#bowman buddy you good?

[voidwardenalex]

There’s no CIS explanation for Mister Mirror from Bowman’s newest album

[commbowman]

Prompts for comfortable intimacy: guide and tie.

(The tie will come later lmao. Also I hope you don’t mind that I chose these prompts 😳)

- @frankpooleunofficial

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It was one of the busiest gatherings of the year, and Frank had decided that it was getting boring.

Sure, he appreciated the generous donations from politicians to the state space program, but it was more of the same thing all the time. The next big bank-breaking mission hadn’t been announced yet, but Poole was forced to be there instead of just being invited, so he assumed it must be the night. Oh well; he could have fun and avoid the press until after all that was said and done.

Suddenly, an obnoxious voice pierced his sense of tranquility, and he saw Dave Bowman cornered by a group of chattering older men. Some people obviously can’t take a hint, he thought. At least I can read a face when I try.

He decided his new mission was to get Dave the hell out of there, then sneak out for a bit. He’d come back just before the board began its speeches.

“Hey! Hope I’m not missing out on too much,” he teased.

“No, not at all,” said one of the men.

“Nope, we’re just making conversation.”

“Good,” he started. “Well, I hope you boys don’t mind if I steal your buddy here, do ya? I need help finding something and I think he saw where I put it.”

Frank moved in beside Dave. He could practically hear the other’s teeth grinding.

“Oh, you go ahead! We won’t keep you two.” Thank god.

“Thanks,” Frank slipped his hand around his friend’s waist and pulled him through the crowd, guiding him through a horde of people dressed in fancy evening gowns and pressed suits.

They made it to the front of house with few witnesses, and Frank slipped into the coat check without a sound. Dave was still following, and he squinted as they entered the dark room.

He never minded gatherings like this, there was decent food and sometimes a good conversation or two. Sure, most of it was begging for money but he found a way to get something out of it.

All that was required of him was to be nice and answer a question or two if they really needed him. One of many. Except lately he had been gaining so notoriety, and don’t get him wrong he likes it. As much as anyone would when their hard work pays off with attention, as much as anyone in the field ones their five minutes of fame. But he wasn’t expecting the downside so soon.

They swarmed him.

His gaze locks onto Frank, the first young face he’d seen for the better part of an hour. He made his eyes large in the universal symbol - help me -. His smile grew faker for the rest of the group, harder to maintain without breaking his jaw.

Oh darn! Looks like I’m needed elsewhere. Aw shucks fellas…

“Oh that’s right, I know just where it is,”

He’s helping.

Stop helping.

Move.

Dave moved as quickly as he was directed to. Swift and infinitely grateful for the escape. All the tension left his shoulders as they maneuvered through the well dressed crowd.

“Thanks for saving me out there,” he said in the dark of the coat room. Dripping with relief, he grabs at one of the coat racks to ground himself as his eyes adjust.

“You’re my hero,” he chuckles.

[buddytwenty]

Introduction post time!

My name is Buddy!

I started playing in about September of last year and I've been hooked ever since. I just can't get enough!

My favorite characters are Wilnas, Bowman, Siete, Nezha, and Vaseraga as seen in the screenshot. I have some other characters though that I have not pulled yet or aren't SSRs who I would consider my favorites. Characters like Aglovale, Sariel, Vane, Sevilbarra, and recently Sevastien!

My favorite side stories are Seeds of Redemption, Lone Wolf's Passing, Hope from a Snowdrop, Bistro Feendrache, and the WMTSB trilogy!

My plan for this blog is simple! I plan to post fairly mundane things relating to GBF, stuff like some of my good pulls, lucky drops from raids, thoughts on new story events, and some gushing about the beautiful men in this wonderful game!

I also play and make GBF characters on the game Ponytown! so you may every once in awhile see me post some of those. I may make a follow-up post in the future, showing some of my favorite ones I've made. If you play as well and see me on the game, feel free to say Hi!

But, that's everything for my intro! Seeya!

[neonthewrite]

GT July 2023

I really enjoyed this challenge, though I didn't quite finish it and what I did get done was largely very late. Life hit me pretty hard and got in the way more than I ever expected, which is a bummer but I must keep on trying. As it is, I don't want to keep feeling Guilty over this not being finished, so I'm calling it at 28 prompts filled. Thank you to everyone who read, and I hope you'll stick around to see what else I come up with!

1 - Enchanted - Interrupted at Work - The miniature wizard Colfax is grabbed (rather rudely) from his lab to employ his services as Court Wizard.

2 - Bird - Gilded Birdcage - Adrian, cursed to live his life as a small bird in a cage, contemplates his life as a witch's would-be familiar.

3 - Impulsive - Nailed It - Chase Lisong, tiny king of impulsive idiots, has a close call in the kitchen while on a borrowing mission.

4 - Stargazing - Grey Landing (part 6) - In which Isaac Grey gathers some supplies for himself and also learns he's definitely not in the same world he recognizes.

5 - Caught - Orange You Glad - Borrower Chase's close calls finally catch up to him and he gets caught out in the open.

6 - AU - Landing Grey - Introducing ... Isaac Grey, an unlucky sailor who has somehow shipwrecked and washed ashore on an island of tiny folk.

7 - Thief - Almost a Thief - Borrower Chase makes a good bid for freedom, but doesn't quite have the speed to get away from a human that's set on catching him.

8 - Dream - At Odds with Himself - In an AU inspired by a dream, two versions of Colfax butt heads. When one is a powerful wizard with a shrinking spell in his arsenal, the resulting chase is frightening and strange for the other.

9 - Rainy Day - Learning to be Friendly - In the cyberpunk Elias Dawn AU, Elias' miniature droid buddy is learning some skills for how to talk to a friend.

10 - Ancient - The Forest Walks - An ancient forest entity laments that she is no longer friends with the wee folk, though her luck may be turning around once more.

11 - Melancholy - Missing Freedom - Jacob, a giant, is captive to some mysterious organization that is trying to train him into a soldier.

12 - Video Games - Let's Go, (Tiny) Gamers - Adrian and Colfax wander Sawyer's apartment and stumble upon a video game controller. Colfax decides to show Adrian the ropes.

13 - Banter - Wrong Place Wrong Time - Hype, a deaf fairy, has wandered into a scout's camp by accident. The scout is not keen to banter with this apparent tiny spy.

14 - Instrument - The Keys to Happiness - (Pet GT Trope) Mindy was a raffle prize to a giant she's not sure is cut out to take good care of her. Despite her resentment, though, Alban has a surprise for her. Set in the FFH world created by @therealbrigeedarocks

16 - Celebrating - Lies Under Duress - Borrower Chase tries and fails to make up a good reason for why he was stealing oranges. The human that caught him isn't convinced.

17 - Home - Grey Landing (part 7) - The giant fishermen that have captured Isaac bring him home with them.

18 - Fire - Grey Landing (part 8) - Isaac is brought to a giant cabin where he has to deal with yet another giant, as well as wonder what they have planned for him.

19 - Trickster - Crisis Averted - Elias Dawn has finished up a fight and she's tapped into her more devious nature to do so. Eral has to talk her down before she heads off to cause trouble that no one deserves.

20 - Intimidate - Grey Landing (part 9) - The giant fisherman attempts to intimidate Isaac. The lady of the house, however, intimidates everyone into calming down, and Isaac is put in time out with some much-needed food.

21 - Secret - Shoot the Breeze - Borrower Chase has a chat with the human that caught him, and learns his name is Jacob. He does not quite manage to convince Jacob to send him on his way as a benevolent hallucination, alas.

