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Where the West Begins
13. Devil in Disguise
Fall came and went and winter arrived at the ranch. Christine was glad again for the warmth in the kitchen that she had loathed in the summer.
“How was town?” Uhura asked Jim as he came in. Christine set the last dish on the table for dinner.
Jim smiled but shrugged. “Same as ever. Captain Pike’s worried about a new woman. Said she came to town poor as a church mouse. She’s staying in the cheapest room she can find and offering to take in sewing jobs.”
“Poor gal,” Christine said.
“Right?” Jim agreed. “I did give it a bit of thought on the way home. But if she’s making money…”
“…it’d be quite aways for people to bring jobs,” Uhura finished understanding what Jim meant.
The sound of boots entering the house interrupted the conversation. Laughing followed the rustle of coats being hung up came down the hall.
Christine herself saw the woman a week later when she rode with Leonard to town. They collected the mail and had lunch with Dr. M’Benga. She and Uhura had made a little list, so she and Leonard headed to the general store.
The woman was sitting on an upturned box outside the store. She was wrapped in a dark, threadbare cloak, and her pale face was pinched with the cold. Dark hair was coiled at the base of her neck, but loose strands hung out around her face.
“Is that the new gal Captain Pike was worried about?” Christine asked the shop keeper.
“Miss Kati out there? Yes ma’am, I suppose so. Came out on the train a few weeks back. She’s taking what handwork she can, but no one’s got much.”
“Hasn’t she got anyone?” Leonard asked.
“No one’s gotten much out of her. Real close she is,” the shopkeeper said.
Christine glanced quickly at Leonard and saw on his face he felt the same as her.
“A few people’s have been helping as they can,” the shopkeeper said in reply to their expressions.
With a quiet sigh, Christine got on with the things she needed to purchase. Leonard looked around, but she could see his mind working.
“Where’s she staying?” he asked suddenly.
“One of Miss Gaila’s smallest rooms.”
Leonard nodded and strode out of the store.
Christine finished her shopping and paid. She carried her little package under one arm and left the store. Miss Kati was still sitting outside, rubbing her hands together. Christine smiled gently when their eyes met, and continued down to meet Leonard at Gaila’s.
Not that there was any problem with Gaila’s saloon, but the rooms she normally kept were for men making their way to find work. That this Miss Kati would stay there instead of the hotel, Christine knew how much the woman was hurting.
Leonard came out the door as she got close.
“How much did you pay?” Christine asked knowingly.
Leonard blushed a faint bit. “For the week. And with the message that if she wants to come to the ranch she’s welcome.”
“Look at that big heart Leo,” Christine grinned. Leonard took the package from her and led the way back to the horses.
“You would have done the same,” he said over his shoulder.
The week passed and a knock on the front door surprised Christine and Uhura where they were working in the sitting room.
“I’ll get it,” Christine said as she set down her sewing and waved a hand at Uhura.
“Oh!” Christine exclaimed as she opened the door. Miss Kati was standing on the front porch, trying to hide her shivering. “Hello!” Christine said quickly. “Please! Come in.”
The strange woman looked at her cautiously but stepped forward.
“Come in! Come in! Come get warm,” Christine said, gesturing towards the sitting room doorway.
“My name is Kati,” said the woman. “Is this where I can find Dr. McCoy?”
“Yes,” Christine smiled. “I’m Christine and this is Uhura.”
“Welcome,” Uhura said, standing up.
“Here, just come and have a seat,” Christine said. “Get warm and I’ll go find Dr. McCoy.”
“Can I get you something to drink?” she heard Uhura ask as she left the room.
Christine grabbed a warm shawl and made her way to the barn.
“Oh, aren’t you all just working so hard,” she said, lifting a brow at the men standing and sitting inside.
“We’re just taking a wee break Miss Christine,” Scotty smiled at her amiably. “What can we do for ye?”
“That Miss Kati turned up looking for you Leo,” Christine said, turning to address him. “Suppose you should probably come too, Jim.”
Back in the sitting room, Kati jumped to her feet as Christine and the two men came in.
“You’re Dr. McCoy,” she said at once, looking at Leonard.
“Yes ma’am.”
“You did me a kindness.” Kati looked at him and frowned. “Why? You don’t even know me.”
McCoy left out a huff of air. “Because it was the right thing to do ma’am. I’d do the same for anyone down on their luck, especially this time of the year in the cold.”
“Ma’am, I’m James Kirk,” Jim said, introducing himself. “This is my ranch and from what I’ve heard from the sheriff you seem to be needing a place to keep warm.”
