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[coldsaturn]

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Literally no one asked for this but here I am, with a RarePair, Problematic ff for our beloved IP All For The Game. Are problematique rarepairs still a thing in this fandom, or have they been burned to the ground? Well, no matter. This one is a bit of a miracle because I literally started writing it in 2018, reached almost half of it, and then promptly got stuck and left it there. It wasn't until I was watching a movie a couple months ago that I saw the good ol' young Dane Dehaan, and my brain immediately went "This is the face. You go and finish that story now." So I did. Which brings to you a forbidden twinyard omegaverse "canon compliant" (if you squint) 12 chaptered fic! My idea is to post one chapter per week, so I have the time to edit things if I need to, but it would undoubtedly be way easier if there was someone willing to beta as we move along. I understand that the theme of the fic doesn't make it necessarily simple, but I'll leave the ad anyway: Looking for a beta reader willing to help double check that things make sense chapter by chapter, checking grammar, date references, possible inconsistencies etc. Obviously prior experience in betareading is appreciated, but it's more than enough if they're a careful reader. Considering the subject matter and the explicit content, the beta needs to be 21+ please and thanks

If someone is interested, drop me a chat message and you will have my eternal gratitude. If no one wants to touch this with a 10-foot pole, understandable, have a nice day, I'll edit it on my own and post it on ao3 as per usual ✌️

[aranarumei]

...Is something wrong, Seigi? There he was, worrying about me again. It was part of the reason I was at this kind of hotel in the first place. Though we'd agreed it would be best to stay away from my apartment for a bit, we'd differed on how. I put up a fight, but against the weight of Richard's blue, watery eyes, I'd relented. “Not what you're thinking of,” I reassured. Then what is it? (seigi falls sick. richard refuses to leave him alone.)

with every jeweler richard fic i try to at least emulate some of the style and my objective for this was to make it kind of ambiguously romantic in an insane way. also i bravely cut down 700 words from this while editing so do read it if you're interested.

[cynical-gamer-media]

FE3H Polyship Week 2024, Day 7-Free Theme (Anniversary), Poly Black Eagles.

Tomorrow is the Black Eagles' fifth anniversary as a polygamous relationship. So they all discuss how best to celebrate it together. It is as hard as it sounds.

[natequarter]

feel free to ignore if you’re not doing gallifrey prompts anymore, but for the whump prompts: romana + gallifrey character of choice for ! or ✓

✓: waking up either adorably confused or painfully scared

The nightmares never ended the same way twice, but they always started the same way.

Cold. Hungry. Dark.

President of Gallifrey.

It was something to cling onto. It had been one of the only things left to her, in the end. Sometimes, they had even managed to take her name; but they could never make her forget the reason they hadn’t killed her yet.

I am President of Gallifrey.

She did not have the luxury of giving into the pain.

Shivering. Wet stone. What liquid?

Blood?

The Daleks liked their torture old school. That didn't stop them from using mental interrogation, of course, but they took a very human pleasure in physically abusing their captives. Anything went: starvation, slave labour, wound upon wound…

Silence.

That was the worst part. Nobody ever understood it—no, Leela did, a little, but then Leela might as well have been nobody—but even the agony of torture was still more bearable than solitary confinement.

They could leave her starving there. They could leave her bleeding out all over the floor. They could compound her torment without doing a thing. Her own mind would fill in the blanks for them.

They would leave her there for hours, battered and bruising, and then drag her out to drill her information. They would leave her there for days, and then switch it out for days of back-breaking work. They might have left her trapped in her cell for weeks at a time; she didn’t know. On Etra Prime, so badly hurt, she had lost control of her time sense completely.

Even now, it flickered, it flared. Even now, the seconds stretched out into eternities.

And that was how the nightmares always started. Alone, in the dark. Always waiting for the next blow to land, sooner of later.

Something would interrupt it, usually. She would escape, wander down a dreamland corridor. She would be stuck—but someone else would arrive. She would be dragged bodily to the interrogation chamber—

On the way, mazelike passageways would shift around her like so much Saharan sand—and how long ago that had been! A lifetime had passed since she had last set foot in that desert.

More than twenty years.

This nightmare, like all of them, fit somewhere into those twenty years.

Her cell, first.

I am Romana. Romana…

Romanadvoratna—

Romanatre—

I am President of Gallifrey.

In this night terror they came after not an hour’s rest. She staggered to her feet—they dug into her back—and then it was damp something-like-concrete against her bare feet for countless minutes, an endlessness of corners that seemed to twist of their own volition, walls that sprang up from nowhere.

And then the interrogation.

The voices—if they could be called that—grated against her mind.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

She sometimes thought those screeching commands must be to blame for the chronic headaches.

WHAT ARE GALLIFREY’S SECRETS?

Too many and too heavy to be revealed in one go. Even the Titan Atlas would hesitate to shoulder that weight.

MADAM PRESIDENT?

She shivered. That was not their usual line of questioning. Whither Unit 117?

MADAM PRESIDENT, ARE YOU QUITE ALRIGHT?

The dream shattered. She startled awake.

And as always, she woke up screaming her head off. It had never mattered if she screamed on Etra Prime; no one had ever heard, anyway.

She had learnt to hold back tears centuries ago. That was basic psychic training—the type the Doctor had casually and carelessly flunked. She had learnt to get around the spells of dizziness rapidly—when to sit, when to stand. She had never learnt to wake up quietly.

“Madam President,” Braxiatel repeated, standing a measured distance from her side, lightly concerned. Perhaps there was more worry to him than he was letting on; or perhaps he truly didn’t care. “Ah, you’re awake. Are you well?”