22 - Garden - Bowman of the Garden - A brand new AU of Bowman of Wellwood, in which the wood sprites of that story reside in a lush garden near a human home rather than out in the woods, isolated from all human contact. Bowman is still and always the reckless patrol sprite.

23 - Weapon - Two Thieves - A pair of thieves think they have the perfect mark in Elias Dawn, until they notice the pixie with him and remember some of the rumors about how dangerous that pint-sized powerhouse is.

24 - Memory - Grey Landing (part 10) - Isaac makes a little progress talking to the giants. But things still aren't perfect. He's got to win them over a bit more.

25 - Pajamas - Ducky Pajamas - Little Oscar has been adopted... by a human! He reflects on his nice pajamas and how soft and comfortable his life is despite the unexpected circumstances.

26 - Tangled - Office Fae - Simon, a house fae making things work in an office instead, hears about a new hire in the office.

27 - Jewelry / 28 - Cursed - Shackled Forest - Morrel, a giant of the woods, is bound by cursed jewels that have woken again after many many years dormant.

[borrowedtimeandspace]

Announcement

But for real this time

So...remember these guys?

Art by @abookishweasel

If you don't, I announced a good while back we don't have to talk about how long ago that this is from the first, and as yet only, collaborative AU of BTaS called Borrowed Magic!

This was actually my first shot at writing collaboratively, which I've done quite a bit of since then with my good friends. My cowriter for Borrowed Magic, @neonthewrite, lent me her sprite guy to throw at my borrower and Time Lord to see if they stuck. This was huge for me, since one of my formative internet g/t experiences was reading Bowman of Wellwood back when it was still posted on DA, before she got it properly published. Needless to say, being friends and writing buddies with her was and still is a huge honor!

Anyway, enough of my gushing! I'm here to officially say that this is finally going to start posting! The first story is titled Lost in Flight, and it'll go up on Archive of our Own and post on Thursdays at 5pm central time, starting next week on October 5th!

Hope y'all enjoy! See you next week!

[mydarllinglover]

Alone || Cabins and Cobbler

Previous

A group of Kingdom people; including King Ezekiel, Morgan, Benjamin, Richard and Diane had gone out, Daryl and Natalia were waiting for them when they got back.

"Hey, uh, do you want to head to the infirmary?" Benjamin, the teenager who was stood with Jerry in the auditorium, asked Morgan, who kept touching his left ear.

"No. I'm okay." He replied.

"Hey." Daryl called out to them. "Where'd you go in them trucks?"

"I need to speak to Daryl and Natalia alone." Morgan told Benjamin. "That okay?"

"Yeah, I'll get you something for that cut." Benjamin said, walking away.

"The Saviours, right?" Natalia asked, when they met. "You went to do a trade, huh?"

"Yeah." Morgan confirmed.

"Part of your deal?" Daryl asked.

He didn't answer.

"What the hell's wrong with you?" Daryl stepped toward him. "You're bleeding."

He touched his ear.

"They did that to you. You know what they are."

"I do."

"I thought you would've learned after the wolves, after what they did." Natalia told him.

"You know, if Carol were here, she saw all that... if she knew about Abraham... and Glenn... she'd be leading us right to them, ready to kill them all." Daryl said.

"She would." Morgan agreed. "And that's why she left, man."

Daryl stared him down.

"Come on, its a waste of time trying to talk to him." Natalia decided, tugging the man away.

He scoffed, before following.

They headed to the archery area, finding Richard there.

"I'm practicing." He told the pair. "Gonna have to start using these more. The Saviours are smart enough to know I shouldn't have a gun around them."

If Natalia was being honest, he was pretty shit.

"Morgan said you're a bowman." He looked at Daryl.

He picked up a crossbow, handing it to him.

"He says thank you." Natalia said, taking it, because Daryl was too busy staring, trying to figure him out.

"Why?" He finally answered, taking it off her hands.

"'Cause we want the same things. I need your help, both of yours, actually." He looked at Natalia. "Morgan also tells me you are highly skilled in combat and a quick thinker."

"I'm not doing anything until I get my own weapons." She told him.

"That'll be arranged." He nodded.

Richard had got a hold of some knifes and sheathes as well as a hand gun and holster. Natalia would of preferred her own, but considering she couldn't just waltz into the Sanctuary and retrieve them, it would have to do.

He had led the pair to an secret place, it was small, hidden behind a no camping sign.

In a wardrobe, there were guns.

"We need something to move Ezekiel." He had explained. "This is it. Alexandria, the Hilltop, and the Kingdom hitting first, hitting hard, and then we wipe the Saviours from the Earth. Dozens and dozens and dozens of good people... keeping them safe."

Once they had finished at the place, they left walking towards two large lorries.

"They ride this road. If we see cars, its the Saviours." He told them. "They've been coming in packs of two or three lately. That's why I need the two of you. I can't take them alone. We're gonna hit them with the guns first and then the Molotovs. Then back to the guns until they're dead."

Natalia thought this was a ridiculous idea and could not believe she had let herself get dragged into it, for once, she wished she listened to Rick and Michonne.

"Why the fire?" Daryl asked.

"Needs to look bad. The Saviours who discover what's left... we want them to be angry." He answered. "I left a trail from here to the weapons cache I planted to the cabin of that someone Ezekiel cares about."

"Who?" Natalia asked him.

"Its just some loner he met. Sometimes he brings food."

"Why don't they live in the Kingdom, with you guys?" She dug further.

"I don't know. She lives out there, she'll die out there."

Natalia got a sour taste in her mouth.

"Its a woman?" Daryl asked.

"What does that matter? She's got more balls than you and me. She's gonna die either way. When the Saviours come and find their buddies dead, if they know their elbow from their asshole and can follow an obvious spoor, they're gonna go to the weapons cache and then to the cabin, and they're gonna attack this woman."

"You sick fuck." Natalia scowled.

Natalia felt bile rise up in her throat, she pulled out a knife, but Daryl clamped a hand around her wrist before the other man could realise.

"What's her name?" He asked.

"Maybe they kill her, maybe they don't, but it's gonna show Ezekiel what he needs to do."

"Her name. What is it?" Daryl repeated.

"She's tough. Maybe she'll live."

"Say her damn name!" Daryl raised his voice.

He sighed, looking away before answering.

"Carol. I hoped you didn't know her, but I didn't think you'd care, 'cause you know what needs to happen."

"No." Daryl walked forward still holding on to the woman.

"Maybe she'll live. Look, this, this is how... this is how this could happen. This is how we can get rid of the Saviours how we all can have a future."

Daryl picked up the weapons, ignoring him.

"She's living out there on her own just waiting to die."

"No!"

"If we don't do anything a hell of a lot more people are gonna die people who want to live!"

"Go to hell!" Natalia told him, she was sick to her teeth of women being a pawn in every bastards tactics, what he was saying was barbaric, she was growing real tired of men in this world, was it not enough that they were existing along with dead people trying to rip them to pieces.

"This is what needs to happen." He tried reasoning with them.

Daryl dropped his hold on Natalia, stepping up to the man.

"You stay the hell away from Carol, you hear me?" He said.

The sound of cars approaching, caught their attention.

Richard went to the edge of the lorry, checking it.

"Its them." He turned to the pair. "Look, we can wait for things to go bad, we lose people... or we can do the hard thing... and choose our fate for ourselves."

"No." Natalia told him. "We ain't cowards like you."

"Sorry." He shrugged, carrying on to initiate his plan.

Natalia nodded at Daryl, he listened, walking ahead and grabbing the man, tackling him to the floor.

The cars drove by as they fought, Daryl landing punches across his face.

Natalia kept a lookout, making sure no one had spotted them.

