#epilogue necessary

[robthegoodfellow]

Chapters: 8/9 Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Billy Hargrove/Eddie Munson Characters: Billy Hargrove, Eddie Munson Additional Tags: Looney Tunes References, Billy Hargrove Lives, Eddie Munson Lives, Well Depending on Your Definition of "Lives", Certainly They Are Walking Talking Fighting Crime, In the Upside-Down Tho, On Account of Their Bods Being Toast, Might Find a Way to Reverse That, For Now I Just Want Them to Rig Vecna w/ Dynamite and Smash Him w/ Anvils from the Sky, Eddie Munson in the Upside Down, Billy Hargrove in the Upside Down Summary:

Eddie wakes up in the Upside-Down and is promptly ushered into Billy Hargrove's manhole.

[histrionicscribbler]

my fav parts of the epilogue:

knives in sex bob-omb! the keyboard really adds something to that track!

ACTUAL STUNT DOUBLE RAMONA

todd and roxie!! mlm wlw solidarity

barista lucas. flashy ass. /pos

wallace and his bf w the SPARKS!!!

ramona's blonde and teal hair

HEY GORDON WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY "THE REAL GAME"? IS THAT A HINT AT A POSSIBLE S2?

[rivilu]

Maybe this run i shall give Astarion a level in druid. As a treat.

[dog-violet]

what the actual hell was that epilogue

[asteromorph]

[ image id: a ceramic figurine of magolor in his torn-up epilogue outfit. he looks downtrodden, and his hands rest on the ground. he is surrounded by dead weeds. the second and third image show him from the side and back, respectively. end id ]

all’s well that ends well

[arabian-batboy]

Finally finished Fruits Basket and I while I may still think that the very beginning and the very end of the story were a tad underwhelming, I absolutely loved the entire show and its definitely one of my favorite anime.

I came in thinking its going to be a cliche/cheesy romance anime, so I was very surprised with how much depth and personality all the characters, even the small side characters, had and it wasn’t really a case of “they will get one episode about them then we will completely forget about them” but instead it was something that was continuously built on over the course of the show in a slow burn and I really appreciate that.

My favorite characters are Tohru, who I was very quick to label as “the boring bland protagonist whose only job is to be the audience’s self-insert” but slowly she really became interesting and I found my self really loving her character and rooting for her and Kyo, who is the best boy ever that deserves all the happiness in the world and also everyone else really need to be a little nicer to him tbh and both of their parents (Kyoko and Kazuma) were such great loving parents and I loved their relationship with their own kid and also each other kid, its such a shame that Kyoko is dead, because I just know that she would have been the best mother-in-law ever with the most entertaining dynamic with Kyo.

Uotani, Manabe and Hiro are also some of my favorite, but honestly I either like or am neutral toward the rest of the cast, the only characters that I’m kinda annoyed with were Akito and Yuki (explained more in the tags), but if the last season had more episodes focused on developing Akito’s character and gave us a more dramatic way for the curse to be broken as well as leave out or fix some of the questionable romances (ShigureXAkito + KurenoXUotani) then it might have been a 10/10 show for me.

I did hear they have a prelude movie and two spin-off manga, so I will definitely be checking those out. 

[nadas-dirthalen]

Saw the romanced non-god Gale epilogue. And, in my opinion, for my headcanons: yes.

[starfall-spirit]

Renaissance Masterlist

AN: Make sure you read yesterday's chapter if you missed it!

Word Count: 1175

CW: Implication of sex. Nothing on page.

Epilogue

Six months later

“Rhys? Sorry. I know I said six tonight, but my last buyer was being a little difficult and…” She trailed off as she found him on the couch, still dressed in his work suit for whatever reason, a glass of red wine in hand, her own set on the coffee table between them. She tossed her coat and scarf over the couch arm, shaking off the New York winter. “Hi.”

“Hi.” She curled into his lap, smiling as he jolted slightly at her cold hand sneaking under his untucked shirt. “Cruel woman.”

She reached for her wine glass. “Something smells good.” 

“Dinner’s keeping warm in the kitchen. Once you defrost we can eat something. And then I have another surprise.” Her smile grew to a smirk and he pinched her side. “Not that.” He nipped her earlobe. “Yet.”

“And while I defrost?” she purred, carrying his usual confidence as she set down her wine with every intention of sinking to her knees in front of him.

He caught her hands halfway down, raising them to his lips. First the right, then the left, his lips linkering a second too long. “You can defrost in your dinner seat. Grab your glass.” 

She narrowed her eyes, but followed him to the table. Whatever he had to tell her must really be important. He had cooked a dinner of seared pork and carbonara. Over the past six months he had been showing off an impressive skill set in the kitchen that she hadn’t expected from him when they first met.

“So, tell me how commissions have been. You haven’t talked much about your work.”

There was a rough start to her art sales and commissions. When people realized her boyfriend had been the first to invest in her art, despite the two of them knowing the work came before the relationship, her credibility was naturally questioned. Once a few pieces got out, though, commissions boomed.

