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Scotrospective: Scott Pilgrim Vs the World (The Comic)

Hello, Hello, Hello scottaholics! And what a beautiful day it is: After decades lost in the lost woods, at least it had that catchy tune to keep it company, Scott Pilgrim Vs the World: The Game is FINALLY back and performing for you on all platforms!

Even Stadia, the platform most likely to disappear like this game did for a while! Cheap shots at the stadia aside as a huge fan of the franchise as a whole and of this game who played it back on the 360, and had since sold said 360 so I had no way to get it back or ever play the dlc packs. Seriously who didn’t want to play wallace but never got to? Everyone, everyone is the answer. But with those the entirety of what I consider to be the main cast is playable, it has online so you can beat up hipsters, guys in costumes and robots with your friends, it’s a good damn feeling. And since i’m in a celebratory mood, naturally i’m also feeling like a review. And since it just so happens the next volume up in my look at the comics is Vs the World, seriously I planned this review for this month without thinking to have it come out on the same day as the game until a week or two in, I felt there was no better way to celebrate the biggest day for Scott Pilgrim fans in some time.. and for Brian Lee O Malley as he’ll stop getting twitter asks about it. So with all the exposition taken care of LAST TIME, and the link right there if your curious, we can jump right in. On with the show!

After our opening titles, and yes this comic has opening titles, with Ramona sitting solmely in the rain.

And Scott caught in the title. The rain shot is real pretty by the way. But yeah once we get past those we’re taken back 7 years ago. Finn found out his father was an asshole, and voiced by Stephen Root so hey you take the good with the bad, Steven just learned the horrifying truth about Gem Monsters, Guardians of the Galaxy saved the MCU and I was trying to find work after college.. wait... sorry sorry that was 7 years ago from THIS year. The comic came out in 2005, though the comic takes place on a sliding timescale where only like 2 years pass so I dunno when this is. Let’s just say 98. Okay so 1998: Bill Cllinton’s sex scandal breaks, and puts way too much of hte blame on the young intern whose life came to be defined by one stupid mistake she made with a man who was way older and should’ve known better, the tide of the Monday Night War turned in favor of the WWF as Stone Cold Steve Austin became a household name, and it was an utterly standup year for video game relaases with Ocarina of Time, Banjo-Kazooie, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, StarCraft, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, WWF: War Zone, Pokemon Stadium, Spyro The Dragon, Pokemon Yellow, WarioLand 2, Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Pokemon: Trading Card Game and Sonic Adventure. It’s like someone took a good chunk of my childhood and squeezed it into one year holy shit, I did not expect this when looking up what came out in 98.

And while the movie pool wasn't’ quite this amazing, we still had The Wedding Singer, The Big Lebowski, the dude abides, Batman and Mr Freeze: SubZero, The Truman Show, Mulan, the good one not the one made near concetration camps that makes her into a demigod, Saving Private Ryan, Blade, Simon Birch, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, Rushmore, Bride of Chucky, HalloweenTown, Plesantville, and the Prince of Egypt. And in music Weird Al changed from his first signature look to his second, getting Lasik and growing out his hair. Seirously had no idea that was this year. Good to know. Also Elton John got his knighthood. Super shooters. I could go on with 1998 triva for days but I cannot go on for 8 weeks so let’s get to the point here.. during alllla this Scott Pilgrim, age 16, was starting St. John’s Catholic School and a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble. . by threatning to beat him up for no real reason. A fight insues and we cut to the principal’s office as Scott’s still a minor and not allowed to get into death fights just yet under the people’s freedom of choices and voices act.

It’s here he meets Lisa Miler, a peppy and sarcastic blonde, who’s intrigued by the fact Scott somehow got beat up after being here just 15 minutes and wants to be friends. Naturally for scott next we see him he’s busy playing video games, and annoyed someone else is around and wondering who this person whose now in his basement is. God no wonder teenage me related to him. So for the next few pages we see their friendship in time lapse: Lisa joins him at lunch, then geninely wonders since Scott’s Untentionally a dick if he hates her.. it’s part of why I think Scott has some form of autisim. And not just because I tend to belivie a character is on the spectrum all the damn time, it’s because of the way he acts: while he is nice and charming at times.. he also clearly has trouble relating to people or realizing how his actions effect them and as seen here in a younger form can often be compeltely distanced from normal social queues, not getting how his actions might be seen until Lisa outright talks to him about it. I mean.. it’s not a huge stretch, and it dosen’t mean he’s nto responsible for his own actions, but it does EXPLAIN a lot of them better: why he just sorta forgets about Knives post-ramona but at the same time still cares enough he dosen’t want to hurt her despite you know, that ship sailing just by having moved on.

But now the two are friends and his parents, who we meet for the first time and sister inquire about her being his girlfirned.. and by next jumpcut his parents apparently don’t want him hanging out with girls? What exactly the fuck? Also they mention Laurence, Scott’s brother whose missing for most of the books and has no real payoff for not being around. Next cut we get KIM!

Thank you Prissy. And she’s.. not all that different, assuming, correctly that their partner project, how she meets scott will just result in her doing all the work.. which not only is how these things usually went when I was in high school a decade later, but reminds me of the time me and my friends curtis and justin were put on a project and when asked who the alied powers were, guessed “Germany?”.... you can understand my fear. And also Curtis punching him for getting nothing done.. and not hard or brutally mind you just once quick in the gut and with full warning. Ah... the adaquate old days.

So back to Lisa as, since Scott’s Mom has a guitar.. a fact I.. never honestly thought about. Seriously I never realized her children, since the Bass Scott has for most of the books is Laurence’s, getting into music was probably due to her. Also Lisa makes her case for WHY be a band: the school has a regular event called Lunchapalooza, where everyone goes to and since by teen logic, just being in a band is automiacally cool, she figures they can jump from not QUITE being in any cliques to being super cool. Which honestly yeah... while I didn’t know any bands in high school, the fact one of my friends, ironically named Scott, was a DJ automatically made him pretty damn cool once he got past his awkard phase. I never got past mine but somehow was loved by all except that one douchey kid in our group who mocked me for naming my Luxray kim, assuming it was based on Kim possible and not Kim Pine... though frankly how that’s an insult when Kim Possible was a fucking awesome show and character is beyond me but he was just 17 and also a douchebag, it didn’t have to make since it just had to piss off the easily pissed off kid with aspergers. So Scott poses how they can be a band with just their guitars and Lisa concedes drums WOULD help.. I mean it’s what MADE Shallow Gravy.

So while Kim wonders if Scott is dating Lisa, because teenagers don’t really get girls and boys can be friends without wanting to be together, though not often as teenage boy brains can be rather stupid and horny... can confrim from personal experince. So it becomes clear Scott has a thing for Kim, and when Scott tries broaching it with Lisa she dosen’t take it well and he backpedals to asking her to be her drummer and plans to monday, proving Scott has somehow not gotten better at reading women, or anyone after 7 years. Can relate.

So yeah he decides to ask Monday, same day as their presentation.. and thankfully missed the bus as he arrives to find the Benvy Tech boys came in, took everyone out and abducted Kim. Because yeah, just in case you were wondering Scott’s life was always like this.. or was it? Questions for later. So one Canadian Version of River City Ransom later, Scott’s made his way to simon... who, since most of you have probably seen the movie or art of the movie.. looks an AWFUL lot like Gideon. Hrmmm. Simon is naturally the final boss here and wonders if this is the best St. Joels can muster. Scott quips back as only Scott can.

So cue an unsuprisingly awesome actoin sequence. IT’s part of why I love these color editions: While they already LOOKED thoroughly fantastic the added colors really help the series shonen manga meets old school video game vibe REALLY fucking pop. So Simon pleads mercy which like Scott delivering a good quip.. should’ve really been a red flag to younger me and is foreshadowing for later in case I was too subtle. He then does what any noble hero would do.. kicks simon into the sunset, tells Kim how he feels and asks her to play drums. They then make out. Awwww.

Lisa suprisingly takes it well as the next montage shows.. granted we’ll learn in Feburary she wasn’t QUITE as over scott as it seemed, but the three, along with a friend of Lisa’s whose name I forgot and who DOSEN’T come back so I’m not going to bother learning, form their own friend group, Scott and Kim get an A, and Scott, Kim and Lisa’s band is dubbed sonic and knuckles, which is an objectively awesome band name. Something the series really does great: Video Game Based Band Names. Crash and the Boys, Sex Bomb-Omb, Clash at the Demonhead... we need more bands like this in the real world dammit. So then they play their big game, the two loose their vrigniity.. and then Kim asks scott “your moving to tornoto?” And.. for now.. that’s that.

While the framing of that will be VERY important in the last volume, as notice how KIM’S the one who brings it up and it’s not explicitly stated scott actually told her, this flasback is great. While it does contribute to the volume’s drifty pacing, more on that as we go, it brilliantly sets up a LOT of stuff for later, paticuarlly Lisa who I assumed wouldn’t be back and younger me’s jaw fucking DROPPED when she popped up in Volume 4. Granted i’m spoiling that suprise for you now but odds are most of you reading this have either alreaddy read these or were probably wondering if the girl from the animated short ever had any actual relevance in the books. So yes, yes she does. She’s also the pink haired girl you see pop up in the game in the background, as a nod to O’Malley’s comic strip style which had her and Kim as the leads. Also yeah for fans of the game or movie or even the comics who were unaware.. this prologue got an animated adaption on adult swim to promote the movie. Naturally Micheal Cera and Allison Pill reprised their roles as Scott and Kim, with Mae Whitman voicing lisa.. and honestly being perfect for the roll, and Jason Schrwartzman voicing Simon naturally. While the animation is slightly limited, it still looks decent and expertly translates O’Malley’s art, while sliming things down slightly where needed to fit a short, and the anmation takes a huge bump for the fight scene which like the comic is short but awesome. While it has no real bearing on the film as Kim’s former relationship with Scott never really comes up or has any impact, as the Film while good was based primarily on volumes 1-3 with small pieces of 4 (paticuarlly the iconic “Lesbians gag”), with Wright working off outlines and drafts of 5 and 6, so the last half hour or so is mostly Wright’s invention.

Not a bad thing as it’s still awesome and not o’malley’s fault but it means kim dosen’t get to do much, and is a big reason why I want an adaptation on netflix or hbo max. While i’d still want changes both because there’s no sense doing an adaptation if your not going to make some tweaks of your own and because it’d be intresting to update the series to modern day, both in societal conventions and so everyone stops saying the r word. Seirously the most telling sign of the series age is that word showing up quite a bit during the first half of the series. Point is there is merit in doing another remix of the story and doing a longer form one so we can get more of the characters, as well as flesh out ones like Steven, Neil (Who was done WAY better in the movie adaptation thanks to the wonderful Johnny Simmons), and Stacey who got the shaft in the books. Again, not slagging off the movie, it’s really great. Just saying there’s always room for more Scott Pilgrim content and we all know it.

We’ll get back to the comic proper, and the present day of 2005, after the cut.

So the story proper opens with Scott dreaming of playing video games... because of course he is with Ramona walking in. and finding it charmingly pathetic but wanting her boyfriend to you know, get out of bed. It’s 11:30. So with Scott’s ass out of bed, we find Scott, Age 23 idiot with a heart of gold and Wallace, 25 king of all gays, on the bus as they talk it getting warmer and Lucas Lee, movie star and jason lee stand in coming to town to film a movie.. and Scott being Scott gets him confused for Luke WIlson. He’s also seen Bottle Rocket which.. good on him. Seriously while not wes anderson’s best film, those were made long afte this comic was published, it’s still a damn good one.. where was his career at this point... looking it up life aquatic was his most recent films and is still one of my favorites. So yeah he was in a good place career wise.

Scott proudly talks about having Ramona over in a couple days so she can see his place and meet Wallace. But as explained by Wallace for those of us just tuning in, he already met her last volume. You know during that time Stacey thought she could magically make her date not be attracted to someone else.. and yes even almost a month later not letting that one go. Stacey should know better. Not saying i’ts right Wallace keeps poaching her boyfriends, but she still shoudlnt’ try and force a relationship with a guy or even finish a date with one who makes out with someone else, regardless of gender, mid date. She deserves better. In general not just in this one scenario but we’ll get to that.

Point is while Scott, as usual, is a bit pissy about this Wallace.. has no time for that and issues an ultimatium

And he’s not bluffing, as he fully intends to tell Ramona the minute she walks in the door if he dosen’t break up with Knives. It really shows Wallace off at his best and why he’s Scott’s closest friend: Kim and Stephen do care about him but Kim both has a LOT of unresolved issues and sexual tension with him and keeps eveyrbody including Scott at arm’s length. And Stephen.. while he will OCASIONALLY call Scott out mostly just enables him, either ignoring his college buddy’s shittier behavior or playing along with it and backing him up when Kim rightfully calls him on being a dickhead. While both love their friend they just aren’t the best at dealing with his shit or getting why he does the things he does good and bad. Wallace on the other hand geninely likes Scott. He’ll lock him out of the house and tell him to sleep elsewhere so he can bang one out, he’ll not wear pants if he dosen’t have to and he’ll certainly hit on Scott just to get a rise out of him, phrasing.. but he also genuinely cares for the guy’s well being. He lets him sleep in their house basically rent free since scott has no money, buys most of their stuff, and is, as we’ll see in this one, the ONLY one of his friends to take an active part in the fight against the exes, training Scott and researching his opponents when he can get info. He won’t baby Scott as seen here, but he will help him, and he will be the harsh voice of reason his friend needs. And he did TRY doing a softer approach last time, simply telling scott to break up with his fake high school girlfriend. Scott had every chance to dump Knives during the last third of the first book.. it’s just a combination of both Knives and Ramona being in the same place and Scott getting panicky meant he balked. He NEEDS to be pushed into leaving Knives or he’s not gonna. And he also gets it’s not just Scott being a shifty coward: Scott DOES like Knives.. he just found someone who actually challenges him, intrests him and connects with him on his level, versus someone who worships and adores him like a puppy who just happens to be skilled with knives. The relationship with Knives. was an ego boost, an unequal paring that gave Scott the illusion of moving on from Envy. Ramona is him ACTUALLY moving on and given how badly Envy fucked him up, which comes into play in this book and the next, Wallace recognizes that Scott does need her... but this relationship can’t go anywhere if Scott is seeing someone else, and they both know it. Wallace is just the one who’s willing to do something about it to force scott to do something about it. He’s doing this for Knives too: it’s very clear he cares about the girl, was against this from the start, and knew this was going to end in pain and the faster Scott rips off the Band-Aid the faster she can move on to someone closer to her age and far more equal to her. Scott.. takes this about how you’d expect, even calling Double Standard, as Wallace does sleep around.. and while Wallace will be a homewrecker to Stacey.. otherwise it’s not remotley the same. Wallace does his sleeping around either casually or when he does get a partner, with their consent from what we can tell. He never cheats or anything, he just likes to bone. So yeah Scott doesn’t have a leg to stand on and acts accordingly.

One of my faviorite gags in the series and one that’s etched in my head for keeps. So with a justified Ultimatium over his head Scott calls knives to hang out. Knives.. shows off that as adorable and trusting as she is.. she’s also kind of creepy and shows up just outside the phone booth he’s calling her from. So the two go to a record store and Knives tries to get Scott into Clash at the Demonhead, her faviorite band. But since i’ts you know, headlined by Scott’s ex as we’ll find out, he’s not into it. But before that can get awkward.. it gets awkward in another way as Knives invites Scott to dinner at her parents place. Which is an objectively bad idea even before you get into the fact Scott wants a way out and as Volume 4 will show us her dad is both not happy with the idea of her dating a white guy and willing to use a katana to prevent it so he dodged a bullet there. Scott TRIES weasling out of it, but his “I’m too old for you” thing falsls on deaf ears.. and actually explains why she thinks this is normal: her parents are 9 years apart. of course obviously two consenting adults with a decade between them is a mite bit diffrent than 5 years between a teenager whose taking this way too seriously and a grown man whose taking this not seroiusly at all and dosen’t get how effed up this is. But Knives is too naive to get that, and papers over any possible concerns about her parents not wanting her to date a white guy with i’m in love. Seeing that he has no EASY way out of this, as he shouldn’t, Scott just rips off the band aid and bluntly breaks up with her, saying it’s not going to work out. Knives.. is clealry devistatd. To her this was a serious relationship.. and Scott realized that too late.. and thankfully while he didn’t break up with her in the best way, at all, simply syaing i’ts not going to work out and confirming to her he means it, it’s clear from his face this hurts to do and he knows he’s REALLY hurting her and REALLY shoudlnt’ of dated her to begin with. IT’s why Scott dating a teenager dosen’t make him a morally rephrenisvie monster: because he was genuinely intrested, didn’t use her sexually, and there are tangible consequences for his actions. Knives just dosen’t disappear neatly into the sunset so he can be with ramona. The rest of the series covers her emotoinal recovery from being with Scott, and how she very horribly handles it and that’s why this plotline works at all: she’s not some act one contrivance to be thrown away, sh’es a human being, and more than that a young woman who got hurt REALLY bad and got way too in over her head with someone who just..wasn’t the one fo rher no matter how much she can’t admit that.

We also get one of my faviorite sets of pages as Scott relfects on things and the sheer devistation on Knives face, which credit to a series that even at this early point loves it’s big bold facial expressions.. her’s being more subded just makes it sting MORE.

This bit to me is vital to keeping Scott sympathetic and to his character. We see he really does regret what happened, dosen’t know how to process it and genuinely feels awful. As I said instead of some exgerated face that would still hurt him.. her face is quiet, clearly unable to process this and clealry lost and hurt.. and that hurts more than any fuck your or sobs he was probably expecting. Just her clearly not getting WHY he’s doing this or why he hurt her, and he KNOWS why he just knows telling her the truth would hurt her even more. But.. as he thinks.. his thoughts move to something else.. and the WHY of why he did this.

He did it for Ramona. Wallace was as harsh as he was right: he needed a clean slate to actually give this relationship a shot and the smile comes off less as him being a calous dick whose just happy to move on, I mean he is a little, but more jus tsomeone READY to finally move on. He found the right person, he let the wrong one go if clumsily.. he has a future to look forward to and he can smile about that.

Granted he’s still his usual unteitonally callous self and his way of telling his friends he and knives broke up is to casually say so and say “dont’ worry you’ll meet my new girlfriend soon.” Their reaction.. is my own.

Look just because Scott is a nuanced douchebag dosne’t stop him from being a Douchebag. It just means he isn’t intolerable to watch and you actually care about him growing as a human being is all.

So with that out of the way, it’s date night and Ramona is coming over.. also Scott is considering calling her Ramy which no. I'm genuinely in favor of a pet name that’s just a variant on someone’s name but a bit cute, as it’s just the right level of obnoxious, but no, just no Scott. No. Ramona enters, meets Wallace again and sits down while Scott tries to shoo him out.. because turnabout is fair play bitch. They also see Ramona’s new hair as she dyes it something new for the first time, in this case a very lovely two tone, the purple from last volume but with a darker purple bellow it. I honestly wish she went for multiple colors in her hair again, but likely didn’t since the book was originally in black and white... which still dosent’ make sense as it would’ve been EASIER that way. Regardless Wallace makes himself scarce proving that he’s more than willing to be equal in terms of one of them spending the ngiht elsewhere. What a guy.

Ramona finds out a few things about Scott: That his apartment is VERY small, just one room with a bed, a cabinet, a small kitchen and a bathroom, which despite what scott says I REALLY dont’ count as another room. Just common sense. She also learns that he can COOK. Yeah while you’d expect Scott to just get a wad of “I did the ultimatum thing okay now gimme” money and buy dinner but no.. he made the whole thing himself from his own recipe. And once we cut to them eating on the floor.. turns out yeah he not only can cook but is REALLY good at it. She wishes there was a table which, small as the place is.. fair point. I mean at least get some tv trays. You have chairs. Or at least the easy chair. You can get nice padded folding chairs so you have a second chair guys. I know your poor but come on. Also Scott leanrs bread makes you fat. Good stuff. Also Scott freaks out when , while making out with Ramona in bed later, she mentions his hair’s getting kinda long and could use a cut... which turns out to be a thing for him. He isn’t an ass about it he just panics a bit because he’s partially convinced his last relationship’s nightmarish breakup was because of a bad haircut he got. As we’ll see next week, that’s a no but as someone whose a touch neroutic myself I get blaming a larger issue on something trivial.

So we then get to the next chapter where it’s KIM’S turn to have a dream.. and the only time we see someone else's dreams. Honestly.. I really would’ve liked if it was a recurring device, even have Ramona pop into other people’s Not used ALL the time but I could easily see it being used with Knives to convey her obsession with Scott and her pain or kim again to help move her plots along or Wallace because I want to know what’s going on in his head. It must be a maze of male gentalia and fine liquor the likes of which has never been seen. It’s scotts funeral as Simon killed him and Scott’s corpse wonders if she dreams about this a lot.

So we see her get ready and wake up her roomate Sarah whose a bitch. And as we’ll see in one of the backups, so’s the rest of her roommates. So drifting into work. Hollie is a character I really liked... the past tense will be explained later. And the first scene is probably why as her and Kim banter effortlessly, with Kim suggesting maybe she was a happy kid... only to admit quickly no she wasn’t, she was pretty withdrawn and then pretty angsty over someasshole who will be named Scott. “Your a holy terror kim, and i’m glad your on your side”> It’s a short scene but the kind this series excells at: just realistic, fun little exchanges bursting with character. I also GENUINELY wish we got more of this kind of thing, as only Knives really gets these kind of scenes to herself for the most part. There ARE scenes without Scott, but not enough like this that just give us as look into what his friends lives are like during the moments they aren’t putting up with his dumbassery or watching him engage in mortal combat. It’s why i’ve been hoping a spinoff will happen even though it likely won’t SOON. I’m sure O’Malley will return to this world some day, but between Snotgirl and Wicked World, which will come out when it’s ready but should be good.. he’s just really busy. But i’d love to see more of Kim.. or Wallace or Knives. The latter two are a no brainer: Knives is the tritagonist of the books, and it’d be intresting to see what she’d be like 5 years at the book, at the same age and stage in life as Scott. And with Wallace it’s because we really DON’T see his friend circle, life or what goes on with him. We hear him talk about a new boyfriend, who we don’t meet until near the end of the series, though you can see him in stage 3 of hte game if your curious, we see him with some random friends in volume 4, but we really don’t KNOW what hyjinks and lojinks wallace gets up to. He’s pretty isoalted from the rest of the main cast, something I hope an adaptation could fix as while realistic i’td be curious to see what his relationship with Kim or Steven would be like. Just food for thought.

Point is this was a good scene. But as is typical for Kim’s life just when she has some serenity her ex crashes back in. In this case Scott needs to rent some movies, kim works at a rental store and god teenage me really wanted a clerks style spinoff.. but enough spinoff talk. Scott asks kim to bororw them, of course and explains he’s training for his fight with Lucas.. which Kim reacts to finding out her second best friend is in a series of death matches.

She has understandable questions such as how the hell doe she know that and is he stalking Lucas and just hoping he’s an ex.. which let’s face it would be a very scott move. But nope Wallace told him, likely learning in an interview he dated Ramona or is coming for scott because he knows everything. We also get one of my faviorite exchanges when Kim wonders why Wallace and Scott are roomates.. a valid question he deflects by saying i’ts a long story.

Also yeah, as much as casting Micheal Cera backfired for the movie.. that panel there proves there wasn’t another choice at the time. When you want a loveable, somewhat douchey, but also somewhat innocent and oblivious slacker.. who you gonna call. Also before we move on.. Kim.. how are you this suprised. You were there for the fight with Matthew. And Ramona giving out the exposition on why he’s there.. and you even did that whole weird space channel 5 thing no one ever did agian and to this day I will never understand what O’Malley was going for and only know the refrence by hearing that’s what it was. Point is you shouldn’t be this suprised. Anyways we next cut to Ramona and Stacey, as Ramona enters her workplace, second cup, and they talk and Scott’s spider sense goes off...

