#futures gunna be ok

[sunshine-cultivator]

I have nothing but the most utmost respect for BANGTAN. I am so immensely proud of them. I am ever grateful for that day way back when when they knocked on the door to my heart and have never left me alone. I am proud of them!! Proud to be ARMY!!

I await the day they’re all together on stage once again.

💜

[iooiu]

“it’s called going down memory lane!”

vote tltc uncle jello in the @rottmntpeepawpolls and yes, you heard donnie right, we’ll get to hashtag drop a new banger called bad future timeline remade in the form of a side quest (chapter 7)

[murdknux]

ok i’m gunna masterpost abt ALL the ships i like and may one day draw in future:

-2doc (2d/murdoc gorillaz

-snace (ace/snake power puff girls)

-batjokes (batman/joker DC)

- trikey (trevor/micheal GTA V)

-bubbline (princess bubblegum/marceline adventure time)

-sonknux (sonic/knuckles)

- banger (bandit/jager rainbow six siege)

- lacho (lalo/nacho better call saul)

- spideypool (spiderman/deadpool)

-paperhat (black hat/flug villainous)

[ploppymeep]

I drew him but it kinda sucks, I will have to practice more at drawing him,

Anyway I just find him interesting and anything you want to say about him I would be happy with, I just want to examine him under a microscope he is that kind of character to me

IJUST. ACTUALLY SCREAMED IRL92):;)&::&$:/:7 YOU DREWW HIM SOOOOO FUCKINGFFFR CUTE i’m gunna cry ohmy goodness

since you drew him in the western au outfit i suppose ill give a little context for that max specifically!! ok so, maxy is (obviously) a trans man in every different au, and in this one he was the only daughter of a wealthy family that owned a large ranch. in the beginning before the horrors [which i’ll get to in a second] he starts kind of like every other max he’s just kind of an annoying spoiled brat who really only cares for himself and is just generally an asshole. the only person he really likes is his personal butler eden [@\tacticalvulva ‘s oc] who he grew up with. their relationship is kind of like, if eden was assigned to do something else for the day like run errand or something and one of the other butlers was supposed to tend to max for the day he’d be like “NO i want EDEN where is HE? hes the only one that knows how to do things RIGHT” cause hes very particular and also a brat [+ the autissmm… his routine]

anyways, because his parents “had no son” they set up max in an arranged marriage with Richard [ @/grfld101 ‘s oc] max was, well, furious when he found out and had a melt down. he thought it was unfair and was mortified by the idea of having to just be someone’s wife for the rest of his life. a big reason why this freaked him out asside from obvious reasons is that max has a very big complex surrounding control, he likes having everything and everyone around him EXACTLY how he likes it and the thought of losing any form of control/ having to sort of have his life dictated by someone else [EX: Parents, a husband] makes him want to die.

anyways fast forward to him actually meeting richard, he fucking HATES this guys guts automatically and is genuinely just incredibly rude towards him/ doesn’t give him the light of day, and will even order eden to do stupid shit like poor a bucket of water on him. anyways this goes on for awhile and one day max and rich are told to go on like a leisurely horse ride together to “get to know your future spouse” or whatever and he is NOT pleased. after maybe 20 minutes of silence he would say something along the lines of this in a very haughty voice,“you know im only out here because my PARENTS forced me to. if it were up to me i wouldn’t even be within one mile of you” really annoying turns up his nose. anyways long story short while they’re out in the woods he accidentally falls off his horse into a river/stream and is like AAAAA so rich goes down to help, and max who is incredibly embarrassed, instinctively shoved richard into the water aswell. this ends up with them like tousling but then they start laughing and just throwing water at eachother and shit. they have a “we have to dry our clothes” moment and so they end up sitting out in the woods for awhile, and after a bit of silence i imagine him being like “yknow ive always been jealous” “jealous?” “of men. you get to do whatever you want go out be free and take charge and i get to be, a wife.” and voz said richard would say something along the lines of, “ I never really saw you as a wife. generally, i mean. Not as wife material, just i don’t see that life for you”

LONG STORY SHORT after that max actually starts to develop feelings for him. rich already had sort of a budding crush on max before that but max entirely disliked rich before this encounter. along the way they DO fall in love and richard, knowing that if they stayed that their parents, (especially richard’s parents) would never allow max to live the life he wants he asks max to elope with him and gifts him his pearl earrings as sort of his own form of engagement. max agrees and both of them are sort of giddy with excitement/ anticipation the night they planned to run, but that was cut short by them being caught. they’re forcibly pulled apart and max watxhes as richard gets his eye slashed, but he’s dragged away before he can see what happens. in his mind they have killed richard. has soon as he can he runs hysterically crying to find eden screaming his name and he BEGS him to help him escape to anywhere that isn’t here. his one chance at genuine happiness and the love of his life lost in the same instant he is more distressed and traumatized than he has ever been in his entire life. eden, who would do anything for him, instantly agrees and gathers all the necessary things to get out of there on horseback as soon as possible.

on the first night they managed to find an in to sleep in Eden vows to never leave max’s side for as long as he lives. they already had a sort of codependent relationship before this but it becomes much more like, extreme(?) after this point. (there’s also the matter of eden’s unrequited love for max but i wont explain all that here…). max for the first few months has sort of extreme mood swings of being catatonic and then hysterically crying the next night until eventually it sort of simmers into his constantly pissed off/ on edge ticking time bomb default current state. at some point not to long into their escape eden ends up having to kill someone for max. and max, who on top of already being kinda fucked in the head now has experienced the huge trauma of the night of the slash+ escape, instead of being distraught at this he just kind of, laughs. it has to do with his weird thing with control/ coping, he sees how kind of easy it is to just, take someone’s life and the rush kind of goes to his head a bit. not saying he becomes kind of a serial killer but i’m saying he becomes kind of a serial killer.

