#fingers crossed i can see this through

[northwest-by-a-train]

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[1mnobodywhoareyou]

"I will always protect your family"

"why should I believe you?"

"because I care about you!"

For Andi/Victoria

Victoria storms into the office, a PA on her heels.

“I’m so sorry Ms. Parker, I couldn’t stop her!”

Andi looks up from her desk, raising her eyebrows as she realizes who’d just barged in.

She waves the PA away. “It’s alright, I’ve been…” she pauses as she tries to find the right words. “Expecting this. Thank you.”

The PA hastily turns to leave. They pause warily at the door in silent inquiry about whether to leave it open or to close it behind them.

At Andi’s nod, they pull it closed.

Andi looks up at Victoria and gestures toward the chair in front of her desk.

“Victoria,” she greets calmly. “It’s been a while.”

Victoria doesn’t move. Her hands are on her hips and she’s got the same look on her face she did all those years ago when she was lecturing them all on “falling into the gutter of life,” and how they could do whatever they wanted with their lives but they’d better not drag her baby sister down with them. That was before, well, whatever it was happened. And then Andi had to get used to different kinds of looks from her instead. For better and worse.

Andi savours the moment of silence as she braces herself for the tirade she knows she’s about to receive.

“Rosie wasn’t enough for you?”

And there it was.

Andi sits patiently as Victoria unloads all of her thoughts, fears, and feelings. Only ever coming just close enough to the root of it all before venturing down a new tangent. It’s nothing Andi’s never heard before. History repeating itself. Only this time, Julie has Ray. And everything Rose gave her. And a fully grown Victoria. And now, Andi. It’s not the same. But now is not the time to try explaining that to Victoria.

Andi waits the hard-learned and well-practiced 10 seconds after Victoria finishes speaking before responding.

“Tori,” she says softly. Gently.

Victoria’s gaze jumps up to Andi’s face. If Andi had to guess, it's probably been a while since she was called that.

“I get that you’re worried. But don’t you think that it’s better for her to have someone in the industry looking out for her? Especially now that-”

“Don’t.”

“Victoria, it’s been almost two years.”

“I don’t care. They are everything to me. Do you understand that? I lost my heart and where were you?”

A pause.

“And now. Now you’re here. You’re back. Guiding all I have left of her, down the same path? And I’m supposed to just be okay with that?”

“She is her own person, Tori. She’s not some piece of Rose that you can keep sheltered and protected for the rest of your life. And she’s good, Victoria. She’s so good.”

“You think I don’t know that?” Victoria snaps. “You don’t think I’m there? Front row? At every chance I get? You think I don’t know that she’s everything you all wish you could have been?”

Finally, Victoria collapses into one of the chairs.

“Rose made it through, Tori. We all did.”

“Not all of you.”

“You know what I mean.”

Victoria is uncharacteristically quiet so Andi continues.

“We lived very, very different lives. You know that. It won’t be the same. It can’t be.”

“You know she’s already been lying and sneaking out, right?”

“And? She’s 16. What do you expect?”

Victoria lets out a slow breath as she deflates.

“You can’t protect her from everything, you know.”

A resigned sigh. “I know.”

“So, let’s do what we can. Let me be part of the team, Tori. We can be there for her. Together. I will always protect your family.”

Victoria narrows her eyes at Andi. “Why should I believe you?”

Andi shakes her head sadly. She’s still not convinced that what happened 20 years ago was even her fault but it’s clear that Victoria’s not moved on. From any of it. “Because I care about you, Tori. That’s never changed. It never will.”

Victoria’s gaze meets hers, eyes glassy. “So where were you? All this time?”

“Victoria, you made it very clear that you didn’t want me around and I chose to respect that.”

“But. Rose.” Her breath hitches.

“Your wishes came first. You don’t know how much it’s killed me to stay away. I would have been there for all of it if you’d let me.”

Another pause. Andi waits. She’s used to waiting.

Victoria breaks the silence, her voice small. “I’m sorry.”

“I know.”

“You should have been there.”

“I know.”

“I really loved you, you know.”

Andi nods once. “I know that too."

[ageless-aislynn]

Things I achieved today:

Wrote 203 words on "15 Minutes" chapter 11! Yeah, I'm absolutely celebrating those 203 little words because they're 203 words I was beginning to be afraid were never going to show up. 😬🤗

I think I figured out a way where I can go ahead and pre-order the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster! This is also HUGE because I really, really want this thing but thought I couldn't try it because of my concerns about how Georgette will be able to handle the Denuvo Anti-Cheat. However, I realized I do have a way to test that without paying full price for the game: Dead Rising 4 (which I own already) still has Denuvo on it. So... I'm going to do a full backup for Georgette, pray super duper hard, then install and see if I can play DR4. Don't have to play the whole game or anything, of course, but I figure a couple of hours of play should give me all the info I need. If Georgette handles that okay, then I'd say that's the green light for DRDR! It has soooooo many awesome things in it, friends, and I've been dying on the inside at not being able to play it when it becomes available! (If Georgette returns to dying every 10 seconds, then I'll cry quite hard for a while but at least I'll know.)

Frank stared wistfully into the survivor rooms in the original DR, wishing he had a friend. No, neigh, longing to have a friend! 🐎

Cheryl is apparently doing *jazz hands* back at Frank. I'm not quite sure what that means... 🤔😂😉

Here's what she was seeing, though...

I mean, who WOULDN'T want to be Frank's friend, right?

Right???

Ahem.