I mean it’s just a bad feeling but still.. weird. WE’ll get back to that later. Scott is in the middle of his training.. and I love the mentor side of Wallace and feel it didn’t get used enough as the series went on. As said before he cares about Scott, so he serves as his Shounen Mentor and a great one: he’s stern and makes Scott work, but he also gets his student and what Scott needs to work. I just wish he’d taught Scott some actual combat, but as we see Wallace’s combat skills boil down to yelling useless info from the sidelines.. I mean he can be useful, we’ll see that next week, it’s just he’s not an action guy. But spirtually he’s the guy scott needs to kick his ass into shape. That being said his “training” consists of watching Lucas’ movies, playing tony hawk and when Scott wants to play more Tony Hawk, having Scott do pushups while Wallace plays Tony Hawk. Before we turn... there is an elephant in the room I just gotta shoo out: Lucas.. is easily the worst setup of the 6 exes. Patel SEEMINGLY comes out of nowhere but his letter and email hint SOMETHING is coming up, and his flashy dynamic entry intro is damn cool and is what turns the series on it’s head, from an indie comic about a guy getting it together.. to that but with huge shonen dustups with epic visuals. Todd is introduced masterfully here, and is a presence from the start of volume 3 as a result, Roxie gets a slight tease in the free comic book day issue, and her not attacking for two months not only sets up tension but allowed for a red herring.. im’ not only hiding that the fourth ex is a she because anyone whose seen the movie or played the game knows the fourth ex is a woman. The cat’s out of the bag, no sense hiding it. The Kentangis show up pretty early on and Gideon is hinted at and built up, as this towering, mysterious figure, his relationship with Ramona, who he is, why he set up the league, and just how fucking strong he is is all obscured, with his only four apperances simply teasing the big final showdown and giving him that much more mysitque.

Lucas.. is just sorta intorduced like “Hey I gotta fight this guy”. There’s just.. nothing. Scott’s just gotta fight him because he’s next up and Wallace knows that because plot convience. It’s VERY lackluster given what comes before.. and frankly while I like Lucas, he’s the weakest plot and character wise. HE’s not even really EVIL, just a sellout and is more doing this because he has to I guess, and likely because of stuff we find out in Book 6 but sssssshhhhh. We’ll get more into that when the fight happens but it’s one of the books weakest points. The evil ex.. just feels like an afterthrought again despite there being no reason to. Thankfully this would never happen again as I said, but it dosen’t make this any less frustrating.

So we cut to Sex Bomb-Omb practice, and after that we get more tease for Clash at Demonhead. And Stephen.. is cool with them and entirely happy one of them made it, while Scott is understandably pisssed off about it and not happy one of his best friends is you know, promoting the band of his ex who broke his heart and as we’ll get more into next time, said rising career is what tore them apart. So yeah Stephen’s a dickhead, and I was wrong last time that he got better. He really.. dosen’t. He gets less CREEPY.. but out of the main 6 characters he’s the weakest: he dosen’t have much of an arc, does some very questionable shit in the second half, and his being around means we have to suffer through Julie. I’ll tear into him more on a case by case basis but for once Scott’s not overreacting. While Kim does nothing she also has no idea just HOW bad things were and Scott won’t tell her. Stephen was there the whole fucking time. He just saw Scott’s rebound with a teenager. He knows he was kind of messed up after this. Dosen’t justfiy knives but still he looses the moral high ground he tries to have at times.

So while Scott shops a song for Ramona to her, Knives calls Scott’s place clearly setting up another suprise apperance. Wallace.. figures out what sh’es doing quick and simply gives her a stern “You have to go” And to me it’s not him being a dick.. he’s both trying to save her from seeing Scott with Ramona and fucking her up worse... and is looking out for her. She needs to move on and moving up to stalking Scott’s not going to help that. Scott dosen’t WANT her anymore, and while he handled it bad, Wallace gets she needs to see that. Granted he could’ve you know explained it to her and tried talking, but as i’ve said he’s not a perfect person and he was also on a time table to get her out of there in case Scott you know, showed up with his new girlfriend and made things a billion times worse. And the two are indeed headed to his place to watch one of Lucas’ movies, and part of that weak setup is that Ramona.. just has no connection with him. It was high school. Scott also pretends he dosent’ remember his. You are a lying liar sir stop that. So they watch the film together hanging out, and it’s.. really bad. The good one was rented out. I miss rental stores.. a magical time. I mean i’ts better now, streaming means 80% of movies are avaliable if you have a bunch of services and even if you just have netflix or hulu or hbo max, you still get a pretty decent selection each month. Plus digital rentals are super easy. Do miss redbox though. I mean it’s still there I’m just warry of something that relies so heavily on touching things in a state with a lot of trump morons. You CAN get Covid twice and I don’t wanna. Also we get some dated Dialouge as Scott commenting on Lucas being hot, he is good taste Scott, is given a “good job convincing me your not gay”. He and ramona end up having sex though so .. yay? I dunno. The series has a really weird thing about not getting bisexuals exist and as someone whose bi, and really against bi errasure it bothers me, it bothers me a lot. Though given O’Malley apparently has not only far more queer rep in snotgirl but a bisexual lead, he’s clearly learned so i’m not going to drag him too hard on this. It was the early 2000′s. People were pretty damn stupid about this. Creators have gottten MUCH more important issues much worse.

So the next morning, Scott gets a call from his well meaning but ditzy mom, and reacts like you’d expect. His parents are in Europe to keep them out of the action and what not. Though apparently according to the last book his mom did read volume 3 at least. Or Wallace told her about the relevant bit. You make the call.

So i’ts Ramona’s turn to meet Sex Bomb-Omb. The group hang out and discuss Gordon Downie.

Look I don’t know indie bands. I have no idea who the tragically hip are I just know the name is really hipstery. We also get the recipe for Vegan Shepards Pie. None of them are vegan they just wanted to try it and I.. really want to make this some time. Just to see if it’s any good. But yeah it’s in general a fun casual scene, as Kim reveals she and Scott dated, just to break the tension, and Scott tries out Rammy but quickly backpedals. Just fun slice of life stuff. Oh and Knives is watching them from the window and takes Scott dating someone else as well as you’d expect.

So she gets some hair bleach to do some highlights and calls her friend Tamara over. We met her last volume as she dragged her along to the show, but it’s here we really get to know what she’s like.. i.e. the sane one in the duo, rightfully pointing out Scott’s not that great. Also Knive’s points out ramona’s “fat”, which is thankfully portrayed as petty sniping as while Ramona does have some curves it’s you know.. not remotely a bad thing and the kind of thing a teenage girl would harp on. Still she’s just in STEPS from this happening.

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But yeah.. it’s clear here Knives has some underlying issues to address and really needs therapy not to go after her ex’s current girlfriend with knives. I mean it’s in the name but still. Then again volume 4 has her dad going around with a katana or something like it wanting to murder her daughter’s older ex boyfriend he dosen’t realize is ex so it’s clear her whole FAMILY needs some therapy. But this does round her out and show there’s more to her.. a pretty violent and obessive side sure, but it shows she wasn’t just some one dimensional ego boost for scott but a person. One whose just as flawed as the rest of the cast.. but more sympatheic because they’ve all got about 6 or 7 years on her and at this age that’s a lifetime. And while Scott DID set this off by dating her which was objecitvely a bad idea... the rest of this isn’t remotely on him. He handled things BAD.... but all he wanted was for both of them to move on. Knives.. simply can’t admit Scott is not a nice person, was probably two timing her as Tamara points out, which as we know he 100% was, and is not some perfect guy she can’t replace: like Knives.. he’s just a person with faults and she’s too blind to see that.

So before we can get to the crazy stalker ninja fight, let’s instead get to Scott and Ramona hanging out where we meet Gideon, Ramona’s Cat who i’ll call Cat Gideon, both because I love steven unvierse and because it’s less confusing. This is a pretty slight scene as Ramona admits not a lot happened with Lucas and Scott’s apartment is a hole.. which yeah, yeah it is. Also she DEFINTLY dind’t cheat on him with any cocky pretty boys. Which would come off worse if it wasn’t for the pact Ramona was clearly doing it out of regret and Scott just liked like 50 pages ago about rembering his exes when one of them is his second best friend.. which neither would admit but you know it’s true. Stephen is third where he belongs.

So next morning it’s fight time, and Scott is glad wallace is going with him. It’s awkard going to fights alone. Which leaves me to wonder if before this comic Scott just.. fought random guys letterkenny style. Like they’d call up, schedule it and then he and one or more of his friends would go beat up a guy. It’s just.. hilarious knowing that this kind of thing is common in canda minus the ki attacks , flash effects, wizards, vegan psycics, ninjas, and roboticists. But damn I now want a scott pilgrimized letterkenny now more than ever. You know you do too don’t deny it. I”d love to see the hard right jay fight but iwth a loud “KO!” when he gets his ass knocked out. Also Casa Loma is a very real, very cool Toronto location, as I never realized as a kid, to the point that the lucas fight was filmed there for the movie.

So Scott approaches Lucas a bit star struck and upon finding out scott is.. punches him out as seen in the header image and throws him into a tower. When Scott regains conciousness, Kim and Neil have arrived and Lucas calls a time out. And it’s here we get to, while being the weakest of the 7, why I like Lucas.. he’s actually a pretty nice guy. At WORST he sold out. But the two have a pretty nice conversation over ritz and baby carrots, with it turning out, unsuprisingly Ramona did cheat on him with a cocky pretty boy, and while like Ramona he’s clearly moved on, it still hurts a bit and understandably so. He also warns scott while she might seem nice i’ts an act.

I mean it isn’t ALL an act, but she does have a tedency to put up walls and act pretty badly as we’re slowly finding out.. though given Scott does the exact same it only means.. she’s human. She’s not MUCH higher above him in terms of morality and this is where we get our first peaks into the fact the series isn’t just about Scott’s development but hers. But it’s understandably absent from volumes 1 and 2 since we need to know her first, and this volume is about getting to know her a bit and get a feel for who she is, something I ddin’t really get a grip on as a teen, but do now. We see more of who she is good and bad as the walls go down. She’s more SURFACE LEVEL functional than scott, but beneath it has a lot of the same exact issues. Lucas and Scott continue to GENUINELY bond, as Scott genuinely thinks the guy is talented and Lucas want’s an Oscar this year.. maybe not for the current film which is a romantic comedy with a teen star but hey, stars have done far worse in their Oscar years. I mean at least he’s not making a comedy about himself in a fat suit domestically abusing himself in a wig while he also plays an asian sterotype. He explains he almost didn’t get into the league but felt too important to ramona’s past.. plus he looks cool. Plus they let Patel in despite barely being in a relationship with her and being kind of a tool so they kinda had to let the handsome affiable movie star in. Scott wonders “wait league” and Lucas is understandably frustrated to find out Patel just sent a letter Scott didn’t read.. and at Matthew let’s be clear. I mean.. Gideon has to have known Scott wouldn’t read that since he’s been in his head. We’ll get to that in part 6. Point is they formed a league, hence why their organized enough to come after him like this and Scott understandably glares at Wallace for you know, having him play tony hawk and watch movies yet missing the fucking obvious clue they were all working together and they were only coming at him one at a time by choice.

Lucas offers to just.. take a bribe and SAY Scott beat him, Scott calls him a sellout jokingly and Lucas proves that while not AS bad as the rest of the League, he’s still a dick by telling him to kiss ramona’s sweet ass goodbye pilgrim. Okay either he’s seen her since high school or he’s fondly remembering a high schooler’s ass. Neither one is nice to think about. But Scott gets out of his ass beating by pointing out a ramp, real thing too used for the movie, and asking him to skate down it. Lucas says i’ts impossible, and Scott just whistles. So Lucas tries skating the impossible and dies via velocity. Yes really. Scott collects his change and gets a gift, a mytryil skateboard he.. can’t use because he dosen’t have a proficency for it and bemoans not picking it up in 5th grade. Also he didn’t get his autograph. He does get some coins though so neat. Yeah I mentioend Lucas was the least of the exes and I stand by it: He’s an intresting character, not a GREAT person but clearly a charming and nice enough guy who likely offered the bribe not because he’sd a sell out but because he genuinely liked scott, and is easily the best adjusted of the exes. But obviously a near non existant setup and a really hilarious and unsastifying finish just.. don’t really feel sastsifying. I mean i’t slampshaded, but after all the build up of her having 7 evil exes, the next one is just..filler. Not BAD, but not really anything special and giving Scott a an early pokemon victory, but unlike ash having done nothing to really DESERVE it. Thankfully both adaptations so far VASTLY improved on this. While Lucas is still affiable in the movie he’s also smarmy, if on better terms with Ramona, saying “he seems nice” after the tower throw and throwing in some stunt doubles. His fight goes from one of the least satisfying and weakst of the series, to easily one of the best of the movie. We’ll talk about that more there but obvious Chris Evans version is far superior, keeping the good traits while giving us an intresting fight.. and still keeping the skateboard death because it’s fucking hilarious and the movie improves on THAT too by having scott give flat wows as he slowly dies. The game likewise keeps teh skateboard death, if shortening it, and the skateboard, and while not changing his apperance does make him a hell of a tough boss. Took three tries and some online grinding to take him out. Still a hell of a fight. Point is while I genuinely like Lucas story wise.. this just dosen’t work for me and is pretty damn weak, even if it gives us some godo character insight we could’ve got that, and a fight and still had the finish we did.

That being said.. we DO get a fight instead, likely why the Lucas fight was so truncated. Next chapter and that evening or the next day or whatever, we pan over the real life tornto refrence library. It is a VERY nice touch thatt the comic and it’s adpations use either real places in toronto or reasonable subsittues. While not canadian myself I love the place and hope to visit Tornoto some day when the world isn’t a living nightmare and it’s really nice that like New York for Marvel, Brian Lee O malley really makes the city feel integral to the comic, like it’s own character. But Knives is ominously perched above. At second cup Scott is horrified to find Julie. Seconded. Julie takes the moment to give out to scott about him dating Ramona despite telling him no. Okay...

Yeah as you can probably guess I don’t like Julie. She’s not a good character. The movie did her better, with the bleeping gag and aubrey plaza’s performance, but in the comic.. she’s just the worst. She sucks bad. If she were an ice cream flavor she’d be pralines and dick. While she’s fine on OCCASION, and actually works in the next volume, outside of that she just gets more unplesant, more unlikeable, more bitchy, more unfathomabbly assholish every. damn. volume. I”ll give out about that a bit then too but I have to put up with her for the entire damn comic. Now her being bitchy to Scott is fair to a point: Scott is a mess, and she’s loyal to Envy in the breakup, and Scott’s own friends drag him on a daily basis. The problems are that she’s like that to EVERYONE, even Knives who isn’t about to stab her much as i’d like that. She’s unberable to Stephen whose tolerance for her is unfathomable, though the ending bits of volume 6 show maybe he just has terrble taste. She’s just a throughly unplesant, social climbing bitch who thinks she’s better than everyone. And it sticks out badly against the main cast; Scott is very bad with women and relating to people, but is also nice, charming and most of the damage he does is not intetional. Ramona puts up walls to keep others out but is also a responsible adult and often cuts through Scott, and at times others, internal bullshit. Wallace is an alcholic, but still a very responsible, very loveable guy who clearly cares about scott and supports him finacially and emotionally. Kim is VERY emotionally distant, very misntrhopic.. but also a good person who as we see as the series goes, has an inner light to her and often drags on Scott because she’s been putting up with his shit the longest and WANTS him to be better. Knives is an obessive and violent stalker.. who was also deeply hurt by an older man, dosen’t GET that her realtionship with scott was wrong and uneven, and is clearly not emtoinallyr eady for the deep feelings she’s having. And Stephen.. well he’s a talented guitarist but also enables scott and julie. Especially him enabling Julie.

Point is their all pretty well rounded, llikeable characters with flaws. Julie.. is just an ass. And this scene demonstrates that with flying colors. While Scott does ignore her because he’s too worried about his sister and girlfriend becoming friends, understandably given Stacey knows all his dark secrets, Julie spends two pages giving out and treating scott like some bad guy for persuing Ramona against her orders. And i’m going to break down why.. this dosen’t work.. on any level for her. 1) Ramona is not Julie’s property. She’s a big girl with her own free will. They aren’t even remotely close: Julie met her only barely before Scott, and given the dream thing probably not even that. And you could say Julie is just looking out for her... she dosen’t know Ramona well enough to KNOW if Ramona is still smarting over Gideon. She probably was.. but she readily, once the awkwardness passed, went out with scott and dove right into the relationship. While there’s still some scars as we’ll see.. she CHOOSE to move on and that’s her choice. If she wasn’t ready, she woudl’ve turned him down or broke it off by now realizing it was a mistake. 2) Scott has no reason to listen to her. She hates his ass, somewhat justifably but still, she hates him and has been against him since fucking colllege. She took his exes side in the breakup despite Envy still being partly in the wrong but paints him as some abusive dickhead and not just an insesntive dickhead. To him he’s just some villian she needs to reign in for her cool friend who wants nothing to do with her and grows to justifably hate her over time. Scott and Julie TOLERATE each other. They are not friend,s they do not like each other and never will. They are around each other because of Stephen. That is it. If Kim , Wallace or Stephen had asked, or at least made him wait for kinves. he probablyw ould’ve or at least considered it since while they take the piss out of him, they genuinely care about him and actually have shown they care about something other than themselves! Speaking of which the cou de gras 3) She’s a selifsh bitch: She is NEVER not in any volume seen as out for anyone but herself, and thus scott has no reason to trust her judgement. She berates Stephen, him and anyone who will listen, is only so loyal to envy because she’s famous, and as I said treats EVERYONE like dogshit. And given Scott is still a very flawed guy.. it takes a LOT for him to be so right and he runs out screaming when Julie mentions her.

So back at the library, Ramona brought Stacey along because the place is a maze. Scott calls Stephen and calls julie evil.. which given the last two paragrahs. Yeah. She is. She really is. But that goes nowhere as he dosen’t have Stacey’s number. He also thinks Julie was responsible for this which while she’s very much not.. would it REALLY be that suprising that if Julie were there she would’ve introdcued the two and set up their little hangout just to piss scott off? God I’m so sick of talking about her.

So the two after dropping off Ramona’s package decide to hang out a bit.. not long as Ramona’s got shit to do, but hey I agree with her logic i’m curious about this palce too. But before they can go up an elevator Ramona spots incoming.. and thus we get the fight of the volume. Though given the next one has two climatctic fights and one or two before that, they easily could’ve had both.. this is still the highlight of the volume. So Ramona snaps off a railing and before Stacey can give out about that she finds out WHY as Knives attacks with a pair of sais. And O’Malley did his homework as while you’d THINK it was just another dumb white person mistake.. O’Malley is asian, thoughw ether he’s candaian korean or canadian chineses, as his last name is korean but he has a large chinese cast in this very comic that might come from experince, I do not know and if you do know tell me. I’d like to refer to him properly as I don’t LIKE lumping all asian cultures into one basket. But not only that he did his home work, as Sai’s, while popularized in Okinawa Japan, were also used in other countries. I bring this up since I assumed it was just a simple mistake even knowing Brian was mixed-race, and was plesantly suprised to fine that know, I was the moron. And i’m fine with admitting that.

So we get a damn good fight.. and Knives figures out Scott WAS cheating on her. Granted she assumes so due to seeing Ramona at the refrence Library, before he actually cheated and clearly blames Ramona for it, but still, it fucking hurts. Plus while her attacking Ramona, who initally assumes she’s gideon’s doing, which.. yeah sending a teenage assasian just to mess with her head does sound like him. So while Stacey does complain “ramona you can’t just tear out art objects” to which I say... yeah high, Stacey? NOT THE POINT RIGHT NOW SCOTT’S EX IS TRYING TO KILL HER. SHE’S DEFENDING HERSELF. So we get one hell of a fight. It not only shows off that Ramona is one hell of a fighter herself, as is knives, but just how immature knives is, resorting to constnat fat jokes and taunts showing just how immature she is.. and unlike volume one where it was endearing and we just saw how sweet she was here it just comes off as mean, bitter, and uncomfortable. But again part of the series biggest charm is the main cast are all well fleshed out and throughly human. She’s doint this because she dosen’t know better and was raised in a house where, again as volume 4 will bear out, finding out her dad is going after scott with a samurai sword just warrants a “dad’s are so weird aren’t they” my point is her frame of refrence is a mite skewed. Plus this is a world where everyone but Stacey just calmly accepts big shonen fights break out, so it’s not that unsuaul to want to settle things with a fight and while i’ve joked about her killing Ramona we genuinely don’t know that was the goal> Could’ve been, easily given murder is peachy in this setting and just leads to a respawn according to O’Malley and would’ve just sent ramona back to her apartment. But I genuinely don’t think she has it in her to do it and while she could’ve planend to, she never would’ve. Plus Ramona easily leads the fight as while Knives uses hit and run tactics and tries make her follow.. Ramona is more annoyed than anything as she has shit to do. Knives only gets one hit in and while i’ts a pretty nasty scratch on the cheek, if thankfully not scarring.. Ramona shrugs it off when she brags about it and easily takes knives down with a potted tree. Knives runs and while she tells herself it’s to fight another day.. its really because her opponent was WAY stronger and way more ready for something like this than she probably planned on. She did defintely want a fight, she just wasn’t prepared to be outmatched so handily. It’s also a nice parallel to last book’s fight: Like with Scott and Matthew, while the fight SEEMS pretty even, in reality our hero/heroine was alwasy teh one in control and easily took care of the less experinced and less ready upstart, who likely wasn’t expecting a fair fight much less to loose.

So Ramona and Stacey wisely get out while Stacey explains Knives is indeed Scott’s ex, though is unaware of the cheating thing. Speaking of Scott he’s playing sonic and knuckles, and in fact kept wallace on the line before just to get advice because of course he did hence why stacey didn’t get through to him, but gets a call... from Envy.

This is easily the second best sequence in the boook, which was lovingly and wonderfully adapted to film and as a result I cannot read it without hearing Brie Larson’s voice for Envy , a nice mixture of seduction and condescension. It’s CLEARLY painful fo rhim, and we do get some things established as Envy toys with him, that it’s been about a year and that she left him for a cocky pretty boy, familiar.. and while Scott claims to not know what he looks like.. given Todd is clearly on her band cover... it’s not exactly hard to put two and two together. So after some awkard catchup and Scott telling her about ramona against his will, we get to the reason she’s here with Scott understanndbly being supscious and calling her a user.. which while Envy denys.. she ends up admitting to. She’s coming to town as estalbished and her opening act backed out, and since Scott has a band, and one that 2/3 of which she knows, she wants them to open for her. Scott naturally isn’t too intrested and thinks it’s just pity. The sequence. is masterful, using a watchmen style 9 by 9 panel layout and intercutting scott’s pained reactions and clear lack of comfort with flashes of envy on her side.. never showing her proper, but showing his memories or what he’s seen in magazines. It’s really striking and really sells the sheer discomfort Scott’s going through. So soon after Wallace gets home.. and finds Scott, drained and miserable on the floor, not even responsive. And this really is the scene that shows me that Wallace cares for the guy and cements that asshole he may be, he loves his buddy. He goes through possible scenarios that fit scott: Food poisoning, finding out Wallace saved over his final fantasy save (though he rules it out as last time that happened he was crying), that ramona dumped him.. before Scott let’s out a pathetic and miserable “Ennnnnvvv”. Wallace , who was at ground zero for that relationship as we’ll find out, realizes this and lets out a little shit, unsure how to help and pissed off at that bitch for once again hurting him like this. As I said it shows how Wallace knows scott in and out and loves him dearly.. and how he knwos about this paticuarly heartbreak better than anyone but Scott and Envy themselves. IT’s just a really tearjerking scene, as we get a sense of WHY scott spiraled into an ego boost of a relationship: His last one REALLY tore him in half, and he’s still not completely healed from the emtional bisection.

So Scott gets more bad news next chapter as Stacey tells him about the fight and he’s worried he’s going to loose ramona on top of this. I mean he desrves it.. .but it’s clear she’s the best thing to happen to him after a really rough year of denial and poor decisionss and loosing her will likely only make him WORSE. He also breaks the bad news, to him at least to the band about the gig. Stephen, being kind of a dick who while understandbly excited about a big gig fails to see his friend REALLY isn’t happy about this nor remembers you know, that the person offering this tore his heart out indiana jones style and while they should take the gig despite the risks, it’s too big an opportunity not to, he should be fucking senstive about this. Kim however... has a suprising and heartbreaking reactoin to this. Which is spread over a few panels but i’m gonna string into one image for convince sake.