years later he confides in eden that he’s TIRED AND BORED of being a vagabond and he wants to MAKE something of himself. there’s a period of time we haven’t really cooked on here in which he transitions [clothes hairstyle starts going my maximillion] and ends up becoming the evil ass mayor of a town. he gets a sort of high from being in control of the lives of all these little townspeople it’s like a fucked up dollhouse to him

THERES MORE TO IT BUT. IM GUNNA STOP THERE CAUSE THIS ENDED UP WAY LONGER THAN I INTENDED I hope this makes sense i didn’t proofread

also a lot of the things i’ve mentioned here are things i drew and posted with no context so if you wanna go back and look at them with some more context you can now .., yayy

also special bonus information, max’s voice claims are

pre transition/Western au: Blackarachnia beast wars

post transition: kuzco

LOL

[a113cowgirl]

Ok chat, do we think the Full Moon episode (the next Helluva Boss episode) is gunna end on a happy note or a sad/unsure note, in terms of Blitz/Stolas?

The writer in me says that it would be much higher value storytelling if it were to contain some hopeful moments, (pointing towards them moving towards a confession/officially being together) but not coming to a for-sure conclusion right away/by the end of the episode. A slow burn couple like this should take a lot of time and effort to reach its conclusion.

However, the viewer/shipper in me wants to get it right away, and I’m hoping that this show’s frequent storytelling failures will fail in this way specifically, so that we get the conclusion asap.💀

I worry that the scene in which Stolas gives Blitz the Osmodian Crystal will come at the very end of the episode, because having THAT happen, and then concluding the episode without showing Blitz’s response would be a killer cliffhanger to end on… but god I do not want that to happen. I want that scene to occur EARLY in the episode, and for the rest to contain scenes showing Blitz’s emotional response, if not his actual verbal response to Stolas. Perhaps a scene where he is pacing back and forth, rambling to a supportive character about what happened, and how he feels about it, and how conflicted he is. Something akin to when he was ranting about his situation with Stolas to Fizz in the cage scene, but maybe to Moxxie or Loona instead. Pacing in the office, wringing his neck, and ranting about how “is this his way of tricking me into thinking I’m choosing to be with him?! Does he expect me to come crawling back to him just because he put on this big fuckin romantic performance?!” “What, did he just RANDOMLY start having feelings for me sometime during this whole fucking arrangement?! Does he expect me to believe he left his wife because he fell in love with me, or some stupid shit?!” “…maybe… maybe he really did care.. this whole time… fuck, does he actually… love me..?”

Followed by Millie/Moxxie/Fizz/Loona encouraging him, which leads Blitz to go back to Stolas to ask questions/discuss everything, leading to a romantic conclusion and ending the episode on a happy note.

THAT is my ideal next episode’s outline, though i have no fuckin clue what the B plot would be, or even if this Stolitz storyline is the B plot of the episode. I would hope that the other plot, be it the A or B, would focus on Via. After all, she is the one who will be most affected by Blitz and Stolas becoming a couple.

Also, for those of you who have seen the leaked scenes for future/unreleased season 2 episodes… how do you think all of this will somehow lead to what happens in the season 2 finale…?

[luv6r]

i definitely forgot how to do this but hey. i'm venus, a 21+ writer looking for partners for discord 1x1s! pretty please read this full post before reaching out — it's kinda strict over here. below the cut we got some rules, writing prefs, and faces. anything bolded is a want, anything bolded & italicized is a favorite. once you’re done, feel free to like this or im me for my discord. thanks!

ground rules

i don't write with minors.

don't bug me for a reply for at least 72 hrs, i do be busy.

some godmodding is ok.

i'm all for mature themes. (3-3-3 writer) um, just don't be weird about it.

don’t come to me with just vibes and expect me to do all the brainstorming, i’ll leave you on read

writing prefs

ship types: m x f, f x f, m x m ; i can play either, but i'm partial to playing the femme role.

tropes: childhood friends to lovers, exes to friends, lovers to strangers, celeb x non-celeb, forbidden attraction, fake relationship, enemies to lovers

media i draw inspo from: here's my musings tag and a link to my pre-established muses. of course, we can brainstorm anything and anyone else!

worldbuilding necessary! i use tuppers and the whole nine — i like development based plots that build on lore.

faces*

bolded = want to play

italicized = want to play against

females

latto, mariah buckles, sabrina carpenter, saweetie, raven tracy, jatavia johnson, sydney sweeney, megan pete, solana rowe, india love, rubi rose, leah halton, brooklyn nikole, ft.gioo, ariana fletcher, madison beer, lori harvey

males

polo g, ja morant, jacob elordi, robb banks, key glock, future, gunna, rudy pankow, duke dennis, 100krob, jalen green, shai alexander, playboi carti, brent faiyaz, jayson tatum, any of them fine ig young men

*this is not an ehaustive list. brainstorming very welcome

[batsyx]

OK some interesting things to note because there is so much to unpack here:

- 8:08 time mark, Deathstroke and Waller talk about metahumans and how the whole invasion was lucky for her because she’s got the supers in her pocket. He says something about how they say Wonder Woman was molded from clay by the gods and that she “might wanna keep an eye on that”. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Are the gods gunna come after Waller? Could the gods bring Diana back? Resculpt her from clay?

