#doing quick racing outfits was the best part of this btw

[wildcard-org]

my favorite moment from my favorite wild/card video AKA jacob alpharad has a mental break

[chasingpj]

𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫

pairing: leo valdez x child of iris!reader

requested?: yes!

translation: full of color

warnings: uhh, mentions of mental health and ?? maybe some typos lmao

category: headcanons, fluff, best friends to lovers

pre-relationship

though, leo saw you around camp often, you caught interest in him before he caught interest in you

i mean, he literally couldn't miss you because your outfits were always bright, whether it was a combination of colors or monochromatic

you and your siblings actually look like a rainbow threw up on you guys, and it's honestly iconic

no one at camp can not notice the children of iris, especially when they're in a herd

one day, you were sitting alone at a picnic table near the lake, and you found yourself drawing him in your sketchbook

you sketched a portrait of him while he spoke to piper at a table nearby

you've always found the floppy curls and how his brightest smiles always look a little manic to be adorable

when you sketched his portrait in your notebook, you didn’t intend for him ever to see it

until a couple of weeks later in the arts and crafts center, leo passed by and caught sight of a new project you were working on

he stopped in his tracks to compliment your drawing

since you were nowhere near done with it, you couldn’t admire the piece as much as he was

but his enthusiasm was so endearing

he politely asked if he could see more, and you didn’t hesitate to slide over your sketchbook

he noticed a lot of your drawings were scenery and people at camp; especially your siblings

he stumbled across a detailed sketch of a woman and her child sitting in a bus

“wow… who’s this?”

“oh, I don’t know. It was just a little girl I saw on the train with her mother.”

“so you just drew her?”

you never realized how weird your habit of drawing random people was until he had asked

you giggled nervously, quick to explain yourself, “I tend to draw people or things that I find beautiful. I wanted to capture how calm and happy she was with her child ‘cause at the time, I was stressed and angry. Watching and drawing her made me calm.”

leo nodded, a faint smile on his lips before looking back down at the drawing. “that’s really cool,” he complimented, and you shifted in your seat, suddenly shy.

And then it hit you

you were so willing to show leo all your works that you had completely forgotten that his portrait was in that book

your pulse thumped loud in your ears, mind racing to figure out a way to take away your sketchbook before he could see it

you ended up spending so long thinking of what to do that he arrived on the page in no time

right before he could see the drawing in its entirety, you slammed the book closed and snatched it

leo’s startled expression turned into a mischievous smirk

“was that me?”

you froze in your place; a squeaky sound escaped your throat in your embarrassment

leo’s brown eyes sparkled as he leaned into you, your gaze fixed on his, “y/n, you think I’m beautiful?”

AHHHH!

^^ that was you in your head btw

leo laughed, amused at your attempt to deny it

“then why did you snatch it away?” he raises an eyebrow before reaching over quickly to grab the sketchbook back

you didn't pull it out of his reach fast enough, leo getting a grip on one side

the two of you pull it back and forth, leo laughing at you as you continued to deny what he saw

though you were incredibly embarrassed, you couldn't contain the laughter bubbling in your chest

gods, of course, this would happen to me, you thought

he got it out of your grip, and you sighed in defeat, watching him flip to the page of him and piper

he was quiet, studying the picture for a second before giving you that playful smirk

“you think I’m beautiful?” he asked again

you playfully rolled your eyes, “it was more piper than you.”

your tone was sarcastic, only fueling leo’s banter with you

“oh really?” he chuckled to himself, “but i’m the only one colored in.”

you were silent at his observation before scoffing, “whatever.”

leo only laughed as you take the book away from him

“don’t you have somewhere to be, fire boy?” you asked and nudged his shoulder

the glint in your eyes made him smile, and he shrugged, “i guess i do. i'll see you around."

you nodded, too shy to do anything else, and he walked off

after that, leo took it upon himself to talk to you every day

leo teased you about the drawing all the time, and he found the way you would play along to be funny

before you both fell in love, you were close friends

you had such an optimistic point of view about life, and it was pretty contagious

somehow when leo was in the dumps about something, you always knew what to say

you were just so easy to talk to, and because of this, your friendship just grew naturally

your first kiss was towards the end of summer

leo invited you to hang out with him in bunker nine at, specifically, 6 pm

you teasingly asked if it was a date, and you remember the way he tensed up a bit

with a mumble, he asked, "what if it is?"

from the tone in his voice, you knew he wasn’t joking

in fact, his tone was hesitant, a part of him was expecting you to reject him

then the heavy pit in his stomach turned light when you smiled and said, "then I'm down."

the grin leo gave you made your heart flutter like crazy

your first date consisted of eating snacks and watching a movie on one of those portable DVD players

You picked up on the tension between you and him, and noticed the opportunities for a kiss kept passing

it was until Leo walked you to your cabin that night did you have a moment of boldness and asked, "so are you going to kiss me or?"

leo's eyes widen in surprise before his face broke out in the familiar smirk he gives when he flirts with you

you rolled your eyes playfully and grabbed the front of his shirt, pulling him into you

your first kiss was sweet and soft; a little awkward

his hands hovered over your sides for a second, not sure what to do with them until he decided to rest them on your waist

it was the perfect way to mark the beginning of your relationship

relationship

since you guys are both broke teenagers, you got creative with date nights

you came up with the idea of paint splattering with him

you guys got canvases, covered the walls and floors with plastic to make sure you didn't dirty them

then you filled water balloons with paint and just threw them

despite you guys singing and dancing around in the midst of it, the canvases came out so good

and to commemorate the beginning of your relationship, you hung them up side by side in bunker nine, and when you guys get a place together, you hang them up in the hallway of your apartment

leo is a huge gift giver; as i’ve said before in my “how he shows he loves you” headcanons

he’s made you a lot of things; canvases, jewelry, little trinkets with scrap metal

one of your favorite gifts from him is a suncatcher with rainbow quartz

you fell in love with it and when you move in together, you make sure to hang it up in the kitchen with the bunch of other suncatchers that he’s made you

i love the idea that you would attempt to bring more color in his wardrobe

a lot of his clothes are muted in color; you don’t mind it but you were interested to see what he’d look like in a colorful outfit like yours

To say the least, he was not that enthusiastic and maybe, you shouldn’t have put him in a monochromatic orange outfit but… you still thought he looked cute

leo thought he looked like a traffic cone though so it didn’t stick

it’s okay because you like him the way he is anyways

another thing is that you guys are super supportive of each other and leo loves just how you manage to lift his mood

once leo was having a bad mental health week

you guys were sitting under a tree, looking out at the water

his head laid on your shoulder and small sniffles came from the other

it hurt to see him like this and you wished you could do more to make him feel better

then you had the greatest idea to make a rainbow for him

so you did

leo was so stunned when he saw the rainbow form over the lake

he looked at you surprised and when you admitted to making the rainbow for him, the emotion on his face was indescribable

and then you laughed and held him when he started crying because he said it was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for him

another time, you insisted that meditation would be good for him

he literally sat down for like 3 minutes with his eyes closed before he was itching to get up and do something

even when he was sitting down, he was still bouncing his legs and fidgeting

so that fell through too but you still helped him in other ways and he’s so grateful for your optimism and bubbly personality

leo always says that you bring color to everything; literally and figuratively

one of the things you bring color to is his life

and he’s constantly reminding you of this; that his world just feels brighter now that you’re around

and it’s literal too

since you painted the walls of bunker nine a bright orange

he asked you why orange, and you told him because orange encourages productivity, creativity, and most importantly, optimism

it may have also reminded you of the orange outfit you put him into

anyways, you told him that it hurt you to see him get down in the dumps, and you insisted there was no way he could be sad in a bright orange room

needless to say, you were kinda right

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[tigerkirby215]

5e Hank J. Wimbleton, the Protagonist build (Madness Combat)

(Artwork by AndrewKO on Newgrounds.)

Friday Night Funkin’ Tricky Mod reminded me of the Madness Combat series... man it’s a trip in the best possible way. I honestly miss the old days on Newgrounds where stuff like Madness Combat could get extremely popular just off fan reception alone.

Anyways I think the fantasy of playing a bloodthirsty expert killer is something that most people can identify with in D&D, and Hank is certainly a badass in his own right. So while this was mostly a spur-of-the-moment sort of build here’s Hank J. Wimbleton with as many of his abilities I could reasonably put into a build at once, from Madness Combat 1 all the way to Madness Combat 11: Expurgation.

Also I finally get to use artwork from a website other than DeviantArt which is pretty awesome.

GOALS

Avenger - Hank shoots guns good and Madness is a series of guns first and foremost.

Aggregation - Hank is also more than capable in melee combat, being able to use all sorts of weapons including his fists!

Redeemer - Spoilers for Madness Combat 9 I guess.

RACE

The characters in Madness don’t really look like anything in reality, but it’s fairly safe to say that they are meant to be some sort of human. So we’re going to be going for Variant Human: yup not even an Eberron race since we do need everything that Variant Human provides. Increase your Constitution and Dexterity both by 1 and grab Acrobatics proficiency to dodge incoming knife swings and gunfire. And as per standard take whatever language suits your campaign.

Now you’re probably expecting Crossbow Expert as our level 1 feat, right? Or perhaps even Gunner? That’s where you’re wrong! Hank throws punches far earlier than he starts using guns, and he also uses a lot or improvised weapons throughout the mainline Madness Combat series. So grab Tavern Brawler for a +1 to Strength, a d4 unarmed strike (it’s not earth-shattering but it gets the job done), and proficiency with improvised weapons. And the grappling part which honestly doesn’t impact us much, but it’s nice to grab a human shield.

ON THE GUNNER FEAT: Going to make a quick mention now that this build is made under the assumption that your DM will not allow firearms in their campaign, and as a result we will be reflavoring crossbows as firearms. In short we’re not taking the Gunner feat, but if your DM allows it go ahead and take it.

Honestly if your DM allows firearms it would probably be a good idea to play whatever firearm-based class they added to play as Hank, instead of the build I made here. This build however is meant for the average D&D campaign.

ABILITY SCORES

Hank is MAD, rather fittingly. So MAD in fact that I can’t contain the madness within Standard Array. So rejoice we’re actually going to be using Point Buy!

STRENGTH; 9 - The vast majority of Hank’s weapons are either firearms or weapons that I would constitute as finesse based. With the +1 from Tavern Brawler this is still enough for your punches and improvised Strength weapons to pack a punch at least.

DEXTERITY; 15 - As mentioned above we will primarily be using firearms (crossbows) and finesse weapons.

CONSTITUTION; 11 - Mostly to round out the build, which along with the +1 from our race gives us a bit of bulk which will help with all the killing.

INTELLIGENCE; 14 - There’s many ways I can justify this but the easiest way is to say “it’s a multiclassing requirement.”

WISDOM; 14 - Wisdom is tied to perception as well as survival instinct, and is a multiclassing requirement.

CHARISMA; 8 - Hank is of the quiet sort and doesn’t talk much between all the killing. Yes he can intimidate info out of people but you try keeping your cool with a gun pointed to your head.

BACKGROUND

There was a man who sought the sheriff, and to slay the sheriff you’re automatically made a Criminal. I am however going to suggest swapping your skills out for Intimidation and Slight of Hand (IE Gun Tricks.) Feel free to take whatever Gaming Set you want, but thankfully as a Criminal you can choose Land Vehicles as your tool proficiency, because Hank does run over some guys in part 4!

Criminal Contact will let you get in contact with Sanford and Deimos in case you... you know, die? You can always get your message across when needed: D&D doesn’t have computers but you can still find some shady merchants or corrupt guards to get into contact with your crew.

(Artwork by redemer19 on Newgrounds.)

THE BUILD

LEVEL 1 - ARTIFICER 1

Starting off as an Artificer because CON saving throw proficiency is nice. So is proficiency in Investigation, Perception, and a tool of your choice.

Tinkerer’s Tools technically counts as gunsmith tools if we go with Matt Mercer’s homebrew, but you already get those for free (along with Thieves’ Tools) as an Artificer. I personally opted for Smith’s Tools as the next best option which will also double for taking care of swords and knives.

You can also get a Boombox to dance to thanks to Magical Tinkering. You can infuse magic into a Tiny object to give it a variety of effects: make it glow, have it display a message, or most importantly have it play the Chicken Dance song. You can have a number of these equal to your Intelligence modifier, which is to say not many.

You do also get Spellcasting: You get two cantrips from the Artificer list: Mage Hand will let you grab a weapon for yourself that’s out of reach, and Acid Splash will serve as a starter shotgun for some buckshot against multiple enemies. As for your leveled spells you can prepare a number of spells equal to your Intelligence modifier plus half your Artificer level, which is to say... not many. Feather Fall can be useful when up in high places, and Detect Magic is universally useful for finding any anomalies created by the Improbability Drive.