“Everything’s great. There are picky customers, of course, but it’s been wonderful. I’m so happy to be out there. And with my own studio. I suppose I have you to thank for that miracle.”

“All the work is yours, Feyre. You would have gotten there eventually.” her face heated and she began tracing her finger around the lip of her wine glass. “Feyre.” She froze. “I’m proud of you, you know.”

She did. And some days that still felt impossible to swallow. She knew all of her friends were proud of her in one way or another, but the constant praise Rhys provided could be… overwhelming. He leaned over the corner of the table, kissing her temple. “My Feyre.”

She sighed, about to take the next bite of her dinner when a tiny sound intruded on the peace of their dinner. Almost like… “Did you leave a video on in the back?” Rhys winced as a second meow was heard, this time more persistent. “Rhys? Why is there a cat in the house?” 

The next cry was closer to a yowl, followed by a soft thunk against the door. He wiped his mouth, preparing to explain the situation, likely. Unfortunately for him, Feyre was already down the hall, raising a hand to open the door a crack. Out leaped a ball of black fur.

“You adopted a kitten? What’s his name?”

“Bryaxis. He fell asleep just before you got home.” Rhys kept talking, but she didn’t hear a word after that. Because around his neck was a collar, not just holding a name plate, but a silver ring cradling a sapphire stone. Rhys strolled down the hall before crouching down beside her. “I know my first proposal wasn’t all that romantic, but I figured this might do the—”

She tackled him, his arrogant comment cut off with a kiss. Slow and deep and endless. He rolled so her back hit the hardwood. “Is that a yes?” She smiled. “Feyre, say the words. Tell me you’ll be my wife,” he all but begged.

She sobered at that. “I said no the first time.”

The starlight she  found in his eyes guttered. “And now?”

“Now, I want to thank you. For giving me the time to come out of it all. To heal from my past. And I want you to know that I would be honored—honored to be your wife.” He let out a ragged breath. A broken laugh followed it, muffled by her shirt as he pressed his face to her shoulder. She stroked his hair. “I love you, Rhys. More than anything in this world.”

“And I love you, Feyre darling. To the end of our days, through every adventure I’ll love you.”

“Good. Now tell me, what possessed you to adopt a kitten?”

He unhooked the ring from the collar, easing it onto her finger. “Well, he was cute.” She chuckled. “Please tell me you don’t actually want to talk about a cat right now.” He pressed a kiss to her throat. “After all the teasing you started this evening with, it would just be cruel.”

“Well… I did have another thing or two in mind on the way home.” He groaned against her neck as she wrapped her legs around his waist, grinding against him. “After all, you were the one who told me to stop.”

He carried her to their bedroom, his fingers digging into her waist as she put her lips and teeth and tongue to work on his neck. There would undoubtedly be a bruise or two for their friends to tease him about tomorrow. She gasped as her back met the hard wall rather than the bed behind them.

“I believe you mentioned something the other day about fucking me so hard the pictures fell off the wall. Are you as good as your word?”

“Still fully dressed and saying such vulgar things, darling.” She unlocked her legs from around his waist and started to strip her shirt. “Stop. That’s for me to do.” Instead of finishing the task she started, he swept her back into his arms to take her to the bed. “And I’m not fucking you against the wall. Not tonight, Feyre.” 

Peeling her out of her studio clothes, he showed her just what tonight was meant for.

~~~~~

She’d said yes. By some miracle, Feyre Archeron agreed to marry him. He’d shown his gratitude by worshiping every inch of her body. He’d do it again and again, every day for the rest of his life. But in that moment all he wanted to do was hold her close, breathe her in. “I love you, Feyre. More than anything in this world.”

“I love you too. You know…”

“What?” he asked, already reading the hint of trouble in her voice. She was after something.

“Well, you took a young artist to Florence for a fake honeymoon. Where will you whisk your wife away to, hm?”

He laughed, full and free, pulling her a little closer. “My Feyre.” He kissed her hair. “Have I ever mentioned our property in Paris?”

“I’m listening.”

~~~~~

AN: We have reached the end. For those of you who stuck around, thank you so much. I will be marking the fic as complete on ao3, but keep your eyes open. I might just be inspired to write a bonus chapter in Paris!

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[chipistrate]

I did said I don’t want new main characters for the new fnaf era, but if Lucia becomes an important character in the games in the future, I won’t complain she can actually help with the mimic.

LOOK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADDING NEW GUYS TO THE MAIN CAST THAT ARE JUST CLUTTER AND ADDING NEW GUYS TO THE MAIN CAST TACTFULLY/nm

Lucia had so much build up and character development in the epilogues and now has a history with the Mimic and a reason to want to know more about it and want it dead IT LITERALLY KILLED HER FRIENDS!!!! PLUS SHE'S LIKE CLOSEST WE'VE GOTTEN TO ACTUALLY KILLING THE MIMIC!!!!!!! Her staying alive at the end of it all and surviving that hell opens the PERFECT opportunity it add her to the cast- even if she's just a temporary addition, she could add a lot!!!