- 15:08 time mark, Freeze talks to Waller about the “clone theory” where she hypothesizes that the League we did battle with are actually clones of the originals, based on Lex’s notes from the “corrupted” Batman and the DNA from the recovered Flash and Green Lantern. WHOOP THERE IT IS. So it’s official then, they’re gunna bring back Superman and Batman in the last episode. While I am overjoyed to know Batman will return, it really makes everything that happened in the first game meaningless. Wonder Woman’s death? Pointless. All the emotional heft from the story is gone. The ridiculous Batman death scene seems laughable now. And then to bring them all back in the DLCs feels cheap as fuck. I can’t help but wonder if they really meant to keep them dead but then when the backlash hit, they quickly reworked some parts of the story and decided to bring the League back in the DLC. It all feels so rushed and if Batman comes back and we get like 1 min scene of him saying one line……Im gunna be upset. I think we’re owed more than that, Rocksteady! Waller tells Freeze to deliver the findings of her report to her and to keep it “my eyes only”. She’s keeping it a secret from the rest of the Squad for now but Freeze had got to spill the beans somehow! THIS IS HUGE NEWS!

- I think the Clone Theory 1-3 segments are all worth listening to. The implications of them actually saving the original members of the League made my ears perk up because Freeze was saying how restoring their memories could cause disastrous cognitive dissonance in the future. 👀

- Squad Conversation: Second Acts 1-5 we get to more Joker fun! Joker and Ivy are pals now. He gifted her a switchblade! I did a double take when Ivy said to Joker “You mean what we have in common is we used to be special frenemies with Harleen and the Batman.” SPECIAL FRENEMIES!?!? Ivy may be a literal child but I love that she still remembers that Joker was super “infatuated” with Batman.

AND THEN THIS LITTLE FUN BIT!

Barely hit it off with his Bats? That makes me sad! It also deviates from what I wrote in my fic but thats ok lol. This Joker talking in his sleep makes total sense. It’s certainly a useful nugget of information I may or may not use down the line. 🙃🙂 BTW HERES A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR MY SSKTJL FIC: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60083872/chapters/153308584

AND THEN THIS PART!

HE’S LONELY. OF COURSE HE IS. HE DOESN’T HAVE BATMAN! 😭

Freeze has a talk with Ivy about her new friend:

I’d like to think Joker is using this Brainiac apocalypse as a way of pursuing his own fulfilling journey to self discovery ala “Eat, Pray, Love”.

Next month is the last episode of the current season and then the game will be truly over, for the story mode at least. I can’t believe it took a WHOLE ASS YEAR for them to end this god awful thing. All the squandered potential of this game and for it to be Kevin Conroys last hurrah as Batman makes me weep.

[persephoneamarosa99]

Rant

Being from California this is disheartening. Ik that my state goes out of its way to protect people even if our taxes are higher, it's at the cost of helping people around us. I can't imagine what the other states such as red states women are feeling. But I need to rant and get somethings off my Chest or I think I'm gunna burst.

The older generation (gen x and boomers) has enshrined its legacy as the generation that doesn't stand up for good. They voted Tr*mp in when I was 17 and I could not believe they fell for his lies and cons. This time we know what he is capable of and a vast majority of them still went out and voted for him and this will affect the younger generation for years of come. If anyone in the future ask me about them I will say they never stood for change, for hope, for people, and for the youth. I will tell people that they voted for someone who spoke nothing but hatred and lies and they let him win again. Their legacy will be of nothing but disappointment. IK it's not all of them but enough to let this happen again. This was what I and many others will tell about them years to come. The saying that "you should respect your elder and listen to them because they’re wise" is dead. I don't want to hear a thing from any of them. I don't believe you anymore. I don't trust you anymore.

To the men that voted for him, I am disappointed. I really believed you would be better than the generations before you and you weren't. The fact that women has been screaming at you to do the right thing and you just couldn't get off your high horse and listen. If in the coming years no woman talks to you or dates you or gives you the time of day, this is why. This isn't about abortions or anything, you just never listen to us and you never will. How can you hear half of the countries population plead to treat us like we are human being and you can't do that. It's disheartening. I'd heartbreaking. I don't even thing you will read this and think "maybe I was wrong and I should think about why this happens and continues to happen" but given everything I now know you won't. You won't step up when we need you the most. You are not the hero you claim to be being heroes save everyone and that includes us women. You are not protectors.

My only string of hope is those that believe in God, will have to answer to him/her even if they can't answer to any of us women. What will you have when God asks "why did you let children die when you could have passed gun control", "why did you let women and girls die due to pregnancy complication, when you had the technology to save them", "why did you think it was ok to let half of the world live in fear solely because they were women" and when you don't have an answer for any of those questions, don't wonder why and where you went wrong. The only thing bring my hope right now is if heaven is real, it is not full of people like you.

Stay safe and hold on to everyone who is going to be affected by this election results. Some people have to learn lessons the hard way and we just to be ready to pick up the pieces next time. Be strong and Be ready fro the next election.

[vodka-bot]

Pls tell me about Yamuna and Andromeda! Yamuna is such a pretty name how did you come up with it? And is Andromeda named after the galaxy??

MY LADS ok this is going to be incomprehensible bc i have a billion thoughts a minute. They're also both DnD characters so keep that in mind that imma be using some stuff from dnd.

So Yamuna is actually named after the Yamuna river in India! Yamuna is a Triton bard/artificer, hes a prince from an underwater kingdom named Veltamari which has been in isolation for like 400-ish yrs or so! Hes the first person to leave the kingdom (legally) in all that time. Im focusing his character arc on a 'learning how to be a good ruler' since it was established earlyish in the campaign he can be kind of a coward (especially in battle).

Our DM has to make sure every NPC has a name since he always asks what their name is, how they are, etc etc. He's super duper sweet- if not a little confused about a lot of things. Would prefer to find a diplomatic solution to things rather than fighting. We have, consequently, created a small army of NPC's since Yamuna keeps befriending them and convincing them to join the fight against Strahd (We're doing a homebrew Curse of Strahd campaign). Hes also blue. And a fish. And 5 foot 1. I love him very much.