LEVEL 2 - ARTIFICER 2

The main reason we went for Artificer first is Infusions, gear you can bring at the start of the fight for an upper hand. Of course the main weapon we’ll be grabbing is the Repeating Shot Weapon which will be how you make basically all your guns. Not having to reload is nice and not having to worry about ammo is better!

ON YOUR WEAPONS: For now the only weapon you can reasonably use is a Light Crossbow, however soon you’ll be able to put Repeating Shot on either a Heavy Crossbow (rifle) or Hand Crossbow (pistol) depending on your preference.

Other than that you can borrow from Sanford’s book and make a Returning Weapon to throw a hook and pull it back, create Sending Stones to keep in touch with your crew, and have a Rope of Climbing to sneak into the sheriff’s office. Or you can choose your own tools for the job as I am merely suggesting what makes the most sense for Hank, but the Repeating Shot Weapon is the only one you truly need.

You can also prepare another spell like Identify, to know what weapon you’re picking up.

LEVEL 3 - RANGER 1

This is a bit out of left field isn’t it? Well Ranger gives a number of things, the first of which being Stealth proficiency for your initial entrance. You also get Deft Explorer (instead of Natural Explorer) for Canny, giving you two languages (pick your poison) and Expertise in one skill of your choice (go for Acrobatics to evade attacks and stay alive.)

You also get Favored Foe (instead of Favored Enemy), letting you concentrate on an enemy’s weak points to kill them quickly. When you hit an enemy you can choose to mark them so they take an extra d4 of damage once per turn from your attacks. You do have to concentrate on this effect (like a spell) but aiming for the head is a good way to end someone quickly.

LEVEL 4 - RANGER 2

Second level Rangers get to choose their Fighting Style and you’re probably expecting me to tell you to take Archery, right? Well even if you’re mostly going to be using guns you do have proficiency with melee weapons too, and since our Strength is kinda bad I’d suggest taking Druidic Warrior for some simple boosts to your combat proficiency.

Shillelagh will be a good place to start by letting you swing a blunt object with your Wisdom instead of your Strength. The main weapons Hank uses in the Madness series other than shortswords is clubs, bats, and pipes which I’d all consider as viable targets for Shillelagh if your DM’s cool.

Mending will be useful to keep your outfit in check after taking a bad hit.

Feel free to take Archery if you want as it’s likely more useful for this build. Again I am opting for what’s the most accurate for Hank, not for what’s the most optimal to build.

But if you want to keep yourself in check after taking a bad hit you can grab some Ranger Spellcasting. Cure Wounds will let you bandage yourself (or an ally) up in the thick of a fight, and Zephyr Strike will let you rush in while avoiding danger to deliver a deadly strike on a key foe.

LEVEL 5 - RANGER 3

There’s quite a few reasons we didn’t go for Rogue levels in this build (spoilers btw): Hank does most of his fighting solo, doesn’t really opt for stealth except for at the start of missions, and because the Gloom Stalker is far better for how Hank operates. For a start you get Umbral Sight for 60 feet of Darkvision with your dumb human eyes, but you can also hide in the dark so well that even creatures with darkvision can’t see you! Which is good because Dread Ambusher gives you a bonus to initiative rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier along, but more importantly lets you move 10 feet faster on the first round of combat. And you can also attack one extra time on the first round of combat, and if you hit with that extra attack you’ll deal an extra d8 damage to down a foe quick and give yourself more options.

You can learn a new spell at this level like Hail of Thorns for some buckshot, and you also get Gloom Stalker Magic, adding Disguise Self to your spell list so you can look like a regular dude who isn’t covered with bandages. You also get Primal Awareness, because even if Speak With Animals makes no sense for Hank it’s still better than Primeval Awareness.

(Artwork by LegendaryPanettone on Newgrounds.)

LEVEL 6 - RANGER 4

4th level Rangers get an Ability Score Improvement: Dexterity controls everything we do currently so increase that by 2 for better AC, shooting, sword-swinging, and DEX saves.

LEVEL 7 - RANGER 5

5th level Rangers get an Extra Attack, allowing them to shoot twice and even allowing you specifically to shoot 3 times on your first turn!

You can also learn second level Ranger spells now: Primal Awareness gives you Beast Sense and Gloom Stalker Magic gives you Rope Trick for a place to hide and ambush from. And Enhance Ability (ty Tasha’s) will let you push yourself when violence is needed.

LEVEL 8 - RANGER 6

6th level Rangers see Favored Foe turn into a d6 to be somewhat on-par with Hunter’s Mark. You also get Roving from Deft Explorer for 5 extra feet of movement, as well as a swimming and climbing speed.

But now that you’ve gotten all your killing done it’s time to die. Because you do not kill clown; clown kills you!

(Artwork by Jinxsaw on Newgrounds.)

LEVEL 9 - ARTIFICER 3

You can’t kill the protagonist! We’re at 9th level which translates perfectly to Madness Combat 9, which means you can be revived as an Armorer Artificer! Your consciousness will be placed inside of a suit of Arcane Armor, replacing any missing limbs you may have and genuinely account for all your injuries. The armor also doesn’t have a Strength requirement and can be used as a focus for your Artificer spells.

There’s two different Armor Models to choose from but for now I’d suggest keeping to guns and going for the Infiltrator model (mostly because your Intelligence is bad so it would be better to opt for Dexterity to fire your guns.) The Lightning Launcher is like a handgun except it has very good range (90/300) and does Lightning Damage, and even lets you do an extra d6 damage once per turn! You also get Powered Steps for an extra 5 feet of movement speed (adding up to 40 total thanks to Ranger!) and a Dampening Field will give you Advantage on Stealth due to your black outfit.

You also get some Armorer Spells: Magic Missile for some unavoidable gunfire and Thunderwave to give yourself some space. You can also choose a different set of Artisan’s Tools from Tools of the Trade since you likely already have Smith’s Tools proficiency. You can pick whatever you think will be useful, but it’s worth mentioning that you can make a tool with 1 hour of work thanks to The Right Tool for the Job. And no Hank; weapons are not tools. At least not by this definition.

LEVEL 10 - ARTIFICER 4

4th level Artificers get an Ability Score Improvement. Wouldn’t it make sense to increase your Intelligence as an Artificer now that you can use your Armorer weapons with INT? Yes. Anyways increase your Dexterity by 2.

WOULD IT HAVE MADE MORE SENSE TO MAX OUT INTELLIGENCE FOR THIS BUILD? Yes. Now that you have Armorer levels you’re basically never going to be using crossbows again realistically. Oops. Having good INT instead of good DEX would mean that you could start using the Guardian armor to punch some stuff, and 14 in DEX would still allow you to wear Medium armor. You could’ve easily taken 3 (or more realistically 5) levels in Artificer at the start of this build and then gone for Ranger to not have to deal with bad ranged weapons while having good stats for an Artificer.

There’s still strengths to having high DEX obviously (good initiative, good Stealth and Acrobatics checks, good DEX saves, and you get Mirror Image as an Armorer Artificer) but it’s really not that important for this build. But I’m still maxing it out first as it’s accurate to Hank. In the average D&D campaign you’re not going to be picking up weapons from enemies you kill to use them when you run out of ammo. There’s many things I took in this build that are impractical for anything other than a combat heavily inspired by Madness Combat.

Basically feel free to min-max this build if you so desire; it’s quite viable in its own right when you do so. Again I’m trying for accuracy over viability. Also P.S. After this build comes out I’m going to release a “pre-MC9″ Hank build if you want more of the traditional Hank who isn’t in power armor.

You can also prepare another spell at this level but we’re going to wait for...

LEVEL 11 - ARTIFICER 5

5th level Artificers get an Extra Attack... which you already have. Oops.

Well at least you get access to second level spells! As an Armorer you get Mirror Image to dodge gunfire, and Shatter! For a grenade! But to continue dodging attacks Blur works well as long as the enemy doesn’t have Truesight, which the AAHW may have by total level 11.

LEVEL 12 - ARTIFICER 6

6th level Artificers can prepare more Infusions! A Spell-Refueling Ring will let you restock on spell slot bullets mid-fight, and Boots of the Winding Path will let you jump back after getting into melee combat.

You also get Tool Expertise which is exactly what it says on the tin. You double your proficiency bonus when making checks with tools.

To top it off you can prepare another spell like Catapult. Why are we preparing a first level spell? Because Hank throws big rocks at Tricky in Madness 11. Told you I did research.

(Artwork by ramblinshroom on Newgrounds.)

LEVEL 13 - ARTIFICER 7

7th level Artificers get to feel the pain of my choice to max out Dexterity instead of Intelligence as Flash of Genius scales heavily off Intelligence. When you or an ally within 30 feet makes an ability check or a saving throw you can use your reaction to add your Intelligence modifier to the roll. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier and regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

LEVEL 14 - ARTIFICER 8

8th level Artificers get another Ability Score Improvement and now that your Dexterity is maxed out... more Wisdom lol? Look we’ll deal with your Intelligence in a bit but Wisdom gives you better initiative among other things.

You can also prepare another spell but next level will get us third level spells, so...

LEVEL 15 - ARTIFICER 9

9th level Artificers can get used to their new revived bodies thanks to Armor Modifications. The chest, boots, helmet, and weapons of your armor all count as individual items for the sake of infusions, and you can have two more infusions active! (As long as they’re on your armor anyways.)

You also get Hypnotic Pattern and Lightning Bolt as an Armorer, for a flashbang and some purgatory powers. And you can prepare a spell like Haste, to move so fast it’s like the world is in slow motion.

LEVEL 16 - ARTIFICER 10

So you know how we just got two more infusions for your armor? Well 10th level Artificers can make Gauntlets of Ogre Power and a Headband of Intellect to finally get your Strength and Intelligence to a reasonable level. Again probably a bit late to do so but it does mean that you can finally use melee weapons well, or your Guardian Armor to do some punching! (I’m not going to cover the Guardian Armor now but know that you can punch people and give them disadvantage to hit your allies, and also give yourself Temporary hitpoints.)

And the best part is that you can still keep attuned to other useful items as  Magic Item Adept gives you one more attunement slot, meaning that you can be attuned to 4 items total!

And to top it off more Intelligence means more spells and holy shit another cantrip! For your cantrip you can finally take Message to keep in contact with your party, and for your leveled spells...

People die a lot in Nevada: Revivify can help if one of those people are a friend.

See Invisibility will help you avoid ambushes.

Lesser Restoration can help you in a pinch if you’re pinned down.

But again I seriously can not stress enough that you are more than welcome to pick spells that you feel are stronger, as I am merely picking spells for a simple guy who really likes killing.

(Artwork by marcipancakes on Newgrounds.)

LEVEL 17 - RANGER 7

Very quickly going back to Ranger to grab the last few abilities we missed: 7th level Gloom Stalkers have an Iron Mind for proficiency with Wisdom saves. Yup that’s it. Well at least you can add () to your Ranger spell list.

LEVEL 18 - RANGER 8

8th level Rangers get Land Stride to not be slowed down by the difficult terrain during Expurgation, and even giving yourself advantage against magical terrain made to harm you in purgatory.

But more importantly you get an Ability Score Improvement to pump your Wisdom up a little more. But really I only waited this long to get Ranger 8 to talk about Martial Versatility from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything: talk to your DM about it but I’d actually suggest grabbing Archery proper now instead of Druidic Warrior because you’ve got the Strength to use weapons.

Oh yeah you could also totally like... use the Guardian armor and carry a repeating crossbow for ranged combat.

LEVEL 19 - ARTIFICER 11

11th level Artificers can bring out the heavy artillery with a Spell-Storing Item. You can store a first or second level spell from the Artificer spell list in one  simple or martial weapon (or a spellcasting focus) that requires 1 action to cast.

While holding the object, a creature can take an action to produce the spell’s effect from it, using your spellcasting ability modifier. If the spell requires concentration, the creature must concentrate. The spell stays in the object until it’s been used a number of times equal to twice your Intelligence modifier (minimum of twice) or until you use this feature again to store a spell in an object.

There are plenty of good spells you can choose from but I’m going to just say this: put Shatter in the item. There are perhaps more useful choices, but isn’t a grenade belt the embodiment of Madness?

LEVEL 20 - ARTIFICER 12

12th level Artificers get our last Ability Score Improvement which means hey: maxed out Wisdom! Yes there are perhaps feats you could get (some ideas I’d suggest would be either the Dual Wielder feat [carry a Repeating Hand Crossbow in one hand and your magical fist in the other] or the Sharpshooter feat) but I simply opted for maxing out stats.

And you can prepare one more spell like... I don’t know? Blink for more dodging?

