomegasweave]

I'm prepared to be completely wrong, but I was always 98% sure Mother didn't kill Fadel's ex. I've always thought he was a hired test from her that Fadel passed and this last episode strengthened my belief on that.

This got long, oops, so behind a cut it goes. lol

Like that man was sketch as hell. He was with Fadel for twoish years but didn't know what his job was? And I don't mean hitman, but even a fake job? Fadel gave him NOTHING for two years because when he said they could finally leave he was like ...why does working with your mom mean you need permission to leave and love? And I'm supposed to believe he stayed with Fadel for two years while his only explanation for work is "I work with my Mother. My Mother you don't know and won't ever meet." Like nah. That man either didn't actually like Fadel, because he didn't give a damn about his life, or he was working for Mother the whole time.

And I'm pretty sure he was working for her as a test for Fadel. His questions about what Fadel's job was and who Mother is reminded me of Style desperately trying to get Fadel to confess at the metal show. The difference between them being that we know Style wanted to know so he could tell him to not do the hit without betraying Kant, whereas his ex just wanted to know for random reasons, I guess? After two years of not caring, he just really wanted to know? When they had concrete plans to leave so it didn't matter at that point, especially when it didn't matter for TWO YEARS already? Nah.

I think Mother hired him to test if Fadel would turn on her if he had a chance to leave (and by turn on, I mean just simply telling the truth about being his Mother's hitman). I already consider it a fact that she killed the parents of three boys to make them her personal attack and guard dogs she would emotionally beat into thinking she cared for, so hiring a dude to fool her "son" for two years wouldn't be anything, especially since he was still killing her targets during it. I think once Fadel made concrete plans to leave, the ex tried to see if Fadel would spill about not only being a hitman, but being Mother's hitman. And when he still wouldn't tell that man ANYTHING, he reported it to Lily who pulled him out because Fadel's loyalty was now never going to be in question (his ex clearly wasn't his 100% because he didn't tell him about Mother and if he didn't get told despite Fadel planning to leave with him in like a day, no one would) AND he would be emotionally shut down by getting ghosted. Which would, and did, make him the perfect loyal gun for her.

Keen also fits in on this because he would know Mother hired Fadel's boyfriend and that's why he was taunting him with it. He so desperately wants to be the favorite, but he knows he's not, so he took what little hits he could get and called Fadel a fool for thinking his ex loved him. And while Keen isn't close like Bison and Fadel (though I do wonder how close they actually are because as the show goes on and we learn more, they really don't seem that close themselves, but that's for another post), he was still raised with them in Mother's Family after his parents were murdered in front of him as well. I just don't think he would taunt Fadel with a murdered ex, especially when he himself now has a secret boyfriend he wants to leave with.

Which brings me to my belief that the hitman Mother told Keen to call from two years ago is Fadel's ex. I think the plan was to play Fadel to test his loyalty and if he failed, he would be killed. Fadel didn't fail the test after being with his boyfriend for two years, so that hitman didn't kill him but he clearly wouldn't have had an issue doing it. So now she wants to bring him back to kill Fadel (and Bison) because he is compromised now (because of Style, and Bison, and even Kant) and she wants it to hurt. Which can also explain why Keen, who should be happy with this because Bison and Fadel will be out of his way, was still clearly conflicted about everything while in bed with his own secret boyfriend. Because it would be insanely cruel for Mother to bring back Fadel's ex just to have him kill him.

But what better way to make it so your "son" knows his entire second life has meant nothing and he was just a pawn manipulated, used, and discarded then having his cherished ex that abandoned him without warning after two years come back to kill him?

[spiralsandeyes]

jude perry....

[emmavakarian-theirin]

love and ashes is so fucking good i can only listen to it once a month because of the way it puts my whole chest in a chokehold it's unreal

[forever-eternal]

did Virginia abandon WV? And what's their current relationship?

Actually, no. Virginia did not abandon WV.

Robin just got to him first. The stress from the time period had her mental state wrecked; while it was the first thing she thought of, she didn’t believe it even then.

The relationship between Virginia ans WV is pretty normal. The Younger States all pretty well get along with their Grandparents; and West Virginia is no exception. He likes spending time with New Hampshire and Rhode Island most, though 🤷‍♀️. Everyone has a favorite of their grandparents.

[lesbiansanemi]

Currently trying not to vomit over the fact that I essentially just lost almost a thousand dollars brb

[petricorah]

humble offer of an au instead of (a continuation of) divorced zukka

Zuko fakes his death:

Someone's been trying to assassinate him. It's long after Sokka leaves, and they aren't together. Maybe they had something once, and Sokka always thought they'd end up together, but they aren't together. And he hears word of the fire lord's death all the way back in the water tribe. How there was nothing the Kyoshi Warriors or the palace guard could do, and he was killed.

There are no remains.

He goes to the funeral, and it's this big dramatic ordeal (because they're trying to really hammer in that he's "dead") and Sokka's a mess. A complete and utter mess. He can barely function, and he's angry, especially at Suki, because he doesn't understand how she isn't more upset (she knows Zuko's still alive. She tries to talk to him, but he pushes her away, and they're never able to talk in a private place.) But more than that, he's angry with himself. Because if he hadn't left, he could have saved him. He could have been there. He thought they had a future together, that they couldn't be together now, but someday they would, and that all goes up in smoke.

And then Zuko's alive. They were able to apprehend the mastermind with the guise, and Sokka should be happy, but all he feels is emotions he can't understand. He feels betrayed.

"You were in the water tribe," Zuko said. "I couldn't tell you--"

"You died. You were dead. I-I went to your funeral, I mourned you."

And he wants to be angry, he wants to hit him, to make him feel a fraction of the pain he felt, but he can't hurt him, not ever, and the only thing he can do is crumble at his feet because Zuko is alive.

[ficauthor]

Mabel really was just fighting a god in the body of her brother and ended the fight by reminding bill that human bodies are not eternal huh. Genuinely histerical that she nerfed him with tickles and dippers preexisting conditions of dumbassery

[lesbian-thespian-paladin]

I feel like such a baby because there are so many bigger problems but god I just wish society recognized my holidays

[delicatebluebirdruins]

do i love and respect Mia for trying to send Ethan a message to stay away and to move on from her (she did)? you bet i do

[angelstrawbabie420]

u ever seriously wonder if ur gonna make it thru the year

[redlyriumidol]

honestly I love sebastian rivalry but it's interesting that sebastian doesn't really treat you as a rival. he's such a nice guy that he's still just genuinely polite, as far as I recall. friendship or rivalry with sebastian is much more about whether Hawke encourages him to #stayhumble and dedicate himself to the chantry, or pushes him into a LIFE OF SIN. I'm deeply sorry to Sebastian who doesn't deserve my Hawke bullying him in this way (she is a piece of shit and doesn't care about starkhaven she just thinks its funny to corrupt the chantry boy) HOWEVER it does net you the best dialogue with Elthina where she's like "you are a TERRIBLE influence on my adoptive son." yes. yes i am. i'll have him gambling and doing cocaine by the end of the week