Just.. DAMN. I honeslty missed this both as a teenager and as an adult when I read through the books last time but holy shit is this a heartbreaking little moment, even more with the development she gets in later books. Keep in mind, over two books so far, Kim.. really hasn’t shown a lot of emtion. The most upset she’s gotten was getting a bit pissed about another a girl drummer. The only other time we’ve seen her sad was at 17 when Scott left. Her only emotions that we could see were angry and surly. But here? She’s genuinely upset and we see her walls break down for the very first time.. and it’s with the clear indication she NEVER really got over Scott. She never got proper closure and while she hasn’t let it so.. it’s been VERY clear she's been grossly uncomfortable with how he just likes to brush off their history, something that very clearly still bothers her and understandably so: 6 years , while a lot of time, still really isn’t long enough to just .. FORGET your first boyfriend , how he made you feel or the fact he took your virginity and you took his. Stuff like that sticks with you.. I’m ony assuming on the virginity thing but my point remains: To Scott it’s SEEMINGLY nothing, when really he’s probably just trying to brush it off because he dosen’t like dealing with things and given how Kim is wrongly assumed she can’t feel pain. I mean to anyone else i’d be a fair assumption and even i’m not convinced if she touched a hot stove she’d burn, but that’s phsysical this is emotional. DIffrent playing fields. Point is Scott’s kind of a dick and not having ANY closure for anything, Kim is still smarting from him leaving as much as Scott is smarting from Envy dumping him. And it somehow gets MORE painful.... which should’ve been the tagline for Bojack Horseman now I think about it but yeah: her line is what cuts me up the most “I saw her on the cover of Now. She’s pretty”. It’s a little line, it’s easy to see why I missed it .. but the subtext really stings. It’s that despite being VERY pretty, I had a crush on her as a kid and I still do now.. Kim just can’t help but compare herself to someone whose now a glamrous rock star. Their equally attractive but all Kim can see is ANOTHER person who Scott cared about more than her. Which seems petty but again he just.. abnadoned her. His moving wasn’t his choice but his not telling her as was framed earlier sure as hell was. And then just.. look at the next people he dates: A glamorous rock star (She wasn’t at the time but that’s for next week), a much younger girl who can’t possible challenge him, and an ultra cool american. To her.. it must feel like he just looks right through her to every other person intersted in him and never even consdered her as a person anymore. I mean.. jesus christ that hurts.. and makes me hate Stephen more since you know he dosen’t notice any of this.. though at least unlike with Scott it’s a bit more understandable because Kim’s so unflappable and he’s already ignoring very obvious and transparent emotional pain why shouldn’t this be any diffrent. So yeah no one’s happy about this, and that ends up including Stephen as he’s so insecure about his band’s talent he’s pretty sure they suck when their probably at least adaquate.

So while Scott dosen’t say anything, it’s clear he’s at least consdiering the offer as when we next see him he and ramona are heading to Envy’s show. And honestly it’s just a really sweet scene as Ramona asks about envy and the two banter and hold hands. A really nice palletee clensar since hte last few pages were like I was the one lucas socked in the gut. Also she assures him she dosen’t hate him, and asks about how the breakup happened, turning down any offers to hear the good times. It was new years eve one year ago, and he mentions it was over her leaving to meet some guy named Todd.. and Ramona finds the story familiar but brushes off Scott wondering if her todd and Envy’s todd wer ethe same guy as a douchey joke. When prying about what happened otherwise, Scott admits it was all a blur.. Ramona isn’t ahppy with the answer.. but it’s nto like it’s that unresonable: he was in deep with Envy, and the breakup was damn bad to the point it took a year for him to recover and end up in the relationship he is now and the one before this was clearly a cry for help. It also helps reinfroce just how much Wallace was there for him and probably WHY Wallace hates Envy so much. They probably live together simply because Scott needed a place after college, was in zero condition to get a job or do anything given his zombie like state.. and Wallace just had him move into his bed, platonically and into his place. It’s probably why while Wallace will complain ocasoinally he isn’t that on scott to find a job. He dosen’t need a paying roomate, they do fine just on his sallary and he has a steady, secure job in some sort of calling office, probably working in medical stuff like my mom. He needs his friend to be safe and happy, then he can get on his ass about being functional, as he is in present day. If nothing else this volume made me realize just how good a person Wallace is. The one thing he CAN remember, to Ramona’s disbelif is a restraunt opening up, the job story he hinted at last volume: basically it was a fancy tex mex place called, and this is one of the best restraunt naems in the history of fiction brace yourself: The Gilded Palace of Flying Burritos. Naturally, as would I as I love tex mex and that name, Scott loved the place, ate there most of the week and like me with some places I liked waited impatietly to get a job. He did and they were even super generous as the food was FREE. Which is a euphoric feeling I relate to, though I also liked any discounts I got. seriously when I worked at Bagel and Bagel a good chunk of my paycheck was eating there for dirt cheap every shift. I miss that place so much. Like even after I left there I still like a good bagel sandwitch. And it wasn’t covid or anything it was just low staffed and slowly coming apart due to a lack of a solid manager after Crystal, the manager who hired me, transfered to a store closer to her home, which I do not blame her for.

Point is I get it even if Ramona thinks this is all made up. Anyways at Lee’s Place, based on the real life Leo’s place, everyone’s gussied up: Steven got an awful haircut and Kim...

But no time to dwell on how great kim’s..everything is.. who DID Neil bring to the concert?

While Kim is VERY much enjoying this, everyone else is a bit freaked with Ramona getting assurance her and Scott dated breifly, with Kim quipping her and neil will probably date even breiflyer, and Stephen.. freaking out, wondering if she seduced him, and asking if they should take him out back and kick his ass..

Just..... that’s a lot of douche to unpack and this review has been VERY long and suprisingly hard already.. but fuck it, we don’t have much left to go let’s do this. Okay one did she seduce him.. I mean I GUESS, but really let’s be clear here: Neil is a horny, lonely, monosolobic 19 year old who lives with his sister’s college friend and whose life revovles around said guys band. Knives is adorable. She likely barely had to flirt with him to get him to say yes .As someone who was a lonely 19 year old doofus, I guarantee no matter the red flags I probably woudl’ve said yes provided she was 18 instead of 17, despite the abudant red flags such as neil vaugely looking like scott, neil being the one single man within scott’s circle to get her way back in, as Knives hasn’t realized she’s bi yet or given how much she looked up to Kim, she probably WOULD’VE gone for it. As would any sane person, which neither knives nor I entirley are. So she didnt’ so much seduce him as offer him a girlfriend he didn’t have and him being too intrested in having a sweet, caring girl on his arm to see the giant army of adrestian soldiers needed to carry all the red flags this presents.

And as for “do we need to kick his ass. “ Stephen.. did you kick SCOTT’S ass? No, you fucking abetted him and only stepped in for the good girl thing. You did NOTHING to stop his relationship with knives or tell him he was screwing up or look out for that girl’s well being. This will bite him in the ass even harder in volume 5, but even now it just makes him look REALLY fucking bad that, even if he probably dosen’t mean it, that’s at all on the table. Also.. Neil, unlike scott is doing slightly less wrong. While he is 20 to her 17, three years.. it’s HALF of what Scott and her’s age diffrence is, and far more equal in power structure. It’s still not.. GREAT, but my point is you did NOTHING when Scott did this, for far flimiser and less forgiavble reasons.. but when NEIL, whose been nothing but weirdly loyal to you dates her, you want to kick someone’s ass. I mean yes he’s being stupid: in a clear role reversal of the Scott and Knives situation, it’s obvious just from her expression that KNVIES is the one in control here, and the one using someone to ease her own pain. Granted it’s wrong, if not as wrong as Scott should techincally know better and Knives very clearly dosen’t, as well as get into a show of her faviorite band. Is what she’s doing wrong.. yeah... while she can’t see it again it’s what Scott did just not QUITE as fucked up due to not being AS embalanced. Should neil probably be dating her after scott did ? No. But should you be threatning him and not scott for you know, setting all this in motion? No. Jesus christ you suck Steven.

Thankfully while Scott presumibly calms Stephen down, Kim spots Hollie and her roomate Joseph, who will be suprisingly important. He’s very gay, very quite, very bearded and is only hear because the bass player is hot and when prodded on it....

Well said. Also I read that with John Heder’s voice fo rsome reason.. don’t know why, his career ended as quickly as it began because he REALLY did not pick his films well. He saw that he was going to be in a film with David Spade and Rob Schinder and didn’t fire his agent for suggesting it. Meanwhile Scott and Ramona run into Sandra and Monique, Scott’s old classmates who just sorta.. show up every so oftne, often backing up Julie because every Alpha Bitch needs a posse. As Boscha has proven once you loose your posse you loose your bitchy powers. They also ask if Scott and Ramona are an item which leads to a fantagious visual gag.

Also Stephen awkardly talks to the new couple, about how much Knives loves the band, and because why start reading the room now just sorta.. CASUALLY slips in the fact he knows her is because she and scott dated.

Granted Knives action this book really EARNED her that curveball.. but still, it’s transparently clear she’s both not over Scott and Neil’s a placebo, and that she loves the band... how the fuck did you get through college, much less get two loyalish friends Steve.

Kim tries to hide when she runs into Sarah whose with.. someon O Malley does not know, literally captioning it “I don’t know htis girl”. Fucking love that gag even if SOMEHOW kim is the roomate they all hate. Despite hte fact as the side story will bare out, her roommates are all pretty obnoxious, so i’ts probably because she’s the only sane person in that group and their VERY lucky kim just dind’t set the place on fire on her way out and let god do what he should’ve a long time ago. Also we meet Lynette, the band’s drummer who smokes “She must be evil” “Still hot though”... both accurate. Also Luke wilson is there.. no really. Just holy shit that’s awesome. Okay so with all of that out of the way, it’s time for the show. So after a full volume’s build up , and a really cool build up in the page before we finally properly meet clash at the demonhead, and miss envy adams.

Heck of a reveal and not the only one as ramona realized what the audience probably already guessed....

Dun dun dun! And since I don’t like leaving a cliffhanger dangling lest I have to... we’ll be getting to this next week.. what you thought i’d say right now or tommorow? This was a lot. But no i’m not leaving you too long. Next week, Evil Ex Crossover! Ramona and Wallace become BFF’s! We learn what the deal with Scott and Envy is! Scott faces the Ken to his Ryu! And Wallace gets a boyfriend. All this and more next week. for now...

Final Thoughts: This one.. was a VERY rough one to review and it ties back to this volume’s biggest problem: it is not paced very well. Like the series as a whole it has a pretty easy going, slice of life pace. The only ones without this kind of easy pacing are 3 and 6, and even 3 has some slice of life bits, their just both more focused due to the events going on. This one... well....

Pretty much. While this one has very important stuff going on, Scott and ramona getting closer, ramona getting more fleshed out, Wallace showing how deep his character is, Kim also getting fleshed out quite a bit, Knives showing off her crazy side, setting up the next volume, the second ex fight.. it’s all just kinda.. jumbled together. It’s not really until the knives fight onward the book takes on some really solid pacing and really gets going.It’s not a BAD book: ther’es some REALLY good character stuff as I dug into.. but the pacing is just really loose and without the Evil Ex fight as an anchor and with ramona and scott just sorta.. getting to know one another, in both biblical and non biblical senses, it dosen’t have either of the series main narrative thrusts. Even the knvies subplot really amoutns to nothing for now, as Ramona dosen’t find out Scott’s a cheater, and only distrusts knives now. That’s about it. It does improve on book one in characterization, with eveyrone being MUCH cleearer in terms of who they are and settling into their iconic selves nicely. Wallace’s more selfless and protective side pops up, Ramona starts to show mroe of her personality good and bad, Scott’s better traits are mixed a bit mor eeven with the douche ones, Knive’s far more unstable and violet stalker side emerges, and Stephen.. well fuck him, point is things are coming together.. but O’Malley still isn’t quite at peak power yet. Not bad and still worth a read like last time, just a bit uneeven is all. That being said... if you want O’Malley at his peak.. well then come back next week. Until then i’ll be doing my usual buisness of reviewing birds, refrencing simpsons and letterkenny, and putting my eyes back in after kim’s look up there. For now the sun’s setting and i’m out of here.

#scott pilgrim #scott pilgrim vs the world #ramona flowers #kim pine #stephen stiles #wallace wells #envy adams #lucas lee #oni press #Brian Lee O'malley #knives chau #neil nordgraf

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bucksblr · 4 years ago

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tagged by @leonzhng thanks for making me dig through my most embarrassing crushes 😭✋

i’ll tag @highwarlockkareena @yibobibo @lan-xichens @purplexedhuman @aheartfullofjolllly @lanzhansmiles @nyx4 i feel like i tag you guys in everything i am so sorry please ignore this if u don’t wanna do it !!

putting this under a read more for reasons

MEN 2010 – 2016

literally nothing more embarrassing than falling on the same type of white man over and over again (with the exception of minho from shinee bless his heart)

tommy joe ratliff → he was the bass player for adam lambert during his glamnation era (think of songs like for your entertainment and if i had you) idk why exactly i liked him so much but i just did.... however i searched him up again quite recently and found out he’s one of those republicans that says the dumbest shit on twitter so Big Yikes

harry styles → “baby you light up my world like nobody else, the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed, and when you smile at the ground it ain’t hard to tell...” and BOOM 13-year-old me was sold for well over two years

louis tomlinson → basically i liked harry most until around 2013 when for some reason i started to like him a little less, and i got more focused on louis tomlinson, and although i didn’t like one direction anymore louis tomlinson always had a special place in my heart

ashton irwin → so ashton is 5sos’ drummer, i discovered 5sos through one direction & i stanned them until late 2014

harries twins → the harries twins (jack & finn) are basically the reason i started spending a lot of time on youtube, they were funny and pretty and they just had good videos in general, so for almost two years i’d watch their content regularly

choi minho → my first steps into kpop happened bc i was watching videos on youtube (most probably the harries twins) and suddenly i saw the sherlock mv in my recommended videos so i clicked on it and then 14-year-old me proceeded to fall for minho like an idiot

brooks twins → still youtubers, the brooks twins were 3/5 of the janoskians (jai & luke brooks, beau brooks, daniel sahyounie, & james yammouni), an australian youtube comedy group that was active from 2011-2018 though i was only around from 2012-2014 (when jai brooks was dating ariana grande)

jc caylen → surprise! another youtuber! jc caylen was part of o2l (our2ndlife) a youtube collaboration channel on which each of the 6 members posted videos on a certain day in the week (mondays with connor, tuesdays with ricky, wednesdays with sam, thursdays with jc, fridays with trevi (my 2nd favorite member bc she participated on the x factor), saturdays with ricardo, and then they had surprise sundays every week) and i remember how much joy jc & the others always brought me with their silly videos

misha collins → up next, you might know him as the gay angel that was sent to superhell after confessing his love to the homophobic hunter on supernatural, it’s misha collins! basically misha was a huge source of comfort for me, and i even went around calling myself emmisha for almost two full years (cringe)

henrik holm → he played even bech naesheim in skam and my crush on him reached that level of ridiculousness where i actually tried my hand at learning norwegian (i can only remember how to introduce myself and some curse words i would make a great first impression on him)

MEN 2016 – 2021

min yoongi → okay so my baby steps into kpop happened through shinee’s sherlock, but i only got really invested when yoongi dropped agust d 1 because Holy Fuck y’know??

kim namjoon → oh man i remember thinking namjoon was cute and a very good leader and then BAM he dressed like THAT at the 2016 mma’s and i fell in love. hard

park seojoon → i started liking park seojoon whilst i was watching hwarang (you guessed it, i watched it bc of taehyung), although he wasn’t my favorite character by far, but he was very silly off camera & i liked that (i’m not that into him anymore tho </3)

kim seokjin → OH BOY LET ME TELL U i liked seokjin from the very beginning (i got to know bts in late 2014) and i always liked seeing him perform and be himself and god once i realized i had a crush on him it just hit me like a mf truck, and he’s still one of my favorite people to this day

jung hoseok → god fake love era hoseok really hits different.... also yes i know i have all of bts’ hyung line on my list BUT bts was a really big part of my life for almost 6 years soooo honestly they deserve it i still think they’re great guys

choi san → when ateez made their debut in 2018 i immediately fell in love with san, he was such an amazing dancer and he captivated me right from the very beginning, to this day he’s still my bias in ateez uwu

xiao zhan → AND THEN, OCTOBER OF 2019 HAPPENS AND I WATCH CQL AND... i fall in love with xiao zhan, something i’d never expected would happen bc when i watched cql for the first time i wasn’t as invested in the story, but i really really really liked xiao zhan and one thing led to another and now here i am as a xfx

wang yibo → the thing is, i’ve known yibo since eoeo except i didn’t know cql yibo was uniq yibo (bc i’d forgotten his name) and when i looked it up i can tell you my jaw dropped to the floor bc holy shit????? also he is very silly and i love him loads ok

lee minho → ah, the man who has been my skz bias since 2018, not only is minho my bias i also kin him (there’s a lot of aspects of myself that i see in minho and vice versa) and he’s very comforting to me

bang chan → honestly, it was only a matter of time before i’d fall for bang chan, i knew the moment i got into skz again that i’d start biasing him and, well, here i am, double biasing chan & minho

WOMEN

this list is shorter bc i’ve in general always had less crushes on women than on men??? blame society forcing me into thinking i was straight for a LONG time

ariana grande → remember the 2011 layout of twitter?? where u could not only have an icon and a header, but also a background and ur twitter page was smack in the center of ur screen with the big ugly menu bar at the top??? yeah ariana grande was always my background for my l*rr* st*l*n*s*n layouts

perrie edwards → this was right around the time she was dating zayn & little mix was breaking out into the spotlight, yeah i just really loved her

andrea russett → okay so remember o2l?? andrea russett was kian’s girlfriend for a pretty long time and they always did videos together and i always thought she was super pretty

lily collins → maybe i don’t like clary in tmi all that much but i sure liked the way lily collins looked

alona tal → MY BISEXUAL AWAKENING, it’s only when i saw alona tal in spn that i realized, fuck i might be gay

park jihyo → i discovered twice (my 2nd jype group after day6) through the like ooh-ahh mv and red-haired jihyo really did something to my heart (i just rewatched it and god zombie bang chan is so mf cute)

kim jisoo → when bp made their square two comeback i was immediately smitten for red-haired jisoo in playing with fire, it’s also when i realized she was my bias out of the four members

shin ryujin → the reason that i have blue hair is partially bc of ryujin and her amazing intro in wannabe :D

xuan lu → her portrayal of jiang yanli was SO ON POINT and she’s just such a kindhearted wonderful person wow i want her hand in marriage

lee yoobin → god i’ve known dreamcatcher from back when they were still called minx and ever since i’ve always looked at dami that bit more than the rest, i was also able to see dreamcatcher live in october of 2019 and the whole experience was just so amazing !!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

there’s a whole lot more than just these 10 but i wanted to fit the evolution into one (1) slide as best as i could lmao

peter pan → this movie came out in 2003 (?) and he’s honestly the first fictional character i remember ever having a crush on

legolas → i was really doubting between placing haldir or legolas here but i only really got a vague haldir obsession when i was like 14

zuko → LOOK. ZUKO IN ATLA? HOT. ZUKO IN LOK? HOT EVEN IF HE’S AN OLD MAN.

will turner → man was annoying sometimes but i really liked him and his relationship with elizabeth was cute

jo harvelle → gosh i can’t believe she’s the only female character in here???? yeah she was one of my two spn faves and i’ll never forgive the screenwriters for the way they killed her off

castiel → does your fave ever get sent to super hell for being gay? no? well. mine did

kili → fili and kili’s storyline tore my heart out, spit on it, and then laughed straight in my face, KILI WAS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE DWARF

howl → i only watched this movie for the first time in 2020 so i kinda fucked up the tl cause i watched cql in 2019 but shh, anyways howl with his blonde hair was good looking but howl with his black hair just hits differently. i want a howl

lan jingyi → MY BABY BOY, TINIE LITTLE BABIE WHOMST I MUST PROTECT ok no but seriously this kid. i love him a lot

mu qing → BARK BARK. that’s all (that’s not all i love him a whole lot and it hurts me to see so many people misunderstand his character and only see the bad parts of him when they can forgive others for fucking up (eg. xie lian himself & feng xin) but bc mu qing doesn’t deal well with emotions suddenly he’s the bad guy??? i s2g if ppl are gonna do to him what they did to jiang cheng in the tgcf la i will RIOT)

#thanks for the tag hanyi my hands hurt now </3 #tag game

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nubianamy · 3 years ago

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35k, PG, Finn/Sam, pre-slash, pre-canon, camp, series, drama

from chapter 3

Every time Finn and Sam were around the campfire after that, Finn encouraged him to sing. Sometimes it was with Aggie’s borrowed guitar, and sometimes it was just him, without any accompaniment. Sam had a strong, melodic voice, and it didn’t really need the guitar, but Finn noticed he was louder and more confident when he was strumming along, and that was great to witness.

One evening, after most of the guys had gone back to their cabins and Finn and Sam were there tending the dying fire, Sam turned to him curiously. “How come you never sing by yourself? I mean, I would play anything you wanted to sing.”

“I don’t sing,” Finn shook his head perhaps a little too quickly, “that’s kind of the rule me and Puck have. Like, he’s the front man for the band, and I get to do the harmonies and stuff when we mess around.”

Sam seemed to accept that at face value, which suited Finn just fine, even if it involved throwing Puck under the bus with the implication that Puck had decided on the rule. When really, it was because whenever Finn had taken lead vocals, he’d managed to almost put the beater through the kick drum, he got so tense.

“The thing is, I can barely hear you when I’m singing,” Sam said, poking the fire with a long stick. “I’m kind of loud in my own ears, if you know what I mean. But what I can hear sounds really good.”

He smiled over his shoulder at Finn, not teasing, not waiting for Finn to say something, just because that was how Sam was. Being next to him, watching him smile like that, gave Finn courage. He took a deep breath. “I, uh… I used to sing all the time, when I was a kid. My mom had all these cassette tapes, and we’d play and sing in the kitchen and in the car. And she dated this guy, Darren. He always said I should be a singer when I grew up.”

“Sounds like he was really supportive.” Sam turned so he was facing Finn, digging the stick into the ground so he could lean against it, “What about your mom? Did she... not like it?” He quickly added, “I just... you don’t sing anymore, so I assume someone convinced you not to, or something.”

“Nobody,” Finn said, shrugging. “I mean, nobody in particular. You know how guys are. It just stopped being cool to do stuff like that. Like playing video games or reading comics. Me and Puck, we still do those things together, but… we don’t tell anybody? That would kind of be the death of our popularity, and Quinn, she thinks that’s really important.”

Sam nodded slowly, and in the darkness and the firelight it was hard to read much of his expression, “I guess people don’t do a lot of things they want to do. But, everyone here likes the singing. And I definitely do, and I like comic books and video games, so you already know I’m super lame.” He reached forward to nudge Finn’s knee with his fingers as Finn chuckled. “If you ever wanted to try with me, that’d be cool.”

“Try singing? I mean, we’ve done that lots.” Finn gave him a nervous smile. “Maybe if nobody else was around, I would. If it was just us.”

Sam looked down at the log they were sitting on for a long moment before he looked back and smiled, “I mean, Sean’s always sneaking over to the cheerleading camp, right? You come and get me when you’re ready, and I’m happy to listen.”

It didn’t happen that night, or the night after that, but Finn thought about Sam’s suggestion a lot, maybe more than he should have. It was running through his mind pretty much all the time when he wasn’t focusing on something else. Which, unfortunately, seemed to be during a lot of the practices.

“Hudson! Are you planning on running at any point this morning!” Coach Tyler yelled, and Finn picked up the pace as he quickly as he could until he was next to Sean again.

“Look, dude,” Sean looked around and gave Finn a pointed look, “You need to focus.”

“I’m trying—”

“No, your mind’s somewhere else,” Sean reached over and tapped the side of his head with the back of his hand. “Listen, I get it. You’re not finding this challenging. But the QB boat has sailed, and you need to be giving this your all, okay? Now... What can I do to get your mind off whatever it’s on, and back on these plays? Because we’ve got our second game coming up, and if Lucas loses to Sam’s team? He’s gonna be fucking insufferable.”

“Seriously, it’s nothing. It’s just something between me and Sam.” Finn shook his head, “We haven’t had time to really work it out—”

“Great. Me and Aggie are gonna go smoke weed in another cabin tonight. So, you and Sam can pick a room and hash this all out, before I lose my patience with you, dweeb.”

Finn watched as Sean moved away and was about to move himself when there was a hand on his shoulder, stopping him dead. He winced, expecting to see Coach Tyler, but instead Lucas was looking at him with a very neutral expression. “You’re interested in being QB?”

“Kind of?” Finn tried to settle under Lucas’s gaze. He’d been friendly enough to him, but then he’d turn around and be terrible to Aggie. Finn didn’t trust him. “I mean, yeah, I’m interested, but… that’s your position, right? Yours and Sam’s?”

“It’s like saying the circus belongs to the ringmaster and the accordion-playing monkey,” Lucas rolled his eyes, and looked Finn up and down, “I’m not going to be playing next year, and I kind of like the idea of passing this on to someone. I mean, you’ve got shitty taste in friends, but...” He shrugged. “I’ll find you when I’m ready, Hudson.”

Finn watched him walk away, feeling much the same as he had when Darren told him he should be a singer. Seriously, if I had your voice, my group would still exist. Keep it up. He felt a shiver. It didn’t matter in that moment if Sam wanted to be QB or not. He pictured himself on the field, in the center of the team, calling the plays, catching the hike, passing the ball for the touchdown. It actually felt possible.