FINAL BUILD

PROS

Abrogation - I came into this build with the intent of making you capable with all weapons regardless of type and well... I certainly accomplished that. You have good Dexterity for any finesse and ranged weapons and your Strength is strong enough to swing a bat around.

Antipathy - You are also damn capable in combat with an insane opening turn and very good DPS regardless of if you choose to fight with fists or guns, not to mention a good supply of spells and class abilities to truly slaughter your foes.

Apotheosis - It wasn’t my intent but... 20 in two stats and 19 in two others? Excluding your Charisma and Constitution you’re a superhuman of a man.

CONS

Depredation - You have to be level 16 to finally get a decent Strength and Intelligence score, and while low STR doesn’t matter much low INT really hurts as an Artificer.

Consternation - “High stats except Constitution” is a problem. Honestly going 15 in Artificer and 5 in Ranger would’ve gotten you level 15 infusions for a Hill Giant’s Belt for 21 STR and an Amulet of Health for 19 CON.

Inundation - There’s a lot of little tweaks worth changing in this build, notably the focus on Dexterity versus Intelligence. Realistically having 20 INT and 14 DEX is more useful for you as an Artificer than having 19 INT and 20 DEX. 

But who cares if it’s messy; as long as it’s effective. Killing everyone somewhere in Nevada will give you plenty of experience to reach your maximum Madness level. You are the Protagonist and they are the Victims... but don’t go into any D&D campaigns with that mentality, or else you may be the Clown.

(Artwork by Teknodice on Newgrounds.)

[currywaifu]

𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: scouting dilemma 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: hyodo juza/reader 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: sfw 𝐰𝐜: 1.7k words

𝐚𝐧: guess who was inspired by the 2020 gem heist? wrote a dumb little thing dedicated to all my fallen comrades bc juza won’t come home to them after the reset- sorry to the requests I have yet to fulfill! year 2 ages btw~

This was the moment you’ve been waiting for. You managed to save up a massive amount of gems, waiting to be spent on a banner with your best boy in it. For months, your fingers itched to pull but you were loyal (with a few caving exceptions) to the character who got you into the game in the first place.

When the developers finally announced a banner with him in it, an SSR of best boy in a summer outfit no less, it was as if fate decided to tell you now was the moment to splurge strike.

9:58 pm.

Staring at your phone screen, you made sure everything was prepared before you could summon. You decided to do your first pull at 10 pm (his favourite number was 10), and surrounded your phone with a summon circle made entirely out of candies still in their wrappers.

9:59 pm.

You sent your prayers to the gacha gods, counting down the seconds until the clock struck-

10:00 pm.

With a shriek, you nearly ruined your summon circle formation of sweets as you scrambled to your phone, clicking the bright, shiny button that had tempted you endlessly.

“Yes, I’m sure I want to spend! Come home, come home, come home…” you chanted, unable to decide whether you should close your eyes until the final results or keep them wide open.

Choosing the latter, you gritted your teeth at the sequence of cards arriving.

R, Event R, R, R, Dupe SR, R, R, R, R, Event SR.

Suppressing the scream that wanted to escape your throat, you tried to laugh it off. At least you got two of the event cards…? Maybe it would have been better to wait until 10:10 pm?

An SNS notification popped up at the top of your screen, and from the little summary, you could tell you were gonna get upset at the contents. Checking the chat, your mutual quickly followed up her message with a screencap of your best boy. Coming home to her.

You quickly sent your response before promptly returning to the game, ‘asdfghjkl im happy for u but like also muting u rn :’< brb soon hopefully yeet need to retrieve my boi from the game’s clutches cya’

Despite your initial optimism, as the pulls kept going, the lower your gem count, the worse your mood became.

Should… should you stop right now? Banner really said no rights to best boy, huh? Sure you were able to fully merge a bunch of SRs and even the event R and SR cards, but not once did he come home? Even his sworn rival’s initial SSR came home if only to spite you or him or both.

Mentally exhausted, you decided to sleep. Maybe your luck would be better tomorrow?

When you walked into the room with a frown visible on your face, Juza immediately knew something was wrong.

From even before he got together with you, he was always sensitive to the different expressions you made, and by association your emotions— to the little smile on your face as you ate desserts together or the eyebrow furrow-pout combo you did when the professor said something you didn’t agree with. He’d never say how fun it was, seeing the different faces you’d make.

However, while those were cute, this just made him worry.

He’d really rather not fight anyone, but if he has to beat up someone…

Juza found himself distracted during class, unable to stop himself from constantly looking at you every few minutes. With a faint peach staining his cheeks, he slipped his hand underneath the desk to grasp your own.

“… you okay?” he said, voice low and quiet as to not catch anyone else’s attention. The look on your face turns a little softer, even throwing him a quick smile but he knows you well enough to spot the traces of sadness still present.

You don’t reply, squeezing his hand back as you finally tried to pay attention to the professor.

He sighed, slowly releasing your hand from beneath the table. He’ll find a way to make you feel better later, but for now, he had to take notes— for the both of you, it looked.

It’s not every day that Juza does most of the talking, but that just so happened to be the case today. He’s getting restless, stuck between actively wanting to help you out with whatever you needed or just sticking by you and letting you overcome whatever’s troubling you on your own.

You’ll talk when you want to, he knew that, but even still he wanted to be more useful to you. Do you want him to just keep talking to help you take your mind off things? Do you want to rant to him so he can listen? Do you want him to get you something? He’s not the best at giving advice, but if you needed it he’d do his best.

He doesn’t know what to do. You’re responding to him, but your mind is all the way elsewhere.

The next thing he knew, he’s getting a spoonful of his frozen dessert and pressing it against your lips.

You get startled from your thoughts when a sudden icy temperature meets your mouth. You opened your mouth, cringing slightly at the cool before finally enjoying the shaved ice dessert.

While it wasn’t uncommon for Juza to let you taste the food he ate and vice versa, he was usually more reserved, too shy to feed you in public.

‘He must have been worried,’ you thought to yourself if he had to do that just to catch your attention. You immediately shifted your thoughts from the game to Juza, already about to apologise for troubling him before he interrupted you.

“What’s wrong?” he asked, and even though he had a scowl on his face, he looked at you with tight and worried eyes.

He knew you played games on your phone, but it was still a bit embarrassing to admit that you were upset for such a long duration because of your best boy not coming home. However, Juza deserved to know, so you pushed away your hesitance before explaining the whole fiasco to him.

Juza doesn’t get it entirely. He’s bordering between relief and confusion— on one hand, at least no one wanted to hurt you or fight you or anything; on the other hand, a 2D guy got you upset?

The concept isn’t completely foreign to him, what with Itaru-san and even Settsu constantly gaming, but usually it was his roommate being irritating and gloating while the salaryman got frustrated, eventually passing his phone to Sakuya.

He’s honestly shell-shocked that you’re upset, so even though he doesn’t understand why it’s such a big deal he’ll do what he can to make you feel better. He’s not the best at comforting people, he can never find the right words… but he’s good at listening.

He placed his hand on top of yours, grateful you don’t point it out verbally or he might actually combust. He can only hope the two of you are seated secluded enough that no one comes by.

Something’s starting to bother him though. The more he listens to you, the more he’s conflicted— if you’re dedicating that much of your… gems (?) to this guy he gets why you’re upset. Another part of him wonders what’s so great about this specific guy.

He’s not upset nor is he jealous, he’s just… figuring out what specific traits you like in this guy. For future reference. Who knew, maybe he’d get to play a role similar to the character you like so much?

“Why do you like him so much, anyway?” He asked, staring intently at you.

Your attitude quickly changed from being upset to being excited to talk about your favourite character.

“He’s just so kind and thoughtful! A total gap moe, you wouldn’t expect him to be so family-oriented because of his appearance but he totally is!” you began, barely catching a break to breathe before continuing on, “plus he didn’t start off as the strongest? But he’s constantly trying his best you just want to root for him and care for him?”

Unexpectedly, Juza finds himself a little flustered, though he’s unsure of why when you’re only describing a character. Perhaps it was the look on your face while you talked?

“Plus, he looks a lot like you! Obviously, I need him to come home, right?” you exclaimed, hitting him straight in the heart with your crinkled eyes and a beautiful smile.

The hand that was comforting you a while ago and gently rubbing patterns onto your skin stilled. You noticed right away, hoping you didn’t say anything too weird during your rant.

“Juza?”

He’s silent for a while, unsure of what to do and ultimately deciding to say the first thing that popped up in his head.

“… then why’d you need him to come home if I’m already-“

When he heard you squeal he stopped himself from continuing whatever he was going to say. Did you hear him? Dumb question, of course, you did!

You covered your face with your hands, unsuccessfully hiding the strawberry red colouring your face, and screamed internally. You can’t see how Juza is reacting but you just heard a bang on the table?

‘Juza? Who told you to- istg I’ll have you arrested for-‘

After a few moments, you’re the one who ultimately breaks the silence, knowing neither of you had enough will to point out the warm flecks that still remained on both of your faces.

“We should get going. Our class is all the way in another building,” you said, slowly standing up from your seat.

“… ‘kay.”

You’re not holding hands while walking, but if he noticed the frequency of your hand grazing his he doesn’t let you know.

Reaching the midpoint between your classroom and his, you turn to face him before splitting off in the hallway. You look to see if the coast was clear, and to Juza’s surprise, you enveloped him into a warm embrace, quick but heartfelt. Neither of you saw each other’s expressions, but Juza wondered if your heart raced just as fast as his did.

“Thank you for making me feel better… I love you,” you whisper the last part, before untangling yourself from him and speed walking away to your classroom. You miss the way Juza looks back at you, body frozen but face a mixture of shock and longing and love.

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[lycorogue]

Holy smokes guys, if you’ll indulge me, I want to tell you about the dream I just had. (*EDIT: I wrote this right as I woke up from the dream before I forgot most of it. However, I had to get ready for work, so I was only able to finish/polish/post just now.) Mostly because I only have dreams I can remember about twice a year (and I used to be one of those people that remembered dreams nightly when I was a kid. OTL), so I want to jot down as much as I can remember before I lose it. Plus, it has a lot of Miraculous Ladybug elements, and some of you might find it amusing.

My dream started off with my husband and I having a day off together, shirking our adult responsibilities for the day, and just having a date day. We drove into the nearby city and just had a day of goofing around as we window shopped (remember when it was safe for people to do stuff like this? *long sigh*) One of the places I distinctly recall us stopping was some sporting goods store where we checked out kayaks (they’re super big in our area; practically everyone owns one).

But then, as we were checking out the kayaks, my husband wasn’t my husband anymore, and I wasn’t myself. At some point my mind converted both of us into 18yo versions of Adrien Agreste and Marinette Dupain-Cheng from the show Miraculous Ladybug.

We were just friends; hanging out; simply spending the day together. Just the two of us. We were still goofing around and window shopping, just as we were when we were still myself and my husband, but now there was this sort of unsure sexual tension????? Like, Adrien was very much Chat Noir flirting, but in a way that Marinette couldn’t quite tell if it was supposed to be flirting, and Adrien didn’t seem sure himself if he meant it to be flirting??? But there was a LOT of chaste touching of upper arms, lower backs (mainly to direct Marinette), and hand holding (mostly to pull her in a particular direction).

I can’t recall if it was a canon character or if my mind made someone up, but I do recall a random second 18yo boy kind of following us around. It could have been the show’s canon “Adrien Agreste’s #1 fan” Wayhem, but it also felt like it wasn’t supposed to be him? You know how dreams are like that? Where you can’t quite pin down who someone is supposed to be in them? To make life easier, though, we’ll just say it was supposed to be Wayhem. 

So, the dream became a sort of aged up version of the episode “Gorizilla” where Adrien (formerly my husband) and Marinette (formerly me) are running around Paris (formerly a US city nearby me IRL) just trying to have a good time window shopping together and goofing around while Wayhem is semi-stalking them? Now, canonically, after the incident of Wayhem chasing Adrien around Paris during “Gorizilla”, Adrien became Wayhem’s friend and was indeed willing to hang out with the kid, as long as Wayhem treated Adrien as a normal kid and not a celebrity that Wayhem was star-struck over. In my dream’s canon, this was still semi-true. Wayhem was more of an acquaintance of Adrien’s than a friend the blonde would hang out with regularly, but Adrien still made time to hang out with his fan. However, Wayhem in my dream could not wait his turn, apparently, and when he saw Adrien “in the wild”, as it were, he wanted to join in the fun. So a large portion of the dream was Adrien (Hubby) and Marinette (me; I saw the dream through 1st person via Marinette’s eyes, but I KNEW that’s who I was supposed to be) trying to ditch Wayhem. 