Richard managed to grab a hold of something, hitting Daryl across the head with it, sending him to the ground.

Natalia pulled out her gun, aiming it at the man as they grabbed their weapons, pointing it at each other.

"There'll be more." Richard said, his mouth was bleeding profusely.

Daryl's eyebrow had also begun bleeding from where he hit him, Natalia wanted to shoot the man for that alone.

"Or those. They're gonna ride back this way later. We'll have another chance."

"No, we won't." Natalia told him.

"We're running out of time." He tried reasoning with Daryl. "If you and your people want to move against the Saviours... you need to do it soon, and you need the Kingdom. What we have to do requires sacrifice one way or another. Guys like us... we've already lost so much."

"You don't know me." Daryl told him.

"I know... that Carol, living on her own like that... she might as well be dead right now."

Natalia stepped towards him, putting all her strength into hitting the man over the head with the back of her gun, causing him to drop to the ground.

Daryl looked at her before crouching down, checking he was still alive.

"Prick." She grumbled.

"Still breathing." He told her, standing up.

"Then lets get out of here before he wakes up, he's lucky I didn't kill him." She told him, walking away from the lorry.

Daryl picked up the backpack, following her.

They had tracked their way to the cabin, to Carol, it was in a graveyard.

They had to sneak past the Kingdom people as they had just been talking to her, dropping off a cobbler.

Daryl knocked on the door, they waited silently for her to open it.

When she did, her shock and surprise was made obvious on her face as she looked at the pair.

Natalia was ecstatic to see her friend, who she hadn't seen since they got back from dealing with Dwight on the train tracks.

Carol walked away from the door, hugging them tightly as she teared up.

"Jesus took us to the Kingdom." Daryl explained when she pulled away. "Morgan said you just left. We were out here, and we saw you."

Natalia didn't understand why Daryl was lying to her, but she kept her cool, going along with it.

"Why'd you leave?" Natalia asked.

"I had to." She whispered.

Carol invited them in to her home, setting a fire as it was starting to get dark.

"I couldn't lose anyone." Carol said. "I couldn't lose any of them. I couldn't lose the two of you. I couldn't kill them. I could. I would. If they hurt any of our people, any more of them, that's what I would do. And there wouldn't be anything left of me after that."

"You're wrong." Natalia told her. "You're still who you are, if we didn't do what we had to do, we wouldn't be here at all, for ourselves, or to help other people, even if it feels shitty, it's mandatory, now. I'm a better person than what I was before this, because I'm able to be here and save my family."

"Why are you out here?" Carol asked Natalia.

"'Cause Jesus took us here." She continued the lie Daryl started.

"Why aren't you at home with Evie?"

"She's safe, right now, I'm here, because here's where I should be."

"The Saviours, did they come?" Carol moved on.

"Yeah." Daryl answered.

Carol turned around, facing them as she began tearing up, waiting to hear the inevitable news.

Natalia chewed her nail, not wanting to be the one to tell her friend in her obvious delicate state right now.

"Did anyone get hurt?" She asked. "Is everybody okay? Did the Saviours... Is everybody back home okay?"

Neither of them answered her.

"Nat... Daryl..." She tried.

"They came." Daryl started. "We got them all."

Natalia looked up at him, from where she was sat in front of the couch, she hid her confused expression quickly before Carol could notice and realise he just lied to her.

"Made a deal with the rest of them, like Ezekiel." He continued as Carol let out a sob of relief. "Everyone's alright. Everyone's alright."

He then tapped the table.

"We gonna eat or... or I got to be a king or something to get food around here?"

Carol laughed, getting up from the floor.

"Shut up." She brought over the pan she was heating up. "Natalia, come on, come eat."

She listened, taking a seat at the table as Carol dished up the food.

"Ezekiel... is he okay?" Daryl asked.

Natalia didn't want to join in on the conversation, she was tired, she was missing home, her bed, Evie, and Sully, she also just wanted to leave the cabin, a lump was forming in her throat at their previous conversation.

"Yeah, I think he is."

When Carol handed her a bowl, she accepted it, quietly thanking the woman, who gasped suddenly.

"What?" She asked.

Carol grabbed a hold of her hand.

"Are you..." She looked between the pair, then back down at Natalia's left hand. "Did you guys... get married?"

Natalia pulled away, smiling shortly as she hid her hand under the table, spinning the ring around her finger.

"Yeah, two days ago." She answered.

"Forgot to mention it" Daryl added, digging into the food, taking notice of Natalia's weird behaviour.

"Congratulations, the both of you, I'm happy for you guys." Carol smiled widely, she had known of Daryl's crush on Natalia for a long while, she had been the one encouraging him to go for it, obviously, he had never listened to her.

After they had eaten, Daryl and Natalia decided to leave, bidding goodbye to Carol, leaving her to live alone in peace.

Daryl had gone back for one last hug, terrified for his best friend, her being on her own, after what Richard had tried pulling.

"Watch out for yourself, all right?" He told her.

The couple then left.

Natalia walked ahead of him.

"Going to bed." She said, when they reached the Kingdom.

"You alright?" He asked her, lifting her chin since she was refusing to look at him.

"Why'd you lie to her?"

He was thrown off by her question.

"Cause, Nat, she don't wanna be apart of this, so she ain't gonna."

"But it's not alright, none of this is alright, no ones safe, we're never really safe. She deserved to know what happened, that..." Her voice broke, she couldn't say it. "That they're gone."

"Nat." He shook his head, "We're gonna get out of this, I promised you, we're gonna kill him, he's gonna pay, for all of it, but she doesn't need to be apart of that. She wasn't in the first place."

"I'm just so tired, I'm so sick of fighting, I just want all this to be over, I wanna go home. Not be terrified I'm gonna see more graves."

"I know, C'mere." He pulled her in, kissing her head as she wept silently, wrapping her arms around him.

Eventually, she had stopped crying, continuing to their room to get some rest, whilst Daryl decided to look around, ending up sat in front of Shiva's cage until Morgan walked in on him.

Natalia was asleep by the time he had got into bed beside her, he wondered if she regretted their decision to get married, after the way she acted when Carol found out, even if it didn't seem like such a big thing, but to him, It was everything, she was everything.

The next morning, the two departed, starting their journey to the Hilltop, Richard was stood on a watch post.

So he managed to get back after all, Natalia thought to herself.

"I'm sorry." Natalia started, during their walk, she linked her fingers with Daryl's.

"What for?" He asked, looking at her.

"Last night, I was being a bitch. I don't know, I'm just really stressed at the moment, I shouldn't of got shitty with you."

"Nah, you're good." He shook his head. "I get it."

"I love you." She stopped him from walking, cupping his face.

"Love you." He replied, leaning in to give her a quick kiss. "When this is all over, gonna take you on a trip, find a place, somewhere quiet, just me an' you, catch up on all the time we don't get to spend together, show you how much I missed ya, an' your perfect body." He trailed his hand down her back, reaching her ass. "It'll be our honeymoon."

"Then lets hurry up and train those farmers so we can kill those Saviours and their fuckhead of a boss." Natalia smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, reaching on her tip toes to kiss him again. "I want you all to myself, ASAP."

"Yes, Ma'am." He agreed, stepping back, taking a hold of her hand so they could continue their way to Hilltop.

When they had gotten back to the Hilltop, Jesus was confused to see them, considering Rick had told the pair to stay put, and that they would come back for them.

Daryl had explained that they would be more useful here, and so he took it, not like there was anything he could do about it anyway, he was equally threatened by the both of them.