Maybe that was why, when Sam asked him at dinner, “So are we singing tonight by the fire?” Finn shook his head.

“Aggie and Sean are busy,” he said. “We can be alone in the cabin.”

“Oh.” Sam seemed to hesitate, causing the line of people waiting for food behind him to stop for a moment, before he quickly took a step forward again. “Yeah. Okay. Uh, your room or mine?”

“Whatever. Except our room has that chair with no arms. It might be easier for you to play guitar sitting there, instead of on the bed?”

“Isn’t that chair really uncomfortable?” Sam said, walking straight past the salad bar without stopping. “I mean, I’m fine with either. The chair sounds great. Just, if you want the bed instead, I can make that work.”

It turned out the evening was drizzly, anyway, so Finn didn’t feel so bad keeping Sam all to himself. Back in their cabin, however, Sam seemed restless, moving from one thing to another. Finn tried to give him space.

“You know, I think I’m going to go for a run,” Sam told him finally.

Finn raised an eyebrow as Sam stripped off his t-shirt. “In the rain?”

“Just a short one. It’ll make it easier for me to focus.” He backed toward the door in his undershirt. “I won’t be long.”

“You’re gonna get wet.” Finn said, but before he could try his argument for why Sam should sit down before he lost his nerve, Sam had vanished out of the door, his glasses abandoned on the side table. Finn stood by the door, watching Sam’s legs carry him around the lake trail until he was out of sight. Then he went through the bathroom into his and Sean’s room, dug his phone out of his jacket pocket, and dialed Puck’s number.

It went to voicemail once, but the second time Finn called, it clicked to life. “You have the worst timing, Hudson. I’m in the middle of something.” Puck sounded annoyed, but there was the sound of music playing softly in the background so he couldn’t be too busy, “Or, I mean, I’m about to be getting into something.”

“Dude, you could have let it go to—uh.” He laughed sheepishly. “Sorry. I’ll be quick. What’s a song you and I sing together that’s really good? I mean, really, really good. One that shows off a little.”

“How about...” Puck trailed off, and there was a noise in the background that sounded almost like a groan.

Let's talk about sex, baby Let's talk about you and me Let's talk about all the good things And the bad things that may be

“Not that,” Finn protested. “Dude, I’m not trying to get in anybody’s pants. What the hell. I’m talking good singing.”

“Why’re you singing to someone if you don’t want to get in their pants?” Puck scoffed. “Can I offer...”

Come out Virginia, don't let 'em wait You Catholic girls start much too late Aw but sooner or later it comes down to faith Oh I might as well be the one

Finn flung himself onto his bed, staring up at the ceiling. “No, no, Billy Joel is your range, not mine. Something higher.”

“So much for being quick about it. Sounds like the rumors about you aren’t exactly accurate.” He could hear a scuffling noise, and shushing and snorts of muffled laughter.

“Dude, who’s there with you?” Finn said suspiciously.

“Oh, this big, handsome, burly right guard. Yeah, we’re going at it pretty hot and heavy right now.” Puck sounded almost bored. “And, oh, yeah, there’s Mr. Ryerson coming through the door.”

“You really know how to make everything gross,” Finn said, grinning. “Okay, well, if you can’t think of anything, I’m going to have to default to Journey.”

“Do that Steve Perry single, the one from Straight Talk.” Puck hummed the chorus, and Finn sat up. “Can I hang up on you now, or do you have more stupid questions?”

“No, I think I’m good. Have fun… whatever you’re doing.”

“Looks like I might be doing some singing, actually.” Puck sounded amused. He added, to whoever was there, “You’re serious? Right now?”

Finn laughed. “I’m out of here. Whoever she is, good luck.”

He had to look up the lyrics to the song on his phone, not because he hadn’t sung it eight thousand times, but because he was sure he had been singing some of them wrong for years. Somehow it seemed important to get the lyrics right when he was singing for somebody else. Not that he was singing to Sam, or anything like that.

Actually, now that he was reading the lyrics, Finn decided he might want to have second thoughts about singing this particular song. It wasn’t because it was a love song, but it was kind of sad, and not exactly upbeat. But it was too late to call Puck back, and he wasn’t going to pick something else now.

There was the sound of footsteps on the stairs outside, and Finn sat up on the bed quickly, his phone almost bouncing on the mattress as it slipped from his hand. He had begun to swing his legs off, but the door opened with a very loud noise, and Sam stepped in, shaking out his hair.

“Paul wanted us to know that the hose for the sprinkler system is working again,” he said dryly, barely looking as he pulled at his undershirt that was soaked to his skin. “It came off and sprayed me, but he, very heroically...” he trailed off, his eyes finally falling on Finn who was resting back on his hands, his legs splayed wide. “Uh... are you... waiting for someone?”

“Me? No.” Finn straightened up, trying to figure out what to do with his hands. He rose to his feet, tripping over his shoes a little. “Who would I be… um. Can I get you, like, a towel or something?”

“I should get to the bathroom,” Sam gestured but his shoes squelched as he took a step, and Finn quickly shook his head.

“No way, you need to lose the shirt at least, man, before you get sick. You can borrow one of mine until you go next door.” He grabbed one of his big, comfy McKinley High athletics shirts from his drawer and held it out. “Just—sit there and take off your shoes. I’ll get you that towel.”

He ducked into the bathroom. The towels on the rack both smelled like feet, so he rummaged in the shelf above the sink until he found a clean one. It was a worn towel from Six Flags, the one with the picture of the roller coaster on it.

Finn brought it back into his room where Sam was sitting on the floor in a puddle, his soaking-wet undershirt in a pile next to one of his shoes. He was struggling to get the other one off. When Finn snickered, he shot him an exasperated look.

“It’s really hard to untie wet shoelaces,” he protested.

“Hey, I’m not saying anything,” Finn held up his hands with a grin.

He exchanged Sam’s wet undershirt for the dry towel, then took the shirt into the bathroom to drip dry. He couldn’t help but pause in the doorway, though, and glance back at Sam, who was contorting himself trying to get a better angle on the lace, until his foot was nearly over his head, as he got more and more frustrated.

“Here.” Finn knelt on the floor next to him, gesturing for Sam to put his foot back on the floor. “You’re just making it hard for yourself. Let me.”

Sam looked very unsure about this, but he let Finn tug at the heel of his shoe until it finally slid off his foot with a sloppy sound. It made them both snicker. When Finn presented him with the shoe, like it was a priceless gift, Sam laughed harder.

“Thanks.” Sam rolled his eyes. “For the towel, too. It’s been a pretty crappy evening so far. Maybe... I should just turn in.”

“You think it’s going to get any better if Aggie gets home and sees you’re asleep?” Finn joked lightly, “I bet he’d put your hand in warm water just on principle. Come on, why don’t we just... hang out. I’ve got this dumb book I’m supposed to read for my classes next year, I’m sure you could do some sketching or something, right?”

That made Sam brighten a little. “Yeah, that sounds pretty good.”

It didn’t take long for the two of them to get comfortable, but the separate beds felt like way too far away to Finn’s mind. He pulled the blanket off the bed, and made himself a little half-nest on the ground, his back to the drawers. Sam spread out on the mattress, not physically, but between the sketchpad, a small pile of comic books, and the guitar resting against the headboard, there wasn’t a lot of space there.

The book was very boring, but listening to the sound of Sam’s pencil skritching away on the paper was strangely relaxing.

It wasn’t until the third time that he lifted his hand to his nose, and Sam hummed in a mildly negative way, that he turned to look. Sam finished with a line, and then looked back towards Finn and froze. Finn offered a small smile, “You doing all right?”

“Yeah, I was just...” Sam glanced at the sketchbook on his lap and then back to Finn. “Art, you know?”

“Are you drawing me?” Finn couldn’t help but ask, his chest feeling strangely warm. Sam looked mildly horrified, but after a beat he slowly nodded. “Can I see?” Finn continued, and that got a sharp negative. Finn tilted his head. “Why not?”

“Because... it’s embarrassing.” Sam shrugged, “And private. And you were supposed to sing, and you didn’t, so I’m holding my art ransom.”

“Oh, yeah?” Finn felt his smile broaden. “Does that mean you would show me if I sang something?”

Sam glanced back at the sketchbook and then back to him, “It’s honestly not that good. I mean, I really want to hear you sing, but I don’t want you to be disappointed if you’re expecting the Mona Lisa or something.”

“Dude,” Finn said softly. “There is literally no way I would be disappointed by you, Sam. Ever.”

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deepdonutkid · 4 years ago

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Social media and the Shelby Family

Let’s go from youngest to oldest…

Finn, as said in the first part, is an influencer, who likes to live his life online. He tweets a lot, he has a ton of insta stories and likes to keep his followers updated. Also he follows some trends like trying bubble tee or these weird tik tok dances. Finn even bribed his brothers to try some with him. They refused of course. Tommy said a no and walk right out of the room. John laughed and brushed it off. Arthur tried, but failed hilariously. Good for him, that Finn was teaching him the steps and not filmed the miserable attempt. Michael did and was actually good… and Ada did quite okay. Well, Polly wasn’t even asked, because Finn already knew her answer was no.

A lot of his pictures online are with his friends, especially Jesaja. They skate sometimes and film their tricks. (I added this, because I saw a video of Finn’s Actor- Harry Kirton- skating and I thought it also fit Finn) Whenever he is eating something instagramable, he definitely take a picture. Finn also take good selfies, but he only uses funny filters. So no Dog ears or sparkly flowers here!

He answers messages mostly direct, no waiting time, ‘cus this guy doesn’t play games, but as a Gen Z he would definitely be scared of phone calls. Especially if it’s Polly and there are already two missed calls. Then he just freaks out right away.

And to add a little funny extra: Finn tried among us on his phone and he is kinda sus!

His Whatsapp status would be: “my milkshake brings all the bees to my car. Shit… there are bees in my car!”

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Michael is king of selfie. He knows he looks like god’s gift to the women and he plays that card. His phone is filled with all kinds of selfies. Little narcissist, here! Well, he needs to take a picture from every ankle to capture his beauty.

He also posts some stories on insta, but not so often like Finn. Michael keeps it casual. Just a few party pictures with friends or something super cool like new car.

But as we all know Michael Gray, he likes to play games with da ladies. So sometimes you wouldn’t even get a goodnight from him. If you tease him, he’ll tease back. Probably posts a picture with another woman. She is just a friend, but you’ll not know that. Yes, he can be mean, but if you’ll call him drunk and late at night, that you miss him, he’ll be glad to hear that.

His status would be: “P1 cleaner than your church shoes.” And yes, this is a weeknd lyric from the song starboy

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Ada. Yes. I almost forgot her. How could I? She is gorgeous!

Already mentioned in part one… She knows her stuff pretty well. Technology… no problem for this gal right here. Ada can hack into stuff and write codes and programs, but this also made her very aware of data getting misused or stolen from bots. This is why she chose to keep distance from social media. She doesn’t use the gram or snapchat or whatsoever, but she uses secure text messenger and is likely to be found on a super dank meme page and to understand the memes you need the knowledge of years and years internet culture. And Ada talks to Finn and Michael about unprotected data and how they shouldn’t spill so much information about them online.

But she takes a lot of pictures from her kids, her husband, her cute outfits, her house and garden, their vacations. She doesn’t use a normal cloud and prefers to show you the pictures together. One after one and she’s making a comment to every single one of them. About that she could talk for hours.

Her status would be… well, she wouldn’t have any!

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So… John-boy! Here isn’t much to say. He uses Instagram, but it’s a rare thing. John might follow some artist, so he is up to date for new concerts to go to and also some friends, but that’s it. On a good day which happens to be every half year he might post a picture, when he went somewhere. To get a new tattoo or if he went to see a game, probably soccer and rugby. If he gets the chance to travel, he’ll make pictures, but he totally forgets to post them or even show them to his family. He prefers to talk with his brothers about the experience of traveling and not starting a slide show.

What he is talking pictures of? Selfies are rare, but do happen, if they are a special request from a gal… and it’s probably shirtless, ‘cus he has got the body. Then again, he took pictures, if he was abroad, not on the usual roads, but only a few. While texting he might send a funny meme, if he sees any and thinks of you. And the occasional picture of “Look what I just got”… and it’s a Vinyl or a band shirt. Even though, he answers his family rarely, when he is in Birmingham, he’d be texting with his lady a lot, having this grin on his face, while Ada asks who he is writing to.

His status would be something like: “punk in drublic.” Which is a festival for said genre, but he just finds it funny. Likely to add “Y/N with an emoji of choice”, when he is in a relationship.

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Tommy hates social media and refuses to try it for a long time, but Finn uses it so much, that Tommy had a little interest, what’s going on there. His youngest brother had a lot of explaining to do, which probably went like:

T: “How do I tell the person I like the picture?”

F: “There is the comment button.”

T: “No, I mean the… like thing.”

F: “Double tap on the picture, Tom.”

T: “Good, so… what’s next?”

F: “Nothing. What should happen?”

T: *shrug* “So, this is completely useless!” *deletes the app immediately*

And Tommy is also not the guy to answer private messages directly or often. Sometimes you said on read for days with this fellow, because he is super busy and doesn’t have the time to type. If you’re lucky, you get a quick okay. But if it’s important, he’ll call you right away and asks what happened, and if you need any help. With business he always answers straight and don’t like to waste time.

He doesn’t take pictures really. There may be some incidences where he hit the button by mistake. And there some photos of documents, which he need proof of… so he doesn’t have to rip out a page from a book like its 1920s. And all the pictures of his family has been send to him, he just don’t delete them.

His status would be: “Available” or “At work. Only important calls.”

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Arthur… well… he has Facebook and uses it like anyone going on forty… really weird boomer mems, that might have been funny ten years ago. He sends them to everyone and they’re so annoyed by it, but he spares Tommy as his time is too important to waste on ‘funny pictures’.

Some gave him an Echo thing, the one with Alexa, you know, and he was so frustrated by it, that he threw the thing against the wall. Arthur couldn’t get past the set-up and got to angry. His family laughed about it, but it’s better this way.

Thanks to Finn and his little videos, Arthur became a meme himself, because his little brother filmed him while Arthur did something ridiculously stupid. That vid went viral. (Unsure what he did exactly)

His status would be: “Hey, there I am using whatsapp!”

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I don’t know what to say about Polly and Freddie… so I leave them out now, but if you have something to add or whatever, feel free to do so!

#peaky blinder headcanon #peaky blinders #tommy shelby #arthur shelby #finn shelby #john shelby #ada thorne #ada shelby #michael gray

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angelsunflowers-fanfics · 5 years ago

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Jealous!Sean Diaz x reader (Flirting & Awkwardness)

Request: Hey, I love your writing! Just super amazing! 💕 I was wondering if you could do another jealous! Sean Diaz one shot??? If not that’s totally fine! Thank you! ✌️☺️

Fandom: Life is strange 2

Genre: Fluff

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Going to a market in a small town while being on the run from the police probably wasn’t the smartest idea but Daniel and Chris wanted to have fun, and Sean didn’t want to go alone. So here Daniel, Sean and (y/n) were, at the Beavercreek market looking at Christmas trees.

“Hey, sorry for the wait. I wanted to talk to Daniel about… His powers,” Sean explained his brief absence.

(y/n) nodded in understanding before leaning forward to press a quick kiss to the side of his head. They knew how stressed and worried he could get over the entire situation. So it was important to keep his spirits up along with Daniel’s.

“You’re doing your best, I can tell. Just relax, do whatever you do. Draw, be awkwardly cute, mumble song lyrics, just chill. Okay, honey?” (y/n) said.

Sean averted his eyes, a light blush scattering across his facial features. Even after a full year, he still wasn’t used to the assortment of nicknames (y/n) had given him. But to answer their question, he gave a shy nod, tucking his hands into his pockets to keep them warm.

“What are you gonna do?” Sean asked.

(y/n) breathed in a breath of fresh air, it was nice. They liked being outside in the open world for a change. The smell of the pine trees in the near distance gave the market a very comfy feel about it. Daniel and Chris were loving it, that was for certain.

“Talk to the locals, maybe meet a few friends, I don’t know yet. Try to keep an eye on the kids, okay?” (y/n) replied.

Sean nodded his head absentmindedly and watched as (y/n) walked away from him to go look at the little shops in a different area. He felt terrible about dragging them into this but was grateful that they stuck around so long to help out with Daniel and trying to get to Mexico.

(y/n) on the other hand, was trying to push the fear of the police finding the three of them and taking them to prison, they were doing that by aimlessly walking around and trying to enjoy a moment of peace from the small town.

(y/n)’s ears perked up lightly as soft music and a beautiful voice broke the silence of the market. (y/n) followed the music until their eyes found Cassidy, she was playing her guitar smoothly and singing softly. She didn’t gather much of a crowd but (y/n) listened to the entire song. Cassidy was quick to turn her attention to the one admirer that listened to her song.

“Thanks for listening. Not many people do that these days. Life’s too busy I guess,” She spoke.

(y/n)’s eyes widened brightly as a smooth southern accent reached their ears, they almost reached up to touch their heart from how pretty it sounded. But that action would be a bit embarrassing. (y/n) fiddled with their fingers lightly.

“I uh, I don’t have any money to give you but that was a really pretty song… It was nice,” (y/n) stutterd over their words.

Cassidy wasn’t shameful at the look over she did on (y/n), checking them out. Cassidy smiled, seeing how soft the stranger before her was.

“I’m Cassidy. What brings a pretty person such as yourself to a place like this?”

(y/n) took a moment to let the sentence sink into their brain, they didn’t exactly get flirted with too much so they didn’t really know how to respond.

“I– wow– um, I’m (y/n) and… I’m just visiting some relatives for the holidays. What about you? You look like an interesting person,” They replied.

(y/n) rocked back on forth on their heels, trying to stay a little warm in the cold weather. Cassidy slowly placed her guitar back into the case, knowing that she wouldn’t be playing so long as (y/n) continued to talk to her. The company was nice until her friend came back.

“I don’t really belong anywhere. A friend and I hop on trains as a means of transportation,” Cassidy said.

(y/n) was most definitely interested in the conversation at this point. A bland town full of boring people, but Cassidy? She was something very different. It was no surprise that she was just passing through.

“It’s fun and completely free,” Cassidy chuckled.

(y/n) could only stare in wonderment. Sure, they had a loving and doting boyfriend but this was the first time that a very pretty girl had ever flirted with them directly. It was a nice change of pace, as long as nothing went too far all will be well.

“That sounds amazing. Do you ever get tired of it?” (y/n) asked.

Cassidy opened her mouth, ready to flirt or respond seriously, (y/n) didn’t know. But that was when a tall boy with a dog approached Cassidy.

“Alright, everything’s all ready to go… Who’s your friend?” He asked.

(y/n) could feel their ears turning red as he quickly checked them out. The second person in the past 10 minutes to do so.

“I’m (y/n). Hi,” They introduced themself.

They awkwardly waved toward the taller male, feeling only slightly intimidated by his appearance. (Y/n)’s eyes jumped from Finn to the dog sitting near his feet. It couldn’t do any harm to touch him, right?

“Is he friendly?”

Cassidy stood up to be eye to eye with her longtime friend, wrapping an arm around his shoulders teasingly before she said, “Finn’s got a bit of a bark, but he won’t hurt you.”

(y/n) laughed lightly before gesturing to the tame dog in front of them, “I was talking about the dog.”

Finn gave Cassidy an annoyed look but smiled seeing how friendly his dog was with the newcomer. He knew that Cassidy was more into the suburban people but what if he was as well? It had been a while for either of them to have a nice comfort of someone nearby.

Finn let his eyes wander over (y/n)’s form as they took the initiative to pet the dog at his feet. He didn’t normally act like this but the innocent look of them and how flustered and tangled their words became as they fell from their mouth was so enticing. Not to mention that (y/n) seemed really sweet for someone who lived out in a small town like this.

Sean was sat at one of the many picnic tables, glancing up every now and then to get a good look at his partner to draw. They seemed a bit flustered from two pretty people talking to them but he wanted them to handle it. He didn’t want to go charging in because he was over jealous again. He needed to calm down. Drawing helped.

(y/n) slowly stood to their feet and met Finn’s gaze, he tilted his head to the side for a moment before asking an obvious question, “You wouldn’t maybe want to put another hole in my scoreboard, would you?”

(y/n) gave the tall male standing in front of them a confused look. Scoreboard? Cassidy talked to Finn about how she had more on her scoreboard. Like it was a competition. Wait… (y/n)’s face flushed wildly. Oh! They meant hooking up!

“Oh… Oh! That’s – oh, wow… Um, I’m actually going to have to decline,” (y/n) embarrassingly admitted.

Cassidy continued to hang off of Finn, her arm loosely draped over his shoulders as she leaned all of her weight into him but it didn’t seem to bother him one bit. He just asked (y/n) something quite personal, of course, they had to decline. They hadn’t even done that with Sean yet.

“It wouldn’t be surprising that you have someone. Girlfriend? Boyfriend?”

Sean slowly closed his sketchbook, quickly walking over to where (y/n) and two homeless teens stood. They looked a little too flushed for comfort, and Sean was done looking around for a present for Daniel. He had something completely different for (y/n) of course.

(y/n) shifted from one foot to the other in nervousness. Of course, they were going to say that they had a significant other. One that they wouldn’t trade for anything.

“Um, I actually have a boyfriend who I love very much. Sorry,” (y/n) apologized.

Sean smoothly placed a hand on (y/n)’s back, forcing himself into the conversation as he heard the last sentence left (y/n). He had no clue what they were all talking about but seeing how flustered and red (y/n) looked, it made him mad because he wasn’t the one to make them look like that.

“Everything okay over here?” His voice was strained and awkward, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to say to them right now and not after seeing the two other teenagers flirt with them. With his significant other.

“Sean! Hi, um… this is Cassidy and Finn. They’re pretty chill,” (y/n) introduced Sean to the two in front of them.

Sean was still skeptical of course, his grip became a notch tighter on (y/n) but they didn’t seem to notice. Sean becoming clingy had become normal for them, it was nice having him cling to them at night to keep warm, but he was a tad insecure that they’d leave him for someone better.

And the two teenagers standing in front of him seemed like good candidates. Sean noticed how the two were looking at (y/n), flirty and inviting. But not on Sean’s watch.

“So, if you’re up for it, you’re more than welcomed to join us to Cali. your boyfriend can come too,” Cassidy offered,

(y/n) brightened up instantly, train-hopping with Finn and Cassidy to California? That sounded amazing. They didn’t want to say no but the expression on Sean’s face screamed rivalry or envy. Sean maneuvered his hand to grab (y/n)’s instead of resting it on their back.

“Hey… we have a home here now. Remember? And–” Sean started to say before a look of shock and realization dawned over (Y/n), they almost forgot about him. Of course, they couldn’t leave him. That wouldn’t be right in any sense of the word.

“Daniel, right… “ (y/n) turned to Finn and Cassidy, an apology on their lips. “I’m actually going to have to say no. I’m sorry. Sean’s right, we actually have a home here.”

Finn and Cassidy sighed a disappointment, they both wanted someone new on their trip and someone as soft and sweet as (Y/n) was the perfect person to choose from but that was life… (y/n) glanced to Sean, noticing the jealous look in his eyes and body language. It was very persistent from the second that he walked up. They’d have to deal with him after they said goodbye to Cassidy and Finn. (y/n) stepped away from Sean to approach the two closer.

“I hope that we’ll meet again. It’s been really fun.”

Finn slowly grabbed one of (y/n)’s arms and rolled the sleeves up to write down a number. Sean clenched his jaw but stood still. He could trust (Y/n).

“This is our burner cell number. Give us a call when you can. Well, see ya. Try to find us on the trains if you can,” Finn mentioned.

(y/n) blushed lightly at the brief contact but waved lightly as they disappeared around the corner with the dog light on their heels.

They were gone.

“Okay, Sean, Honey… What’s wrong? You’re acting… jealous,” (y/n) asked.

Sean’s face slowly blossomed into a light blush, the nickname combined with the scene that was just caused. He got jealous quite easily when it came to people flirting with (y/n). He wasn’t that confident to do that; flirt.

“We were just talking, What’s the big deal.”

Sean crossed his arms over his chest, showing (y/n) how upset he actually was with (y/n)’s new friends.

“Flirting. They were flirting with you,” Sean huffed.

(y/n) sighed lightly but grabbed Sean’s hands lightly to tug him closer to them so they could lightly press a chaste kiss to his lips, they were chapped and rough but the perfect texture against (y/n)’s own lips.

“I promise that nothing was going to happen. I did like getting flirted by two pretty people. But there’s nobody else like you, I promise. Come on, let’s go find Daniel and head back before your grandparents find out.”