We ran around department stores, riding bikes through the toy aisles, and had shopping cart races where Adrien was pushing me (Marinette) around the store in the shopping cart with Wayhem behind with a giant stuffed animal in his cart. We snuck into movies at the cinema, only to try to sneak back out to lose Wayhem. I can’t recall what else we did, but we had a grand old time hanging out and screwing around in various stores while also trying to shake Wayhem (and, to be fair, Adrien did try to tell Wayhem that he was trying to have a day just hanging out with Marinette and will set up a time to hang with him, but the kid wouldn’t leave us alone. He was like a kid brother just following us around trying to play with us when we just needed our own time). 

Eventually, we did lose Wayhem, and we were back inside a department store. When we noticed we were alone, Adrien had this cheeky grin, and asked me if I’d be willing to go wait for him over in the women’s clothing department for a couple of minutes; he had something he wanted to do privately real quick. Shrugging off my curiosity of what he was up to (I like to be surprised), I agree and go wandering through the clothing racks. 

There’s this whole thing about a group of older teenage girls trying to pick out outfits that best accentuate parts of their bodies that they like, but other girls are debating that the first ones are just sexualizing their own bodies to be on display for men, and it was this whole thing about whether you dress sexy for yourself or because you want someone to find you attractive. @_@ Not sure why my dream got super philosophical in the middle there.

Anyway, Marinette (me) navigates around this crowd of girls debating and finds this cute white t-shirt dress with Jagged Stone’s logo (for those who don’t know, Jagged Stone is a canon rock star within the Miraculous Ladybug universe). While Marinette canonically wears almost exclusively clothing she designs herself, in my dream she also occasionally buys clothing with trademarked logos on them that she likes (because she can’t legally recreate them). So she (I) goes into the dressing room and puts the dress on. 

Then, wearing the dress as a tunic over the normal pink capris Marinette canonically wears, and carrying my (Marinette’s) shirt and jacket in my arms, I wander the women’s department some more to make sure Adrien can find me. As I do so, my cellphone rings, and my IRL uncle is calling me to see if my sister-in-law would like a DVD set of the show Lost, I believe? I can’t quite remember which show he was asking about. The odd thing is that my uncle is about 25 years older than me. My sister-in-law is about 2 years older than me. I don’t think they talk on Facebook, and I’m pretty sure they only met at my wedding. So I have absolutely no clue why my brain connected these two in a manner where he’d want to double check with me on a birthday gift (belated Christmas gift?) for her.

Anyway, I get off the phone with my IRL uncle, and my IRL job calls me with some sort of crisis that I can’t recall. It was a quick phone call as the owner of the store ended up in some sort of car trouble, I think, and the woman I was on the phone with had to quickly get off to help the owner. It was a bizarre intermission within my dream. Anyway, my IRL husband shows up (I’m still picturing myself as 18yo Marinette, btw) and checks in on the phone calls. We joke around a little bit, and POOF Hubby is magically Adrien again, and we’re back to the main storyline.

So Adrien gives a little “wow” and holds out a hand for me (Marinette) to take. He then has me do a twirl to show off the dress. He talks about how lovely it looks on me, but then kind of scrunches his eyebrows. He then kneels in front of me, like RIGHT UP on my left leg, and clicks his tongue disappointingly. He points out this huge stain along the hem just above my left knee. It’s about the size of an American half-dollar and almost looks like a blood stain: a dark reddish-brown center that fades into an off-white/light-yellow along the corona of the stain.

As Adrien plays with the hem to get a better look at the stain on the dress, his fingers brush against my knee (I mean, I still have the capris on, but still), and it almost looks like he’s worshipping me, and my heart CANNOT deal! I can feel it RACING and my cheeks starting to warm up. That’s when Adrien starts, like, HARD CORE flirting with me by again commenting about how good I look in the dress, and how well it fits my body shape, and how disappointing it is that this dress has a stain because he’d love to see me wear the dress a few more times. And he just slowly stands up, but doesn’t really move back before doing so, so I have to take a small step back so he’s not just sliding up my leg as he stands. And my heart is about to EXPLODE as he looks at me with those intense green eyes.

I swallow hard, and Adrien just kind of puts on this cheery smile like nothing just happened, and he suggests we look to see if there’s another dress in my size that doesn’t have the stain. I lead him to the rack and we riffle through it quickly. We do find another one of the Jagged Stone t-shirt dresses in my size, and Adrien takes it to fully inspect it. No stains. No loose hem-work. The print of Jagged Stone’s logo seems well done. The dress itself isn’t all that expensive. We got a winner. Adrien then suggests I go get changed back into my normal clothes, so I leave him as I enter the changing booth to put my shirt and jacket back on, and that’s where I wake up.

But I do so with the lingering knowledge that Adrien 100% bought Marinette that dress while she was changing, and his initial surprise (why he asked her to go to the clothing department to wait for him in the first place) was a little pastel-rainbow tie-dyed teddy bear that he wanted to get her to commemorate their day-long hangout. 

So.... yeah... that was my dream, and it was so intense at the end there that I legit woke up because my own, physical, IRL heart was RACING from all the Adrien flirting towards the end.

Just wanted to share that. Thanks for indulging me and reading all the way through.

(*EDIT: I’ve been lowkey thinking about that whole brushing Marinette’s knee while inspecting the dress thing all day. So guess who has yet ANOTHER plot bunny to try to wrangle. Thanks, Brain! 9_9 Care to actually help me WRITE any of these plot bunnies, or are you just going to plop more unexpectedly onto my lap and then just wander off? Oh! The latter? Great. >3>)

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Imagine breaking up with your boyfriend, and seeing as you were living in his apartment you don’t have any place to go. There is one option you have, but you had never really thought it was serious. FYI, it was (Part 1 of 2).

TO Gen Fic X Reader

You hadn't realized Mystic Falls was an odd place to live until your high school years. It all started when the Salvatore brothers showed up in town and then Elena, Bonnie, Caroline, and Tyler all started acting weird. No one expected you to be as observant as you were and you played the oblivious teenage girl rather well.

Damon Salvatore was an even bigger oddity, he showing up at school events and high school parties as if he were meant to be there and didn't care what anyone had to say about it. The group didn't know how to play it cool and were often seen being capable of feats that no average human should be capable of. Then the new history teacher started with the same odd behavior, but you were smart enough to stay off their radar.

At least that was until Rebekah Mikaelson came to school.

Rebekah was another oddity at Mystic High, she making it her mission to antagonize Elena and Caroline every chance she got. You had a few classes her, but knew it was best to keep your head down around her and some of the others. But then one day you find her sniffling in the girl's bathroom and you can't help but offer her some words of wisdom.

Girls are catty bitches. One way to piss them off beyond belief is to pretend their actions towards you doesn't affect you.

And Rebekah- well the blonde took your words to heart. After that one fateful day she was never seen too far from your side and was constantly gloating for some unknown reason whenever Elena, Bonnie, or Caroline tried to corner you and you brushed them off. Rebekah took her lunch with you and even switched seats to be right next to yours in your shared classes.

Then Rebekah took you home.. and the reasoning behind everyone's odd behavior came to light. Vampires. They were all vampires. Vampires were freakin' real!

But after a brief mental break, a couple days of moping, and another couple days of talking everything through with Rebekah and a much needed weekend shopping trip to New York- which her brother Elijah chaperoned for your parent's sake, btw- you came around to who the Mikaelson's were. Of course those who you grew up with, plus the Salvatore brothers, did their very best to sway your judgement, but you weren't having it. The drama was between them, not you, and the Mikaelson's did their best to keep you out of when you had asked Rebekah of it. The horrors the Mikaelson's did was all in their past and you promised them it'd stay there no matter how much Stefan Salvatore tried to persuade you.

Fast forward a few years later, about a year after high school and a few weeks since the Mikaelson's have reclaimed their mansion in Mystic Falls, and your life takes a turn for the worse.

Your boyfriend of three years was a total dirt bag and after finding out he'd been cheating on you for over a year, the only thing you could do was move out since the apartment was in his name. And since your family had never approved of you moving in with him in the first place, you couldn't exactly go back to them without hearing the numerous I told you so's.

So with your car packed with all your personal belongings and your entire movie collection, you drove to the only place you hoped would put you up for a night or two. 

Parking at the end of the driveway of the Mikaelson property, you pull out your cell and dial Rebekah. She answers after the third ring. "What do you want?"

You sniffle. "Hey, Rebekah, you aren't busy are you?"

"What's wrong?"

"I, uh, I might need a place to stay for the night."

"I'm on my way. Where are you?"

Chuckling softly, you say. "At the end of your driveway. I didn't mean to presume, but-" Knocking at your window makes you yelp and you attempt to calm your racing heart when you see Rebekah standing there. Glancing at your phone you see your home screen rather than the call in progress screen and toss your phone into the passenger seat. Rolling down the window, you smile sheepishly. "So Evan's officially on my shit list."

Rebekah frowns. "What happened?"

"He's been cheating on me. For over a year."

"Oh, Y/N. I'm so sorry. I'll kill him."

Though the situation you find yourself in is shitty, Rebekah's words startle a laugh out of you. "Thanks for the offer, but that's a bit drastic, Bex. I actually had to move out and I don't have any place to go-"

"Say no more. We have more than enough room to put you up."

Rebekah then tells you to drive your car closer to the house before using her vamp speed to disappear and you can only do as you're told. After you park and cut the engine, you grab your phone and a bag from the back seat which holds a few outfits before exiting your vehicle. The front door is already open and Elijah's smile is full of sympathy.

"Rebekah told us what happened. My condolences to your failed relationship,  though if I remember correctly you're better off without him."

"Thanks, Elijah," you mumble. Shifting your weight from foot to foot, you hesitantly meet his gaze. "I'm sorry for just dropping in on you and your family, but-"

"But nothing. You have had a standing invitation to our home the day you spoke to Rebekah with kindness and accepted my family for who we are, past and all. Now stop worrying that pretty little head of yours and get inside. I think Rebekah is finished with your room."

Following Elijah inside, you're stopped short when you see Klaus standing at the foot of the stairs.

"Just say the word and I'll rip his heart out for you, love."

You snort. "Noted. Though I'm sure you'll be second in line. Rebekah's never liked Evan. It's like Christmas come early for her. I'm pretty sure she's going to make his life as miserable as she can without killing or maiming him."

Your phone dings before Klaus can reply. Dropping your bag at your feet, you swipe open your awaiting text message and chuckle at what you read.

          Just say the word, darling, and he's deader than dead.

"Alright. Who told Kol?"

Klaus smirks. "What did our little brother have to say?"

"What do you think?" You mumble, typing a quick reply before pocketing your phone. "He's a Mikaelson through and through. He wants to murder Evan as much as you and Rebekah do."

"Did you tell him Rebekah had dibs?"

"Not exactly. I just told him that if I changed my mind then hunting Evan would become a family event and I'd text him the details."

"You do know our little brother is in love with you, right?" A voice drawls. Glancing to the left of the staircase, your eyes widen and your chest aches with such sadness and grief you'd once felt for this particular Mikaelson. "Hello, Y/N."

"Finn?"

"It's great to be back."

You heave a watery laugh before slowly making your way towards the brought back to life Mikaelson, hesitantly reaching out and poking him to make sure he's real. When the tip of your finger meets solid mass, you close the gap between you and Finn and hug him. "How?"

"That would be our darling older sister."

"Older?" Pulling back, but keeping your arms around Finn's waist, you see a person you've never seen before standing just to the left of Finn's shoulder.

"Our sister Freya," Klaus explains. "It's a long story, love. One I'm sure Rebekah will fill you in on before the night is through."

"Finn is back from the dead and you guys have an older sister.. and you didn't tell me!" Stepping back from Finn, you reach out and punch Klaus' shoulder. The hybrid chuckles and you pout at him before turning back to Freya and sheepishly smiling at her. "Hi. I'm Y/N. I'm a friend of Rebekah's from school."

The blonde grins. "It's nice to meet you. My family seems to have more enemies and ally's than friends. It really is nice to meet an honest soul."

Klaus snorts. "Y/N? Honest? Dear sister, I think you've got it all wrong."

"Shut it, wolf boy."

Klaus huffs in mock indignation while the rest of his family smirk. For such a tiny human, you had the Mikaelson's in the palm of your hand.

"There you are," Rebekah muses, her heels clacking against the marble staircase. Stopping halfway down, she gestures for you to go on up. "Come. You need to tell me everything. We'll make a girl's night of it."

Grinning, you walk back over to your bag and pick it back up. Then looking over your shoulder and meeting Freya's gaze, you say, "Coming? I'm sure your brothers can amuse themselves without getting into too much trouble."

