#faye x elektra

[hopealumi]

Summary:

Fate brings Spike, a mechanic stuck in the past, and Julia back together when he needs to check his almost empty bank account after fixing a special car for several years. Faye takes the chance that her friend Julia is connected with Spike who works with Elektra, a grumpy butch mechanic she's been trying to woo for a while. (Disclaimer that this is a mess)

Cowboy Bebop, Spike x Julia and Faye x Elektra (as a side ship mostly).

Alternate Universe. Modern setting. Spike is a mechanic and Julia is a banker.

Word count: 10,487.

Complete.

(Sorry I don't have the energy to transcribe the screenshot. This is the gist of it.)

My main blog is @homiro.

[d2071art]

hey, what do you think about this pathetic Spike x Julia nonsense?

Oh boy. I do happen to have some thoughts, yes.

The most important one is this. Cowboy Bebop is such a pure postmodern masterpiece that the director himself says that it up to the viewer to decide, if Spike lives, dies or sleeps. It is all just a matter of interpretation, of each fan's believes, preferences etc.

That what makes Cowboy Bebop and its fandom so brilliant: anything goes in this cosmic dare, the sky is one's imagination.

Or one’s own limitations, as I recently discovered watching a petty holy war over Spike Spiegel's pairings. You know, that absurd one where a couple of so called fans goes around social media and insults every person who doesn't think Spike x Julia is the only true pairing in Cowboy Bebop.

I sure do know this compulsive need to be right, to swing the sword, to feel just and / or insulted. I've been there, believe me. In some cases I am still there (and that's exactly why I will probably never watch Amazon's version of Silmarillion).

But (luckily) there is a bunch of other things I know - besides that need.

I know that safe, friendly and inclusive community which welcomes different people and different opinions is a priceless gift.

I know that it is never okay to insult people and to push my point of view down other fans throats.

And I know will support all the fans who happen to appreciate Cowboy Bebop for what it is - a thing that unites us and inspires us, that feeds our imagination and our creativity. Not a pathetic excuse for bullying.

So please, go and do your things, guys. Write, draw, compose, make jokes, be nasty.

I know I will. 😏

[roses-for-julia]

Damn Spike. So picky. 🤣

(From the story that inspired The Tale of the Tiger Striped Cat.)

[isabellcs]

welcome 2 her twisted mind....tw murder & general . crazy on main activities... 

BACKSTORY 

so she was born in valencia, spain which is a pretty costal town hehe...and she was raised in an orphanage ! by nuns ! like she was dropped off at their doorstep as a baby and all the nuns would say about her mom was that she was a coke head and a whore so JDHDGDF they didn’t know anything about her dad though and isabella was honestly cool with that she didn’t care ... like as a little girl she would just dream up wild fantasies abt her mom being this crazy evil lady like the nuns pictured her and it actually ... comforted her ?? she was a weird kid . she was super interested in religion just bc she loved the idea of cosmic punishments and all these big dramatic things that happened in the Bible and she asked a lot of questions but only abt like the violent stuff so the nuns started to worry abt her also isabella creeped all the other kids out like she’d try to play with them but her version of playing games was like .. oh i found some rat bones in the attic let’s make a necklace (: or like she’d make up little chants in what she thought was nonsense and then weird things would happen afterwards so the kids started calling her a bruja which means witch and isabella was just like damn . tough crowd fuck u guys too !!

anyway eventually all the kids she grew up with started to get adopted or put into foster homes and the orphanage was like super strict so if u weren’t getting put into a home u couldn’t even really explore spain like they were just cooped up there and when she was around 15 she just .. snapped like she wasn’t getting any offers for adoption bc she creeped everyone out and she had a bad reputation at the orphanage and the nuns didn’t really treat her nicely and she just wanted to escape ! so she waited and then one day there was this insane thunderstorm and it knocked out the power and isabella just . poofed out the window and never looked back .. and so a new chapter in her life began ..so growing up as a kid she was like ... not really a bad person so to speak but she didn’t have the same understanding of morals that everyone around her did like in her mind things were morally okay if she didn’t feel bad about it but ... she didn’t really feel bad about anything so she was like well cool i guess it’s all ok then ! so she was 13 literally no money just on the streets of valencia trying to scam her way to barcelona and she did some ... questionable things in the process.. may or may not have robbed some spanish aristocrats.. among other things .. but by the time she was 14 she made it to barcelona so what does it matter ! anyway that’s where she got her snake literally on the first night in barcelona this drunk dude coming home from a bar tried to attack her and this snake came out of nowhere and just . bit him and he died and then the snake just curled around her legs and started following her around so she was like guess this is my life now . sick BSHZHDFshe does her own thing for a while with her new snake just being a genuinely weird teen in spain no family just making up lies about where she came from to scare people also robbing ppl to be able to find places to sleep obviously mingling with like .. no good ppl bc who else is gonna talk to a creepy girl with a pet snake JSHSGDD 

