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popculturebuffet · 4 years ago

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The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck: The Last of the Clan McDuck! Review “It Was Worth THE Dime”

This is one of my faviorite comic book stories of all time. Given i’m a massive comics nerd, for both books and strips, that is the highest praise I can give this wonderful, epic, beautifully drawn and deeply emotoinal story. I first discovered it in the local library that had the second volume, and found the rest online at a now long dead fan site. And while it took me longer than I care to admit to really dig into Duck Comics, and even now i’ve only scratched the surface, I can say without a doubt this story is the reason I’m so deeply attached to Scrooge as a character, and that I was excited as I was for Ducktales 2017. This comic showed me just what Scrooge McDuck should be at his core as a character, and showed me what a wonderful character that is. So with all that glowing praise as you can guess i’ve been wanting to cover this for years, and even considered though back when I was more primarily a comic book reviewer last year. Any time i’ve reviewed stuff before now, i’ve considered it, and with Scrooge’s Sisters Hortense and Matilda presumably and definitely debuting on Ducktales soon, and it’s about damn time, the timing could not be better or clearer to dig into this utter triumph. But before we can take a look at the story itself we naturally have to take a look at the man behind it: Writer and Artist Don Rosa. Don Rosa is easily one of the best Duck Comics writer out there, seen by many as only second to his own faviorite duck comics writer and God of Ducks, Carl Barks. For those 1 of you who do not know, Barks was the man who created pretty much everything in the duck universe comics wise and a bit in animation too: He created Daisy, Scrooge, Gladstone, Magica, The Beagle Boys, The Junior Woodchucks, Gyro, Little Bulb, Glomgold, Rockerduck, and the list goes on. While he didn’t make EVERY duck, he made so many that it’d be impossible to imagine either version of Ducktales being possible without him. So of course Rosa was a fan and while he took up the family buisness, he was also an artist and duck comics fanboy on the side. So when, even if it meant a paycut, the opportunity to actually write and draw them came up, he lept at it and thus became one of their publishers go to guys, even if said publisher published the stories overseas where the Duck Comics are far more popular and still going to this day, and ironically where most duck comics printed nowadays get their stories from. Rosa was known for his meticous historical research and gorgeous art that he took his time drawing to get just perfect and showed on the page. The man has easily some of hte best and most detailed duck art around and I still haven’t found a duck artist that can match him.. and if you have or found one close i’d genuinely love to see that. He is a genuinely talented, spirited guy who was sadly mistreated by disney and that, coupled with tragically failing eyesight, eventually ended his career. He’s still around and I genuinely hope to meet him some day as he still does conventions. The man is not without fault: I don’t get his hatred of superhero comics, as while I get them overshadowing funnybooks and that around the time of his career they were in decline, but it’s just as unfair to write off Superhero comics as mindless. garbage as it is for people to write off the Duck Comics as “only for kids” and I genuinely wish he’d see that and see how the medium has evolved so much since then. I also grumble a bit as his refusal to allow anything besides barks into his bubble, and having to be forced to include fethry on the family tree, but that’s more personal preference. I like using as much material as you got. IT’s why i’ve wanted to, and hopefully will eventually get around to, write a sonic fanfic using bits of all the various universes that for legal, ken penders being an absolute waste of a human being, and sega being stupid reasons can’t be used anymore. I like taking everything in a franchise and putting it in a blender and it’s why I love the reboot. But there’s nothing wrong with taking things as is, not stepping on toes canon wise, but still being awesome. We’re just diffrent people and that’s okay. And a lot of his fanboy showing actually lead to REALLY good things: Goldie O’Gilt was a one off character, and while used ocasoinally overseas, didn’t really pick up as a character again until a combination of Ducktales 87 and Rosa’s work with her, as he always loved the character, and fleshing her out lead to her being used more, and gaining a sizeable fandom. He also gained the Cablleros an even bigger fandom by giving them two stories of their own, and fleshing them out a bit more. And this very comic is the peak of that, taking EVERY mention of scrooge’s past from various backstories to set up adventures, every tiny scrap, and to his credit going to both Barks Himself and various other Barks Experts Rosa was friends with to check his work, especially difficult given he likey had to find these stories in issue or pullt hem from disney archives, and complied it into one long epic that not only uses all this info effortlessly, but spins a compelling story that gives us a clear vision of what Scrooge should be, how he became the man he is, and how he lost himself only to find himself again with the help of three precocious boys and a cynical 30 something duck. So taint all bad is what i’m saying. As for how this got started, thankfully rosa himself provided the origin story for this project in the back of the volume of his works that contained the first 7 chapters of life and times, as well as detailed notes for every chapter. At the time Rosa was working for Egmont, the big european publisher who handles Disney’s much larger european comics market, hence why most of his stories appeared years earlier in Europe before debuting here. The american publisher at the time , and an old friend of his, called Rosa with an idea: A 12 issue Maxi-Series focusing on Scrooge’s history, since at the time they were all the rage.. and really even today mini series are still a viable market and many indie titles just have several minis instead of an ongoing. So it wasn’t a bad idea, Rosa just simply offered a tweak: He’d tell his publisher at Egmont about the idea, and let her get a crack team of writers and artists to do this proper, and thus Disney could publish it for free once it was done and for no extra cost. Rosa gave his publisher a fax detaling both the idea and the fact that it needed to be done right, given to the best person possible, and done with the greatest care. She agreed.. and naturally handed it to him, as he admits he hoped. She made the right call, a legend was born and here we are. One last bit before the read more and before I get to the first story itself at last: Since barks wrote a lot of side stories that fit into the canon, I COULD slot them in between chapters, but have instead chosen to review the original 12 part story as was, and do the various side stories and two epilogues, the utterly fantastic “Dream of a Life Time”, easiliy one of my faviorite comics ever, and the also really great “Letter From Home”, which will likely on some level be the basis for the upcoming at the time of this review “Battle for Castle McDuck!”, after completing the story. In other words i’m probably going to be at this for years. so join me under the read more won’t you as I begin the journey of a thousand miles with a single step as we look at the humble start of a legend.

We begin, after a fun short teaser with present Day scrooge saying his past is no one’s buisness only to get hit with an oh yeah?, with a scrap book title for the issue, something I want to bring up since while I got that’s what it was what I never got, and must’ve glanced over when I first read rosa’s notes when I got this copy, was that it isn’t SCROOGE’S scrap book, but his sister Matilda’s who dutifully and happily catologued her brother’s adventures. It’s a really sweet moment.. and something that will hit VERY hard when we reach Chapter 11. If you haven’t read this story or heard of it.. .that’s this story’s equilvent of “Last Crash of the Sunchaser” and clearly Frank and Matt drew from that story a bit for it, but we can get more into the parallels when we get there. A smaller but fun note is that Rosa had specific coin drawing templates, for different indentions and what not he used, and used them for the coins in these intro bits. Yes he admitted he has a problem and yes that’s damn impressive anyway.