“I’m Kati and I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t true,” Kati answered in a sad voice. “Things haven’t gone right for me in any way since my brother died. He was all I had left.”
“You poor dear,” Uhura said softly.
“We’re all kind of strays here,” Jim told Kati. “We’ve all had some kind of trouble or hardship in life, but we’ve all ended up here together and stronger for it. If you’d care to stay here a while we’d be glad to help.”
Tears sprang into Kati’s dark eyes. “I don’t even know what to say,” she cried. “No one’s ever been that nice to me. Especially only having just met me!”
“Say you’ll stay ma’am,” Leonard said warmly. “One of us can ride into Gaila’s and get your things.”
Kati laughed through her tears. “This is all I have,” she said as she gestured at herself and the very small satchel in her hand.
“Then you’re nearly already settled,” Christine declared. “It’s a bit until dinner, but we can rustle you up something if you’re hungry?”
Kati shook her head. “I can wait.”
“Let’s get you settled with a room then,” Uhura said.
“Stay as long as you need,” Jim confirmed.
“I- I can’t believe this!” Kati wiped at the tears on her face.
As Christine led her from the sitting room, no one saw the twisted smile cross Kati’s face.
#where the west begins#sequel to#when the cactus blooms#star trek#christine chapel#leonard mccoy#james t kirk#uhura#a new mystery guest to the ranch#you’d think these guys would start taking more precautions#but their hearts are just too big
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She will (and he'll let her)
#zutara#atla#zuko#avatar the last airbender#katara#atla fanart#prince zuko#zutara au#atla art#zutara fanart#zutara art#zuko x katara#katara x zuko#atla zuko#katara art#katara fanart#katara of the southern water tribe#the western air temple#This was inspired by THAT Trigun Stampede scene (if you're a Vashwood fan you'll know which one)#The “I'll kill you” *heart eyes* dynamic is SO Western-Air-Temple-ZK coded it's insane#Also Zuko loves girls who can kick his ass and that's canon. Like. The fact that they can and WILL plummet him to the ground is a big yes#I just know it#And yeah my boy was pretty crestfallen during that scene (too sad and defeated for someone who didn't have *ahem* at least a crush on her)#(In my very much not humble opinion)#But some (hidden) part of him was like “kissherkissherkissher” and you cannot convince me otherwise#I think about his dorky hopeful smile when he saw her literally all the time#And then the kicked turtleduck face that screamed “no smooches? 🥺”#Like what's up with that Zuko?#Why would you keep silent because you know you deserve this treatment for her but that didn't stop you from wishing otherwise?#Just WHY
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#GIANT SPACE WOMAN I LOVE YOUU !!!!!! <33#starfire#dc fanart#teen titans#koriand'r#kory anders#my dad has old teen titans comics from the 80s where she had her amazing giant hair and man#he grew up crushing on her hard bc of those comics and then decades later i grew up reading his comics just to end up exactly the same#big hair starfire will always have my silly little heart#i remember how cool it was as a kid to finally see a fem chara that was way bigger than her bf so thank u kori for being the og Giant Woman#i should share the ref pics i used at some point too bc they were super fun#theyre on my side insta @crowscraps if u wanna see em#my art
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Who is this sassy lost child?
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#lan wangji#a-yuan#A-Yuan knows how to to utilise his big wet eyes to get treats. What a little legend.#The crowd comments about LWJ being 'daddy' and WWX being 'the mother' are a little too 'fan-service bait' for me.#So I am personally reimagining it as another layer of 'misinterpretation of a more complex situation' commentary.#I like how the different styles of interacting with children WWX an LWJ exhibit say so much about their own childhoods.#We - human beings in the real world - take two lessons from how we were parented: What we valued and what we wish we had.#LWJ leaning into indulgence is him pushing back against his own childhood of asceticism. It's something he didn't have - so he gives it.#WWX on the other hand has been *so* defined by his drive to indulge. And here he is the restrictor!#It takes a bit more to see what's going on here. The factors are not singular.#but to keep it in theme with LWJ; I'd propose it is partly his way of establishing structure when he did not have it as a child.#Both approches are a way of saying 'I didn't have this and I wish I did.'#With LWJ it's pretty obvious why...but WWX? What is at your core? What is your regret towards a lack of restriction?#Or...What benefit do you think it gives this child to learn the harsh lessons of going without?#Did it make you strong when you were a child? Do you think it is just the nature of the world and we all must learn it?#How we interact with children is such a fascinating topic to delve into our psychology and neuroses.#In a more light hearted turn of topic:#WWX confirmed to be 'person taking the car to the drive through to order one black coffee for himself' on the triangle spectrum.#LWJ is saying 'we have food at home' as he is opening his wallet ready to order for everyone.#(Technically this is comic 213 but yippee! We are in the 200's now! Thank you all so much for reading and cheering me on!)
