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fanaticsnail · 10 months

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I remember you mentioned having a Mihawk playlist, and the way you manage to find songs that perfectly fit the vibes of your fics and enhance the reading experience is one of the things I love about your writing

So I was wondering if you could share some of the songs on your playlist? Or even some songs that you associate with certain characters/tropes/scenarios?

I always love it when you send me asks, @sexc-snail.

I absolutely DO have a Mihawk playlist. I share the playlist construction with another creator on Tumblr who I love, cherish and adore: @sordidmusings. We add to it as we write, recommend songs as they come to us to help with words in works.

I could get into a long, long rant about music so I will add a page break here ❤. Lots of song recs to follow for the OPLA cast so far.

I am a violinist; have been playing for 25 years this year (I AM GETTING OLD, JEEPERS CREEPERS). Music is a great, passionate love affair for me and I adore learning about songs and pieces new and old. Here are some recommendations for songs and vibes I associate with the characters and the tropes.

I never add lyrics to my fics so the readers can visualize their own favourite melodies where they see fit, but I do have tunes in mind when I write them. The only fic I've really centralised a song about is the "You Should Be Sad" Mihawk fic I wrote a while back and the Koby series I'm writing.

Here are some song recommendations: all songs are Spotify linked. Enjoy a peek into my madness.

For the Characters

Luffy:

Long Way Home: Walk off the Earth, Lindsay Stirling

Following the Sun: SUPER-Hi, NEEKA

La Isla Bonita: Madonna

Zoro

Work Song: Hozier

Promise: Voyager

Cold Shot: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Sanji

Love Story: Indila

Know You Girls: Franz Ferdinand

Family Line: Conan Grey

Nami (She gets four, because she's amazing and I love her)

Runaway: Aurora

My Mother Told Me: NATI, Cullen Vance, Jonny Stewart

Outside: Ellie Golding, Calvin Harris

Queen of the Kings: Alessandra

Usopp

Mechanical Instinct: Aviators

The Higher Ground: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Eastside: Benny Blanco, Halsey, Khalid

Buggy

Be Your Shadow: The Wombats

Gasoline: Halsey

I Wanna Be Your Slave: Maneskin

Shanks:

The One that Got Away: The Civil Wars

Atlantis: Seafret

Barton Hollow: The Civil Wars

Mihawk

Seven Nation Army: Postmodern Jukebox

My Heart With You: The Rescues

The Snake: Lana Lubany

Koby (He also gets four, because he deserves only good things, and because Morgan Davies is Aussie like me)

Grieve No More: Patty Gurdy

Siuil A Run: Ella Roberts

Mad World: Jasmine Thompson

Again: Flyleaf

Helmeppo

Fighter: Christina Aguilera

Torn: Natalie Imbruglia

Elastic Heart: Sia

Garp

Sharp Dressed Man: ZZ Top

Under a Violet Moon: Blackmores Night

Billie Jean: The Civil Wars

For the Tropes

Unrequitted Love (My all time favourite thing)

Wrecking Ball: Beth

Can't Help Falling in Love: Tommee Profitt, Brooke

I Found: Amber Run

Comptine d'un autre ete l'apres-midi: Yann Tierson

Derniere Danse: Indila

Only in my Mind: Kenya Grace

Over and Over: Three Days Grace

Broken Pieces: Apocalyptica Lacey

Too Close: Alex Clare

Stupid Heart: Sorana

Enemies to Lovers

FMLYHM: Sether

Closer: NIN

Hella Good: No Doubt

Play With Fire: Sam Tinnesz, Yacht Money

Why'd You Only Ever Call Me When You're High: Arctic Monkeys

For when they give into their feelings:

Surrender: Natalie Taylor

As the World Caves In: Sarah Cothran

Freeze You Out: Marina Kaye

Say Yes To Heaven: Lana Del Rey

For when they give up but feelings are still there

Lose you to love me: Selena Gomez

Liar: Camilla Cabello

Darkside: Alan Walker

Say My Name: David Guetta, Bebe Rexha, J Balvin

Only Love Can Hurt Like This: Paloma Faith

I See Red: Everybody Loves an Outlaw

If you made it this far, thank you. This was a labour of love. Happy listening ❤

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hauntingmothgirl · 3 months

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About me <3

Im a 20+ year old girl with a love for vintage, history, and all things spooky.

I am a pirate enthusiast, cryptid lover, divorced dad music listener, horror buff.

My interests are: ┃dnd┃vampires┃gaming┃cryptids┃creepypastas┃anime┃horror games┃2000s horror movies┃paintings that make me cry┃halloween┃bones┃dark photography┃Religious imagery in art┃y2k┃anything vintage┃my kitties┃moths┃halloween┃the undead┃Jesus┃cosplaying┃moths┃weeping angels┃true crime┃bone┃saws┃possums┃rats┃bats┃occult┃fantasy┃ghosts┃sirens┃wendigoon┃basically any monster┃clown figurines┃victorian dolls┃the medieval┃crows/ravens┃goth clubs┃mythology┃atlantis┃mermaids┃dragons┃vikings┃old hollywood┃diaries┃silent hill weather┃any church or gas station on a foggy night┃comics┃the creepy┃the paranormal┃1800s┃

Tastes:

┃goth┃emo┃scene┃y2k┃post punk┃gothic rock┃screamo┃new wave┃darkwave┃classic rock┃punk rock┃pop punk┃midwest emo┃yallternative┃2000s rnb┃rap┃essentially anything┃50s-60s music┃

Fav characters:

┃misa amane┃draculaura┃sibby┃love quinn┃harley quinn┃Alice cullen┃starfire┃catwoman┃dracula┃chica┃bridgette bardot┃barbie┃wendigoon┃hawkhatesyou┃tinkerbell┃bela dimitrescu┃loeylane┃cjades┃

Games:

┃skyrim┃resident evil┃silent hill┃outlast┃fallout┃alice madness returns┃bg3┃fnaf┃mw2┃

books:

┃haunting adeline┃pride and prejudice┃the seven husbands of evelyn hugo┃my life at rose red┃blue is for nightmares┃im thinking of ending things┃the haunting of hill house┃the hunger games┃

Artists:

┃kesha┃halsey┃avril lavigne┃evanescence ┃paramore┃melanie martinez┃flyleaf┃billie eilish┃lana del rey┃ethel cain┃stevie nicks┃ptv┃sws┃creed┃

Media:

┃deathnote┃berserk┃soul eater┃the phantom of the opera┃nosferatu┃jersey shore┃the conjuring┃the roommate┃disturbia┃rose red┃midsommar┃13 ghosts┃house of wax┃the messengers┃twilight ┃jeepers creepers┃H20 years later┃labyrinth ┃ghost ship┃haunting of hill house┃YOU┃gothika┃thebatman┃scream┃RED┃coraline┃monster high┃ncis┃criminal minds┃alice in wonderland┃sanrio┃nana┃supernatural┃gilmore girls┃bridgerton┃ahs┃mlp┃the crow┃k-12┃priscilla┃

hehe did this for fun :)

very long but pls interact im very friendly

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justanoasisimagines · 5 months

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List of Fandoms/Characters I write for...

