#but nope... go fall for the mean rich guy that hates children and is generally a dick why don't you... just have him steal your heart...

[silverselfshippingchaos]

so...

...... yeah.

gamers... we've got a problem. and by 'we', I mean 'me'

[marlowe1-blog]

The Book of Job Chapter 20

Zophar the Naamathite really isn't listening

After Job is practically pleading with his friends to look at him, pity him and admit that he is maybe possibly not the wicked man who deserves to see his children die and his health go (because this isn't the Netflix version of Fall of the House of Usher), you'd think that they'd respond with some sympathy, maybe a different tact.

Nope.

Remember the Red Letter Media videos on the prequels and how in The Phantom Menace there should be some emotional impact from Quigon Jin dying but instead they go back to the well-choreographed flipping instead? Yeah, that's what this chapter feels like.

Because Zophar CLAIMS that he feels the need, the desire, the compulsion to speak and he's even a little insulted by Job's reproof. And then he just goes on with the same bullshit theme about how the ways of the wicked are fleeting.

Like seriously Bildad was a dumbshit for responding to Job with evidence that he was only listening to Eliphaz but Zophar is the king of the dumbshits because no matter how beautiful and how poetic he sounds when he's talking about how the wicked will suffer no matter how much they seem to be prospering, he's not fucking listening to Job.

Reminds me of how William S. Burroughs wrote about how everyone talks but never listens so they should just cut out the middle man and record themselves talking. So they can have fights between their recorded arguments. They can go to parties with tape recorders. Sure you might think of something new to say but you can always go to the bathroom and record something new.

Really ruined parties for me. For at least a couple months.

Now that said, there's some really cool imagery here. The food in his bowels becoming asps is a particularly neat one. Basically, it's the same theme of the wealthy sinner who reaches the heights and then disappears (I guess this was before they could put their names on buildings and have Prager U say how they were awesome). He flies away like a dream and his children end up poor. Or they ingratiate themselves with the poor which I guess means they are trying to seem poor? I don't think it refers to the philanthropy where rich people try to look like they are generous when they are not paying their taxes.

Eventually he just gives away his money and dies and he will see that his life is ruined because he oppressed the poor.

I wonder if this is some resentment against Job for when he was rich. Like the current meme about how there are no good billionaires. The fact that Job was wealthy meant that there were others who lost. But this is before capitalism. Still there were other methods of hoarding resources.

Either way, this is Job's friend. Seriously, what the hell dude.

But maybe he's talking about the wealthy wicked that isn't Job. Like he's trying to say that everything is fair. No really, it is fair.

The ending of this bit seems interesting. Like "When he has all his fill, the shit will come" is a fascinating line since one truism is that if you aren't satisfied, nothing is enough. We cackle at the wealthy who can afford housing, food, entertainment without ever checking their bank account or credit line when they still feel poor, but it's still an issue.

But once he's satisfied everything will come down. Bronze arrows and blades through his guts. He will burn and heaven will expose him. Earth will rise up against him. Look, the rich guy is going to have some shit happen to him. Zophar seems to have been thinking of what will happen to the wickedly wealthy for a long time.

Which I guess is fair. Ask your average liberal "what do you want to see happen to Trump" and I'm sure that imagination will take over as long as you keep letting them speak. Also the Koch Brothers. Hell, the rightwingers are freaking out over George Soros so hating the rich is a fun game for everyone.

And of course, Zophar is not even talking to Job. He's talking to himself and having a fun time imagining the fate of the wicked. Do not do this at home.

I noted that the first chapters when his friend sit silent with him were the basis for sitting shiva. This is what you do NOT do when you come to a shiva call. Or any furneral. Really don't go "hey I know your loved one is dead...the wicked will die in a lot of nasty ways and let me tell you all about it."

[kittywolves]

1-200 if you want lmao If not then just your favourites

200: My crush’s name is: don’t have one tbh, not romantically anyway

199: I was born in: west virginia, 2000

198: I am really: dumb

197: My cellphone company is: idk man

196: My eye color is: blue w/yellow bursts but they just appear green if you’re not super close

195: My shoe size is: 7+1/2-8

194: My ring size is: 7+1/2-8

193: My height is: 5′5″

192: I am allergic to: sesame :T

191: My 1st car was: N/A

190: My 1st job was: N/A

189: Last book you read: uh, Percy Jackson? i think

188: My bed is: warm, cozy, full of plushies & cat fur

187: My pet: CALCIFER!!! 

186: My best friend: uh,, i don’t have one?

185: My favorite shampoo is: idk fruity scents that aren’t watermelon

184: Xbox or ps3: PS3

183: Piggy banks are: cute or terrifying, no in-between

182: In my pockets: my phone

181: On my calendar: birthdays

180: Marriage is: cute 

179: Spongebob can: CAN SPONGEBOB FINALLY END PLEASE

178: My mom: can go die 

177: The last three songs I bought were? uhh, i haven’t bought any songs,,

176: Last YouTube video watched: DrawingWiffWaffles newest video

175: How many cousins do you have? 1

174: Do you have any siblings? yes, 2 alive 1 dead

173: Are your parents divorced? no,,

172: Are you taller than your mom? around the same height

171: Do you play an instrument? no, but i wish i could play the harp tbh

170: What did you do yesterday? uh, i went shopping with my mother and then watched Futurama 

[ I Believe In ]169: Love at first sight: ? i dunno anymore

168: Luck: i guess so, yea

167: Fate: yea

166: Yourself: no

165: Aliens: YES

164: Heaven: yea

163: Hell: yea

162: God: ? yea?