Freya seems surprised by the invitation, but Rebekah interrupts before she can say anything. "Oh. Yes! You've been in an enchanted sleep for far too much of your life. You missed the drama that came with young love, so come listen to Y/N's woes. If we can't kill her lying, cheating ex, then I'm sure there's some spell in that grimoire of yours that we can use to humiliate him."

"Grimoire?" Looking at Freya, you raise an eyebrow in surprise. "Witch?" At her nod, you grin. "Then you're definitely coming with us. The only witch I've met is that Bennett witch and I'm not a fan of hers. Just ask your family."

The rest of the Mikaelson's all snicker and Freya decides she rather spend the night with some female company than that of her brothers.

You shower before dressing in pajamas, and then spend the rest of the night telling Rebekah and Freya all about Evan's shitty behavior and the other woman. It's a night full of junk food and alcohol and trash talking, and then the sisters decide to team up on you when Kol decides to text you constantly.

"If Kol stops by and the two of you decide to encourage him in this little infatuation of his, I'll.. I'll figure something out that would be embarrassing for a witch and a vampire."

"But you have to admit," Rebekah muses while tucking you into bed, "that having Kol on your arm would royally piss off Evan. He's never liked my family and to see you with Kol right after your break-up would make him think something's been going on without his knowledge."

Yawning, you close your eyes and let your body melt into the mattress. "We'll see. Kol's unpredictable. My luck I actually end up dating your brother without knowing it."

"Would that really be a bad thing?" Rebekah chuckles.

"Mmm. I guess not."

"That's what I thought. Now get some sleep. We'll plot in the morning."

"Mmm. Night, Bex. Night, Freya."

"Night," both girls chime.

The two sisters make their way out of the room and once the door is closed, Freya turns to Rebekah. "Are you really going to set her up with Kol?"

"Obviously," she huffs. "Kol's.. he's different with Y/N," Rebekah then explains. "You'll have to see it for yourself, but I think if she'd give him a chance Kol would likely beg Y/N to let him turn her so he could spend the rest of his life with her."

Freya's eyebrows raise in surprise. "He really likes her then?"

"Yes." Scoffing, she then asks, "Don't tell me you bought that little act he put on with Davina? Kol only put on the show for Davina's magic. If given the chance, he'd drop everything to come running for Y/N."

"Well I guess I'll see soon," Freya muses. "I'm actually looking forward to this."

"So am I," Rebekah grins. "It's going to be fun."

[mysterylover123]

BNHA Rewatch: Episode 48 “Symbol of Peace”

mysterylover123

In which Power of Friendship Saves the day, at least for a little while.

All Might is Mad. Capital M.

Endeavor is such a Tsundere. Damn my weakness for RivalShipping.

Best Jeanist: So Cool even AFO has to admit it.

Holy Crap. (Definitely Bakugou’s mentor there.)

OMFG ITS KACCHAN. How rough is mouth sludge transportation, bTW? Everyone looks traumatized afterwards.

“All for You Tomura” Hoo boy is that ironic.

What the hell does Tomura really want with Bakugo?

Iida and Momo save the day by stopping Bakugou’s dumbass boyfriend trio from running out and getting themselves killed.

This shot is so awesome!!!!!!

“You slowpoke!” wow AFO. I really like how AFO talks about his power combos, BTW. He’s so perfect. He sounds exactly like the kind of character he is, if that makes sense.

Ooh someone’s smart and putting all the pieces together.

“ALL MIGHT!!!!” Listen to that delivery! Someone’s concerned for someone else, he does have a heart!

AFO is so quick to deal with getting the league to safety. Sometimes I wish the good guys had a teleport like this.

Bakugou vs the Entire League. Guess who wins.

Now Deku is enacting one of his most brilliant schemes and reminding me why he’s #1 best Boy and smartest ever.

Everyone plays a part! Momo made the tracker, Todoroki the ramp, Deku and Iida the Momentum, Deku the plan, and Kiri the friendship power. Also Bakugou the jump.

BTW have I mentioned how sexy Todoroki is in that outfit?

Bakugou may not like it but he has to accept that he needs to be saved.

Ah the big KiriBaku moment. Doesn’t do anything as a ship for me, but I enjoy the friendship nonetheless.

AHHHH YAY THIS AWESOME SHOT THIS SHOT IS SO AMAZING I LOVE IT

That smile must be protected.

Mt. Lady in the clinch! You’re a real goddamn hero. Keep my Wonder Duo safe.

“Darn kids!”

Aw Tomura and Toga!

Damn MLA Arc Feels again.

 Dammit now I want to hug the villain. What the hell is with this series.

AFO’s personal venom against All Might is part of what makes me think the Dad-for-One theory could be true. Like…I dunno, it seems like such a strangely dedicated, highly personalized loathing.

All Might gives a big damn speech and a final strike…does this end his foe? As if! (holy crap next episode is THAT ONE).

Episode 48 is mostly an episode of exclamations. It’s exciting and dramatic and tense from start to finish, filled with clever strategies from both sides, a brilliant back and forth that all culminates in that wonderful rescue, and with the final battle between good and evil’s ultimate exemplars just revving up to go.

BKDK Corner

Deku in a state of panic, but when he hears Kacchan’s voice, suddenly he can focus. He’s brave.

Deku is so guilty about that incident, it’s a motivator for him as much as it is for Katsuki.

You gotta love that telepathy Deku and Kacchan have. Also, guess who’s been watching Kacchan from a distance as he makes friends since the start of school.

YAY HE SAVED HIM! Some day he will take your hand, Deku. Some Day.

BEST GIRL AWARD: Mt. Lady holding onto it from last ep

RANKER: Deku’s Smartest Moments and Schemes

5. Using Eri’s quirk to go at continual 100%

4. Strategy against Katsuki, Battle Trial Arc

3. The Bakugou rescue Plan Part 1 (Training Camp)

2. The Bakugou Rescue Plan

1. Stratagem to win the Obstacle Race

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Battle of Heart and Mind - Review - Beware of Spoilers

Before I dive into the review I just want to make a list of things that were left unanswered, just to get it out of the way. Here it is: 

- How did White Diamond know that PD was Rose? It was never explained. 

- How did White know what a child is. 

- How did White know what a mom is. Blue and Yellow had no idea what a mom was or even what a child is. Why would White know? 

- Who made White or how was White formed? And if she was the first gem in existence how did she know what was she supposed to be?

Feel free to add more. 

I’ll split the review into parts so it’ll be easy to follow. 

Part 1: Blue helping Steven and her and Yellow fighting. 

While I liked the tender moment between Blue and Steven and the fact that she helped me I still think her giving in happened a tad too quick. All Steven had to do was point out how she locked PD in the same prison. he was in and how she must have cried so many times because of how Blue treated her. I understand the guilt Blue feels and because of that her change of heart seems a bit more believable. 

Next. And I can’t believe I’m saying this but how did no one notice that Yellow was sitting in a room full of bubbled forced fusions: 

That is incredibly messed up. And I am willing to bet that those were all experiments that went wrong and they were bubbled to study them on how to possibly make the cluster? Could be. Either way it was so so wrong. 

The fight between Yellow and Blue was nice albeit short. I would’ve like to see Blue poof, just for a bit, just so we can learn a bit more about Diamonds. She could have reformed quickly afterwards. Anyway, Steven managed to stop them fighting and Yellow agreed to help him escape. But during the fight Blue said something that I think is very important: 

”She was suffering in silence for ages, just like our gems, just like me”. This line is the ONLY reference we get to the fact that Homeworld gems are oppressed and unhappy. No one mentions it again. And I get it there wasn’t time but at least show the Homeworld gems reacting to the battle, to what was happening. The world felt so empty without them. 

Anyway, after White gets in the way of Steven leaving Blue and Yellow’s ships return and we see Bismuth, Period and Lapis are piloting them. 

And let me just say that Lapis and Peridot’s new forms are really nice. Peridot is so cute. I only wish she would have done something with her hair, but I guess that’s just how Peridots look. 

I kinda like how Lapis doesn’t have an obvious star on her outfit.  She is a CG but she’s not fully there yet. I guess the half star counts too. 

After this, there comes another important line that I think deserves some talking about: 

”No, I won’t go. Pink Diamond ran away from you. Rose Quartz, my mom, she started a war with you. But I don’t wanna run, I don’t wanna fight, I just want to talk”. 

It’s a really...interesting line if you think about it. It shows how PD, RQ and Steven differ and how each had a different perspective about things. And again it shows how Steven is just a pacifist who wants to talk things out. I suppose it s only fair because at that point a battle with White would’ve meant doom but then again, at least try. Sometimes talking is not enough, that’s just how life works. 

The special goes on to say how Steven and the Diamonds have to fix their broken family and Connie even steps in and says how her mom use to enforce a lot of rules on her which made her feel miserable. But that once she told her mum how she felt things got better. 

That’s all cute and sweet but...we’re talking about a race of beings that conquer worlds and commit genocide like it’s nothing. And White doesn’t just make rules for the Diamonds, she makes rules for everyone, and if anyone disobeys them she outright shatters or posses them. I’m pretty sure Connie’s mom would just ground her and that would be all. I mean one can not just put a ”=” between these two instances and call it a day. 

Anyway, Blue and Yellow’s decide to talk to White about how they feel and Blue has this to say about it:

”White, we used to be close, don’t you remember? Pink would make us laugh, all those silly things she did for no reason. But there was a reason: she wanted us to be happy together, but we weren’t and we’re still not. I know my purpose is not to be happy but I find it harder and harder to enforce your rules when they make me miserable, when they make us all miserable”. 

Btw, Yellow’s speech was so corny. I get that she was terrified of White but it sounded so weird. 

I could have gotten 100% behind Blue on this if it weren’t for the fact that...we were never shown that enforcing White’s rules made them miserable. All we saw is them doing their jobs as Diamonds and showing no remorse for it. Blue wanted to shatter Ruby. Yellow is willing to poof or shatter anyone that doesn’t fit in. We were never shown them having a moment, after, let’s say, ordering a gem to be shattered. Maybe it could’ve worked. To show them torn apart by their roles as Diamonds. But nope, none of that. 

And sure they were close and Pink made them laugh but in the grand scheme of things they were still dictators, they were still shattering gems, conquering planets and so on. And even if they were happy together Im pretty sure that White would’ve wanted them to keep Homeworld as it is. 

Part 2: Steven’s fusions and getting into White’s head. 

Steven’s fusions were so cool. My favorite was Rainbow Quartz 2.0

I like to think it’s a male gem even though they’re genderless. But just because Steven is involved. Anyone is free to see them as they want. It’s still a really nice fusion. 

I liked Sunstone too but her design was so-so. But that wasn’t the problem for me, the problem was breaking the fourth wall. It took away from the tension and the seriousness of the moment. 

And that’s another problem of this special: it juggles with the tone. Sometimes it’s dead serious, sometimes it is over the top silly. It wants to be both but the two don’t exactly mix well. It reminds me of Disney’s Hercules where they did just that and the result was just a mush of silly and serious. 

Keeping the tone consistent would have been a big plus. Not make it totally grim but just let the serious moments feel serious and urgent. 

I think my favorite part of the special is when Steven is in White’s head/room. It was intense, it was serious, it was dark and most of all there were stakes. 

Obsidian was wicked cool. Though I thought she’d look slightly different than the temple because Rose was involved in the fusion. Steven was. 

Just one question: What was White waiting for while the gems were dancing to fuse into Obsidian? 

Part 3 - Removing Steven’s gem aka the best part of the special with the best animation. 

I loved, loved, loved this part. Everything was perfect. 

The animation? Top notch. The music? There was music when the gem was removed - Great. The atmosphere? Great. 

What I loved most was that PD/Rose did not reform. Everyone speculated for so long as to what would happen in a scenario like this and now we have our answer. It’s a confusing one but a beautiful one nonetheless. 

Steven is not his mom at all. He is the literal fusion of PD and Greg. I viewed that scene as White ripping off PD’s genes from Steven and Steven falling apart because he was left with the Greg part of him. PD is gone because she literally fused her genes with Greg and passed her gem entirely to Steven. She made sure she was gone and she practically delivered and empty gem for him to make his own. It wasn’t PD or Rose powering Steven it was Steven powering Steven.

Brilliant. 

Part 4: White and her realisation that she herself is off-color. 

The animation on White was fantastic I need to say that. I liked that she was proven wrong, that she saw with her own eyes that Steven was Steven and that PD was gone forever. It turned her world upside down, sure but it told us that she is not all knowing as she wanted to be seen. 

I can’t say I liker her sudden change of heart. 

People who abuse and who are as toxic as she is will not just change because they are told that their ways are bad. Sure some of you might say she still seemed reluctant when she was on Earth. She seemed but the fact that she so quickly accepted to go on Earth and fix the corrupted gems, shows that she got  over it quickly.  