House of the Dragon ❀Criston Cole ❀Aemond Targaryen ❀Aegon II Targaryen ❀Harwin Strong ❀Cregan Stark

Game of Thrones ❀Sandor Clegane ❀ Tormund Giantsbane ❀Podrick Payne ❀Jon Snow ❀Robb Stark ❀Theon Grejoy ❀Jorah Mormont ❀Samwell Tarly ❀Gendry Waters ❀Tyrion Lannister ❀Jaime Lannister ❀Oberyn Martell ❀Ramsay Bolton ❀Viserys Targaryen ❀Khal Drago ❀Daario Naharis ❀Dickon Tarly ❀Koner ❀Ser Davos Seaworth

The Walking Dead ❀Rick Grimes ❀Shane Walsh ❀Merle Dixon ❀Daryl Dixon ❀Glenn Rhee ❀Jerry ❀Negan ❀Milton Mamet ❀Ceasar Martinez ❀Siddiq ❀Abraham Ford ❀Eugene Porter ❀Noah ❀Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas ❀Beta ❀Alden ❀Simon ❀Benjamin ❀Phillip "The Governor' Blake ❀Dante

Fear the Walking Dead ❀Troy Otto ❀Jake Otto ❀John Dorie ❀Nick Clark

Mayans MC ❀Ezekiel Reyes ❀Angel Reyes ❀Neron "Creeper" Vargas ❀Johnny "Coco" Cruz ❀Nestor Oceteva ❀Hank Loza ❀Gilberto "Gilly" Lopez ❀Bishop Losa ❀Che "Taza" Romero

Sons of Anarchy ❀Jax Teller ❀Harry "Opie" Winston ❀Juan "Juice" Ortiz ❀Alexander "Tig" Tragger ❀David Hale ❀Chibs Telford ❀Bobby Muson ❀Happy Lowman ❀Herman Kozik

Marvel ❀Steve Rogers ❀Bucky Barnes ❀Sam Wilson ❀Joaquin Torres ❀Baron Helmut Zemo ❀Tony Stark ❀Bruce Banner ❀Clint Barton ❀Thor ❀Loki ❀Pietro Maximoff ❀James "Rhodey" Rhodes ❀John Walker ❀Eddie Brock ❀Erik Killmonger ❀Charlies Xavier ❀Druig ❀Ikaris ❀Hank Mccoy ❀Frank Castle ❀Billy Russo ❀Danny Rand ❀Matthew Murdock ❀Kraven the Hunter ❀Dane Whitman ❀Wade Wilson ❀Pior "Colussus" Rasputin

DC ❀Adrian Chase ❀Clark Kent ❀Arthur Curry ❀Hank Hall ❀Leonard Snart ❀The Joker (Heath Ledgeer) ❀Victor Zsasz (Gotham) ❀Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham) ❀Edward Nygma (Gotham) ❀Harvey Bullock ❀Christopher "Peacemaker" Smith ❀Jerome Valeska ❀Mick Rory ❀George "Digger"Harkness ❀Ciso Ramon ❀Ray Palmer ❀Bruce Wayne ❀Chato Santanna ❀Rick Flag ❀Alfred Pennyworth

Stranger things ❀Eddie Munson ❀Steve Harrington ❀Jim Hopper ❀Dr Alexie

Vikings ❀Ivar the boneless ❀Rollo ❀Ragnar Lothbrok ❀Ubbe ❀Sigurd ❀Bjorn Ironside ❀Halfdan the black ❀Harald Finehair ❀Aethelred ❀Aethelstan ❀Alfred

Bridgerton ❀Prince Fredrich ❀Anthony Bridgerton ❀Benedict Bridgerton ❀Colin Bridgerton

The Witcher ❀Jaskier ❀Eskel ❀Geralt of Rivia ❀Lambert

Top Gun ❀Robert "Bob" Floyd ❀Jake "Hangman" Seresin ❀Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

Shadow Hunters ❀Raphael Santiago ❀Simon Lewis

Fast and Furious ❀Deckard Shaw ❀Han Lue ❀Jakob Toretto ❀Dante Reyes ❀Aimes ❀Owen Shaw

Zoo ❀Mitch Morgan ❀Jackon Oz

Twilight ❀Carlise Cullen ❀Charlie Swan ❀Sam Uley ❀Garrett

Ewan Mitchell Characters ❀Tom Bennett ❀Micheal Gavey ❀Billy Washington

Joseph Quinn Characters ❀Tom Grant ❀Billy Knight

Henry Cavil Characters ❀Napleon Solo ❀Captain Syverson ❀Charles Brandon ❀Walter Marshall ❀Gus March Phillips ❀Sherlock Holmes

Chris Evans Characters ❀Ari Levinson ❀Hugh Ransom Drysdale ❀Loyd Hansen ❀Andy Barber

Primeval ❀Connor Temple

Law and Order - SVU ❀Rafael Barba

Criminal Minds ❀Spencer Reid ❀Derek Morgan ❀Luke Alverez

9-1-1 ❀Evan "Buck" Buckley ❀Eddie Diaz ❀Albert Han ❀Howard "Chimney" Han

Station 19 ❀Dean Miller ❀Jack Gibson

Chicago PD ❀Kevin Atwater

Call of Duty ❀Simon "Ghost" Riley ❀Captain John Price ❀Alex Keller ❀John "Soap" McTavish ❀Koing ❀Phillip Graves ❀Nikolai ❀Kyle "Gaz Garrick ❀Alejandro Vargas ❀Rudolfo "Rudy" Parra ❀Vladimir Makarov

Grimm ❀Nick Burkhadt ❀Monroe ❀Captain Sean Renard

Beauty and the Beast ❀The Beast ❀Gaston

Shameless ❀Lip Gallagher ❀Kevin Ball

Black Sails ❀Long John Silver ❀Charles Vane ❀Jack Rackham ❀Captain James flint

The Night Agent ❀Peter Sutherland

Harry Potter; ❀Remus Lupin ❀Sirius Black ❀James Potter ❀Oliver Wood ❀Percy Weasley ❀Charlie Weasley ❀Fred Weasley ❀George Weasley ❀Bill Weasley ❀Viktor Krum ❀Neville Longbottom ❀Cedric Diggory ❀Severus Snape ❀Cormac Mclaggen