161: Horoscopes: not really

160: Soul mates: YESSSSS

159: Ghosts: yep!!

158: Gay Marriage: %100

157: War: no >:(

156: Orbs: what

155: Magic: yep!!

[ This or That ]154: Hugs or Kisses: hugs pls

153: Drunk or High: never been either, both sound fun

152: Phone or Online: usually use my phone tbh

151: Red heads or Black haired: all are adorable!!

150: Blondes or Brunettes:  a d o r a b l e ! !

149: Hot or cold: uhm, comfortable warm,,

148: Summer or winter: SUMMER

147: Autumn or Spring: HALLOWEEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

146: Chocolate or vanilla: CHOCOLATE 

145: Night or Day: NIGHTTIME

144: Oranges or Apples: apples 

143: Curly or Straight hair: both are great!! i have slightly wavy hair uwu

142: McDonalds or Burger King: neither >:(

141: White Chocolate or Milk Chocolate: MILK PLS

140: Mac or PC: um, idc

139: Flip flops or high heels:  F L I P F L O P S

138: Ugly and rich OR sweet and poor: SWEET AND POOR PLS GIVE ME A KIND BAB TO LOVE @ UNIVERSE

137: Coke or Pepsi: coke !!

136: Hillary or Obama: obama!!

135: Buried or cremated: cremated so i can’t come back :’)

134: Singing or Dancing: i can’t do either :(

133: Coach or Chanel: ugh, coach ig

132: Kat McPhee or Taylor Hicks: who or who

131: Small town or Big city: i live in a city, but a town sounds nice tbh

130: Wal-Mart or Target: TARGET

129: Ben Stiller or Adam Sandler: what

128: Manicure or Pedicure: PEDICURE PEDICURE PEDICURE

127: East Coast or West Coast: i live on the west, so west

126: Your Birthday or Christmas: MY BIRTHDAY BC I GET TO PICK THE THEME !!!

125: Chocolate or Flowers: flowers die and give off the aesthetic but chocolates are delicious so both

124: Disney or Six Flags: i love disneyland it’s just SO EXPENSIVE and six flags is gr8 for the thrills, plus i currently have a pass so

123: Yankees or Red Sox: who? which sport is this[ Here’s What I Think About ]122: War: blehhhh no

121: George Bush: idk american presidents lmao

120: Gay Marriage: YES YES YES YES YES YES

119: The presidential election: ew

118: Abortion: i’ll allow it lmao, i don’t think it’s great, but ik people will still get it whether it’s legal or not so might as well legalize it. also some cases actually need it so like,, yea!! let it happen!! pro-choice!!

117: MySpace: never used it lmao

116: Reality TV: ew ew ew ew EXCEPT FOR COOKING SHOWS

115: Parents: mine or just in general? bc eh

114: Back stabbers: M U R D E R  T H E M 113: Ebay: lmao shipping expenses 

112: Facebook: haven’t used it in years, do use messenger tho

111: Work: i like wedding coordinating with my aunt!! that’s about all the work i’ve done, oh and i’ve babysat

110: My Neighbors: don’t know em, they probably think we’re crazy tho, always yelling

109: Gas Prices: too!! high!!

108: Designer Clothes: eh, clothes are clothes, and some clothes are ugly (a lot of times it’s designer clothes blehh)

107: College: i mean i guess

106: Sports: go team! hit the ball! score the points! woo

105: My family: dysfunctional,,

104: The future: nooooooooooooooooooo

[ Last time I ]103: Hugged someone: uhhhhh....

102: Last time you ate: uhm, around 4?? maybe?? it’s 7 now

101: Saw someone I haven’t seen in awhile: uh?? i never see anyone OH i guess on wednesday last week,,

100: Cried in front of someone: ???? idk??? i cry while everyone’s asleep usually

99: Went to a movie theater: last week !! um, thursday?

98: Took a vacation: uhh, february, early march? i went to ohio

97: Swam in a pool: uh, last monday 

96: Changed a diaper: um, not this year lmao, maybe last year tho idk

95: Got my nails done: ???? i dunno

94: Went to a wedding: last november?? or wait no,, uhm i dunno sometime recently lmao

93: Broke a bone: never! did drop one in water tho :/

92: Got a piercing: december!

91: Broke the law: ?? i don’t wear seatbelts when i sit in the back seat lmao

90: Texted: around two hours ago[ MISC ]89: Who makes you laugh the most: um,, my friends

88: Something I will really miss when I leave home is: MY KITTY BABY

87: The last movie I saw: missing link! the stop motion- i’m a wh*re for animation lmao

86: The thing that I’m looking forward to the most: changing my name, moving out, getting married & having a stable life :’)

85: The thing im not looking forward to: being stuck here forever and eventually kmsing due to stress and depression :’)

84: People call me: Kitty!! Kiki!! (birth name) karebear!! 

83: The most difficult thing to do is: exist within the same room as my mother without bursting into tears or storming off 

82: I have gotten a speeding ticket: nope

81: My zodiac sign is: Virgo! Viriborn for all you homestucks! and dragon in the animal one!

