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bobbyseyesmile · 7 months ago

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Attitude | Part 3

Summary: Y/N has to think about what she wants: a rather safe life with Shane but she‘ll lose her sanity and might explore parts of her own mind she must sacrifice or will she put a bullet, between his perfect brown eyes, as the rational side of her brain tries to advise her.

A/N: soo uhm, i‘m sorry (no i‘m not lol) this is filth. HAVE FUN also thanks to my lovely @angel-litter who inspired me to write a third part

Characters: Dark!ShaneWalsh x Reader

WARNINGS: age gap (reader is 18+) / explicit sexual content, swearing - I can’t stress enough that this is a dark fic: Shane is a mean motherfucker and just takes what he wants. Don’t like, don’t read. You’ve been warned.

Trigger warning: dub-con | 18+

🔞 MINORS DNI below the cut! 🔞

➻ Part 2 [M]

The sun was setting over the horizon, casting long shadows over the prison walls. The world was quiet, save for the distant groans of walkers and the occasional rustle of leaves.

The group had settled for the evening, a small fire crackling in the front yard, warming the people who stood guard for the night. Shane Walsh sat on the outskirts, cleaning his gun with practiced ease. He glanced up, his eyes narrowing as you approached.

"Something you need, princess?" Shane drawled, his voice tinged with mockery.

You rolled your eyes, crossing your arms over your chest. "Just checking to make sure you’re not planning to run off again. Wouldn’t want the group’s supposed protector to abandon us."

Shane smirked, his eyes glinting with mischief. He knew exactly what you were getting at: On last week’s supply run he disappeared for hours, nobody knew where he went and Rick got nervous as the hours passed by. When the sun began to set Shane casually walked towards the prison, not even batting an eye that almost everyone was looking for him.

Everyone but you. You kept telling yourself to stay away from him, not getting pulled into the dark abyss that surrounded Shane Walsh. He was a hothead and dangerous as he preferred to work alone instead of teams.

Your father worried a lot about the future; your mom’s pregnancy wasn’t helping at all. Thankfully you found the prison and its large protective walls that kept you save; as long as everyone was willing to do their part.

Except Shane fucking Walsh.

Shane’s eyes shamelessly wandered over your body, relishing the memories when you were a whimpering hot mess. His whimpering and hot mess. The older man knew exactly what chokehold he had over you and he so wished to make that chokehold a reality.

“Don’t worry about grown men business, little girl. Get your sexy ass back to the others, I’m sure your daddy needs you to count all the peas in the kitchen.”

Rage boiled inside your stomach and you stepped closer, heart pounding in your chest as its been months since you’ve been this close to him. “You know, Shane, it’s a wonder you keep others and yourself safe with that big ego of yours. Must be hard to fit through the doorways.”

It wasn’t your best comeback but something in his eyes flickered; a tiny hint of anger that washed over his face, giving you a feeling of satisfaction.

Shane chuckled, leaning back and taking in the sight in front of him. "My ego ain’t the only thing big but you already know that, don’t you baby?”

Heat rose to your cheeks, but you refused to back down. "Don't flatter yourself. You're just a big fish in a small pond."

"Oh, is that so?" Shane stood up, his towering presence making your heart race even more. He stepped closer, bodies almost touching. "You seem pretty interested in this big fish even though you try so hard to stay away from me."

You gulped and put a hand on his chest to keep some distance between, afraid someone might be watching you. “Sh-shut up, Shane.” His large hand wrapped around your wrist, giving it a harsh tug to close the distance between your bodies. You let out a small whimper; music to his ears and it made him contemplate the idea of fucking you right here right now.

“Careful, lamb, or I might need to remind you of your past lessons… but you’re not entirely hating the idea of that, do you?”

Your pulse quickened at his words, a mixture of anger and desire swirling within you. You turned your face to escape his intense stare, but Shane was relentless. His grip on your chin was firm, forcing you to face him again.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you. You wan’t me on your side, ya listen? Don’t push me away or ya won’t like the outcome.”

His voice was low and dangerous, each word sending shivers down your spine. Your breath hitched as you met his gaze, the raw power and emotion in his eyes both thrilling and terrifying.

“Shane-“ you whimpered “You’re hurting me.”

His dark eyes glistening with excitement. “Good. I know you like it.”

You swallowed hard, heart pounding in your chest. You hated how he made you feel, how he could so easily break through your defenses. But beneath the anger, there was something else—something that scared you even more than Shane’s crazy look. You were falling for him. Falling hard.

Shane's hand moved from your chin to your neck, his thumb brushing against your pulse point. "You feel that?" he asked, his voice softer now, almost tender. "That's your heart racing because of me.” His thumb continued to caress the soft skin until he positioned it under your chin, chocking you in a harsh grip.

“And I bet that’s your sweet lil' pussy, all flustered and dripping, begging for my cock. Ain’t that right, girl?”

As fast as his grip appeared on your neck it also disappeared as your father turned around the corner.

“There you are, sweetheart!” he spoke, voice soft and filled with love as he laid eyes on you. “Your mom needs you in the infirmary. Hershel’s already with her.”

Rick’s eyes wandered between you. “Everything alright here?”

“Well, I found Y/N wandering all alone out here. She should be inside after curfew.” Shane clicked his tongue as you threw him a spiteful glance. A smirk played around his lips as your father agreed.

“He’s right, Y/N. You know the rules; only the designated guards are allowed outside after 10 pm.”

“But, dad-“

“Zip it, honey. Go help your mother, she’s having another nauseous episode.”

“Great…” you whispered under your breath but softened your gaze when you noticed your father’s look. He was tired. “Okay, I’ll look after her.”

“That’s my baby girl.” he gave you a kiss on your forehead before starting to walk away. Shane waited for him to disappear around the corner before giving your ass a harsh slap.

“Ouch! What the fu-“

“Think of me when you bury your fingers in that sweet cunt tonight. As you do every night.” He whispered in your ear before giving you a slight push. “Now go.”

Almost two weeks passed and you managed to stay out of Shanes way, he was more impulsive than ever. Running around, barking commands and undermining your father as the leader of the group. You despised it, truly hated him and his behaviour but still you lied awake at night, thinking about his fingers and the way they would feel inside y-

“Y/N? Are you listening?”

You teared your mind away from the sinful fantasies it fabricated and turned your head towards your father. The group was sitting around a big table, eating dinner and discussing plans for the oncoming days.

“Huh?” you raised your eyebrows and saw as Shane frowned at you.

“Hell naw, she’s not even listening. Damn, Rick! She’s not fucking ready!” Your father sighed, rubbing his forehead in annoyment.

“No! I listened, I’m ready!” you quickly lied and Shanes eye twitched. He knew you were lying but of course Rick didn’t notice it.

“Really?” he asked and you quickly nodded, a tad to enthusiastic.

“Fine. Then it’s settled; you and Shane go on the supply run for this week.” You nodded once again, way less excited now and looked at Shane who had his arms crossed in front of his broad chest. “You listen to everything he says, is that clear, Y/N?”

Shane smiled but it didn’t reach his eyes. “Oh, she will, Rick. She will.”

The next day the afternoon sun was setting, casting a dim, ominous light over the abandoned neighborhood. You and Shane moved cautiously through the empty streets, listening for any signs of movement.

"Stay close," Shane ordered, his voice gruff.

"I can take care of myself," you shot back but he ignored your sassiness as leaves rustled in distance.

As you approached an old, dilapidated house, the distant groans of walkers grew louder.

"Great," you muttered. "Just what we needed."

"Inside," Shane barked, grabbing your arm and pulling you towards the house.

Shane pushed you through the door, slamming it shut behind you. He quickly pushed a heavy piece of furniture against it, barricading you in. The walkers outside pounded against the walls, their growls echoing through the house.

You anxiously paced the room, nerves on edge. "This is just perfect. We’re trapped."

Shane ignored you, his focus on securing the surroundings. "We’ll be fine. Just stay quiet."

You stopped and glared at him. "You always think you know best, don’t you?"

Shane turned to face you, his eyes cold and hard. "Someone has to keep their head on straight. You’re too busy playing daddies little girl."

"Playing what?!" your voice rose. "I'm trying to survive, just like you!"

Shane stepped closer, his presence intimidating. "You think you can survive without me? You’d be dead if it wasn’t for me."

Your heart pounded, a mix of fear and anger flooding your veins. "I don’t need you, Shane. I can handle myself." He laughed, a harsh, mocking sound. "You keep telling yourself that, princess. But we both know the truth: your little crush isn’t that little anymore. You’re pathetic trying to deny it.”

You took a step back, but Shane followed, his eyes dark with a dangerous intensity. "Why are you doing this?" you demanded but your voice gave away. "Why do you have to be so… mean?"

"Mean?" Shane’s voice was low and menacing. "You think this is mean? You haven’t seen anything yet. I’ve been holding back, but maybe it’s time you learned just how serious I am."

Your breath hitched as Shane backed you against the wall, his body towering over you. "Shane, stop," you said, voice trembling.

"Stop? Why would I stop? You need to understand something, Y/N. You’re mine. You belong to me. And I’m not letting anyone, or anything, take you away."

Shane studied your eyes; they were filled with a mix of fear and defiance. "You don’t own me, Shane. I’m not yours to control."

He leaned in, his face inches from yours, his breath hot against your skin. "You think you have a choice? You think you can just walk away? You can’t, I won’t let you, ever.”

His lips crashed onto your own, fierce and demanding, his hands roaming possessively over your body. You tried to push him away, your brain telling you to get away from him but the wetness between your legs mocked you. Your own body betrayed you.

Shane’s hands gripping your waist, pulling you against his hard chest, his touch a mixture of possessiveness and arousal. You let out a moan as his knee pushed against your clothed sex, roughly rubbing you through your jeans. You needed more, more of him.

“Shane-“

“Shut up.” He spit back, his fingers ripping the button off your pants. “All I want to hear are those pretty moans, you understand?” You wanted to protest but the look in his eyes made you change your mind so you just nodded. “Good girl.”

You sighed when his fingers finally touched you, he stroked them over the drenched material of your panties. “Of course.” he mocked and shoved a finger inside your entrance.

He set a fast and rough rhythm but you didn’t mind, all that mattered was the pure bliss that slowly spread through your system. “M-more.” you begged and it made him snort.

“Needy little whore. You can’t handle more but I’ll give it to you anyways.” A second finger entered you, spreading the tight walls to his liking.

Shane watched your face, your hooded eyes and slightly parted lips with a small whimper escaping here and there. But he needed you to understand that you were his, there was no escape from him. He needed you to scream his name.

“Fuck, darling, your little cunt is tight. This I will enjoy-“ You opened your eyes and glanced at his hardened cock, his tip red and angry and glistening with precum. Shane knew you were a virgin and it almost made him lose his mind as he imagined taking your innocence away for the first time. He saw the fear in your eyes and he loved it.

He lifted you up, slowly pushing inside you, watching all the emotions washing over your face and you never looked more beautiful to him.

“I c-can’t-“ you whimpered and he came to a stop, waiting for your eyes to open. When you did you saw his eyes soften, almost tenderly. But just a moment later you noticed the smirk around his lips. “You will.”

His cock suddenly entered you with such a force it squeezed all air out of your lungs, leaving you gasping between his chest and the wall he had caged you in. The sharp pain made your brain panic but your body, oh your body welcomed him with such ease it was almost embarrassing.

“Shit, you’re so fucking tight-“ he groaned and his fingers dug into the soft skin at your hips. It would leave marks, you were sure, but couldn’t care less.

The pain slowly faded into a completely unique and new feeling, a feeling deep inside you. Something your fingers never managed to even scratch the surface of it. You bit your lips till you tasted blood, his length filling you up at a relentlessly pace. Shanes hand circled around your delicate neck, the grip of his fingers began to tighten leaving you chocking around them. The lack of air left your brain in a hazy state.

You weren’t even sure how it was possible for him to be this deep inside you; his length made it seem impossible but your body proved you wrong as your hungry cunt swallowed him whole. Shane felt his release approaching the more he watched your face and listening to your sloppy moans.

Your eyes rolled to the back of your head and your mouth hung open for a silent cry but nothing came out as your orgasm washed over you in intense waves; your blood rushing in your ears as you came all over his dick.

Shane roughly claimed your lips once again, dominating the kiss as it left you literally breathless. His grip on your waist increased, threatening to break you in half as he fucked you through both of your highs. He gave one final thrust before he came hot and heavy, painting your insides white.

The euphoria from your first time quickly vanished as you felt the warm liquid dripping down your legs. Shane noticed the panic in your eyes and let out a hoarse chuckle.