It is nice to see her facial expressions while on Earth and I get they were trying to show us how she is not comfortable with what is happening but come on, what dictator turned around so quickly?

Though, White being off-color was brilliant. 

Part 5: Healing the corrupted gems 

I was so happy to know we were gonna see the corrupted gems be healed. 

But then I was so angry that it was just a montage. I mean it’s better than nothing but we waited for so many seasons for this. I understand there was a lack of time - 44 minutes - when they marketed it as an hour special - but come on. 

I wanted to see Centy interact with Steven. I wanted Jasper to talk and find out about PD not just to see her all flustered after seeing everyone around her. We can assume Amethyst told her very briefly what was going on but still. 

I felt cheated out. 

Also, Lars was back and while the off-colors delivered my favorite joke from the special I feel it wasn’t worth their showing up. It was rushed as hell. And it felt awkward as the Diamonds were just standing there assisting to this little human reunion. 

All in all it wasn’t bad but it was, as with all big SU episodes, incredibly rushed. The story is there, the characters are there but it was all cheapened by the terrible pacing and by the fact that, at the end of the day, Blue and Yellow were absolved of all their wrong doings because they were doing all those things to please White. 

Again, I feel the need to reference ATLA and how there Zuko’s family, a royal family, which the Diamonds can be inferred also are, was also broken and messed up but the show acknowledged that it was a family beyond repair, that it was too toxic to even go there and that while YES they did have happy times, as Zuko tells us they had, even in those happy times Ozai was still the toxic person we know and they were still part of a system which oppressed the Fire Nation people. The fact that they were family and that they had happy times did not take away from the important aspect of Ozai being a dictator. Also, Azula was also doing all the terrible things she did to please Ozai yet the show doesn’t excuse her but it tells us it was messed up. 

Why is SU excusing the diamonds? 

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Until You Fell

Hi! I really love ur writing a lot, and I wanted to request something? I really would like a peter parker x stark!reader where they lose their virginity to each other? And lots of fluff and making out please and if you want to do it can you tag me? Thanks bby ily sm and your writing is amazing! ❤❤👌👍👍 - @tom-parkers-girl​

Summary:  You hadn't even realized you had fallen until you fell. 

Requested: Yes

Word Count: 4k+ (a longy)

Note: I actually dragged this out alot Cause I wanna make this also a two part series?? So Here’s the first part!! Thanks for the request Beautiful hope you like it x

Warning(s)?: Oblivious reader, anger, Swearing? fLUFFFF (Smut and more fluff will be in part two)

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Part 2

Until You Fell

You skipped down the stairs, feeling fully rested for a change. You headed into the kitchen, going into the fridge to start preparing bacon and eggs for everyone.

''Someone seems chipper this morning'' You could hear Natasha state from behind you, making her way towards the breakfast table. You shrugged her off, pressing play on your ipod and popped it into the deck, playing (insert favorite song) with the volume on medium. 

''Yup'' you replied popping the 'p'. You weren't usually a morning person but for some reason today you were, something was different about today, in a good way. At times you stopped your cooking briefly to use the spatula as a microphone as you pretended to sing towards your invisible fans, mainly the food but a girl could dream. 

''Has hell freezed over?'' You could hear Thor ask. You rolled your eyes, deciding to shrug his comment off as well. You were in a good mood and you weren't going to let anyone or anything spoil it. 

''Not yet'' You replied back sassily sending a wink over your shoulder. 

''Is there enough to round?'' Now it was Wanda's turn to walk through, though she looked like she hadn't got a wink of sleep. You sighed. 

''What am I? Some kind of Chef-maid?'' You ask rhetorically. The  three of them looked between each other, Thor about to speak up before you cut him off, pointing your spatula towards him. 

''Don't answer that'' and with that the four of you began to laugh. Living with the Avengers team definitely has it perks. You found it completely awesome being surrounded by superheros. But you were more surprised at just how human they were, you could remember ever since you were little, Clint would often take you out with Wanda when your dad had a mission or urgent work that couldn't wait. Being she's the closest to your age you guys immediately became best friends, more like sisters neither of you had. 

''Do I smell bacon?'' You heard your dad's voice boom through the entire floor. If there was thing he loved more than being Iron Man you swore it was bacon. He soon made an appearance, helping himself to some coffee.

''This wouldn't have anything to do with a... guy?'' he asked cautiously. You spun around shocked. If there was thing you weren't allowed to do it was too date, as far as your father was concerned no one would ever be good enough for his baby. You whined about this, insisting you were more than old enough but it always ended in an arguement so you dropped it, not really being interested in anyone anyways. 

''Why do you always assume every time I'm happy it has something to do with a guy?'' You retort back, finishing up the last of the bacon and eggs, popping them onto different plates. You began popping the leftovers onto one plate and into the microwave, writing a quick note on a notepad stating there was breakfast. Of course you made sure to add a cheeky note at the end -chefmaid. 

''Cause it usually does'' He replies sassily, giving you the look. You just rolled your eyes and laughed, knowing your father was right yet again. 

''Well..'' You trail off, bringing the plates over to the breakfast table, Thor immediately grabbing the plate which looked to have the most on it and began to devour the food. You couldn't help but to let out a smile at the sight. 

''Not today'' you finished. You handed a plate to your father before walking around to the breakfast table, sitting down beside Natasha seeing it was the only spot left.

''Really?'' Natasha asks cheekily, swallowing her mouthful of food before turning her head to face you, with a hint of an evil smirk. 

''Is that why I could hear you up most of the night last night giggling like a middle schooler to your phone as you were talking to pet-'' You quickly lifted a hand to her mouth to silence her just causing her to laugh and pull your hand away from her mouth. You noticed grease on your palm from her lips and you sighed in disgust, causing her to laugh again. 

''What?'' Tony spoke up, suddenly more interested in the conversation than the uneaten bacon on his plate. You quickly glanced at your wrist, fawning shock. 

''Wow is that the time?! I should really get going!'' You exclaimed dramatically, causing your father to roll his eyes with a smile at your behaviour. 

''Your not even wearing a watch'' Thor states, a piece of bacon hanging from the corner of his mouth. Wanda, Natasha and yourself try and cover up your laughter at the sight. 

''Nothing escapes your keen senses huh Thor?'' You ask sarcastically, him smiling through his mouthful of food as he nods his head in agreement. You began to laugh as you hoped off your stool, bringing your plate over to the sink. After giving it a rinse you stack up your plate and quickly go to give your dad a quick peck on the cheek. You headed towards the stairs and raced up, making it to your room quickly. You went over to your wardrobe to pick out your outfit for the day. You quickly went to have a shower to wash the night away, preparing for a new yet hopefully awesome day.

~At school

''I swear if I have to sit through one more bloody lecture I'll-'' You caught Liz's rambling off with a blank look.

''You'll what?'' You ask sassily, knowing exactly how to get under your best friends skin. She looked over at you and shook her head, a hint of a smile forming across her lips. 

''I might just look for a new best friend'' She replies back sarcastically. You mocked hurt and covered your heart with your hand, pretending to almost begin to cry. You wrapped your arm around her shoulder, slowly beginning to drag her down the hallway towards Geography. 

''You would do that to your only best friend?'' You began to slowly smirk as you saw the wheels in her head turning. 

''Only?!" she asks out in fake shock, stopping midway through the hallway. You gently pulled on her, clutching your book to your chest in one hand while the other was still wrapped around her shoulder.

''Ahhh let's face you'll never be able to replace me'' you replied cockily. She just rolled her eyes at your antics. You could say it was the little bit of Tony shining through you, you could be cocky at times. 

''You got a test to do Leach'' She says, unwrapping your arm from around her shoulder.

''Am not!" You called out as she continued down the hallway towards her class.

''Are so!" She calls back, a few people in the hallways stopping to look at the little scenario but most of them ignored it and continued on like nothing happened. It was normal for the two most popular girls in school to muck around with each other. 

You let out a sigh and turned around, bumping into a brick wall. Well that's new... walls could suddenly move now.. 

You glanced up and beamed a smile at the person you saw. 

''Hey Pete!'' You gushed, wrapping your arms around him in a hug. He was caught off guard like usual, slowly and cautiously beginning to hug you back. You lent back seconds later, giving him your jaw dropping smile. You and Pete had been friends for the past six months, ever since you got stuck on the pop quiz in maths and he totally saved your ass. You walked up to him after class and began talking to him, he was a stuttering mess at the start of your guys friendship but after a month it went away, him growing comfortable around you. 

''Hey... why so chipper it's a Monday morning?'' He questions strangely, noticing how you haven't stopped smiling since you guys bumped into each other. The bell rang stopping short the encounter. 

''Save me a seat at lunch'' You playfully punch his arm softly, noticing how he tenses anytime you touch him. You always wondered why but then again he was a nervous kid and the more you got to know him the more you realised it was infact cause you were a girl. First girl to really talk to him since Freshman year. (Both of you are Juniors in this btw probably should have mentioned that). 

You began walking away with a slight skip in your step and your face sporting a smile. 

Peter's pov# (third person kinda)

He watched you walk down the hallway with a slight sway. He couldn't help but to chuckle softly, finally reaching down to grab his books that had scampered to the ground when you bumped into him. He began walking towards his class, sparing one last glance in your direction before stepping inside, his cheeks turning a slight shade of pink.

~Lunch

After collecting his food from the cafeteria he made his way over towards Ned. He sat down beside him and immediately Ned went for his milk, knowing Peter didn't really like it.

''Help yourself'' He muttered causing Ned to just smile at him with food in his mouth. Peter just laughed, digging into his food. 

2 minutes later Y/N came through with her food, plonking across from the two boys. Peter looked up with a mouth full of food and smiled, not realising a bit of food fell out causing Ned to groan in disgust. However Y/N just laughed and shook her head, beginning to eat her food. Peter had soon realised what had happened and quickly wiped at his mouth.

You guys continued to eat in silence before you heard a groan from Y/N. Both Ned and Peter looked up at her. 

''What's up?'' Ned asks. Y/N just turns to face him, now with a frown etched across her features. She just sighed and shook her head. 

''Liz is holding a party tonight and really wants me to be there to help co-host but I'm really not up for it'' She says letting out a dramatic sigh. Ned and Peter just looked to each other and shook their heads, sharing the same thought.

''Since when is this a bad thing?'' Peter asks, speaking both Ned's and his thoughts. 

''Since it's a Monday and I don't wanna be surrounded by drunken idiots-'' She stopped herself, looking like she was getting an idea. She began to smile again and glanced up at the boys with a smirk. 

Peter began to shake his head knowing where this was going. 

''No'' He states before she could even ask. She huffs.

''But please?'' She begs, slightly nawing at her bottom lip. Peter notices this and still shakes his head. 

''Not gonna happen'' He says, returning back to his food. 

''it'll be funnnn'' She says in a sing-song voice, Ned looking up to the idea of going to a Party, especially one hosted by the two most popular girls in school. 

''Still a no Y/N'' Peter says. She sighs and lets her hands fall into her lap, her head ducking lightly, trying to think of a idea. She looked back up and over to Ned.

''What about you? You in?'' She asks Ned, him immidiately nodding his head to the idea. Peter couldn't help but to stare at his best friend, slowly beginning to shake his head. Ned glanced towards and slyly winked, already coming up with a plan of his own. Peter shook  his head and glanced down to his plate.

''There's no getting out of this is there?'' Peter asks. 

''Nope'' Y/N replies popping the 'p'.

Y/N's pov#

''Dad!" You called out, wrapping your cardigan tighter around you as you walked down the stairs. You glanced around the floor, trying to find Tony.

''I'm heading off now!'' You called out loudly in hope he could hear you. You sigh when you don't hear a response. You look towards the ceiling. 

''Friday?'' 

''Yes Y/N?'' she responds. 

''Let Dad know I've left and that I'll be back by our set time'' She sends the message along to where he was currently working, in his labs.. of course. You walked towards the elevator and made your down to the ground floor. You saw Happy standing beside the door waiting for you. You smiled at him before he began to lead you to the car, opening the door for you. 

''Thank you Happy'' You say gratefully as you stepped in and sat down. He just rolled his eyes and smiled before hoping into the drivers seat himself. You pulled out your iphone and popped a message with Peter. 

''You better not chicken out on me Parker'' You murmured softly as you typed the messaged into the text field, sending it. Seconds later a ding from your phone signalling you had a message. 

Of course I haven't I'm spiderman remember? -Peter

Yeah whatever Spidey, see you guys in 10 -Y/N 

You closed your phone and enjoyed the peaceful ride to Liz's. 

~At the party

''Hey!" Liz runs up to you already tipsy, wrapping her arms around you bringing you into a bone crushing hug. 