then on her 16th bday she meets this man and he knows her name and she’s like fuck . did the nuns send u and he’s like im gonna tell u everything abt ur past if u come with me NOW and she’s like ok (: so they stay at this little inn and while he’s sleeping her snake wraps itself around his throat and he wakes up and she’s like ur gonna tell me everything rn or ur gonna die so he was like well shit . u come from a coven of witches that used to live in vermont and were hunted down one by one and killed as punishment for an incident that killed a whole town of innocent ppl so ur mom ran away to spain and gave u up for adoption to save ur life but they found her and she died and now it gonna die if u stay in spain and she was like huh . and didn’t kill him /: and the next day they started there two year journey...traveling all around europe before finally coming to Vermont to meet with the last surviving witches from her covenwhatever so they meet and isabella is like huh so tell me abt what you guys did that killed all those ppl that sounds cool and they were like ... uh no that’s not important rn ? what’s important is that u get ur powers it’s almost ur 18th bday so for like a week she’s with them getting to know them... and the man that brought her there disappeared like she starts to realize he didn’t even stay to see the other witches and when she mentions the guy that brought her they were like WHAT and she was like yeah thought u guys knew him...and they were like oh my god we have to leave rn after ur bday tonight and she was just like fine whatever where are we going and they were like as if we’d tell u and . that made her angry /: so they do the ceremony signing her name into the book and she gets her powers blah blah she can’t find her snake so she’s like .. looking for him and she wanders away and when she comes back .. all the witches that were from her coven that did her ceremony are all dead and the man that brought her there is back and he’s like hey isabella and he’s holding her snake and she’s like so ur the one that killed everyone right ur the one that was hunting the coven down and he’s like yeah sorry  and he gives her back the snake and he’s like don’t worry im not gonna kill u (: i have big plans for u !so once again she’s like i guess this is my fucking life now... 

and she’s honestly not even that sad about her coven like they kinda annoyed her and she’s curious about this witch hunter dude bc it reminds her of all the stories she used to love from the Bible abt divine justice so he brings her to ... new york baby ! she’s 18 she’s got her fresh new powers and this guy starts training her which was ... not always a smooth ride there were lots of accidents and lots of “accidents” but he’s teaching her obviously shaping her in a way she knows is only gonna benefit him but she needs the training so she just goes along with it .. also at the same time she’s going fucking CRAZY in New York shes just causing so much trouble this guy is honestly sick of her so after three years of him trying to tell her what to do and he doing the exact opposite he’s like u know what . im not ur father i LITERALLY killed ur whole family maybe i should have killed u too and she’s just loving it she’s like yeah u probably should have ! and he’s like what the fuck she’s crazy she’s enjoying this...so he just gives up again and he’s like cool so here’s what you’ve been training for . there’s a coven of witches here and we’re gonna kill them and she’s like im sorry what and he’s like did I stutter . so she kinda has ... no choice but to follow him and help him out but the gag is . she was pretty annoyed with him .. nothing too serious but he was a MAJOR buzzkill you know so when they’re about to kill these witches she’s like hmm you know what ... how abt i just kill you instead ! and he was like are u kidding and she’s like nope /: and BOOP . she kills him ! BSGSGDGSF and the witches that he was gonna murder are so grateful she saved them they’re like hey you don’t have a coven ur alone why don’t u...go to witch school...and she’s like what’s that so they tell her abt . blackwater academy  and that’s how she ends up there...at the age of 21....hehe

PERSONALITY

if u have seen killing eve . i 100% based her personality on villanelle......if u havent seen killing eve WATCH IT .. ALSO took inspo from elektra from daredevil, katherine from tvd & faye from the secret circle xxx  basically isabella is like...she understands ppl have emotions but ... her brain just doesnt work the same her empathy is fucked so 99% of the time shes doing stuff genuinely not caring abt who it affects except for herself...also ... SHE LOVES FUN ! literally the worst thing u can do is bore her . she plays games folks ... shes dramatic ... doesnt take anyone seriously except herself ! shes just .. shes something ! oh also . shes a top so if u wanna raw her ur gonna be a bottom and u will enjoy it thank u gn ! x

[dancemanialovers-blog]

I devote myself to finding such Dancemania full tracks.