80: The first person i talked to today was: my dad :’) and then i messaged @deanilise even tho she was asleep 

79: First time you had a crush: uh, as far back as i can remember i had a “crush” on Daphne Blake :D but i was like a small child and didn’t know what love was so anytime i saw anyone who i thought was cool or pretty or i wanted to befriend i had a supposed “crush” on them :/

78: The one person who i can’t hide things from: i try to be pretty open, but sometimes i just wanna close off 

77: Last time someone said something you were thinking: yikes idk

76: Right now I am talking to: like talking to or talking to? for the first, just some group chats for the second, no one

75: What are you going to do when you grow up: i wanna be an artist! i would love to be a youtube artist, but i fear i’m not creative enough for such things.. i would also like to be able to tell my stories!

74: I have/will get a job: i dunno,,

73: Tomorrow: church

72: Today: overslept, did some chores, been online

71: Next Summer: hopefully i can go back to colorado to visit my brother !

70: Next Weekend: ugh, church activities & then actual church, as well as other easter festivities

69: I have these pets: baby kitty, and some dogs.... 

68: The worst sound in the world: FORK SCRAPING ON BOWL, ERASER SCRAPING ON PAPER, DOG’S SNORING, MY MOTHER’S VOICE WHEN I’M HAVING SENSORY OVERLOAD

67: The person that makes me cry the most is: my mother, she’s like the only person that makes me cry unless someone says they’re attempting and i can’t get through to them

66: People that make you happy: @onedirtysock @aliaitee @deku-is-tired @deanilise @awkward-scarfy-boi @fourth-best-jeanist @bnhaworld @bnhya @helloiliketits @trashyfxndoms

65: Last time I cried: last night oops

64: My friends are: (see 66) they’re all very nice & supportive which is amazing & i love them all dearly

63: My computer is: a MacBook air with a galaxy cover

62: My School: not in one but the one i’m gonna go to in the fall is just a community college

61: My Car: N/A

60: I lose all respect for people who: hate on anyone, racists, homophobes, transphobes, pedos, terfs, ableists, etc

59: The movie I cried at was: uh, i dunno, but i was crying abt futurama the other night

58: Your hair color is: orange-y with dark brown roots, supposed to be dyeing it soon :)

57: TV shows you watch: BNHA, HIMYM, Bob’s Burgers, TUA w/ @deanilise Futurama, The Simpsons, Fairytail, Runaway’s, Adventure Time, SVTFOE, etc

56: Favorite web site: Tumblr!

55: Your dream vacation: Ireland,, ofc i always dreamed of going to paris when i was younger, and Britain sounds cool too, & i’ve heard belgium is pretty && japan sounds fun && new york city sounds super cool as well so idk any of those places ig

54: The worst pain I was ever in was: uh, probably when i broke my arm, although i can’t remember it, i did used to get growing pains in my legs when i was younger & could hardly sleep so there’s that option as well

53: How do you like your steak cooked: medium or medium-well

52: My room is: messy, but it’s home & also warm

51: My favorite celebrity is: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i dunno

50: Where would you like to be: idk, in my bed ig

49: Do you want children: yea! i wanna adopt!

48: Ever been in love: uh, i thought i was, but it was just an intense crush on this girl lmao

47: Who’s your best friend: already answered this lmao

46: More guy friends or girl friends: girls,,

45: One thing that makes you feel great is: laughing, music, & seeing my friends

44: One person that you wish you could see right now: any of y’all would be great tbh

43: Do you have a 5 year plan: survive 

42: Have you made a list of things to do before you die: lmao no, 

41: Have you pre-named your children: uh, i have names picked out that i like, but idk depends how young my kid is when i adopt them, and even then idk if i could bring myself to change their name uwu

40: Last person I got mad at: my mother,,

39: I would like to move to: IRELAND OR SOMETHING I DUNNO I WANT OUT OF THIS GODFORSAKEN COUNTRY

38: I wish I was a professional: artist!! youtube maybe!![ My Favorites ]37: Candy: hmm, i like smarties, m&ms, gummy bears, & sweetarts

36: Vehicle: uhh, vw beetles? WAIT NO JEEP WRANGLERS I THINK

35: President: uh idk

34: State visited: the one i live in lmao, California :)

33: Cellphone provider: idk a lot about them

32: Athlete: N/A

31: Actor: eeeeeeee

30: Actress: eeeeeeee

29: Singer: Case! Patrick Stump!

28: Band: FALL OUT BOYYYYYYYYYYY

27: Clothing store: Hottopic

26: Grocery store: N/A

25: TV show: Arrow! Adventure Time! (ripip) i haven’t seen Arrow in a long time tho so idk if it’s still any good...

24: Movie: Heathers!!

23: Website: Tumblr,,

22: Animal: CATS

21: Theme park: DisneyLand! it’s just sooooooooo expensive ;-;

20: Holiday: HALLOWEEN

19: Sport to watch: Soccer!!

18: Sport to play: none

17: Magazine: i don’t read them

16: Book: The Hunger Games 

15: Day of the week: probably friday or saturday

14: Beach: uh, maybe seal? or hermosa?

13: Concert attended: i’ve been to exactly one (1) and i didn’t enjoy it bc it was for Ariana Grande

12: Thing to cook: well you don’t cook them but, COOKIES!!

11: Food: Ice Cream!! Burgers!! Mashed Potatoes !!

10: Restaurant: In-N-Out probably

9: Radio station: 98.7 alt radio 

8: Yankee candle scent: uh i dunno

7: Perfume: Vanilla Bean Noelle from bbw

6: Flower: daffodils 

5: Color: pink! purple! green!

4: Talk show host: no

3: Comedian: Bo Burnham or John Mulaney

2: Dog breed: Retrievers !