Fantastic Beasts and where to find them ❀Thesus Scamander ❀Newt Scamander

Vampire Diaries ❀Damon Salvatore ❀Stefan Salvatore ❀Enzo St John

The Originals ❀Niklaus Mikealson ❀Elijah Mikealson ❀Kol Mikealson

Maze Runner ❀Gally

Greys Anatomy ❀George O'Malley

The Mummy ❀Rick O'Connell ❀Ardeth Bay

Once Upon a time ❀Killian Jones ❀David Nolan ❀August Wayne Booth ❀Neal "Bealfire" Cassidy ❀Rumplestiltskin ❀Sheriff Graham Humbert ❀Jefferson

The Musketeers (BBC) ❀Porthos ❀Aramis ❀Athos ❀D'Artagnan

The Last Of Us ❀ Tommy Miller ❀Joel Miller

Fargo ❀Gator Tillman

Sebastian Stan Characters ❀Nick Fowler ❀Lee Bodecker ❀Mickey

Lewis Pullman Characters ❀Rhett Abbott

American Gods ❀Mad Sweeney

Scream ❀Dewey Riley ❀Billy Loomis ❀Stu Matcher

Shadow and Bone ❀Matthias Helvar ❀Kaz Brekker ❀Jesper Fahey ❀Nikolai Lantsov

Reacher ❀Jack Reacher

Bullet Train ❀Tangerine

Percy Jackson ❀Poseidon ❀Hepheastus ❀Aries ❀Hades

The Last Kingdom ❀Osferth ❀Finnan ❀Sihtric ❀Ulthred

AEW ❀Maxwell Jacob Friendman ❀Wardlow ❀Eddie Kingston ❀Orange Cassidy ❀Chuck Taylor ❀Trent Berretta ❀Cash Wheeler ❀Luchasarus ❀Hook ❀Kenny Omega ❀Daniel Garcia ❀Will Osprey

WWE ❀Damien Priest ❀Grayson Waller ❀Sheamus ❀Otis

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simgirlsofhillsidehaven · 5 months

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Having been compelled to forget the worst of Chloe's recent bite, Vicky was in a good mood. She knew they had to come up with a plan to get Chloe back into school and reunite her with her family as much as they could. The less time Chloe was considered dead (and had to hide), the better. Vicky had been told that Chloe would have a difficult time with control for a while. The syndicate had insisted that Chloe be closely monitored and not return to her previous home until she was no longer a threat to the general population and the secrecy of vampire kind. Vicky didn't like the restrictions, but she knew (instinctively) the syndicate was powerful and could cause them trouble, even harm, if Chloe and Vicky didn't toe the line. Personally, she didn't feel that Chloe was a threat to anyone (little did she realise how slyly Chloe had bitten her).

Vicky talked it over with Chloe. It was agreed that they would contact Zuri and reunite mother and daughter there at Hillside Haven. Zuri would be allowed to visit and likely Chloe would go over in turn, but Chloe could not live with her only family; at least for the time being.

They also agreed that Chloe would return to Copperdale High School. Zuri would know the truth, though they wouldn't tell Principal Prescott. As far as the school and other students knew, there had been an attack and Chloe had been mistakenly thought dead, but she had in fact recovered from her injuries. As long as they weren't specific about the nature of those injuries, Chloe might not even have to show signs of any infirmity or scarring. Chloe would pretend to be embarrassed, shocked and forgetful about the attack and generally change the subject as quickly as possible. Vicky and Chloe would do their best to deal with any situations as they arose.

So Vicky rang Zuri Samuels. A very confused and visibly grieving Zuri came, as arranged, early that evening to meet the stranger who had merely said that she had "information about your daughter Chloe".

Vicky told Zuri "I have recently been contacted by a secretive syndicate who monitors and conceals the existence of vampires among us. They learnt about my work at Hillside Haven here. The group home I run for girls. This syndicate, they wanted me to provide a home for your daughter Chloe. See, Chloe was attacked by a vampire and awoke in the funeral home. She's alive Ms. Samuels. Just not quite the way you and I are..."

During this speech, Zuri's face ran a gamut of emotions. Fascination, confusion, shocked disgust and then disbelief. Zuri had vivid memories of choosing a coffin for her seventeen-year-old, of seeing her only child's lifeless body.

"Chloe" Vicky called "Come and join us" and Chloe walked out of the kitchen to face her mother.

Once more Zuri's expression changed rapidly. Shock, awe and disbelief warred with joy and longing. Chloe and Zuri embraced for a long, long moment.

Finally the pair pulled apart.

"How?!" Zuri exclaimed.

"Vicky told you. The man that attacked me was some sort of vampire. I woke up at the funeral home, I guess it was lucky that it was late afternoon, but not too late -not many people around. Mr. Anderson is part of that syndicate thing, that's why he works as an undertaker, to look out for the victims of vampires who become vampires themselves. "

Zuri held her hands out in a 'Stop. Wait' gesture.

"Yeah. It's totally weird. I don't get it all myself. I had to wait at the funeral home for what felt like ages. And they bought me blood. In bags, you know? And Mr. Anderson told me I'm a vampire now, that there are actually a lot of them, well, us..."

"Do you believe it? All the girls at school going on about Edward Cullen and all this time there's these honest to God creepers running about sucking people's necks."

Seeing her Mum struggling, Chloe rushed to reassure "But don't worry. Vampires don't have to bite people. Only the few really bad, out of control ones hurt others. Most vampires live on donor blood... bags, remember?"

Zuri hadn't truly slept in days and was still wearing the same paint spattered clothes in which she had answered the door to every parent's worst nightmare. She was beginning to think she was dreaming or going mad.

Believing she would awake at any moment, faced again with the loss of Chloe, Zuri listened as Vicky explained how Chloe could not come home, how Zuri was welcome to visit anytime. The trio sat in the living room and for a time no one spoke further. The other girls (Jamie and Rose) had agreed to stay upstairs and take themselves to bed if necessary. Vicky fetched coffee and Zuri wondered at the aroma, the warmth and the rich taste. Surely no dream was like, that. You didn't smell things in dreams. Zuri wondered again if Chloes death had shattered her mental facilities completely.

Then Chloe began showing signs of restlessness. Her hunger was getting the better of her again. Vicky pressed a business card into Zuri's hands and as politely as possible, shooed her out the door and into her car...

#sims 4 #simblr #hillsidehavengirls #first year #ts4 vampires

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vintageseawitch · 2 years

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if there are any twilight book sequels written then published, i promise to look up spoilers because if i find out the Volturi decide to create hybrids of their own (🤢🤮) then i will refuse to read let alone own them. as curious as Aro may be about it, it's horrendous that he would try it out himself. the creation of hybrids is legitimately terrifying body horror to me & even Aro's "indifference" towards humans doesn't automatically make him a psychopath about this sort of thing.