“Yes,” she said, as her voice came back to her. She used to scream so much, those twenty years. “I’m perfectly well.”

He nodded curtly, giving away nothing. “Your wish is my command, Lady President.”

“Thank you,” she said. “But I’m fine as I am.”

“Of course,” he said.

She almost asked him to stay. The weeks on end without contact with anything, even her blasted captors, came flooding back unbidden.

But no.

She would survive.

Alone, as usual.

(link)

[gallifreyborn]

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 ?

discontent.

You create from discontent. Most of your life has been spent being uncomfortable in your own skin. This body is just another house that's never felt like home. You don't know how to be at ease in this world or this life. Art is a way of running away, of forgetting yourself and escaping to a more comfortable place. To cope with an unhospitable reality, you create more welcoming worlds to consume your work and your waking hours. But the foundation of your art has always been your discontent with the real world and your life within it. Lurking behind the inviting scenery you dream of is the desperate desire to be anywhere but here. It is a world constructed as a respite from this one. Such vivid fantasies are the dream of one who considers reality a prison.

tagged by: stolen tagging: anyone who wants to do it!

[presidentdisastraofgallifrey]

Never stop thinking about ways to further hurt Romana and

Currently listening to an unrelated story where Eight and his friend are captured by daleks for a bit. There is a “subcutaneous nerve ray” involved so they can be tortured without leaving actual damage. Not extremely unusual or creative, but it is enticing

[can-ya-guess-my-curent-obsession]

Hello, Kitty, if you don't could you please do a headcannon for sexy model s/o x murdoc and 2D ( separately ) please....

I'm really obsessed with murdoc and 2D and also my s/o likes to tease them. Please, no nsfw just fluff please

Risqué Model GN!S/O with Murdoc and 2D

Authors Note: Kitty? Not what I expected, but hey I ain't mad :], and I'll gladly do your request, though through out the hc's I'ma just say risque model cuz saying sexy model for fluff feels unnatural for me. Thank you for requesting- and have a lovely day!

[Etra note: Okay so like I tried my best, I wasn't 100% sure about how to write this, but I made an atempt, I'm sorry if this isn't exactly what you wanted or expected exactly. ]

Requests: not open sorry

Edited: Fuck no

Pairing: Murdoc x GN!reader, 2D x GN!reader

phase: Unspesified

I feel like majority of Murdocs hc's is gonna be me calling him a perv for like 90% of the time

Probably knew who S/O was before the two even met

Saw S/O in some of the magazines he buys, the ones with the half-naked people on the front, you know the ones

Because Mudz was from a time when people still did that

So, guess how shocked he was when gorillaz collaborated with (Insert fashion brand of choice), S/O so happened to be the one of the individules who was hired by (Fashion brand) to model (whichever band member you wants) line

It wasn't the type of gig S/O did normally, but with how much this brand offered to pay, it was kinda hard to say no

S/O was just minding their own business, talking to creative director

When the band, including Murdoc, had been taken to set as well as they were to also do some modeling for the line

And we'll let's just say Murdoc recognized S/O

And he didn't keep it to himself, he went out his way to talk to S/O... for reasons

"Heyyy, you're the chick/dude/person from (insert magazine name)"

And the rests history

As a partner though, Murdoc with a S/O who does risqué modeling is something of a interesting mix

Murdoc's both a prideful and jealous man

He's extremely prideful in the fact S/O's HIS partner, he is the one who gets to be with them

All those other plebeians only get to look at you

But in his mind he also thinks that letting people think about his S/O like- y'know, is a bit upsetting to him to say the least

Like I said he gets jealous

It's an issue

But he doesn't really take that issue out on his S/O that much, but he does lash out at other individuals that may consume or perceive the pictures or content of S/O risqué modeling

That's if he ever encounters them whilst they are talking about S/O which the chances are slim, so that's a win I guess

But also with that jealousy is born a fierce protectiveness

For example he always goes to you with every shoot you participate in later in the relationship

He's actually really lax early in the relationship

But it's not exactly for wholesome reasons

He is less romantically invested in S/O early on, for reasons, he's focused on other aspects of his S./O at that time

But when he truly becomes invested in this relationship

He begin to care a lot about his S/O's safety

He's kinda paranoid in fact

Listen, he has probably little faith in the public

He thinks most other people are creeps who want to perv on S/O

Murdoc is a celebrity and knows what it's like to be put in the spotlight

And while maybe early in the relationship he may joke or be obnoxious about how S/O dating him will put them on the map(even if they were already on the map)

But later on he gets worried that S/O is on the map

Murdoc is worried about the negative attention that being with a famous individual may bring S/O

And he's not necessarily wrong to worry, people aren't very kind to those in that kinda industry

And it ticks him off

Not to mention he's worried about sleazy and bad intentioned individuals in the industries

Even if you have hired people to handle these kinda things he takes it upon himself to be there at every interview shoot and such

That his bird you know, he loves them, and he will bring satans hell fire down upon any one with bad intentions for his S/O

And that hell fire is just his really good legal team

There shall be no workplace or any general mistreatment or harassment of his S/O or he will call his lawyers

I would say Murdoc also treats his S/O regardless of gender a lot more daintily because of there job

Because there body is key to there job, and any harm to it may affect there career

Again probably not something he does at first but as he comes to respect S/O more as a person the more cautious he is of his actions

But that doesn't mean he's less physical

Oh to the contrary

This fact makes him extremely as I've put it in the past grope happy

But I'll leave it at that for now

Because of the type of job being a risqué model and just being a model is

S/O frequently is sent free stuff, specifically clothes, and a few other things

But those clothes are mostly lingerie

Which is something Murdoc love's

Not just you to wear... but him as well

Yes he steals some lingerie, specifically to wear, I dunno why, but I believe this

The man likes his thongs I guess

And I don't mean this sexually

He just finds them comfortable??? Some how???