''Need... air... circulation'' You breathed out, feeling the air harder to get into you lungs due to the amount of pressure pressed against your body. She pulls away and smiles, putting a red solo cup into your hand. 

''Nope I'm doing tonight sober'' You reply, not really in the mood to be drinking. She just frowns before she looks behind you, noticing other people. 

''Hey guys!'' Liz says happily walking up to Peter and Ned. You turned around and smirked once you saw Ned's eyes light up at the sight of Liz. But your eyes went over to Peter who was dressed in his usual attire, yet his hair seemed... messier? It was cute it suited him.

You eyes raked his body on their own accord and slowly made there way to meet his gaze. You just smiled with a nod, approving of his outfit.

''Get your but in here'' You state, grabbing onto Peter's arm, leading him away from a talking Liz and Ned. You pulled parker further into the house towards the back. Hardly anyone was out the back so you walked over to the pool area, sitting on one of the lounge pool chair things. Peter sat across from you. 

''So you bring me to a party just whisk me away in private?'' Peter asks, almost like he was slightly nervous. You smiled evilly and shrugged your shoulders innocently. 

''It's apart of my charm'' You respond casually, glancing towards the pool.

''Charm?'' He questions.

''To lure boys into a false sense of security'' You said sarcastically. He just chuckled in response. But to be honest Peter was glad you pulled him away, parties weren't really his scene and seeing that Liz was too busy talking with Ned he would have been alone anyways. 

You got of your sit, walking to the edge of the pool. You glanced down and saw how the pool lights made the pool shine, the water looking so tempting. 

''Feel like a swim?'' Peter asks, now walking to stand beside you. You shrugged your shoulder nonchalantly. 

''I don't'' you respond. 

''But you do'' Before he had time to react you reached for his pockets, quickly pulling out his phone before pushing him into the pull. He went in with a huge splash, some water managing to get onto you. He swam to the surface, whipping his hair out of his face as he stares at you in horror.

''What the hell Y/N!" You hated to admit it but Peter did look kinda hot whenever he got angry, which seemed to be more often seeing it was one of your new favourite things to do. He swam to the edge and you stepped away, knowing what he was going to do. 

''I'm not going to pull you in.. though I should'' He states still slightly angry. You couldn't help but to smirk, bending down to your knees and lying flat on your belly, resting your head on your hands.

''You wouldn't dare'' you taunt. 

''Why cause your a girl?'' he replies cheekily, his anger starting to slip away. He could never stay mad at you, no matter how much he wanted to at times. 

''No cause I'm wearing a dress'' You state in a 'duh' tone. He just rolls his eyes and swims closer. You watched as droplets off water from fell his hair and cheek, defining his jaw line even more. Maybe pushing him into the pool was a bad idea... Cause now you could see his muscles restraining as he rested his arms against the edge of the pool. 

''Too bad'' He lets out before reaching for your arms, beginning to pull you. You roll over onto your back laughing. 

''No! Don't you dare!'' You tried before you felt him pick you up bridal style before your body could hit the water. You eyes were closed, waiting for the impact that never came. He laughed. You slowly began to open your eyes, just to notice your noses just about touching. You sighed in relief. 

''Oh thank-'' You got cuahgt off as he threw you up in the air. 

''God!'' You screamed out as you came back into the water, your body being submerged. You push yourself up quickly to the surface and wipe the hair away from your face. You came up to notice Peter laughing. 

''That's not funny!" You said trying to get him to stop laughing. Great now your makeup was ruined, you must look like panda now.

''It's a lil funny'' he responds. You just huff and begin to splash water towards him. He turns his head away and you begin to laugh. 

''Your evil'' He says playfully before beginning to splash you back, his being much bigger than yours. You surrendered. 

''Okay! Okay just.. please stop" You had your eyes closed. He stopped and smiled. The water actually washed most of your makeup away leaving you with your natural look. Good. He always Preferred that over the makeup you were anyway, that was nice too but it could never beat your natural beauty in his eyes. 

Your gazes adverted to the party that was still going on inside. 

''Do you wanna go?'' You ask, your eyes not leaving the scene. He nodded his head in agreement, beginning to climb out of the pool. You followed suit, Peter giving you his hand to help you up. You both walked back over to the chairs, collecting your jumpers and cardigan. You guys left the pool area and headed through the door and back inside. 

''Okay... why are you guys wet?'' Liz comes up and asks. You just shrug your shoulders and grab ahold of Peter, pulling him along with you. 

''Be safe kiddies!'' She calls out. You rolled your eyes at her drunken state and headed towards the front door. As soon as you both left the music, horny teenagers filled room you wrapped you cardigan around your body.

~later

You guys had decided to walk back to his and have Happy pick you up from there. Though the trip back felt slightly tense... you didn't know why. You shook your head from your thoughts and followed him into his apartment. 

''Where's Aunt May?'' you ask. 

''Asleep'' he says, noticing her bedroom door closed and her light off. You nod and follow him into his bedroom. He walked over to his wardrobe and grabbed a change of clothes out. 

''Can I borrow a....'' You trailed off, kind of feeling nervous seeing this was the first time you were asking to borrow Peter's clothes. He just turns to you and nods, throwing a grew sweater towards you. He turned around and walked into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him. You quickly stripped out of your dress and slipped on the sweater, noticing how the sweater was soft and it went to your mid thigh. You pulled the sleeves pasts your hands cause they were so long. 

You smiled softly, your cheeks turning a shade of red as you lent in to his sweater, sniffing the material. You smiled noticing the familiar scent before walking towards the bed. You pulled out your phone and began to play a game as Peter was still in the bathroom. You notice the door open slightly, seeing Peter stick his head out and only his head. You furrow your eyebrows. His cheeks turn pink.

''Can you grab the...'' He trails off pointing towards the pieces of cloth that were beside you on the bed. You nod and collect them in your hands, handing them to him noticing he was just in his boxers.

''You know I could help you with that'' you tease. He looks back up at you wide eyed. 

''Your clothes?'' He just sighed and his face seemed to turn angry. He just rolled his eyes and pretty much slammed the door in your face. Ouch. You were confuse, you teased him all the time? Yet he never has been this cross with you. You frown and walked back over to the bed, picking up your phone. You heard a ding go off from somewhere in the room. You realised it was from Peter's phone and went over to see who it was that had messaged. 

''It's from Ned!'' You call out just loud enough for him to hear you from the bedroom. You could hear things fall over in the bathroom. You looked at the bathroom door weirdly before going into his messaging app. Silly boy didn't even have a password. 

You went over Ned's contact and tap. 

''Y-y-y/n'' You could hear Peter stutter out nervously as he walked back into his room fully clothed. He began to make his way towards you, ready to snatch the phone out of your hand. You scrolled up a bit, noticing Ned was actually responding to a text Peter sent a few days ago. A smirk traveled across your lips as you began to read aloud. 

"Before I met you, I felt that I couldn't love anyone, That nobody would be able to fill the void in my heart, But that all changed when I met you... Then I came to realize you were always on my mind. You're funny and sweet, You make me laugh and smile, You take away all my anger and sadness, You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, More beautiful than any flower that I have ever seen, You made me weak when I talked to you, Then I started to write poems about you, Now, I have come to realize that I am Hopelessly-" You stopped, your breath catching in your throat. It was beautiful.. the poem. So beautiful it made your heart stop. (Source: familyfriendpoems.com/poem/hopelessly-in-love )

"in love with you." You finished. The whole time Peter just stood behind you, listening as you read out the poem single handedly thinking this had got to be the worst day of his life. You scrolled down to see what Ned had sent.

''You need to tell her Peter...'' You trailed off reading it out, Peter sighing as you realised Ned had left out a very important yet embarrassing part thank god.

''Tell who?'' you asked turning around, your voice becoming soft. You felt your chest begin to tighten, realising that Peter was in love with someone and hadn't even told you. He looked up to you hoping you wouldn't ask that question.

''She's.. no one'' he says, avoiding eye contact and began to rub the back of hid neck. You scoffed in disbelief. 

''Well obviously she isn't if your in love with her Peter'' you state as a matter of fact. He sighed again and ran a hand through his damp hair. 

''Okay.. okay'' He says, stopping in the center of his room. He shook his head, not believing he was about to do this. 

''H-h-how could I possibly... tell her how I feel?'' He asks nervously. You walked over to him with a soft smile.

''You could start by writing her another poem'' You say with a smile. He was too entranced in your eyes to move from his spot.

''C-c-can I read it out to y-y-ou?'' he asks, you nod eagerly wanting to hear more and more of these poems. Something inside you stirred but you ignored it. 

He walked away and over to his bed side table, pulling out a sheet of paper. He walked back over to you and stood infront of you. 

He looked you in the eyes one last time, its now or never he thought before beginning. 

" I have a feeling That I can't comprehend In my deepest thoughts you are More than just a friend. I wouldn't want to Rush us now As love we explore But there's a growing love inside That we just can't ignore. I love the times we Spend together. We are comfortable And free. I think of you when we are Alone. I think of you and me. We have shared Secrets to uncover. There's more To life. We will both discover. I love you always. I'll love you when you're dumb, I'll love you when you're smart, I'll love you anyway you are, Right from the start. I'll love you if you're tall I'll love you if you're short, I'll love you if you're pretty, Or just an ugly dork. I'll love you if you're toothless, I'll love you if you're blind, Anything that's wrong with you, To me you'll be fine. My heart is opening up now, Unlike it used to do, I see the pain that's in your heart And sometimes I feel it too. I'll love you tomorrow, I'll love you today, I'll love you forever, And forever always. (Source: familyfriendpoems.com/poem/my-true-love )

You were dumbstruck. You weren't expecting a wave of emotions to wash over you... but one stuck out.. 

He glanced up at you once he finished and looked you in the eyes. You could feel your chest tighten and it wasn't until you this moment you knew why. 

You were jealous cause he was in love with someone else. That's why you teased him relentless or got him angry and played around with him, you were completely and utterly in love with him and it was too late. You hadn't even realised you had fallen until you fell. 

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A/N: Definitely going to be a part two up soonnnnn :)))

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Eastside Academy: Prologue

Summary: You just transferred to Eastside Academy, an elite school mainly for rich students. Unexpectedly, you gain the attention from one of the most popular guys at school and face the decision if he’s worth the drama or not.

Genre: High school AU (Gossip Girl-esque)

Pairing: Jimin x Reader

Rating: 16+ (so far...)

Word Count: 938

Inspired from the vine at 6:56 from this video.

You pushed down on the red blazer, staring at the almost-bursting button in the mirror before you.

Why did the freaking washer have to shrink it down?! And on my first day?!?!?!!?

You silently cursed at the washing machine, still playing around with the fabric.

“Y/N! You’re going to be late if you don’t leave soon!” You heard your mother’s voice enter your room from the kitchen.

“Going!” You deeply sigh, giving yourself one last look in the mirror. Not that it really mattered anyway. You wouldn’t be able to compete with everyone else there with their designer things and expensive cars and whatever else rich kids brought to school. Your heart was hammering in your chest, but you just softly shake your head to exert some energy. I can do this… Grabbing your backpack off the floor, you walked out of your room towards the kitchen. “Bye, Mom!” You give her a quick peck on the cheek and grab a protein bar from the counter.

“Be careful! And good luck today!” Your mom’s voice slowly dies down as you walked outside. You quickly fastened your walking pace in order to make the bus on time. As you turned the corner onto the main road, you saw the bus just braking and quickly run, slowly stopping behind the small line of people waiting to get on. Glancing down at your watch, you noted the time: 7:08 a.m. Perfect. The bus was already beginning to get crowded and you tried your best to hold on and not bump into anyone. People came on and off as the bus continued its route. The closer you were, the more your heart started to race.

You just transferred to Eastside Academy based off of a scholarship you applied for last year. They’re paying for your tuition, uniform, books, laptop, and any other school needs as long as you maintain a 3.6 gpa. You were really excited since the Academy has great programs, and you wanted to explore them all. But as you stood in front of the entrance with its grand gates, you started to question why you left the public school system. You stood to the side, your hands clutching the hem of your blazer. You stared as more students started arriving, many of them in black SUVs. You noticed that a rather large group of girls were hanging outside, and silently thought if maybe you should approach them. Before even making a decision, they suddenly began squealing and loudly whispering to each other.

“Ohmygosh, they’re here, they’re here!”

Who’s here? You think to yourself. That’s when you finally notice the stretched limo driving down the block and stop in front of the school. You curiously stared at it, wondering who in the world would arrive in such a grand manner just for school. The driver stepped out and quickly ran to open the door.