It’s Scrooge’s 10th birthday, and his father Fergus has taken him up to see the family land, Dismal Downs to tell him of the mighty Clan McDuck and show him the ancestral lands, graveyards and Castle. He admits to having taken this long because the Clan McDuck currently lives in Glasgow so it’s kind of a long trip just to show your son “Hey look at the decay and rot that’s our ancestral homeland”. The Clan is on hard times, as a bad shipping deal, the backbone of a rather good barks story and I wont’ be interjecting for every barks reference as it’d get rather tiring though for what it’s worth Rosa provided tons of detailed footnotes in the back of each Fantagraphics collection, so good on him. Speaking of which though they do include 10 pages of Mc Duck family history that was supposed to open this story.. until Rosa’s editor wisely pointed out the story isn’t about them but scrooge and having read his roug draft, yeah.. there’s a good gag here and there, as well as “Dirty” Dingus McDuck, scrooge’s Grandpa and the reason Dewey is cursed with that middle name. Why anyone thought Dingus was a good name is beyond me, nor why Donald thought that was a good middle name back in 2009 is again, beyond me. Good on Don though for getting that past the censors. But yeah with no money they can’t buy the land back and they were scared off it years ago by a mystical ghost dog, the hound of the whiskervilles. There is treasure in the castle, Sir Quackly’s gold, but he accidently sealed himself into a wall while sealing his treasure in there. Their interrupted by the town assholes, the Whiskervilles who have been grazing sheep on the land and are naturally behind the hound, using the sound of it to scare off Fergus once they realize he’s a McDuck. Because apparently you can keep a Scooby Doo style hoax up for Centuries if you don’t have meddling kids around. Who knew. Back in Glasgow, we meet the rest of Scrooge’s family: His Uncle Jake, his sisters Matilda and Hortense, and his mother Downy. Jake hasn’t really been mentioned at all in Ducktales and I know next to nothing about him, which given I share a name with the guy you’d THINK I would. I mean I know a decent amount about this Jake.

But nothing about who the hell Jake McDuck is or why he lives with his brother and his family. Here, you guys watch the dancing Jake, i’m going to probably do that for hours after this review is done, i’m going to go sort this out. Okay one google and finding the Scrooge Mcduck wiki page on him, Jake shows up here likely because he was referenced in the story “A Christmas For Shacktown” and apparently borrowed from Scrooge and never paid it back. Otherwise.. there’s not a lot about him and unlike the rest of Scrooge’s family he really dosen’t do much that I can remember. Except like 2017 Scrooge, he apparently has become extremely long lived, as Scrooge and Donald STILL think he’s alive in the 1950′s.. and likely is STILL alive in some form in the Don Rosa stories, given his take place after Barks and thus in the 40′s and 50′s where Barks stories were set. Hence why unlike the Reboot, Scrooge isn’t inexpecilbly over 210. But Jake McDuck sure as heck is. Maybe this highlander is a highlander.. you know the movie and tv show type. Maybe someone cut off his head. That’s what i’m going with.

This does bring me to another point about this story: While Barks gave all of scrooge’s family their names, it’s where Rosa got them after all, it’s Rosa who really made them into characters. Fergus as a loving father ashamed his family legacy has fallen and wanting his son to do better than him, Downy as an equally loving wife and mother, Matilda as his sweet and caring sister and later her brother’s moral center, and Hortense.. well here she’s just a babbling baby but her character will become clear and glorious as we go. She is adorable here though and we do get some great bits with her. Getting back to the plot now i’ve made my points, Jake is riled up wanting to understandably kick the Whiskerville’s asses with Scrooge, who even as a sweet innocent ten year old still has the family temper already, agreeing.. but Downy gently shoots them out pointing that two middle aged-ish men and a 10-year old just aren’t enough to fight an army of them and while she doesn’t mention it the fight would just tire them out for work and accomplish nothing as while it is the McDuck’s land the combination of the hound and the lack of money to move back means it’s pointless. She also mentions their younger brother Pothole, who went to America. This will be important later.

Scrooge storms off and Fergus laments, in a scene that’s more painful the more I think about it, how his clan has fallen, with he and his brother lamenting their chances at glory are long gone.. but Fergus has hope his son can do better, and for his son’s birthday makes him a shoeshine kit in the hopes of inspiring him to greatness. This scene still resonates since many of us are poor, struggling and not doing so good money wise. I’m sure many parents have doubts and regrets about not being able to do more for their kid.

Not only that but the story carefully avoids the trap of Fergus accidently being abusive by you know, pinning his family’s future on one 10 year old. While yes he is asking a lot of Scrooge, to restore their family name.. it’s very clear he mostly just wants his son to do better than him. Even if Scrooge was just slightly more successful, Fergus would likely be happy with that. He’s not using the legacy as a “This what you must be” like say the Gems in steven universe did for Steven with Rose’s Legacy, the kind where it sort of suffocates you till youc an make it your own. He’s just saying “this is what you can be” He believes his child can be great and simply once him to reach his full potetial and is simply giving him a means to hopefully do so, a simple home made shoe shine kit. While Jake scoffs, the narration notes the idea isn’t worth a dime.. it’s worth THE dime. The dime that would set Scrooge’s destiny in motion.

The next morning, Fergus goes to check up on his son and his new buisness but Scroogey’s having no luck and about ready to just quit, the poor child. Also Matilda is dragging her baby sister around like a doll and it’s entirely precious as it is funny.

But as for those Dorty Boots, Matilda wonders why her dad dosen’t just tell Scrooge that Burt the Ditch Digger is coming. Fergus tells her to quite and then explains his plan: he’s sending Burt to scrooge, with an American dime Fergus and Matilda found, to teach his son a lesson: By giving him a hard days work, he’ll teach him what hard work truly means.. and by having Burt “cheat” him with the American dime, it’ll give him the motivation to keep going and to nto be as wide eyed and trusting. It’s a well meaning if harsh lesson, and the kind you’d expect from 1900′s parenting and fits the origin well: Scrooge still earned his first money square, as he still did work.. but his getting cheated being a lesson dosen’t diminish what it taught scrooge, and helps flesh out what I talked about above, Fergus knowing his son has great potential he just needs inspiration to reach it. And instead of just telling him that he does a con job but it’s the 1900′s. This orign, and Fergus’ part in it would be entirely untouched in Ducktales 2017, the first scrooge based adaptation since this comic came out, and I bless them for it. Frank even said this comic was used as a bible by the writers and while theirs clear deviations, and we’ll get to that, they were mainly done for good reason, and it’s very clear that while scrooge’s history is very VERY diffrent in the reboot, the core of his past is still there.