#Sean Diaz #Sean Diaz x reader #Life is strange #Life is strange x reader #Life is strange 2 #life is strange 2 x reader

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cantgetoutofmyheda · 5 years ago

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do you still take prompts? if so, how bout clexa going to a sports event and getting featured on the kiss cam

The entire arena roared a boastful cheer and Clarke looked around trying to figure out what caused the eruption of excitement.

Finn noticed the confusion on the girl’s face, “We just hit another three.” He said, his eyes already back on the court waiting to see how his favorite team would fare on this round of defense.

Clarke did not enjoy watching sports, let alone being surrounded by fifteen thousand screaming fans watching the game in person. In all honesty, Finn had been pestering her about going on a date ever since she accidentally got too drunk at a frat party and let the boy kiss her. When he sent her a text that his dad’s season tickets were up for grabs, she brushed it off. It wasn’t until her best friend squealed at the game in question. Lexa’s favorite team—the conferences underdog, naturally—was up against the leading team. She told Clarke to go, to take the date for her so at least one of them could “witness history when Polis beat Arkadia.”

Finn, the ever persistent puppy that wanted to forever impress the blonde, offered another ticket for Lexa to join them—if it meant Clarke would actually come, he didn’t care if she brought a friend to tag along. In his mind, Clarke with Lexa at her side was better than no Clarke at all.

Sounds of groans and booing peppered throughout the stadium—Clarke looked up and Polis had scored, then achieved a turnover as soon as Arkadia brought the ball across the half-court line. A few hints of cheers occured, and a smile drew over her lips as Lexa’s team sank another shot—bringing the game to a tie.

“This is bullshit,” Finn exhaled. “They suck. How is this even happening?”

Clarke eyed the boy, annoyed at the sound of his voice and wishing Lexa was back with their snacks—the only silver lining to any live sporting event, at least in the blonde’s mind, “I mean, they clearly don’t.”

“Are you rooting for Polis?” Finn quickly turned to face her, his face contorted into an expression between confusion and annoyance.

“Obviously,” Clarke shrugged. “They’re Lex’s favorite team.”

He wrinkled his nose, “But Arkadia is mine.”

Clarke raised a brow at the boy, “My loyalty is to Lexa, here.”

“But I brought you here,” he pointed out, the confusion was still ever-present in his demeanor.

“She went to get me snacks, though,” Clarke shrugged again, before looking over her shoulder for any sign of Lexa.

The truth of the matter was that Finn could have offered Clarke front row tickets to anything she could have dreamed of, and the blonde wouldn’t have accepted. The only reason she was sitting exactly where she was that day was because of the spark of excitement that lit up Lexa’s brilliant green eyes at the prospect of Lexa being able to tag along. Clarke knew that the brunette had a distaste for the boy, but she also knew that Lexa understood that she had zero interest in him. If the two could use the outing as an excuse for Lexa to enjoy the game and for Clarke to enjoy some nachos and freshly popped popcorn, then so be it.

Just as Finn was about to open his mouth—likely to make another asinine comment—the sound of a long buzzer went off. Clarke didn’t know much about sports, but it didn’t take long for her to realize they were now in half-time. Her eyes scanned the crowd again, and she finally saw Lexa making her walk through flocks of people flooding to get more beer and snacks and make a bathroom break. Instantly Clarke’s eyes lit up, thankful that the brunette was finally returning back to their seats.

“There you are,” Clarke smiled, as Lexa started handing her various little cardboard trays and a rather large plastic cup.

“Sorry,” Lexa finally took a seat. “That took longer than expected.”

“Was it super crowded?” Clarke asked. Now that Lexa had returned to her place, the blonde’s back was fully facing Finn and her undivided attention was at the brunette with the beautifully-flowing chestnut waves.

Lexa shook her head, “No, not really. The first place I went only had bottles of soda, so I walked around trying to find a stand with fountain soda because I know you like that better.”

Clarke jokingly batted her lashes at the confession, “My hero.”

Lexa rolled her eyes and brushed her off, “Please. It was just so I wouldn’t have to get up again. What’d I miss? I see we’re tied.”

“We are,” Clarke chimed. “And hopefully Polis takes a huge lead soon so we won’t have to stay the whole time.”

“We’re staying the full time,” Clarke heard both Lexa and Finn say.

She finally looked towards the boy, “You know I hate sports.”

“Yeah, but you’re still here,” he offered a sly grin, still not understanding that the blonde wanted nothing to do with him nor his fancy seats to the game.

“Because Lexa wanted to come,” she offered as a reminder. “I would be perfectly happy at home right now.”

The three sat in an awkward silence, Lexa was holding back a grin at Clarke’s latest remark to Finn. Finn was fumbling around on his phone, and Clarke was mindlessly watching the footage on the jumbotron. It was going from random commercials, to short interviews of a few important looking people on the floor, to the home team's dancers putting on some sort of halftime show. After their routine ended, the dancer’s cheered their way back to the locker room entrance and a voice boomed through the speaker system.

“Alright, Arkadia Arena—it’s time for everyone’s favorite halftime segment. Give us a cheer if you’re ready for the Arkadia Kiss Cam!”

Random bursts of cheering exploded throughout the arena and Clarke shook her head at the sound. Suddenly, noises of hooting and hollering came from the boy to her left, leaving a look of distaste and disdain crawling all over her face.

“Finn, what the fuck are you doing?” Clarke quipped.

He ignored the blonde and leaned behind her to get Lexa’s attention, “Ready to be a third wheel, Woods? The cameras always pan this way.”

Lexa raised a brow at his question and remark, then turned to her friend before pointing to the huge screen above the court, “Saddle up, Griff. Looks like he wasn’t kidding.”

Clarke’s eyes immediately darted up to the jumbotron and saw that Lexa wasn’t playing around—she was staring at a video feed of Finn starting to close his eyes and make his way to close the small gap between his face and her own.

In one swift movement, she pushed the boy away and muttered, “No fucking way.”

In a turn of events, she immediately turned around to face Lexa—the sound of laughter started to fill the arena at the sight, the cameraman definitely knew something was coming and didn’t want to miss the moment. Clarke offered her a smile, one more bashful than she could have anticipated, and brought her hand to the back of Lexa’s neck before bringing their lips gently together.

Dazed by what just happened, Lexa pulled away before she even had a chance to kiss her friend back. It took one look into the sea of Clarke’s blue eyes to realize this wasn’t just a show for their audience of fifteen thousand. Lexa returned the smile that was looking back at her and brought Clarke in for a second kiss. It was soft, it was gentle, it was something she didn’t realize she had been wanting.

They were met with the sounds of the full arena cheering and clapping until the camera finally made its way elsewhere.

Lexa grabbed Clarke’s hand and gave it a soft squeeze, before turning to the boy next to the blonde who was in total shock, “Who’s the third wheel now, Collins?”

#clexa prompt #clexa #clexa au #clexa drabble #clexa ficlet #clexa kiss cam #send me the prompts #send me the asks #send me the headcanons #ask #asks #anon #clexa fic request

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lovewriting-5 · 4 years ago

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Wastelands:

*photo is not mine*

6. Pay Day

8. Paradise Lost

7. The Oath:

We walk back to the camp in silence. Once back, everyone split off to separate areas. I helped Sean get some ice for his left eye. I ask “What happened back there?” He says “Daniel levitated the ashtray in front of everybody. I guess he took the rule ‘only as a total last resort’ literally.” We both laughed a little.

The six people who were in the room at the time gave each other space leading up to the party. The only ones socializing were Ingrid, Anders, Hannah and Penny.

A couple hours into the party after the beer started flowing, the six of us went into a quiet place in the forest to talk about what happened.

Daniel picks up a pine cone from the ground. He begins levitating it to demonstrate his powers. Cassidy taps the pine cone, “Whoah...” Sean says “Well, that’s it, believe it or not...Told you it would sound crazy...” She says “Fuck...That’s mental.” I say “Exactly.” She tells us “I know something was up with you guys...Damn...I would be scared shitless.”

Sean tells them “We’re careful. We’re always here in case anything happens.” Daniel adds “And I practice everyday!” Finn says “Man...So, Sean...Maybe this shit is in your DNA, too...Do you have a super power?” Disappointedly, he says “Nada, zero, nothing. Trust me, I tried...” “Really? When?” Daniel asks.

Jacob asks “Do you...have any idea where it comes from? I mean, it can’t be random...” I say, jokingly “I think he turned into a reptilian or something!” “Hey, shut up! I’m not a reptile!” Daniel says. “A reptilian, not a reptile! It’s not the same, dude!” I tell him. Sean adds “I figured it started in Seattle...Maybe...the shock triggered something...Fuck, I don’t know!” He says “But I still don’t remember!” Sean says “Don’t worry about it...”

Cassidy tells him “Damn, you’re so unique, Daniel...” Sean says “That’s why I need your word that you’ll keep all this to yourself. Seriously.” She says “Oh this stays right with us. Promise, you can trust us.” I ask “Jake?”

“I don’t know, I mean...this is a big deal. How long can you keep this a secret?” Jacob asks. I tell him “As long as we have to. It’s all about keeping Daniel safe. That’s our job now.” Jacob says “What if he has those powers for a reason? Maybe it’s our job to help him, too. Guide him...”

Daniel asks “What does he mean? Sean?” “Dude, no. Do not make this into some cosmic bullshit. You still can’t tell anybody.” Sean steps in. Jacob says “Come on, I wouldn’t do that to you, Sean. (Y/N). Or Daniel. This whole thing just blew my mind...I think I need a break. Is that okay?” I tell him “No worries. It’s cool.” “Not after what you guys went through with these bastards...Okay, talk later...” Jacob says.

Jacob walks back to the party. Cassidy says “He’s right. It’s fucking bullshit.” Sean asks “I know. Finn, do you swear? We mean it.” Finn says “No worries, sweethearts. I’d never let anything happen to that little guy. He’s a true rebel.” “Thanks, man. For real.” Sean tells him.

Sean, Daniel, Cassidy and I start making our way back to the party. Finn hangs back a little. All of a sudden, he says “Uh, hold up! You know, there’s a lot of money around here.” Cassidy says “Oh no. What the fuck are you talking about?” He tells us “Merrill’s safe. It’s like a fucking ATM. I’ve seen it.” “Me too! In the back of the room!” Daniel adds. I ask “How you outlaws going to get the combinations?”

Finn looks at Daniel. The rest of us look at him as well. Daniel asks, questioningly “Me?” Cassidy kinds of begins ripping into Finn, “No fucking way, Finn. Don’t pull a kid into your stupid shit.” Finn says “Getting a shit load of cash isn’t stupid. We can get out of here!” She says “So you can be a beach bum? You’re so selfish, man...” “How? Sean, Daniel and (Y/N) are out of work! They deserve this!” He says. She says “And ripping Merrill off is the only way to do that? Really? And with a fucking kid? You know these assholes are armed, right?” He says with realization “I guess...I didn’t think about that...”

I mumble “Yeah, no shit.” “Don’t lecture me. I was just...Having a brain fart. Let’s have a beer and forget about it. Cool?” Finn says. Sean tells him “Deal. Not like I would let you use Daniel anyway.” I say “No more of this crap, okay?” Finn walks back to the party.

Cassidy subtly flips him off to his back, “He just needs his ass kicked once in a while.” Sean places a hand on her left cheek and gently moves her face to face him, “I think you did. I can tell he was sorry...” She says “For him, yeah. Damn, I’m gonna drink the crap out of the party. So should you two.” Directly to Sean, she says “Plus...Since it’s your last night. Time for your tattoo...” She walks back to the party.

Daniel asks, excited “What? Are you getting a tattoo? Dude...I want one!” Sean tells him with a chuckle, “No you don’t, hipster.” I say to both of them “We have other things we gotta do...”

The three of us make our way back to the camp. Daniel says “Okay, I know I shouldn’t have gone in there...Don’t yell!” Irritated, Sean says “Now there’s three more people who know about your power...” “Don’t worry, we can trust them...They said they won’t tell!” Daniel says. I tell him “We know. But what if anyone gets scared and call the cops? You don’t know what can happen!” Daniel says, proudly “I’m not scared of cops! I can stop them anytime I want!” I tell him, nervously “Jeez, Daniel, it’s not - -“ Sean says “At least this will all be behind us once we reach Puerto Lobos.” He says, annoyed “Who cares about Puerto Lobos...” I tell him “We’ll talk later.”

#Sean Diaz x reader #Sean Diaz imagines #Life is Strange 2 fanfiction #Sean Diaz #Life is Strange 2 #LiS2 #Life is Strange #LiS #Life is Strange fanfiction #Life is Strange x reader #Life is Strange 2 x reader

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yconic · 5 years ago

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Okay I'm looking for a reason to procrastinate, so picture this: Star Wars Hell's Kitchen AU where everyone is more or less a disaster in the kitchen but is there because being on TV is fun and getting yelled at by super angry, British bitch, Michelin star winning but insufferable chef Armitage Hux is an experience everyone should enjoy at least once.

I present you some headcanons:

- Poe requested to be put in the same team as Kylo because he loves annoying him with his whole soul (Also because his work station is closer to Finn, the cutie pie pastry chef who's as sweet as his delicacies) and Hux accepts because "Making Ren's existence an even sadder and miserable drag than it already is makes my heart bloom. Highlight of my day, really."

- Poe has no idea how to prepare food yet he's got amazing taste buds. Can he slice an onion without crying like someone just ran over his puppy? No. Can he tell that this Wasabi contains an insufficient amount of spice with a single lick? Hell yeah. Kylo is forever salty in admitting that most foods were deemed as edible because Poe was there to be guinea pig.

- No one fucks with Kylo's dicing skills. He's a former vet, and while most of his experience came from peeling potatoes until his hands bled, his knife craft puts even the top chefs to shame. His only competition is Rey, who can't be trusted not to add her own fingers into the dish but she's better than Kylo out of pure spite.

- Finn, in the confessionals: I have no idea when or IF they plan to stop *Cut to Rey and Kylo chopping off lettuce with ridiculous speed*, -- but at least now I know I'll never have to get knocked out by Phasma when we're both grabbing vegetables. Rey is currently making enough for the whole season. Filming stopped two hours ago...Hate is a powerful motivator.

- Finn is super nice and always tries to be helpful to the other contestants even when Hux reprimands him for it. He's got a competitive streak tho and once he's in the game, he's there the WIN. Especially when desert/pastries related challenges raise. Everyone dreads those because Finn is just like Go ahead, try to grab the last bag of sugar :) No no, I don't mind :) Do it :) thAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT YOU DICKPRICK--

- Rey, in confessionals: Finn really surprised me today when he threw that mixer at Kylo. It's a shame Poe ended up taking the hit but I, personally, believe that competitiveness being expressed in such a liberating way will help our team a bunch :) *Cut to Rey high-fiving Finn after he threw his cake mix at a fearful Kylo, now hiding behind a starstruck Poe*

- Poe was kicked out more than once for laughing at Hux's scoldings. "It's just, -- He makes those faces, when he yells, or when he's angry. Either I'm a dumbass who's way too happy for his own good, or everyone here has a disturbing lack of sense of humor." He already got in enough trouble for bringing BB-8, his cutie pie corgi on set, so this takes the cake.

- "No one shames Monica for bringing that banshee she calls a kid here, so why is BB be any different? Is it because they're furry?" Kylo supports BB being on set becauseMonica's kid told him his Risotto looked ugly one time and he hasn't forgiven him since.

- Kylo's temper makes the kitchen a very interesting place because he gets mad at the weirdest things. He takes criticism with a pinch of salt but he TAKES it, no problem there, it's?? Just weird. Snoke throwing his plate to the ground, spitting on it, and calling him "The second most disgraceful trash to ever grace a kitchen since Rachel Ray appeard on screen"? Fine. He needs a walk. But Fine. The pepper is a shade too light and doesn't match the image of the dish he created In his head? Flips his shit. Studio is on fire.

- Poe in the confessionals: *Trashing noises* You know, Kylo may be an asshole sometimes, but he really does make this whole experience better for me *Knife flies by* We all need that dose of adrenaline and unknown danger lurking around us in our lives, don't we?

- Kylo will say what all his chest that he detests Poe Dameron with his whole being, but then?? He would wait for Poe to turn around and laugh at his jokes, makes sure Poe doesn't cut himself because he kept his fingers too close to the knife, feed BB-8 when no one is looking and help Poe reach things too tall for him?? Also scoff in the background when he's getting slammed by the judges like he's offended?

- Kylo while raising Poe on his shoulders to grab some spices: Poe Dameron is a national menace and I'd like to shoot him down, as he's someone I despise, deeply, passionately so.

- NO ONE GETS IT, one minute these two insult one another until all of their tapes are all covered in bleeps, or will easily be like "Hey dickhead, thanks for grabbing the lemons" "No problem fuckface, make sure you marinate that meat in the freezer before the potatoes boil" Phasma shrugs it off and says that's just how siblings are.

- Finn, in confessionals: So, obviously, Poe and I have been getting closer in the course of this competition. I still want to win, but damn that man would look better at my arm than some apron, , , Kylo does make me a bit hesitant on getting closer thought. Just the other day me and him were grabbing some wine. Poe makes his way behind us to grab some meat from the freezer and then he bends... Look, we may have been surrounded by food, but at that time? He was the only snack I wanted to eat.

I guess it was all over my face because Kylo leaned to snatch the bottle of wine in my hand and whispered : "I'll kill you" you know, like the feral bitch he is--

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multiple of fives for dahlia?

Thank you hun!!! It’s under the cut!

Where did they grow up? What was it like? Were they happy there?

Dahlia grew up in Birmingham for part of her life and then in London up until she was of age. Her younger part of her childhood was poor, but she was happy. Dahlia was raised by her father Charlie Strong, and with help from Polly Grey alongside the Shelby children, growing super close to Tommy and Arthur, even Ada and John, but she didn’t stay too long after her mother died. Once she was taken by the Parish, she was put with an older woman, a rich widow who only took Dahlia in as a charity case and determined to mold her into her own image. Dahlia was a mix of the daughter she never had and a companion to keep her company, and the woman loved the idea of her taking in a poor child and giving her “culture”. Dahlia hated it, in all honesty, she missed her family and would rebel when she could (part of how she got into dancing burlesque and cabaret). But that all aside, Dahlia can’t say anything against the education she received, which she later uses to Tommy’s advantage for the family business. She wasn’t happy until she came of age, and snuck out, returning to Birmingham right before Tommy, Arthur, and John went off to war.

What did they dream of doing when they grew up? How and why did it change, if it did?

I don’t think Dahlia had particular dreams when growing up. She would run around in meadows when she was young, and would day dream with Tommy about their family having something more and being something bigger. But she mostly dreamed of freedom and doing what she wanted, being fancy and having more than what they had. After she’s taken, her main dream is to just return home to her family. Dahlia is a free spirit at heart, she hates being trapped and the society she was thrown into was exactly that: a gilded cage. I suppose her dream is just freedom and to have to power to have it.

What kind of people do they usually interact with? Who are their friends, the people they look up to/trust, and who are their “associates”?

Dahlia has a tight circle, she doesn’t trust easily, and that circle is mostly her family and Lizzie Stark. She does have a best friend named Charlotte “Cheri” (Arthur calls her Queenie, it annoys the hell out of her), a fellow dancer in London. She later also grows close to Ruth Solomons, Alfie’s sister-in-law. She does look up to Aunt Polly, seeing her as a mother figure and someone she learns from the most. She’s very social and charismatic, she does great in social gatherings and settings, but she keeps people at a distance with her boundaries firmly in place. With her being a member of the Peaky Blinders, her associates mostly come from their group, using the men to do whatever it is she needs them to, and a lot of times, she will take Isaiah (and even Finn) under her wing to keep them from getting into too much trouble. Once Alfie “dies”, the bakery is left to her, and so she works with Ollie and Aflie’s brother to continue to run it.

What do they always carry with them and why?

She always has a hat pin, just like Polly, so she can stab and threaten people if she is put in a situation. But soon, she just starts carrying a pistol to be extra safe after Sabini’s attempt on her life. Dahlia also carries a lighter because sometimes a woman needs a smoke or you never know, offering someone a light can open doors for opportunity. Dahlia is prepared for the worst, and is very well-aware of the dangers their line of work brings. Besides, Tommy doesn’t want her running around unprotected, and Dahlia has no issue with carrying firearms despite Ada’s disapproval.

Did they get married or have a family? Why? If otherwise, why not?

Yes, she marries Alfie and they have a daughter: Rosalie. Honestly, their wedding is a small thing, and its after Luca Changretta uses Dahlia as leverage to strike the deal with Alfie to betray Tommy. Alfie is pretty well aware that Tommy will come after him for it, so he proposes rather impulsively (in Aflie’s manner, of course, can’t be too sappy now), and it’s in the guise of offering Dahlia and her family protection (since they’ll be united and such), and of course because he does love her. The real reasoning behind it is that Dahlia will inherit his “bakery” and home with them being married, leaving her well-off and taken care of. Alfie promises a honeymoon (after the war is over with the Italian mob) in Margate together. After his apparent death, only then does Dahlia find out that she’s pregnant with Rosalie. She continues to help run the bakery with Alfie’s brother and sister-in-law (and Ollie, can’t forget him), taking the first few months to grieve, of course. It takes her months to speak to Tommy, only coming back around for the wedding between him and Lizzie, but eventually she does move in with them and helps with the kids. Alfie does reunite with Dahlia and meets Rosie, and Tommy leaves them with Alfie in Margate to keep them safe while he goes after Oswald Mosley. Rosie is raised Jewish, to respect Alfie’s religion and culture, Dahlia’s way of having Rosie as close to her father as she can get while she believes he’s dead.

How do they want to be remembered after they die?

Dahlia has never really thought of that, if I’m being honest. The only future she considers is the big picture in Tommy’s visions for their family and business, she’s rather ambitious. She doesn’t want to be a legend or anything, she just wants her family to be happy and comfortable, and to be able to have the power to own her own freedom so-to-speak (it was hard for women back then, you know?). Dahlia lives in the moment for many years, up until she becomes a mother and starts to focus on her own family. In which, she wants to be remembered as a loving mother, a good friend, and someone who cherished her family selflessly.

#oc: dahlia strong #my ocs #asks #peaky blinders

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adamdriverwrites · 5 years ago

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Carpe Noctem || Part 1

Plot summary: Mob boss’s daughter & bodyguard au ft. Kylo Ren. Based off this plot bunny (x)

Warnings: extreme violence, swearing, sexual themes, mentions of non consensual sexual violence, drug use and other explicit themes in this story.

Word count: 3734

Pairing: Kylo Ren/Reader

A/N: here is chapter one, im super excited to delve into this, enjoy! tell me what you think!

Taglist: let me know if you want to be added!

Masterlist here

After all these years being away from your home, you didn’t think that the reason for your return would be under such unfortunate circumstances. One of your brothers going to jail, perhaps, but not the funeral of your beloved sister. You weren’t close with your family, you talked to your Father every couple of months when you needed him to send money to help with university fees and such, but it had been a very long time since you had seen any of them in person.

Mallory was the only one that bothered to visit you - lugging herself halfway across the world to spend Christmas or your birthday together.

You thought you felt hopeless and alone before…

You hadn’t talked to your Dad since that night, save for a lone email telling him you would fly in on Thursday and be staying for an unknown amount of time. You didn’t know what to say, and didn’t want to talk to anyone. You reveled in your silence, grabbing an uber home instead of asking him or one of your brothers for a ride. You landed at 1 pm in New York and figured they would be busy. The driver tried to make small talk, but you kept it to a minimum. Directing him where to go, he drove out of the city, entering suburbia and continuing on until the distance between properties grew far greater. Leading him to a particular neighborhood of large mansions separated by sprawling fields and lush forests until you arrived at your driveway. Driving down the long, winding gravel road, large willow trees lining either side, the two of you maneuvered around the circular driveway. pulling up to a stop at the front door. You peered out the window, looking at the dark stone and large glass, the cold Snoke family manor standing tall in front of you. It looked exactly the same as you remembered. Whispering a thanks, you made exit with your one measly suitcase full of belongings.

You had made a silent promise to yourself you wouldn’t come back for as long as you could get away with it. No one could hold a grudge like you, and when your father sent you away to boarding school at the tender age of 13 you never really forgot how much it hurt.

You had come home for one Christmas holidays when you were 16. It had been such a disaster that you hadn’t been back since.

8 years…. The spell broken all because of Mallory. She had been begging you to come home for a long time. And it would seem she finally got her way. You just hated that she wasn’t here to see it.

Walking up to the front door, you grabbed the handle and pushed, only to be met with a force. You almost headbutted the hard, black painted wood, before realizing it was locked. With a sigh and a curse, you knocked on it with your knuckles. Fancy being locked out of your own house…

There was no answer, and you knocked again, this time your fist pounding harder against the door.