From March 2007, I've been collecting the full version of Dancemania songs presented by Toshiba EMI (now taken over by Universal Music Japan), and during a decade there have been a large number of music in my database.

However, following songs are still missing, but these are very creditable songs as well as those released. Therefore, I've always been determined to collect them as well. Does someone have any idea of finding them?

10: I Can Hear A Sound / Jennifer, Try Me Tonight / Yo Yo

X1: I Wanna Give Your My Heart / Sary, Paradise / Sabia

X2: I Say A Little Prayer / Sara-B

X3: Your Love / Ecco

X4: Music / Habegale, Into The Night / Dnessa

X5: When I Feel Your Body / Mekysha, Loud Force (This Is My Name) / Loud Force

X6: Shining Star / Mekysha, I Can Stand It / Elektra, I Want You Back / U-Nit, I Need You Lover (Energy Mix) / Alexandra, Runnin' Away / Sharon

X7: Never Say Goodbye / Pinky, In The Name Of Love / Luana Smart, No Nobody's Love / Joga, A Good Heart (J-Klassic Klub Mix) / Victoria, More / Scarlett, Do You Love Somebody / Sarina Paris

X8: Fire / Loud Force, Test My Best (Remix) / E-Rotic, Dreamdance (Original 12" Mix) / Trancescanner, Do It Again / Brodine

X9: Spacy Crazy Girl (Longhorn Remix) / Ni-Ni, Smashin Love / Pinky, Stay With Me / Project One

21: Iko Iko (Dance Remix) / Captain Jack, Nothing Gonna Stop (Dancemania Mix) / Micky

22: Work Your Body / X-Treme

EX Series: Dance To The Music / Next Age, Paradise / Next Age, Take Me To The Hell / Loud Force, Jumpin' / X-Treme

Delux 5: Shake Ya Body (Bus Stop Remix) / N-Trace, Hiho (Ventura Mix) / Captain Jack

Summers Series: Alright 2 Nite (Scorccio Remix) / Ultimate Heights, Drop The Vibe (Scorccio Mix) / Ultimate Heights, It Only Takes A Minute (Scorccio Hot Mix #2) / Tavares

Happy Paradise 2: My Sweet Darlin' / Wildside, Doo-Be-Di-Boy (Euro Mix) / Smile.dk, Freckles / Tiggy, Do You Remember Me / Jenny, S.O.S. (Ventura Mix) / E-Rotic, Chiquitita (Ventura Mix) / E-Rotic

Euro Mix: Together And Forever (KCP Euro Mix) / Captain Jack, Tubthumping (KCP Happy Mix) / Chumbawamba, Dam Dariram (B4 Za Beat Mix) / Joga, Samba De Janeiro (Samba De Euro Mix) / Bellini, Is This The Way Your Kill A Love / Gina, All You Gotta Do / Katrina, If You Were Here (Quiqman Mix) / Jennifer

Bass Series: Together Forever / Cydney D., Butterfly (KCP Kung-Fu Mix) / Smile.dk, Hero (KCP Discotique Mix) / Papaya, The Twist (Double Pump Mix) / Liberty All Starz

Speed 1: Dub-I-Dub (KCP Remix) / Me & My

Speed 2: My Heart Will Go On (KCP Remix) / Deja Vu feat. Tasmin, Turn Me On (Heavenly Mix) / E-Rotic, Jump (Fast Mix) / Bus Stop

Speed 3: Boys (Pess JV Mix) / Smile.dk, Kiss Me (KCP Remix) / E-Rotic, Pain In My Heart (KCP Remix) / Carina

Speed 4: Brilliant 2U (K.O.G.G3 Mix) / NAOKI, Hero (Happy Grandale Mix) / Papaya, Eyes On My (Super Planet Mix) / Faye Wong, Dam Dariram (KCP Mix) / Joga, Dynamite Rave (B4 Za Beat Mix) / NAOKI, Have You Never Been Mellow (MM Groovin' Mix) / The Olivia Project, Livin' La Vida Loca / CJ Crew feat. Giorgio

Speed 5: Rhythm And Police (K.O.G.G3 Mix) / CJ Crew feat. Christian D, Ninzaburo (Furuhata's Theme) / CJ Crew feat. Sedge, Hiho (Red Monster Hyper Mix) / Captain Jack, WWW Blonde Girl (Momo Mix) / Jenny Rom, Do It All Night (Grandale Mix) / E-Rotic, Twilight Zone (B4 Za Beat Mix)