So the plan is on and young scrooge spends half an hour killing himself to get Burt’s shoes clean before getting his dime.. and realizing he’s been had, makes this proud decleration that will be the bedrock of his entire life and character.

Scrooge being naturally stubborn as you can see takes his cheats a leson: There will always be hard honest work, and he will be there to do it and he’ll be tougher and sharper than anyone trying to cheat him out of his pay. Fergus’ plan has the intended effect, and Scrooge having learned a hard lesson now has the drive and determination we know him for. As for why it gives it to him.. I had to think on it a bit but it makes sense: For some a setback like this would make them quit.. for Scrooge it’s just proof he CAN find customers, he CAN do this job, or any at his hardest and instead takes this as a lesson to be prepared ot out think and outfight anyone who dares cheat him again, and to not earn his money by being the kind of guy who cheats a kid out of an honest days pay, but as a good honest duck like his father and his father before him. =He will make his money square so he can be the kind of person this seeming stranger SHOULD have been. Granted we’ll see Scrooge doesn’t end up as the best person at times but .. we’ll get there. So with the fire inside turned from a spark into the flame Scrooge soon got to work, and by the next panel we see he’s eventually worked his stand up from a small box given to him by his dad, to a three seater shoeshining bench, who he wipes all at once by stretching one of his mother’s girldes over a light pole, a detail I didn’t get the first time around but now love. Naturally being a good kind boy much like his Nephews, Scrooge always gave his proud father a portion of his earnings, if with a full receipt for tax purposes. Because he’s still scrooge after all. His dad wonders he did too good a job while Hortense glxbit’s in agreement.

As the years go on, a now tween Scrooge is eventually able to save up for a horse cart, and starts selling Fire Wood up in the city. He eventually realizes Peat, an earthy subtance found in bogs I only know about because I had to look it up for this review, is more profitable and with some snappy marketing moves into selling Peat for the rich instead, also showing the young lad already has a grasp of how to sell to obnoxious rich people.

But while his business is booming, our young hero can’t resist visiting his family’s ancestral home and longing for it, hoping one day to have it for himself and in a nice show of how despite his temper and tenacity forged over the last few years he’s still at hear the kind, sweet optimistic lad he was just a few pages ago, he decides to tidy up the Clan’s Cemetary while he’s here.

Unfortunately as proof that Donald and Della’s terrible luck comes from both sides of the family the Whiskervilles are sub-glomgold levels of human beings.. or Dogfaces in this case, and are digging up the McDuck Clan’s graves to hunt for treasure. Scrooge tries to simply do the smart thing and flee, but the asshole brigade catch sight of him and mistkaing him for a peat burgalar chase after him.. and spend WAY too much time and energy chasing a teenage boy over some fucking bog grass you clearly aren’t selling yourselves. I mean spare a thought for how dumb this is: They could easily sell of of that peat to put up a fence or chop down some trees to get the material if their really that concerned about someone getting in the bog. Then again this isn the 1800 and 1900′s where the child death toll was simply “Yes”, so they likely thought whose gonna notice one more dead child on our property?

Scrooge heads toward the castle and is gestured in by a friendly mystery duck who gladly shows him around and can tell he’s a McDuck just by look, showing the castle is still in glorious condition as the whiskervilles are too spooked to go in, hence why they didn’t chase Scrooge inside. I’d say being afraid of ghosts but not murdering a child is weird but these are the same guys who thought murdering a child was plan A. We’re not dealing with a brain trust is what i’m saying. So the mystery duck shows Scroogey around, showing off some colorful stories about his ancestors recycled from that scrapped prologue I mentioned. THe mystery man, who brushes off Scrooge thinking he’s a McDuck asks Scrooge what he’s doing to restore the family glory and while Scrooge points out he’s already working on it, Mystery Duck points out he’s still missing something: He has the drive and the dream, but peat and shoeshining, while getting him good money for his family, aren’t the thing you can build a fortune or a future off of. He then points out where Scrooge’s dime comes from: America.. and that gives the boy the idea to head to the states. As for what he could possibly DO there to start, the mystery guy mentions his uncle pothole. So Scrooge has the dream, the drive.. and now a plan: Go to america, work for his uncle on the riverboats, and work his way up from there till he finds his fortune and restores his family name. But while his future is settled, the present is still an issue and Scrooge wants to teach the child murder club a lesson and thus borrows, though MM wisely points out it’s all his property a horse and some armor, and stuffs the armor with peat. As for what his plan is.. welllll

That.. is fucking awesome. And far from the last fucking awesome moment in this thing. It also shows off even as not quite a teen yet, Scrooge is still a badass already, and while he doesn’t have his trademark strength or fighting skills quite yet, his ingenuity is already there.. and that will always trump both. The Whiskervilles run away and into some quicksand and Scrooge vows to return one day as laird and reclaim his family land. But that’s a story for a few chapters down the line. As for who the mystery duck is, he’s naturally Sir Quackely himself, or rather his ghost, who was simply guiding Scrooge and didn’t give him the treasure as simply handing him the money wouldnn’t restore their family’s good name or continue their bloodline now would it?

For now Scrooge returns to work for a bit before finding his way to America: A cattleboat to New Orleans looking for a Cabin Boy. And so Scrooge bids farewell to his family. His Dad, feeling bad he can’t even give his boy shilling, gives him the family pocketwatch with jake pitching in with the family gold dentures. While Scrooge naturally refuses to sell the watch, he does plan to sell the teeth as soon as possible for good reason. We then get some sweet goodbyes with him, his sisters (With hortense uttering her first words to everyone’s astonishment) and loving mother as he wonders just what awaits him in America.

And there he stands on the bow of a ship, heading for a new land, in New Orleans he can be a new man. And we’ll see just what kind of man he becomes as this series continues. For now this is the end of a chapter but the beginning of a lifetime.

Final Thoughts on Last of the Clan McDuck:

This story is excellent. While there are even better chapters to come, this one is still one of the most memorable and most joyous, showing just how Scrooge became what he is, where some of his values come from, others will be instilled along the way , and beginning to flesh out his family. We see Scrooge’s love of wealth comes from starting from the bottom, growing up with a family that barely had anything and badly needed everything, but was loving and instilled fine morals in him. We also see a Scrooge far removed from the bitter old man he is in present day, an optimistic naïve young lad who only wants best for his family. It’s a nice stark contrast to who he’ll become, good and bad, and a nice way to both compare him to Huey Dewey and Louie and break your heart as his own hardens before briefly turning black later on. The art, as is standard for this series and Rosa, is breathtaking, and the story isn’t lacking in good jokes, their just downplayed so the story itself can take center stage. There’s nothing really more to say: it’s an excellent start to an even more excellent tale and stands proud among an already stellar story as one of it’s finest outings.