A muffled voice came from inside, muttering they were ‘coming and to ’chill the fuck out’. You held your breath, nerves rising to the precipice, you crossed your fingers and toes it wasn’t your brother Lyon. The door swung open, a gust of wind blowing your hair around your face and you were met with someone familiar.

Dark skin, black hair, and a dashingly perfect smile that reminded you of being a kid.

Finn breathed out your name, his smile growing wider as he pulled you in for a hug, lifting you off the ground in the process. You smiled back, dropping your duffel bag to wrap both arms around him in return.

“Welcome home!” He laughed, separating to look at you again. You went to reach for your luggage but he was quick to pick it up. His eyes met yours again and he maintained his smile, looking you over before he shook his head. “Look at you. All grown up.”

You gave him a wry smile. “That’s the funny thing about time…” you looked past him at the wide expanse of the foyer, proceeding to walk through the doorway. Glistening black, white and cream marble, elaborate moldings and every inch sparkling clean. It all looked exactly the same. “Although, I could say the same about you.“

You had a bit of a crush on Finn growing up. He was closest to your age, but still a little older that you revered his actions and jokes like he was the funniest guy on the planet. He was always around because his Dad worked for your Father, and even though he was friends with your older brother’s, he was always so nice to you. Even if you were an annoying little kid. Giving you a sideways smirk, he used his free arm to curl up and show off his arms, flexing and tensing his muscles. "Well, I uh, have been hitting the gym pretty hard lately.”

“I can tell.” You smiled, if not speaking the truth then only to bolster his confidence he was clearly searching for. You walked deeper into the foyer, eyes casting upward at the tall ceilings. After all these years, you had forgotten how expansive and extravagant it really was. All of it was a nostalgic fueled kick in the face.

“Hey, listen, I’m sorry about Mallory-”

“Me too.” You cut him off. If anything to shut down the conversation so you wouldn’t have to talk about it. “Is Dad home?”

“Yeah. He’s in his office. C'mon,” He shut the large double doors behind him and the two of you walked forward. You glanced at the sprawling hallway in front of you, walking underneath the double curving stairways on either side. As you ventured further, soft voices could be heard. The voices increased in volume, none of them readily recognizable, all sounds merging to create a deep baritone completely unfamiliar to your ears.

“He’s been holed up in his office for the past few days.” Finn explained quietly to you, pushing towards the rumpus room. “You might just be able to pull him out of his funk.”

You sniggered bitterly. “I’m about to make it worse.”

Finn looked back at you. “Don’t say that. He loves you, you know.”

The snigger turned into a small laugh. Agreeing again only to move past the conversation and be done with it. “Yeah.”

You two stopped outside the double doors of the recreation room. Glancing inside the smokey dwelling, you saw no familiar faces. You could rest easy for another minute knowing that you weren’t about to run into any of your brothers. There was about 5 men scattered about, talking, laughing, drinking and smoking. The room was long, filled with a large pool table placed in the center, floor to ceiling bookshelves covered the walls, separated only by windows that peered into the front and the back of the property. Black leather chesterfield sofas pushed to the sides of the room with a few coffee tables littered nearby. It continued on, ending with two more large double doors that led to your Father’s office. You always hated that daunting walk when you were a kid. You gathered it was a deterrent your Dad set in place so he didn’t have to talk to his children that often. They were less likely to walk through a room of gangsters and criminals just to bug their Father when he was working.

“Go on through. I’ll take your stuff up to your room for you.”

“Thanks, Finn.”

You stepped forward, ignoring the looks from people you didn’t recognize, keeping your eyes trained on the doors at the end of the room.

“Holy. Shit.” Your head turned to the voice, and leaning against the bookcase in the dark corner of the room and smoking a cigarette was Phasma. She walked into the light, towering over your short figure, looking almost exactly the same as you remembered. Gorgeous blonde hair in perfectly in place and immaculately tailored suit adorning her as always.

You let a genuine smile curve your lips, and you met her halfway. Phasma was one of the very few people who you could have said you had actually missed. “The prodigal daughter returns…” her smirk copied your own, and her blue eyes cast over your form. “Looking good, Snoke.”

“You too.” You smiled and eyed her cigarette. Maybe it would help your nerves. “Can I please have one of those?”

She pulled an extra from the pack in her pocket and handed it over. “Don’t tell him you got it from me.”

“I’m not a kid anymore, Gwen.”

“I guess not.” She eyed your figure, and you resisted the urge to roll your eyes.

“Alright,” you sighed heavily, coming to the realization this might be harder than you thought it was going to be. “Time to bite the bullet. Wish me luck.”

She stepped aside with a soft smile. Gripping the cigarette in your hand, you walked forward, ignoring the other eyes in the room staring at you. All faceless lackeys, ready to die for your Father’s cause. Coming to a stop in front of the large double, oak doors, lacquered completely in a dark stain, you took a deep breath and prepared yourself. You hadn’t seen your Father in years, and although you had talked, him seeing your face was a different story. The reason he sent you away in the first place was only more prominent now. Raising your fist, you knocked on the door and waited patiently for an answer. Nostalgia kicking in once more, like all the times you were a kid, standing outside this very door and waiting for your Father to beckon you inside.

God, that was shit you would have preferred to forget.

A muffled reply beckoned you to ’come in’. Your hand that was vacant of your unlit cigarette gripped the black iron door knob, lion’s head in a roaring position. Some more gaudy detailing. Twisting it with much more force than necessary, you pushed the heavy door and entered.

The room was smoky, the smell of tobacco assaulting your senses first. The room was slightly darker than the recreation room, and when you shut the door behind you, you realized it was deathly quiet. Noise from the outside barely distinguishable in the fortress that was your Father’s office. A stark contrast to the loud men outside drinking and smoking and playing pool and having fun. This was suddenly the sordid den reserved for strategical talks you weren’t privy to as a kid.

His desk stood center at the far end, two back leather chairs in front, facing it. You noticed an unfamiliar man first, facing away from you. Only the back of his head and broad shoulders visible. Then your eyes fluttered to your Father, leaned back in his chair, head resting softly in his hand, eyes focused on the unknown man before they ventured up towards you. He sat up quickly, his position changing the second he realized who had just entered.

“Hi.” He looked the same as you remembered, if only with a few more wrinkles and more grey hair, though the dark bags under his eyes suggested he was feeling more human than usual.

When your Father stood up and made his way around his desk, the unknown man turned to glance in your direction, and his eyes met your own. Eyebrow perking slightly as he looked at you fully.

“Wow, kiddo.” the proximity of your Father’s voice caught your attention again, and you turned to see he was close. Bright blue eyes glancing all over your face, and a smile covering his lips, before his arms surrounded you and pulled you in for a hug. He was taller than you, and your face pressed against his chest. You frowned at the feeling of contact; not because it was unpleasant, just unfamiliar. You didn’t know which one of those was more sad. Before you could even think about raising your arms from your side to wrap them around him in return, he pulled away. Hands grasping your shoulders as held you in front of him. “Look at you. You’re all grown up, and…” His voice trailed off as his eyes shined with something darker, more solemn. "You look just like her.“

And there it was. The words you didn’t want to hear out of your Father’s mouth. Like you didn’t live in your Mother’s shadow enough already. You were almost all out of fake smiles at the sound of that comment. You gifted a half-assed one to him out of respect for Mallory’s memory.

"It’s so good to have you back home.” you bit back a snarky comment about why the fuck he would send you away in the first place then, also out of respect for your sister. You guess you still harbored some resentment. You pegged it down to your overwhelmed senses and assaulted nostalgia. Being back home was making you feel a lot of things in a very short amount of time, it was hard to cope. “It’s been a while, sweetheart.”

“Yeah.” Your eyes shifted in the direction of the man behind your father. He was now standing, dark eyes staring at you and your interaction with your Dad. A penetrating gaze that seemed like he was assessing you and your words intently. You didn’t recognize him, and you definitely would have remembered a man looking like that working for your father. Strong roman nose, black eyes that looked like he could kill, a scar running down the right side of his face, broad shoulders and large muscles wound tightly under the fabric of his black suit. An intimidating presence indeed.

“That’s Kylo.” Your Father spoke, walking around his desk. You instinctively followed him, walking towards the man he just introduced, and as you approached the seat, his eyes raked over your form. “Kylo, this is my daughter.”

“Hello.” A quiet voice erupted from your lips, one that you were unfamiliar with. You weren’t even entirely sure it was your own. You blamed this new man, and his piercing gaze. He didn’t speak, or smile a hello in return, only looked you up and down as you moved to sit in a chair, then walked away to the side of the room without a word.

Jesus fucking Christ. Who was this guy?

“He will be…” your Father’s words paused and you looked back at him to see him hesitant, “Looking after you while you’re here.”

“What?”

“Since Mallory’s passing, I have assigned some of my men to your brother’s. Kylo is my best man, and I’ve assigned him to you.”

Your eyebrows furrowed deeply. Was he serious? “You want me to have a bodyguard?”

“What happened to Mallory– I don’t think was an accident, and before she…” your Father hesitated once more. Words catching in his throat. You leaned forward in your seat, eager to hear the words spill from his lips. Before Mallory what? You had so many questions, and after the long flight with no sleep the amount of questions had doubled, tripled. You had fought sleep with the processing of information and trying to deal with it in your own way; paranoia fueled reasoning. You wanted to question him intently, but not in front of company, and not while being home all of 5 minutes. But the fact he didn’t think it was an accident? That perhaps Mallory’s death could have been intentional? Now, that was the sort of shit you wanted to hear desperately.

“Some things happened with work,” he continued, “And I don’t want to bury any more of my children. So Kylo will be looking after you while we get to the bottom of this.”

Your gaze flipped over to the man in the corner of the room, back towards you, pouring a drink from the crystal decanter full of scotch. He turned, and you noticed a lit cigarette now dangling between his large fingers. He eyed you with the same look; devoid of any emotion and impossibly hard to read. Though one thing you could infer by the way he stared at you, he didn’t look like it was his first choice of preferred activity; looking after the boss’s daughter. You let your mind wander to the possibilities of his position working under your Father. He didn’t seem like the usual lackey that hung around the Snoke manor, so what the hell did he do exactly?

“No.”

“No?” He questioned you, surprised at the notion. You gathered it had been a long time since anyone had the balls to tell him ‘no’.

“I don’t need a bodyguard. I haven’t been home since I was 16. No one knows who I am, and if they do, then they don’t know what I look like.” A lie, though you stood by the conviction in your voice. “I’ll be fine. I can look after myself.” Another lie.

“Sorry, kiddo, but that’s not going to happen,” Something behind his eyes changed and his voice softened an infinitesimal amount, staring deep at your face. Another first. Fuck, something must have been wrong. “you’re all I got left.”

You so desperately wanted to tell him that ’you weren’t her’, and that you weren’t destined to fall to the same fate as your Mother. However, the look on his face and the intent behind his eyes, you knew he wouldn’t budge. Stubborn old fool set in his ways. But that didn’t mean you had to do exactly what he said, so you begrudgingly accepted with a nod of your head. Easily ignoring the sentiment behind his comment, especially when you had a whole childhood of neglect at your disposal.

“What time is the funeral tomorrow?"You changed the topic, already eager to talk about something else.

"2 p.m, Greenwood Cemetery…” His eyes cast over his desk. “She’s being buried next to your mother.”

“Okay.” you nodded your head and placed the cigarette you had been holding between your lips. Your father had never seen you smoke, and you figured it wasn’t a secret worth keeping if you were going to be here an undisclosed amount of time. “Well, I’m going to go unpack, sleep off this jet lag.”

You stood up before any more words could be spoken. Already well over this conversation. You glanced in your Father’s direction before turning around and walking towards the exit. Your eyes locked with Kylo’s once more, finding that he was still very intently observing you. You didn’t like that one bit.

Leaving through the doors, you were immediately hit with the loud noise of laughter and pool cues hitting balls - a stark contrast compared to the deathly silence in your Father’s office, and you were grateful that interaction was over.

You were quick to make it out of the room, through the long hallways, up the winding stairs and to the east wing of the Snoke manor. Your bedroom was far away from the madness of the central part of the house. You hoped that most of this trip could be spent in relative solitude, if you kept away then maybe it could even be remembered as bearable.

You ventured to end of the eastern hallway, quiet compared to a lot of the house. Your bedroom doors were left open, you assumed by Finn, who had also placed your suitcase on top of your bed. You walked further in, closing the dark wood doors behind you, and glanced around. It was much like the rest of the house, tall ceilings with elaborate moldings and designs. Floor to ceiling windows contrasted with large red velvet curtains, perfect for keeping out the penetrating sunlight. Your room was almost the whole size of your apartment back home, and you forgot exactly how expansive this place was. Well, there was 16 bedrooms, a green house and a hedge maze, so how could you truly be surprised? Your family loved extravagance and wide open spaces, and if your father was still running the same way he used to, he needed somewhere to keep all his lackeys that resided on the property, and he liked that far away from his own quarters.

There was hardly any furniture save for a large bed, and a slightly outdated tv and stereo system, and your vanity table. Though all surfaces in your room were lacking a layer of dust suggesting this room wasn’t as absent as it had been for all these years. You gathered your father had his cleaners in here before you arrived and made this room relatively hospitable.

Mallory’s soft voice ran through your head, ’He never lets anyone in there, you know. Just like your car in the dark, dingy part of the garage, no one’s allowed to touch your stuff’. You had sighed and told her to shut up, she always rambled when she was drunk. ’It’s like he’s waiting for you to come back.’

You went over to the vanity, hoping that everything was still in the drawers like you had left it. You remembered specifically one item that you desperately sought. Shoving a disgustingly old chapstick aside, along with a hair scrunchie or two, you found the little book of matches you reserved for when you liked to light candles. Taking it with you and sitting on the edge of the bed, you dejectedly lit your cigarette.

Inhaling the nicotine deeply, you collapsed backwards onto the feather down comforter. Letting the interaction with your Father sink in. Shock now moderately subsided, you focused on his words, on what he had said about Mallory. He didn’t think it was an accident either, and he had vaguely suggested that something bad had happened with work too. Obviously whatever had transpired was clearly bad enough to warrant a bodyguard for your protection. He told you that he was working on it, but that didn’t stifle any pain from the loss of your sister. You were hungry for justice and revenge, and you weren’t about to sit around and not contribute.

So, after Mallory was buried, and you were assured you could have a moment alone with your Dad, you were going to convince him to let you help. He owed you that much.

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i hadn’t really thought about st after watching it other than that was fun i’ll prob watch the next season too, but now that i’ve stumbles upon this blog you’ve interested me in mike as baby, which i’ll be honest w you i hadn’t really thought of since way back in the 1st season when everyone but mike thought will was dead. would you like to expand on mike as baby?

djfkdjsfkjdfkdjfdksfjdsfkd i WOULD i love mike wheeler so much

(last night i told my brother he’s my favorite bc he’s just such a little brother and he was like “wait so you’re comparing me to mike?” and i was like “yeah man” and he’s like “i feel insulted” and then “i’m much nicer to you than he is to his sister” and i was like “yeah but i’m also a better older sibling” and he was like “yeah exactly, this is not the sibling relationship we should strive for” and then he suggested we should be like the siblings that are the villains in rise of the tomb raider, so frankly i don’t know that i trust my brother with anything)

(but also something about the way finn wolfhard smiles reminds me of my little brother and i’m fucking feral about it, i would kill for that kid)

anyway for my last mike wheeler meltdown essay i went through frame by frame and found this screenshot

and i regret everything

he is just………….,,,,,,,,,…………… a small boy. a baby. he is…,,, just baby???

anyway i already ranted about how mike just keeps Going Through Shit and no one does anything SOMEONE DO SOMETHING in this post so i’m gonna make another post about “times mike wheeler saw someone in trouble and did something UNLIKE EVERYONE ELSE DOES FOR HIM”

FIRSTLY

will goes missing and baby child is immediately like “we gotta find him bc he took a hit for us in dnd. this is totally equivalent and flawless baby logic”

they find a strange girl in the woods and he’s just like “hm yes time to take this girl into my home.” like, he has a crush on her but STILL

look at this gentle baby boy

(also i don’t super ship mi//leven, like, it’s what canon is going with and it’s a significant part of his character that eleven is hist first love but i’m kinda meh about it but i am very emotional about how HE’S SO SOFT WITH HER PLEASE LOVE HIM)

and he just lets her wander around and shows her everything

also he’s so worried about lucas when el accidentally hurts him

even though they were just fighting? like, honestly this is why it annoys me that people are so hard on mike for being a little bit of a jerk bc he’s never THAT much of a jerk and there’s just SO many times where he gets emotional and lashes out and then the moment it matters he does a 180 and is so intensely there for his friends. like yes he is a brat and yes he does get snippy easily and yes he puts his baby foot in his big baby mouth but he CARES SO MUCH and yet people are so unforgiving with him for being a bit of a little shit in really normal teenage ways

what can i say except *muffled weeping noises* (baby boy has so much love he can’t pick a best friend)

anyway here he is throwing himself off a cliff so his friend doesn’t get hurt even though he doesn’t know el is there to save him. like maybe he thinks he can survive it? bc the cop guy did? but like. bruh. BRUH

and then the first thing he does is comfort el?????

hello yes mike buddy pls fckn deal with the fact that you nearly died my dude

idk where this ties in but this is when hopper is trying to get in touch with them and nancy calls mike and mike’s not sure if she’s being forced to say it and they’re all just so small and don’t know what to do and

also i can’t get a non-blurry screenshot but the look on mike’s face when el is calling to him and he can’t go to her will haunt me forever!

and also mike worrying about will AND upset about eleven

also here he is being SUPER dramatic in dnd for his friends

even though he’s still really upset about el

which carries on into season 2, but he still makes sure will is okay:

and also the way he calls el???? so tender????

he’s just worried about his friends???? all his friends???? it doesn’t even matter what you ship bc he just cares about them all so much

i already talked about this in my last post but just the fact that mike is also struggling here and absolutely uses it to support will? GOOD. A GOOD BOY I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I AM IN TEARS

mike “yeah okay i know there’s a shadow monster and that absolutely means i should be there with my possessed friend as moral support, no i don’t see ANY flaws in this plan” wheeler

mike “what do you mean i could be in danger too, i love and trust my friends and that’s all that matters” wheeler

mike “i’m sure this possession thing isn’t a problem, as long as will’s okay!” wheeler

mike “fuck i fucked up oh fuck, but also just let me immediately try to save everyone despite the fact that holy shiiiiiiiit what a thing this moment is to jam into my already traumatized child brain” wheeler

hi he’s just so baby, he barely even knew bob and yet here he is making an emotional connection after just having essentially watched him die (he doesn’t see it with his own child eyeballs but he is right on the outskirts of the carnage after having seen countless people die the same way and i just)

this scene is so goddamn rough and yet mike sticks in there trying to get through to will until the last moment i’m

he’s so relieved he missed her so much

ALSO I WAS LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT SCREENSHOT BUT INSTEAD I FOUND THIS

AND YEAH EXACTLY SO WHEN IS ANYONE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT

NO NOT LIKE THAT, MIKE, STOP DEALING WITH YOUR PROBLEMS BY PUTTING YOURSELF IN MORE DANGER FOR YOUR FRIENDS

okay god this whole post is so long but i can’t go easy on season 3 bc my whole feeling about the reaction to s3 mike is just

anyway, s3 mike: continues to be baby

like yeah the fact that they’ve been making out for most of the summer to the point where it’s put a dent in the amount of time they spend with their friends is… there’s a lot to unpack there. like, this is probably a sign that they’re still being affected by the year where they were separated and mike thought maybe she might be dead who knows, and someone should’ve really talked to them about balance and honestly if hopper had just delivered the speech he meant to deliver it would have worked out just fine and everything would have been smoothed over, but we didn’t get that bc frankly, the characters need to be split up into smaller groups bc writing ensemble casts is hell. i get that. i’m sad, but i get it

(i’m still kind of assuming hopper will be back and we’ll get some moments between him and mike and so i’m not quite ready to judge how the conflict between them worked out this season just yet. thus far my feelings on how it was handled are kind of… meh. i think there’s some emotions that weren’t very fleshed out in how hopper felt about mike but i don’t think it was bad, per se)

anyway my point is: mike is soft. he’s just trying to make el laugh and he just wants her close and *clenches fist*

^ and it’s also made clear that he’s still hanging out with his friends he’s just late??? and tbh no one really touches on the fact that at this point el is still on house arrest. he would definitely take her to the movies with him if he could and that really complicates things. he just wants to spend time with her!

(and also so far, he doesn’t even really have much of a reason to believe this is bothering will. will’s just joining in on the teasing. he’s fine, guys)

and he still cares when it matters!!! look!

granted he’s a little shit about leaving before dustin sets up his radio but at the same time like dustin literally dragged them on a hike in the middle of summer to talk to his girlfriend and so when mike runs off to smooch his own girlfriend instead i just. i feel like that’s normal friend dickishness. like he hasn’t done anything awful???

(i’m gonna put this here instead of chronologically but when dustin finally gets in touch with mike after they’ve been separated bc dustin’s been locked in an elevator and mike’s been dealing with a possessed violent racist

mike immediately drops what he’s doing which btw is “taking 50 years to try to say i love you because he’s too nervous to say the words god what a baby” to talk to him because when it’s important he is so worried about his friends oh my god i love him so much)

anyway he lies to el about why he can’t meet up with her out of panic and spends the rest of the day trying to figure out how to make it up to her with naught but a smol teenage brain and bad teenage advice and $3.50. and then he gets broken up with for it, which like… that’s gotta sting. especially after the whole “am i grief hallucinating my crush or not” spiel and being 14 years old when all romantic stuff feels so crazy important. like the amount of times i held my friends as they wept bc they got broken up with after a 3 week relationship that they won’t even remember in 2 years, and mike is honestly a lot more serious about eleven than that and has had Real Trauma over losing her so i think he’s allowed to freak out about it????

and then on the other hand there’s will who has 50 tonnes of Real Trauma he’s carting along as well so i WILL NOT stand for hate, but like… mike’s actually kind of having an emotional time here and will takes it as an opportunity to wake them up suddenly and immediately launch into dnd while they’re literally not even awake yet

like this is all very understandable given *gestures vaguely at everything will’s been through for the past 2 seasons* but the fact that this ended up in a really snippy exchange is very understandable for literally all of them. that’s. god, seriously, that’s just how friendships work, this Discourse™ annoys the crap out of me

and the MOMENT mike realizes this is important to will he drops everything, no judgement, and tries to fix it

and the only reason it doesn’t work out is bc this is bigger than dnd for will and they didn’t realize (because bruh. they’re 14 year olds) so there’s already too many hurt feelings and will runs off. and i think what’s important about it being bigger than just dnd is that it’s also bigger than just mike and lucas. will has lost his childhood. that would have inevitably been a thing he has to deal with and it’s literally inevitable that he’d have rough times with his friends because of it. and they try to do this, but it isn’t about them or even about will maybe being gay (i really hope they do let him have a boyfriend, though, he deserves it. @ st writers… pls)

but it’s really clear that mike is only just realizing how much this mattered to will

and he immediately goes after will and tries to cheer him up

and the whole “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls” comes right on the heels of will calling el “some stupid girl” which is kind of… like. a tiny bit of a shitty thing to say about the girl who literally did everything she could and risked her life to save yours, y’know? and it’s not the first vaguely sexist thing will has said. he also is surprised at girls playing video games and there’s the whole “girls go to science camp?” line at the beginning of the season and honestly. like. GOD this is just a moment where they’re both heated and they both say kind of dumb shit and if it hadn’t been interrupted by the billy stuff they would have just talked it out and the fact that it might have been an unintentionally very mildly homophobic line doesn’t change that, it just means that the misunderstanding runs deeper than mike realized

and he takes it back right away bc he realizes the moment he says it that it was too far and he’s just a caring kid who sometimes says stupid shit but he doesn’t want to hurt his friends

and RIGHT AWAY they run after will to apologize in the pouring rain, but it’s overshadowed by other things

anyway there’s also a lot of small moments of mike making sure will is okay and max is safe and i already talked a lot about how precious it is that he and max dropped everything to protect el together despite having disagreed the whole time in my other post and… god this post is just so long i just have so many feelings about mike wheeler and i could make this post longer but i’m going to exercise control and do… not that

tl;dr: i would never try to convince anyone that mike isn’t a brat but you should love him anyway bc he recklessly loves his friends and would do anything for them and the fact that sometimes he puts his entire foot in his mouth doesn’t negate any of that, bc he continues to be an entire baby and i love him

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layce2015 · 5 years ago

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Life is Strange 2 (Sean Diaz x Reader)

Chapter 14: Late Night Swim

Chapter 13

*Honk Honk Honk*

I flinched at the sound, my eyes twitching, then I turn over to my left side and began curl up to something warm and solid. I smiled as I snuggled to it closer and felt something wrap around me.