1: Did you answer all these truthfully? yes!

here’s my baby for reference & for putting up with all that

[lonespektr]

Oct 26th The Deep House

It's a couple

The guy is a vlogger they travel

First visit is a derelict sanatorium

The lady seems to tolerate his shenanigans

They appear to travel blog for money maybe, just white people with family money probably

Yeah they are just rich white people with history degreees

Local is getting paid a small fee to show the couple a secret spot where a perfectly preferred house is under water

She's a tag a long. I mention it cause I was just reading a long thread about men who get partnered to just any woman, they don't actually like them but just want one to do things for them and these women take on their partners habits/hobbies and display an interest and the men never do the same

She scares easily he constantly does stupid pranks she doesn't like she learns how to dive goes on these creepy things she only kinda tolerates

Anyway they dive sure the guy waits up top (he hiked them in)

He's playing music she hates and making sacrilegious jokes she doesn't like

The underwater house is actually locked up tight

Save for a single window

Ok some discrepancies they were informed the area was a planned flood however inside the house is fully furnished

Wealthy enough to have 1 underwater 4k camera 1 underwater drone an air drone all this scuba shit they don't make any money off the vids they admitted

He's condensending

Family portrait perfectly preserved in water

They heard voices and said "interference "

From fucking what bro you under the water

The BIG QUESTION how is this stuff not all decayed

His hypocrisy was brought up by her earlier as he says in one tourist spot "every asshole with a go-pro is here." whilst holding a go pro

Intermittent pentagrams n shit

Now scratches on the door

Camera and audio intermittent disruptions to feed

Thru have stayed together

Not much is floating I mean old ass furniture still weighs shit even in water I suppose but it's all very "staged" like why is the candelabra floating right above the table why not any where in the house

It's close to found footage because when the camera glitches the screen goes

Missing children newspaper clippings newspaper disintegrates in like 4 seconds in water 🤷🏾🤷🏾🤷🏾

Why isn't anything degraded?

SECRET ROOM behind jesus

The water is murky they can't see shit drone in

Supply room

Super 8

Hanging suspended chain bodies

She said NOPE lets go. He said yea you right then just fuccckin

He verbalizes acquiescence and then immediately revoked it just straight lies

General Satanic pentagram shit

2 bodies with masks like man in the iron mask shit

Now they are separated the the first time

Nm they back together

They leave the way they came in

Annnddd it's brick walled off

The guy is calming her down and it's meant to make her seem hysterical but honestly why is he so fuccking calm ANND this is all his fault

Like suspiciously calm

Isn't it hard to break glass under water because uniform pressure on both sides and like no leverage of like wind up??? Plus water resistance

Back in the body room to follow a rouge fish out

No dice too small

Rouge music playing ...from no where

Now been awol'd and bodies awol'd

Now lady is meat hooked and we got red water chaos and of course..lady screaming

She's having visual and auditory hallucinations well kept the meat hook

Of course the guy takes the masks off like look babe bodies still here

Bodies start moving...home owners

Lol they aren't trying to talk just pursuing and staring

There's no reason for him to be that calm

Now falling rocks as they try to go out the chimney

I haven't mention the lady lied about how long she can free dive

Lady is stuck in chimney

Dude awol again

Electronics are on the fritz

But not... There's no reason went they can't hear each other via radio

Why is dude locked in random bedroom?

They were right next to each other

The guy who led them there is a family member of the drowned house. Not only are the bodies alive they are also walking on the floor...bodies um...float

The bodies are attacking them separately well tbh they are looking for them and grabbing at them

Woman Kris screaming for dude

Dude stopped asking after her 2 mins in

Now been mask cracked a bit access he's talking weird shit

How did he know there was a snake in her suit

Well she's afraid of them but it was tiny and adorable but underwater snakes usually poisonous but that lil baby was cute as hell it was like 2 shoe laces thick and not as long

It's a gardener baby snek

He's leading her into a trap and talking nonsense

Missing kids from the house via video footage conveniently projected

The bodies he popping up convenient times

Now sis is at 1% air finally stops stabbing with the knife edge had the whole friggin time

Ghostly stabs dude with knife

Air 0

She still down they're playing games

Ghostly bodies still standing on the ground like??? Demonic possession reduces buoyancy ???

She's breaking for it without air and with no ascent breaks

Secs from breach she stops ..inaccurate portrayal of ascension unless they are saying her lungs....it's still wrong

Lol that's it

That was dumb

Would have been better if he faked the whole thing and she dumps him and finds new hobbies

[siarven]

Day 2 - Romantic Relationships

Day 2 of @originalficfest​! Also, I’m really, really grateful that you’re doing this and letting me find so many other amazing writers! <3

|| Introduction | Day 1 - Characters | Day 2 - Romantic Relationships | Day 3 - Non-Romantic Relationships | Day 4 - Quote Day | Day 5 - Music Day | Day 6 - Pictures Day | Day 7 - Free Day ||

As a small recap - Dreams and Shadows is a fantasy novel set in another world called Aelaris! The story is mostly about Ava and Ben, two siblings whose lives are thoroughly disrupted when Ben has a really strange freak accident that puts him in weird coma-like state. So now Ava has to deal with her family falling apart, and the fact that her life up until that point circled around Ben, who is now gone. Ben, on the other hand, wakes up several days later in a strange parallel in-between-world without any memories of what happened before, and has to somehow find a way back before his family gives up on him.