“Thought I was joking when I said I’ll never let ya go, huh? You’re fucking mine forever, princess.”

The rational part inside you was ready to run, to grab the nearest object and bash it over his head but the other part, the part that was hopelessly in love with this psychopath of a man, stayed still.

Accepting your new fate as you felt his lips on your ear:

“And I’ll kill everyone that comes between us.”

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whereonceiwasfire · 1 year ago

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Look. Look. I am as invested as the next person in a nuanced, well-developed exploration of the fractured relationship between the college trio, but I contain multitudes, and also just really need more AUs in my life where Maddie actually knows Vlad is now a ghost loser simp intent on getting Jack out of the picture and plans on ctrl-v-ing himself in his ex-best-friend's place like a badly photoshopped family picture, because I think this has the potential to be absolutely HILARIOUS.

Neither of them tells Jack because Maddie can't bear to break her husband's heart by revealing the truth about their long-lost friend, and Vlad won't tell him because, on top of the obvious reasons, Jack also keeps inviting Vlad to stuff. Family dinner? Danny's school events? Camping trips? It's remarkably convenient as it puts him in a great position to play Uncle Vlad until he can successfully enact his bonkers plan.

Except now, in addition to Danny knowing Vlad is up to no good and being very much not on board with the Fruitloop's whole shtick, Maddie's in the same boat too. But Maddie and Danny are keeping this info from each other because she still doesn't/can't know her son is Phantom and if Danny outs Vlad, Vlad will turn around and spill his little secret too. And for Maddie's part, she probably just doesn't want her son knowing that Vlad is a ghost. It's a bad look to admit you've welcomed a specter from the afterlife into your house (on multiple occasions) when you've spouted off how dangerous these creatures are since your kiddos could walk.

This sets up a scenario where you've got Jack: oblivious, Danny: trying not to reveal his secret while also keeping Vlad from murdering his dad, Maddie: being a badass ghost hunter protecting her family and blasting Vlad into next Tuesday every chance she gets, and Vlad: just, being very...Vlad about everything. Chaos and hilarity ensues.

Can you see my vision?

Jack's humming to himself while making dinner, back turned, unaware anything is amiss as Maddie saves his life, firing a blaster at Plasmius and sending him through a wall before he can attack her husband. She immediatley hides the ecto-weapon behind her back, giving a too-enthusastic "how was your day sweetie!" when Danny walks in the door, brows raised. Jack turns around at the interruption, giving a bright, oblivious, "Where'd Vladdy go?!" which prompts a groan and a "that guy's here again?" from Danny.

Maddie and Danny can bond over their shared aversion to Vlad's general existance, though neither of them admit there's a little more to it than just "he's an arrogant asshole." Or, better yet, they're both putting on the facade, keeping up pretenses, pretending they don't despise the dude, because how are they supposed to explain why they despise the dude? Vlad is impossibly amused by the whole song and dance they're doing, because of course, he's the only one who realizes that Maddie and Danny both know he's a half ghost and are keeping that from each other. And like, as if he's going to let them in on that little tidbit unless it directly benefits him.

Sometimes Maddie and Danny run into awkward situations where they're both trying to protect Jack, but they don't realize it, and they can't be overt about it without the other person realizing what's going on. "Don't you have homework? You go do that, I'll check on your father and...uncle Vlad." "Oh, no, no, don't you worry about it, you're so busy, Mom. I can go check on them!" "That's really not necessary. I don't mind at all." Meanwhile, Vlad is in the kitchen like "why don't you check that cooking oil with your face, Jack? Oh, I know it sounds unorthodox, but I swear that's how they do it in France."

#danny phantom #dp #dp thoughts #vlad masters #maddie fenton #Jack fenton #college trio thoughts #au #au thoughts

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beautification-tales · 2 months ago

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The Tapes pt. 5

A slow burn transformation tale

Brian woke up covered in sweat. He ripped the headphones off his head. He felt so strange yet it felt so good. He remembered when Linda suggested he buy his own set of tapes. He thought of how confident she was and how she looked at him with lust the other evening.

She left and Brian quickly rush ordered his own set of tapes. Brian leaned back in bed as the memory replayed in his mind. “Do you want me Brian?” Linda asked on his lap. Brian grunted as he felt his hand stroke his hard cock. “I fucking want you so bad.” He answered in a deep confident tone. He felt like his body was on fire as if Linda was actually with him. The seductive look she gave him caused him to moan. He felt his cock twitch in his hand.

The memory was now replaced with a new fantasy as Linda was in lingerie now on his lap. She had tattoos on her arms and black lipstick covered her lips. Brian moaned her name as he stroked faster. She smiled and teased Brian pushing her big breasts into him. He felt her hard nipples against his chest. He then realized in this fantasy he also was different.

He felt stronger as his arms had more muscle. Linda was playing with his rock hard abs. She licked her lips then tongued his ear. The fantasy felt so real as he screamed in ecstasy. She pulled away and whispered. “If you want me so badly… take me.” In the fantasy Brian grabbed Linda’s neck and squeezed gently. He moved with lightning speed as he pushed her on the bed. He ripped off her panties and slid deep inside of her.

Brian in reality frowned as he didn’t quite recognize the behavior as his. He didn’t want to hurt Linda or be quite this rough. He almost stopped stroking himself wanting his fantasy to end. Linda grabbed the back of his neck and let out a determined, throaty moan. The sound was intoxicating and Brian wanted more. “ That’s it take me! Don’t stop!” Brian obeyed, doubling his efforts in reality and the fantasy simultaneously.

He could feel himself quickly approaching the precipice. Brian grunted as he felt his balls tighten. The room around him grew hazy, the lines between reality and fantasy blurring. In his mind, Linda's legs were wrapped around his waist, she squeezed tightly pushing him even deeper within her. “You’re mine now.” She said to him. Brian felt hot seed land on his chest as the fantasy evaporated.

Brian tried to catch his breath as he got up to clean himself. A voice that sounded like Linda spoke within his mind. “I need a real man. A man that takes what he wants. You know what you need to do.” Brian nodded in obedience as he stepped into the shower to start his day.

Linda woke up early again. She smiled as she remembered her night with Dave. She caressed her breasts as her nipples sprung to attention. She cooed with a sultry tone as she realized they felt larger than they were before. The voice spoke to her. “I told you I would help you stand out. This is just the beginning! Go see what else is new.”

Linda sprung from her bed, the excitement of the mysterious voice's promise thrumming through her veins. The early morning light danced across her floor, casting a soft glow that made her skin glow. She walked to her bathroom, her heart racing in anticipation of what she might find. The mirror reflected a young woman whose beauty had been magnified overnight, her features sharper, her breasts were bigger, her eyes brighter, and her lips fuller. The voice in her head grew more insistent, egging her on to explore further.

Linda turned her head and body. She looked back and saw that her ass was more round and appealing. Linda could feel that tingle once again between her legs. She hesitated as her hand rested on her abdomen as if waiting for permission. The voice knowing her desires answered. “Yes test it out.” She slid her hand down her stomach and let her fingers play with her clit. A shock of pleasure shot through her body and she let out a gasp. Her clit was bigger and more sensitive. She felt a sense of power and excitement as she realized she had been transformed.

Dave had been a bit rough with her the night before but she had liked it. It was like he had unlocked something primal within her. The voice whispered, “You liked it rough, didn’t you?” She nodded to herself in the mirror, her eyes glazed over with a mix of desire and wonder. “I knew you would. That’s why I gave you these new toys to play with. You can handle more now. Much more."

Linda moaned loudly as she plunged two fingers deep into her wet pussy. “Mmm yes I can handle much more!” She cried out as the feeling of pleasure and power overwhelmed her. Her pussy felt tighter, more responsive to her touch, as if it had been designed to give and receive greater pleasure. She bit her bottom lip, savoring the sensation as she began to pump her hand in a steady rhythm. The voice grew more playful, "You truly stand out now. Today do what bad girls do!”

Linda gasped at the revelation. She was much more than what she was. She could feel her orgasm closing in as thoughts of what this confidence and body could do. She pictured herself in the bar gaining more attention than any other woman in there. She trembled as her body shook with pleasure. She licked her fingers as she entered the shower to clean up.

Her thoughts swirling with excitement and the voice’s seductive suggestions, Linda decided to indulge the suggestion as she put on her jeans and top. The new curves made her clothes tighter, and she knew they would leave nothing to the imagination. The tightness around her ass and breasts made her feel like a goddess.

She looked inside her purse and saw the money she stole from Dave. The guilt she felt the other night for taking it had evaporated. She wondered why the voice asked her to do such a thing but she learned it was good to obey it. She decided to put the extra funds to good use. She put on her sneakers and rode her bike to the tattoo parlor. She wanted to feel the pain and pleasure from the needle once again. She also wanted the vision she saw of herself to become a reality.

She sat in the chair as the artist inked the barb wire on her arm. Linda couldn’t help but bite her lip as she watched the artist concentrating but also taking glimpses at her cleavage. The artist finished the work on both arms as she slapped the cash on the counter to get to class.

She was late as she walked to the front. She could feel the stares from everyone in the hall. The familiar tingle began between her legs as her nipples poked through her shirt. She took her seat and grinned when even the professor lost concentration taking a look at her. “Do what bad girls do!” The voice repeated in her mind.

Linda waited until all her classmates had left the hall. She walked toward her professor to ask about the homework.

Linda looked down before addressing her professor. It was like she was the shy anxious girl she once was. However, this time she was doing it on purpose to put her instructor at ease. “Professor, I have a question about the assignment.” She paused, waiting for the nod that she could continue. “What do you mean by classical conditioning in humans?”

The professor leaned back in his chair, stroking his beard as he often did when contemplating a question. “Ah, a good question indeed, Linda. You see, classical conditioning is a psychological concept that Pavlov discovered with his dogs. But it's not just about animals salivating at the sound of a bell. It's about how we, as humans, learn to associate stimuli with responses. It's all around us, in every aspect of our lives, from the smell of our favorite food to the sound of a phone ringing, prompting us to answer it. It's essentially learning from experience and making connections between different things.”

“That is so cool ! Because I think I have been conditioned to want something and it’s making my mouth water right now.” Linda’s shy posture vanished as she eyed her professor’s crotch. Her voice had taken on a seductive tone that was as sudden as it was unexpected. The professor’s eyes shot down to his own groin area, unsure if he had just heard correctly. He cleared his throat, trying to ignore the stirring in his pants.

“I-I see. Well, it is indeed a powerful concept, but the next class is coming in soon. Perhaps we can discuss this further in my office?” The professor's voice wavered, and he shifted uncomfortably, desperately trying to keep his composure. She nodded in agreement as she licked her full lips.

10 minutes later

The professor was in his office groaning as Linda sucked his cock. “Ughh what happened to you? You used to be so shy.” He exclaimed between grunts as she took him deeper into her mouth. She felt his hands tug at her hair as she deepthroats him, her eyes watering but her resolve unbroken.

She stopped for a moment to answer. She looked up at him and batted her eyelashes as she gripped his member.

“I’m a bad girl now.”

#beautification #transformation #f2f transformation #breast expansion #bimboification #beauty is power #ass expansion #slutification #mind corruption #the tapes #seduction

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scottishmushroom · 1 year ago

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Bildad the Shuhite - Cobbler, Obstetrician, and Liar.

Bildaddy does more than craft footwear and assist birthing people. He’s also a weaver of untruths. Let’s explore them, shall we?

#1:

Of course as the audience, we know from watching Crowley throughout the last 6,000 years there’s some shame and self loathing when it comes to his identity as a demon. He is a fallen angel, therefore a demon unworthy of forgiveness. So to hear him phrase this as he does, comes off to me a little bitter. On the exterior his delivery may be one of stating a fact (he is technically a demon), but his inner conflict of being cast from Heaven but still wishing good in the world is a painful reminder of his loneliness.

But a step further, we also know as the audience that he is in fact lying to Aziraphale (and Hell) in this scene. Not about having permission to destroy everything Job owns, we know that’s true. But when he turns around and blows up the goats and sarcastically quips, “Seems legit to meeee” he is in fact lying. The goats are fine, and it wasn’t legit at all.