Speed Best 2001: Synchronized Love (Millennium Ventura Mix) / Joe Rinoie, Kick The Can (Hyepr KCP Mix) / Bus Stop

Speed 6: Dancing All Alone (Kimono Grandale Mix) / Smile.dk, Oh Nick Please Not So Quick (Momo Mix) / E-Rotic, I Want It That Way / CJ Crew feat. Fellany, Can't Stop Fallin' In Love (Ventura Hyper Mix) / NAOKI, Lupin The 3rd' 78 (Speed K Mix) / Ventura, Get Ready For This (KCP Remix) / 2 Unlimited, Smile For Me / Smiling Jane, My Generation (Speed Pitch Mix) / Captain Jack

Speed 7: Survivor / Nancy And The Boys, My Fire (KCP Remix) / X-Treme, B4U (B4 Za Beat Mix) / NAOKI, I Believe In Miracles (Hyper Momo Mix) / Hi-Rise, 1,2,3,4,007 (Speed Pop Mix) / Ni-Ni, Walkie Talkie (Momo Mix) / King Kong D. Jungle Girls, Let The Beat Control Your Body (B4 Za Beat Mix) / 2 Unlimited, The Race (Power Drill Mix) / Captain Jack

Speed 8: Long Train Runnin' (Ventura Mix) / Bus Stop, Telephone Operator (K.O.G.G3 Mix) / Pete Shelley, Upside Down (Y&Co. Speed Mix) / Coo Coo, That's The Way (KCP Remix) / X-Treme, Stop In The Name Of Love / Aliema B., Still In My Heart (Momo Mix) / NAOKI, Lady Marmalade / Nancy And The Boys, Follow Me (Hi-Score Remix) / Captain Jack, Gotta Get It Groovin' (KCP Remix) / E-Rotic, Rise To The Occasion / Connie And The Plainsman

Speed 9: Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex (Grandale Mix) / E-Rotic, Soul Bossa Nova (KCP Remix) / X-Treme, Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Planet Remix) / Captain Jack, Nights In Heaven - Days In Hell (Lution Remix) / Missing Heart, Where's The Noize / DJ Kambel

Speed 10: Give It Up (Grandale Mix) / Captain Jack, Mas Que Nada (KCP Remix) / X-Treme, Candy (Planet Remix) / Luv Unlimited

[d2071art]

ahh I don't think I've ever seen another Spike x Electra shipper! I honestly love their dynamic, regardless of relationship status ^^ I've got to ask though, have you seen Mission Impossible 5? There's one fight scene near the end with Ilsa and Ethan that completely reminds me of Spike and Electra lmao

Well, let's hug desperately. I think Spike x Elektra is the best pairing in Cowboy Bebop, but I'm so tired of sitting in this rare pairing ghetto that I stick to Spike x Faye (my second favorite pairing)

.... Aaaand now I have to watch Mission Impossible 5. But before I do I'll just leave this here

[d2071art]

hi i'm just really curious why you place spike x faye is second to spike x elektra i love both faye and elektra and i agree with what you've said in the past concerning julia :')

Well, analytically speaking, Elektra and Spike have more in common that Faye and Spike do. They are both tough, they both survived heartbreaks, they both have some military or quasi-military experience... and they are perfect sparring partners. ^___^

Personally speaking, I like Elektra more than Faye, 'cause Elektra is easier for me to understand and to relate to. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[d2071art]

Do you wish Spike and Julia had their happy ending together?

NO. And I have my reasons:

First of all, it is one of my strongest personal believes that past should stay in the past; that one should be able to let it go - and to live his or her life. Unresolved issues are like dead bodies: at first they can seem nice and peaceful, but in the end they poison your very existence. Ptomaine, you see. Julia is Spike ptomaine, and no amount of "I'm sorry", or "I will be with you till the very end", or even "I love you" can change that. So the only 'Spike x Julia' end which I'm okay with is the one where she explains her actions (= gives him closure) and disappears from his life for good.

Second, Cowboy Bebop is basically about past and about dealing with it. Jet, Faye and Ed get their closures, so why shouldn't Spike? Happy "I'm stuck with a woman who hurt me" end just doesn't make any sense.

Third and the last one. My favorite CB pairing is Spike x Elektra (Spike x Faye is second best), so I wish Julia nothing but eternal hell. Sorry. ^__^