I procrastinated this post the whole day long because I had no idea how to do it, mostly because my protagonists are 8 and 12 years old and there are no romantic subplots whatsoever in this story? But by now I’ve decided that this day will be dedicated to the thoroughly difficult relationship of Liz and Jon, Ava and Ben’s parents. 

So I present: How Jon and Liz met, and before everything went to shit. ———————

The day my life begins and ends starts rather normal. I go to work, I paint, I get told to redo some of the things I did yesterday, I redo them — and then I leave with the others for the Underground. There are many great bars down there, you just have to be careful where you keep your money and who you let close. I’m barely twenty-five, and I’ve been coming here since over eight years, even if my parents tried to keep me from coming. Nope, doesn’t work that way, Dad. Just ‘cause you’re afraid of having fun doesn’t mean that I do. And Mom, you can keep your raised eyebrows to yourself. I’ve been living on my own since four years, I don’t need to listen to you anymore, even if I know that you just want to keep me safe. Safe is boring though.

So, I end up in Creaky’s same as usual, seven sharp, with a few friends from work and a few other friends from school, and some I’ve gotten to know here. The night is rather normal — the bar crowded, busy, a few fights that are dealt with unblinkingly by a few burly guys hired for that occasion, and I drink a bit but not too much. I still have to work tomorrow, after all, and since it’s creative work I still need my wits about me. Doing art for children’s books when you’re feeling shitty ‘cause you drank too much is generally a bad idea. Trust me, I know. Anyways, the night is nothing unusual until I spot her. She’s nothing unusual, either, at least when I first see her. She’s there with two others and seems rather uncomfortable with, well, everything, glancing around as if she’s afraid of being mugged. Her dress is dark red and well-tailored, and she’s busy fingering her beer but not really drinking anything judging from the amount still inside. To be honest, I don’t even notice her at first — I stare at her friend, the dark haired one next to her, because she’s beautiful. Unfortunately for me I don’t realize that the third party in the group is male, and that he has his arm slung around her waist until I’m already in front of them. “Hi, I’m Jon”, I say, then blush furiously. “Jenna”, the dark-haired one says, and she grins. “Pleased to make your acquaintance. That’s Marlin—” she boops the other guy on the nose, “and Liz.” Liz doesn’t say anything. I notice for the first time that she’s wearing steel-capped worker’s boots with her dress and have to keep myself from laughing delightedly. “So, Jon, what brings you here this fine evening?”, Jenna asks, forcing my attention back to her. Strange, how quickly perception and interests can change. She arches an eyebrow at me and I blush again, feeling thoroughly transparent. “Oh, just hanging out. I’m here most nights, having fun with friends after work.” She nods and sips at her drink. “What kind of work?” “I’m an illustrator for children’s books”, I say, a bit distractedly. There’s something about Liz, something I can’t put my finger on. “What about you?” Something intriguing, and even I don’t know why but somehow I really want to get to know her better. Marlin snorts, and whispers something in Jenna’s ear. Jenna smirks. “Marlin and I work at the hospital. Liz is an engineer, or something like that. A scientist? Hella smart, anyways. We know her from school.” She grins at me, her eyes twinkling with delight. “Maybe the four of us could go find a spot at a table? To, you know, talk?” She wiggles her eyebrows and for the first time in my life I feel at somewhat of a loss. Liz frowns at Jenna, but she just shrugs. “Come on, Liz, just enjoy yourself for one night? Please?” And that’s how I get to know the future love of my life, and that’s how my life begins and ends at the same time.

The day I meet Jon doesn’t start well. I get up too late and have to hurry, so of course I forget the lunch I’d made the evening before. My superior tells me that he’s not going to approve my current project because he thinks it’s useless. And then Jenna turns up shortly before I get off work to remind me that I’d promised to join her this evening. I don’t even remember that promise but there’s no use in trying to talk her out of it. Even if she just made it up on the spot she’d be angry at me for years if I blew it off, so I head home after work and change. Only that I can’t find my shoes, and since I’m late and a bit angry at Jenna I decide to just wear my work boots. They’re big and clunky and steel-capped and they don’t go with the dress at all. But at least then Jenna can see what I think of her idea, and so I leave the house like that. The idea of having to go drinking is one that I really don’t like but it’s the only way to meet her these days so I’ll have to made do, I guess. I hate bars. I’ve always hated bars, and drinking, and the kinds of people that the Underground attracts. Well, it seems that this is the price I must pay. Too bad. I decide to go camping with her in summer, as a sort of revenge. Our friendship is a bit weird but in the end I wouldn’t want it to be any different. Even if I might not agree with her current lifestyle — it’s her life, after all, not mine, and if she doesn’t want my advice then it’s not my place to say. Jenna brings Marlin, of course, which sort of makes everything worse again since I can’t stand the guy. I don’t even know why — I mean, he’s nice and kind and has always treated her well. There’s just this something about him that makes me really uncomfortable, so the idea of having to spend the night with him in addition to my best friend doesn’t exactly add to my happiness. We’ve been at Creaky’s for about half an hour when Jon appears, introducing himself. I’m too cranky at first to notice how handsome the guy is, curly longish hair and the most intense eyes I’ve ever seen. In school I’d have hated him, typical popular kid, probably rich parents. I don’t know what I expected but definitely not that he’s an illustrator for children’s books. The weird part about the following hours is that he’s looking at me most of the time, stealing glance here and there — and that he’s not looking at Jenna. He doesn’t even seem to be jealous of Marlin. We stay in the bar for a few hours, talking, and by the end of the evening I have a date with him next week, and I’m feeling strangely giddy. The rational part of my brain tells me that he can’t possibly mean it, but everything else seems to be pretty certain that he does mean it, so I decide to just be happy, and maybe take a small hammer as a precaution. My mother is going to be so happy that I finally found someone.