#2:

Crowley sets Job’s house on fire, and Aziraphale, just short of clutching her pearls says, “But… you said you wouldn’t.” This is followed by the very first time we hear Crowley say “I’m a demon. I lied.” We then get a very scrumptiously assertive Aziraphale standing his ground and insisting the children are safe, and Crowley is not going to harm them. Crowley is being challenged here by an angel, again. An angel. They’ve had limited encounters up to this point since his fall, and here he is being forced by the opposition to question where he truly stands. By backing down and saving the children, he’s not just going against Hell’s orders but also appeasing an angel. Crowley really cares what Aziraphale thinks of him. I’ve already written a meta that talks about this that you can find here: https://www.tumblr.com/scottishmushroom/730259715377020928/gif-credit-dancingcrowley-i-think-by-now-we-can

#3:

This one is like a stab to the heart. He says it so gently, so soft. On one hand, there’s that shame again. Regret and sadness at his identity as a demon, the inability to embrace who he is. The other aspect of it is about protecting Aziraphale. During the cellar scene, if you’re not too distracted with the sight of Aziraphale going absolutely rabid on that ox, Crowley denies that it is lonely going along with Hell as far as he can. By then, he is well aware that Aziraphale and him have that in common when it comes to their respective home offices. He doubts Hell’s decisions, and knows Aziraphale doubts Heaven’s/God’s. But he recognizes that Aziraphale is going to have a much more difficult time with coping with this realization. He lied about it not being lonely to protect him. To soften the blow he knew was eventually coming. To gently ease him into this new reality.

His soft delivery of “I’m a demon. I lied” here is a kindness. This is the true beginning of them on this path together of figuring out how to do their jobs even when it conflicts with their personal beliefs/morals. And also the beginning of neither one of them truly being alone. They may not recognize it just yet, but they have each other now. A group of the two of them.

My favorite thing about Crowley as a liar is when he does lie, it’s either a redirection to hide the truth (that he’s actually doing GOOD instead of evil), or to protect Aziraphale. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking that he always pairs his identity as a liar to his identity as a demon. True demons that lie, do so to cause harm. He lies to protect. He’s not a true demon. Just an angel that sauntered vaguely downwards.

#good omens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale x crowley #aziracrow #aziraphale good omens #go2 #ineffable husbands #crowley good omens #ineffable idiots #bildaddy #bildad the shuhite #good omens meta #good omens bildad

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imagining-in-the-margins · 2 years ago

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Insatiable Girl (S.R.)

Summary: Spencer decides to explore a particular aspect of his girlfriend’s psychology. Request: Reid notices that the reader has a bit of an oral fixation and decides he wants to study it with her a bit further. Couple: Spencer Reid/Reader Category: Smut (NSFW, 18+) Content Warning: Spencer!POV, oral sex (male receiving), established relationship, body worship (male), fingering, oral fixation Word Count: 1.6k

MASTERLIST

There have been many theories about oral fixations. Although most only know about Freud’s thoughts on the matter, the truth is that most animals experience a period of youth where they seek out something to satisfy their need for self-soothing.

It makes sense. Our mouths are not only how we nourish ourselves, but also how we express our personality. How much of human courtship is performed with the mouth? From a smile to something more… salacious.

When I’d invited my girlfriend to move in with me, I’d already been aware of this aspect of her psychology. It would’ve been difficult to miss. But for all the pleasure it provided, it also brought with it the sweetest torture. Because her fixation persisted even when we were in public.

How many hours had I sat and watched as she worshiped something that would never be capable of appreciating her efforts? How many times had I sat and counted bubblegum bubbles or listened to the muffled clacking of mints on her teeth?

Don’t even get me started on lollipops.

But that day, as we sat in our respective spaces in the living room, she had nothing but herself to use to appease that ever-demanding compulsion. Each time that I’d looked over, I would watch as her jaw twitched while her teeth worked the supple skin of her lower lip.

My heart raced, skipping a beat each time that I watched it slip free. I could feel the slickness of her lips, the pillowy, malleable softness of her. I could taste the sweetness of the firm muscle of her tongue.

My thoughts ran wild with fantasies that I’d had a million times before. But that day, one had made its way through to the forefront.

I stood without warning, but she didn’t seem to mind. At that time, she was too engrossed in chewing idly on the tip of her thumb.

She didn’t look up until I was right in front of her. Even then, she just opened her mouth to speak, but said nothing.

Like a baby bird opening her mouth and pleading for me to provide her what she needed. Mere seconds after she’d removed her own thumb, her eyes began pleading, ‘Give me something more.’

At first, I had to say no. I had my own cruel desires that I’d needed to indulge. I wanted to watch her crumble beneath me until there was no greater satisfaction than giving me mine.

My hand cradled her jaw to stop her from chewing on her lips. Her body rocked forward, her neck craning to be even an inch closer to what she wanted most.

But I wasn’t a complete sadist. I wouldn’t leave her completely unsatisfied. The next time she opened her mouth to beg, I pressed my thumb against her bottom lip. Within seconds, she’d accepted it. At first, she was gentle. She wrapped her tongue around the digit and let out a soft breath from her nose.

Soon enough, though, her desire got the better of her. With both her hands on my hips, she pulled my entire thumb into her mouth. She audibly moaned, as if I had given her the greatest gift.

But I hadn’t. Not yet.

She knew that, too. That’s why she wasted no time unbuckling my pants, all while her mouth refused to relent.

Her mouth had been so warm, so soft. Everything about her was. It set my blood on fire in the best possible way. I listened to the melodic sound of belt buckles and buttons and indulged in the overwhelming feeling of her lips wrapped around my thumb.

I groaned when I finally felt my pants slacken around my now pressing erection. At the same time, I fought my self-preserving instinct that told me to look away. I knew it would be too much to see her, but I did it, anyway.

That insatiable, darling girl released my thumb from her mouth with a satisfying ‘pop.’ She gasped for breath, puffing hot air against wet skin as she climbed off the couch and dropped to her knees like she was preparing a prayer. She used both hands to pull my erection free and then… she waited.

There was a quiet moment— a silent blessing for what she was about to receive. She closed her eyes as she pressed a small kiss against burning skin.

I couldn’t resist her much longer. She was on her knees, but I was the one begging for salvation.

“Please,” I whispered without even thinking.

Her giggles filled the silence. It was a beautiful sound.

Her mouth was an even more beautiful feeling.

Even though it made my racing heart weak, I looked down at her through half-lidded eyes. I watched as I disappeared between her lips. Inch by inch, she accepted me into the warmth of her.

It was act of love. It was an act of worship.

But any pleasure it brought me paled in comparison to the ecstasy that slipped from the space between her lips.

Truly, she had never looked happier than when her mouth was full. She hummed so contentedly against me that I almost forgot to breathe. I was drunk on her worship, the love that she could only give on her knees.

I felt weak. I felt like a God. I felt my heart beating against her tongue as she wrapped it around my dick. She held me close, as close as she could. With struggling muscles rejecting her efforts, she persisted until she was satisfied. Yet, she was insatiable.

My eyes glazed over as I continued watching myself disappear over and over into her wanting mouth. I tried to follow the patterns of her tongue but got lost in her lustful eyes, instead.

I was bewildered and mesmerized with the way she made love with her mouth alone. I didn’t dare disturb her, although I couldn’t help but fantasize about kissing her, too. I laced my fingers through her disheveled hair and pulled the same way I would if I’d been kissing her.

She pulled away and gasped just before she closed her lips around me again. The sudden burst of cool air only heightened the warmth of her. My body bucked harder against her. Her nose was buried in soft curls at the base of me, but she showed no signs of objection.

Instead, she rid her mouth of any air. She suckled until her tongue was flat against the sensitive underside of me. She massaged the pulsing vein to the rhythm of my heartbeat. She kept going even when it seemed impossible.

My hips drove my cock further into her throat and paid no mind to the muscle’s protests. I reveled in the wetness dripping from her bottom lip.

I forced weary eyes open again to look down at the state of her. Her eyes struggled the same as the rest of her. Her hand buried beneath her underwear undoubtedly dripping the same way as her mouth.

I wanted more. She deserved more.

With one final thrust against the back of her throat, I took hold of her hair and gave her everything I had. Hot waves of pleasure pooled in her mouth and that darling girl moaned. She was sobbing against the base of me like she had been devastated to see the end of something so beautiful.

When I was finally spent, with heaving breath and a slackened grip, I pulled her off me. Even with the exhaustion, I handled her with all the care she’d deserved. But she was nothing if not fixated.

Not even a second after she’d taken a full breath, she took me in her mouth again. Gently, she cleaned overly sensitive skin to ensure that she hadn’t missed a drop.

As much as it made me ache, I couldn’t bring myself to stop her until that insatiable girl was satisfied.

She released the now softened length with an even softer tongue. My darling girl looked up at me with a beg for something more than my everything.

I wanted to give her more. She deserved more.

So, I helped her up from her spot with shaky knees. She trembled against me, and I welcomed the warmth of her body.

She was my greatest desire. I couldn’t say no to something as sweet as her slightly salty lips. She was so tired, but she didn’t fail to kiss me back. She pushed her tongue into my mouth at the same time I sneaked past the band of her underwear.

She gasped around my mouth, still seeking air without having to let go.

Her dripping heat didn’t resist my fingers. I pressed them into her effortlessly, feeling more of her from the inside.

I was so drunk on the power of pleasing her that I almost couldn’t let her go. I held my fingers down against that rough patch at the front of her walls until she was twitching. I waited for her body to squirm and her lips to break contact with mine before I started to move again.

I’d wanted to hear her whisper sweet nothings against my lips.

“Please, Spencer,” she slurred through swollen lips, “More.”

I’d be damned to tell her no.

I pulled my fingers free from tense walls and placed them gently against the swollen pearl at the crest of her dripping heat. A few gentle, lazy circles was all it took for her to fall apart in my arms.

Still, she kissed me with everything she had. I tasted myself on her tongue and imagined tasting her, too. Something more than the sweetness of her saliva.

Once I was certain she’d had enough, I removed my hand from her underwear and brought it to her lips.

Without any hesitation, she took my fingers into her mouth.

My insatiable girl, I thought, may you never have enough of this.

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vaguely-concerned · 1 year ago

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I’m on a Star Wars books roll so here we go with my — unhinged thanks for asking! — thoughts on Dooku: Jedi Lost, specifically the audio play. Short version: I fucking loved this one! For maximum emotional devastation, pair with Master and Apprentice and Padawan the way my stupid ass did and then be sad about it forever I guess that's what I’m going to have to do.

Long (LONG oopsie) version:

- So. First of all, let’s get the most important thing out of the way on this here old man yaoi website. We all agree dooku and sifo dyas explored each other’s bodies right. Or at least definitely would have if not for the laws of this order etc., potentially. That’s not just me. Good. Thank you. We can now move on

- Secondly. Well. Guess I’m just going to be inconsolable about Sifo-Dyas forever now. I miss the days in which he was just a throwaway line in AotC spawned by a random misspelling to me, rather than an eternal raw aching wound in my heart

- poor poor ventress just reading through all the proof that dooku absolutely does have it in him to be a good dad I mean master and just — idk got tired of that and went the force lightning route with her. I love the move of having her dead master hang out with her all that time as well (having her slip up and refer to ‘us’ did something to me, god this is so sad. Is he actually there in spirit or is it just her grief dreaming him up because dooku is awful and cold as a cliff wall and she needs some kind of attachment figure even if she’ll have to reinvent him herself, rebuild him word for word, gesture by gesture. Pain. sorry about your terrible track record with father figures asajj)

- Lene: (About Averross): He hasn’t changed.

Dooku: (In the warmest fondest voice you ever heard) And I hope he never does

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH MYSELF? MUST I SET MYSELF ON FIRE TO ESCAPE THE PAIN???

Another strong showing for Rael in general, btw. He’s so warm and charming as a presence even though he’s also a little chaos gremlin. (He’s quite similar to how Sifo-Dyas was when he was young in some ways, I can definitely start to see what Dooku responds warmly to in terms of character traits.)

- the fact that good ol’ sheev showed an interest in rael, dooku and anakin… interesting huh! He’s just got a soft spot for the disaster lineage I suppose, maybe there’s an element there of luring yoda’s most direct lineage into the dirt with him without yoda even noticing for the longest time. Also cackling at the idea that he looked at qui-gon ‘too fucking stubborn and insufferable to fall to the dark side out of sheer spite’ jinn and went ‘...not that one tho’ fhdskjfa. And obi-wan is more like ‘that one blorbo all my little guys seem wild about but I just don’t get it guys’

IF rael’s refusal to join dooku at the end of ‘master and apprentice’ is the last word (which I am not convinced of ;___; be safe cowboy jedi we never see in mainline canon so far), then he’s the only one who has dodged palpatine’s attentions. Wonderful if true love that for him

ALSO rael is one of the few people we know to be on (or at least to consider himself on despite what palps might think lol) first name basis with palpatine. Hilarious. I concur with dooku never change rael

- Sifo-Dyas: That’s insane.