Andromeda is a Triton/Aasimar fighter/barbarian, and is actually Yamuna's daughter! Our DM is gunna run a campaign in the same universe, so Andromeda's story takes place I wanna say 40-60 years after Yamunas does (Tritons live for like 200 yrs) Shes super different from Yamuna- so enjoys fighting and shes not super charismatic. Her and her dad have a tumultuous relationship, bc Yamuna is balancing good dad/good king duties, and Andromeda is the equivalent of an entitled 18 yr old. Also, Andromeda is actually an alias/nickname, since she inherited the name Volga as the eventual future queen (And the Volga river is a river in Russia, and the longest river in all of europe!). Her story starts since somebody she really cares about (pending since i have to work with the DM on story reasons) is in trouble and shes like Dad! We have to send the entire army.

And Yamuna is like I am... Not fucking doing that. I appreciate you wanna help but im not sending the entire army for one person I dont know and also isn't even part of our kingdom??

Shes not happy abt that so her ass steals her dad's weaponry and fucks off on her on volition. Shes stubborn and selfish- but selfish in the way that she does good things bc she wants that, not necessarily because the thing shes doing is good. Shes a 6 foot 2 blue jock who's also a fish. Shes also part angel bc her other dad is an Aasimar. Dw about it. She can set herself on fire.

Also, Since theyre both royal, they both have insanely long names.

Yamuna's is "Yamuna Belisama Vellamo Carcinus Adonis Abystoma, Sixth crown prince of Veltarmari, kingdom of the sea"

Andromeda's is " Volga Yamunotori Galeocerdo Oceanus Tiamat Abystoma, Thirteenth crown princess of Veltamari, the kingdom of the sea"

Each part of their names is a body of water, a water god, or a genus of an aquatic animal :3

Thanks for asking abt my OC's i love them both so much 😭😭 I got a commission of Yamuna a while ago actually but i cant remember if it was on tumblr or not.

[chl-owo-e]

OK GUYS A POST FROM @radiant-reid GAVE ME THIS IDEA AND I REALLY WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE IF IT WORKS

It does! If you go to an AI bot and ask it to write something for you it will! Im only gunna use this bot for art ideas and maybe for promt ideas too. But in this case I did an experiment for some Spencer Reid fan fiction. Should I make this a series? And see what the bot makes for some well liked characters?

(Spencer Reid X Reader)

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Title: A Chance Encounter

Spencer Reid was sitting in a coffee shop, lost in thought, when he heard a soft voice say, "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"

He looked up and saw a woman standing in front of him, holding a cup of coffee. She was standing there shyly, and her eyes sparkled with intelligence and warmth. Spencer couldn't help but be captivated by her beauty.

"No, it's not taken," he said, gesturing to the empty seat across from him.

The woman sat down and smiled at him. "Thanks. My name is Y/n," she said, extending her hand.

"Spencer," he replied, shaking her hand.

They struck up a conversation, and Spencer bc found that he enjoyed talking to Y/n. She was smart, funny, and had an insatiable curiosity about the world. As they talked, Spencer felt a connection forming between them, and he realized that he was beginning to develop feelings for her.

Over the next few weeks, Spencer and Y/n continued to meet at the coffee shop. They talked about everything from literature to science, and Spencer found himself looking forward to their meetings. He wanted to tell her how he felt, but he was afraid of ruining their friendship.

One day, as they were walking out of the coffee shop, Spencer mustered up the courage to ask her out on a date. "Y/n, I know we've been meeting here for a while, and I really enjoy your company. Would you like to go out on a date with me?"

Y/n smiled and replied, "I'd love to, Spencer."

Their first date was at a museum, where they explored the exhibits and talked about their favorite paintings and sculptures. Spencer felt like he had finally found someone who understood him, and he knew that he wanted to be with Y/n for a long time.

As their relationship progressed, Spencer and Y/n faced challenges, but they worked through them together. They supported each other through their personal and professional struggles and grew closer every day.

Years later, as they sat in the same coffee shop where they had first met, Spencer looked at Y/n and said, "I'm so glad that I met you that day. You've changed my life in so many ways, and I can't imagine living without you."

Y/n smiled and replied, "I feel the same way, Spencer. You've brought so much joy and happiness into my life, and I'm grateful for every moment we've spent together."

And as they held hands and looked into each other's eyes, Spencer knew that he had found the love of his life in Y/n.

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A/N; I dont want this to be me just using AI to get some like on tumblr so if I do make this a series Ill edit it and add my twist to it. AI is getting dangerous for artists and writers and a lot more people, all because its just a robot creating things for free for someone to use and I dont want me to ‘capitalize’ off of it. As a Artist and a Writer, Im kinda worried for my un-forsaken future because of this thing.

[lucatea]

Since im gunna have my ass handed to me in the polls I’ll give y’all this crossover now.

It’s @enthblaze Giovanni au crossed with Outside View.

Giovanni has never felt so free.

He clung to Tigerclaw’s fury frame as sobs shook his body. He cried and cried. He cried until he felt nauseated because he watched his terrible future die in front of him. He killed the physical manifestation of who he could’ve become with his own hands. There was nothing left to chain him, he was free to flourish and live.

He was happy.

And nothing could take that away.

“You did great young cub.” Tigerclaw gently hugged Van. “I’m proud of you.” With the joyful cries of his family behind him every felt perfect, and Van felt at peace.

A peace that was quickly destroyed by a single noise.