Anyway! That was plenty for one day, lol! Hope you're doing well, friends, and having a nice weekend! Love to you all! 🤗💖

[todayisafridaynight]

he's gonna be late to his first day of breaking the law

[playerkingsley]

thinking more about the way saskia’s sacrifice was beautifully telegraphed, the narrative weight placed on her simultaneous & seemingly undivided attention at each moment, I am leaning towards the idea that her remaining body isn’t coming out of the events of breach unscathed

whether it’s attributed to an actual manifested wound or related to the fold & more immaterial, I can imagine a scenario where she IS in fact dying on midst, albeit at a slower pace than y’know. exploding—and that she and weepe are given a chance to speak one more time before the end.

[mellowwillowy]

On hiatus for an indefinite moment.

[healingheartdogs]

I left some tops of plants I had let go to seed (a couple different lettuces, radishes, and mustard greens) that I harvested to save seeds from in open paper shopping bags outside to give the bugs that were on them time to skedaddle before I brought them inside to pick all the seeds out to save them but yknow... ADHD, out of sight out of mind lol so I forgot about them for a few weeks and sure all the aphids and squash bugs left, but in that time a bunch of tiny little spiders moved in. Which is still better tbh (I'm honestly fine with spiders especially little ones but I absolutely DETEST squash bugs, and the aphids I just don't want to spread to my indoor plants) but also inconvenient. Guess I will be wearing gloves while I seed harvest and doing my seed harvesting sitting outside instead of inside.

[phagodyke]

I slept rly deeply last night even tho it took me a while to get to sleep but I think that was bc I had acid reflux and I'd been playing videogames too late not anything else.... still only got 6 hrs but doing pretty okay all things considered 😚

[riley1cannon]

So, Tuesday I'm at the supermarket and meet this service dog, a Golden Lab, who was the friendliest, one hundred percent best good dog. He belongs to a friend of my brother, so while they were talking I was permitted to pet the good doggie to my -- and his -- heart's content. I was leaned on and wiggled against, and it was, hand's down, the best thing that's ever happened to me in a grocery store. Or maybe anywhere actually.

And then a couple of day later this vague urge I've been having to take up my pen and write again began to transform into actually, finally, doing that.

Coincidence? I think not.

Conclusion? Dogs are angels.

[therealslimshady]

Hey guys, now that we are closer then ever to the Percy Jackson show coming out, can we all make the executive decision to use the tag #pjo tv whenever we're *explicitly* posting about the show?

Adaptations are always going to be different then their source material, and it would be a real shame to lose the original fandom in a sea of excited posting about the show. It sounds tragic, but it's what's inevitably going to happen unless we all decide on a tag now before the show comes out

(Here are some examples of how the tag could be used #pjo tv #pjo tv annabeth #pjo tv criticism #pjo tv s1ep4 #pjo tv spoilers . Etc etc. This would also mean NOT using the pjo tag for the show. That would solely be used for the books)

Anyways, can't wait for the show, and can't wait to see how the fandom booms even bigger! I just hope we're still able to keep something of what we have now in that future

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

semi-important!!

hello my mothlings!! just popping in to request for you all not send me asks of shipping content for canon Genshin characters! this is a Foul Legacy x Reader blog, plus everyone has different opinions on ships so i'd really like to not accidentally start any potential conflicts!! i'll be updating my rules list shortly

you are more than free to DM me your ship thoughts, though! i'm always available to talk :D

and no this is not directed at anyone specific, i just realized it a few days ago /gen

[kingspuppet]

Also, hi hello I miss you guys lots and I hope that you've all been doing well! ;3;

[sharkneto]

man i knew it was going too smoothly

[artemisiatridentata]

i got less than 1 hour of work done today (was aiming for 5-6) because I was too stressed out and frazzled from reading about/watching the ongoing genocide and also because roommate #2 came home today from their holiday travels and all day I could hear them hacking up their lungs through the wall. I texted them and asked if they minded taking a covid test, and they said they'd taken multiple over the past 24 hours and all were negative, but like. with the amount of false negatives on the rapid tests these days, even when people are symptomatic, that does NOT reassure me!! I've been holed up in my room with a flannel stuffed in the door crack, air filters blasting, wearing an N95 in common areas, but jesus fucking christ this is taking all my ability to focus and leaving none left over for my job. that i need to do. because i am precariously poor. and i need to buy food so i can eat. and pay rent so that i don't freeze to death. and pay for my medical and phone and other bills. etc.

[3vocatio]

since satan's event has ended, i wanted to ask what your thoughts on it were?

now that i've finished both routes barbatos' event, i can now make a comparison with satan's event...

unfortunately, both follow the same pattern in which the prime subject of the face of the event...simply isn't. although they're advertised as events that center around the specified character, it's more accurate to call these types of events as a gacha in of itself. you don't know who the "real mc" of the event is until you make educated guesses based on the cards or you read through the story yourself. for satan's, it was diavolo; for barbatos, leviathan.

some people may disagree with me (i'm unsure because i haven't been familiarizing myself with current fandom matters), but satan's event was mediocre at best. the devs brought up some aspects of satan i wished they treated better, and i wish that some things hadn't gone as they did (i.e. making diavolo be the "good guy" and satan, the "bad guy". there is no black & white here, devs...look a bit closer).

barbatos' event was disappointing. there is no exploration of barbatos' character--they treat him as static as they have all these years later. i'll be honest with you, though, i'd rather choose one of two evils than to make him unfathomably ooc for fanservice purposes; the event may as well be leviathan's because barbatos only got a small spotlight shone on him in the very last locked book.

tldr; the devs were making baby steps in satan's event, and then embarassingly fell down 72 flights of stairs when releasing barbatos'. treat these events as though they were gachas because you don't know which character will overshine the one you expect.

[dennisboobs]

How did the Sunny wiki manage to miscredit so many episodes i'm going insane