#fucked up mentors

[hey-its-sybarite]

It sounds like IWTV Season 3 may give us not one, but two, fucked up and abusive parents/parent figures. I hope they stay true to the books in that Lestat remains a pathetic mummy’s boy and that Armand and Marius have a tender reunion.

What I don’t want is for Gabrielle nor Marius to be made into better people than they are just because their children love them. Nor do I want their children’s love to be turned into something it wasn’t in the books: hatred or scorn. People love their abusers all the time, and these characters were no different. What I am interested is what Louis makes of Gabrielle (oh so Lestat’s just another man who married his mother?), what Daniel makes of Marius (disgust,rage), and what Armand makes of Marius and Lestat being close (burning jealously over both of them).

Update from the tags:

I don’t disagree but finding one another lovely / beautiful / attractive is the default with Rice’s vampires. I reckon Daniel is capable of feeling disgust and rage towards Marius, and finding him attractive, just like the audience might. And isn’t that some real horror?

This is a Daniel who has lived a full human life, who is a father, and who has possibly reported on various abuses in his career, if he didn’t see or experience them first hand during his addiction. He also brings a very modern sensibility to the story, so yeah, I’d be surprised if he isn’t caustic towards Marius, especially if Marius doesn’t block him telepathically.

[sheerakk]

[hanshenrykcd]

[lazylittledragon]

not to be Anxious on main but i've got my performance review for my apprenticeship in a few weeks to see if they're going to keep me on permanently and i am gently shitting myself hnhhhhh

[erinwantstowrite]

Erin the comparison of JL vs the Avengers to Camp Jupiter vs Camp Half blood is toooo accurate 😭

JL: There’s an established system in place and contingencies for every foreseeable scenario

Avengers: fuck it we ball

peter thinks that the Avengers have it all together because they're his teachers and they're constantly telling him to use his brain but it's really because they, for the first time, saw their own "fuck it we ball" mentality in a teenager, and thought "oh my god maybe that is like... super dangerous." like when a parent was younger and they partied a lot and sometimes got into dangerous situations and thought "this is normal" until they had a kid and they quickly realized "oh that's why my mom was insane."

that didn't make them any better, it just made them hypocrites. peter just doesn't know that because they act super responsible when he's around

[elwayken]

START MAKING TIME A FREAK!!

I’m so tired of reading stories where all of the chain have distinctive “freak” traits that are often narratively explored and interesting. Wild is selectively mute, Twilight likes raw meat, Legend has chronic pain, Warriors has constant nightmares, Hyrule sneezes flowers.

Time is always- without fail- the most normal of the bunch unless it’s specifically a Time-Centric fic (which aren’t as common as you might think).

Let’s be honest, this man has gone back and fourth in time, he has been using transformation masks since childhood, he has no one who remembers his journeys. This man would be one of the most freakish.

Let him panic whenever Wild has a lapse in memory. Let him have insomnia because the clock in his head won’t stop. Let him have a sweet tooth that gets him in trouble.

Stop desaturating Time because he is the eldest or the leader. Let Time be a freak.

[sword-wielding-sapphic]

I'm reading Treasure Island and god the parallels between Jim and Silver's dynamic and Silver and Flint's dynamic 🥲

Jim in TI and Silver in BS are both thrown into this adventure because they stole a piece of paper that they didn't understand the meaning of and then are essentially held hostage by the crew until they charm the captain

Jim convinces Silver that they would be better as allies than enemies by explaining how he outsmarted him and Silver immediately respects him more because of it, like how Silver told Flint about the urca gold in BS

Silver straight up tells Jim that he reminds him of "my own self when I was young and handsome." he has such a soft spot for him and sides with Jim over the rest of the crew, in much the same way as Flint treats Silver

[youngpettyqueen]

I know the decision to have Julian's parents have him augmented was made on the fly but imo its pretty obvious from early on that Julian has Family Issues because he avoids talking about his family like the plague and I think they should've incorporated this into the Julian and Sisko dynamic right from early on because I think it would've made for some really compelling stories and moments and could've set up a REALLY interesting Julian and Jake dynamic which they kinda started to do but never fully went for

[abusivelittlebunny]

so you like strollonso (excellent taste) and carlos having an omega harem (excellent taste as well), do you think nando would ever share lance? Or is the princess off limits to nando only 🤔

There's some strollonso stuff in my wips soon to come teeheehee ~ I think Alonso likes to think he's not territorial, he's had hundreds of bed partners after all before and after agreeing to marry Lawrence's precious little princess with a tidy contract that would essentially grant him anything he wanted if he tied the knot with a pimply lanky 18 year old Lance who was so shy when he first met Alonso, he thought the kid might explode from how hard he was blushing, shaking like a little purse dog and unable to look him in the eyes despite how Papa Stroll joked about how his son has been dreaming about marrying him since he was a little kid and how he was kissing his posters even before he presented as an omega.

"Aw really? Am I your big boy present then?" Alonso joked at Lance who still hasn't spoken a word to him but he looked like he swallowed his own tongue at how his father spilled his secrets about his little crush.

The kid was cute, but he was a kid, clearly. Alonso was used to top models and diva omega drivers beneath him or riding him, not some trembling little virgin. He was fun to break apart and put back together over and over again on their wedding night, don't get him wrong, it's nice to switch it up a little and fuck something so innocent you feel particularly nasty about it, but Alonso knew from the start he married the boy for the benefits first and foremost and he'd keep to his old bachelor ways just the same as before only this time with more job security.