On the teasing thing

I honestly struggle to write this part cuz

Well Murdoc's a perv and we know what kinda activities he enjoys and that he just likes to to make things sexual

It's just his personality and sense of humor

So writing this fluffy is hard

When he gets teased, he returns it tenfold in a normal situation and tries to direct the situation to end a certain way, let's put it like that

But if not a situation where he could do that or he just ain't feeling like it

Than he still teases trust me, butttt he does turn it down and takes it in a more humorous way

He doesn't get flustered that much at all unless his intentions are uhh, impure I guess

But he just gets really jokey and silly almost

(Omg just found this gif, God I love it, I love him)

It's likely S/O and him started dating before he knew what their career was, not that he would care

But he would most definitely be surprised

I struggle to explain why, and 2D probably wouldn't be able to explain exactly why he's surprised, either

The best explanation I can come up with is its just something that comes with the time period he was raised in. He was born late 70s and raised in the 80s, a time when that type of career path just wasn't something people frequently talked about

And while as a celebrity he's heard of a bunch of other celebrities doing stuff like this

It's just kinda weird for him to see and average person in this kinda career, just never something he never expected to see

Probably because I don't think 2D feels like a celebrity

It's not like he thinks less of S/O is put off by their career

But it's just something he I guess doesn't fully comprehend

But he's fully supportive

He tries to buy a lot of the magazines and products S/O's on, even if he doesn't use them or do anything with them

They just sit in his room in some corner collecting dust

But it's the thought that counts

Like Murdoc he likes to attend S/O shoots when he can

He honestly gets pretty nervous and just sticks to S/O's side the first few times

As realistically S/O's the only person there that he likely knows, and this is realistically a new thing entirely for him

Again it's not really an industry he's really familiar with, despite being a grown ass man

But despite being nervous he is extremely friendly and warms up to everything pretty damn fast

And when shoot are happening he just sits to the side

Looking away because away because he feels guilty/like a pervert for looking at S/O while shoot are happening because he's on the bashful side

Listen to me when I say poor baby Stu would turn redder than a cherry tomato if S/O teased him during a shoot

S/O could be making eye contact with him, gesture to him or using any other general body language to do so and he would just die inside from embarrassment

2D will just nervously tap his foot and awkwardly stare at the ceiling or even turn around to avoid looking at S/O

And if he feels too awkward he may just straight up wait in the car or outside if the British weather permits it

He also probably just smoking the entire time if he's not in the studio with you so he avoids lobbies if he can't smoke in them

He might just hide in the bathroom if need be

Not to say he avoids waiting rooms, he can sit down and space out for hours if in one

Just awkward the first few times he sits there because he doesn't have anything to do because he probably forgot his phone at home

He also doesn't like to sit in on the actual shoot if there's other models there

He feels awkward standing around a bunch of half naked people or even basically naked people

2D doesn't feel comfortable in that type of situation, especially if he know no one there

Like Murdoc, 2D is relatively aware of the stigma around individuals who work around this kinda job

But he doesn't really think about it much or too hard about it

I could see him being curious about it through

If he is ever presented the chance, I could see him asking his S/O a bunch of questions about their career and the industry as a whole

Some of his questions can come off a bit ignorant, but he's well intentioned

Back to the stigma and more predatory esqu part of the industry, his reaction and thoughts on his S/O experiencing or any general thought on it vary based on phase honestly

It depends on his mental state during the phases

As he is more emotionally and situationally aware in some phases than others

And that affects how he reacts to this kinda thing

The best way I could put it is the more serious his mindset is in the phase the more likely he is to actually think about it to the point where it makes him anxious

Like I would say he'd be a lot more actively worried in early phases, while it's just kinda not something that crosses his mind in the latest phases

But regardless of phase he is very sympathetic if he is put in a situation where it's presented to him

But any actual anxiety and worries he has, he doesn't actually tell S/O

He may express it through his behavior, but doesn't communicate his anxieties out right

He's also kinda useless when it comes to reflecting any harassment that may come to his S/O

As I had touched on in Murdoc's section, they're technically celebrity's, dating them will draw all sorts of attention to yourself

And that counts for S/O too

Negative attention is inevitable and so is criticism, and 2D isn't really sure how to respond to this kinda stuff

He will express his distain, he will comfort S/O to the best of his ability, and he will at times speak out against it- and tell people off

But it'll take awhile for him to independently take action to prevent or stop it

As he's unsure as to what to do exactly

2D would have a photo album dedicated to his S/O

He only really did so because S/O is a model, it like turned on a light in his head and he just felt compelled to collect not just photos from S/O's shoots but just general photos of them

Like he'll have a extremely inappropriate photo of S/O right next to of the worst most ugly morning picture of S/O

The idea itself came from the photo albums his mom has of him, and he was inspired by the fact S/O regularly pets their photo professionally taken

He just kinda sees it as a way to express his love for his S/O

I kinda touched on the teasing at bit ago, and honestly there's not much else to say

As while he's not the most shy guy in the word

Stuart gets flushed very easily, he also gets worked up very easily as long as he's aware of the teasing

And when I say flushed, I don't even really mean bashful or embarrassed. In reality, he just gets red in the face easily.