NEXT RAINBOW: Scrooge goes down to the mighty Missipi to work on the riverboats and meets one of his signature Rogue’s for the first time in their first form, as well as Gyro’s dad.. or grandpa.. or possibly both I don’t know his family tree. Point is, tune in next time for some riverboat hyjinks. Until then if you’d like to comission an episode of any animated show, especially ducktales and the various other duck related disney shows, or another Duck Comics story you really like from Rosa, Barks or whoever you want really, I take commissions for 5 dollars a review, with 5 dollars off your full order when you put in for more than one episode or issue. You can also follow me on patreon.com/popculturebuffet and for just two bucks a month get access to polls (which i’ll start once we have at least three patreons), and my exclusive discord server. And if you liked this review be sure to reblog it to show off. My self promotion done until next time: There’s always another rainbow.

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judelaw · 6 years ago

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Yonvers Relationship Masterpost (+ why Yon-Rogg is so great)

Anonymous said: Hi there! This genuinely isn’t meant to come off as accusatory or anything but could u please explain why you like yon rogg so much/ship yonvers/etc? I’ve only see CM twice but I’m wondering if I was too quick to dismiss him ??

I’m replying in a text post because there is so much canon Yonvers content that this explanation is going to get really long and this way I can save the progress. I hope that's alright! (I’ll probably forget to mention one or two things because as I said, there is just so much, so this is most likely going to be an incomplete list). Also I don’t know how well I can explain it because it’s so obvious to me how amazing both Yon-Rogg and Yonvers are but I’ll do my very best to describe it by using canon examples from the film, the deleted scenes and the official Marvel books “Starforce On The Rise” (SOTR), “Hero Storybook” (HS) and “Starforce Mission Log” (SML), as well as the art book and "The Official Movie Special” (MS) shortly - just the film would already be enough but if Marvel provides us with so much information why not use it to further prove my point, right?

First of all, Yon-Rogg was never supposed to care about Carol in any way yet he not only likes her, he fell in love with her.

“They have a tight bond, but Vers’ humanity still comes out, and I think that is hugely attractive to Yon-Rogg. I think he finds her irresistible, and it’s her human elements that he really warms to.” (Jude Law) (MS)

Yon-Rogg’s the poster boy of the Kree and therefore supposed to embody their values. He should be some unemotional guy because that’s the Kree lifestyle (”[...] more focused, driven, and less emotional, which is more of a Kree and certainly more Star-Force’s way of doing things.” - Jude Law) yet he’s just soft. He refuses to harm anyone who isn’t a Skrull (who he believes are all terrorists due to the propaganda and manipulation of the Supreme Intelligence, just like Carol believed that) unless it’s unavoidable.

He, again just like Carol, really believes they are noble warrior heroes who not only protect the Kree but also every nation too weak to defend themselves.

Yon-Rogg saved Carol’s life by not only taking her with them to Hala but also giving her his blood. She would have died otherwise - in fact she did die and Yon brought her back to life (”He brought her back to life with Kree blood [...]” - Jude Law). Was it still technically kidnapping? Of course. But a) it wasn’t his fault she was there at all, it was Mar-Vell who dragged her into a war without telling her what it’s about, b) for all he knew she could have been well aware of what’s going on could have been on the side of the Skrulls, c) he gave her an easy way out, he only wanted the core, Carol was the one who shot the drive and almost killed herself in the process and d) again, she would have died if he didn’t do it. Did he only do it because of the core’s energy? Probably. Was it still wrong? Yes. Could he have done something else without her dying? No. Even she even died with the Kree medical technology taking care of her, she would have 100% died on Earth with much more primitive technology.

Did he lie to her for six years? Yes. Would he have to apologize for that? Yes. But realistically, did he have a choice? No. Imagine he would have told her the truth - the Supreme Intelligence would have gotten both of them killed. Carol can only break out of the simulation at the end of the film because of everything that has happened in the film. If Yon would have just told her and she would have gotten her memory back like that, she’d lack the emotional drive to unlock her full powers. And even if she still would have somehow managed to break out - did he know that was even possible? No. It's said in the film to be impossible. So he had to believe she would absolutely either die or just get her memory taken away again if he would have told her the truth.

It was him alone who saved her yet he obviously never made a big deal out of it otherwise Carol would have told the science guy it was his blood instead of just telling him her first memory was a blood transfusion without giving more details (or Carol was just an asshole and didn’t give a fuck if that Skrull would die for nothing but I choose to believe she is actually a nice person as it lines up with what we see in the film). Carol isn’t even aware of what Yon did for her because he isn’t the kind of person to brag with anything which is also also why despite being a hero to the Kree, he’s never arrogant about it as stated in Starforce Mission Log:

“[Yon-Rogg] is a famous warriror in the fight against the Skrulls. Whenever Kree approach him or salute him to show their gratitude, he’s always very gracious. I can only hope to be as admired as he is one day - not that I would ever admit that to him.”

Yon-Rogg has always treated Carol incredibly well. So well in fact that Carol can not only hit him playfully (keep in mind he is her commander)

She also describes him as her friend in SML:

He’s never angry at her even when she directly ignores his orders (see eg. Yon-Rogg being there for Carol when she calls him a second time even though he has ordered her in the first call to not leave her original position or her questioning his orders twice in SOTR when his reaction is just to be really sweet with her).

She’s his favorite.

(SML)

(SOTR)

And he let’s her get away with things no one else gets away with (in SOTR Vers is questioning his orders, gets called out for it by Korath, Yon-Rogg defends Vers and sends Korath away [see two pictures down] - only to later glare at Minn-Erva to shut her up when she questions the same orders) because, as the Supreme Intelligence stated, he’s blinded by his feelings for her.

Yon-Rogg is protective of her, defends her even in front of his own team

(SOTR)

As well as in front of his God (and abuser) the Supreme Intelligence by insistingVers is ready for the mission, even though he told Vers like 5 minutes earlier she needs to be in control of her anger first.

He most likely does that because he knows how much Vers wants to come along on the mission and he just cannot say no to her/wants her to be happy which happens again on Torfa when Yon-Rogg knows it’s most likely an ambush and too dangerous to go, Vers says she’ll go on her own and Yon tells her not to only to then say they will all go.

Carol feels so comfortable around him.

She can make fun of him in front of others and he’s only amused by it

or even chooses to compliment her.

And he’s so happy to just be with her.

He loves her humor.

(SOTR)

Even starts joking around like that as well.

(SOTR)

And even when she’s his enemy he still appreciates her wit.