Aro, despite his penchant for ruthlessness, is a softie, too. i like to imagine the thought of putting a uterus-owner through such a specific & horrific form of torture fills him with revulsion & guilt. yes, humans are red-eyed vampires' food, but even humans get disturbed at the thought of animals they consume going through needless pain especially for selfish reasons.

at this point the canon of this silly franchise means approximately shit to me so if smeyers decides to make her refined, considerably more interesting clan of vampires into true monsters, she can fuck right off because they deserve better than that. they're not villains simply because they're doing what is natural to them & the Cullens are a creepier cult than the Volturi will ever be. at least everyone knows that the three kings are dangerous. the Cullens are too busy being gentrified hypocrites (completely beige & lacking a good, old-fashioned dungeon & set of coffins... the dark drama is what draws us to vampires in the first place & someone like Forever Emo Teenager McWalking Red Flag scoffs at such things like a good little boring creeper on top of them actually not giving a damn about humans considering how in midnight sun it's clear they wouldn't have batted an eye at killing bella because said little boring creeper - or the prodigal son 🙄 - can barely control himself around her like it's her problem to deal with. glob i hate that & his losing control around her would make their "lives" a Little Bit Uncomfortable lmao) with Whatever The Fuck Weird Dynamic they have going on.

if anyone would be cruel anyways, it would be Caius out of the three kings, but i refuse to believe even he would go that far. a part of it is the thought of needing to be close to a human like that would disgust him but another is at least when they feed it's quick. if anyone is to endure a terribly long torture it would be Nahuel's biological father because he's a real monster. like, yes, somehow the Volturi never found out about hybrids, but they never went & tried to find out what would happen themselves.

i like to think the more the three kings researched it the more horrified they would be, but that could just be my biases & preferences showing. bella & edward's daughter displays disturbingly similar compulsory "abilities" or however one would describe them like Immortal Children because everyone's sudden pull to her after she touched them is WAY too similar to the enchantment vampires experience around the latter type of child so i think the Volturi (especially Jane) would be weirded out by that connection considering how long they've studied them.

i'm not saying every hybrid is like bella & edward's kid, but i'm pretty sure Aro noticed that neither she nor the rest of the family really like or trust the Volturi that much PLUS the Romanians are some of her favorite vamps. pretty sure that has put the Volturi on their guard (so to speak) (also Carlisle what the FUCK why are you being so weird about the Volturi. why tf does edward have his stupid attitude about them whyyyy make them your enemy especially considering the drama in new moon & eddie blatantly disrespecting the ancient group by expecting them to be Suicide Assistance as though that's what they're there for & have nothing better to do & Aro doing you a MASSIVE favor). ya know, as pretty as he's portrayed in the movies, i'm liking him as a character less & less (he's the biggest hypocrite of them all & playing a dangerous game of delusions - like hun, sorry, but no matter how much you pretend, you are not a human any longer & maybe you don't realize it (or WANT to) but you totally think you're better than humans seeing as you bend their rules especially if it's for your extremely problematic red-headed "son" - but THEN AGAIN you're certainly good at wiping out local wildlife like big predators so maybe you're more like humans than you think & i mean that as a slur).

i totally get derailed in my little rants on here & i'm only a little bit embarrased since this is pretty much how my brain works & how i talk lmao so tl;dr if the Volturi become the worst kind of monsters in future books when it comes to hybrids (aka "making their own" 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮), smeyers can fuck right off some more & the Cullens & their creepy cult & creepier hybrid kid are the worst. i still like Emmett though even if he chooses to stick around the problematic bunch (pretty sure Carlisle has a gift as well; it's amazing that so many vampires are not only able to live with each other peacefully but rigidly stick to a diet that is unnatural to their kind - a kind of creature that follows their instincts above almost most things. oh Carlisle, you certainly transferred your wild need to repress almost too exceedingly well).

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nirikeehan · 2 years

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Pravin & Thalia, dramatic situations prompts: "A character angling themselves in front of another character when things get tense or uncomfortable, stepping between them and harm’s way"

HI THIS has possessed me and is now part one of something to be continued at a later date. Stay tuned.

For @dadrunkwriting

WC: 1759

CW: Introduction of an OC from Thalia's past with super bad creeper vibes.

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The Hinterlands were ablaze with autumn color. Thalia sat on her provided wooden bench and admired the hues: burnt oranges, vivid yellows, reds as bright as flame. The afternoon air was crisp but the sun warm, the sky an aching blue. The fair weather, it seemed, was her only respite. The procession to see her spread straight out of Redcliffe’s town square and curled around a corner.

With a nod, she allowed the Inquisition soldiers serving as her security detail to admit the next petitioner into the shade of her pavilion. It was a woman, not much older than Thalia herself, wearing dark braids and a homespun dress. In her arms, to Thalia’s dismay, she held a swaddled, squalling infant.

“Praise the Herald!” The woman threw herself prostrate on her knees, so that Thalia was forced to look over the edge of the long wooden table where she sat. The woman held up the crying babe, mucus streaming from its nose. “Please, bless my child.”

Thalia hesitated only a heartbeat. She raised her left hand, flashing the gash in her palm that spilled emerald light, and waved it over the child. By luck — or perhaps the anchor’s glow did have a soothing effect — it calmed.

“Your babe is already blessed,” Thalia said with a soft smile.

The woman climbed to her feet, equally dazzled. “Thank you, my lady. That was incredible. Thank you so much.”

The mother retreated, and in the procession’s lull, Thalia’s cousin Pravin slunk out from behind a tent pole holding up the pavilion.

“Nicely done,” he murmured.

“That’s not the first snotty baby that’s been shoved in my face.” Thalia sighed, resisting the urge to rub an eye. The afternoon felt every bit as long as the line gathered to see her. “Usually waving the anchor around is enough to convince the small folk I don’t need to kiss them.”

“The best for everyone involved,” Pravin adjusted the ostrich feather in his wide-brimmed cavalier hat. Today he’d donned a doublet and half-cape of deep navy blue slashed with royal purple. “I’ve heard tell the miasma of sickness is spread more easily in close contact, especially with children.”

Thalia smirked. “I’d rather not face Corypheus while battling a chill, thank you.”

Pravin peered at her with his sharp green eyes. “Are you tired? I can tell the guards to turn the remainder away for the evening.”

“It’s all right.” With the Inquisition’s fame spread far and wide, these sort of audiences had become both more important and more taxing. It seemed these days she couldn’t go ten feet without a crowd of people wanting to meet the Inquisitor and ask for her favor, blessing, or air any amount of petty grievances. “We’ve an hour or so before sunset; I can make it until then.”

“If you insist.” Pravin leaned forward, picking a bit of pollen off the collar of her dress. “In that case, I think I ought to go check on your boyfriend.”

Thalia snorted. “Don’t call him that.”

“No? What shall I call him, then? Your paramour? Beau?” Pravin smirked and struck a dramatic pose. “Your lover—?”