Again, he has to be aware of the teasing to get flushed

It's kinda a gamble whether he picks up on the teasing

Sometimes, he picks up on it pretty soon, or sometimes it takes him awhile

And 2D doesn't exactly tease back, he flirts back, but I wouldn't count it as teasing

[seeingteacupsindragons]

ask for the trope combining thing! Florist au + mutual pining for etra

I've said repeatedly that Jeweler Richard is like a flowershop AU but with gemstones. The white-glove service. The language of gemstones. All the stories Richard knows. The gayness. The cuteness. The therapy sessions.

Which is to say, it maps really well onto a flowershop AU. Much like the bookshop AU, Richard is now a florist. I think he'd like that less than a bookshop, but we'll make do.

Seigi starts out as a customer wanting to buy flowers for his grandmother's grave/shrine. Richard helps him pick out ones that don't really seem like they should go on a grave, but have a lot of meanings of justice and forgiveness and such. And no, I'm not looking up floriography to figure out which those would be.

He is so impressed by this that he starts working for Richard and helping people figure out the best ways to express themselves via flowers. He is always a little put out when people don't care or go for the obvious ones. Richard talks him down. Seigi realizes that before he met Richard, he would've been that guy that defaulted to roses and such for love interests.

Seigi realizes he keeps picking out flowers for Richard and thinking about which ones suit him best. He thinks about giving Richard flowers. He tries to decide which ones work best. He ends up giving Richard "practice" bouquets as part of his training, but while Richard is always pleased with the choices and arrangements, Seigi is never quite satisfied with what they mean.

Until Seigi figures out how to confess his entire messy, complicated feelings for Richard via flowers in such a blatantly obvious way to Richard that Richard has to be quiet for a moment before accepting them.

[Send me more things I'll never write!]

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

something I threatened @fortes-fortuna-iogurtum I would write (romantic narvinromana) only way sadder than I planned (cw suicidal thoughts). also tagging @magicofthepen because she's the one who 1) sold me on this pairing as romantic and 2) brought up the concept of Them in season 5

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All of Gallifrey knows that their Supreme Leader does not want to live. Romana's recording when she leaves them to believe she's died, and has in fact gone home, comes as little surprise; the calm in her voice as she speaks of her own death. The longing. She's long since stopped avoiding attempts on her life. The Chancellery Guard knows there's as much chance of coming upon her dead by her own hand as there is of it being an assassination. She has never been long for this world.

The first time — the only time, because the other was Trey, far too warm for a Time Lord and too solid for a Matrix projection — Narvin kisses her is the moment he, himself, realized this. She will not look him in the eye, only stares blankly down at her hands in her lap, burned and scraped from a thermal explosion she had knowingly walked into. She claimed that the safeguards in place were enough, that she could not hide herself away out of fear, but. But, but, but. Narvin knows better. He knows her well by now. He can see it all over her.

He sits down carefully beside her on the medical cot, haltingly reaches out to grab her hand to stop her picking at fresh scabs. If he simply... doesn't let go, after, there's no one who would dare comment on it. She still won't look at him. She barely even seems awake. Hardly seems alive, though he knows she is, sees her chest rise and fall as she breathes and feels the double-pulse in her wrist.

"Did you want to die?" He asks, quietly, when there's no one else in earshot. The Supreme Leader prefers to be left alone in these aftermaths, everyone knows it. They also know that her Chancellor is the one person who is exempt. Narvin, however, knows that her best friend would be, too, were that friend here. He thinks he is not enough for this; he tries anyway.

Romana sighs. "Narvin-"

"Not today," he adds, only after she's already spoken. "Not now. Did you want... did you wish to die, on Etra Prime?"

Romana's head whips up, turns to look at him with wide, icy eyes that he would describe as terrified, were he willing to admit to that in her. She looks suddenly stunned, overwhelmed and younger than he's ever seen her. By twenty years, he thinks bitterly.

Narvin has never known Romana aside from the Daleks. Very few, anymore, have. Brax had, of course, but Brax is gone. As is the version of Romanadvoratrelundar who had existed before the Daleks and twenty years imprisoned. He knows she'd been called the Ice Maiden at the Academy, but can't help thinking that she must be colder now than she was even then. There's a part of him that wishes for contrast, and another part that's terrified that he would not know her at all. Vansell had been Coordinator when she was freed, Narvin still stuck working his way up the ranks. He'd never met her before she was this. If Etra Prime had never happened, would they be here, now? Would a Romana without the Daleks be his Romana?

These are questions Narvin cannot answer and will not ask. The one he has hangs trembling in the air, even as Romana seems to go more still than he's ever seen her, except for times she was unconscious. On some kind of wild instinct perhaps learned from time spent with Leela, Narvin squeezes her hand. Romana blinks, finally, breathes again and Narvin feels like he can breathe again with her. They're both staunchly avoiding any kind of touch telepathy. This is a moment for words spoken and respect; there's a buzz where their skin touches, though maybe Narvin is imagining it.

Romana slumps further, already downtrodden posture falling into something sharply angled yet far too soft all at once, robes adding an uncanny contour that makes her look, overall, like something broken. Maybe she is. Maybe she always has been. It terrifies Narvin to follow that train of thinking. What, he has to ask then, is holding her together? What, if anything, is capable of mending her? He is afraid, though it's presumptuous even to conceive of, that in some way, the answer is him. He's afraid of the fact that he hopes it.