Carol’s seeking his shelter whenever she’s afraid/confused. Not only on Hala after her dreams

(he would rather sleep but it still there for her)

“I knocked on his door and woke him up to go to the gym. I have to hand it to Yon-Rogg - even though he would rather sleep when I wake him, he always makes time for us to train.” (SML)

but also when she finds out about Mar-Vell she immediately calls him.

They are a team. The two of them.

Vers can even shoot him literally just for fun because she knows it doesn’t have consequences for her.

“I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of one of [my photon blasts], but I enjoy giving Yon-Rogg a taste of them when he pins me on the mat or ends up giving me a nosebleed during training.” (SML)

Yon-Rogg cares deeply about her, screaming her name six (6) times when he cannot reach her on Torfa, fearing they lost her.

He’s actually distressed about losing her.

(HS)

We see Yon-Rogg angry twice in the film, both times are related to Carol. Only his worry/love for her can awake such strong feelings. The first time is when the connection to her breaks again (after he has just “reunited” with her).

And the second time is when he’s facing the Carol-Skrull. At first because he thinks the Skrulls have done something to her (again). And then because he realizes she knows the truth and therefore he lost her.

However, what really gets me about their relationship is what he’s doing in the end of the film. His God/leader/abuser has told him to get Carol and the core. Yon-Rogg is terrified of them.

Yon knows what horrible things will happen to him if he fails - yet he fails on purpose. After Carol breaks out of the simulation, he completely refuses to even try to capture her. They fight against each other on Mar-Vell’s ship when he thinks she has the core but as soon as he realizes she doesn’t have it anymore (and complimented her diversion), he leaves her alone. He needs to get both Carol and the core and Yon-Rogg was literally the only person who even had a small chance against Carol when her powers where fully activated, yet he runs away to get the core.

And when the core is completely out of reach and Carol is the only “thing” he can capture to save his own life, he not only hesistates and visibly struggles due to his feelings for her -

He gives up. And compliments her yet again.

He has chosen Carol, to not even try to hurt her despite having had many chances to, over his own life and his God.

Yon-Rogg then goes on to provoke Carol by saying exactly what he knows would anger her, hoping she’d kill him so he doesn’t have face the Supreme Intelligence again.

But just as Yon refused, Carol refuses to kill him as well - even though she had the perfect excuse and chance to and even though she just killed a bunch of Kree she didn’t even know without any hesitation two minutes ago. She even had fun.

But when she’s facing Yon-Rogg she’s just looking hurt.

Why is she hurt?

Because Yon-Rogg never mistreated her.

When she figures out the truth, her first words literally are

Not “They lied to me.” or even “He killed Dr. Lawson.” or anything else. No. “He lied to me.” The most shocking thing to her is that Yon-Rogg lied. Because she never thought he, her best friend (next to Maria but she couldn’t remember her for six years), could ever harm her. Because Yon-Rogg has never done that before.

Their relationship, no matter if you see it romantically or as a platonic friendship, shouldn’t have existed. Yon-Rogg should have never fallen for her. She is heavily emotional. He should despise that. But her human, emotional side is exactly what he’s falling in love with (”[...] and it’s her human elements that he really warms to.” JL).

(I personally believe it started the minute they met. Carol is heavily emotional, scared when she’s facing him. The Kree told Yon-Rogg you cannot be a good warrior if you are emotional. Yet Carol bravely shot the core, ready to sacrifice her own life for what she believes in, proving to be what he would consider a noble warrior hero despite being emotional. And that’s incredibly to Yon-Rogg. Because he’s rather emotional as well but grew up in a society where he wasn’t allowed to be that. Where he was told he can never be a warrior when he’s emotional. But Carol proved them wrong. Back at the lake and especially when she breaks out of the simulation).

Carol should have simply been a weapon to him. But she wasn’t. He could have simply treated her like a subordinate instead of his friend. Be he didn’t.

He could have trained her in a military gym instead of going to the gym of his childhood with her (stated in the art book), instead of sharing something so private with her. But he didn’t.

He ran to the gym with her even though he didn’t understand what’s so great about running and as her commander he could have just told her they’ll take the public transport. But he didn’t.

She could have befriended anyone else on Hala. But she didn’t. Her only other friend is Att-Lass and she’s not even nearly as close to him as she is to Yon-Rogg.

She could have stayed in her room, on her own or went to anyone else for comfort but she chose to go to Yon-Rogg again and again and let him in.

And he was there for her. Always.

Instead of staying Kree commander and weapon or at the very least commander and subordinate, they became friends. And Yon-Rogg even fell in love with her.

They have such a strong bond. A bond that despite everything still isn’t broken at the end of the film and that can still get fixed. And I really hope Marvel doesn’t throw all of this out of the window but gives them both the chance to get happy again - instead of ending their relationship by killing Yon-Rogg off because Carol unknowingly send him back to his abuser.

They both deserve better than that.

#captain marvel #marvel #yonvers #yon-rogg #carol danvers #abuse #starforce on the rise #hero storybook #starforce mission log #long post #yonvers relationship masterpost

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bombshellsandbluebells · 6 years ago

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LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT THE 100 POSTER (and whether or not clones are a real possibility. I say yes.)

This is thematically their strongest poster yet and it’s got me SO PUMPED for this coming season. It’s also their most abstract poster, so I’m probably going to go in wild directions speculating.

The Colors

This is the MOST colorful ANYTHING I’ve ever seen for this show, especially after last year’s promo was basically blacks and whites and red. But this is lighthearted! This is pretty! It’s completely at odds with that tagline and that’s awesome!

I think this is giving us our first real look at the new world. The color choices are so different from what we’ve normally seen that I feel like they are going somewhere completely new with the worldbuilding and maybe even the show in general.

Could we dream? Will there actually be brightly lit scenes? Colorful sets? Colorful costumes? Maybe our characters will be the odd ones out in their black leather biker outfits. It would actually be really, really fun to play with the idea of them finding a new world that feels like paradise at first - that is bright and colorful and pretty and so much more appealing on the surface than the world they just came from - only to slowly reveal the threat that hides beneath all that cheery color. Kind of like Mount Weather again.

Also, is anyone else getting an Alice in Wonderland kind of vibe? Or is that just me?

Face Your Demons

Since the start, this show has played with the concept of morality and survival - the idea that everyone has a monster inside of them, that the harsh conditions of their world turn them into monsters, that it’s not possible to be a good guy and survive. “There are no good guys” after all.

I found it so refreshing that the finale last season broke the mold with those themes - Madi spared their enemies. Bellamy talked about second chances and doing things better this time around. No one died or was sacrificed. Monty’s parting message - and the parting line of the season - was “I hope things are better there. Be the good guys.”