Dooku, deadpan: Yes.

Sifo-Dyas: The worst plan I’ve ever heard.

Dooku, somehow even more deadpan: Most probably.

Sifo-Dyas: I’m in.

Crying… weeping and dying………… what if someone could have helped sifo with his unfortunate prophecy propensity and they hadn’t drifted apart. Clone Wars averted methinks if dooku still ended up leaving the order he would have been too busy having tender gay sex with the love of his life (and only person who can call him out on his shit and have him actually listen) to be a war criminal (I am being extremely facetious of course this is very much a ‘time traveler killing baby hitler’ situation where the underlying forces causing this point in history are way too powerful to avert the catastrophe in one move. but at least palps would probably have had to pick someone else to wreck the galaxy through and sifo-dyas would be kissed & held instead of going slowly mad. A net plus some (I, me) would say)

- I just wanted to applaud both the writing and the voice acting for the characterization of Dooku in this, from his young self trying so hard to be haughty and self-possessed but also being like, y’know, twelve and a dweeb and easy for Sifo-Dyas to pull into trouble, to the dry wit and warmth he shows with Rael and Qui-Gon or his sister later. It took me a little while to get into the voice acting specifically (the actor makes no attempt at going the full Christopher Lee, which in hindsight was probably wise), but now I love it. It gets a bit goofy in places but you know what, I am a long time lover of audio plays, that’s part of the charm

- “Master, have I done something wrong?”

My heart is clenching… do you think… that master yoda’s deal with leaving his student to try fucking everything to have some kind of relationship with him until he just breaks down in tears of despair… is the kind of thing that maybe started a little bit of a generational trauma cartwheel through the ages. The point that bb!dooku is arrogant isn’t without merit and he strikes out incredibly ungracefully about it (in fact I would be a lot more worried than yoda seems to be that he decides to try to kill a tree about it, ‘I felt like destroying something beautiful’-style) but I just don’t think a… fourteen year old? A teen anyway, Is going to learn what you think he learns from this. I simply don’t believe that silent treatmenting kids will teach them emotional intelligence I guess especially if they already struggle with that naturally lol

(It is exactly the same mistake (in my opinion) that Qui-Gon makes with Obi-Wan, too, just leaving the kid completely alone and forcing them to come to you every which way for comfort or guidance instead of meeting them or reaching out to them. Especially once you see that really Dooku’s prime emotion/big core wound right from the beginning is loneliness. And that doesn’t only come from a feeling of superiority (which to be sure is also a big factor), because he has no idea where he comes from until he meets his sister. I don’t think the jedi as a whole were unsalvageable by any stretch of the imagination, but Yoda specifically… you are on such very thin ice with me at this point you little green fuck. You’re very funny and moving in yoda dark rendezvous and that’s all that’s keeping you in my somewhat good graces.)

- Okay, coming back a bit later I think I’ve found the right words to say this. more precisely dooku has two big issues which you can later see haunting all the way down his lineage — loneliness and control. (and not incidentally the intersecting elements of the two haha.) We see from his relationship to sifo-dyas that he’s not incapable of having close mutual relationships with an equal, but that kind of crashed and burned for reasons neither of them could really help and after that it seems quite telling that he has the easiest time with deeper connection in a teacher-student sort of form. I think his affection is unconditional and real, but you can’t get away from the fact that he also has the most control in that relationship structure by default, he gets to dictate what form it takes to a big extent. He doesn’t trust other people — the underlying idea ‘Only I can do this’ that eventually leads him down the Separatist path is there the whole way. It speaks both to a sense of superiority and an utter lack of faith that other people can or will help him. And then that echoes down through the master-padawan line:

Qui-Gon with his self-righteousness and utter refusal to compromise leaving him isolated among the jedi (only he is right. Yeah the Force told him so. Don’t worry I’ve got a permit *insert parks and rec I can do whatever I want meme here*), Obi-Wan with his anxiety and perfectionism and incredible sense of shame and responsibility that he should be able to carry the whole world on his shoulders alone and beating himself up for failing, all feeding into not knowing what to do with Anakin and his complete lack of control of himself and his desperation to gain and maintain connection and love (which earns him the title of ‘Dooku’s least favorite family member’ fhdsa his immediate disdain for him is so funny and so in character. Repress and go slowly mad like a normal person anakin the way you’re carrying on is just undignified and that is much worse than being evil)…

- Rael gently telling Dooku to take on another padawan soon… so sweet, so sad, local cowboy jedi looking out for his dad. Also highlights something about Dooku I think is true: that he does much better and seems to have an easier time holding to the light when he’s responsible for someone else. Again, I do feel like Dooku’s core problem is loneliness, but it seems like raising kids is the one point where that relaxes somewhat. Maybe if Sifo-Dyas had stayed in a better mental place and they kept in touch it could have been different.

- Lene Kostana is SUCH a character! Charismatic and deeply fucked up, when it’s revealed how her and Sifo-Dyas’ relationship remains long after his padawan stage is done I felt a little bit sick, to my surprise. Because that could just be kindness on her part, of course, it’s good that he has someone he trusts to look after him when he can’t himself, but also there’s something… queasy about the way it keeps him continually young, in a way. (Notably he still calls her ‘master’ even as an adult, when they’re working together. Not uncommon in Star Wars, of course, but together with everything else going on vibes-wise… hm.) The inherent unreliable narration of this story really worked for me in this regard especially — do we know that young Dooku was entirely wrong when he sensed the dark side in her? She certainly is willing to go to lengths that are… worrying! in her fascination with sith shit, she tempted children into a dangerous place they didn’t understand and couldn’t know the consequences of and she continually puts sifo-dyas in situations that are implied to be a risk to worsening his condition. Run of the mill incredibly irresponsible at best, sincerely sinister at worst. Did she choose Sifo over Dooku because he’s more vulnerable and shapeable? There is an undercurrent of something icky and emotionally incest-y going on with how she relates to Dooku and Sifo-Dyas in general (right down to the ‘NO, no one can know about this’ intensity after the… evil moss cave. I can’t believe I’m this emotional about a book with an evil moss cave). I don’t think she’s a proper sith in any way and I also believe there is real affection there on all sides, but idk something about the whole thing makes me deeply uneasy. Yoda where the fuck are you your son is out there with his irresponsible mom again they’re looking for dirty needles in haystacks and they’re not even wearing any gloves

- dooku telling sifo-dyas he can come back to haunt him if he likes as a joke… well well well I’m sure that doesn’t ring with some dramatic irony at some point down the line lmao

- honestly looking back at master and apprentice after reading jedi lost makes qui-gon's apparent lack of reaction to dooku leaving seem — let's call it highly suspect haha. rael asks him if he's spoken to dooku after and qui-gon is like 'no. why would I. it's literally fine. anyway this topic is done now'. (and rael seems to just go ‘*older brotherly knowing* uh-huh’) meanwhile he's thinking about dooku *all the time* trying to figure out his role as master to obi-wan, thinking about being a padawan himself, the parts of his life he shared with both dooku and rael. The jedi doth protest too much methinks

ALSO how much of qui-gon thinking the council was too lenient with rael after he had to kill his padawan is about that actual situation, and how much is a ‘our family still likes my older brother more than me even though he Fucked Up so bad and breaks just as many rules as I do’ sort of deal mixed with his own neuroses about how he’s failing obi-wan (to which rael’s situation symbolizes the worst possible outcome, i.e. the kid dies and it’s basically your fault). Many thoughts.

- moment of silence for jenza of house serenno. Girl your only sin was being surrounded by asshole male family members and I’m so sorry I think you did all you could with what you had to work with here.

Not… entirely sure how dooku’s claim to the title supersedes hers — is he a year older than her? (she’s eleven when they first meet, he might be twelve or older at that point I don’t remember haha) Does she just give up her place in the inheritance order? Are primogeniture and male heir preference factors in Serenno inheritance law? Not the most important thing honestly it works anyway thematically but could have been clarified quickly!

- interesting to see that the council’s restrictive policy against engaging with prophecies had a surprisingly big impact on how things went down. Kostana has a lot of responsibility in Sifo’s fate for insisting he keep it secret, but there is genuine fear for what might become of him if the rest of the order finds out he’s got 24/7 futurevision hovering over him threateningly… listen it’s not like the poor guy can help getting the future constantly pumped into his brain at nightmare resolutions, I think maybe if there had been more willingness to at least engage curiously with the concept of prophecy and how it works, even if you don’t put your faith in the particulars of what the prophecies say, this wouldn’t have had to be such a shitty isolated secretive life for him. hearing him slowly fall apart over the years considering how bright and lovely he started out... oof is all I can say

- when dooku was a good jedi he was such a good jedi!!! The scene where they’re saving the kids from the collapsing hospital, every time he teaches his students anything…the impulse of someone has to do something about this! that made him so good at saving lives turning dark with the tarnish of frustration and rage over the years… nooooooooo problematic grandpa why did it have to be like this :(

- …do you think infant jedi can sense what’s going on around them in the Force. Because it makes a very sad kind of sense if dooku on some level remembers bodily or in the Force that he was not only abandoned but rejected in disgust as one of the first things he discovered in the world. Oh boy. With all the ways attachment relationships can go wonky in the first few years in real life I don’t even want to consider how much more wrong it can go when the baby is fucking psychic lol

- vaguely related: the way dooku seems to find the very idea of being truly reliant on anyone, emotionally or otherwise, personally offensive, terrifying and humiliating lol. Yoda saves him from being crushed by rubble and he is outraged because that means he can’t save himself (and his newfound sister) without anyone’s help like he thought for one glorious moment he could. The fantasy of perfect emotional self-sufficiency, doing away with all the messiness and risk of interpersonal relationships and cutting off the possibility of really being abandoned again. It’ll get ya every time. This is also a thing you see reflected in his lineage — they’re all quite inward-turning that way until you get to anakin, to different extents and with varying presentations but it is there I think. Qui-Gon turns to the Force, Obi-Wan to perfectionism and shame and rumination, Rael to the bottle and depression and hedonistic apathy, but they all struggle hugely with letting anyone in to help them. Dooku’s line are all much more comfortable being the helpers rather than the helpees, as it were.

- “Thank you for everything, Lene. Tell Rael and Qui-Gon — tell them… tell them the Force will be with them, always”

Emotional terrorism against me specifically and personally. You asshole you just excused yourself from the non-attachment rules there’s literally nothing in the world except you to stop you from reaching out and telling your children you love them yOURSELF why are you like this

- the recurring theme of dooku seeing something beautiful (the tree in the temple, the tirra’taka as a child and an adult) and ending up lashing out to destroy it… but the tree was old and mighty and he was young and new and couldn’t truly harm it, so he was saved from his own impulsivity. And then when he sees the tirra’taka as an adult he loves it immediately. And in the end he still mangles and destroys it. He didn’t mean to, but he did. He woke it up and hurt it just by existing as a child and then he had to kill it as a mercy because he was too powerful at that point for anything to buffer his mistakes. The parallel with the bird he loved that he also couldn’t protect. He starts out with an aching loneliness somewhere at the core of him through no real fault of his own but by the end it is entirely his own fault that it’s worse, because he starts wrecking everything he loves in an almost absent-minded but definitely intentional way, like it’s a nightmare he’s listening to through the door as it happens in the next room over. He really IS the ‘I just felt like destroying something beautiful’ central of the jedi.

at the end qui-gon is dead and through dooku’s own influence, however indirectly. Rael has had to turn away from him. Sifo-Dyas is dead on Dooku’s own orders and so is his sister, he might as well have done it with his own hands. (though I think it’s very interesting that in each case he didn’t do it with his own hands, he consistently uses a middleman.) He lives within the coldness of his sterile empty castle and horrifically mistreats the one person he might have found something like connection with the way he did with his students before (Ventress), deliberately trapping her in a similar state of utter desolate isolation and telling her, essentially, ‘We’re like this as people and nothing can be done to change it. We can’t escape, we’re already doomed, stop trying, it’s too late. You are just like me (and if you aren't already I'll make you like me)’. And that’s the closest thing he gets to love anymore. When he accused Ky of using her ‘as a salve for his own loneliness’ and you’re like well well well mr projection man how’s that working out for you. He is completely, shatteringly alone and he is so entirely as a consequence of his own actions and he's too far gone to understand or care. I’m howling you useless fucking FOOL dooku

- dooku 🤝 john gaius

“Hm. I have observed that there are in fact many flaws in our society and the government is deeply corrupt. So if I kill a few billion people here and there in order to fix it, is that not basically okay when you really think about it”

Dooku making salient points about the political and ethical failures of the Republic and then, just when you think he’s onto something, he goes and makes The wildest fucking decisions about what to do about it. Sure. dark magic and genocide are probably the only ways out of this you’re so right bro. If we make enough minuses to add together surely we’ll end up in plus sooner or later

- *head in my hands once more* I can’t believe I am genuinely emotionally invested in someone called Count Dooku with the looks of a knockoff dracula and ultimate moral character to match right now this is terrible. hey. hey dooks. what you have to go and fuck everything up so bad for huh I’m so incredibly sad now

there is something to be said about how getting to see glimpses of what dooku looked like in the light makes it so much more heartwrenching that he never came back. he could have, a thousand times. and every time he chose not to.