I completely agree with not wanting new main characters, but that's because I don't want to clutter the cast with a bunch of random people that would just take the spotlight away from the character we already have- a character like Lucia isn't random, she has a history- we know her already and she has a lot of potential, plus she wouldn't be taking away from the current main cast or adding something pointless- she'd be adding in a very useful and compelling way. (especially with the theory of that pile of parts is the Tangles/Blobs origin meaning there's a possibility that her friends are possessing the Tangle and god do we need more insight on that fucker-)

She's another person who was hurt by the Mimic- another person who went through his hell and survived and now 6 years later she's still living with what happened to her while the Pizzaplex stands tall, nobody else (to her knowledge) knowing the secrets that lays beneath it all.

She has a motive, she has a past, and she has SO much potential.

Plus I'd love to see her dynamic with characters like Vanessa and Gregory,,, especially her and Gregory since she's a tech geek- they could be great friends<3

[certifiedwerewolf]

Six unique commenters on a fic that hasn't even broken a hundred hits is actually extremely good traffic but I still feel like I could do better. Maybe for the next one I can try actually ending a scene instead of just stopping once I'm done with the parts I want to write.

[axemetaphor]

been chipping away at the final 2 chapters of I'm Not Obsessed; Far Worse, I'm Fine for the past. week or two? theyre both going to be fucking huge. hopefully in jan2024 the fic will be fully done though <3 i am NOT letting myself go over my self imposed 10-chapter limit solely because i know if i do ill just keep fuckin going. there May be an epilogue though. idk

[madelynwilson]

TAG DROP FOR MADELYN WILSON.

[hopecountyshenanigans]

for all the girlies (gender neutral) out there who are still interested in the Fraternization series, I just finished the rough draft of the final story today (clocked in at 128k words, lmao, I thought it was going to be 80k at most). there’s still a lot of editing I need to do (the last 60ish pages were written in such a frenzy I have no idea if they’re any good at all, I have to get some distance before I go in and start cleaning them up) but I will definitely begin to post it this week xo

[shysheeperz]

The new Jigokuraku one shot is so good!!!

Preferred it over the epilogue chapter we got tbh.

[clubconsent]

Quantum Pulse Drive. Earl Grey. Hot.

One player is Foodinator. All others are Spacefarers.

Foodinator manifests Provisions. Foodinator must abide by its interpretation of the Rules. Rule 1: Provisions must be food or drink.

The Foodinator writes down 2 secret additional Rules.

Spacefarers describe their Needs, then take turns requesting Provisions to meet them.

Foodinator describes the Provision dispensed. Spacefarer rates it +1, +0, or -1. Judgment Computer, represented by rolling 2d6, judges. Add the Spacefarer's rating to the roll to determine Provision's score.

12+: EXEMPLARY. Foodinator adds 1 secret Rule. 7-11: CORRECT. Foodinator gets 1 Positive Feedback. 3-6: NON-COMPLIANT. Provision is destroyed, and the requesting Spacefarer gains 1 Insight. 2-: CONTRABAND. Spacefarer is killed on the spot. The other Spacefarers memorialize them.

On 7+, all players debate whether the Provision meets that Spacefarer's Need, then vote. If a majority agrees the Need is met, the Spacefarer exits.

At any time, The Foodinator may spend 2 Positive Feedbacks to replace 1 word in a Rule with a different word.

At any time, a Spacefarer may spend 2 Insights to have The Foodinator read aloud 1 Rule unknown to the Spacefarers. The Foodinator chooses 1 word to skip when reading the rule aloud.

[Okay to archive off-site.] [Inspired by this post.]

Tumblr 200-Word RPGs 2023

Last November, we did an informal game jam for folks who wanted to write something for Writing Month, but would prefer to write fewer than fifty thousand words of it. You can find the complete list of participants for that event in this post here. There's also an off-Tumblr archive of entries whose authors gave permission for them to be preserved here, if any of those links turn out to be broken.

Last year's collaboration went over well enough that I thought we might dust it off again this year. To be clear, this is just for fun – it's not a curated jam, and nobody's judging winners or handing out prizes..

If you'd like to throw your hat in, just follow these steps:

Step 1: If you're unfamiliar with 200-word RPGs, read a bunch of last year's entries (linked above) or browse the 200 Word RPG Challege archives at https://200wordrpg.github.io/ to get your brain-meats properly configured.

Step 2: Write your own 200-word RPG. If you're not sure whether you have 200 words or not (and with RPGs it can genuinely be difficult to tell!), you can use the word counter at https://200wordrpg.github.io/wordcount to check.

Step 3: Reblog this post and append your 200-word RPG.

Step 4 (optional): Please indicate in your post whether you're okay with having your 200-word RPG archived off-site for posterity – if you don't say anything one way or the other, I'll assume the answer is "no".

(As before, as a courtesy to anyone who's creeping the notes, please restrict non-200-word-RPG commentary to replies and tags until November 2023 is over – let's make the actual games easy to find!)