I’ve been hoping that change in theme holds up in season 6, and I’m interested how this tagline could fit with Monty’s message. To me, this feels like the characters are going to have to confront their demons - not in the way they have before, which has essentially been, let yourself be okay with the darker, more monstrous sides of yourself, but more in a way to CONFRONT those dark sides of themselves and overcome them.

Maybe it means that in order to live out what Monty asked of them, they have to defeat the darker sides of them.

This probably applies to all of the characters in some way or another, but it’s obvious that “facing your demons” is going to be the main theme of Clarke’s journey, since she’s singled out in a poster which features two reflections of her. We know that Clarke has made a lot of mistakes last season, and she’s fallen into probably the darkest and least moral place she’s ever been in in this series - I’m really excited to see Clarke confront what she’s done and who she’s become and all the things she’s been through that have made her who she is.

This is also honestly the ONLY direction they could have taken Clarke that is still compelling, because we’ve been watching the morally grey (to morally really dark grey) storyline with her for too long now. Last season Clarke was at a point where she no longer really struggled to make terrible decisions in the name of her or Madi’s survival and really didn’t struggle much with the moral weight of her actions - so let’s see her struggle morally again.

Mirrors and Doubles!!!

Alright, forgive me. I just saw Us. Clones and evil reflections was ALREADY on my mind. And @boomheda‘s mind immediately went to the same place too, so I’m not alone.

The background of the image is literally a mirror image. And the two profiles of Clarke are mirrored as well - but they are NOT perfect reflections. The profile on the left is a lot darker than the profile on the right - enough so that it’s hard to make out any details of her features.

So we have the idea of reflections and doubles, but we also reinforce that idea of demons with the idea of having a darker reflection. The demon that Clarke is facing is her own darkness. (Should I read too much into the fact that Clarke isn’t looking straight ahead at that darker reflection? She’s looking down, as if she doesn’t REALLY want to stare at it. Am I reaching?)

Okay, so. It’s very possible this could all just be symbolic of the character journey that Clarke is going on. This shadowy, evil reflection COULD just be a metaphor for Clarke having to face the decisions she made last season.

But it could also be literal. I really want it to be literal.

We’ve gotten a few hints that the direction this show is taking in season 6 is much more sci-fi than last season has been. For one thing, they’re literally in space heading to a new, far more technologically advanced planet. But it could be that even the plot will take on a much more sci-fi feel - which could be a really good explanation for why there was so much turnover in the writing room.

One thing that science fiction nearly always does is portray themes and messages about the human condition in really literal ways. You want to talk about humanity’s tendency to hate and fear people different than them? Give us a world where robots who are very must like humans but still Other are mistreated and feared. Or gives us aliens that represent our fear of the unknown. Etc.

So it’s not at all out of line to think that this abstract idea of facing your inner demons and your shadow self could be represented literally in the plot.

The show has even done this before. In a lot of ways, season 3 dealt with trauma and grief and how the characters handled the terrible things they had been through. And it represented that idea very literally with an evil AI that gave people happiness by just erasing the trauma they had been through.

So I don’t think it’s impossible to assume that a season dealing with “facing your demons” might make that message a literal reality with, say.......clones?? Evil reflections of our characters that they LITERALLY have to face?

I mean it’s not like we haven’t seen this idea of evil reflections before:

look I WILL tie ALIE into literally everything and no one can stop me

I was already joking earlier today about wanting ALIE back before I even saw the poster. And while I don’t really have any theories about ALIE coming back, I am POSITIVE that Becca is going to play a role this season.

They already reminded us of her with the flashback last season. It also established that with the chip, Madi CAN see Becca’s memories and can likely talk to her. And they’re headed to a planet that was colonized with technology that Becca created. This new planet might not worship Becca as a god-like figure, but maybe they will ALSO know of Becca Promheda from their history books. Maybe we’ll see signs of her everywhere. Maybe Madi’s memories of her will help guide them in this new world. Maybe ALIE is here too. I can dream.

So we’ve checked the box on evil AI and space station and new planet. Maybe it’s time to move on to the classic sci-fi trope of clones. Not sure HOW that will be a reality though - maybe this planet has developed the technology to clone people? Maybe they replace characters we know with clones? Who knows!!! I’m so ready for them to go in wild new directions.

So clones. Maybe??

Another way this reflection idea can tie back into ALIE and Becca is with the fact that the infinity symbol itself is a reflected image.

And the infinity symbol does tie in with the Eligius Corporation. And they’ve tweeted it out recently.

Note how it’s also bookended with the two suns - another case of things coming in doubles and mirror images in this new planet.

So who knows. Maybe I’m wildly off base. But this poster certainly introduces the idea of mirrored, darker selves and doubles, whether that’s going to be literal or just completely metaphorical.

#woo that was long!#the 100 #the 100 meta #the 100 s6 #the 100 season 6 #my meta

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winnwinn-moved · 7 years ago

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heaven on earth

doyoung - fluff - 3258

ah summer vacation. the ideal time for swimming, for surfing, for soaking up the sun. summer vacation means no rules, no worries, no problems. summer vacation is supposed to be the absolute best part of the year. and so far, summer vacation has been going pretty okay. so maybe it’s been more than okay, it’s been pretty amazing because you’re spending almost every single day with your best friend (and crush), doyoung. and you’ll soon be spending every single day with him down at the beach. yes, the beach, with the crystal clear waves, and oh so warm sand, and the best ice cream on the face of the planet. a few weeks ago, doyoung has casually mentioned that he and a couple friends (taeil and yuta to be exact) where heading down to the beach for a week of rest and relaxation.

it sounds nice, in theory.

really, it does.

but then the car ride started.

taeil’s little red corolla seemed really nice at first. it was enough space for the four of you to feel comfortable, yet close enough that you could still talk to everyone and reach over to the radio to change yuta’s kyary kyary pamyu mixtape. the trunk also has enough room to hold of your luggage too. the air conditioning works, the motor runs smoothly, and fate just so has it that you and doyoung are the two sitting in the back row. oh, and sharing a blanket. a fuzzy red blanket that doyoung draped over your legs three minutes into the ride because he saw you were shivering.

the first three hours of the car ride passed by quickly. most of the driving was through cities and on major roads, so there was always plenty to see. the numerous road signs provided you and doyoung at least an hour of fun, and you discovered that doyoung is much better at the alphabet game than you could ever hope to be. the billboards, ranging from “real christians obey god” to “savannah’s gentleman club” and your possible favorite “real human hair wigs”, had you and doyoung cackling for hours while taeil and yuta glanced back, whispering about how cute you two are. even when there weren’t signs to entertain the two of you, doyoung seemingly could talk for hours and hours and hours, and you realized that this could actually be kind of… fun.