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Do you have any final theories/desires for Book 7 Part 12?
(slamming fists on table) I DEMAND MORE CHE'NYA
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers#twisted wonderland episode 7 part 12 spoilers#twisted wonderland book 7 part 12 spoilers#to be fair i am always in a state of lowkey wanting more che'nya#let him crash cater's pizza party!!!!#i wanna see cater skateboard up that big ol' tower to slam some za with a neon purple cat#truly this is the most radical dream yet#golly. i do try not to speculate too much but the 3-part split has me VERY intrigued#like yeah it most likely is just because hearts has a lot of boys#so it's probably cater and one of adeuce -> trey and the other adeuce -> riddle#but i am curious what's gonna happen after riddle's dream. because we'll have the party all together#and we gotta segue back into malleus somehow...#man i was wondering if the subchaptering of the subchapters was a one-off or if it was gonna be a consistent thing from here on#i guess we're gonna be getting smaller but more frequent drops from now on?#i am into that (keep up the hype!) but i'm surprised that it'll be happening just...around other events#main story has become unstuck in time and is just floating around the schedule now#we're gonna be locked in battle with cater's subconscious while deuce is over there in a parallel timeline trying on crop tops#makes me wonder what's going on in that production schedule...#lemme see those gantt charts twst
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lovey dovey (alt ver of the first one under the cut!)
#HEEHEEEEE GINHIJI BIG LOVE#so refreshing that i can mess around and draw them to my hearts content…..#so domestic here……..im sick cough cough splat#i love them so goddamn much you have no idea#all the little moments that are possible are so fun to draw even if i mostly just draw them yelling and arguing most of the time#i’ve read too much fluff fic and now this is what i have fhdnnfjdjfn suffer with me#silly men are silly and in love#sakata gintoki#hijikata toushirou#ginhiji#gintoki x hijikata#hijigin#hijikata x gintoki#gintama#ok bye
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they are GOOFY not STUPID 🙅
#my art#arcane#jayce talis#vi arcane#vi is happy here i just love when shes emo so i always draw her like that LMFAOO#theyre both loverboys. they love too much. their hearts r too big.#and so are their muscles. thank you for listening.#anyway#yhe jayvik and caitvi are implied just know thats the spirit
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The 'Ricciardo Rule' aka loving and respecting your ex-teammate so much you spend what is more than likely your very last race in F1 helping to secure them the WDC 💞
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February 29- March 2 2024
The first time Sonic went Super in Road Trip wasn't exactly as stunning to Tails as other au's and stories.
Tails is like maybe 5 here (I'm not actually that organized on the timeline for this au yet, I'm getting there though, things are getting in order.) and he wasn't forced to grow up and be a hero in this au. So he's a bit more childish than canon Tails because he doesn't feel as pressured to mature and grow up fast. Plus, he genuinely thinks Sonic is going to die and this is the last time he see's him, so tears are bound to come down.
Part 1
#roadtrip!sonic au#sonic the hedgehog#super sonic#dadnic#miles tails prower#tails the fox#sonic fanart#wholesome sonic and tails wednesday#Okay- I'm gonna ramble a little bit about the dialogue and behaviors here you can skip the other tags if you're not interested#First- Sonic immediately tells Tails that he's fine first before asking if Tails is okay. This isn't Sonic putting himself first-#-but him trying to comfort Tails because even if it's cheesy- Tails will only feel okay if Sonic is okay.#Apparently it calms children down if they listen to their parents heartbeat (melts my heart when I remember that) so Sonic put-#-Tails close to him not only so he could hear that Sonic is alive- but also to try calming him down a little more.#Small thing I started incorporating way too late- Sonic will call Tails Big Guy if the kit is smaller than him and-#-Little Guy if the kit is larger than him.#Sonic changed his pattern color to be blue like Tails' eyes after he points out that they are both yellow (it's not colored here-#- but you probably remember that Super Sonic has golden fur.)#Sonic is constantly rubbing a thumb on Tails' hand as a comforting gesture.#That's my ramble- I know it's just pretty bare bone stuff that anyone reading might get but I freaking love explaining stuff (I gotta stop)
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Mikey and Leo episode centered around Mikey wanting to push Leo and Draxum together since Leo’s the most reluctant to give Draxum any grace (for good reason!) But, thinking on the spot, Leo says he’s gotta go do something for Hueso and “just can’t hang out right now 😔” (yes, he says the emoji out loud.)