Natalia didn't even know they were going to the Hilltop until he told her the same morning, she was just glad to be far away from the tiger, the last thing she thought she'd ever have to worry about in the apocalypse.

She clued in quicky that Sasha was hiding something, she was making a plan, but every time Natalia asked her about it, or even Jesus, they told her it was nothing and not to worry, Enid wasn't as good of a liar as them, but she had refused to go into detail, telling the woman that she made an oath and that it'd be in her best interest to mind her business.

At night, Maggie had started a barbecue outside of Jesus's home, where they shared their meals.

Natalia decided that she wanted to have some alone time, it always took her a while to process things, considering she preferred to push it away and force herself into something else, but due to the fact that Maggie refused to let either "prisoner" leave Hilltop for their own safety, there wasn't much else to do.

She had found herself at the graves of her two friends, the two friends that Negan had said were brutally murdered because of her actions.

She felt she had been relatively close to each of them, they were family to her, like the annoying brothers she never had.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, she doubted they could hear her, but in case they could in the after life, she wanted to apologise. "I'm sorry for all of it, I thought it was going to be me, I thought he was going to kill me. I wish he did, and not either of you, I'm so sorry, for everything. It's all my fault. If I knew, if I knew he was going to take you guys... I would've never... I wanted him to pick me, if he did, you guys would still be here, the baby... it would.... the baby would have a father, and it doesn't, because of me. I- just... nothing I do is ever going to make up for what happened, I'm so sorry, Glenn, Abraham, I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure he's put down, I swear, I have to, it's what's right, I want to make sure that baby's born in a world where he doesn't exist, I promise. You were both so beautiful, and strong fighters, I never thought I'd be living in a world where neither of you were in it." She thumbed the two darts that were placed on their graves, she could still remember what Abraham had told her when she passed them out.

"Sweetheart, now's not really the time for a game of darts."

The darts from the country club Beth had led them to, on her mission for alcohol, Natalia still felt an ache in her chest every time she thought about the girl, who she had also believed to be dead because of her. Natalia could be reminded a million times by her friends about the times she had saved their lives without thought, yet, that meant nothing to her when she remembered the people that were also gone because of her.

She could feel a presence behind her, it was Maggie.

Natalia went to get up, to leave the woman in peace to be with her husband, but instead, she layed a hand on her shoulder, gesturing for her to sit back down whilst she got comfortable beside her.

"He loved you a lot." Maggie said. "Respected you, as well, even when he was terrified you were gonna kill us all in our sleep."

The corner of Natalia's lip lifted at that.

"He was a good person, one of the best." She replied.

"He was." Maggie nodded, taking a hold of her hand, she had made sure to scrub her hands thoroughly, with her current craving being peanut butter and apples, Daryl had even tested her when she left the trailer, if anyone was on top of Natalia's deadly allergy, it was Daryl.

"Y'know, before Jesus took us here for the first time, Glenn, he... he walked in on me and Daryl by accident." Natalia winced at the memory. "Before we were together, together."

Maggie laughed to herself, it was quiet and short, but it was something.

"I am well aware, he practically begged for my forgiveness at seeing you half naked, before I even knew what happened, claiming that he didn't mean to, he just ran in, didn't realise you'd even be awake." Maggie rolled her eyes with a smile.

"How'd he know Daryl was at my house, then?" Natalia wondered.

Maggie raised a brow as she looked at her.

"Come on, I think you were the last person to know that you and Daryl were gonna end up together, well, 'Cept Rick. We were all waiting on it, everyone knew he had a thing for ya, going back to since Judith was still in Lori, I don't think he realised it till the prison though. Then, of course, it took you ages to wake up and look at him as anything but a friend, I'm surprised you guys tied the knot so quickly." She poked the rings on Natalia's left hand. "Abraham always said he was like a lost puppy without ya, and when you were around, he never let you out of his sight."

Natalia chuckled at this.

"It took me a while, but I'm glad I finally let myself open my eyes, I think he's the best thing that happened to me since this whole shitshow happened, and meeting you, Rick, Glenn, Carol, Carl... and the others, I'm glad I decided to let you people in, you brought me back, all of you, from where I was."

"He told us what happened, when Negan took you to Alexandria, about Sully, I'm sorry."

"Maggie, you're the last person who should be saying that to me, he was my dog, the last remaining thing I had before walkers and war and fighting, and I loved him with every fibre of my being, but he was just a dog, after what I did, what I caused you, it's not even comparable."

"Natalia, it wasn't your fault, none of that was your fault, any of it." Maggie turned the woman to face her. "I heard what you said, if Glenn was here, hell, if even Abraham was here, and heard you say what you said, lets just say it's a good thing they're not. I don't blame you, nobody does, that was all Negan, him and the Saviours, you suffered as well, what he did to you, taking you to the Sanctuary, I don't even want to imagine what you've been through, but anything he said, it was all bullshit, okay, you had nothing to do with his actions, please don't put it all on yourself."

Natalia hugged her tightly, wiping at her eyes, she hadn't even realised she started crying.

"It was Arat. She was the one who shot Sully, right in front of me, even if I'm not the one to kill Negan, I wanna make sure she suffers, she's going to go down with the rest of them, because we're going to win this."

"We will, we have to." Maggie assured. "We're getting stronger everyday, he and the rest of the Saviours are going to burn in hell."

The next morning, Natalia was sat at one of the benches, cleaning the gun Richard had given her, whilst Daryl sat on top of it, whittling.

Cal was on guard duty, when he began hitting metal poles together, causing a loud clanging sound, the pair looked up as Enid ran towards them.

"The Saviours are coming!" He shouted to them. "The Saviours are coming!"

"We have to get Maggie." Enid said when they both got up.

"Where is she?" Daryl asked, as Natalia tucked the gun in her belt, hiding it under her shirt.

"Come on!" She then ran off in the other direction, as they followed.

If the Saviours found them, they were royally fucked, or worse, dead.

They found Maggie as she attempted to lead them into hiding.

"We'll never make it in time." She said.

"Come on!" Enid ran ahead again.

They ran behind a building as the cars entered the gates.

Enid lifted the doors to an underground bunker

"Just stay down there. I'll keep them away." She told the three adults.

"No way!" Natalia told her, as Daryl and Maggie entered. "Not by yourself."

"I'll be fine. They aren't the same ones who came to Alexandria. If they find you, they'll kill you."

"Enid, no!"

"You haven't got time, go." She pressed, closing one of the doors.

Daryl grabbed a hold of Natalia, pulling her into the bunker, when he had spotted them.

Enid locked the door from above.

"She's gonna be fine, she can handle herself well." Maggie assured.

"Yeah, she's also just a kid."

Maggie had moved to the back of the bunker, it's where they kept a lot of their food, moving the shelves out of the way as Daryl kept an eye on the doors, Natalia began pacing, a knife, borrowed from the Kingdom, in her hand in case anyone came down and she had to deal with them.

"Daryl." Maggie whispered. "Nat." She waved them to the back, both followed as Daryl moved the shelf to hide them from view.

The three listened closely for sounds outside, the loud sounds of footsteps catching their attention.

"Hi" The voice of Enid said, in a sickly sweet tone. "Uh, I've got fresh veggies."

"Stop." A man told her. "They're vegetables. Use the whole word. We have time."

Bile rose in Natalia's throat at the way the man was speaking to the teenager.

She hadn't realised she'd moved forward when Daryl looped his fingers in her belt, holding her still, whilst Maggie clamped her hand on the her wrist, of the hand that was holding the knife.

"Uh, okay. I have these vegetables they told me to bring over, uh, and the basket's pretty heavy. For me, I mean. Probably not you. Uh, here. Load them in the truck, and, uh, If you meet me by the garden, I can get you the rest..."