Out stepped a line of guys, all extremely handsome. The tallest of the group was in front and had dirty blonde hair, book in hand. Behind him were two guys, one wearing a leather jacket over his school uniform, a stark contrast to his platinum blonde hair and fair skin. He had headphones on and a cool composure, whereas the guy next to him was more bubbly and friendly. He waved to the girls as they passed and a specific few excitedly waved back. Behind them was another pair of guys and they appeared to be talking with one another. One of them appeared younger than the rest, but still just as handsome with black hair parted to the side. He suddenly began laughing and lightly hit the other’s arm causing him to jokingly yell out, “Why’d you hit me for?! It wasn’t that funny.” His response seemed to cause the younger one to laugh even harder as they continued to enter the school. There was a last pair of guys behind them and they looked to be the same age as you. But there was one that really caught your eye. He ran his hand through his black hair causing the girls to suddenly clutch their chest as if they couldn’t breathe. He reached into his pants pocket for his phone, but as he pulled it out, his wallet fell. He stopped walking and started to bend down to pick it up, but one of the girls ran and picked it up for him.

“Here you go, Jimin. I’m sure you don’t want to lose this,” her hands were slightly shaking as she handed his wallet.

“Thanks,” he gave her a small smile then continued to walk to the entrance.

Okay, I definitely can’t do this…

Suddenly the bell rang and this gave you the incentive to quickly walk inside. You glanced at your phone to look at your schedule and room number.

Starting off with English. Not so bad. I can do this… You took a deep breath and quickly found the room since it was on the first floor. You took a seat in the middle of the room, not wanting to sit in front and gain attention, but also didn’t want to sit in the back and not pay attention. You had a gpa to uphold! You took out your notebook and pen, repositioning it every few seconds just to have something to do.  

Suddenly sensing someone’s presence, you looked up to see one of the guys that you saw earlier, his face incredibly close to yours. You immediately felt your cheeks heat up from the sudden closeness. He wore an angelic smile, but his deep, brown eyes spoke otherwise.

“And what’s your name, sweetheart?”

A/N: Ah finally! This is my first BTS fanfic. I’m debating whether to add more mature themes in the future chapters, but we’ll see. Also, I was inspired by the gif I attached here (not mine btw - credit to whoever made it) for their outfits and appearance, but didn’t stick to the hair colors they have here - for some. I changed the color for Namjoon and Jimin, but keeping it the same for the other members. I hope you’ve enjoyed it thus far, and just to let you know that I live for cliffhangers as a writer (just a warning). Thank you for reading! I’ll do my best to update soon. 

(Also, please ignore my terrible summary, I’m so bad at writing those)

- Jacks x

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Day 3 & 4 of My Bachelorette to Mexico

We're back with the second part of my bachelorette party in Mexico! With this final post I feel like it's really over :( I still hope you enjoy the recap as much as I did!

Day 3:

If you missed day 1 & 2 from the trip, you can catch up by reading this post. We're now on to Saturday of the four-day trip and our last full day in Mexico. We had to wake up really early for our excursion. We met at the buffet around 7am and grabbed all the food we could before we left at 7:20. The original plan was to drive to Cancun, take a boat to Isla Mujeres to snorkel, spend the day at the beach, shop, swim and parasail back to the hotel. But when we woke up that morning it was pretty overcast and super windy. 

As it turns out, once we arrived in the lobby they decided to cancel our tour. The water was way too choppy for us to go out and the ports in Cancun closed. I wasn't too disappointed because I'd rather they cancel it early than cancel it once we got to Cancun. So we went back to the buffet for a real sitdown breakfast. I was easily the most overdressed person there lol. 

After breakfast, some girls went back to the room to sleep, and others to the pool (like me) to read and hangout. I took a nice little nap as captured by Morgan's photo below haha. 

We spent most of the morning at the pool. A few girls went to explore downtown and have a bite to eat. The sun was peaking out here and there but nothing like the day before. Thankfully it was still warm, and the spot where we were in the pool was blocked from a lot of the wind! 

Also, this was my favorite look from the trip! I felt so sassy and bridal. It was fun.

There was also a foam party at the pool. Of course I wanted to view it from afar, so we hung out in the pool but far away. It was still super windy so some of the foam bubbles were flying over to us. One of them smacked Caitlin right in the face and it was pretty funny. 

Ultimately, we discovered another excursion very similar to the one we were originally going to join.  Instead of a full-day it was a half-day and instead of Isla Mujeres, we would go to Cozumel. We decided to go for it. In hindsight, I probably wouldn't do it again but it sure is a fun story to tell! Because the docks were closed in Cancun, we left out of downtown Playa Del Carmen. It was about an hour long ferry ride straight across the ocean. It was still super windy so the dock area was a little crazy. I've never been sea sick like this before! Thankfully the further away from Playa Del Carmen and closer to Cozumel we got, the more the water calmed down. 

The excursion was a catamaran tour. I've been on a lot of excursions in my life -- Andrew and I take one or two every trip we go on -- so I can say it wasn't the best, but it also wasn't miserable. If the weather was better and the music louder, it could have been more fun. The sun would pop out here and there and the water was calm enough, but the hosts were kind of "meh" about the whole thing.

What made it fun was having everyone in Lilly! I originally wasn't going to make it a thing, but after we had hopped in the pool in the morning, I thought a quick outfit change could be fun. Lilly Pulitzer was so kind to us for my bachelorette. They gifted all the girls a swimsuit and dress of their choice from their current collection. It was fun to see everyone in their swimsuits and have most of us matching!

One-piece on Jen, Allison and Ashby / Bandeau top on Kim, Morgan and Caitlin & bottom / My one-piece 

The first stop was for snorkeling and only Ashby joined. I love to snorkel, but didn't feel like hopping in. Most of the other girls didn't either. I've been to some of the most amazing snorkel spots in the world and I didn't think I'd be missing much at this location.

This is where the trip kind of went dull. It was a very long and drawn out process of getting to the ferry, waiting to get on the boat, waiting to leave, waiting to get to the snorkel spot, waiting an hour at this spot, going all the way back to the other side of the island to swim ... everything was just long. And a lot of us were tired. The weather wasn't nice either.

BUT THEN it all turned around when we got to our next spot. They docked the boat and said this was a great place to swim. Me, my sister, Ashby, Caitlin and Morgan were going to jump in, but when we got there, no one really felt like it. We were sitting around and playing games (starving also btw lol) and then the sun popped out. And it stayed!

It was really nice and I really had to pee (haha), so I jumped in. We all banded together and said, "If you jump in, I'll jump in." So my sister, Caitlin and I decided to go for it. Morgan joined at the last minute and we all jumped off the front of the boat into the warm blue water!

This was the best part of the day! We had SO much fun in the water. We were laughing and flashing the girls on the boat and being so silly. We had a wonderful time. The sun stayed out, the food came and it was like a whole new burst of life. It was a lot of fun as we went back to the docks to catch the ferry back to the hotel.

The waters were fine and the sun was setting. And then we got closer to the Playa Del Carmen dock...

The next part of this story turns into a drama. The sun had completely set by the time we reached the dock. We all looked around the boat, and it was tipping from side to side. We were parallel with the waves as we waited for the other ferry to leave the dock. We were getting thrown around pretty good. Then we tried to dock.

These waves were NO JOKE and were hitting the boat hard. These poor guys out on the dock are trying to wrangle in the ferry as they're being hit by the waves and pulled by the ropes. It was crazy. The waves were so big they were reaching the second floor. One even came up to the third deck and drenched a bunch of people sitting behind us.

The mentality on the boat was pretty much, "Kids and elders get off first." The stairs to get off were packed with people so we decided to wait it out. As we're seeing the boat get thrown around by these waves and people flying around, it clicked: we need to get off this boat ASAP. Honestly, I was surprised they even docked. It was NOT safe, but there was no way I was staying on that ferry or going back to Cozumel. We needed to get home.

We made a bolt for it. Ashby and I got off first and it was a race to run off the boat. They had workers holding us back until it was safe, then they were yelling "big steps!" and "move fast!" as we ran off. It got pretty scary at the end of it all. When Ashby and I made it to land we hugged and jumped and were like, "Let's get the F out of here."

Everyone made it off safely in our group, although Allison gave us a scare. The bridge from the ferry to the dock swung her left and right before she jumped off. It was crazy and scary and funny. How did we let ourselves get in this situation?!

We were supposed to be back around 7pm, but didn't arrive until around 9pm. Thankfully everyone was a trooper and we decided to quickly get ready for dinner and put on our Lilly for our last night. 

Dresses from Left to Right: Allison, Catherine, Ashby, Kim, Me, Caitlin, Morgan, Jen

I think I got ready in record time and we headed to the last restaurant we hadn't eaten at yet. I think it was an Italian/seafood place. We all got drunk quickly because we could feel ourselves still rocking from the ferry. It was a wonderful last dinner and we ended up closing the place down (and ordering about three meals each lol).

We wandered a bit after dinner looking for dessert, but 11pm on Saturday night was a dead time for the hotel. It was so weird! We went back to the room to play more games and have some fun girl time before leaving the next morning.

Day 4:

Sunday morning we all met for brunch at the buffet and yet again stuffed our faces lol. Morgan, Catherine and Jen had early flights, so soon after brunch they were off to the airport. Caitlin and I got ready in our room to take some blog photos. Ashby was at the pool and would help when we were ready to shoot. My sister and Allison went into town to do some shopping.

Sunday was another overcast, humid day, so I didn't mind leaving! After we were done shooting, we packed up our bags, hung by the pool a bit longer and then were off to the airport.

The rest of the day was spent traveling home and watching GOT! Nothing overly exciting. Just a no-fuss travel day. All in all it was an amazing bachelorette and I cannot thank my friends enough for such a wonderful weekend. I'm so sad that it's over. But I'm happy I can stop stressing over it! Honestly, I want to go back asap. 

What does make me really excited when I think about it was how well everyone got along. Not that I was worried about that, but it's so wonderful having your friends come together like we did. It meant the world to me! It's great because we'll all be reunited again (except for Catherine, she's dead to me!!!) at the wedding.

Now I'm on to planning our couples shower which is happening in less than a month!!

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You guys also sent in some questions via Instagram stories that I wanted to help answer for you as well:

Peak and pit from the day?

Pit was the weather not being amazing 100% of the time. Peak was the girls!!

What would you do differently?

I keep going back and forth, but probably the excursion.  Did you go into town? Did you feel safe? I never did, but a lot of the girls did and said it felt totally safe. What was your favorite part of the trip? Gingham night! It was really fun to see it come together like it did and it was just a very me way to celebrate.  How did you decide on location? How did you decide where to go? You can find a detailed story about this in my Q&A bachelorette party post. Are you glad you opened it up to friends? Yes! Especially since I technically only have one bridesmaid. How did everyone get along? Everyone got along really well! I don't deal with dramatic people in my life, so I wasn't worried about this at all.

How did your makeup hold up? It was great! I'm doing a new routine that I LOVE and it worked like a dream.

Did you use a travel agent/were you able to get any deals through the blog or for being a larger group? No, we just booked directly through their website. My sister was able to get a discount because she was a Hilton rewards member, and we booked/paid right away with no option to cancel.

Average cost for the trip? I honestly don't remember what I paid. But outside the reservation and excursion (which was $100 pp) there were no other costs.

Pros and cons of the hotel? Pros -- all-inclusive, great staff and a fun time Cons -- drinks were weak

Who planned what for the trip? I like to think I was involved with pretty much all of the trip's planning. I gave input but the coordination of most everything else was my sister (MOH).

How did you coordinate outfits? Caitlin emailed everyone in advance saying that we were having a gingham night. Everyone was aware and had time to shop. Lilly let everyone pick out an outfit and swimsuit for the trip as well (that will be tomorrow's post). They knew we'd be wearing that for one night.

How did you convince friends to join due to timing and price? I didn't really need to convince them. I feel like since we're older and have money (vs. right out of college) it wasn't an issue. It just so happened we found a weekend that worked for everyone. The price, being that it was an all-inclusive was too good to pass up!

Most thoughtful thing the girls did for you? I really liked the marriage game and how they each had a little part of putting it together!

How detail oriented were you with scheduling the weekend? I was super chill about what we did and when we did it. No plans other than a gingham night, an excursion and a Lilly night. It was all up to us when we did what.

How was the beach? We actually didn't end up going. Well, I didn't! A few girls dipped their toes in the first day. Playa Del Carmen isn't really known for their beaches. I heard from hotel staff it was super rocky!

And if you missed it, here is a link to Day 1 & 2, here is more information on our trip and a large Q&A on it, here are all the links to my outfits and here is what I gave the girls on the trip.

Source: http://www.coveringbases.com/2019/04/day-3-4-of-my-bachelorette-to-mexico.html