Mikey calls his bluff and now the three of them (Mikey having grabbed a weary Draxum along) go to Hueso’s to find that yes, he actually does have a job for him. Said job asks for Leo to go with Hueso to deliver multiple pizzas to this giant yokai quite a distance away, and Hueso figured it would probably go better with Leo’s help (emphasis on probably.)
Well, Mikey decides that this would be a great bonding opportunity for them and basically invites he and Draxum along. Unfortunately for Leo, Hueso doesn’t care enough to wave away more help, though he does side-eye the wanted criminal Baron Draxum coming with them. But who is he to judge? (This choice has consequences.)
The journey goes about as terribly as you’d expect, but at least the pizzas get delivered on time.
#rottmnt#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles#rottmnt mikey#rottmnt leo#rottmnt draxum#rottmnt hueso#listen you don’t understand#imagine mikey trying to get leo to accept draxum as a father figure only for this to push leo to purposefully turn to Hueso instead#idk I love when this accidental flaw of Mikey’s is explored and I think it meshes well with Leo’s own AND fits nicely with their dynamic#100% this ends with Leo & Hueso bonding and Mikey & Draxum bonding and Mikey & Leo bonding and even Hueso & Mikey a bit#but notably only a little Draxum & Leo - because it’s important that Leo isn’t forced to accept him imo#Leo realizing during all his denials of Draxum that oh you know who he DOES think of as family? Hueso#Draxum is trying mainly for Mikey’s sake#Hueso is too tired to care about all this family drama but is reluctantly worried about Pepino#Mikey just wants one big happy family because - that’s just easier y’know?#he tries so hard to work with everyone’s emotions that he just wants things to be easy for once#he wants love and family to be easier than it is - than has BEEN lately#gimme that heart to heart Mikey & Leo moment in this regard#by the end Leo DOES raise Draxum up a bit from ‘complete distrust’ to ‘mild side-eye’#but it’s a long ways off if he ever gets pushed into the family tier#and also#SO MUCH SLAPSTICK COMEDY and sarcastic comedy in this episode fr#and if you’re wondering-#yes they DO fight the Yokai monster they’re delivering the pizzas to#but they get paid so it’s whatever#kinda wanna attempt to copy the style of the show and make fake screenshots of this ‘episode’ ngl
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hi hey hello. you should go check out @u3pxx 's piece for the mea culpa zine I just made a fun and silly continuation of it because im normal about it <3
more fun and silly shenanigans under the cut
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#ashenart#aa4 spoilers#apollo justice#trucy wright#phoenix wright#clay terran#apollo justice ace attorney spoilers#weh weh weh 👍proud of myself for getting this done in like. 3 days. sorry to the art asks in my inbox im almost done with yall too#anyways posting this scared style hope everyone likes#<- actually wait no im gonna ramble REALLY FUN TIME WITH THE COLORS ON THIS ONE kinda heart of the cards-ing it#ive been also working on an oc comic for the past couple of months and that + this i think im getting better at servicable backgrounds#I think this is the first big piece ive done w/o lineart and instead just drawing over the sketch i really like how its came out#there was also a scrapped 5th page that was dropped just bc trucy finding the body fitted better for an ending RIP beanix jumping over the#couch you will be missed. by me
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you are umasou
#I watched it today it was so good#im not big on dinosaur stuff but i like how it was used to approach the predator/prey conversation especially when both sides are sentient#instead of just defaulting to well since predators are meat eaters their actions are automatically immoral so their role in the story#has to match. and then when your characters /are/ meat eaters you just step around that whole topic#heart knows he has to kill and eat so there’s no avoiding it but even he knows he has agency over that#hell he even decided to hunt by himself so umasou doesn’t have to see him kill and eat another dinosaur a day after meeting him#and maybe its because it’s a kids movie but it also doesn’t make a big show over the act of hunting and eating. it doesn’t dwell on it#like yes you can clearly see them ripping into guts minus the graphic details but it doesnt go out of its way to censor it either#its played straight just like hearts mom having more kids like nobody asks who the father is or when that happened cuz it doesn’t matter#what