"Yes," Romana finally says, voice barely a whisper. She hasn't returned his grip on her hand, but she's folded up and leaning against him, weight barely noticeable. They're completely alone now. Everyone else has figured out that this is a private moment, even if one not intended for, and left them. Romana's hands are cold. "I wanted to die rather than stay there. I wanted to live, though, more. Live... free. Home. Being there was like being dead, itself, in a way." Her voice is unsteady, shaking slightly with how hard she is fighting to hold herself together. It was easier, with Leela to help. Now neither of them knows what they're doing.

Narvin nods, with enough force that even if she is not looking at him — he isn't looking at her, he will give her this dignity — she can feel it telegraphed through where they touch. "Is it like that here?" He asks next, his voice lowered as well. "Is this... like being dead?"

"It feels it," Romana whispers. "Sometimes."

"I can't claim to understand," Narvin tells her, "I can't imagine-" he sucks in a breath. "Romana," he says, her name gentle on his tongue. When she looks at him, eyes tired and hollow, he says, "I can help you suffer." He doesn't know what comes over him in that moment, only that it's overwhelming. Leela could name it, were she there, but now... but now it is only him, and Romana, and all that he knows is that neither of them can be alone and he would do anything to keep it this way.

Romana shakes her head sorrowfully. "No," she says.

"I can give you reasons not to die."

She scoffs, utterly humorless. "Like?"

Narvin looks into her face, at her mussed hair and residue from the explosion clinging to patches of her skin. In this moment, as in a great many that he is holding close to his chest, Romana is the most important thing — the only thing — in the world. This one, or any other. She may not wish to live but he can't conceive of her dying. He doesn't have or won't use a word for this.

Instead, in this moment of sorrow and vulnerability, without hope or plan, and with far more courage — perhaps simply far more need, in the end — than the kind of man he knows he is, Narvin leans over and, hand hovering just above her jaw but not quite touching, kisses her. The surprising part, the little bit of light where the grace is, is that she doesn't immediately recoil. That, in fact, after half a heartsbeat's hesitation, she actually kisses back. The faint buzz, of restrained touch telepathy and something that might be love, or the beginnings of both or either of those things, grows. It's only a few seconds, seconds that they count and compile on instinct, but it's enough.

"I'm sorry-" Narvin begins as soon as there's distance, though not much, between them, and Romana shakes her head. The ends of her hair swish in the small space between their bodies.

"That's a reason," she says softly in that quiet space.

"Is it?" He asks, barely breathing for wanting. What he wants, he isn't sure. There is nothing in his extensive training for this.

She nods. They are leaned so close together that their foreheads are almost touching. She has still not let him in her head. Narvin thinks that he would rather she doesn't. He doesn't need to know her pain that intimately. Not when he can know it out loud, when she has allowed him this. He doesn't think he wants to know a Romana he's never met.

"Narvin," she says eventually, when the only sound is their breathing. "...Chancellor," she begins again, the formality straightening her up, though there's still confusion and exhaustion unhidden in her eyes. This is how it has to be. "Will you walk me to my rooms?"

Narvin has still not, through this all, let go of her hand. He isn't even sure he knows how to let go of her anymore. "I will."

[magicofthepen]

/this is so very on time/ characters: Romana, Sartia (redemption verse) ship: Mana/Sartia and Romana/Leela/Narvin (conspiracyverse)

I believe this ask is from a year or so ago, which means I’m very much the not-timely one. 😅

Romana — Redemption Verse

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character: she is The Blorbo in whatever verse, but I've particularly enjoyed exploring her in the direct aftermath of Etra Prime in this verse. she pushes and pushes herself because she can't rest until the Dalek plan is stopped, until the prisoners are rescued. her trust issues are just as pronounced as in canon, but there's a slightly different flavor to them - because Sartia found and rescued her, Romana has all the more reason to believe that The Powers That Be on Gallifrey never really tried to find her. (since crucially, she doesn't know that Sartia only found her via working with Free Time and the Daleks.) she also has one (1) friend in the aftermath of Etra Prime, but it's a friend who sort of tried to kill her once, and she's swinging back and forth between holding Sartia at a distance and breaking down in front of her, as if daring her to use Romana's vulnerability against her. Romana is, as always, going through it <33

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: I feel like I should answer this only in the context of what's already happened in the verse, because we know who I ship with Romana in general. but at this point in redemption verse, it's really just Sartia - they have this terribly messy unspoken tension Thing going on that might be feelings and might be relief at having Someone, and they both are approaching their relationship as transactional, and Sartia's betrayal of Romana is haunting everything. and Something very nearly happened between them on the sofa late and night and that scene was so !!

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: at this point? Narvin, absolutely. I am fascinated by how she meets him much earlier and dislikes him much earlier - and it's a more personal, irrational dislike at this point. he is That CIA Agent who has seen her in a vulnerable position more than once, and she hates that. she very much wants to never see him again, but he keeps, unfortunately, turning up. and on the other hand, he is much more forgiving of her than in canon because he was the first person from Gallifrey who saw her only a couple days after she escaped, and he was there with her on Etra Prime during the mission and saw how she reacted and watched her push herself until she collapsed. them starting at this point where he's already seen her vulnerable, and she resents him deeply for it, is super interesting to me.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I don't really have any wishes for her personal story in this verse, because I want to just chase the ripple effect of the changes to canon. how will these different post-Etra Prime experiences impact her issues with trust and friendship? how will pushing for a mission to liberate Etra Prime - a mission that only succeeded because Sartia temporarily seized godlike power to wipe out the Daleks on Etra Prime - impact her as a politician going forward? how will not being the sole survivor of Etra Prime affect her? I dunno where these things could go, but when my writing brain kicks back into gear, I'm excited to find out.