"Stop." He cut her off again. "I don't know who you think I am or who we are. Load them yourself. I'm busy." Then followed the sound of something clattering to the floor.

"Oh. Sorry. I'm sorry." She apologised profusely.

"Girl, pick that shit up right now and scram." His voice then got lower, they could barely hear it. "Don't make me cut it off you, girl."

The door then creaked before light poked in to the dark area.

Daryl moved Natalia to stand behind him, as well as Maggie, ready in case the man found them, which she slightly hoped he did, just so she could kill him for the way he spoke to Enid.

Footsteps came down the steps.

The man walked around, looking at the food before picking up an apple, sniffing it then placing it back in the basket, picking the whole thing up.

He then looked around again, his hand on his gun, Enid's sheath was attached to his belt.

The man approached where they were hiding, taking another box off the shelves.

Daryl went to move out of the hiding place, to go after the man, Natalia grabbed a hold of him, so had Maggie, shaking her head, he was by the door, if Daryl did anything, he could easily catch another Saviours attention.

Eventually, the man grabbed the things he had taken, leaving the bunker and closing the doors again.

Daryl was the first to leave the spot, checking he had actually gone through the slits in the door.

"You were gonna kill that guy." Maggie sighed.

"Too right." Natalia said. "If he wasn't gonna get caught, I wouldn't of stopped him."

"He was gonna find us." Daryl answered for himself.

"He wasn't, and he didn't." Maggie replied.

"He deserved to die." Daryl still hadn't faced either of them, still staring at the door.

Natalia hadn't bothered telling him the conversation she had with Maggie last night, she wanted to keep it just between them.

"Ever since you got here, you haven't said a word to me, Nat has, but you won't." She looked at the other woman, who busied herself with rearranging the stuff the man had touched, wanting to escape from the beginning of their private conversation.

Daryl had barely spoken about his feelings, the line up or even his time at the Sanctuary, it seemed like the only thing he was interested in talking about, was her, she was worried about him, but she was also very aware of his temper, and she had backed up evidence of his frequent habit of disappearing, from her own knowledge and what the others had told her before they met.

"Would you look at me?" Maggie asked him. "Please."

When she heard the familiar sounds of his sniffles, that he was crying, her stomach lurched, she wanted to comfort him, but knew they needed to have this conversation without her interrupting, just like she needed it last night.

"Daryl..." Maggie stepped towards him.

"I'm sorry." He whispered. "I'm sorry."

Natalia chewed her lips as she tried to disappear, she wanted to be anywhere but there.

"It wasn't your fault." Maggie felt like a broken record, with the newly formed Dixons.

"It was."

"No." She said forcefully. "It wasn't. You're one of the good things in this world. That's what Glenn thought. And he would know, 'cause he was one of the good things, too."

Natalia looked at her, and she glanced back, wanting her to hear as well.

"And, uh... I wanted to kill that guy too. I wanted to string them all up and watch them die. But we have to win."

She then approached the man, bringing him into a hug.

"Help me win, both of you." She glanced at Natalia again, who nodded, so had Daryl.

They'd both do anything for Maggie Rhee.

Next

[the-firebird69]

Trump had to pay the gag order no it's contempt of court and it's a misdemeanor felony I mean it's in between and he is now being talked about everywhere as being a loser and a fraud and they want him out

Thor Freya

We are motivated but he's a dick and he did something wrong and he continues to

Dave

I was going to talk but I am now I don't like this guy Trump he's our own grandfather he's making a mockery out of us and embarrassing us we're not supporting him wholeheartedly because he's backstabbing us all the time this robot idea for instance we have to tackle and yeah he has a criminal record makes a difference a lot of our people don't want to vote for him and won't and we're going after your computers

David Bowman's

Yeah I was playing that guy no Carla was Dan but yeah I helped set that up in the apartment out there I guess I'm a bad criminal and going down but it shouldn't affect the presidency because you can have a criminal record but that's according to the Constitution not federal law I guess they can use that and they already have any Court

Trump

Yes you said something similar to everybody last night and you're going down you cannot necessarily have a criminal record and still be elected it's a federal crime and it's a misdemeanor felon it's a higher level crime it says the federal law that you cannot be elected and people are going to bring suit now they say it'll take a week or something

Biden

Good breathable job there buddy it's not helping you you're not big enough to do that kind of s***

Hera

I don't need it from you too but really she has a say because I'm a bastard

Trump

I'm going to help button your lip I stapling your mouth shut today

Zues

And we're going to do it you sending the orders and she is too

Olympus

[castle-dominion]

7x1 driven audio commentary

A half a day? I think you mean a day & a half

One that you can actually tie? frank sinatra thing that I'm doing XD

I love how they let go of their fancy outfits but only beckett changes out entirely

WHY wear windbreakers over their tuxedos? ig bc they need to wear police stuff

Woah the camera I love it

lots of running but aren't their episodes done in eight days?

I believe I accidentally touched her boob JH: she's european she's fine with it

Getting caught watching lol bowman: shouldn't she go back in & apologize to him?

JH: you guys are missing me chewing her out SD: shut up All of them: you are handsome JH: Nice jacket. Why hasn't esposito worn that again?

I AGREE, THANK YOU FOR UNDOEING THE TOP BUTTON AGAIN, FIRST TIME SINCE S2

PJJ's favoutire prop? Her glasses.

The hesitation. The lack of information is as strong as the actual information.

SD: How old is molly now? 30? Amann: 32.

Yeah the fake coffee cup was SO good, & he's right someone used to bring coffee before castle, but she also probably got her own. & esposito totally had a past thing with becks.

I agree, if it was not so serious I'd LOVE to have them come in on rolly chairs.

Vinny my beloved.

Getting caught watching lol Panini sandwich is redundant but not wrong

Tension & anxiety is great after bouncy ones tbh, & the occasional weird one. But how DID he not recognize his voice? Then again vinny only spoke to him a few times, they are not close & ppl's voices change over the phones

Belief & nonbelief are so good, reminds me of montgomery

Why would it be such a long charade tho? Why not just avoid her

All season long he's kept this animosity, & wow

What finger? "some would call it broken" SD: ladies & gentlemen, this is the showrunner discovering that one of their actors has a broken finger, live

THAT WATER HAS BEEN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS? YOU GROW SEA MONKEYS IN THERE? IS THAT TRUE?

Bowman: I wrote in big magic marker "he left because of you" Her: I'm gonna kill bowman when he says "cut"

So does beckett speak french? how much?

Yeah man, passage of time

WAIT THEY LEGIT GOT THE COAST GUARD JH: I knew it was him bc his feet-- he has the smallest feet for a big guy

THIS HOSPITAL SET WAS BUILT JUST FOR THIS SCENE?

After all that complexity, just "I'm happy to see that guy"

RB: I need to recolour this scene SD: it's not too late, is it? Me: I want to see their faces tho, idiot

Ooh at the time of recording this audio commentary, amann is writing episode 20 & nobody knows how this unfolds!

Hm, very visual memory JH: but you're high functioning which is good SD: Hey thanks buddy

Huh everyone else on the skype call coast guard boat are not actors

Drinking game on this? & you cut em out before shooting & you cut more out in editorial?

How many fishers are on that damn boat!?!? eight children all fishing on that same tiny boat

Howard Grigsby

I also love her bedazzled "murder with a twinkle" lol. She IS serious.

JH: sure put a lot of blue in your colour correction SD: I think I owe someone money

just leaning on the railing & then boom suddenly you're going over

(discussing the light fading during filming) JH: I just tried to make my skin as light as possible

JH as esposito: "Just you & me, then ryan came along"

Why did CASTLE pay vinny? why not the people who abducted him? His friend from school?