@merigreenleaf, @romenna, @madmooninc, @yoojas3d, @fynniana @prismalicht :D

[elfenphoenix]

Our Home (KlanceWeek, Day 4: Welcome Home)

Pretty much a continuation of my entry for Day 3, “Remember Me”, where Keith met Lance when they were kids, and they promised to recognize each other by their scars. So now Keith is going home with Lance for a break from fighting with Voltron. This is part three, so you can also read part two, “(Little) Partners in Crime” from Day 5′s prompt.

Keith had been a bit apprehensive about leaving the Castle of Lions to visit Earth, but one look at Lance’s face upon hearing Allura say they could, and Keith knew he wouldn’t be able to say no.

“You should come with me!” Lance insisted, again grabbing Keith’s hand out of excitement, a gesture Keith was fairly sure was involuntary, but didn’t dislike.

“To meet your family?”

“Yeah! My mom probably remembers you, and I have a lot of younger siblings now that you haven’t met. It’ll be great!”

“But... it’ll be your first time seeing your family in... I don’t know how long we’ve been out here. Won’t I just be in the way?”

“Nah, it’ll be chaos either way, so I doubt you’ll make much of a difference. So come on! Please?”

Lance’s gaze was steady, urgent, insistent. Keith wasn’t used to being looked at like that. Especially not by Lance. He wasn’t used to somebody wanting him to be a part of something-- not because they needed him, or that he was useful, but just because they wanted him to be there.

“You sure you want me to go?” Keith asked, still a bit uncertain. “Not Pidge or Hunk? You’ve known them longer.”

“Nope. It has to be you. Oh, but if you don’t wanna come, I won’t force you...”

“I’ll go!” Keith blurted, his face reddening. “I mean yeah. Sure. If you really want me to.” 

Lance’s smile spread, brightening his face in a way that made Keith’s heart go crazy. But he’d never tell Lance that. Finding out that they’d been childhood “friends” had spurred mixed emotions in Keith’s head. It was nice to find the missing puzzle piece, but he wasn’t sure he liked the picture he saw when he stepped back. It meant that this irritatingly beautiful boy had been his “friend” once, a long time ago. And a “friend” he would stay.

Being a friend was a lot better than being a worst enemy, though. And that was part of the problem. Keith didn’t want to ruin that delicate balance it had taken him so long to reach by taking things one step too far and making Lance hate him again.

But, like an idiot, he was pulled headfirst into Lance’s eager happiness. He, Keith Kogane, had fearlessly driven a hovercraft over a cliff, fought an evil witch with nothing but a double-bladed magic sword, sliced apart dozens of Galra drones, chased a ship through an asteroid field, walked through the belly of a giant planet-eating worm, and fought the enemy of the known universe, but did he stand a chance against the boy with the blue eyes?

...Nope.

And so to Earth they flew inside the Blue Lion (one Lion was already conspicuous-- two would only be more so), headed to Lance’s once-small hometown just off of Veradera Beach, on the huge island of Cuba.

They landed in a pretty dense section of mountain trees, and Keith only hoped that no well-meaning hikers stumbled upon the giant mechanical cat and started blurting things to the press.

“I’ll be gone for a little while, so stay good while I’m gone, ‘kay?” Lance said to the Blue Lion, giving its paw a pat as he passed. Then he turned to Keith. “Well, you ready?”

Keith shook his head. “Not really. But I don’t really have anywhere else to go, so... why not?”

“Right. So let’s go, then!”

As they walked through the town, Keith looked around, trying to find something-- anything-- familiar. But nothing really struck him as memorable. There was Lance, and that was all.

“It’s changed a lot since we were kids,” Lance announced, as if he’d been reading Keith’s mind. “The pizza shack’s still there, though. At least, it was there the last time I was here.”

They didn’t stop in the middle of town, instead heading straight to Lance’s family home.

This, Keith remembered. It helped that the small terra-cotta building looked the exact same. The same brightly painted walls, the same patches on the roof, the same plants hanging in the windows. It was a battered, old-looking house, but one that looked like it was filled with love and care, just like the family that occupied it.

“Mamá, estoy aquí!” Lance shouted, heading up to the front door. “Hay otra persona conmigo!” 

Keith had no idea what Lance said, but he liked it when he spoke Spanish. It sounded both extremely strange, and yet entirely natural, all at once.

The door swung open, and an ancient-looking woman glowered down at them. Well, up at them, but the intensity of her glare made her seem like she was above them.

Lance said something in Spanish, and the old woman didn’t respond, just continued to glare. But then suddenly she pulled Lance into her embrace, closing her eyes and sighing in relief, tears leaking out of her eyes.

A little girl leaned out of one of the windows, his eyes widening when he saw Lance. “Mom! Lance is back! Lance is back!”

“You’ve told me that ten times already, and I’m not falling for it again,” a woman’s voice scoffed from inside, in perfect English. 

“No but this time he’s really here!” the girl argued, disappearing back inside the house. “Abuela’s hugging him!”

The old woman let go, then ushered Lance inside. Oh-- that’s right. She was Lance’s grandmother. His “Abuela”. 