#star wars #dooku jedi lost #count dooku #sifo dyas #dooku x sifo dyas #disaster lineage #lene kostana #star wars meta #rael averross #qui gon jinn #I'm being peak on my bullshit in this one. you're welcome and/or I'm sorry as appropriate

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acute-crashout-jeyuso · 2 days ago

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Power: a Bloodline x Rhea Ripley fanfic.

Chapter 15: Final

Demi pulled away from Joe’s kiss abruptly, her breath shaky, her chest heaving as she stared up at him with a mixture of anger and pain. She pushed against his chest, creating space between them as she stood, her hands trembling but her voice firm.

“No,” she said, her tone sharp and unwavering. “You don’t get to do this to me, Joe. You don’t get to kiss me and think it’ll fix everything.”

Joe’s jaw tightened as he straightened up, his commanding demeanor still intact. “I’m not trying to fix anything, Demi. I’m reminding you who you are. Who we are.”

Demi shook her head, stepping back further. “You’re trying to manipulate me,” she shot back. “You think that just because you’re used to control, used to getting what you want, I’ll just fall back in line. Well, not this time.”

Joe’s dark eyes narrowed, his frustration evident, but he remained calm. “You don’t mean that,” he said quietly, his voice carrying the weight of his conviction.

“I do!” Demi snapped, her voice rising. “You’ve spent so much time telling me who I am, what I need, what I feel—but what about what I want, Joe? What about my choices?”

Joe crossed his arms over his chest, his stance firm. “And what exactly do you want, Demi? A vanilla life? A love that’s safe and boring? Because that’s not who you are. That’s not the woman I fell for.”

Demi’s eyes burned with tears, but she refused to let them fall. “Maybe I don’t know who I am yet,” she admitted, her voice trembling. “But I know I can’t figure it out with you constantly telling me how I should feel. You’ve always been the one pulling the strings, Joe. I need to be the one in control for once.”

Joe’s expression softened for a moment, a flicker of something vulnerable crossing his face before his walls went back up. “You think you’re in control now?” he asked, his voice low and pointed. “Walking away from everything we’ve built, everything we’ve shared? That’s not control, Demi. That’s fear.”

Demi clenched her fists, her voice rising with frustration. “It’s not fear, it’s freedom! I deserve to make my own decisions without you—or Jonathan, or Joseph, or Joshua—deciding what’s best for me.”

Joe took a step closer, his presence imposing but his voice calm. “And what if you regret it?” he asked. “What if you wake up one day and realize you had everything you ever wanted, and you let it go?”

Demi stared up at him, her heart pounding in her chest. “Then that’s a mistake I’ll have to live with,” she said quietly. “But it’ll be my mistake.”

Joe’s face hardened, but there was a glimmer of sadness in his eyes. He leaned in closer, his voice dropping to a whisper. “You’re playing with fire, Demi. You think walking away from me will set you free? You don’t know what freedom looks like without me.”

Demi took a deep breath, straightening her shoulders as she stepped back. “Maybe not,” she said softly, her voice steady. “But I’ll figure it out on my own.”

And with that, she turned and walked out of the room, her heart pounding but her steps firm, leaving Joe standing there, his hands clenched into fists as he watched her go.

Demi’s breath quickened as she turned away from the restaurant, her pulse hammering in her ears. The sharp sound of her heels against the pavement echoed in her mind as she darted toward the nearby street. Behind her, Joe’s voice cut through the night air, sharp and commanding, “Demi!”

But she couldn’t stop. Not now. Not when everything she wanted was within reach.

She spotted the taxi just as it dropped off a passenger and without a second thought, Demi rushed toward it. She barely hesitated as she climbed into the backseat, her heart pounding in her chest. “Cedar Lane,” she said, the address coming out in a rush, barely audible. “29 Cedar Lane please..”

The driver nodded, and the car pulled away, heading into the night.

Demi leaned back in the seat, her mind whirling with everything that had transpired. Joe’s words still echoed in her head, the weight of his demands suffocating her. She had thought she could stay, that she could keep living in the gilded cage of his world, but now—now she knew she couldn’t. She couldn’t continue living like this, pretending that she didn’t feel the pull toward something real, something freeing.

The cab ride felt like an eternity, but when they finally reached her cabin, Demi’s heart dropped. A black car was parked in the drive, and she froze, panic tightening around her chest. She opened the door quickly, scanning the car for any sign of who might be inside, and then she saw him.

Joshua.

Her heart skipped a beat, and before she could stop herself, she was running toward him. He stepped out of the car, his expression set and determined, his eyes never leaving her.

“Josh,” she whispered breathlessly as she collided with him, her arms wrapping around his neck as his hands slid around her waist. She kissed him urgently, their lips crashing together in a desperate embrace. The world seemed to fall away, and in that moment, all that mattered was the heat of his touch, the electricity between them.

“I told him I wanted to leave,” Demi breathed when they finally pulled away, her voice cracking under the weight of her emotions. “But he doesn’t accept it. He’s still trying to make me stay. He doesn’t want to let me go.”

Joshua’s jaw tightened as he held her close, his grip firm, as though grounding her. “I know, baby. I know.” His voice was low, controlled, but there was an undercurrent of something darker there, something fueled by the urgency of the situation. “But we have to make him understand. We have to do something drastic to make him realize we’re serious.”

Demi pulled back slightly, her heart sinking as she saw the resolve in his eyes. She knew what he meant, and yet, the thought of it terrified her. “What do you mean?” she asked, her voice trembling.

Joshua’s eyes darkened as he stepped closer, his forehead resting gently against hers. “We have to do it ,” he said simply. “It’s the only way he’ll ever let us go. The only way he’ll stop trying to control us.”

The weight of his words hit her like a punch to the gut. For a moment, she felt lost, caught in the storm of everything that had led her here. But then, something inside her clicked. This wasn’t just about running away from Joe. This was about running toward something she had longed for: freedom, real love, a life that was hers and Joshua’s—alone.

“Are you sure?” Demi whispered, her voice a fragile thread.

Joshua nodded, his hand cupping her cheek. “I’ve already made arrangements. We leave tonight. We do it and we don’t look back.”

Demi’s heart swelled with both fear and exhilaration. She had never felt more alive, more certain of her choices. Without hesitation, she kissed him again, this time softer, slower, tasting the promise of their future. When they broke apart, she saw the fire in his eyes.

“Let’s go,” Joshua said, his voice thick with resolve. “We’re not waiting any longer.”

He opened the car door for her, and she climbed inside, her heart pounding in anticipation. As the car sped off into the night, she glanced back at the cabin—at everything she was leaving behind. The cabin that had once been a sanctuary now felt like a prison.

Demi’s gaze shifted forward, and she took Joshua’s hand in hers. “Where are we going?” she asked, her voice barely a whisper.

“First stop,” Joshua replied, “the airport. After that, it’s us. We’ll figure it out when we get there.”

The car raced through the night, the darkness outside mirroring the unknown future they were driving toward. But for the first time in a long time, Demi felt free. The weight of Joe’s control, the chains that had bound her, were finally slipping away.

And with Joshua by her side, she knew this was the beginning of something different. Something real. Something that couldn’t be taken away.

She leaned her head against the window, her heart still racing, but now filled with a sense of peace she hadn’t known in years. The road ahead was uncertain, but for the first time, it felt like hers to travel.

—

As Demi and Joshua approached the check-in counter, their hearts pounded in unison. They had taken the plunge—left behind everything they knew, and yet here they were, in this moment of uncertainty. The excitement mingled with a sense of fear as they handed over their IDs to the receptionist. Demi’s fingers brushed against Joshua’s, a silent reassurance, and he squeezed her hand tightly, knowing they were in this together.

They were pointed toward their gate, their steps hurried but deliberate, as they found their seats on the plane. The two hours felt like a blur, as if they were suspended in time, the reality of what they were about to do slowly sinking in. Neither of them spoke much, the weight of the decision pressing heavily on their minds, but the quiet was filled with a shared understanding. This was it. This was the turning point, the moment they would either seize or let slip through their fingers.

When the plane finally touched down, the world outside seemed to hold its breath. They were no longer bound by anything but each other and the choices they were about to make. Demi’s heart raced as they made their way to the taxi, their nerves palpable as the car sped down the unfamiliar streets. The distance between them and their past, the life they were leaving behind, was growing wider with every mile. Yet, the closer they came to the unknown, the more their excitement burned brighter, even as fear clawed at them.

When the taxi stopped, Demi turned to Joshua, her voice barely above a whisper. “Don’t do this unless you’re sure you want to,” she said, searching his eyes for any hint of doubt.

Joshua, his face set with resolve, cupped her face gently. His lips met hers in a kiss so deep and filled with intent that it left no room for hesitation. When they pulled away, he spoke quietly but firmly, “I’m serious, Demi. This is it. It’s you and me, no matter what.” His gaze softened as he squeezed her hand. “I’m not turning back.”

With his words solidifying the bond between them, they walked into the building. The receptionist greeted them with a warm smile. “Fatu and Bennett?” she asked, looking at them both expectantly. They nodded, the significance of the moment weighing heavy on their shoulders. She handed them both a form to sign. They signed in silence, the room feeling surreal as the gravity of what they were about to do settled over them.

Joshua handed over the debit card for the payment, and the receptionist processed it without a hitch. She handed him the card back before turning to Demi. “Roses or sunflowers?” she asked with a polite smile.

Demi blinked, a slight hesitation before she answered, “Roses.”

The receptionist handed her a bouquet of white roses, the soft petals a stark contrast to the intensity of the moment. She also handed a white rose boutonniere to Demi, who instinctively pinned it on Joshua’s shirt. It felt like a dream, like something that shouldn’t be happening but was, all the same.

“Room 3,” the receptionist said, handing them the key. Demi and Joshua made their way down the hallway, each step echoing with the weight of their choice. When they reached the door, Joshua opened it, and they walked inside.

Inside, a quietly composed official stood waiting. He smiled warmly at the couple and asked, “Are you ready to get this show started?”

Demi looked at Joshua, his eyes filled with everything she had longed for, everything she had chosen. They nodded in unison, their hands still tightly interwoven. They approached the official, hearts racing in anticipation. The world outside seemed a distant memory now, replaced by the world they were about to build together.

The official cleared his throat, his voice resonating as he began, “Dearly Beloved…”

And as the ceremony began, Demi’s breath caught in her chest. This was the beginning of everything. The beginning of the life she had always dreamed of—no more fear, no more uncertainty, just the two of them, free to start over and build something real.

The road ahead was uncertain, yes, but for the first time in a long while, Demi felt complete. She felt like she was exactly where she was meant to be. With Joshua, by her side.

The next day, after the whirlwind of Demi and Joshua’s life-altering decision, Joe sat in a silent haze. His mind was far from the reality of his usual dominance, his plans, and the control he once held over everyone around him. Rhea, sitting in the apartment with his child, looked at him with a complicated mix of emotions—frustration, hurt, and perhaps even a flicker of hope.

Joe stood at the doorway, his hands in his pockets, his face unreadable. He wasn’t the same man he had been when he entered this apartment the first time, when everything was still under his control. Now, the walls felt a bit too close. The tension in the room thickened with unspoken words.

Rhea glanced at the baby in her arms, then back at Joe. “I’ll send you child support every month,” Joe said coldly, breaking the silence. His words felt detached, like something he had to do but didn’t want to. There was no warmth in his voice.

Rhea nodded slowly, her eyes never leaving him. She took a deep breath, fighting back the sting of his indifference. She shifted the baby in her arms, offering the child to Joe. “You should hold him,” she said softly, but her words fell flat.

Joe looked at the child for a moment, a flicker of something crossing his face—regret, perhaps, or something even deeper, but whatever it was, it vanished as quickly as it came. He stepped back, refusing to take the baby from her arms. “I can’t,” he muttered, his voice thick with something that almost resembled pain. But it wasn’t for the baby. It was for something he couldn’t articulate.