“I think ‘Commander of the Inquisition’ will suffice,” Thalia cut in, her face burning.

Pravin let out a hearty laugh. “You two can’t keep it a secret forever, you know. The puppy eyes he gives you in our war council meetings are already so obvious. And now Arl Teagan has asked him to give a speech tonight — in your honor. Do you really think his Wicked Grace face is that good?”

“I thought he turned that offer down,” Thalia said, bemused. Cullen hated giving speeches that weren’t meant to boost battlefield morale among his soldiers; he found them overlong, self-important and trite — his exact words.

Pravin’s grin widened. “I… might have persuaded him otherwise.”

“Pravin!”

“Because it’s good public relations,” Pravin insisted. “And perhaps because I got Varric to write it for him and agreed to coach him on his delivery. Trust me, when he hits lines like ‘our beloved Herald,’ he is not subtle.”

Thalia let out an exasperated laugh. “I knew I shouldn’t have told you about us.”

“I’d’ve figured it out. Just like everyone else will,” Pravin said with amusement. “I’m just saying. Think of making a public announcement. Get ahead of it.” He buffed his nails against the lapel of his doublet. “Now, dear cousin, I’ll bid you adieu so that you may get back to your Inquisitorial duties.”

Thalia shook her head as Pravin strolled out the back exit of the pavilion out amidst milling townsfolk and Inquisition retainers. Sighing, she straightened her posture and lifted her chin. There was a line of people waiting, after all. “You may send the next in.”

An hour later, her pavilion closed to the public, Thalia slipped into the gathering twilight. Redcliffe’s town square bustled around her. The lamp lighters were out, and as she stood amidst the cobblestones, she could see the fading sunset reflected on the placid surface of Lake Calenhad. The warmth of the day had given way to the pleasant chill of an autumn night. Fireflies dotted the sky, and, higher up, so did the first dusting of stars. Thalia closed her eyes and inhaled the cool air, heady with the scent of cookfires. Redcliffe was hosting a feast for the Inquisition’s retinue, and all too soon she could be called to another pavilion, greeted by Arl Teagan, and seated at a high table for another round of diplomatic mingling.

“Thalia?” said a man’s deep, silken voice, at once strange and unsettlingly familiar. “Thalia Trevelyan?”

She opened her eyes. A tall figure loomed before her, bathed in shadow. A lingering petitioner, probably, though the way he hunched, as if used to being unable to fit through doorways, set her on edge. She’d left her mage staff in her room at the Gull and Lantern, deemed too threatening to carry while meeting the common people. She clenched her left hand, feeling the anchor’s reassuring spark. “Yes? May I help you?”

“It is you.” The man slunk forward, face obscured by his hooded cloak. His voice brimmed with elated mirth. “My, you’ve grown.”

Thalia’s stomach clenched. “Who are you? Forgive me, I don’t recall—”

He glided into the street light. The world tilted slowly. Intense blue eyes, crooked nose, concave cheeks, limp hair falling across his forehead — he was older now, but she’d know him anywhere. She’d stared into this face for hours, once.

“Knight-Templar Algernon,” she breathed.

“I’ve dispensed with the title, unfortunately.” He lifted his shoulders in an exaggerated shrug. “War — what’s it good for? Never should have left our little slice of paradise, methinks.” He cocked his head, smile wide and ghoulish. “Do you ever miss it? The Circle Tower?”

“No,” Thalia said sharply, drawing back. “I don’t.”

Algernon laughed. “Not surprising, I suppose. Dissolving the Circles and all that. Couldn’t comprehend it would ever come to that, let alone at the hands of one of mine.” He stretched out an arm to brush bony fingers against the dark ink beneath her right eye. His voice went hushed. “How could I have known my work would one day adorn the Herald of Andraste?”

“Hey.” In a flash of purple cape and ostrich feather, Pravin threw himself between Thalia and Algernon. “Hands off the Inquisitor, buddy.”

The former Templar snatched back his palm. Light-headed, Thalia dug her nails into the puffed sleeve of Pravin’s doublet.

“Forgive me, ser, forgive me.” Algernon raised his arms as if in surrender. “We go way back, she and I.”

Pravin clucked his tongue. “What a coincidence, as do I. I’m her cousin. Who the hell are you?”

The remaining glee drained from Algernon’s face. He swayed in his raggedy cloak, eyes darting. Without another word, he whirled and stormed off into the night.

“Asshole.” Pravin turned to Thalia, brow furrowing in concern. “Are you all right?”

“I— yes.” She leaned against the lantern-post, the fuzzy light above gathering moths, and tried to breathe deeply. He’s alive. He’s still out there. He… remembers. She shuddered.

“Are you sure?” Pravin asked, skeptical.

“I just need a moment.” Thalia sat on the low stone wall that separated the town square from a manicured garden, pressing her palms against her thighs. Her dress pooled out around her, whisper-soft aquamarine samite threaded with cloth-of-gold. Not for the first time, she felt as if all of this were a farce — that only people like Algernon knew who she truly was.

Pravin watched her with a troubled expression. As he opened his mouth, her security detail rounded the corner of her pavilion. “Is everything okay?” one of them asked, breathless. “We thought we heard a commotion.”

“No, everything is not okay.” Pravin jabbed a finger in Algernon’s general direction. “While you two were slacking off, the Inquisitor was accosted by a vagabond. You can rest assured I will be reporting this incident to the Commander—”

“Pravin,” Thalia said. “It’s all right. I came out here by myself for some fresh air. It’s my fault.”

“Like Andraste’s tit it is,” Pravin retorted. “They have one job, and that’s to keep you safe.”

“I’m fine. Look, see?” She lifted her chin and forced herself to smile.

Pravin rocked back on the heels of his expensive shoes and let out a slow breath. “If you insist. But all of us are escorting you back to the Gull and Lantern — right now.”

Thalia didn’t protest; she stood and followed her cousin and guard detail. Soon they stood in the busy common room of the Gull and Lantern. The soft light and warm, cheery atmosphere reassured her. A minstrel tuned her lute over the din of those eating, drinking and carousing, and launched into a jaunty ballad.

In the wide, bright space, Thalia felt less like Algernon might again leap from the darkness at any moment. She sank into a chair at an empty table and put her face in her hands. It had been years since she’d been able to feel the imprint of her tattoo on her skin, but her fingers found the curves and spiky lines regardless. She traced it from the bridge of her nose, around her eye, to her temple. She rubbed the opposite eye, where the ink bisected her eyebrow.

Pravin sat beside her, folding his hands on the tabletop. He’d worn lacy, ruffled sleeves — dressing to impress the Arl tonight, it seemed.

“So,” he said, voice low and gentle, “are you going to tell me what that was all about?”