A single scream that ripped through the air, tore apart his heart and shattered his peace. A scream he never thought he’d hear.

The scream of his twin.

The scream of Leonardo.

Van ripped himself from Tigerclaw's hold dashing to the noise that seemed to tear his world apart. His shouts fell upon deaf ears as Van launched himself to the blaze searching for his twin brother.

“LEONARDO!” He ducked and weaved through the collapsing rubble, becoming increasingly desperate with every unanswered cry. “LEO!” He heard the distant shouts from the rest of his family join the symphony of collapsing concrete as they all searched for the leader. Dread pooled in his gut as the seconds ticked away and ideas of the worst flooded his mind.

“LEO PLEASE!” Giovanni felt his throat squeeze when he was met with nothing. He had to fight back terrified tears as he scoured the rubble.

Then he heard it. A terrified and pained chirp just a few feet away.

Suddenly Van was in a mad dash to his twin, following the pained whimpers and cries. It turned his blood to ice to hear all this from Leo. His brother came into view pinned under the rubble.

“LEE!” He watched Leonardo strain to turn his head, tears stained his face as his eyes went wide.

“Van!” Leo reached out for his twin, straining to grab onto Giovanni’s arm.

“It’s ok Lee, I’m here. I’ve got you.” He took his brother's hand not missing the blood that coated it. His tone went serious as he began scanning his brother for the injury as he gripped a chunk of the wreckage. “Leo. I’m gunna get this rubble off of you ok?”

“No” Leonardo squeezed Van’s arm tight, a slight desperation bled into his voice. “Vanni don’t please.”

Giovanni hesitated pulling back the chunk of concrete he held in his hands.

“Lee, if you're injured I have to move the rubble to try and help you. I need to know what exactly I’m dealing with.” Leonardo just shook his head, panic in his eyes. Ignoring his protests Giovanni removed the debris revealing what Leonardo was so desperate to hide.

A thick rebar pierced through his abdomen. Fragments of his shell littered the floor around the injury in the growing viscous pool below him. It made Giovanni gag. He fought back his own nausea, tearing away his gaze to look back up to Leonardo.

“I’m sorry Vanni.” Leo’s voice was hoarse and his breathing was getting shallow. He pulled on Giovanni’s arm to bring him down close enough for Leonardo to wrap his arm around him. Giovanni pulled his twin into a hug shaking his head sniffling into his twin’s shoulder.

“Nonono don’t apologize.” Van whispered. “None of this is your fault. None of this.”

The twins cried into each other, one clinging to the other as Leo’s grip got weaker. As his breathing got shallower. As his head began to loll to the side.

“I love you brother.” Leo whispered. “and I’m proud of who you’ve become.” Van never thought he could ever hate a collection of words so much.

“I love you too Leo.” Giovanni said as he laid down his dying brother. He watched Leonardo softly smile as he took his last breath. As the light in his eyes faded.

He watched his twin leave him.

And for the second time that night Giovanni cried.

[bingwriterxo]

“ok and? the boys needed to be watched, and i am watching them.

not Tara getting soft on them boys!!! I can just imagine her just loving her little future brother in laws! 😂😂

readers parents live two hours away!!! They must have really trusted Tara

i am deadass soooo excited to write the chap when tara finally meets R’s family

its gunna be so fun hehe

[aheartunseen]

I’ve been kinda tryna hint about our future with her lately— I guess maybe as reassurance for myself bc we’re not officially together? Plus I like knowing how she would react if I were to say certain things. For example yesterday, she asked me what my last name was and I was shocked she didn’t know it so I said something how do you not know what my last name is since you’re gunna be taking it one day? (So smooth 😏) and then she said something like well I thought we were taking my last name? Which then I said that she didn’t even like her last name hence why we should just take mine— and she said yes. Which I love the thought of her thinking about the future of us. Who knows what will happen by then but I’m not talking to her just for fun, I really want an actual future with her. I just have a really strong feeling that she is genuinely the one I’ve been looking for. I don’t know what it is but the more I spend time with her, the more I find ourselves fundamentally compatible. Like I truly believe she’s my person, even if she doesn’t believe this herself yet. (Which is ok bc I don’t wanna put any pressure on her!! She will eventually come to realize this herself when the time comes :3 I just got there a bit sooner I know what I want, and what I want is everything that is her). Idk what my future looks like but all I know is what I want a future with her. She’s everything I could want and more.

Today she was talking about decorating her apartment and I was said that this is why she’s gunna be the one decorating our future place that we get together since she has good taste. Which she agreed.

I love asking her if she’s my girl bc then she says “I’m your girl, forever”. That forever part gets me. I know she’s not in the mindset for marriage (and I’m not too at this moment, but eventually I will be years from now) and her saying “forever” makes me feel so secure in what we have. That she’s just as locked in as this as I am.

I try not to say I love you to her too much bc I don’t want her to feel weirded out or pressured (even tho she said it doesn’t weird her out) but there are many moments throughout my days when the words wanna slip out of my mouth. They come in random times when she’s simply smiling at me, doing/saying something silly or goofy, when she’s reassuring me, when she’s telling me a random fact, when she’s sassy, when she’s cozy, when we’re doing our own thing and we both look over to the phone and make eye contact.

I love you Tiffany. <3333

You asked me today why haven’t you ever heard me say your name before so when I was actually saying your name, I wanted to tell you those four words above along with it. I can’t wait for the days when you get tell me those words back so I don’t have to hold in these words anymore. I wanna scream it from the rooftops. I want everyone to know, unashamedly, unapologetically. What a privilege and pleasure to have you here in my life.