RB: shoot him. shoot him. Maybe just kneecap him though.

Everyone IS bending to esposito's pov even tho ryckett want to trust castle.

But castle DID set up the tent there

A fenkins. fajenkins.

They set back up the abduction board! JH as JE: I don't trust you, Castle

Reminds me of the amnesia episode where the guy got back with his ex wife & she has that baggage but he does not

RB: I thought I was being subtle with [the elephant picture in castle's room]

Yeah they even broke the chair apart for the mummy episode

Yeah robert duncan is great!!

Ah they are shooting 7x19 during the recording of the audio lol

So yeah that was fun

[snekjin]

debrincat being a new face of the franchise i get, but jones? come on, he’s ok but he’s not exceptional and i don’t think he deserves to be the face of any franchise. like, compare jones to toews and kane, mcdavid, crosby, giroux, ovechkin, matthews, panarin, mckinnon, fuck even zegras. jones doesn’t deserve to be a face, but with the dumb contract bowman gave him….smh

I think it's a bit unfair to compare Jones to some of the other names you mentioned given he's only been in Chicago half a season and doesn't have much of a winning rep behind him due to being stuck on a team like CBJ for so long.

I'm not the biggest Seth fan in the world obviously but he is objectively the Hawks' best dman. That contract is an absolute killer though.

There were some interesting tidbits in that article I mentioned, namely around the locker room dynamics and how he's trying to become more of a leader in the room but it hasn't come naturally to him. The coaches have apparently tried to push him to be more vocal as well, obviously realising that he's going to be there for the long haul.

So as the team tries to build momentum down the stretch, Jones said his top priority will be expanding and solidifying his leadership skills, hoping to become more outspoken.

"I'm trying to fill that void," he said. "Our room is pretty unique, actually, where everyone says what they feel. That's actually the first thing Toews said this year in camp: 'It's our team, so if you have something to say in the room, you can say it, no matter how many games you've played.' That has been good. But when I want to say something, I do whether it's for the team or one-on-one with a guy, helping him out in practice or a game."

The coaching staff, meanwhile, has challenged Jones to force himself outside his comfort zone as a leader even more than he already has.

"This is where he needs to improve his game," King said. “It's not always on the ice; it's off the ice. He is a leader – he puts a lot of pressure on himself that way. But he still can be a little bit more vocal and challenge the other guys. We have young guys who need to learn, and what better way [is there] to learn than from another player?"

I've wondered how the Jones brothers have fit in the room because I know Seth was notorious for being part of Columbus's er, very right wing circle, that was rumoured to have been part of the reason Pierre-Luc Dubois asked for a trade elsewhere. I assume players are usually able to work together regardless of political preferences unless there's a particularly big rift (although most of them are right-leaning anyway) but Jonny's always seemed pretty lefty so I'm curious if it's ever been a topic of conversation. Caleb has buddies I'm pretty sure because I know he went out for dinner with Murph (#RealFriendsGetTheirCarsStolenTogether) and I think his girlfriend is part of the 'inner wag circle' 😅 but idk about Seth.

[boombox-fuckboy]

i agree wholeheartedly !!! staticman and nicholas are like, some of my fav characters of all time. i mean, i'm a sucker for the trope of a buddy cop type show where one party largely wants them to strictly not me buddies for a majority of the show.

i think a while ago i read a really good crossover fic between tma and archive 81 and it was amazing (The Sabbatical by morelikeassassin if i remember correctly) ! i think my favourite episode was s2 ep 18, the sound design of the show is straight up amazing and i loved the idea of making the tapes a method of cartography in a world where nothing "makes sense". i've heard of the silt verses !! i'm planning to start it within the week!

so it's not me just clogging up your ask box, for the ask game: 🪓💣😿🎙🥉 & 📞 (if this is to much feel free to pick and chose !)

I'm not in the habit of reading fic but I have read that one and I really enjoyed it. And YES seconding Static Man and Nicholas' dynamic they're so much fun. Also if you like A81 and TMA I heavily recommend adding The Sheridan Tapes to your listening list.

🪓 Favorite dark brutal show

Okay so Archive 81, BUT if it's favourite show because it's dark and brutal, Darkest Night is SO gory it's wonderful.

💣 Favorite villainous character

Ooh. My first thought was probably either Vivian from Darkest Night or Kiran from Primordial Deep but then I remembered Renee Bowman from The Underwood Collection exists and I am not immune to the flesh-aligned chiropractor.

😿 Favorite character who’s just trying their best

I have a whole very long list of characters I could put here but I've not gotten to express Hera Wolf 359 affection yet so HERAAAAA

🎙 Favorite voice actor

Oh, tough... I'm a big fan of Lucille Valentine and Sena Bryer, but also I always get so excited to hear Tal Minear, too.

🥉 Three podcast you’d recommend to someone to drag them into podcasts

The Magnus Archives seems to work really well, I've used it to lure in a number of people anyway.

Sidequesting is a really solid show and is a good contrast in tone to tma, it's really so sweet

And a scifi I think would be best to round it out, Wolf 359 would be the obvious pick but also Girl in Space and Janus Decending are right there so one of those

📞 You have been taken hostage and the only people available to save you are all the different characters voiced by a single podcast voice actor. Which actor’s characters are you calling in to save you?

Ishani Kenetkar, easily. Arkday (Starship Iris), Leona (Starfall), Gwen (Second Star to the Left), Em (Godhead Incidental), uhhh. The movie ticketer from that one episode of The Far Meridian? Anyway she plays a fantastic range of characters whom I think could pull off a rescue mission.

[naytile]

number 20 for the salty ask pls? AND number 9? thank u!!!

20. What is the purest ship in the fandom?

Miyu/Fay, lesbian space girlfriends! It just seems super obvious to me! I imagine them having really wild adventures together and I’d write a buddy-comedy fic/comic about them if I could (well, I had an idea for this LOL). 

Wolf/Leon is pretty aesthetic/twistedly-wholesome to me. Sometimes I find Wolf/Fox kind of cute.

Then there’s James/Vixy, since I picture them both being really honorable, but I hardly see fanart about them. I headcanon them as having different careers but making it work (I just like the idea of the ace pilot dating the surgeon who emergency-operated on him. UM??? I’m getting so specific..). 

Fox/Krystal is sweet and I appreciate that they have cultural differences between them, but the Command drama bothered me fr.

I actually like Panther/Krystal if it isn’t built around getting emotional revenge on Fox. Panther strikes me as a ladies’ man rather than a true player type, so I feel like he was an okay dude, as much as a space pirate could be (and he deserved better than being a rebound boy-toy <://). It’s been ages since I played Command so maybe I’m remembering it wrong.

OMFG this question was about pure ships but here I am being salty… WTF! I’m sorry. 😂😂😂

9. Most disliked character(s)? Why?

Andross is an incredibly misogynistic and entitled figure that I would feel endangered and disgusted by – pray he doesn’t get a crush on you [Ew. EW. but, I actually like Andross a lot from a writing perspective because he was complex and interesting--so in that sense I think he’s a good character who can teach people that fascism and violence against women is bad].

Pigma is scummy to me but in a way that isn’t unique or interesting, so I can’t feel strongly about him: there will always be traitorous people on the lookout for the next lump of cash. I feel like Pigma types are actually a dime-a-dozen, he just happened to collude with the Biggest of the Big Bads.