#thalia trevelyan #pravin talavera #pravinquisition #i love them your honor #don't love algernon tho he's a creep #fics #dragon age drunk writing circle

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fiftytwotwentytwo · 2 years

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Midnight Sun

Author: Stephenie Meyer

Fantasy / Young Adult

Page Count: 658

How did I come across this book?:

Entering a Challenge to read one book a week - I opened myself up to a lot of book recommendations from everyone and everything.

Some Good - Some Bad.

Recommendations from the internet, Instagram, Tik Tok, coworkers - I even took/considered book recommendations from conversations I overheard in public spaces (aka eavesdropping in Barnes and Noble).

One particular friend highly recommended Twilight. I initially did not give it much thought - I saw the movies and I thougt I saw all I could read.

But - enter Midnight Sun - a Companion Novel to Twilight from Edward Cullen's perspective.

I found this be intriguing - Bypassing the Original Twilight Saga to read a Spin-Off that does not necessarily require any past knowledge from the series. A new jumping off point.

An Experiment.

So against, my very good friend's advisement - I cut straight to Midnight Sun.

Review:

First Off - I know this is highly beloved series. I also know the series is very divisive. What I am about to say is nothing new to the conversation but quite simply my opinion and observations.

So...

Immediate Thoughts - First Pages/Chapter - I thought the book was comical. Edward, our main protagonist, is running crisis control in his head in the middle of 3rd Period Biology. This perspective was absolutely hilarious to me.

But... Upon further reading... I am NOT Team Edward - Hell No - everything went downhill fast.

The Dude is a Predator, a Groomer, a Possessive Old Man in a Teenagers body.

Midnight Sun should not be any one's introduction the franchise.

Stephenie Meyer traps you in Edwards mind as he pines, broods, and spies on people's inner thoughts. I can easily understand how an individual could draw inspiration for the infamous Christian Grey.

I honestly felt trapped reading this book. 40 page chapters devoted to a creeper lusting in a teenage girls bedroom while she sleeps. It is draining and exhausting following Edward around.

My only glimmer of hope was the thought of an impending battle between feral vampires - but at the climax of the action there was no battle - the "fight to the death" might as well been a footnote.

This is not a cute lovely romance - maybe Twilight provides a softer approach from Bella's perspective, but this book is about as fun as 104 year old Boomer mansplaining how a Teenage Girl should live.

One thing I will say that surprised me - I had no issues with the descriptions/characterizations of vampires. Even the whole "prism effect" in sun - not too bad.

As I said - this was not a great read - in my opinion, a better companion/spin off book would have been story about Carlisle or Alice from the freshman years of being newly turned vampires. A rehashing of the beginning did not seem necessary.

Personal Rating: 3/10

Yearly Book Total: 40

Total Page Count: 14,493 pages

#52 in 22 #book club #books #reading #page count #book review #novel #fiction #Twilight #Midnight Sun #stephenie meyer #edward cullen #bella swan #young adult #YA #Fantasy

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Loser. - Jacob Black X Mike Newton X Edward Cullen - 18+ MPreg - 1. When Option B is Someone Else's Option A

January 20th, 2006 10:49 PM Mike was still sick as Bella slipped out of the theater. She was going to grab a cab home... but only after she looked around for trouble to get Cullen's attention. He coughed up the rest of his dinner before he took a sip of his soda. He flinched when the loud boom of Jake storming out of the theater sounded.

"Hey-Hey, let go of me," Mike yelped as Jake grabbed his wrist. The human grabbed Jake's inhumanly large hands, trying to pry them off. "Where is Bella?"

"She ditched us," Jake growled, and Mike wouldn't have believed him if he didn't see Bella in the back of a cab. "She would kill me if I didn't ensure you got home safely." He muttered as Mike continued to fight him. He turned around and growled at him, losing his cool since he was hours away from shifting for the first time. Mike recoiled slightly back, startled. He muttered and walked ahead of Jacob. He stormed out to the vintage car Jacob tried to impress Bella with, "Don't slam the door," Jacob snapped before Mike shut it.

This would be an awkward hour's drive, especially since the car didn't have a radio or couldn't go over 45 without exploding. There was a draft from the outside, and Mike hadn't worn a jacket, so he was shivering.

"I didn't mean to scare you," Jake muttered, smelling that he was still afraid of him.

"I am cold, Jerk," Mike muttered, and Jake rolled his eyes, reaching under the seat and tossing one of his old jackets at him.

"It's old and doesn't fit me anymore... Embry's little brother likes me to drive him around, and he gets cold easily," Jacob muttered, making sure Mike knew he wasn't being nice. He just wanted Mike's teeth to stop chattering. Mike knit his eyebrows together as he put on the jacket. The inside was a wolf pelt... actually, it was made out of Jacob's Great Grandfather's nemesis. Mike was immediately warm. He also liked the smell of it. It made him feel safe. "Stop. Looking. At. Me..." Jacob gritted his teeth before Mike quickly looked away.

"Fine... I will never look at you again as long as I breathe," Mike muttered, crossing his arms at his chest.

"You sound like a child..."

"You're the one that is being a child,"

"No... You are the one that is being a child," Jake muttered as they rode back to Forks continuing to bicker. Jacob notices something smelling amazing... 'Must be Newton's cologne,' He thought, not knowing that cologne made Mike sneeze. Jake stopped before the Newton House, spinning off as soon as Mike shut the door, not noticing that Mike still had the jacket on.

------- January 21, 2006 7:56 AM

"Bella, he is your friend. Why don't you take it back?" Mike huffed, still angry at him for abandoning him with a meathead.

"Because I am busy,"

"With what? Moping around for Creeper Cullen?" Mike snapped.

"Whatever, I will text you directions, have a good day, Michael."

"Well, I hope you have a shitty day, Isabella," he snapped.

Mike was a bit testy today. He got some rest as he had slept in the jacket, though he had growing pain all night. Unfortunately, it wasn't his height. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He had tummy cramps, and his chest felt like needles were poking his nipples. When he looked in the mirror, he noticed he looked softer. All the work he put in on toning his muscles was gone overnight. He also couldn't fit in his jeans because his hips got wider and his ass got a little fatter.

He blushed as he looked at his pecs. He felt under dressed, so he quickly got into the shower and dressed. Both parties were unaware of each other. Mike didn't know that he was adapting to Jake's perfect image of a body.

While Mike was asleep, Jake shifted into his wolf for the first time. He was larger than his friends and pitch black. With his coloring, he would be best at night, as he blended in with the darkness. He was excited when he returned home and did the hair-cutting ritual with Sam, but he was growing more aggressive as the full moon was a couple of nights away.

As Jacob tried to sleep when he laid down a few minutes ago, all he could do was whimper and pine. He could smell the faint scent of what he remembered in the car, Mike's cologne. He shut his eyes tight as they slowly grew stronger, imagining Bella was in his room and pulling his body pillow as if he were spooning her.