Sure enough he even invited Jenson over to join him on the second week of their honeymoon, and he was a clear fucking vision on the beach, all tanned lean muscles and freckles and golden locks, just the type of bikini model body he had before he started popping out kids for his alpha Mark. Lance was clearly upset seeing Alonso chase after Jenson, who as he states was just a friend (who he fucked multiple times day in day out) but it was at least clear enough for the kid what Alonso looked for in an omega, which was the polar opposite of what Lance was. Grown, coy, sexy, milfy, sun-kissed, and not the nagging type, but the free spirit that understood Alonso's need for freedom.

Lance of course was still too shy to say anything about it to Alonso, he even left with just a sob to spend the night in another room when he walked in on Jenson riding Fernando on their marriage bed.

"Spoiled child. He will suck it up eventually." Jenson chuckled and rolled his hips in that way that made Alonso growl like a tiger in delight and flip them over to really pound his best little bedsport.

Alonso was a flirt with every other omega as well openly, making it apparent to the public too without admitting it that it was more like he got bought as a husband for some rich little teenager rather than wanting something sincere out of it.

Alonso wasn't the type to get jealous; he made others jealous.

So then why did he spill his drink all over himself when he first saw his newly wed little bride getting his tiny waist felt up by some other man at the hotel bar?

Alonso laughed a bit at himself and said it was nothing to Jenson who questioned his shocked reaction.

"He's just a gangly kid, I am simply unable to understand what that man would-," and ah Alonso couldn't finish his thought because his eyes were locked in on where the man was hiking up Lance's dress a little higher on his milky white thigh, copping a feel. The fucking nerve.

Lance was awkward as hell, and Alonso regarded his shy bashful behavior to not wanting the strangers attention and of course, why would he, he just got married to Fernando fucking Alonso a month ago, claim bite still fresh on his throat, wedding ring on his finger, and that other alpha's fucking mouth on his cheek-

Fernando didn't know when he stood up exactly, he didn't even register storming over, he thought he was just imagining it all in his head before Lance was pulling him back with a shocked gasp as Alonso punched the other alpha in the gut. He was a tall motherfucker, he couldn't risk a punch in the jaw until he keeled over, which he conveniently did so Fernando could give him a much deserved uppercut before Jenson helped Lance pull Fernando off of the guy.

Alonso swore a tide in Spanish, but was just as shocked by his rage as Lance or Jenson was. He didn't know why he felt so... protective over Lance. He was just a naive awkward little boy who couldn't look him in the eye but stared at him with stars in his eyes when he thought Alonso wasn't looking, and kept giving him expensive gifts to try to make up for having to marry him. As if he needed to make up for Fernando bagging himself a pretty little virgin 17 years younger and so fucking delicate he couldn't stop crying and shaking on their wedding night but kept begging for him to keep going, apologozing over and over again, saying he's not hurting him, he's just so happy he can't stop the tears from falling and why would Fernando need to be compensated for that or waking up to Lance's beautiful sleeping face nuzzling agsinst his neck, much braver when unconscious, wrapping his long limbs around Fernando's body and holding on so tight, like his alpha was all the protection he needed from this cruel world and fuck.

Ah. He liked the kid.

That was awkward. But not as awkward as it was when Jenson cooed loudly about how he's never seen Alonso soooo wound up by someone else touching his property and then him trying to excuse it to alpha instincts wanting to claim his omega while Lance stared at him in utter loving daze as if that was a brand new thing the universe invented and ah he looked so cute and stupid Alonso needed to take him to the bedroom right fucking now.

Jenson flew back home the same night and Alonso kept himself busy guarding his little wife from any more interfering alphas while still hellbent on keeping his carefree bachelor ways even if the only omega mewling in his bed was his wife.

But those old bachelor ways wouldn't agree with how delighted he was when upon coming back from the honeymoon, Lance threw up all over an important businessman at a charity gala and a doctor minutes later confirmed it was due to their first pregnancy. Old bachelor Alonso would definitely not have scooped up his pale sweaty little wifeboy and kiss him all over his trembling mouth, barely rinsed with some water.

[cutter-kirby]

obsessed with the implications of the mark that ransacked the gda. like it’s totally possible it was just business (important building + ruins mark’s reputation if they think it’s him + good strategy to take out the gda quickly, especially its engineering unit if they knew about the sound emitters) but I’m partial to thinking it was personal.

there could have been a mark whose first target was cecil. who rushed straight to his location and gave him a black eye. who wanted to make him bleed. thinking about him.

wondering if this caused some self reflection for cecil (as much as he’s capable of/willing to anyway). I would think seeing an evil version of mark be so personally set on making you suffer makes you think about your approach to getting him to work for- I mean with you again. maybe they exchanged words. if so - boy, wish we could’ve seen it!!!!

[kitefall]

"Firepaw is my apprentice now. I will deal with him."

[mirrorofliterature]

a trope I don't particularly like in star wars fanfiction

obi-wan: and I failed anakin!

other character: no you didn't! you didn't do anything wrong! it's all anakin and palpatine's fault :)

me: let obi-wan take a morsel of accountability for the ways he fucked up vis a via anakin. please. stop. it just makes the other character look dumb and unobservant.

[willosword]

hooooooooooly shit

[backpackingspace]

Wait going off the idea that Athena keeps things from her favorite people:

What does diomedes give her?

[booksandmore]

“whats your hogwarts house” “who’s your godly parent” WRONG! on a scale of gojo, koro-sensei, and dazai who are you a student of

[mangyraccooon]

Dragon: I don’t feel anything anymore. It’s like I’m already dead and my body just hasn’t caught up to it yet.

Therapist: … So, how do you feel about a nice new pair of grippy socks later this evening?

Honestly I’d love to write a modern Dragon, Sabo relationship where Dragon is a weird mentor Sabo finds after being put in a psych ward