I don’t like the idea of Dash Bowman as he currently exists because it makes Andrew’s original concept as the heir to Andross a little weird/contested. That’s something Andrew tried very hard for, and failed at, and I feel like that should mean more. This isn’t to say I dislike Dash himself, he’s a nice kid: I just think Andross having a bio-grandchild is a bit strange.

[meteor752]

The bowman family’s Pokémon team

I’M BORED OKAY!!!!

Bard

Furret, his first Pokémon that always chills on his shoulder and likes to sleep in piles of dirty clothes.

Sealeo, who loves to hug everyone and has nearly crushed multiple people when doing so.

Mightyena who growls at everyone and is really protective of the bardlings, and also his main Pokémon companion

Kangaskhan that he caught after Eleonore died just to help to take care of the kids

Eleonore aka wife

Cinccino, her first Pokémon she got from her parents. It brings her bad memories, but she still loves the thing

Primarina, the first Pokémon she actually caught (With Bard’s help) that she named Fiona and uses as her main Pokémon companion

Purugly, a grumpy thing that she loves to just hold and hug

Sigrid

Jolteon, her first Pokémon and main Pokémon companion. It’s a goofy little thing

Blissey, the Pokémon she uses when she is doing medical work. It’s very caring and kind, and a great listener when Sigrid just needs a good cry

Stoutland, her main battle Pokémon that likes to eat and sleep but hates to bathe

Noctowl, her reading partner that tugs on her hair at night to try and force her to go to bed

Milotic, who’s just a Pokémon that she found and uses sometimes. It reminds her of her ma

Bain

Vaporeon, his first Pokémon and also just a huge baby. Demands attention or else it will get all bratty

Liepard, his only shiny. It’s just a cat, basically, who pushes things off tables and scream a lot.

Mudsdale, his main Pokémon Companion who’s just a sweetheart that loves its master a lot and they would die for each other

Lycanroc, day version. A dog, basically, a really sweet one too. Jumps around, bites on things, always wants to play. It’s like a service dog

Sobble, the most timid thing and his newest one. He is always hugging it

Tilda

Flareon, her first Pokémon and also reckless af. They compliment each other

Sawsbuck, the most snobbish Pokémon to have ever lived and also her main Pokémon companion. This is aloe, had you not guessed it

Braixen, a pyromaniac that wants to commit arson. They also compliment each other

Dartrix, her only shiny. She caught it so she could have an archery buddy, but it refuses to evolve

Phantump, the bravest little ghost tree there is who she’s a total bro with

Druddigon, her newest Pokémon that are still getting used to it all, and she has multiple arguments with every day

This was fun. I liked this

AU Masterpost

[neonthewrite]

Looking Forward?

I wanted to make a recap of the decade type post like I’ve seen all around, but the more I think about it the more daunting such a thing sounds! I did a lot of growing up since 2010. I went to college and got a degree for the first half of it, and now I’m working a Big Kid job like some kind of adult! I can summarize a bit of the writerly side of things, at least.

For one thing, I didn’t do much writing at all during college. I simply didn’t leave myself the time, and with a demanding course schedule, internships, and extremely unhealthy sleeping habits, writing my stories just didn’t happen. The closest I got was by starting D&D, which helped me get that creative outlet without having to, y’know, actually write the whole thing out (and also gave me several of my favorite OCs, most of whom have appeared on the blog already).

Then, I escaped graduated school, and suddenly the writing just wanted so much to happen again! It was at that point that I began writing with who is now one of my dearest friends, @creatorofuniverses! I am so blessed that she wandered into my inbox answering a call for RP buddies. We created the Trust multiverse together, and anyone who follows that series knows how much it expanded in a short time.

I don’t say this publicly very often, but the Trust multiverse is also the reason I was able to finish my first draft of Bowman of Wellwood (if anyone remembers way back when it’s original title was Seeing Eye to Eye). I literally couldn’t have published my first novel (2018! I can’t believe I did it!) without my writing buddies.

I started participating in National Novel Writing Month, I wrote collaborative works with several extremely talented writers ( a special shoutout to @kimstaticchild and @little-miss-maggie, who have gone on to publish several novels of their own! They’re incredibly hard workers and I owe so much of my growth as a writer to what I learned from them).

Somewhere in there I sort of started to watch Supernatural (yeah yeah I was like ten years late to that club). Then I read a fanfiction of the show that made me like it even more, and the rest, as they say, is history. I started talking with @nightmares06 about the show and especially her AU, @brothersapart. I even created a fanfic of her fanfic (which amused the hell out of me, as a concept), which gave birth to my dear Oscar the OC, and he has never left my mind since.

Oscar got me an in to cowrite with nightmares as well, and my gosh I got myself into the world of crossover fanfiction, bringing my favorite OCs into collaborative works with yet another lifelong friend.

The last few years are just a blur of ups and downs with my personal confidence in my writing. While I went through that, I had my friends there to help me remember that I actually know a thing or two about writing. At some point I even added in another buddy, @borrowedtimeandspace, and I honestly feel so rich to have such a good support network.

I’ve had trouble accepting my solo work as any good from time to time, and that translated into my collaborative efforts. Every one of my cowriters understood and helped me through it, and I literally tear up every time I think about how much they’ve helped me (I’m allowed to be cheesy in my decade recap post).

This new decade is gonna be more hopeful for me. I’m going to start it off by going on a trip with my current cowriter buddies, and I can’t tell you how excited I am for that. 

[sbcwman]

introducing · · · SUZANNE BOWMAN !

❄ · · · SUZANNE BOWMAN has been in Ellingham for ELEVEN years and they look exactly like ABIGAIL COWEN. Having turned TWENTY-THREE years old on their last birthday, they are currently a TICKET COUNTER ATTENDANT and WISH TO CHANGE THAT. Known as the MALINGERER , it’s no secret that they’re ADVENTUROUS & LOYAL, but also LAZY & ABSENTMINDED. If you’re to meet them, please remember that they are CIS FEMALE and use SHE/HER.

CHILDHOOD

sue was named after her great grandmother suzanne ( on her father’s side ) who gave her great grandfather the idea for the bowman factory, it basically became a super popular shoe shop that was new and trendy during the 60s but then went bankrupt in the 70s after it was inherited by sue’s grandfather and since then no one’s really talked about it

her father, jonathan, has always admired suzanne senior and decided to name his daughter after her on that plain, summer day a few years ago. sue was born to jonathan bowman and claire holt, a young, happily married couple. her father was a up and coming business man and her mother was a bank teller

when sue was about eleven, her father had a failed investment which resulted in extreme bankruptcy for the young family, to such a great extent that they had to sell their house, their car and most things in their possession ( sue was young and naive about the whole issue and only thought it was fun that they were finally having a garage sale )

with some money from her grandparents, the bowman family moved to ellingham to start again, her mother got the job as a bank teller again and her father started in sales and then proceeded to becoming branch manager for a fashion retail in the centre of town

as a child, sue was excited for the move, she was excited to find new friends and see new places but the move was harder than anticipated and she struggled a lot fitting in and often found herself a lone during breaks etc.