Favorite friendship for this character: I mean, at this point it's Sartia, for all the reasons above. and my god it's a messy friendship, and Sartia is keeping massive secrets from Romana that would change everything, but she is also genuinely the only person looking out for Romana as a person right now. and Romana really needs that.

Sartia — Redemption Verse

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character: oh I am rooting for her so very much. yes, things are gonna get worse for her at some point before they have a chance of getting better better - because she has spun a massive lie, and that will come back to bite her eventually. but the reason that's gonna hurt is because she isn't lying anymore about her motivations. she's had her realization that the intensity of her resentment for Romana was unfair - Romana didn't mean to hurt her, while Sartia definitely meant to hurt Romana on Funderell. Sartia has chosen where her loyalties lie, she's genuinely trying to rebuild something with Romana. to confront her own past and carve out a place for herself on Gallifrey. there is no sinister agenda. but there was an agenda once - she was an agent of Free Time before her world was tipped sideways. just because you want to move on from your past doesn't mean your past will let you.

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: *gestures at my response for Romana* although because there isn't anyone else I naturally ship with Sartia, it'll be really fun to see if any other shippy dynamics do develop. but yeah her thing with Romana is the main one - the intense teenage crush turned deep resentment turned Complicated.

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Narvin is also a strong contender here, given that they've already tried to kill each other, which I find hilarious - but actually, for me it's Brax. I love that this AU being canon divergent is a plot point - that Sartia changed time through force of will without realizing it, and now the timeline's gone off the rails, and all of Brax's careful plans that rely on knowledge of this particular timeline are at risk of crumbling. I love how this creates an inherent rivalry between them, but only Brax is fully aware of it, at least for now. and the other thing that gets me about Sartia and Brax is that, yes, they have this methodical vs. impulsive clash happening, but it's not a clash of equals. they may be (consciously or not) battling each other for control of the timeline now, but once upon a time, she was his student, and she asked him for help, and he dismissed her. she was collateral damage in the timeline.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: as much as there's a painful angst factor if she also becomes friends with Leela and/or Narvin eventually, despite knowing that they're both Romana's Friend first.....I do hope someday she's able to make connections with people who aren't also deeply tangled up in Romana. I think it would be good for her.

Favorite friendship for this character: see everything above about Romana and Sartia, although I'm really intrigued to see what other friendships (with canon characters or not) she ends up having.

Mana/Sartia — Conspiracy Verse

002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you:

When I started shipping them: I mean, I already shipped Romana and Sartia in much messier ways, but Mana/Sartia was probably in my head when were first getting started with the verse. it's the innocent and sweet version of their relationship - first crushes, falling for your friend, no betrayals between them.

My thoughts: my children!! my main thought right now is that image of them grabbing each others’ hands on the steps of the presidential palace and running off into the night. they’ve been through so much, and they’re gonna go through even worse, but my god they are trying to look out for each other.

What makes me happy about them: Romana assumes their friendship is a lie on Sartia's end. Leela and Narvin are worried that whatever went wrong between prime universe Romana and Sartia will happen again. they’ve been thrown into another universe, they’ve had a big fight with each other. there is so much against them, and so many folks skeptical of their friendship. and they’re out here going fuck that, we’re sticking together. you’re my best friend. (I also love how Sartia has weird feelings about adult Romana’s potential love life, for reasons she has yet to unpack.)

What makes me sad about them: how they can never go home. they lost their world to the Daleks at such a young age. and their bond is so much more intense because of being survivors together, but it’s also a Lot to have one person be all that’s left of your world.

My wishlist: vampire hybrid Sartia and Pandora possessed Mana, of course, and all the inherent angst of both situations. I’m also super looking forward to them finding out what Sartia did to Romana in this universe, and how devastating that’s gonna be.

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: they're like. the Time Lord equivalent of thirteen, so they've got plenty of time to end up with other people throughout their lives. but in the short term - I don't think there are any other kids their age in the story, unless I'm misremembering one of the OCs ages, and really, in this verse it wouldn't make narrative sense for them to end up with someone else.

My happily ever after for them: ooh now that’s a question. because they don’t have a home to go back to, but they’re always going to be out of place in this universe. possibly it’s them somehow being able to attend the Academy and then at some point running off to become renegades because they both still have that desire to see what’s out there. but while I can see them ending up not on Gallifrey (I have contemplated the idea of them being companions to the Doctor for a bit, and the Doctor experiencing the weirdness of hanging out with a teenage Romana and teenage Sartia—having actually been there on Funderell!), I dunno if they’ll get a lot of choice in the matter. especially if Sartia ends up part vampire.

Romana/Leela/Narvin — Conspiracy Verse

002 | Send me a ship and I will tell you:

When I started shipping them: well, they are fundamentally the same as canon ot3 up to the end of series 6, so the answer is “when I binged series 4-6 in a day in 2019 and my brain went ah about the three of them.”

My thoughts: loving the opportunity to explore their tangle of relationships post series 6! it’s one of the two really juicy time gaps in the audios, and I’ve done a lot of ot3-centric post-Enemy Lines writing, so. and because we’re actually exploring the ramifications of rebooting Gallifrey and the new stress this creates for everyone—they’re in this weird place of having to go go go, respond to whatever crisis is in front of them, keep things under control. while at the same time, the three of them suddenly being back on their original Gallifrey and all together is quite an adjustment after many months away and many months of Leela living separately and only barely speaking to the other two.