"Sean! (Y/n)!"

I heard voices shout as I slowly come to consciousness.

"Guys! Come on!"

"Sean! (Y/n)!"

My eyes open and look around to see that I had cuddled up to Sean, who had his arms around me and his head was lean against mine. I gasped as I start to sit up then turn to Sean just as I hear a voice shout. "Sean and (y/n), move it, now!"

"Sean! Wake up!" I said as I shake him awake. "Huh? What?" Sean mumbles then he noticed that he had his arms around me. "Oh, uh..." Sean mutters, embarrassed, but I said. "We over slept! We gotta go!"

"Oh, Fuck me...No..." Sean said as we rush to get dressed and run to the truck. Everyone was already aboard, chanting our names. "Sean! (Y/n)! Sean! (Y/n)! Sean! (Y/n)!" We run up and jump on the edge of the truck and sit down. Everyone cheers at us and Sean and I look at each other and laugh as the truck takes off towards the farm.

After a full day of working, Sean, Daniel, Cassidy, Finn, Jake and I were sitting by Merrill's building, waiting to be called in to tell us about our pay. "Okay...this is boring...so...everybody, tell me how you're gonna blow your next payday!" Cassidy said as she looks around at all of us. "The usual. Save it til the next one." Sean replied. "Yeah, same here." I said. "Well, ain't we all stingy now! How about a keg offering for your family, or....Or some hookers or cocaine?" She asked and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, please....there's a child here..." Jake said as he gestured over to Daniel. "I think he's heard worse...besides he's our mascot now!" Cassidy said. "I wanna buy a bacon burger and a pepperoni pizza! Then a box of Choc-O-Crisp and...and a red slushie!" Daniel said, excitedly. "Oh hell yes! Screw the hookers, bring on the Choc-O-Crisp!" Finn said and I laugh. "You're speaking my language." I chuckle as Cassidy scoffs at us.

"Come on, guys! You gotta treat yourself after all this hard work." Cassidy said. "Okay, it's silly...but...I really do need another pair of socks. I wash mine overnight, but they're not always dry the next morning..." Sean said. "He's got cold feet!" Finn chuckles. "What about you (y/n)?" Cassidy asked me and I shrug. "I don't know....maybe new clothes...or a toothbrush and toothpaste..." I said and Cassidy looks around at us, disappointed.

"So, that's it, huh? You bust your ass all week for nothing..." She grumbles. "Some of us just got simple needs, princess." Finn said to her. "Yeah, like your beach house in Costa Rica?" She sneered and he just scoffs at her when the door opens and Ingrid and Anders walk out. They give us a smile and thumbs up as they leave.

"Okay, let's get this over with. Finn, Cassidy, Sean, (y/n) and uh...you." Merrill said. "Jake. J-Jacob." Jake corrects him as him, Cassidy and Finn walk in while Sean stands up and helps me to my feet. We start to walk in but Daniel started to follow us. "Daniel...dude...do you have to do this every week?" Sean asked him, annoyed, as he stops him from going in. "Adults only!"

"Oh, whatever! I work too!" Daniel exclaims. "Yes, we know. But we have to keep a low profile, got it? For the millionth time...just...wait here for a few minutes and do nothing. Nothing." Sean said to Daniel, firmly. "I won't, swear." Daniel said, annoyed. "Okay, we'll be right back." I said and Sean and I walk in the building, Sean shuts the door behind us. "For once you're all on time. Let's see who wins that Farm lotto...Jacob, right?" Merrill said as he looks over at Jake. "I thought you wouldn't last a day, but you cleaned up. You're all right."

"Thank you. Thanks..." Jake said, appreciatevly.

"Cassidy, your trims were pretty weak. And Big Joe told me you been whining a lot." Merrill said and she let's out a sigh. "Bet he did..." she mutters, angrily. "Look, you can bitch all you want as long as you work. Otherwise, you're just taking up space, so get it together." Merrill said to her. "I know, Merrill." She mutters as she looks down.

"Now for Sean and (y/n)." He said as he looks over at us. "Very nice trims. Good work both of you." He said and Sean and I exchange a smile at each other. "Finn. You saved the pots in the greenhouse...and our asses. That's why you keep coming back." Merrill said to him. "You know it, boss. Uh...how about a raise?" Finn asked as he pumps his fist in the air but Merrill frowns at him. "Uh...sorry." Finn said as he calms down.

"Now for the moment you've all been waiting for..." Merrill said and he picks up the wad of cash on the table when we heard Big Joe yell. "Get in here, you little asshole!"

"What the fuck?!" Merrill exclaims as the door behind him opens and Big Joe comes in, dragging Daniel in. "Don't touch me, jerk!" Daniel yells as Sean and I run over to him but Big Joe shoves Sean back. Sean stumbles but I catch him before he fell and helped him back up.

"Don't move!" Merrill ordered us then he turns to Big Joe. "Now explain!" He yells. "That sneaky fucker! He was snooping around your living room!" Big Joe yelled as he had ahold of Daniel's arm. "No, I wasn't!" Daniel screamed. "I was just bored, so I came in..."

"Shut up, Daniel!" Sean shouted at him then I look over at Merrill. "Let him go!" I plead but Merrill shushed me. "I told you and your boyfriend..." he said, in a warning tone. "Come on, Merrill, he's a kid, not a thief! You wanna frisk him?!" Sean yells at him. "Look at him! He's just following his big brother..." Cassidy defends but Merrill holds his hand out to her before he turns around and brought his hand up to his lips.

Sean and I look at each, terrified, and I grab ahold of his hand as Merrill turns back to face us. "Your brother needs a lesson. You all need a lesson. So first off...no pay day." Merrill said and there was a cry of outrage at that.

"Fuck that...no way!" Cassidy exclaims.

"Boss...don't do that to us! We earned that money!" Finn pleads. "Sean, you, your girlfriend and your brother are fired!" Merrill said and my jaw drops at this as Cassidy said. "What?!

"And don't come back or Big Joe will take care of your asses." Merrill said. "Please, Merrill...." Sean pleads to him. "Don't do this!" I begged him. "That's bullshit, man!" Cassidy exclaims. "Man, I-I know you're pissed but Sean and (y/n) are good workers! Never brought you any losers, right?" Finn said. "Sir..." I started to say until Merrill slammed his fist down on the table and screamed. "QUIET!!"

Then everyone goes silent. "Shut. The. Fuck. Up." He said as he walks up to me and Sean. "Sean...(y/n). I warned you...both of you...one too many times. We tried your way, now it's my turn." He said then he turns to Big Joe. "Okay, Joesph. Just teach him a lesson." He said then he walks through the door and shuts the door.

"Let me go!" Daniel screams as Big Joe tosses Daniel down to the ground. "Come on, man!" Sean yells. "Big Joe, what are you gonna do?" Cassidy asked him, pleadingly. "He's just a fucking kid!" I shout at him. "This ain't your business. Think I like it? It's mine." He said then he starts to loom over Daniel, who was beyond terrified.

Suddenly the ash tray on the table starts to move and float. Then it flew threw the air and hits Big Joe on the side of the head. "Ow! What...?!" He exclaims as he groans in pain while the rest of watched in shock. "Okay. Who did that?" Joe asked as he looks at all of us. We looked at each other in fear until Joe yells. "WHO DID THAT?!?!"

"Uh, I did..." Sean said. "Sean, no." I whispered as he let's go of my hand and walks up to Big Joe. "My fault." He said then Joe comes around and punches him in the face.

Later that night, Daniel showed off his power, by making a pinvone float in the air, to Finn, Cassidy and Jake. "Well, that's it...believe it or not....Told you it would sound crazy..." Sean, who now had a fresh black-eye, said to everyone. "Fuck...that's mental." Cassidy said, shocked. "Exactly." I said. "I knew something was up with you guys...." she said as she pats Daniel's shoulder. "Damn. I would be scared shitless."

"I am. It's all going so fast, I'm....fucking lost sometimes..." Sean replied and I nod. "Same here." I said. "It's okay, guys, I know what I'm doing!" Daniel exclaims to us. "Man...so, Sean...maybe this shit is in your DNA, too....do you have super powers?" Finn asked him. "Nada, zero, nothing. Trust me, I tried..." Sean replied. "Really?" I asked as Daniel asked. "When?"

"Do you...have any idea where it comes from? I mean, it can't be random..." Jake said. "I figured it started in Seattle...maybe...the shock triggered something...Fuck, I don't know!" Sean replied. "But I still don't remember!" Daniel said. "Don't worry about it..." Sean said to him.

"Damn, you're so unique, Daniel." Cassidy said to him. "That's why we need your word that you'll keep all this to yourself. Seriously." I said to them. "Oh this stays right with us. Promise, you can trust us." Cassidy said as she looks over at Finn.

"Jake?" Sean asked. "I don't know, I mean...this is a big deal, Sean. How long can you keep this a secret?" Jake asked him. "As long as we have to. It's all about keeping Daniel safe. That's my job now, man." Sean replied. "What if he has those powers for a reason? Maybe it's our job to help him, too. Guide him..." Jake said.

"What does he mean?" Daniel asked Sean and I. "Dude, no. Do not make this into some cosmic bullshit. You still can't tell anybody." Sean said to Jake. "Come on. I wouldn't do that to you, Sean. Or Daniel and (y/n). This whole thing just blew my mind...I think I need a break. Is that okay?" Jake asked. "No worries." I said. "Yeah, it's cool." Sean said and Jake sighs with relief. "Not after what you guys went through with these bastards....okay, talk later." Jake said and we waved him goodbye as he begins to leave and head back to the camp.

"He's right. It's fucking bullshit." Cassidy exclaims. "I know." Sean said as I look over at Finn. "Finn, do you swear? We mean it." I said and Finn looks up at me and smirks. "No worries, sweetheart. I'd never let anything happen to that little guy. He's a true rebel." He replied. "Thanks, man." Sean said as I smile at him. "For real." I said and we start to head to the camp.

"Uh...hold up!" Finn said and we stopped and turned to face him. "You know...there's a lot of money around here." He said and Cassidy rolls her eyes. "Oh no. What the fuck are you talking about?" She asked him. "Merrill's safe. It's like a fucking ATM. I've seen it." Finn replied. "Me too! I'm the back of the room!" Daniel said, smiling.

"How you outlaws going to get the combination?" Cassidy asked them. Then Finn looks over at Daniel. "Me?" He asked as he looks around. "No fucking way, Finn. Don't pull a kid into your stupid shit." Cassidy yells. "Getting a shitload of cash isn't stupid. We can get out of here!" Finn said. "So you can be a beach bum? You're so selfish, man." She argues.

"How? Sean, (y/n) and Daniel are out of work! They deserve this!" Finn said to her. "And ripping Merrill off is the only way to do that? Really? And with a fucking kid? You know these assholes are armed, right?" Shd asked as she shoves him. "I guess...I didn't think about that..." Finn said then he looks down in defeat. "Yeah...no shit." She said as she backs away from him.

"Don't lecture me. I was just....having a brain fart. Let's have a beer and forget about it. Cool?" Finn said as he looks us over. "Deal. Not like I would let you use Daniel anyway." Sean said as Finn walks past us. "No more of this crap, okay?" Cassidy said to him. Finn nods slightly then walks away.

"He just needs his ass kicked once in a while." She said as she turns to us. "I think you did. I can tell he was sorry..." I said. "For him...yeah. Damn...I'm gonna drink the crap out of this party. So should you two." She said as she looks between Sean and I. "Plus, since it's your last night, time for your tattoo..." she said as she smiles and nods at us before she leaves.

"What? Are you guys getting a tattoo?" Daniel asked us. "Dude! I want one!" He said and we shake our head at him. "No you don't, hipster." I said as I pat his shoulder. "Besides we have other things we gotta do..." Sean said. "Okay, I know I shouldn't have gone in there...don't yell." Daniel said to us.

"Now there's three more people who know about your power..." Sean said to him. "Don't worry, we can trust them...they said they won't tell." Daniel said. "We know, munchkin. But what if anyone gets scared and calls the cops?" I asked him. "Exactly! You don't know what can happen!" Sean said. "Yeah...maybe. We'll just have to be careful, then!" Daniel said and Sean and I sigh at this. "At least we won't have to worry about any of this once we're in Puerto Lobos." Sean said. "Who cares about Puerto Lobos..." Daniel mutters. "We'll talk later." Sean said and Daniel starts to head towards the camp.

Sean sighs as he runs his hand over his face and I shake my head. "Well...that could've gone better." I said. "Yeah...now we're out of the job..." he mutters. "Yeah that sucks." I said then I give him a concern look. "What are we gonna do, Sean?" I asked. "I'm not sure...I'll...I'll figure something out." He replied and I sigh a bit at this. "Well...I'm gonna...go to the lake..." I said. "You sure?" He asked me. "Yeah, I need to be alone for a few minutes. You can go enjoy the party, I just wanna relax for a bit." I said. "Well...how about I go talk to Cassidy and Finn then I'll come meet up with you at the lake later?" He asked and I smirk. "Sure, no rush." I said then I lean up and kiss his cheek. "See you later." I whispered and then I head to the lake.

As I get up to the beach line, I stand there and look out at the water, the moonlight reflecting off the surface. I sighed as I run my hands over my face. What the hell are we gonna do? I thought to myself. We don't have a job....we don't have a place to live....we don't have enough money to get to Mexico...fuck! I thought as I walk along the shoreline. Then I pick up a rock and start to skip it across the lake. I don't know...maybe, I should go and enjoy the party as much as I can but...my heart is just not in it. It's probably better that I stay away, so I don't bum people out while they're trying to have fun.

I look out towards the lake then lean down to feel the water. "Oh fuck! That's cold!" I exclaimed. I look out towards the water, and a part of me really wanted to go out and swim. I sigh then said. "Screw it." And I start to remove my clothes and set them on a rock. I wasn't completely naked, I still had on my underwear and bra. I went and un-braided my hair, placed the ponytail holder around my other wrist, and I start to run out into the water. I squealed from the cold but once I swam around for a few moments, I started to get warm.

I sighed and dived down into the water for a few moments before I resurfaced and pushed back my wet hair from my face. Then I heard a laugh and I look over to see Sean walking towards the shoreline. "Hey, nice of ya to join! Come on in!" I yelled and he kneeled down and touched the water. "Whoa, fuck this! It's freezing!" He exclaims and I chuckle. "At first, yes....but once you swim for a bit, you'll get warm." I said and he looks over to see my clothes on a nearby rock.

"Are you...naked?" He asked me, obviously embarrased. I chuckle at this. "Why do you ask? You gonna try and sneak a peek, perv?" I asked in a teasing tone. "Uh...N-No...I..Uh..." he stammers and I laugh. "Calm down, wolf boy, I'm just teasing ya. I'm not completely naked. I've still got a bra and underwear on." I replied and he let's out a sigh. "Okay, here I come." He said and he starts to remove his pants, shoes, socks, shirt and his hoodie.

"There you go! Bring it on home!" I called out to him and he starts to walk out to the water in his boxers. "Shit, shit, shit...my balls." He exclaims as he gets into the cold water and I chuckle then a thought ran through my mind. I give Sean a sly smirk as I get ready to initiate my plan and obviously he could tell I was planning something.

"(Y/n), do not even..." he said as he holds his hands out but too late. I splashed a couple waves of water at him. "Ah...oh, you are so..." he started to say as he tries to get close to me. "Adorable? I know." I teased and I splashed some more water at him then he starts to splash some my way.

We started acting like little kids as we just splashed each other until he dives down into the water. "No fair!" I exclaimed as I try to look around for him. That is until I felt someone tickling my sides and I jump and squeal as I turn around to see Sean had resurfaced and was the culprit of tickling me. "Got ya." He said. "Yeah, yeah...whatever..." I said as I rolled my eyes at him and push a small waved of water towards him.

"So, what are we gonna do about Finn and his plan?" I asked him. "It's a really stupid idea. Way too dangerous. Especially for Daniel." He replied. "I know. Finn acts like this is no big deal, but...this feels bad. I mean, Merrill is a dick but...I don't want you or Daniel to get into anymore trouble." I said. "Yeah, tell that to Daniel. He's gonna be pissed." Sean mutters. "Well, we're just gonna have a talk with him later. And Finn...well...he seems like the kinda guy that acts like he's doing it for everyone but really it's for himself." I said.

"I just hate that I crushed his dream." Sean replied as he looks away for a moment. I placed my finger and thumb under his chin and turned his head towards me. "He'll be mad for awhile, I'm sure. But he will get over it, okay? So don't worry your pretty head over it." I said then I lift up and push back the bangs that was covering his face and smiled, warmly, at him.

"Can I say something...crazy?" I asked him and he nods. "Um...okay...so..uh..." I started to say and then I clear my throat. "So, I've been having these feelings....and these feelings have been around for a few weeks and...I didn't know how to describe it. But now...I think I can....so I'm just gonna come out and say it." I said and I take a deep breath then said. "I like you, Sean. Like alot. And if you don't feel the same way then that's cool. You can just ignore what..."

"I like you too, (y/n)." He said and I look up at him, the smile growing bigger on my face. "Aww, Sean, that's sweet. I'm flattered. Or do you bust out this line whenever you go swimming in your underwear?" I said and he chuckles. "First time. Swear." He replied and I smiled. "You sure?" I asked him and I start to place my hands on his shoulders and he starts to place his hands on my waist. "I'm not that much of a player. As you can tell..." He said. "I don't know. We're both only one clothing item away from being totally naked." I said. "Hey, that's your fault...not that I mind..." he said and I giggle as he smirks a bit.

"Do you...wanna...kiss me?" I asked him.

"Yes, I do. If that's cool." He said as he starts to pull me closer to him and I wrap my arms around his neck. "Yes, it is." I said and we lean towards each other until our lips touched and we began to kiss. Finally! I thought as we continue to kiss for a few more moments, our lips molding together, until we break the kiss. We look up at each other and smiled. "Let's get outta here..." I said and he nods in agreement and we start to walk out of the water and towards our clothes. We put on our clothes and make our way back to the camp, hand in hand.

Music was blaring and people were talking and drinking as we passed by them and head towards our tent. "Did you get that tattoo?" I asked him. "Nah...didn't really want one." He replied and I chuckle as we come up to our tent. I go and zip it open to see that it was empty. I stand up and turn to Sean and said. "I know this is our tent but...I still wanted to ask...do you wanna come in? With me? Just the two of us? I mean, you don't have to..."

"Yeah...I do." He replied and I smiled as I crawl into the tent first then he follows. I zip up the flap of the tent and sit down as I look over at Sean, who looks alittle nervous. "You okay?" I asked him. "Um, totally..uh...I'm just nervous..." he said. "Yeah...me too." I said and he looks up at me in shock. "Hey, listen...I think you should know that I'm...uh..." he stammers and I smile and take one of his hands into mine. "It's okay, Sean. Don't worry about it." I said.

"Have you ever...?" He started to ask and I nod. "Once. A few years ago. And yet I'm just as nervous now as I was back then." I replied. "But we don't have to if you don't want to. I'm not gonna pressure you."

He smiles, softly, at me then leans towards me and kisses me again. I kiss him back and I began to crawl on top of him as he starts to lay on his back. My legs ended up on either side of him, basically straddling him, as we continue to kiss. Then he pulls back from the kiss.

"I want to." He whispers then I felt his hands start to slide under my shirt and I smirk and help pull my shirt and bra off. Once I was topless, I blushed as I saw Sean give me this look like I was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. I lean towards him again and we kissed some more as he wraps his arms around me. His tongue brushed up against my bottom lip, begging for entrance, and I smirk as I open my mouth a bit, giving him permission to explore my mouth.

My hands started to tug at his hoodie, and he smirks, pulls back from the kiss then pulls off his hoodie and shirt. We smile at each other as I placed my hands on his bare chest while he placed one hand on my hip and the other hand was placed behind my neck then he pulls me in for another kiss. Then he slowly starts to fall on his back, me still on top, and we began to discard the rest of our clothes.

And in this moment, no other thoughts ran through our heads. No worries, no stress, no responsibilities. Just us. Me and him as we do our best to make the other feel good, in the most pleasurable way, and satisfied.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked him, my voice alittle hoarse, a few minutes later. We were completely naked, cuddled up to each other, as I started tracing little circles on his bare chest and his left arm around me. He looked alittle upset and I began to worry, after all this was his first time and I wondered was I good enough for him? Was he disappointed? Did he hate it?

"Nothing, I just...never mind." He muttered and I look up at him. "Sean, talk to me." I said, softly. "Sorry, I uh...Sorry it sucked." He said and I just give a small smile. Here I was worried that it was me, turned out he was worried that he was the one that's bad. "And here I thought it was me." I said as I prop up my elbow and lean my head on top of my hand.

"No, no...you were great! I just..." he stammers and I chuckle. "Sean, this was your first time...and in all honesty you were not as bad as you think. You were actually really good." I said. "That's sweet. But you don't have to be like that." He said then I lean towards him and kiss him. "I mean it, Sean. And if you're that worried, we'll have plenty of time to practice." I said and his eyes widen a bit. "R-really?" He asked, shocked, and I giggle a bit. "Well...yeah...u-unless...y-you don't w-want to..." I stammer. "No, I don't...I wouldn't mind doing it again...with you." He said and I smiled then lean in and kissed him.

"Come on, let's go get some fresh air." I said to him and he gives me a slight nod before he leans in and kisses me again.

After getting dressed, and braiding my hair again, we walk out of the tent as Sean starts to take my hand in his. "Hey, what's happening?" Hannah asked as she walks over to us, making Sean and I jump. Sean and I glance at each other as both of our faces turns red at this then realization hits Hannah. "Wait--did you guys just have sex?!" She asked and I bite my lips but I couldn't hold back the smile I had on my face. I look over ar Sean and see he had an embarrassed smile on his face.

"Wow, bout time you two." She said and Sean and I chuckle. "Uh...thanks?" Sean said, embarrassed, and I couldn't help but chuckle. "Anyway, have you guys seen Finn? He was with Daniel but now I can't find him." She said and our eyes widen at this. "We didn't see anybody out there...but..." I said as Sean and I share the same terrified look. "We better go now. Figures Daniel's with him...." Sean grumbles and he starts to walk past Hannah, I follow closely behind. "Just tell Finn I wanna talk. Thanks much. Later." Hannah called out to us as I run over to Sean.

"Sean, wait! Hold up!" I said as I run up to him. "Why? We have to stop them!" He said as he turns to me, obviously angry. "I know, but we need to figure out a plan first!" I said. "We don't have time for that shit!" He exclaims. "Well we have to get to Merrill's before them." I said to him, calmly, and he sighs. "You're right...maybe we can borrow one of Big Joe's trucks." He said. "Sounds better than nothing, c'mon!" I said and I grab his hand and we take off.

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memaha19 · 5 years ago

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Saw TROS, have some thoughts:

Spoilers, obviously.

Okay, I really liked The Rise of Skywalker and I definitely need to see it again to absorb everything but I guess here are my complaints? (And the list isn't too long so I don't wanna hear any of this "only fake fans like TROS" because that's EXACTLY what people said about TLJ, the same people who are singing the praises of TLJ right now like they have selective memory loss.)

(Also if you're one of those "the only real Star Wars is the original trilogy, everything else is garbage" fanboys/girls, please stay away from me and my post)

So, look. I ship Reylo. I have ever since Kylo shouted "you need a teacher, I could show you the ways of the force!" in Rey's face in TFA and she snatched the lightsaber and it flew past his face and he looked at her like "damn, girl". So I'm a little sad and a lot annoyed that they killed Ben. Like, was that necessary? I don't think so. They already did the "be redeemed and die" thing with Anakin. And wasn't the dyad thing supposed to mean they could both live? I've seen the rumors flying that the OG ending had Rey and Ben on Tattooine together and I want that. That's the ending I wish they had gone with. There was zero reason Ben had to die. Now, to be fair, I think it's super sweet that he was like "can't live without you, you need to be here more than me" and brought her back from the dead, but the movie teased me hard and made me think they were both gonna live and then it was like "HA FUCKING HA! HE'S DEAD!"

There's definitely some uncomfortably obvious retconning going on. Especially with TLJ saying "Rey's parents were no one special" and then TROS coming along to be like "but just kidding, she's Palpatine's granddaughter!". I was very okay with the idea of Rey being "no one special" and so them changing their mind and making up this whole story about how her parent was Palpatine's child and they gave her away to protect her from him...just...hmm.