There was chaos inside, just like Lance had said there would be. Children shouting in an unintelligible mix of English and Spanish, plates crashing to the ground, and what sounded like a chair getting knocked over. Then there was a smacking sound, and children spilled out of the doorway, looking a bit frightened. One of them, about twelve years old, looked up at Keith as they passed by.

“Are you our brother’s friend?” he asked, glancing back at the doorway.

“Um, yeah. I’m Keith.”

“Well what are you waiting out here for?”

“I don’t know if I’m welcome.”

The boy rolled his eyes. “Of course you are. If you’re our brother’s friend, then you’re welcome. Los que nuestros son suyos.”

The boy ran off down the street, calling out after the other kids, leaving Keith alone again. He hadn’t understood that last part, but he thought it was a good thing. Probably.

He was about to step through the doorway when a young woman appeared in it-- Lance’s older sister.

Her eyebrows furrowed when she saw him. “You look familiar.”

“Um... I’m Keith. I stayed with you guys when I was really little. You... probably don’t remember.”

Her eyes widened. “KEITH?! Oh my-- come in! Come in! Mother will be so excited to see you!”

And she was. Only moments after he walked in the door, Keith was surrounded by hugs, called “mijo” by Lance’s father (which he later found out meant “my son”), and asked more questions than he even knew how to answer. How did he meet Lance again? Had he found a family to stay with? Was he eating well? Was he happy? 

Pretty soon he was eating dinner with the entire family, including Lance’s four younger siblings (apparently many of the children that had left the house earlier hadn’t actually been biologically related), surrounded by laughter.

Lance told them all crazy, exaggerated stories about their adventures, while also toning down some of the truly life-threatening bits. He talked a lot about Keith, too, making him sound a lot cooler than he actually was, like some kind of hero. Actually, it was the first time he’d heard Lance speak so highly of him.

And the Mcclain family ate it up. Well, actually, it was Álvarez, but Lance used his mother’s last name while he was in the States.

Just like when he was five years old, Lance’s mom kept refilling Keith’s plate, insisting that he was a guest.

When he was little, he hadn’t really realized it, but now that he was an almost-adult, Keith could tell that the family wasn’t exactly rich. And yet they were so generous to him, a boy they barely knew, both now and in the past.

All of the socialization, mixed with all of the chattering in Spanish that he didn’t understand, left Keith pretty drained, though. After a while, he excused himself, heading out to the beach for some quiet.

He sat down in the sand, looking up at the many colors flooding the sky as the sun began to descend. He’d seen a lot of sunsets in a lot of places, both on Earth and elsewhere, but he had to admit, he liked this one the most--the way the orange-and-pink reflected in the blue-green water, filling everything around him with those warm, glittering colors.

Lance plopped down next to him with a sigh. “Oh man, I missed this more than anything.”

“What, the ocean?” Keith asked.

“Nah. Just... feeling home, y’know?”

“I wouldn’t really know,” Keith replied, then bit his lip when he realized how harsh it had sounded. “I mean... I don’t really remember having any place I really lived ever feeling like a ‘home’. I think the Castle of Lions is the closest I ever got.” He paused, looking at Lance through the corners of his eyes. “But I think if I had to pick a place on Earth I’ve been to that felt most like home... I think this might be it.”

Lance grinned, so brightly it rivaled the setting sun. “And you haven’t even seen the best parts.”

Keith glanced at him again, then blushed and muttered to himself, “no, I’m pretty sure I have.”

“What was that? I didn’t hear you.”

“Nothing!”

“Hey, don’t do that!”

“Look, the stars are coming out,” Keith pointed out, changing the subject.

Lance looked up, leaning back on one hand and pointing with the other. “What, that one? That’s just Venus.”

“How do you know?”

“When I was a kid, my abuelo used to take me out here with a telescope... I think he took you, once, too.”

Keith thought about it, then smiled to himself. “Yeah, he did.”

They sat in silence for a while, watching as the sun finished disappearing behind the horizon and the stars winked on into the night sky, one after another.

“D’you think one of those stars is Arus?” Lance asked. “Or Taujeer, or Olkarion?”

Keith shrugged. “Dunno.”

The night air was getting a bit chilly, and Keith shivered, tempted to scootch just a bit closer to Lance and his body heat, but resisting.

Instead, Lance put an arm around his shoulders, pointing upward with the other. “There’s Leo! Can you see it? A Lion, just for us.”

Keith swallowed, forcing his face into a scowl. “I don’t think it has anything to do with Voltron.”

“Shhhh... let me have this one,” Lance urged, putting a finger over Keith’s lips.

It was warm, next to Lance, even though they were right next to the water, surrounded by the cool night ocean breeze.

Keith let his eyes drift closed, his head to find a place on Lance’s shoulder. He pretended to be asleep, so that if it made Lance uncomfortable, he could just brush it off as an accident.

But Lance didn’t seem to mind. Instead, he just seemed to shift a little closer, as if to make Keith more comfortable.

It was true-- this was the place Keith felt most at home, whether it was here on Earth, or back on the Castle of Lions. Probably, in the morning, the two of them would be back to bickering rivals, but for now, he could believe that it would be possible to belong somewhere. To be at home... wherever Lance was.

*disclaimer: I haven’t practiced my Spanish in like three years, and I’m not sure how similar or different Mexican and Cuban Spanish are (I was taught mainly Mexican Spanish, because my teacher figured it was most relevant), so please give me the benefit of the doubt if some of this is imperfect.