With a final, almost dismissive look at Rhea, Joe turned and walked out of the apartment. The door shut behind him with a hollow sound, and Rhea felt the emptiness spread in the room.

Outside, Jon and Joseph stood in the distance, watching Joe approach his awaiting SUV. They exchanged a glance, both of them sensing the change in Joe. It wasn’t the same as before. He wasn’t the same.

Joe climbed into the back of the SUV without a word to his cousins, his expression hard. The engine roared to life, and as the vehicle pulled away, the weight of what had just happened began to settle on Joe’s chest.

Jon and Joseph shared a long, meaningful look before climbing into their own vehicles. Neither of them said anything as they followed behind, understanding that things had shifted irreparably. Joe was no longer the man who controlled everything, and that realization was sinking in deeper with each passing moment.

In the quiet of the SUV, Joe’s thoughts drifted back to Demi. It felt like a lifetime ago, yet the sting of her rejection still burned. He had built everything—his life, his empire, his dynamics—with the belief that he could keep her, that she was his. But somewhere along the way, she had slipped from his grasp. And now, as the cold air outside the window blurred into a dull gray, he realized that no amount of power, no amount of wealth, or control could have held onto her.

Jon’s voice suddenly broke through the silence, his tone low, but his words were full of weight. “What now, Joe?”

Joe didn’t answer at first, his gaze fixed out the window. Finally, after a long moment of quiet, he murmured, “Now, I move on.”

Joseph turned his head, his face unreadable as he processed the words. There was nothing left to say. Joe had made his decision, and all they could do was follow his lead—or, perhaps, watch as he drifted farther from the person they had known.

The SUV turned the corner, and the rest of their lives awaited, shaped by a choice they could not take back.

—

Joshua carefully untangled himself from Demi’s warm embrace as she slept peacefully beside him. The song ‘When You Touch Me’ by Brandy played on the mini stereo, an aftermath of their lovemaking. The soft rise and fall of her chest gave him a sense of calm he hadn’t felt in years. Her presence was a comforting reassurance, and for the first time in a long while, he felt like he was exactly where he was supposed to be. He leaned down and kissed her forehead gently, a quiet promise lingering in the gesture.

As he sat up on the edge of the bed, Joshua grabbed his phone, his fingers instinctively scrolling through the screen. He saw the countless messages from his brothers—Jon, Joseph, and Joe. Each text screamed for his attention, filled with frustration, anger, and confusion. But instead of the usual ache that followed each one, he felt a surge of something stronger. Something liberating.

He knew he had to make a clean break. He couldn’t go back. He couldn’t stay tethered to the past any longer. Joshua’s hand hovered over his phone, and in a heartbeat, he blocked the numbers of his brothers and Joe. The finality of it hit him like a wave, but instead of fear, it brought a sense of release. He was no longer shackled by the dynamics that had bound him for so long.

Next, his eyes flicked to the accounts linked to them—the resources they had used to control him, to manipulate his every move. Without hesitation, he wiped all access. No more. He wasn’t going to be a part of their world anymore. He was choosing his own path. And it didn’t include them.

His thumb swiped across the screen one final time to delete all the old messages and reminders of the life he had lived up until now. The weight of the digital clutter lifted as he wiped his phone clean.

Joshua felt a sense of finality wash over him as he placed the phone back on the nightstand. His past was gone, and with it, the people who had once controlled him. He was free.

He turned to look at Demi, still asleep, her features relaxed and serene. There was no more confusion, no more uncertainty in his heart. He smiled softly, the edges of his lips curving upward with a tenderness that only she could draw out of him.

They would start their life now—together. As a married couple. There was no more power struggle, no more expectations to meet. No more outside influences. Just them.

Joshua leaned back down beside her, pulling the covers gently over her, and whispered softly, “I love you, Demi. This is our beginning.”

The future stretched out before him—open, uncertain, but filled with hope. And for the first time, he knew it was all theirs to create.

And we are finished! Threw everyone in for a curveball lol! I would like to thank each and everyone of you who stayed reading until the end! I also like to remind you all that Power was actually never meant to be this long lol but I’m glad! Power was my baby, it was something I explored and loved so much but I like to think that I made the right choice to end it here! Will I explore this dark romance genre in the future… yes I will lol now that I know what I’m working with! But thank you all!🩷

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prying-pandora666 · 2 years ago

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“The Search” Rewrites, Book 4: Air, Leaks, and A Call for Help from the Fandom

I’ve talked a little about the Book 4: Air restoration project @book4air. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out! Three full episodes are already out and episode 4 is going to cover Zuko’s early days right after his banishment, exploring his relationship with Iroh and the world as Zuko understands it as a lost boy rapidly coming into manhood.

Wait until you hear the VA’s performance with music and everything! It’ll break your heart.

But I want to talk a little bit about what comes after these next few episodes: our adaptation of “The Search”.

If you’ve seen our adaptation of “The Promise”, you’ll know it was quite faithful. This won’t be the case for “The Search”. For the purposes of the overarching story we are telling, this story is getting overhauled. (Please still support the original release if you’d like to see the canon version).

The biggest change that’s been announced is the addition of Toph. The team felt that a story about family, identity, and faces could benefit from including Toph’s perspective as she comes from a unique but toxic family situation, has a strong conflict between the performance expected of her versus who she really is, and is completely blind and so faces don’t even register for her.

Here is the sample scene we released:

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But I want to talk a little bit about what we are changing about Zuko and Azula’s roles in the story. While the set up is virtually unchanged, there is one small alteration that makes a big difference.

(Sorry for the poor quality, this is technically unreleased content and I’m being kinda risky leaking it.)

Ursa’s letters are now a diary. This means that rather than get random flashbacks, the narrative framing now becomes Zuko and Azula reading these entries together. As a result, they get to discuss their discoveries about their family, and even share each other’s perspectives.

What that means is that when things like Zuko dangling Azula over the cliff happen, now we actually are forced to address it. The characters have to talk about how they treat each other and the reasons why. They have to confront the toxic family dynamic they’ve been forced and groomed into since childhood. Zuko has to realize his mentally ill little sister isn’t the monster here and in fact he’s the one with all the power now, and Azula has to realize that Zuko can be trusted if she can let go of her fear long enough to talk to him about her vulnerabilities.

We also address issues like this:

Many people criticize this for being OOC, but I think there’s a way this could easily not be. Sokka has been known to be juvenile and reactionary as a first response, the difference is that he always eventually apologizes and learns from his mistakes. Without even needing to be asked.

Threatening a mentally ill person who has just been removed from an asylum—even as a joke—is not okay. It would be questionable even if they’d been friends before this, but considering their prior relationship it really does seem like an boneheaded lack of awareness or compassion for how triggering this could be.

So rather than remove this interaction, we addressed it. And I am really taking a risk posting this here, but here is a brand new script page:

Sokka isn’t just comic relief. Sokka is smart, Sokka is compassionate, Sokka is brave, and Sokka knows when it’s time to apologize and reach out versus when it’s time to fight.

Safe to say, there are several things that stay the same and we tried to keep faithful to the spirit of the story, but there’s a lot we wanted to do for the Gaang and for the Fire Sibs, and I hope you’ll join us on this adventure, whether you’re a diehard fan of the comics and just looking for a fun AU, or you hate the comics and would like a rewrite, or even if you’ve never read them and would just love to return to the world of ATLA.

The only trouble is, we can’t do it alone. The project is very expensive and time consuming to produce. Our team pays for everything out of pocket and some of us don’t even have reliable housing, so it’s been a hard time.

If you can help in any way, even only by spreading the word so YouTube will stop burying us in the algorithm, that would be huge!

If you can afford to help, we have a Patreon where you can get all sorts of early goodies.

Reblogs and comments greatly appreciated! As the head writer and voice of Azula, this project is very near and dear to me. Avatar was my first pro-writing gig when I was just a homeless 19 year old, and it’s here for me again as I struggle to rebuild my life and health that COVID destroyed.

I love this series and the community that has helped me through the hardest times in my life. I can’t wait to make something beautiful with you all!

#avatar #atla #avatar the last airbender #The seach #Azula #Zuko #Sokka #book 4 air restoration project #Youtube

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quill-pen · 2 months ago

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So, DnDverse question. We know Adonis basically gets ping-ponged into the fantasy dimension to get rid of him from his modern timeline.

Then he meets the Cratchits, Bess and Wolf, Connie, and obviously begins to set up a life there. Takes over the manor. Marries, settles down.

Do you think there’s ever any intervention or magic that comes up where some mage is like, “Good news! We can send you back to your own universe. One Ebenezer here, the other Ebenezer there! Just let me know when.”

I’m sure it’s somewhat of a choice. I mean, he was ripped away from the life he knew. But also, leaving his new found-family? Leaving Connie?

And if this conversation came up while Connie was already secretly pregnant, I imagine she hasn’t told him, so she goes to Bess that night and just sobs about losing him.

“I can’t keep him here, Bess! He should go home … if he wants. I shouldn’t be selfish, but gods preserve me, my heart will break without him. How could I go on? How could our baby go on?”

This is such an interesting topic, and I have thought about it. Can he go back? Would he go back? Who would offer to send him back? Would Connie go with him back to his world if he went?

Interestingly enough, I actually see the Queen of the gods being the one to offer to send him back. She approaches him somehow, somewhere, someway, and tries to tempt him into returning to his home. "We both know you don't belong here. You weren't born of this world; what does it have to offer you, child?" She tries to play it off as benevolent mercy. What it is, really, is her own self-interest and self-preservation, because he's part of the group destined to end her reign. Without him, the prophecy doesn't come true. Of course, nobody knows that yet. But they do know, via the moon goddess at the very least, that the high goddess is not to be trusted.

However, after she's defeated, and they can find someone powerful enough to do the magic to send him back, is a different story.

Does Adonis consider it? I mean, who wouldn't really? Yes, the world he came from was harsh and cruel, and he was alone and friendless in it, but that was the only home he'd ever known before being sent here. And I'm sure he wonders what's happening there without him. Is Harry all right? Does he miss him? Is he looking for him? Is anybody? Do they even know he's gone? And he probably has regrets about being so cruel and not making amends back in that world, now that he's a changed man here. Going back is not something to jump into or brush off so quickly; it's too complicated for that. He has to think.

Funnily enough, while Bess is consoling Connie, I can see Wolf being the one to go to Adonis to have a chat. I think that brotherly relationship from other worlds just kinda... carries over here. The two of them have a long talk about home and what it really means and about what's really important in life. They've both learned a lot since their... change of situations.

"I've travelled all over this land at least twice, in my time," Wolf says. (Due to his lycanthropy, I imagine Wolf is even... older in this world. lol) "I've even explored a few others. Even before I was bitten and forced into that life, when I had a roof fit for a lord over my head and money overflowing and then some in my coffers, I've never experienced what home was until I met my Brightness.

"Whenever I think of home, I don't think of four walls and a door post, or a roaring fire under a solid roof in a rainstorm, or a comfortable bed in the dead of winter, or even a table stocked with a feast at the end of a long day--I think of Bess. Her smile, her laugh, her kisses, her arms, her scent, her warmth, her heartbeat. Everything else about home comes from her; she's the foundation. Without her, I'd have none of it at all.

"So, let me ask you this, Brother: when you think about home, who do you see?"

When Adonis and Connie meet up again, later, I think Adonis just goes to her and pulls her into a tight embrace and solid kiss. If she says this feels like a goodbye, he nods. "It is. To whatever was before this world--before you. Wherever you are, Constance, that is my world. You, Sunflower... you are home."

#ask me anything #rom-e-o #dndverse #scroogeverses

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theonewhonothingknows · 2 years ago

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Power Rangers (2017) fic rec list: (UPDATED: Jan, 2024)

Hello there, as someone who loves this movie, I decided to make a list of fics that’ve read, or am about to read, to anyone who is interested:

Note: I’m only putting here fics that I’ve read. So if someone knows a fic they might want to recommend, let me know! XD There are currently almost two thousand works on the power rangers 2017 tag on AO3, so be sure to look around and dig for stuff you might like.

NOTE: Remember to check out the author if you like their stories! Leave comments and kudos and reblog stuff you like, apreciation is always important

Illustrated Story: @theone-with-thestuff ‘s power rangers sequel: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 , part 6, part 7 , part 8

MultiChapter fics (post-canon)

Rangers with Attitude by SmokeyCut : A sequel to the movie that is very in synch with the power rangers universe, both in how the story is told and how light it feels. THat doesn’t stop the drama from happening though. Awesome battle scenes and a very engaging take on Tommy, and the 2017 universe as a whole.