Which brings us to: my biggest overall problem with the sequel trilogy is that...shouldn't they have established a general idea for how the arc for these three movies was going to go before they made them? I've enjoyed all three movies but they all feel like they've been made in a "what do we do now, how about this plot point, oh maybe this too, and maybe add some of this" way. I think maybe they should've all had one director? (Not necessarily JJ) Because JJ Abrams obviously set some stuff up in TFA and then Rian Johnson came along and kinda did his own wild thing with TLJ which left JJ Abrams to either outright ignore some things established in TLJ (like some of the character development, and Rose in general) or to try very aggressively to bring things back around to the way things were in TFA. This included throwing some things into TROS that go against everything else we've known.

MOSTLY I AM MAD THEY KILLED BEN.

Also Hux. He's never been a favorite character of mine but I had hoped him being the spy would be a little more of a storyline. Instead they just got rid of him so fast.

This movie kinda did that "introduce and underutilize a bunch of characters" thing that sequels often have issues with. Keri Russell's character, Naomi Acki's character (I'm so sorry, I cannot remember either of their names rn and am too lazy to Google), Rose (yeah, I know she was introduced in TLJ but she was basically just religated to saying a few lines here and there), etc. They all popped in to serve a purpose for a moment along Rey's journey to the Sith planet (sorry, I also can't remember that name either, just that it sounds like "icicle", forgive me, I'm tired and don't want to Google) but then they're just like "buh bye!"

They killed Ben and I am mad.

Overall I am about 75% less salty about TROS than I've seen a lot of people be. I did find the dialogue clunky at times and it was obvious that it was hard to work around Carrie Fisher's leftover scenes, which also added to the clunky dialogue. Sometimes I found myself thinking "how can they do that?", "how'd he get there so fast?", "how is Finn so force-sensitive all of the sudden?" and "are the Knights of Ren going to do anything other than stand around like a cool, black-clad boy band?". I liked that there was so much interaction between Rey, Finn, and Poe (especially since TLJ had them all split and I've always felt like Finn is at his strongest as a character when he's got either Rey or Poe to interact with) and the humour was honestly so good. I loved all the little nostalgic throwbacks, from the music to things like Maz giving Chewbacca that medal at the end to Rey ending up on Tattooine at the end. I loved the Rey/Kylo Ren, riiiiiiiight up until they were like "no future for Ben, he gets to die".

I just wish this trilogy felt a little bit more like everyone who made it was on the same page the whole time. My dad described it like "that game where everyone takes turns telling one sentence of a story and then the next person tells the next sentence", except in this case it's like one person telling a story and then the other person saying "no, not that way, this way", again and again, wash rinse repeat.

TL;DR: I liked TROS but also can see some flaws but, y'know, it was entertaining. So. Yeah.

#star wars spoilers #star wars #sw spoilers #tros spoilers #tros #rey #reylo #kylo ren #ben solo #the rise of skywalker #luke skywalker #leia solo #finn #poe dameron #bb8 #review

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theworkofxanderking · 5 years ago

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The Originals: Bad Blood (Alternative Season 5)

Episode 5: A Mikaelson Family Christmas

Warnings: I do not own the original content to “The Originals”, “The Vampire Diaries” or “Legacies” or any of the characters from the television shows.

15 plus, displays of Violence, Gore, Torture, M/M, F/M, F/F.

Klaus vamp sped into the dining area of the compound to find Rebekah and Elijah sat the table both looking rather miserable with themselves.

“I’m beginning to think use two are competing for most miserable Mikaelson this year and I have to say I’m rather annoyed your coming for my trophy.” Klaus said to them mockingly. “Things are on the up Marcel and I have called a truce, Hope’s arriving any minute and Hayley’s compelled one of the city’s finest cooks and yet you two have been miserable for days.”

“As long as there’s no daggers in my stockings like that one god awful Christmas I’m sure I’ll get into the festive spirit.” Rebekah replied as she stood up forcing a smile on to her face.

“I must admit even this Christmas still beats that one.” Elijah said as he too stood up and straightened his suit jacket.

“I found it rather amusing,” Klaus retaliated with a cheeky smirk noticing Elijah and Rebekah were hardly feeling festive. “Okay what the bloody hell is going on?”

“You should tell him Rebekah after all this is of your doing.” Elijah snapped at his sister.

“Firstly, none of you would be here if it wasn’t for me so don’t even start blaming me for reuniting us.” Rebekah snapped back.

“Well somebody please tell me before I dig out those bloody daggers for a second Christmas.” Klaus demanded clearly grown tired of his siblings’ secrecy.

“It’s Henrik, he’s alive well he’s a lot more than just alive he’s all kinds of messed up and all he wants for Christmas is to feast on his beloved siblings.” Rebekah revealed before Hope walked into the dining area hugging Hayley.

“Guess whose finally home for Christmas?” Hayley said to them all while hugging her daughter tightly.

“Now how exactly do us Mikaelson’s celebrate Christmas?” Hope asked them while Rebekah and Elijah tried to hide their guilt and her father Klaus remained shocked by her aunt Rebekah’s admission.

Marcel walked into Rousseau's to find Josh wearing a Santa hat while cleaning tables within the bar and listening and dancing along to “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” on his Bluetooth speaker placed on the counter of the bar causing Marcel to laugh at possibly the world’s most innocent vampire before walking over to the counter and switching the speaker off demanding Josh’s attention.

“Hello Marcel,” Josh said as he took of his Santa hat and gushed at the man, he had recently spent a night with. “I’m guessing your not here for a drink considering we’re not open although that tends to not stop most of my clientele.”

“I actually wanted to talk about…” Marcel began to say.

“Davina and Kol coming to the city for Christmas I know Davina already told me.” Josh butted in knowing that wasn’t the topic on Marcel’s mind. “I bet you can’t wait to see Davina again I sure can’t.”

“Well it has been a while but that’s not what I came here to discuss.” Marcel replied.

“Is it about the Mikaelson’s getting a head at the table for the faction meetings because I think that’s a good idea if only to lessen the bloodshed.” Josh added in proving to be very eager to not talk about a certain subject.

“Josh you’re not the first guy I’ve ever been with when your immortal sexuality is a lot simpler than people make it out to be.” Marcel explained to him. “We like who we like when we like them and have no need to apologize for it.”

“Wow where was that kind of thinking when I came out to my parents.” Josh answered him clearly surprised by Marcel’s reaction to their one-night stand.

“It was definitely interesting I mean you’re a lot less shy between the sheets,” Marcel said with a sinister smile “definitely unforgettable however I value our friendship too much for it to ever happen again.”

“Oh, thank god,” Josh breathed a sigh of relief. “I mean no offence but us would’ve been super messy I mean you’re clearly still madly and deeply in love with Rebekah and I tried the whole relationship thing once and it ended it too much pain.”

“I’m glad you and I are on the same page.” Marcel laughed. “However, I don’t think you should write off romance with everyone I know what happened to Aiden broke your heart but the moments you had with him were worth every ounce of pain. Trust me when I say love is truly the best and worst thing that can ever happen to you.”

“So, did you get invited to the Mikaelson’s Christmas?” Josh asked. “Davina’s convinced me to go just what I love Santa and Klaus wrapped up into one holiday I just hope it’s not me that ends up roasted on the open fire.”

“Do you know you’re absolutely adorable when you say stuff like that?” Marcel told him while looking at him with pure admiration.

“Oh no don’t you be looking at me like that!” Josh said clearly nervous by Marcel looking at him. “Shouldn’t you be last minute Christmas shopping for Hope and Davina?”

“I’ve already got their presents sorted.” Marcel replied with a laugh finding Josh’s nervousness intoxicating before vamp speeding to be standing right in front of him so close that Josh could feel Marcel breathing on him, the two beginning to long for each other’s touch.

“Well I can’t say I’m surprised to see you working Josh.” Davina said as she walked in instantly making Marcel and Josh distance themselves from each other. “I’m guessing you’re also here Marcel because you’re doing just about anything you could possibly do to avoid seeing Rebekah until necessary.”

“It’s so good to see you,” Marcel said as he walked over to hug the girl he loved like a daughter. “I’ve missed you so much.”

“You got here in perfect timing.” Josh said with a sense of relief in his voice.

Hope and Klaus walk down the stairs in the compound Klaus’ arm lovingly around his daughter as they reach the bottom of the stairs and start making their way to the fountain Hope clearly suspicious of what’s going on with her family knowing when any Mikaelson was quiet it was never a good sign.

“Okay go on dad tell me what’s going on already.” Hope demanded as the two stopped walking and Klaus let go of his daughter. “It’s freaking Christmas our first one together in I don’t know how long certainly the first one I’m going to remember that’s for sure and you’ve all been quiet since arrival. Do you not want me here?”

“There is nobody on this earth I’d rather spend any day with than you Hope.” Klaus replied making it clear to his daughter she was wanted and loved. “I just want you to have the perfect Christmas.”

“Dad I’m fifteen now I’m hardly a kid anymore and even when I was, I went up against the ancestors, unbound aunt Davina from The Hollow and helped Aunt Freya restore Elijah’s mind after his death.” Hope snapped at her father. “I can take care of myself now tell me what’s going on. You’ve spent five years away from me dad don’t come back just to keep me in the dark once again.”

“You are right you’re a Mikaelson after all,” Klaus responded as he lifted his right hand to touch his daughter’s cheek lovingly “one day you are going to become the most powerful witch this world has ever seen. You are everything we ever wanted you to be and so much more Hope, you are this family’s true legacy.”

“Who’s plotting to kill our family now?” Hope asked. “It can’t be The Hollow because she’s gone right?”

“The threat this time is a lot closer to home I’m afraid to say.” Rebekah announced after vamp speeding into the compound.

“Thank god you’re here to explain because to be quite bloody frank I have little clue myself to why our brother is now hungry for our blood.” Klaus told his sister while looking at her furiously.

“So, it turns out this ancient powerful witch brought our youngest brother Henrik back to life and the spell took a toll on him making him a power draining monster he’s already claimed our mother’s spirit.” Rebekah explained before taking a reluctant sigh. “And our eldest brother Finn’s spirit. Finn sacrificed himself so that Bonnie and I could return from the now destroyed ancestral plane.”

“There’s always some pain in the ass witch messing around with our family.” Klaus snapped. “We need to get a hold of Freya and see if there’s some spell or something that can help Henrik.”

“I’ve already called and explained everything to her she should be arriving just in time for Christmas.” Rebekah revealed. “So far there isn’t much she’s found that can help Henrik, but we won’t stop until he’s saved or no longer a threat.”

“This meddling witch you speak of is she the one who removed The Hollow from us all and restored Elijah’s memories?” Klaus asked.

“Yes, he is.” Rebekah answered, “His identity is a whole other story best saved for later.”

“Seems like you’ve been keeping a lot of secrets to yourself Rebekah!” Klaus shouted at Rebekah.

“Don’t you dare come for Aunt Rebekah for doing everything she could to bring us all back if it wasn’t for her none of us would be standing here together.” Hope snapped at her father causing Rebekah to smile at her niece defending her. “We just need to find a way of helping Henrik and getting him back too.”

“You are right.” Klaus mumbled clearly taken aback to be put in his place by his own daughter.

“Bonnie’s also looking into every resource she has to find some sort of solution to this hell and Davina should be due in the city any minute with some possible news.” Rebekah told her brother. “Plus, the witch that created whatever the hell our brother has become is now working alongside Elijah for some reason he will not reveal to me. Even though I was the witch’s alliance at first, but I guess pompous men like to stick together.”

“Can this witch that Elijah is working with be trusted?” Hope asked her aunt.

“Absolutely not.” Rebekah replied.

Elijah walked into St Anne’s Church to see many people gathered while Hayley, Marcel and Bonnie gathering many of the New Orleans together handing out Christmas style hampers causing Elijah to smile seeing Hayley being so kind.

“Elijah what are you doing here?” Hayley asked him after vamp speeding over to him.

“Nothing’s wrong I just wanted to see you.” Elijah said with a soft smile.

“That bad then,” Hayley scoffed. “I thought it would only be a matter of time. Go on tell me what Klaus has done now?”

“Actually, it’s my youngest brother who has created the chaos our family now finds ourselves in.” Elijah replied.

“Marcel said he saw Davina what possibly could Kol have done already?” Hayley asked wondering what Kol had done now.

“Actually, the blame falls on my youngest brother Henrik it appears he’s not as dead as we were once led to believe and now, he seems to be some kind of magical battery determined on killing us all.” Elijah explained to her. “But I don’t want you to be alarmed because I’ve already got things in hand well as in hand as possible.”

“You’ve just told me your long-lost brother Henrik is out to kill the lot of you which last time I checked meant Hope too and I’m not to worry.” Hayley snapped. “How can he possibly be alive?”

“You guys are around vampires we can hear everything.” Marcel told them after vamp speeding over to them.

“He was brought back to life by a powerful witch which practices some long-forgotten magic called Malus.” Elijah revealed to Hayley.

“The witch in question also happens to be Klaus’ first love but nobody has told him that yet I’m assuming.” Marcel butted in shocking Hayley with his admission.

“Hold up I thought Aurora was Klaus’ first love?” Hayley asked them both.

“Well Bonnie told me that Rebekah told her this Nathaniel guy was Klaus’ first love back in their human days so I guess Aurora was Klaus’ first love after no longer being human.” Marcel responded in a gossipy tone.

“But that would mean this witch is like a thousand years old.” Hayley said clearly intrigued by recent news.

“We’re deciding not to tell Klaus about Nathaniel until after Christmas Henrik being alive and wanting to murder us is enough bad news for one Christmas.” Elijah revealed while rolling his eyes.

“Makes sense Klaus has never been one to take bad news well.” Hayley replied. “Can we trust this Nathaniel not to screw us all over?”

“Absolutely not.” Bonnie stated as she walked over to the three of them.

Nathaniel sat on a rocking chair swinging back and forward outside of a small decaying cabin in the woods of Helton when Henrik appeared in front of him a puff of black smoke his eyes still jet black and looking rather angry with his long-time friend.

“You left me trapped for what felt like forever am I supposed to believe you only found a way recently to free me from my cage.” Henrik said as Nathaniel stood up from his chair.

“I admit I could’ve got you out sooner but if I did it would’ve have been for anyone’s good except your own. I needed it to be now Henrik because now is the perfect timing to end my father’s miserable existence and save you.” Nathaniel replied.

“I don’t need saving I’m perfectly fine as I am or at least I am now that you’ve finally seen fit to release me.” Henrik snapped.

“Don’t you dare take that tone with me if it wasn’t for me you would’ve been nothing, but a corpse long rotted away into nothing but bones in the dirt. I made you the powerful witch you are today and never forget that.” Nathaniel snapped back at him. “Everything I have done is to protect you and save you from yourself from following a similar fate as my father or soon to be me.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” Henrik asked with genuine concern as his eyes went back to their normal color.

“The details of my plan are not important Henrik just trust in me to have your best interests in mind like I always have done.” Nathaniel replied before walking over and hugging Henrik. “I’m glad I’ve got you home for Christmas let’s not spend it fighting.”

“I’ve never understood your fascination with Christmas.” Henrik scoffed while breaking off the hug. “It’s not particularly like either of us are very family orientated.”

“You are my family,” Nathaniel told him as he placed his hand on Henrik’s shoulder “you may not be my blood but from the moment I brought you back to life, raised you, cleaned up your endless slaughters you have been my son. Always and Forever.”

“Always and Forever.” Henrik smiled before looking at the cabin. “Why do you always come back to this place?”

“Because it’s the only place that has ever been a home to us.” Nathaniel revealed. “It’s exactly where all of this should end.”

“I guess we should find something to cook for dinner then.” Henrik replied while looking around the woods. “I saw a cafe about 40 miles back we could always go there for Christmas dinner.”

“I’d like that very much.” Nathaniel said with a soft smile clearly beyond happy to be reunited with the man who he considered a son.

Klaus found himself sitting on the edge of his bed in his bedroom at the compound staring into thin air as he tried to wrap his head around the fact that his youngest brother Henrik, the brother whose death he blamed himself for was resurrected by some powerful ancient magic the same type of magic which had somehow removed the Hollow from Klaus, Rebekah, Elijah and Kol.

He had never heard of magic powerful enough to do these things and yet somehow it was all possible in that moment as he struggled with flashbacks of his youngest sibling’s death he wished for his oldest sibling Freya to be there to explain the unexplained knowing that if anyone could explain Malus to him it would be her.

“I’m sorry Niklaus all I wanted was for my family to be reunited.” Rebekah apologised after vamp speeding into his room and taking a seat next to her brother. “The truth is after centuries of craving freedom the last five years without all of you were the most miserable of my life. I got you Elijah and Kol back and for that I’m not sorry I just wish I understood what that cost would be.”

“So, Henrik is labelled some kind of monster that’s what we’ve all been called our entire lives we will find a way to help him somehow.” Klaus replied while placing his arm around Rebekah.

“The Malus witch’s master plan includes saving Henrik’s soul so speak.” Elijah revealed after he too vamp sped into the room and took a seat next to Klaus and Rebekah. “Sure, we have to help this Malus witch kill their father but we happen to have an expertise in killing parents sure usually our own.”

“Who is this witch? Why is he so interested in Henrik’s well-being?” Klaus asked as he stood up form his bed looking down his brother and sister. “Clearly he must be somebody of importance if you haven’t told me their identity yet and clearly, we have history with him if Rebekah trusted him to remove The Hollow.”

“Trust is a strong word Niklaus it was more desperation than anything else.” Rebekah revealed as Hayley suddenly vamp sped into Klaus’ bedroom.

“It’s Nathaniel some guy who was neighbours with you all when you were humans.” Hayley admitted much to Rebekah and Elijah’s shock. “Don’t blame your siblings for not telling you they just feared your reaction whereas I genuinely think if we’re ever going to tell you something like this it’s best to have Hope within close proximity so you don’t overreact and dagger everybody.”

“We were going to tell him after today.” Elijah said giving Hayley a disapproving look as he and Rebekah rose to their feet.

“That makes sense Nathaniel was just a mortal who fled our village before we even turned even if he somehow became a witch, he’d of had no clue about Henrik.” Klaus replied as he struggled to understand what Hayley had just said.

“Actually, he didn’t leave as early as planned and when he heard of word came back for Ayana, she was always like a mother to him there was no way he’d ever leave her with a choice.” Rebekah revealed reluctantly. “Kol killed Ayana and I managed to fight him off Nathaniel, but the blood lust was so new, and I couldn’t restrain myself.”

“You fed on him?” Klaus asked her with a look of disgust in his face as tears began forming in his eyes.

“I wish I never, but control was something that took us all too long to learn.” Rebekah answered her brother. “For some unexplained reason he didn’t die, and I guess that’s when he went down this path of discovery into Malus magic.”

“Malus witches feed on the magic of others especially the darker magics which provides them immortality of sorts and incredible power the reason he didn’t die at Rebekah’s hands is because only a Malus can kill another Malus.” Elijah explained to Klaus who continued to remain painfully silent.

“We’re not sure whether we can trust him or not which may mean he’ll have to be killed somehow.” Hayley said to Klaus.

“Enough!” Klaus snapped before forcing a smile on his face. “Hope is downstairs preparing for a Mikaelson family and that is what she is going to get.”

Nathaniel Malin was a Malus witch by birth but not by nature despite a thousand years of darkness there was still light within him and he had never fully succumbed to the darkness even at times when it would’ve been easier for him if he did. He fought the darkness as he mourned the other mother he knew, he fought the darkness as he spent centuries on the run from his own father and he tried his hardest to help Henrik fight the darkness he had accidentally inflected on him however Henrik may not of been a Malus witch by birth but he certainly was one by nature.

Nathaniel and Henrik had found themselves sitting within a booth in a cafe as Nathaniel watched Henrik tuck into a roast dinner with blood on his hands as Nathaniel look at him with disapproval in his eyes before looking around to see lifeless bodies all around the rundown cafe painted with the blood of Henrik’s victims.

“Less of the judgement Nathaniel.” Henrik told him as he continued to eat his roast dinner. “You know I’ve never been one for an audience while eating.”

“I know but killing them all was hardly necessarily.” Nathaniel replied with a sigh. “I fear for your humanity sometimes Henrik.”

“You’ve killed as much people as I have Nathaniel maybe you should worry about your own.” Henrik responded while continuing to eat.

“I kill for survival for power I kill because sacrifices need to be made to keep us both alive, but I never get off on the kill.” Nathaniel told him. “Sometimes I believe you enjoy it a little too much.”

“We’ve been killing for centuries Nathaniel and I’ve seen you in action you enjoy it just as much as I do but you fight it because you want to hold on to whatever humanity you claim to still have.” Henrik explained to him as he stopped eating. “Your Malus blood is the only reason why we are both alive and yet you continue to despite it.”

“I know you were younger when all this happened to you, but I spent an entire life as a human or an entire life believing I was human.” Nathaniel said. “I was a good person and I have no illusion that there’s good left inside of me, but I won’t freely dance in the darkness as of it’s anything other than sentence.”

“You never change,” Henrik laughed. “Very well I promise to not kill anybody else for the entirety of the day consider it your Christmas gift.”

“Thank you.” Nathaniel replied with a sigh of relief.

“Now please tell my why after all this time you continue to defy me killing my siblings?” Henrik asked him.

“Because their your family and unlike your parents they have done nothing but love you.” Nathaniel warned him. “Killing anymore siblings would be the point of no return and don’t even get me started on how furious I am with you over what happened to Finn.”

“You are my family!” Henrik shouted as he stood up. “I barely even remember them all they are to me is power ready to be drained. You’re my family not them.”

“I will not be spoken to like that killing the Mikaelson’s is not on our agenda.” Nathaniel snapped back as he stood up.

“If we got rid of them, we’d have more than enough power to get rid of Augustus.” Henrik told him clearly furious by Nathaniel’s demands.

“Then we lose everything!” Nathaniel shouted raising his voice higher.

“Everything is already lost Nathaniel you’re just stuck in a past where you meant something to them.” Henrik said with a harsh tone. “They would kill you without pause and you allow their existence because of feelings you should’ve been over centuries ago.”

“Killing them isn’t a part of the plan and would only derail things as for my supposed feelings they are in the past and I am not.” Nathaniel stated trying to convince both himself and Henrik.

Klaus, Hope, Rebekah, Elijah and Hayley are stood within the compound watching the bonfire in front of them burn only to be shocked to see Freya walk into the compound hand in hand with Keelin and immediate attention turns to Freya who’s very clearly pregnant at least five months by the size of the bump leaving everyone shocked as nobody knew anything about this pregnancy.

“I guess there’s a new Mikaelson on the way.” Hayley said with a smile before going over to hug Freya and Keelin. “Congratulations guys.”

“Well I guess I’m not the only Mikaelson sister keeping secrets from the family.” Rebekah joked before going over to hug Freya. “You deserve all the happiness in the world.”

“I’ve got to say I’m shocked that you kept this from us Freya.” Elijah said to his older sister as he too gave her a hug.

“I never thought I’d ever be with child again after everything that happened to me and I never thought I’d ever love again but I’m glad I was wrong.” Freya revealed as she held on to her fiancé Keelin’s hand.

“Well we all know you’ve been saving us or kicking or asses when needed for long enough it’s about time some child has to suffer you instead of your siblings.” Klaus said with a laugh before hugging both Freya and Keelin.

“I guess this means I’m going to have a little cousin.” Hope said before being the last Mikaelson to walk over and hug Freya.

“I was going to tell you all once we had defeated The Hollow but then Nathaniel Malin became the latest threat knocking our family’s doors.” Freya explained herself. “I’ve only met the witch once or twice over the years and he’s not one to be messed with however he’s nothing compared to his father that man is wicked enough to claim aunt Dahlia’s admiration.”

“Let’s not concern ourselves with our enemies tonight.” Klaus told his older sister while pulling in Rebekah and Hope in each arm for a hug. “The entire family is here and tonight we celebrate tomorrow we’ll discuss our battle plans.”

“I guess that means it’s time to dine and fill the humans with enough drink to pass out.” Kol said as he and Davina opened the dining are doors to reveal a table filled with a full Christmas feast with a delicious turkey on the table.

“I’m sure us witches will put some of you vampires to shame.” Davina replied to her husband with a smile.

“I’m not late, am I?” Marcel asked as he vamp sped into the compound.

“You’re just on time.” Klaus responded with a smile as Hope walked over to Marcel and gave him a hug.

“While you’re in such a good mood Klaus did, I happen to mention I’ve invited Bonnie to dinner too?” Rebekah told her brother only to laugh when he rolled his eyes.

“I hope I’m still invited.” Josh said as he too vamp sped into the compound before looking at the bonfire making him terrified. “Oh, crikey there’s a big fire.”

“Everyone is invited,” Klaus said with a smile that made Josh uneasy as he put his arm around him and gave him a hug surprising everyone there. “That smell is oddly familiar.”

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