[venusdian]

VI. There's Hope, Maybe?

The dance team sat in the empty, dimly lit gym. Tamia’s phone played Today’s hits as they all sat around to discuss the Zy’onna situation. Vemini clears her throat, and the sounds of chatter stop. Vemini softly sighs.

“Before we get started.” Vemini turns her head and looks at Tamia.

“How do we know you’re not being a double agent for Zy’onna?” Amour giggles.

“Trust me, Zy’onna is dead to Tamia.” Vemini softly sighs.

“No, offense, Mouri… But, You’re gullible as hell.” Amour opens her mouth to object, but Tamia places her hand over her shoulder.

“No, I get it… I’m typically up Zy’onna’s ass. But, I honestly was only doing that because I needed that internship at her father’s tech company, but I can’t keep fake pumping like I like the bitch anymore. Especially since she broke the last gift I had from my grandmother. So, I want that bitch out.” Vemini believed her only because Tamia talked fondly about her grandmother a lot.

“Ok, then we need to figure out a plan cause Zy’onna isn’t gunna go down willingly.”

“Well, we could do it after the state championship?” Síauna suggests. Vemini hums and shakes her head.

“Nah, cause it’ll be too much tension, and we need to get this out the way before the State Championship.”

“But what about the routine?”

“Well, we can adjust it to have one less dancer and hold auditions afterward.” The team nods and chatters in agreement.

“Ok, so who will be captain?” Kemoni asks.

“Well, I’ll obviously take Captain—”

“And I’ll be Co-Captain,” Tamia interjects. The team looks at each other before busting out laughing. Tamia looks at everyone, confused.

“What’s funny?”

“T- no offense, You’re a bitch.” Kemoni bluntly states.

“Ok, and? I know what’s best for the team.”

“And it’s not you being Co-Captain… Actually, we had already discussed who would be Co-captain for when this happens.” Kemoni explains. Tamia furrows her eyebrows.

“When?!”

“In the group chat that you’re not in, and we voted for Síauna.”

“All of you?! Including Amour?!” Tamia shoots a glare at Amour, who sinks into herself.

“I’m sorry, T… You’re really mean when you’re in charge…” Amour timidly admits. Tamia scoffs. “Unbelievable!” Tamia exclaims. Vemini rolls her eyes.

“Well, prove you’re not a bitch and is cool. We might reconsider, but in the meantime, that’s the plan. So, how are we kicking Zy’onna off the team?”

“Well, we do have practice tomorrow, maybe then?” Vemini nods.

“Aight cool. We’ll do it then. We’re not gunna jump her ‘cause I don’t get down like that. If you have a personal beef with her, you catch the fade on some 1-on-1 shit. We gunna tell her she’s off the team, and if she gets belligerent, I’ll call Coach Veronica, and she’ll be escorted out. I’m gunna talk to Coach V about banning Zy’onna from the State Championship so, she doesn’t try and sabotage us. But this meeting is adjourned. We’ll talk about the changes in the routine tomorrow. It’s late, and I’m tired. So head out. Night girls.” Vemini ends the meeting. Everyone gets up and heads out of the gym. Síauna stays behind with Vemini,

“You know Zy’onna knows about Junis and Cassius.” Síauna starts. Vemini nods.

“Yeah, Junis is talking bout getting her lick back.” Síauna hums and nods.

“I need you to talk your cousin out of fighting Zy’onna.” Vemini pauses and looks over at Síauna, confused.

“Why?”

“Because Junis is still my friend, and I don’t want her to get in trouble.” Vemini scoffs.

“Some friend you are… You were gunna snitch on her to Zy’onna.” Síauna sighs.

“I know, that wasn’t my most proudest moment…”

“So, how do I know you really care about Junis and not protecting Zy’onna.”

“Cause, I’m doing both. Zy’onna said some foul shit about her brother, and I know if Junis gets ahold of her—She’s gunna kill her, and you know that too! I don’t want Junis to throw her future away over some insecure bitch. So, please, I’m begging you, ¡Por favor, cariño! To stop Junis from beating Zy’onna’s ass.” Vemini sighs softly, uncertain.

“I’ll think about it, Si Si. I ain’t promising shit.” Síauna softly sighs.

“It’s better than no… I’ll see you tomorrow.” Vemini nods. Síauna walks away. Vemini’s phone vibrates. She pulls it out of her pocket and sees Wootie is calling. She blushes as her heart skips a beat seeing his name on her screen. She answers the call.

“Hello, daddy.” Vemini cutely answers. Wootie chuckles to himself.

“Hey princess… What you doing on Friday?” Vemini shrugs, leaving the gym and going outside to start her walk to her dorm.

“Uhhh, nothing. Why?”

“Day Day hosting a party on 56th Street and I wanna pop out with my favorite lady.” Vemini smiles.

“Aight, bet. Can I invite Ju?” Wootie nods.

“Hell yeah, you know she always welcomed. She little sis, maybe Rocket will finally score with Nissie.” Vemini rolls her eyes.

“Don’t get your hopes up. Rocket ain’t even Ju’s type.” Wootie chuckles.

“She just gotta give my boy a chance.” Vemini rolls her eyes, chuckling.

“Boy, I’ll call you later.”

“ha, I love you.”

“Love you too,” Wootie hung up the phone as Vemini continued her walk to her dorm, blushing to herself.

Today was a new day, and Junis just wanted to forget about yesterday and enjoy the new day. The rainy days seem to lessen as the seasons change, bringing in sunshine. Which makes the start of her day less depressing. She enters the English building, heading to her class, when somebody calls her name. She turns around and sees Cassius running up to her. She quickly turns around and tries to speed walk up the stairs, but Cassius catches her and grabs the back of her arm. Junis sharply turns.

“What?”

“We need to talk?”