matters is she still loves heart and encourages her kids to greet their big brother and they do!!! it’s sweet#Beckon was also an interesting touch bc they make it clear the only reason he doesnt eat umasou is bc he cant and not that he wouldn’t#but he’s still a funny and interesting character and that doesn’t get in the way of how we see him too much#same for baku he was pretty polite with heart esp from the start when he asks him if hes abandoned implying he would be prepared to#look out for him from the start. and at the end when he decides to spare him. I dont hate him at all hes just intimidating#you are umasou#doodles#I wanted to draw smth more detailed but I couldn’t decide if I wanted to go with the cartoony art style#or smth closer to realistic?? so this is like. some sort of compromise I guess
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IT'S BUNNY TIME EVERYBODY
(feat. Dilla)
(bugle accompaniment by Yuu)
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#white rabbit festival#ah...the eternal dilemma of 'is it hair dye or whimsical anime hair'. and so we roll the dice again.#so it's canon now that yuu is inexplicably great at bugling. everybody get ready to incorporate that incredible trivia into your characters#anyway HELLO THERE madam spade#i think we have enough evidence now to say that you're not allowed into nrc unless you have an absolutely smoking mom#(riddle's mom has a smoking crater where her heart should be but we digress)#dilla likes two things: BIG VANS and also telling her son's friends all about how he used to literally refuse to not dress like a bunny#and yet now he does not wish to dress like a bunny. :( deuce what HAPPENED#meanwhile epel is too polite to whine at his best friend's mom so he's just hoping vil never finds out he wore a bonnet#silver is like 'i'm the handsomest little marching band boy. i'm taking this outfit back to show everyone.'#and ortho put all his points into POWERFUL THIGHS#he minmaxed leg day and is going to go kick a tree in half#can't wait for part 2 to see if they resolve the exciting cliffhanger of whether or not silver finds an alarm clock
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HE FUCKING BALD
#twisted wonderland#twst#heartslabyul#ace trappola#HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS MAKE UP OWNQJJWJENQJDKQKDNKQDJWKKDKQJSSFGDVBFZSDSYDBFSWSEYGDSZDYFESGDGYGZDYGYRGEEYGSDHGBYGNXCNG#IPHE SMELLS SO GOOD#I CAN SMELL HIM#HE LOIKS LIEKD SMALD QKD#HE'S SO CUTYWHF#TEH MADKW#HE'S SO CLEAN#SQUEAKY CLEAN#HE'S SHINY#WTF IS THAT JACKET I WANT IT IT'S SO BIG#PAKISS#LEMME CUDDLE WITH 😭😭😭😭🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻🫵🏻#WHAT DO I HAVE TO SACRIICE TO GET THIS CARD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#bRB GONNA HAVE ANOTHER BRWKADOWN FOR HIM TO COEMR HOME#✨ ANON I WAS SO CALM WITHOUT KNOWING ✨#HE'S SO COMFY I WANNA CRAWL UNDER HIS ARMS AND SMELL HIS MF BAR SOAP ON HIS SKIN#he just smacked a jpeg on his hoodie#I WANT EVERYTHING#i WANT 🫵🏻 HIM 🫵🏻#IF HIS GROOVY IS HIM PUTTING THE HEART ON HIS EYE PUT A HEART ON ME TOO
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Is it fair to say that Tee is a need?
Tee is a need, yes.
If the front office isn't able to make that work, would you be disappointed in that?
I'd be very disappointed in that, yeah.
#here take a compilation from today's presser of joe raving about tee#and being VERY assertive (aggressive) about how important tee is and how much joe needs him#how he'd be very disappointed in the front office!!!#talk about putting pressure on!!! joe doing the best he can with his influence!!! love to see it!!!#also i think it's so interesting to hear joe talk about how involved he wants to be in the offseason WITH the FO making decisions!!!#control freak <3 but also i do wonder how much influence and pressure he actually can provide??#like i trust him more than the brown/blackburn family at this point#let joe be GM too! fuck it!#god this is all so crazy WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN#when did the three of them (because i'm assuming ja'marr is going to be involved on his end at the very least)#decide okay we'll take this into our own hands#when they realized this season wouldn't go anywhere??#and it was supposed to be their last big hurrah together??#and they were like. no we're not accepting this is how it ends#it ends with us winning a super bowl together. there's no other option#because i'm just. i'm emotional. i'm feeling lots of things about this!!!!!#i love them so fucking much oh my god PLEASE let this work out my heart can't take it#joe burrow#tee higgins
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