"Dad, get the door!" He groaned as he heard a car door slam, forgetting that his father was up in Seattle visiting an old friend who was dying. He blew his nose and walked to the door just as Mike was about to knock on it. As he opened the door, Mike's scent wafted in.

"Hi... I forgot to give you back your jacket," Mike said, widening his eyes as he caught Jacob's musk. "I um... did you get taller?" He asked as the other guy looked stiff, like he had seen a ghost

"Did you get shorter?" Jake asked, and Mike scoffed, shoving the jacket at Jacob's chest. Making the mistake of turning his back to the wolf to go back to the truck, Jake growled and grabbed at the collar of Mike's shirt, pulling him inside and slamming the door so he could pin him against it.

"J-Jacob," Mike said, a bit startled. He wriggled as he was uncomfortable being pinned up against a door. Jacob was over a foot taller than Mike, he kicked his feet, trying to run away, but his feet were ten inches away from the floor. Mike's eyes were big as his face was pressed against the mirror hooked on the door. He kept eye contact with Jacob as he could not control himself... he half-shifted, growing more in height and muscle, hair dispersing along his face and arms. "Put me down... Y-Your hurting me," he squeaked. Jake took a step back slightly but not letting go of his death grip on Mike.

"I... can't control myself. You smell so good,"

"What are you," Mike asked curiously, not afraid of what Jacob was turning into but more afraid of his strength.

"Jacob, let go of the Omega," Sam growled in his mind, and Jake furiously growled at him. Mike whimpered, shutting his eyes, and a tear dripped down to the floor. "You are terrifying him. Let him go..."

"He wants me to claim him," Jacob said as he ran two fingers against Mike's entrance through the thin fabric of his shorts. Jacob could feel the heat radiating from his pulsing hole, but then a whimper caught his attention. He looked at Mike trembling and looking at him, terrified as he was almost a quarter shifted. Jacob closed his eyes and tried to calm down, shifting back into a human slowly. "Run to your truck and drive back to your house... don't look back at me, okay?" Jacob asked as he opened the door. "Do you understand?" Jacob asked.

"Y-Yes, Alpha," Mike said, unaware of what he had just said or done to the Beta. It took everything inside of him not to pin Mike to the floor and mount him.

"Go... now," Jacob growled, letting Mike to the ground. He took off as fast as he could, jumping into his truck. He flinched as he heard monstrously terrifying howls and snarls. He wiped his eyes as he spun away.

"What have you done," Sam snarled at the Beta before they started to fight for dominance for the title of Alpha. Which Jacob would sorely lose... he had just earned his powers. Please Vote, Comment, Add to your lists, and share this story with a friend:).

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variousnumbers · 2 years

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just realized that my captivation with the “i’m too monstrous to love” “not to me” genre of romance is 100% rooted in the fact that i used to be a twilight girly. through jonmartin, the magnus archives fulfills the prophecy that started at age 12 when i looked at edward cullen and said “i like that you’re dangerous and romantic, but i’m not loving the ancient creeper quality and also something else feels off that i can’t quite put my finger on…” and the thing was just that i’m trans and gay

#‘you’re hot but for SOME REASON it’s deeply uncomfortable to envision myself as bella… let’s not unpack this for at least 6 years’#twilight #tma #hating yourself for being a monster makes a man a very specific brand of pathetic and i’m pretty much universally into it 🤷🏻#s5 jon my beloved <3

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greenleaf1316 · 2 years

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Passion

read it on here on AO3 by greenleaf

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I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

- Vincent Van Gogh

An official entry of the Jokers Creepers AU Fest as hosted on Twitter by Ofcourse_Jokers.

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Words: 5036, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: SB19 (Band)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Relationships: Josh Cullen Santos/Felip Jhon Suson | Ken

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Explicit Sexual Content, Dark Romance, Obsession, Mystery, Engkanto/Elementals, Brief mentions of infidelity, Brief mentions of murder, basically my attempt at being creepy, SB19 - Freeform

#fanfic #sb19 #sb19 ken #sb19 josh #joken #sb19 pablo #sb19 stell #sb19 justin #my happiness #ppop

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karyu-endan · 7 years

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Twilight chapter 14 review: Bella’s fine with Edward stalking her. I don’t care. Here’s why (among other things).

I’ve got quite a few things I want to say about this chapter. None of them completely ruined my enjoyment of it now that I’ve embraced the Yandere Tango interpretation (what can I say? It’s fun looking for cases of Bella being a manipulative bitch), but there were small things I took issue with, along with some stuff I liked regardless of my interpretation.

Hmm... Where to start… I know. From here on, I think I’ll begin with everything Bella does that just screams “this girl already wants to be a vampire and won’t take no for an answer”. No point in reading the story like this if I don’t try to make my case clear.

With that out of the way, let’s dig into chapter 14!

Right out of the gate Bella wastes no time in asking Edward for more information about his family on the ride back to her house. As soon as Edward says he was born in 1901 and was turned into a vampire by Carlisle in 1918 to save him from dying from the Spanish Flu, Bella infers that it’s possible to turn humans into vampires. She’s curious because she wants to be one herself, obviously.

Edward, however, says that most vampires don’t have the self-control to do it and Carlisle is one of the few alive who can. He then goes into detail about how most of the Cullens entered the family, though it’s to be noted that Bella needs to prompt Edward for Rosalie and Emmett, and then for Alice and Jasper, and Edward would have stopped without Bella’s insistence. Seems like Edward isn’t the only one fishing for ammunition.

At any rate, Carlisle turned Edward first, with Esme right after him since she barely survived jumping off a cliff and happened to be taken to the hospital Edward and Carlisle were in. Rosalie was joined not long after that, and a couple years later Emmett was mauled by a bear and Rosalie took him to Carlisle to save him. They’d been a happy couple ever since.

Rosalie apparently carried Emmett over a hundred miles to get him to Carlisle’s care too, since she didn’t trust herself with turning Emmett on her own. I have a feeling she might be selling herself short (or Edward doesn’t understand everything), because carrying a man who’s battered and bloodied over a hundred miles without eating him is damn impressive.

Also, this takes a bit of the sting out of Emmett’s favourite food being Grizzly bears. If one of them almost killed him, I can forgive his eating habits somewhat as channelling his bloodlust away from humanity and toward the species that almost took his life. Still unfortunate he’s targeting a near-endangered species though. And Edward still has no excuse for mountain lions.

As for Alice and Jasper, they’re fairly recent additions to the family. Jasper was turned by a different coven and was convinced by Alice to come with her to the Cullens and take on the animal diet. While Alice… they don’t know who turned Alice. Even Alice doesn’t know who turned Alice. All they know is that she can see the future, and she saw herself meeting Jasper and Carlisle in visions, and if it weren’t for those visions, Alice would probably have never considered the animal diet and became a human-eater like all the others.