but then you left the familiarity of the city and entered the great open country. for miles, all you can see is corn. and more corn. and the occasional water tower. you wonder where the hell taeil is driving you guys, and you’re starting to think he doesn’t know where he is either. your suspicions are soon confirmed when yuta yells “oh wait the map was upside down this whole time!”. doyoung has lost interest in his rambles about outer space (a topic you rather liked to hear about), and has instead decided to stare out the window blankly. you don’t want to bother him from his daydreams, despite the growing urge to say something stupid just to hear his voice, but you don’t. you decide to listen to taeil and yuta bicker instead, because that’s at least more entertaining than the corn.

you sigh loudly. doyoung glances over at you, though you remain unaware of this, too busy messing with your shoelaces to notice his soft smile. yuta notices however, and winks at doyoung at least a million times before turning back around to try and figure out the map. doyoung blushes hard and swats at the back of yuta’s head, which gets your attention, and now you’re interested in why doyoung seems so upset. but when you ask, he only gets more red and crosses his arms over his chest, telling you that yuta doesn’t know how to keep his nose in his own business.

“now now kids, you need to behave.” taeil yawns. “or else i’m gonna leave you on the side of the road.”

the infinite loop of pon pon pon makes his offer tempting, but it’s getting dark, and the last thing you need is to be abandoned in a corn field. doyoung is apparently ready to take that risk though, and he whacks yuta’s head one last time before returning to his thoughts. you laugh a bit at this, and start to laugh harder when yuta whines about being mistreated.

“you always defend doyoung.” yuta complains. “i bet he could bury me in the sand this week and leave me to drown and you would swoon over how creative he is.”

“oh come on, i’m not that biased.” you retort, but you feel your face heating up, and know it must be obvious because the smirk on yuta’s face is so wide your half tempted to ask taeil to pretty please slap it off. “you’re just delusional.”

“oh come on, you know you’re soft for doyoung.” taeil laughs. “you don’t need to hide it. everyone knows. except maybe doyoung, maybe he doesn’t know. we should ask him.”

“you know i can hear you.” doyoung says slowly. he doesn’t look away from the window, and you’re worried that maybe he’s mad now. “stop teasing them.”

“wow, doyoung, the hero we never knew anyone needed.” yuta rolls his eyes but winks at him.

doyoung groans and pulls his tangled earbuds from his backpack. with a dramatic glare at both taeil and yuta, he puts the earbuds in his phone, then proceeds to drown them out with his music. taeil and yuta start to laugh at his reaction, and it’s obvious that doyoung is now turning up his music, so loud in fact that you can start to hear muffled lyrics pour out from the earbuds. you can’t help but smile slightly; it’s one of your favorite songs. doyoung knows this, how could he not? why would he even pick the song in the first place?

he pulls the left earbud from his ear, handing it over. you give him a confused look, but you soon put it in, your cheeks tinting pink. yuta spins right around and there on his face once again is that wicked cheshire cat smile that makes you blush even more. doyoung does his best to ignore yuta’s grin, but soon, he too is blushing, and now even taeil has taken his eyes off the road to give you two a knowing smile.

“it’s not like that!” doyoung’s voice sounds desperate. “i’m tired of listening to your weeb trash, and i know they are too. that’s all!”

“okay, first of all, the persona three soundtrack is critically acclaimed, i hope burn my dread is played at my funeral, it’s not even web trash, because i am not a weeb-” yuta cuts himself short. “besides… you could have just asked to change the station. you didn’t need to share all romantic like this, but nooo, you just have to be smooth.”

“boyfriend material.” taeil calls from the front. “ten out of ten would date.”

“taeil you have a girlfriend.”

“oh you’re right…”

this of course only makes you blush harder, because even though it’s obvious to everyone in the world that you and doyoung are wildly in love, neither of you have actually done the whole confessing part yet. granted, yuta has confessed on your behalf at least a million times, and mark and donghyuck have trapped you in a group chat where they spam you pictures of doyoung doing anything (not like you’re complaining). you and doyoung have danced around the idea of an actual relationship for months now, but something is stopping the both of you, something unknown, something unnamed. countless times you’ve had to stop yourself from pulling doyoung down by the collar and crashing your lips onto his, and countless times more you’ve had to shut your big mouth from screaming “i love you” at the top of your lungs. things are hard when you’re suddenly smitten. accidental touches are no longer accidental, innocent staring is now something more, i miss you texts are not a good night, but a cry for attention and love.

you and doyoung could practically be dating with all the time you spend with each other. he is in your fact, your best friend before anything else. doyoung’s apartment (the one he shares with sicheng) has an entire closet dedicated to your belongings, because as time passed, doyoung realized your tees and jeans were becoming more and more and his need for a coat closet becoming less and less. your favorite snacks (though often stolen by sicheng) are always stocked up in the fridge, and your favorite movies and television box sets are always piled high near the dinky television in the living room. you have a key to the apartment, tucked away safely on your lanyard, and even when doyoung isn’t there, you find yourself huddled on the worn futon, reading one of the books he picked up from the library earlier in the week. sicheng teasingly complains you two should just kick him out already, and now that you think of that, you or doyoung have never really said anything to challenge that. it’s not like you dislike sicheng, that’s humanly impossible, but the idea of living with doyoung… that’s heavenly.

you shake your head. now isn’t the time to plan your future out, not when taeil and yuta are watching your every move to catch a crack in your apathetic facade. you cross your arms over your chest, and then suddenly remembering your outfit, take a peek down at your shirt only to realize it’s not really yours- it’s doyoung’s.

no wonder everyone thinks you’re together.

you look out the window, only to find the sun has sunk low in the sky, and in its place is a host of stars. you smile softly, then yawn. you’ve been driving for more than half the day, and you’re sure everyone, especially taeil, is exhausted. besides, it’s evident that you’ve lost your way. nothing seems more tempting right now than finding a tiny motel and passing out on a mattress rather than the car seat. it would be nice to stretch your legs out, walk around a little bit, shower and clean all the travel funk from your skin. and hotels have breakfast in the morning, and anything could be the imitation sausage biscuit you stomached from mcdonald’s earlier today.

it’s as your mind has been read, your prayers answered, because doyoung says, “hey, let’s stop for the night, before taeil gets us lost in the middle of nowhere. i saw a road sign, there’s a hotel on the next exit.”

“i think we’re all tired anyhow.” you add, tugging at your blanket.

“of course you would agree with him.” yuta winks over at you.

“you just yawned like two seconds ago.” doyoung glares. “so be quiet.”