Power Rangers 2: Sythesis by SatanSpeaks (mature) : This fic is a piece, it’s another sequel to the movie, but with a much more bleak look on the universe as a well, however, it doesn’t dive too much into it and it has plenty of hopeful moments to spare. It’s a fic that leaves you on the edge of your seat, start to finish, biting your nails hoping everything will work out.

we gladiate but i guess we're really fighting ourselves by sunnydalehart: “The rangers don't really know what they're doing, but they really are trying their best.” -- Another post-canon fic with good romance, and team-bonding, check it out!!! (Trimberly) (Billy/ Jason/Zack)

Power Rangers 2: Rise of the Green Ranger by IzzyIniguez: Rita loses her coin, but finds a new power. The rangers learn to be a team and meet the Tommy and Tamsin Oliver, the new (twin) kids in town. Sparks fly and tempers flare between Kim and Tommy, and Trini and Tamsin. I think this might be one of the most original takes on 2017 Tommy Oliver out there.

Short-stories:

5 Times Jason Scott Was Protective of His Team by notawriters: Jason-centric goodness!!!!

Zack Taylor Designated Driver Squad by iwasnthere622 : Zack didn't have the best school record. His friends help him fix that. -- This isn’t as much a sequel fic as it is a Zack sequel fic, exploring his life after becoming a ranger, and how he relates to his new friends. The chapters go through his bond with each of the rangers, and it’s an amazing piece of Zack Taylor fanfic, enriching what we already saw in the movie. One of my all time favourites!!

Been There, Done That by TaikoTurtle: The team has a bonding camping trip up on the mountains, but after a series of unfortunate events, Kimberly has to figure out how to make things right, including her feelings.

One More Ride by magimumu: (NEW!) : Uber driver Trini picks up Kim on a rainy evening. (TRIMBERLY) (This short one is amazing! Like poetry! Can’t recommend enough!)

One-Shots:

***NEW!!!!! - (This is) Good Weird - by Laslus ----- Poly Rangers fic!!! - Or: The Huge Colective Denial of FeelingsThe first time Trini notices, they are around the fire. She looked at the whole picture, feeling the warmness she usually felt when hanging with them, how she finally felt like she belonged somewhere. She should focus on that, on the happiness she felt as they sang off tune, how they were a picture together. Oh.

All of the Above by songofsunset : This short one shot is a perfetc mood setting piece, with rangers hanging out. In a few senteces, it grasps both each ranger’s personallities and the nature of their both. Sweet fluffiness all around.

Just let me love you when your heart is tired by milkyegg_carton: A cure little fluff about the aftermath of the battle with Goldar!!

walk me home by twoorangecookies: A nice little, well, it’s canon complaint but it’s sort of a missing scene, but it’s also sort of an AU where Kim asks Trini to walk her home.

Campfire Dance-Off by Skyland2704: team bonding fluffiness!

we carry each other (we’re just different colors) by hearden: This is a fascinating fic, about the rangers before being rangers! Seriously! There are so many character beats, and a very good grasp on the characters!!

am i the only living soul around by younglegends: A story told backwards,going from the aftermath of the movie to the very beginning. Again, another rich story exploring the characters and their core! An awesome read about the power rangers that really makes a point about their evolution and their bond in face of their sttrugles. I always go back to this fic for inspiration.

Do Better by iwasnthere622: One of the best jason centtric fics out there, exploring his role as leader and the way he shoulders the burden.

Dildo Wars by cabooseachievables : I think this is one of the most fun pieces of fanwork I’ve ever read, seriously, just pure delight from start to finish as the rangers start a prank war between themselves.

**********NEW!!!!!!!!! Riding Shot Gun by zipzipnada: --Kimberly finds out her new friends have never tried weed before, and knows for a fact Jason is a shotgun king.

Shipping Fics:

BY THE WAY, THE AUTHOR tworangecookies has plenty of Trimberly works if you’re interested, I can’t recommend enough to check them out, you’ll definetly find something for your tastes, both on AO3 and on tumblr @5ivebyfive. Another tumblr with fics in this universe is @magicmumu2

you’re my sunshine by titaniaeli: Short, fluff, and engaging, basically a tale of Jason falling in love with his team. (RANGER POLYCULE)

in a hopeless place by twoorangecookies: (AU) This is one of my favorite fics. It’s an Outsiders AU, and I never had contact with The Outsiders, but I do love how consistent the rangers are even in an Alternative universe. This fic is well paced, and leaves tense with each cliffhanger, not to mention the forbidden romance, which is just *cheff’s kiss. (TRIMBERLY)

The Heart part 1 by The Otter Limits: While this fic is a sequel to the movie, I’m putting it here, because its main focus is the relationship between Trini and Kimberly. I really love this fic because it has a very heavy dose of Angst. I’m not sure it’s everyone’s cup of tea, but I do love the melodrama involved. Also, there is some neat world building about the rangers’ powers and the universe they live in. (TRIMBERLY)

The Hunt For Love by magicmumu: Awesome Valentine’s day Fluff, what else can you wish for? Honestly, the dialog between the characters as they go on an scavenge hunt it’s so amazing, you can’t help reading this with a smile on your face. Can’t recomment enough. (TRIMBERLY)

Fire meet gasoline by twoorangecookies: (mature) A cute little soccer AU, with that good old rivals to lovers premise. What more can I say? Go check it out!! (TRIMBERLY)

Clarity by thebrightestbird: I think this was the first time I read about this ship, and interestingly it immediately spread to be fond of it in the tv show universe as well. Great stuff!!! (ZACK/JASON)

with my feelings on fire (guess I'm a bad liar) by movingforthesakeofmotion: The one where a date night turns into exposed secrets and discoveries. (TRIMBERLY, CRANSCOTT)

We can have all that we ever wanted by theshipstorulethemallwrites: 5 Times Someone Thought The Rangers Were Dating and 1 Time They Were

EXPLICIT FICS:

Turning sweet love into poison by twoorangecookies: (EXPLICIT) this fic is Intense, and I really advise you to look into the tags before going in. It deals with heavy subjects like body dysmorphia, so be mindful. Now that that’s out of the way, this fic is delicious to read, two traumatize characters navigating a complex situation, it has all those spices for those who love some heavy Angst in their romance. (TRIMBERLY)

Legacy of Power by Hearden (Mature, but the collection has Explicit fics): (INCOMPLETE) .This fic is interesting because it’s sort of a nice multiverse mix between the tv show and the movie, with the simple premisse of having TV Kimberly and Tommy meeting the 2017 rangers. It’s one amazing fic, very well written with an awesome premisse and solid character work. It’s specially awesome to see two versions of Kimberly knowing and interacting with one another.

*****NEW !!!! -- Shut up and Drive - by Twoorangecookies -- (Sort of a power rangers meet Fast and Furious, but R rated 😈) Trini is looking forward to start her new career as a rookie cop. She isn't the best at relationships, so she goes out one night just looking for a thrill. Then she stumbles on a scene that is not her scene at all and more thrill than she asked for, and she meets a woman that is the most annoying, obnoxious woman she's ever met. A woman she wouldn't go for in a million years. At least...that's what she thinks.

PS: I have to say, it’s really interesting to go through fandoms, not only to meet how diverse people’s interpretations can be, but how rich and creative they are as well. Just the ammount of Tommy Olivers I’ve seen for the 2017 universe is stagering, not one version is the same, and that, I think, is also very precious.

Anyway, remember to comment, reblog, and all that stuff that shows authors your apreciation. Feel free to add fics you might’ve read and are not here, I’ll sure try to do so as I find new ones. I tried to categorize stuff as best as I could.

#power rangers 2017 #power rangers #fanfiction #fic recs #mmpr reboot #Trimberly #cranscott #kimberly hart #trini kwan #zack taylor #billy cranston #jason scott #tommy oliver

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thebiggerbear · 6 months ago

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Twilight Fic Recs List

Rec list under Read More:

Hold Me by @ineedmorefanfics - Rosalie gets upset when her human mate gets hurt.

Memories and markers by @mtr-amg - AU: For Bella married life with kids can be a handful. What happens when she thinks her wolf is having an affair?

Dreams and dust by @mtr-amg - On a trip to London, Rosalie Hale runs into an old wolf. Sam Uley isn't aging and no one knows why. Impulsively they decide to tick each other off their bucket list. Together they discover something else.

Bonfires and burns by @mtr-amg - An unnamed wolf tells his child a story to distract him when he is hurt.

13. “What did you swallow?” 19. “Why are you screaming at me?” 28. “Something is wrong.” by @ineedmorefanfics2 (Rosalie x Reader)

Letting You Go by @caplanbuckybarnes - You wanted to see Emmett again, but you realise it was a lost cause. (Emmett Cullen x Reader)

Write and Wrong by W.M. Hunt - Isabella Swan is the new English teacher for the reservation of La Push hoping to finally make good use of her education degree. However, she did not anticipate a hot headed, local teenage boy, who also happens to be a werewolf, to imprint on her. Now she has to choose between what she knows is the right decision, and what her heart truly wants. (Jacob x Bella) [FanfictionNet]

Never Too Late by spiritmccinnamon - After an 'epiphany' the day of her wedding to Edward, Bella is able to explore a romantic relationship with Jacob, at last, only to be given a warning that changes her future. She leaves, and returns years later to find things are not as expected… (Jacob x Bella) [FanfictionNet]

Pieces of the Memories by @audreyii-fic - Renee leaves Charlie and Bella. AU drabble series. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

The Movement of the Earth by @audreyii-fic - Jacob imprints on Bella. It changes things. A re-write of New Moon, beginning on page 242 in Chapter 10: "The Meadow." (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

The Fire of the Sun by @audreyii-fic - Sequel to The Movement of the Earth. Bella finds the cost of joining the supernatural world may be higher than she can pay. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

The Definition of Want by @audreyii-fic - You know how Edward offered to let Bella and Jacob make puppies? And we all secretly wondered how that would go? Yeah. It's one of those. Set post-Eclipse. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Black and White by @audreyii-fic - Jacob gives up phasing and it turns out to be harder than he thought, so Bella helps. A love story. Set in Eclipse AU future. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

The Sound of White by @audreyii-fic - The middle of a rainy night on Egyptian cotton sheets. (Jacob x Renesmee / Jacob x Bella - sort of) [AO3]

Master of the House by CrimsonIceGoddess - A random act of violence sets in motion a series of chaotic events, and none involved will ever be the same. What happens when the justice system fails and you've got nothing left to lose? (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Breathe Again by ysar - You know those fics where Edward doesn't come back and Bella forgets about him and five seconds later she's in bed with Jacob and none of it makes any damned sense? Yeah, this isn't one of them. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Sexcapades of an Alpha by LilyAurora - Jacob Black finally claims Bella Swan as his. Join them as they explore their new found relationship. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Experiments by Aretee - Jake and Bella's easy and comfortable friendship has tripped its way into the physical when curiosity about how the body reacts to desire leads to a series of experiments-and Jake and Bells are the actual subjects. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Tainted Love by LilyAurora (Collin x Bella) [AO3]

By the Fire by @annevalkyriafiction - Love was never the issue, it was finding the time for each other that was the problem. When Jake and Sam managed to steal a few hours for themselves they made every second count. (Sam x Jacob) [AO3]

Holding Sam - Sam saves Bella when she gets lost in the woods. She returns the favor in more ways than one. A romance set in AU New Moon. (Sam x Bella) [AO3]

Cleanse my soul by @mtr-amg - Bella and Sam have carefully circled each other, ever since that night when he found her lost in the woods. Now, when he is lost he goes to her. (Sam x Bella) [AO3]

Say my name by @mtr-amg - NM AU, one shot: Bella and Jake spend time together rebuilding the bikes she found. Sam is always there watching them both. Jake hates it but Bella… she remembers him finding her in the forest. Then at a party, Sam kisses her. Jake is furious, Bella intrigued. Why would Sam want her? (Sam x Bella) [AO3]

One Weekend by StormDragonfly - At Edward's request, Carlisle takes Bella away for the weekend. How will Bella react when she discovers what Edward has suggested Carlisle do in his stead? A meaningful story of arousal and trust, taking place before the epilogue of Eclipse. (Bella x Carlisle) [AO3]

Original Sin by BookwormBaby2580 - What makes a man irredeemable? USC student Bella Swan finds herself asking that question when she gets involved with the sexy, yet tight-lipped Dr. Carlisle Cullen, a man living in a self-imposed purgatory for the undisclosed sins of his past. (Bella x Carlisle) [AO3]