What makes me happy about them: I love writing them in this “there Something between each of them but they’ve got various levels of self-awareness about it and aren’t gonna talk about it regardless” stage. the complexity and intensity of feelings between pair of them is its own distinct Thing, and they have too much going on to really unpack any of it, and I love unfolding this slow burn Thing. (I also think it’s hilarious that Sartia strongly suspects there’s Something Going On between Romana and Leela, even if she can’t quite articulate what that is, and Mana just as strongly suspects that there’s Something Going On between Narvin and Leela, and they’re all not wrong.)

What makes me sad about them: oh, it’s similar to Romana/Sartia in redemption verse, in that there’s a Secret waiting to detonate. I know I’m an angst loving person, I know I’ve already written a “Romana finds out what Narvin did” fic, but I’m also enjoying the romcom-vibes-in-the-middle-of-a-crisis, and I’m rooting for them, and of course Romana has to find out eventually what Narvin did.

My wishlist: mainly I just want more scenes with the various ot3 pairings! it made a lot of sense to focus on mixing and matching them with the kids because new dynamics to explore, and those scenes have been so good. but now that the kids have run off and they’re not gonna find them for a while, we have an opportunity to have scenes between them that focus on other crises, beyond the AU kids at large, or that look back at what they’ve been through together and really poke at the layers of what their relationships are like now. and lean into that unresolved tension thing maybe…..

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: they’re really the only people they could each end up with (in this verse)—they don’t have that emotional closeness with anyone else. they’ve been through so much together, they like each other so much, even when they’re completely disagreeing. if later canon follows a similar path, there’s one option for Leela, but I don’t think this verse will ever get to that point—and even if it did reach the Time War, I don’t think events will play out the same way.

My happily ever after for them: oh, I don’t think they get a happily ever after—unless something really bonkers happens with the multiple universes, the time war’s already been set in motion. there is a tragic endgame (unless I start bringing in my post-time war fix it headcanons). and I think a happily-for-now for them would be something like what I wrote for them in my post-Enemy Lines fics, but in the context of this verse: the crises spawned by the memory wipe are addressed as best they can, and simmer down over time. Romana learns to trust that young Sartia won’t betray Mana, which is a big ask, but also the only way I think she’d ever somewhat relax about young Sartia being out there on the planet or in the universe. somehow Narvin’s secret comes out and it doesn’t ruin everything in the long term. possibly Romana is less of an asshole about taking over the CIA. Leela gets closer to finding a place where she fits on Gallifrey—where she’s not just a tool of the Time Lords, but also doesn’t have to leave her friends. feelings get confronted in one way or another, which would definitely be awkward and messy and very fun to write, but I am rooting for them.

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RETURN TO HORROR HIGH (1987) – Episode 247 – Decades Of Horror 1980s

“Well, would you care to walk around in the scene with your schlong hanging out? Only in your case, darling, it would be a ‘schlort.’” Who says this movie isn’t funny? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, Crystal Cleveland, and Jeff Mohr – as they try to decipher the movie within the movie depicted in Return to Horror High (1987).

Decades of Horror 1980s Episode 247 – Return to Horror High (1987)

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In the early 1980s, a series of gruesome murders occurred at Crippen High School. A few years later, a film crew uses the now-abandoned Crippen High as the set for a film, but an uninvited guest makes an appearance on the set.

  Director: Bill Froehlich

Writers: Bill Froehlich (as Bill Froelich), Mark Lisson, Dana Escalante, Greg H. Sims

Selected Cast:

Lori Lethin as Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan

Brendan Hughes as Steven Blake

Alex Rocco as Harry Sleerik

Scott Jacoby as Josh Forbes

Andy Romano as Principal Kastleman

Richard Brestoff as Arthur Lyman Kastleman

Al Fann as Amos

Pepper Martin as Chief Deyner

Maureen McCormick as Officer Tyler

Vince Edwards as Richard Birnbaum

Philip McKeon as Richard Farley

Panchito Gómez as Choo Choo

Michael Eric Kramer as Donny Porter

Marvin J. McIntyre as Robbie Rice (as Marvin McIntyre)

George Clooney as Oliver

Remy O’Neill as Esther Molvania

Darcy DeMoss as Sheri Haines

Cliff Emmich as Dillon

Willie Etra as Mangled Face / Hatchet Face (as Will Etra)

George Fisher as Masked Figure

Dexter Hamlett as Freddie

Joy Heston as Becky

Frank Kniest as Camera Assistant

John Mueller as Jimmy

Alison Noble as Jeanine

Kristi Somers as Ginny McCall

Larry Spinak as Peter

It’s time to head back to horror school with Return to Horror High (1987), a spooky spoof on slasher films. What is this film about? Well, that’d be telling, wouldn’t it? The bizarre narrative and goofy hijinks have the Grue-Crew scratching their heads with its ‘mayta’ and ‘paradig’em’ references. (Go, Bill!) Regardless of all the shenanigans, the results are fun if often confusing.

At the time of this writing, Return to Horror High is available for streaming from Hoopla and Tubi, and as PPV from multiple sources. 

Every two weeks, Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror 1980s podcast will cover another horror film from the 1980s. The next episode’s film, chosen by Crystal, will be Puppet Master (1989), the first of Charles Band’s still-growing franchise.

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Check out this episode!

[natequarter]

“Romana, this hasn’t healed properly. It needs medical intervention.”

“Obviously. There are no doctors on Etra Prime.”

the joke writes itself.

[letmechoosemyuser]

hi wil :DD

Last Song:

(i stopped it part way because i didn't feel like listening to it anymore but it's a fire cover i used to loop it)

Favorite Color(s):

Green and red 🟩🟥

Currently Watching:

Nothing 😔 (i watched the togachako episode and cried tho) (i also really need to catch up on etra chan episodes...........)