“About what, Cassius? I didn’t change my mind—” Cassius sighs, stopping Junis from finishing her statement.

“We broke up.”

“And? What does that have to do with me?”

“She’s no longer an obstacle. We can be together.” Cassius looks at Junis, hopeful. Junis felt uneasy, speechless as to what to say. Zy’onna was out of the picture, and that’s great, but that still doesn’t change the fact that she needed to move on.

“Look, Cass…” Cassius begins to grow flustered, confused as to why Junis is not jumping for joy. Ain’t this what she wanted? Him to leave Zy’onna so they could be together.

“What is it?”

“Zy’onna wasn’t the only issue.” Cassius brokenly chuckled as he tried to understand what was happening.

“Ju, what?! Junis, talk to me?! Why can’t we get back together?!” Cassius practically pleads with her. Junis begins to look helpless and feels overwhelmed. She’s never seen Cassius this vulnerable before. Her heart was telling her to go back to him, while her mind was telling her that she needed to focus on healing without any distractions.

“JUNIS TALK TO ME!” He begs, shaking her arm, scaring her. Xydia pulls him back, saving Junis.

“Aye, man, calm down.” Cassius turns and glares at Xydia.

“Who the fuck is you?!”

“Her man, you got a problem?” Cassius looks at Junis in disbelief. Junis turns her head away, and Cassius jerks out of Xydia’s grip.

“You’re fucking foul, Ju!” He says through gritted teeth. His eyes were bloodshot, welling up with tears. Junis couldn’t look at him. Cassius storms out of the English building, slamming the door behind him. Xydia walks up the stairs to Junis. Xydia places his hand on her back, looking at Junis,

“You, ok?” Junis hums, nodding.

“You didn’t have to do that, Xydia.” Xydia shakes his head.

“You looked overwhelmed and frightened… Is that the ex you were telling me about?” Junis nods.

“Yea…” Xydia places his thumb on her face, wiping her tears.

“Hm, look, these last couple of days have been stressful for you. If you like, maybe you can come over, and we can meditate, drink some tea, and relieve your stress.” Junis shakes her head.

“I—I’m not ready to have sex.” Xydia’s eyes widen.

“OH no! I ain’t tryna do all of that. There are remedies to relieve stress. I already told you. I ain’t on that type of timing. I want to genuinely help you and be your friend. You have to trust that my intentions are good.” Xydia sincerely explains. Junis finally looks at him. She smiled softly, Feeling some of her tension relax as his protective and sincere aura surrounded her.

“Ok, I’m down.” Xydia smiles, showing off those beautiful white teeth.

“Great, let me walk you to class.” Junis shakes her head.

“You ain’t gotta do all of that. You’ve done so much for me already.” Xydia takes her hand.

“I insist.” Junis looks away, blushing. Xydia gestures forward.

“Lead the way, M’lady,” He teases with a medieval accent. Junis chuckles, shaking her head as the two go up the stairs to their classes.

• ───────────────── •

Zy’onna silently drives to practice. She wasn’t wearing any makeup. Her hair was in a messy bun. She wore an old Redland University T-shirt sloppily cut into a crop top and red yoga bicycle shorts. Her eyes were puffy from her crying to sleep after her parents purposely ignored her calls. They instead sent her five thousand dollars and a note that said, “Cheer up.”

Further pushing Zy’onna deeper into depression. She parks her BMW in the Gym parking lot and takes a deep breath. These last few days were rough, but at least she still had her Dance team. She knows Tamia is still mad at her, but her other teammates can’t be mad at her too, and if they were? So what? They couldn’t take her position as Dance Captain.

Zy’onna grabs her gym bag and gets out of her car, locking it with her BMW key. She takes a couple of deep breaths. She couldn’t let her team see her weak. They needed her. She opens the double doors to see her teammates standing unified. Their arms crossed. Zy’onna looks at them, confused. Their serious expression indicated that something serious had occurred. She softly sighs.

“Look, whatever issues you guys have, talk to Vemini. Like I always say, I don’t care about your personal issues. You knew what you signed up for.” Zy’onna explains as she puts her bag down. She looks up and still sees the whole team standing there with stern faces.

“Our issue is with you.” Tamia starts. Zy’onna rolls her eyes, huffing.

“If you’re mad about the stupid MacBook, I’ll replace it, but don’t bring our personal drama to the team.” Tamia scowls at Zy’onna, who seems unfazed by Tamia’s anger. Vemini softly sighs.

“Zy’onna, the team and I decided to kick you out of the dance team.” Zy’onna stammers, stunned.

“W—wh—what?!” was all Zy’onna mustered to say. Vemini sighs.

“Yes, and we also decided to remove you from the routine for the state championship game.” Zy’onna chuckles, stunned at what was happening. She takes a seat at the red bleachers, trying to process everything that was happening.

“B—but, You can’t do this! We have to vote—”

“We hosted the vote, and everyone agreed… You cannot stay.”

“But, what did Coach Veronica say? You know she and my mother are close friends.” Zy’onna tries to protest. Vemini sighs.

“She said, and I quote: “Do what’s best for the team.” I’m sorry, Zy’onna. You have been removed from the team, and we will be holding auditions for your replacement next week if we beat WSU this week.” Vemini stoically explains. Zy’onna looked at her former teammates. Not one person had a look of sympathy or remorse.

Even Amour has a serious expression. Zy’onna looks at Tamia for help, but Tamia continues to sport her evil scowl. Zy’onna lost her popularity and importance. Zy’onna lost her high school sweetheart. Now, Zy’onna lost the one thing she was looking for, which was the dance team.

Her entire personality was stripped away, leaving her with nobody to confide in.