Take This Heart by BookwormBaby2580 - Bella's life is a constant choice between bad and worse until she moves to Forks and meets the one man who can ease her burdens. But trust doesn't always come easily, especially when life has taught you that you're safer on your own. (Bella x Carlisle) [AO3]

What Music They Make by @maidenvault - When an unexpected conflict with the Volturi brings Jacob back into her life, Bella finds that being a vampire only makes it even more complicated for her to be in love with two people. (Edward x Bella / Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Linked by EllaB - Fifty years ago, an unspeakable tragedy left Bella and Jacob alone, broken and enslaved. Can they comprehend and accept the one good thing they have left? (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Frozen Dawn by @silverwoodj - His arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me ever tighter against his all consuming heat. Our lips crashed together, his surprisingly yielding and rough all at once. And it was then I knew Jacob Black no longer remained my best friend. But was I prepared to face the golden dawn once the icy moon waned? (Jacob x Bella) [FanfictionNet]

Divine Intervention by ImaginaryHeart - AH/AU. Love surpasses the fear of letting go and of becoming who you were meant to be. In those moments of choice, truth exposes itself to us in the most important of ways: raw and untamed. Will Jacob make the right choice? (Jacob x Bella) [FanfictionNet]

Lost To Me by Lynn7808 - Edward leaves, Bella eventually falls in love with Jake and has his twins. The day she is to come home from the hospital she disappears leaving only a note. What happens when she returns sixteen years later? (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Songs from Different Times by @singingfirefliess - Thirty years in the future, the world has stopped turning for Jacob. Caught between his imprint and the hope that deep inside that girl with the golden eyes, his Bells is waiting for him, he has to make a choice much graver than any other. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Fatherhood, Formula, and Other F Words by anhanninen - When man-whore, foul-mouthed Edward's life takes an unexpected turn, he's left with a baby to raise. With the help of a friendly neighbor, he learns sometimes the unexpected could be the best thing that's ever happened. All Human. (Edward x Bella) [FanfictionNet]

Chances by taoist elf - Returning home for a year, Bella struggles both with chances lost and taken and what to do with the last one she'll ever have. It's more complicated than she'd ever imagined. Raw, realistic and messy, this isn't the typical JxB. Takes place 8 years after BD wedding. (Jacob x Bella) [FanfictionNet]

The Bigger Light by grrlinterrupted - An all-human, New Moon role reversal: Jacob has been dumped by the woman with whom he was obsessed. Can Bella convince him life is still worth living? And what will happen when his first love returns? (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

I Did That to Him by bloodwrites - Vampire. Werewolf. Their instincts tell them they should hate one another, but a violent attraction that neither of them can control nor deny forces them together. How can such conflicting emotions be anything but destructive? (Jacob x Edward) [AO3]

The Sea and Rhythm by @maidenvault - What do you give someone who wants nothing from you? (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

The Golden Phase of Dying Leaves by @maidenvault - When Bella returns from Italy after failing to save Edward, Jacob isn't sure if he can do anything to pull her out of her state of numbness this time. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Ghosts In the Snow by @maidenvault - The life Jacob and Bella have together has become possible at many costs. One being that every Christmas, Jacob can find himself having to protect a secret of Edward's that could hurt Bella to know. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

Just a Mirror For the Sun by @maidenvault - They head to the lower west coast, away from the rain, toward the sun. There will be no vampires there. (Jacob x Bella) [AO3]

RECIPROCITY - Temet Nosce by @imp0strsyndrm - After enduring six months of utter despair at the loss of Edward and her chosen family Bella decides to take matters into her own hands; She won’t be forced to endure the mediocrity of human existence any longer. Remembering the vague stories Edward had told her of the Volturi during the initial tour of the Cullen house Bella decides to seek an audience with them in Volterra, knowing a confrontation with them might very well mean the end of her existence altogether. Or The one in which Bella has gotten her heart broken one too many times and leaves her old life behind to be changed by the Volturi, and Aro couldn’t be more happy about it. (Aro x Bella) [AO3]

*I will add more as I go

dividers by @firefly-graphics

#twilight fanfiction #twilight fanfic #twilight fic #twilight fics #twilight fic recs

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lustandrot · 3 months ago

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L O V E M E, E S M E R A L D A!

"Oh, I think you know just what that promise is," he reminded her, but only vaguely. If she truly took time to think about it, she would realize that he had already explained what it was that he desired from her.

Unsure as to why he was giving her more time to more than likely turn him down again, perhaps the small sliver of hope that existed somewhere deep inside told him that it made him more merciful to once again make her the offer. Little did she truly know -- it was mercy that he ultimately would have preferred to show her. Though, it wasn't until he realized that the seconds were slowly drifting by between them that he knew she would soon be forcing his hand. It was then that it finally… resonated with him that he might actually have to hurt her.

Again, this only served as more comprehensible proof that the girl truly had darkened his heart enough with her black magic that he had been driven to do ...terrible....wicked things.

Choosing to blatantly ignore the twinge of sheer panic that was now starting to run hot beneath his blood, he heard the sound that escaped from the girl's lungs - the obvious noise of fear not actively registering with the man that she had also been in a very real panic of her own. In fact, it was too easy all together to forget that he even scared her at all. It was too easy to forget that even his presence made her strangely uncomfortable. It wasn't something he even ever really thought about.

When she was close to him, all he could ever really think about was her. Touching her. Smelling her. Having her. Whenever the bracing reality of the love that would never be accepted nor returned came sinking back in like a plague, the Archdeacon only remembered just why and how she had been nothing more than a demon temptress that had been sent to test him. Whether it was an act of God or an act of the devil, he didn't know any more.

It didn't matter. It did not change the outcome. Noticing the distance that the girl had somehow created between them once more, he did not hesitate to move closer. Carefully taking another step toward her, he rose a brow, more in response to his own thoughts than anything else - almost unsure as to just why he still continued to push it.

"Give yourself to me. Let me save you … and I will set him free…" he explained his terms quietly, the crimson scarf still dangling from his hands, though the urge to physically mangle the silken fabric only grew stronger by the second.

Inhaling, he closed in on her once more, the space between them, smaller, his fingertips now nearly aching to reach out and simply brush her soft, bronzed flesh. No. Instead, he only found himself gripping the scarf .... tighter.

"Pity me," he begged her, completely abandoning all need to conceal his truest, deepest feelings for any longer.

He couldn't.

Not if she was about to face the pyre.

"I've deserted myself …. and everything I've ever believed in…." he continued in a weaker tone, the uncontrollable urge to have her only growing inside of him much like a raging fire without showing signs of slowing or stopping.

"....E-Esmeralda! You have absolutely no idea what my love for you is! ….It--- it's --- fire! It's .... hot lead!"

Everything that the Archdeacon considered to be pathetic was living inside of him. Everything that was self-righteous about him... narcissistic, and ... disturbed --- it was all coming out and with absolutely no filter. She was finally going to see ... everything that was truly ... ugly.

"I … have put my soul at risk for you! I would rather taste the flames of Hell a thousand times over… if it meant that you would love me ….! "

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//OOC; Don't mind this. A messed up part of me loves Claude when he's all pathetically deranged and love-sick. I love exploring the parts of him ....that further lead to his sickening desperation and his (ultimate) confusion / torment about poor Esmeralda --who just wants to fucking live her life.

#claude frollo #hunchback musical #hond #the hunchback of notre dame musical #frollo #just some writing

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dross-the-fish · 1 year ago

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what do you think of the 1994 Frankenstein movie?

I'll be honest, I hate on that one more for its wasted potential than anything else. I feel like it tried to adapt the book but then it kept adding stupid shit and missing the mark.

Let's start with it's biggest crime. Kenneth Branagh, our director.

Oh Kenny Branagh my beloathed. We meet again. I've had it out for you ever since I had to stomach your ridiculous Shakespeare movies in high school drama class. I've watched as you brought your overwrought hammy sensibilities to Agatha Christie's Poirot and now here you are, injecting all of your overblown histrionics into Frankenstein.

I didn't think it was possible to be too dramatic for Frankenstein. But by god you've done it. There is so much scenery chewing, screeching, writhing and sweating in this that I actually started to feel fatigued and clocked out mentally about half way through the film.

Kenneth cast himself as the lead and I hate this version of Victor so much.

Wtf is this? Why does he have abs? Why is he in his mid 30's? Where is my sickly waif who gets feverish at the drop of a hat? Why have you done this?

Also I know they're canonically engaged but I really dislike for Victor and Elizabeth to be horny for each other especially in this movie because they keep bringing up their relationship as siblings and it's just eugh, please don't talk about her like that and then remind us that she's your sister you fucking weirdo. Their relationship in the book comes off as super uncomfortable to me and I swear Victor is way more into Robert and Henry than he is Elizabeth. Naturally this movie decided it should have next to no homoeroticism.

"How do brothers and sisters say good bye?" - start aggressively making out. No I'm not joking this movie goes out of its way to remind you that they are siblings.

.... And then it goes there with it.

Victor actually proposes to her and then asks her to come to Ingolstadt with him or offers to stay in Geneva with her and it's at that point where I'm like: did you read this book? Victor dodged their semi-arranged engagement like the woman had cooties and didn't write to her for two years because he's an obsessive, neurotic wreck.

Oh yeah and Henry Clerval is in it.

Oh were you hoping for more of him? That's a shame because so was I.

I've mentioned that this movie is over dramatic. But that really can't be understated. It's like a mac truck crashing through an English garden. No subtlety at all. If a character has to feel something they're usually screaming at the top of their lungs. Victor screaming at the creature to live, the creature literally ripping Elizabeth's still beating heart from her chest and showing it to Victor. They decided the bride should be Elizabeth and that there should be weird tension between her and the creature. Then after she's brought back to life she sets herself on fire and starts running down the halls of the manor.

I should probably have found that more tragic than I did but I just found the whole thing silly.

Justine's death in particular should have been more heavy and somber. She gets dragged off by a mob and hung. The scene is violent and cruel but it lacks the tragedy of the book. We have none of Justine quietly giving up and Elizabeth vehemently refusing to believe she's guilty. It's one of the few character building moments Elizabeth gets and this movie takes what should be a touching, somber and heartbreaking scene and turns it into a spectacle.

Everyone's reaction to everything is to do the most extreme thing possible but they never actually earn it because moments were the film SHOULD have emotional weight are kind of glanced over. The book has a lot of themes of grief and isolation but the film doesn't really explore those aspects effectively. It never stops to have a quiet or thoughtful moment. Almost like it's afraid the audience will get bored if someone isn't shrieking at the top of their lungs and some action heavy drama is going down.

The pacing in this film is jarring. Kenneth Branagh has a love for lavish sets, beautiful scenery and his films, if nothing else, are opulent spectacles, there are moments in this film where the cinematography is actually quite beautiful but I always feel that it's wasted by clumsy execution.

There are also scenes that come so painfully close to working, like early on in the movie Elizabeth and Justine drag Victor away from his work to go on a picnic and he only goes because he's hoping for a storm. He puts down a lightning rod and has everyone get down so they can observe the strike. I thought that could have been really neat and a good way to set up Victor's obsession but the execution was so clunky and the moment the lightning strikes and the four of them feel the static isn't allowed to sit and breathe. It jolts to the very next scene with no transition.

There are things I like about Robert De Nero's creature.

I like his design, even if it's not book accurate. I don't inherently like the idea of him being a resurrected cadaver of a specific criminal but I do, at times, almost like what they do with it, like having him wonder who all of his various parts came from. De Niro is a strong actor and I feel like there were the makings of a good performance here and it was stifled under bad writing and directing. I actually like most of the scenes where the creature speaks to Victor and the line "What of my soul? Do I have one? Or was that a part you left out? Who were these people of which I am comprised? Good people? Bad people?" is spoken with such poignant suffering that you really see how lost the creature is and it drives home the tragedy of the creature's condition. The creature is begging Victor to see him as human and Victor cannot or will not.

But these rare moments of something good peeking out are few and far between and the movie devolves again into it's predilection for overblown bombast. Even the final scene where the creature finds Victor dead on Robert Walton's ship isn't allowed to have the gravitas it deserves because Victor's funeral ends with the ice breaking in yet another tedious action sequence and the creature floats out to sea on a chunk of the broken ice setting himself and Victor's corpse on fire.

This was a moment in the movie that should have been handled with dignity and regret and I got this:

There's really not much else to say about this film. I went into it hoping for a good Frankenstein adaptation and I tried to find salvageable scraps but there just wasn't enough good to make the movie worthwhile for me.

Anyway, sorry this turned into a whole review but I was bitterly disappointed in this film and ended up having a lot to say.

#1994 frankenstein #Frankenstein #Dross reviews

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