“no, i agree too. i can’t keep my eyes open.” taeil puts the blinker on. “here’s to hoping they have a room.”

as you guys pull into the hotel parking lot, you start to wonder if you’ll be spending the night in the car. every parking space is filled with a car or truck (and occasional motorcycle). taeil circles the lot once, twice, and three times before glumly deciding that all hope is lost, the waffle house across the street is your only option, but then doyoung points wildly over to a back corner that somehow all of you overlooked, and there it is, the only free parking space in the lot. taeil whips in immediately, then parks the car and turns it off. you scramble to get out of the car, but in the process, yank not only your, but doyoung’s earbud out. he looks over at you, and upon seeing your sheepish smile, breaks into a grin as well.

“come on love birds, i’m tired.” yuta laughs.

after unloading your necessary luggage from the trunk, the four of your head inside to check up on room availability. yuta is the one to venture to the front counter and consult the scowling employee, and yuta is the one to come back with two room keys in hand. he tosses on to doyoung, and keeps the other in his hand. he’s whistling. why is he whistling? yuta doesn’t whistle, why is he-

and then, with the most devious smirk a man can muster, he wraps his arm around taeil’s shoulder, pulling him in close. “hello roomie.”

“oh no you don’t” you and doyoung shout in unison.

yuta shrugs and taeil mimics him. before you and doyoung can clobber them, the two of them sprint down the hallway, the nasty desk manager yelling after them.

doyoung gulps. you shove your hands into your pockets. for what seems like an eternity, the two of you remain silent, refusing to do so much as look each other. you can feel your hands go clammy, your cheeks heat up, an army of butterflies swarm your stomach. you bite down on the inside of your cheek to stop yourself from blurting out something stupid, though that seems unlikely to happen thanks to the frog now stuck in your throat. you cough, and sputter, and as soon as you find the courage to speak, doyoung tries to talk as well. now you two are back to stage one, and things are even more awkward than before.

finally, he whispers, “there’s probably two beds.”

“o-of course there are.” you nod.

doyoung grabs his luggage. he then proceeds to reach for yours, but you do as well, and now his hand is atop of yours and he won’t move it- why won’t he move it?!

he gently pulls your bag from your hands, then slings it over his shoulder. he pushes his suitcase in front of him. you can do nothing but follow along silently, cursing god for allowing something so wrong, no, something so absolutely wonderful to happen to you of all people. you swallow the lump in your throat, walking so close behind doyoung you step the heel of his shoe. he turns to fix it, except you’re there, standing mere inches away, and his most immediate thought is to lean down and kiss you long and hard, but the hotel hallway hardly seems appropriate for that, so instead he mumbles an embarrassed sorry. sorry for staring. sorry for thinking outside his place. sorry for crossing the boundary. sorry for not making it known.

doyoung stops in front of the elevator, then presses the button. you two wait, the awkward silence threatening to engulf you two, but thankfully the door dings loudly and slides open. doyoung lets you go first, then follows behind with the luggage, finding an interest in the key card. he then presses the second floor button, and the elevator doors close before it lurches upwards with a violent groan. you wince and without thinking, doyoung rests his hand on your shoulder supportively, but then he realizes what he’s done and he pulls away at once, stammering out an apology.

“it’s f-fine.” curse your nerves.

curse your luck. curse your situation. curse your stupid crush on doyoung. and curse doyoung above all. curse his stupidly handsome bunny smile, and his stupidly angelic voice, and his stupidly selfless love and drive for others, and his stupidly kind and idealistic heart that always finds the good in others, and, and-

the doors slide open once more, and you hurry outside, relieved to be out of the suffocating elevator, doyoung soon pulls ahead of you, leading you down the hall to your room. taeil and yuta are nowhere to be found, and you can’t help but wonder if they’re waiting to ambush the two of you and laugh about their little scheme. the halls are dreadfully silent though, and you’re convinced that you can hear your heart slamming against your chest.

“two fourteen.” doyoung says almost to himself.

he slips the key card in the door, then pushes it open.

you almost faint,

there in the middle of the room, is the bed. yes, the bed, as in, there’s only one. one right in the dead middle, sheets so white that you can’t help but stare at it. or maybe because you realize that neither you or doyoung want to catch any sort of bug that lives in a hotel carpet, which means that the bed, yes, the one bed, will have to be shared, shared by the two of you. for the entire night. wonderful. absolutely perfect. ideal even.

` you flee to the bathroom, bag in hand. the first thing you need to do is regain your composure. slowly, you change into your pajamas, wash your face, and prepare for the long night ahead. you don’t want to leave the safety of the bathroom however, and you don’t plan to either, but there’s a faint knocking on the door, and reality reminds you that you’re sharing a room. with doyoung. and that he also has to get ready.

you gather your things, then slip out of the bathroom. doyoung has apparently called his side of the bed; it’s obvious by the pillow is moved and the comforter is shifted slightly. cautiously, you make your way over to bed. you mentally debate whether or not you should try to set up some sort of cot on the floor with your clothes, but the stronger part of you eventually wins out and you slowly climb into bed. immediately, your tense muscles relax and you remember that you have been in the car for hours now, and even if you’re sleeping with your crush, it’s worth it for a good night’s sleep.

right?

clearly, your need for sleep outweighs your fear of the unknown, and within moments, you have drifted into a deep sleep. doyoung comes from the bathroom only to find you snoring softly, your head buried under the sheets. he smiles gently, then turns off the light. he then slips into bed beside you, careful to never invade your space. for safe measure, he puts a pillow between the two of you, then closes his eyes.

you can’t remember where you are when you awaken the next morning. the sunlight shines in from the window to your right, and the beams dance across the sheets and cause you to smile. outside, there’s the faint song of a bird, and the occasional honk of a car, but it’s nice. you’re warm, pleasantly comfortable, so you keep your eyes closed and snuggle closer to doyoung.

wait.

what?!

you open your eyes and push yourself up a few inches. however, your movement is limited by doyoung’s arms around your waist. his grip is tight, but not painfully so, just enough to make you feel… secure. still, you want to move, just a little bit, so you wriggle just enough to roll over so you’re facing doyoung instead of spooning. despite your movement, doyoung is still sleeping, his eyes shut peacefully and his lips parted slightly. his hair sticks up in every direction, and he snores lightly. your face is so close to his that your noses are brushing in a sweet eskimo kiss, and you think you must be dreaming, yes, dreaming, because this is heaven. your own personal heaven on earth. you smile and close your eyes.

you move your head slightly, pressing a lazy kiss to his jaw before mumbling, “i love you.”

and doyoung sleeps on, but you don’t need his words to know that he feels the same exact way.

#nctwriters #nct scenarios #nct scenario #doyoung #doyoung scenarios #doyoung fluff #doyoung ship #doyoung drabble #NCT 127 #doyoung scenario #nct fluff

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