She lost Tamia, and her parents purposely ignored her. She was all alone. Zy’onna lets out a loud cry, sobbing. Her team was unfazed. They left the gym, except for Vemini, who was cursing her empathic nature and felt sympathy for Zy’onna. These last couple of days were horrible for her.

Although Zy’onna caused her quick and sudden downfall, Vemini still felt her pain through those loud sobs. Vemini walks over to Zy’onna and sits beside her. She begins awkwardly rubbing her back. Zy’onna looks up and sees it’s Vemini. She angrily scoots back.

“I don’t need your fucking sympathy! You took the dance team from me! I should’ve known you would steal the team from me!” She angrily exclaims. Vemini rolls her eyes and sighs.

“Zy’onna, you’re your own worst enemy, I fucking swear. I felt fucking bad because you’ve had the worst 48 hours of your life, but you make it hard to help you.” Zy’onna sniffles, wiping her eyes with the back of her wrist.

“Sorry,” Zy’onna mutters. Vemini nods.

“Look, there’s a party going on this Friday… I was gunna take Junis, but I see you need it more than her. Be ready at 8:30.” She gets up. Zy’onna silently nods, grateful for Vemini’s invitation. Vemini gets up and looks back at Zy’onna.

“And, I’ll make sure you’ll see twenty…” Vemini pauses, sighing.

“I’ma talk to Junis and make sure she doesn’t murder you. But you will have to apologize.” Zy’onna opens her mouth to object, but Vemini stops her.

“I don’t care if she was fucking Cassius or not. You shouldn’t have brought up Sylas. So, apologize, and I’ll make sure when Junis sees you, you’re not battling death. Now, I’m heading out. You can keep crying in the gym, or you can Cry in a BMW, your choice. I’ll see you Friday night.” Vemini didn’t let Zy’onna say anything else. Vemini walked away, leaving the gym. Zy’onna softly smiles to herself.

“Thank you…” Zy’onna mutters to herself, grateful for Vemini’s kind action. Although she didn’t deserve it, she was gracious that Vemini gave it to her.

She didn’t know how bad Zy’onna needed that.

[greatamericansatan]

I was different about this the first time around; too raw, too new.  Now I know just how bad that energy is for people who need protection and encouragement the most, so my doomerism policy remains, and I am committed to tempering all my political posts with hope.  Because when did we need hope?  When Obama won?  A lil’.  When do we need it much more?  Times like this.

And so, my main points about why we are not all gunna die:

The majority of conservatives are not monsters.  That’s all it takes to prevent the worst things people fear from coming to pass.  To get the death camps and the red dresses and bonnets, you need more than just the levers of power: you need people to enforce them, and outside of the most twisted fucks in the world, who is going to want to enforce all these laws Pisstake 2025 is trying to enact?  People who voted for fascism this time around were, by and large, not voting for fascism.  They were voting for illusions that were sold to them by billionaires who have basically bought the entire fishbowl they swim in.  Reversing inflation, saving freedom, pure nonsense.  They were not voting for death camps, and they will not man those trains.

Having all the power means they get everything they want – legislatively.  But.  Every monstrous thing they favor is a nail in the coffin of their power, the inspiration for the fucking fools that voted them to work against them the next time around.  Now, will they prevent any future elections from happening?  Part of the reason this was possible was because of four years of concentrated voter disenfranchisement and suppression.  OK, but you don’t need an election to get your ass fought.

We have fighters.  A lot, a lot of fighters.  People who every day are doing their best for women’s rights, trans rights, black lives, native americans, immigrants, etc etc.  They will do what they can until the end of the line.  No matter what oppressed group you are in, you have allies, including some people for whom your particular cause is their entire reason for being.  Long live the fighters!

State’s rights, lol.  But seriously, blue states are the economic fulcrum of the country.  They can make it hurt to do evil, and they are likely to do so.  Anybody thinking shitbird’s sentencing is going to go as scheduled is bound to be disappointed; don’t go for false hope when you have a lot of other things you can hope for.

As much as I despise accelerationists, they are sometimes, in a nasty way, right.  Things have to get worse before they can get better.  That is gonna be terrible for some people, which is why that’s an evil philosophy to hold.  But it can be effective.  More people are against Israel than before Hamas’s big terrorist funtime, and when Americans have to live under the kinda laws these guys are going to pass, they are going to rebel against that in a way that the fascists are not going to weather.  They are going to fucking lose, some time, mark my fucking words.

It’s just a question of time, of doing your best to be alive so you can smile as they fucking burn, burn, burn.  And to temper that anger too, because living with constant anger ruins people.  Live for what’s good in your lives.  It’s still there.  It is still there, and you are too.

–

[peanutwoman]

I don’t think it that people don’t want to ship maemir cause I saw a lot of people were ok with both until the end of episode 5 when she was left behind and people realized she was going to be his acolyte then episode 6 happened and we got so much interviews from manny to leslye that kinda set them up

Also I think people can’t look at Mae as equal dual protagonist along with Osha (which is funny cause same actress) so she gets reduce to side when it should be both they have equal screen time but I guess the writers truly wanted one female lead by the end and future season if we get it will focus on qimir but I just hope the black female lead doesn’t get push aside that what I’m most afraid of

Im assuming you are referring the post I retweeted? But if not, I still completely agree with your points.

People are gunna be drawn to characters, dynamics, and ships that they like, and there is nothing wrong with that. But it did make me scratch my head why Mae is perceived as a lesser important character when it's a Sister story. Could be just preference. That being said, Mae and Osha are the characters im rooting for first then Sol and Qimir second.

I also hope they don't push Amandla aside bc I'm gunna be frank, it was her character Mae that got me into watching this show. Then it was her plus Osha, Qimir, and Sol that got me invested.