Last Movie:

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (i only watched part of it tho bcuz i went to my friend's house and she already had the movie on)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory?

Savory :3 spicy is second and sweet is third

Relationship Status:

ew relationships 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 (<- single)

Current Obsession:

Etra Chan Saw It! (specifically akamatsu and tokusa..........) (unrelated but togachako and bakudeku have been all over my fyp)

Last Thing You Googled:

As of writing this, "red shoes and the seven dwarfs" but before this, "how to draw better faces"

tagging: @cocoacatart (<- only person i know)

nine people I want to get to know better

Tagged by the lovely @claudiajcregg!! Thank you!

LAST SONG?

FAVORITE COLOR?

Yellow! 🍋🌼🔆

CURRENTLY WATCHING?

The Sopranos

LAST MOVIE?

I think it was The Godfather

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY?

All of the above! Sweet if I must pick but sometimes savory is what I need in the moment...

RELATIONSHIP STATUS?

Single 👀

CURRENT OBSESSIONS?

Cold War history, Billy Joel, frying the perfect egg, lemons

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED?

"us states map" because the fastest way to remember which states I've been to was to refer to a map

Tagging @nero-neptune @wiklm @nowhereindiana @norma-jean-monster @coralreeferband

@lesbiandarvey @rocketsaurus @punkrockhound @damejoansutherland

Anyone else who wants to do it can too!!!!

[presidentdisastraofgallifrey]

Still thinking about diaries and I decided a couple things:

Romana stops keeping one after she leaves the tardis. It was kind of her thing with the Doctor and anyway nothing seems really exciting enough to write down in e-space, and certainly not on Gallifrey. And then Etra Prime happens and everything hurts way too much for any introspection whatsoever. But then Pandora happens and she needs an outlet but doesn’t trust anyone but herself. So she quietly buys a new 500-year diary to deal with her feelings. She keeps it in her pocket at all times, paranoid about anyone using it against her, so she has it on the axis and records in it her growing friendships with the others and all the bs they deal with on the various worlds. But then they get stuck on alt!Gallifrey and even keeping it on her is too great a risk, so she burns it.

Leela never saw the point in a diary. She learned to read and write on the tardis and saw the practicality in that, but she never read for fun and only wrote things down for practical purposes. She believed in experiencing the moment, not recording it for later. She carried this attitude onto Gallifrey—until Andred disappeared. Then she was utterly alone and in pain and no one cared to listen. K-9 was more frustrating than helpful, so she wrote to get all her rage out and, surprisingly, it helped her deal with her grief. She kept it up as things escalated until she was blinded, at which point she stopped. She could have kept an audio log but didn’t trust it to be secure and private. She didn’t bother with one on the axis even after her sight was restored—it felt more like when she was with the Doctor, experiencing things in the moment—but in Mancipia she took to writing down her loneliness and anger and then burning the pages to avoid the truth being seen.

[seeingteacupsindragons]

Hello, can I ask from this ask game :

https://www.tumblr.com/threecheersforinking/677824836625694720/anime-ask-game?source=share

For anime/manga : Moriarty the Patriot and Jeweler Richard.

Thanks 🌻

Hmmm.

Moriarty the Patriot

Favorite Character: William

Favorite Arc/Episode/Scene: I think my favorite Arc is actually The Final Problem because it was one of the only longer arcs that I didn't get restless during, my favorite chapter is probably The Adventure of the One Student (and not just because of the Sherliam date, but because of how much work it did for setting things up alter and really driving home a lot emotional underpinnings), and my favorite...scene? One scene? Is...probably when Sherliam get married. I like William's speech about the adaptability of fire. Which makes sense, given I wrote such a long meta about the same thing.

Character I Think is Underrated: Louis. What the hell. Why do people not like our boy?

Character I Think is Overrated: *shrugs* I think they're all adorable, even if they're not my favorites.

Favorite Ship/Pairing: Sherliam.

Something I Love About the Show/Movie: I just really love how easy it is for me to pick apart and stare at from a writer's perspective. It's got a lot of bits that are fascinating from that angle and I think it helped level up my writing.

The Case Files of Jeweler Richard

Favorite Character: Richard.

Favorite Arc/Episode/Scene: Agggggh, this is hard. Breaking it into arcs is kind of hard because it's a novel series, not a manga series with manga-style arcs. I think my favorite novel is probably...9? The structure of that one is weird, but I like all the conversations Seigi has. It's got lots of good stuff in it. A single...chapter...definitely Paraiba Tourmaline. I love The Gospel of White Sapphire, too, but Paraiba Tourmaline is so validating as an aro ace person, and it's genuinely so pretty, and Richard and Tanimoto meet, and it's just so good. And scene...if not that, the there's a bit at the end of Gospel of White Sapphire where Richard is very teasing and flirty that I love. I love how queer Opera-phile and Moonstone's Affections are, but the end of White Sapphire is just. Fun.

Character I Think is Underrated: I would say Haru, but I think he's actually pretty well regarded in fandom, more than he should be, actually, or at least treated in ways that aren't...my favorite. And Vince is great, but also quite popular fandom-wise. So I don't really know.

Character I Think is Overrated: Nope.

Favorite Ship/Pairing: Etra, of course.

Something I Love About the Show/Movie: Jeweler Richard really just hit me deep down into my core and feels so healing and talks about things in a way I just really vibe with about language and love and affection and human relationships and how messy and inadequate they all are and the series is just so warm.