In most cases I’d question the logic of any vampire that didn’t try the animal diet because, y’know, they were human once upon a time (and Edward claims that all a vampire’s human feelings and instincts are still present, just buried underneath the bloodlust) and would try avoiding their own kind, or something similar to their own kind, on principle. But for Alice though, she doesn’t remember her human life at all. The lack of empathy for humanity can be excused for Alice because of that… but I’m left scratching my head at every other vampire besides Carlisle and the Alaskans, who have the seemingly novel thought among vampires that eating people is wrong.

Bella has the opposite question that I do. Later on in the chapter she wonders why any vampire bothers to try avoiding eating humans. Apparently Bella has a very low opinion of her own species, which is backed up by her dissociating humanity and beauty last chapter, and can’t fathom the very simple answer of “eating people is wrong and some vampires may not want to do it on principle”.

Par for the course for Villain Protagonist Yandere Bella.

There’s one last bit of Bella’s psychopathic nature showing this chapter, though it needs some context. When Bella and Edward get back to Bella’s house, Edward unlocks and opens the door using a hidden key that Bella never showed him. Soon enough Edward reveals that he’s been… visiting her to watch her sleep almost every night ever since Mike asked Bella out to the dance in chapter 4 (so he wasn’t the one who put snow chains on Bella’s tires). Unlike any sane person in the world, who would be creeped out and terrified, Bella is flattered by Edward’s constant stalking. The worst she can say about Edward’s behaviour is that she gets embarrassed at the thought of him hearing what she says when she sleep-talks. And those fears are quickly alleviated when Edward says that what she sleep-talks about is nothing to be ashamed of.

Well, not only is Bella at least mildly insane, she’s also a hypocrite. In this very same chapter, Charlie gets suspicious of Bella being exhausted (Edward hides whenever Charlie’s about to approach his daughter) and starts thinking she’s seeing a boy behind his back. Bella shoots down Charlie’s assumption that she’s seeing Mike by putting him in the friend zone, but it doesn’t completely negate his suspicions. Not only is Bella surprised by Charlie’s observational skills (your father is a cop, you idiot!), she fully expects Charlie to check her room without warning at midnight to make sure she isn’t sneaking out… and is annoyed by the prospect.

So invading Bella’s privacy and sneaking into her room at night is only okay if Edward is the one doing it.

Of course it is, because Edward is the beautiful vampire that could turn her into an equally beautiful vampire and Charlie is the ugly human directly responsible for her very existence as an equally ugly human. The hypocrisy betrays Bella’s pro-vampire, anti-human moral myopia.

Bella isn’t the only hypocrite this chapter either. The reason Edward started… visiting Bella? He got jealous of Mike getting close to Bella and wanted to make sure of whether or not Bella liked him back. Cue his relief – and continued visits – when Bella said “Edward” in her sleep that first night.

You read that right.

The stalking didn’t start because Bella was useless and he wanted to protect her at all times, no. It started because Edward was jealous. Fucking jealous. He didn’t like the idea of Bella ending up with Mike and wanted her all for himself. It puts what he did in chapter 5 in a new light too. The reason Edward pulled a Creeper Cullen and took Bella away from Mike as they were heading to the infirmary during the blood typing lab?

He wanted to rub the fact that Bella was his in Mike’s face. He’s a sore winner, nothing more or less. This behaviour didn’t start in Eclipse, folks; Edward’s always been a possessive asshole.

And Edward has the nerve to call Mike vile. Edward apparently read something awful coming from Mike’s mind and was repulsed at the idea of Bella being in love with someone who could think something like that.

Well I wouldn’t know about Mike’s vile thoughts because they don’t show in his actions. The chapter is titled Mind over Matter because Edward gives that as his reason for why it’s getting easier for him to curb his thirst for Bella’s blood, but it could certainly apply to Mike too. As bad as some of Mike’s thoughts might be, he doesn’t let them dictate his actions and with only one exception (asking Bella out in front of Jessica in chapter 6) Mike has always done the right thing. And as soon as he realizes that he’s done something wrong he apologizes and takes steps to correct it.

Which is more than I can say for Edward, who never stops eavesdropping on people with his mind-reading, or breaking into Bella’s house to watch her sleep, or seeing Bella in general, even after he points out himself what’s wrong with all of these things.

Mike takes genuine responsibility for his mistakes while Edward just keeps sinning his ass off. More than anything, that’s proof that Mike is already more of a man at seventeen than Edward is after a whole century.

If this was supposed to be a straight romance, then Bella and Edward should have been more like Jessica and Mike respectively.

Of course, this isn’t a straight romance, so I’m fine with viewing Mike and Jessica as Edward and Bella’s Good Counterparts and leave it at that.

Unless either of them do something particularly awesome. Then I will definitely point that out like I always have.

I’m going to close this review off with an observation I had that is less personal. At one point Bella asks Edward, if he was turned by Carlisle and Carlisle was turned by someone else, then where did vampirism start? Edward’s answer is more or less: “We don’t know. Could be evolution, or Creationism, or anything. Or whatever was the force that brought together all predators and prey.”

Because of this non-answer and the passage about vampirism’s buffs in chapter 13, I am almost certain that Meyer does not understand how evolution works. Evolution is the result of generations of species changing to adapt to their environment. For example, the closest living relative of the Woolly Mammoth is the Asian Elephant. But they’re drastically different; the Woolly Mammoth had large tusks and thick fur while the Asian Elephant has neither of these things. Why the distinction? The Woolly Mammoth lived during the ice age. It needed the thick fur to keep warm in the freezing climate and it needed the large tusks to break through ice and reach drinkable water. As the ice age ended, the climate got warmer and water became more easily accessible. The large tusks were no longer needed and the thick fur became a liability, so over time those features were lost to the generations.

As Edward points out in chapter 13, the vampire’s advantages are excessive and their beauty is superfluous; those good looks are not needed when they can already easily outrun and overpower their intended prey. It reads more like vampire venom is an unnatural bio-weapon designed by a human mind to give its subject every advantage imaginable in any circumstance imaginable, whether it’s necessary for survival or not.

And I have a feeling that the tale of The First Vampire won’t be explored regardless, because Edward’s non-answer also sounds like code for “how vampirism started doesn’t matter and you better accept that”. That is a shame, because going into who started vampirism and why are questions that I really want explored.

That’s all. Next chapter is titled The Cullens. It’s rather obvious what’s going to happen next.

#Twilight review #anti Bella Swan #Bella Swan is an idiot #creeper cullen #Edward and Bella is abuse #Mike Newton is awesome #Rosalie Hale is awesome #Bella Swan is a hypocrite #tropes #hypocrite #artistic license evolution #villain protagonist #the sociopath #good counterpart

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