TEEANGER

as a teenager sue became reckless, she arduously wanted to not conform to the norm and she did so to the extreme of dressing in all black, dyeing her bright red hair dark black, posters of punk rock bands ( that she never really liked ) all over her bedroom walls, getting belly piercings and tongue piercings, she was the resident teenage dirtbag

she’s always been lazy, she never tried in her academics, there was no area at school in which she particularly excelled in, she was frequently in detentions and her parents were always getting calls from her teachers of course this didn’t sit well with the bowmans, they were deeply disappointed in their daughter and as a consequence to sue’s actions ( and after finding out about the forbidden piercings ) they grounded her for a whole year ( not that sue had much of a social life ) and  it sucked to miss out whole school cohort stuff

because all sue really wanted was to belong, to conform and when she realised that defying was so much more easier than conforming, she chose the former and took it to a great extent

ADULTHOOD

sue always had plans of going to university, with her gpa having plumetted in her attempts of standing out from the norm, she still thought that she could somehow get accepted

umm so she got into the only course that could accept her which was creative writing, she tried her best ( most of the time ) in that class but unfortunately, her sporadic nap-time schedule kinda prevented her from getting the best results, also she’s literally embodies a sloth so she’s lazy af

she passed and got a degree etc. but there’s not really much work for writers / she’s just really lazy to find one so she got a job at the cinema and is trying to make ends meet with a full time job there

WANTED CONNECTIONS !

best friend : charlotte sinclair

squad: charlotte sinclair + valentina moreno 

frenemy : good banter

neighbour : unexpected friendship ?

will they / won’t they : maverick strickland 

old friends : had a falling out

classmates : she probably didn’t like them

detention buddy : teddy torres

OUT OF CHARACTER

hi everybody! i go by N, i am in the GMT+8 timezone so it’s currently 2am HAHA i have the least concern for sleep and my well-being but i really wanted to do this!! and i’m listening to some epic tik-tok bangers rn so yeee! i’m really excited to get to know you and your characters!! like to plot or just msg!!

ALSO i’m really sorry but for some reason when i put code for blogs it says html invalid ??? can someone help me out?

EDIT! i made a new blog for sue because my primary one decided to yeet all it’s correctedness away and is now working weird but please message me i’d love to talk about our characters!!!!!

[galeforged]

@divergentpaths​:

"You here to get me for cooking duty, or something? Gotta say, you're better off eating a bag of flour." (Python @ Forwin, WELCOME TO ECHOES BUDDY)

“So easily petrified and put off before pots and pans perchance, poor Python?” Leave it to a bard to spice up conversation more than it needed to be with a dash of alliteration. Forwin couldn’t help but tease the bowman from the Deliverance after hearing that remark, and while he could make some comment about expecting more from the fearsome liberation army that reclaimed Zofia Castle... he thought better against it. Chancellor Desaix’s short-lived songster knew it were better that he remained in Python’s good graces—somewhat—before he struck it out east.

“Actually, I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind joining me for a spot of archery training? I’ve gotten a little rusty in working for the castle’s last tenant after a while, and thought I could use a partner...

“...either that, or I leave you here to whoever’s actually going to come looking for you to cook.” It was a shame though, Forwin thought, as the castle kitchen looked immaculate and the staff could always use an extra hand. Python’s missing out!

[nicebeanisnice]

Hello tumblr people

A long long loooong time ago, I wanted to make an interactive fiction where you could date, become friends with or help some lord of the rings/the hobbit characters, and like, I made a “””””preview””””” for each “path” but it was 2AM and I was tired, and when I’m tired it’s as if I’m drunk but worse, because I’m also tired.

So, I re-read it and it made me laugh, so I thought I could share it here and make people laugh maybe, it’s all in capitals, I was probably screaming in my head while writing this or something. It’s not real previews, it’s more like titles for the documents where I put what I had written for each character.

So warning, this is not to be taken seriously (idk how it could though, but I prefer putting it out there) and it doesn’t make sense sometimes but I didn’t want to edit anything ^^’ And for those who don’t know, LI stands for love interest 

BARD THE BOWMAN, HE’S STRUNG SO HARD HE CAN’T UNSTRUNG HIMSELF PLZ SOME READER COME COLLECT THEIR CONFUSED ADULT

MERRY CHRISTMAS LMAO THAT WAS SUCH A BAD JOKE DON’T WORRY HIS JOKES WILL BE BETTER THAN THAT

PIPPIN YAY A DRINKING/SMOKING BUDDY HE’S FOREVER LOST THOUGH I HOPE YOU’RE GOOD AT EXPLANATIONS HE’LL NEED THEM

THRANDUIL AND HIS LEGENDARY HEART OF WOOD SO HARD U CAN’T TOUCH IT UNLESS YOUR NAME IS READER AND SOME AUTHOR GRANTS YOU GODHOOD AND SOME VODKA

MELUDIR THE ELF WITH THE SMILE THAT COULD MELT EVEN ETERNAL ICE SRSLY TOO PURE FOR THIS WORLD

TAURIEL ISNT A LOVE INTEREST BUT U COULD HELP HER WITH KILI CUZ SHE CAN’T HELP HERSELF APPARENTLY

GANDALF THE UNEXPECTED LOVE INTEREST THAT THE WORLD NEEDS, CLIMB ON A WONDERFUL MATCHMAKING JOURNEY

THORIN AND BILBO I PUT THEM IN ONE PACK BECAUSE W/OUT EACH OTHER THEY’RE LIKE A PIZZA W/OUT CHEESE OR TOMATO THEY’RE NOT A PIZZA ANYMORE THEY’RE JUST SOME OVERCOOKED DOUGH OR WHATEVER I’M NOT GOOD AT METAPHORS

GALADRIEL THE ELF I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED OH WAIT IT’S NOT ABOUT ME IT’S FOR MY READERS SHIT MY SECRET IS DICOVERED SO YEAH

CELEBORN THE UNDERRATED ELF THAT HAS A WIFE THAT HAS A ROMANTIC TELEPATHIC CONNECTION TO A WIZARD SO YEAH HE NEEDS SOME LOVIN’ TOO

HALDIR FUCK YEAH IDK WHAT ELSE TO SAY TO MAKE YOU BUY HIM HE’S ABLE TO MAKE PPL BUY HIM ON HIS OWN

ELROND MY MAN I KNOW HE’S MARRIED BUT DAMN IF I HAVEN’T EVER THOUGHT HE WAS COOL HE IS COOL

LINDIR AND THE SCOWL THAT NEVER GOES AWAY MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE IT GO AWAY I BET HE WOULD LIKE SOMEONE MAKING IT GO AWAY JUST SAYIN’ FOLKS

KILI IS NOT A LI BUT YOU CAN HELP HIM WITH TAURIEL HE’S CLUELESS ABOUT LIFE AND THINGS IN GENERAL READERS COME COLLECT THEIR CHILDREN

FILI THAT BLOND BEAN IS YOURS FOR THE PRICE OF... OH WAIT THIS GAME IS FREE LOL FREE FILI ROMANCE FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS SOME FILI IN THEIR LIVES

BOROMIR AH AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING HE SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF AND OMG HE’S SO HOT NOT THAT THE AUTHOR IS THIRSTY OR WHATEVER BUT DAMN THOSE MUSCLES THAT BEARD THAT HAIR WOW 100/10 WOULD ROMANCE AGAIN

FARAMIR IS OFF LIMITS I DON’T CARE HOW THIRSTY YOU ARE HE IS A NICE LITTLE BEAN AND NOBODY FIGHTS HIM OK? OR EOWYN WILL DEF CUT YOUR ASS

EOWYN THEN AGAIN OFF LIMITS BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS BECOME HER FRIEND I MEAN SHE’S SURE GOOD AT PROTECTING PEOPLE I BET SHE HAS SOME MUSCLES

EOMER DAMN THOSE MUSCLES AGAIN OH WAIT I GOTTA CONTROL MY THIRST IN FRONT OF MY READERS OH WELL WHATEVER I ALREADY SHOWED MY LOVE FOR BOROMIR AND GALADRIEL AND EVERYONE ELSE HAHA

LOOK AT THAT A LOST FRODO THAT’S NOT A FIRST AT LEAST THERE’S SAM AROUND