Either way, I hope you enjoyed the story! Most of my other entries to KlanceWeek will also be related to this AU, so please keep watching for them tomorrow!

Read the conclusion to this story here!

[runawayforthesummer]

Chapter 17: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

Alexander Hamilton?

Do I get a scone?

It’s the morning and there’s a knock at Eliza’s door.

“Eliza, darling, it’s Aunt Gertrude.  Your uncle John and I were asleep last night when you three returned home.  I just want to make sure all is well.  May I come in?  I have coffee.”

Ok.  It took Eliza like 5 days to do 400 soldiers.  At the General’s, there were, like, 12 guys that needed inoculation.  How did it take so long?

And also I do not believe for one second it would be ok for those three girls to be wandering around by themselves late enough at night that their aunt and uncle were asleep by the time they got home.  Nope!

American girls were known to have more freedom than their European counterparts.  People often remarked it was crazy that a girl could take a walk with only her suitor in America.  But, like, I really doubt this would happen!  At least, not like this.  If they were at a dinner or ball, yeah, probably.  But not when they’ve just been out for the day.

Also, wouldn’t Eliza know they weren’t awake when they got home?  Why is Gertrude telling her this?  This should be in the narration not dialogue.

Gertrude enters and tells Eliza Hamilton has already been by the house.

Eliza felt a blush spread itself on her cheeks.

Remember that one episode of Grey’s Anatomy from season 2 (aka the best season and the only season that honestly matters) with the girl who can’t stop blushing?  That’s what this reminds me.  All Eliza does is hate people for no reason and blush.

Gertrude also let’s her know that there will be a party at their house.

“Well, it’s not a party, per se, just a dinner gathering.  Stephen Van Rensselaer is in town.  I wager he couldn’t keep away from Peggy and followed her here, so we’re holding a small dinner for him.  And when we heard that such prestigious figures as Colonel Laurens and General Lafayette were here as well, of course we had to invite them along…with Colonel Hamilton.”

No comment on Stephen following Peggy around besides: weird.

Hearing that Colonel Hamilton would be at the party quickened Eliza’s pulse.  Try as she might to pretend it wasn’t so, that rascal had gotten under her skin somehow.

It’s been like 100 pages of her realizing this over and over again.

This book has no plot.  I hate it!!!!

Like, this is why it probably wasn’t a great idea to write a full length novel on just how they got together.

Perhaps something that followed them through to, like, Philip’s birth or their move to NYC in 1783 would’ve been better.

There’s just not that much drama in how they got together!  Whether they met in 1777 or not, the truth is, they met (for the first time or again) in early February of 1780 and were in love and promised to one another within six weeks. 

There’s just not that much there!  It seemed that they were just instantly gone for one another.

You can get drama over stuff with her parents and getting approval and you can wring a lot out of the insecurities both these people had (Eliza in this book clearly has no insecurities)!  And if you throw in the separations, the wedding, him quitting the military, him leaving for Yorktown, and coming back, etc., you’d have enough to make a good, interesting book, I think. 

I guess I’m also not all about getting people together.  I want to see them together!  And for these two people, falling in love was the easy part! 

So Melissa de la Cruz trying to make that the plot is really not working for me.

I mean, besides the fact that she did zero research and has no idea who these people are.  She also has no idea what was interesting about them and their relationship.

ANYWAY I COULD GO ON about all that is wrong with this book and her choices and what’s actually interesting about Ham and Eliza’s relationship, but I’ll get back to the actual text.

A twinkle appeared in her aunt’s eye.  “Colonel Hamilton accepted our invitation ‘most eagerly,’ and said that he was ‘especially excited’ to have the chance to continue his acquaintance with you.”

Ok, de la Cruz gets Hamilton being a desperate fuck correct.

Eliza decides to get dressed up for this party.  Because we all know it takes pleasing a man to get a girl interested in fashion!

She even consented to wear a wig.  Once it was on, she wondered that she did not wear one more often.  It kept drafts off the head, for one thing, and for another, one did not have to sit still for half an hour or an hour while a maid teased and styled and powdered and sprayed every strand of hair in place.

Wow! It’s like people who aren’t you have opinions on things that might be correct!  Amazing!

When Eliza comes downstairs, Stephen is telling everyone how big his family’s home is.  Like, I doubt he’d have to say it?  They all knew he was rich af.

She glanced at Peggy, who was managing to regard her pontificate suitor with an expression that attempted to pass for genuine interest.  “Do you think that Peggy will really marry him?  I would hate to see her trapped with a bore for the rest of her life because he was rich.”

Lord.  Maybe you don’t know everything going on with Stephen?  Or Peggy?  Or their interest in one another?  STFU, Eliza.

The conversation turns to Madi’s husband!  Yay!!!!  Apparently, he’s on his way!

“I am meeting him tonight!  I think he means to propose!”

Considering in 1780 you already had two children, thank god!

Angelica also explains exactly what John is doing in America and between the armies.

She had assumed that her headstrong sister was attracted to John simply because he was everything their parents despised…But now she realized that her sister had fallen in love with a man of principle.

Why does Eliza think so low of everyone around her and when will someone call her on it?  She’s the worst!!!

“Oh, Angelica, this is so exciting!  Church is on his way! How romantic!  If Mama approves, I’m sure she’ll be able to wear Papa down.”

Angelica shrugged, as if the blessing of their parents were of little concern to her.

I love Angelica. 

We end with the officers arriving.