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[bakersstreetirregulars]

OvenBreak Headline, December 2023: Holiday Training Academy Exam

Just as the Kingdom is getting ready for the holidays, OvenBreak is no different. Come join us as we follow two unlikely allies as they prepare to take an exam that could determine their futures in the holiday industry.

Preview Video

300 Rainbow Cube 🌈 Coupon Code: HOLLY JOLLY SCHOOL (11/26, 10 AM EST - 11/27, 8 PM EST)

Part 1: 11/27 - 12/14 (Patch Notes)

Part 2: 12/14 - 12/28 (Coming Soon)

Title Event: Holiday Training Academy Exam

Welcome to Snowbell Academy: a holiday training academy where Cookies are trained on how to become professional holiday workers (mainly Cookiemas). In order to pursue the jobs they want, students have to pass the school’s exams. Unfortunately for 🎄🍰 Stollen Cookie, she’s in a bit of a sticky situation since she flunked the midterms. If she fails again, she might even have to give up on her dreams. Returning to the exam room, she gets paired up with 🍓🍰 Strawberry Cream Cookie (Kingdom players should look twice before making assumptions, this isn’t ⚙️ Strawberry Crepe Cookie), to which the former had heard some negative rumors about Strawberry Cream Cookie and attempted to get re-paired with another Cookie via a request with the principal. Request denied. Therefore, those two are gonna take the exam together as planned… whether they want to or not!

Bonus Events

Cookie of the Year Voting: 2023

This time around, the pool’s been narrowed to 50 Cookies who were either added to the game or received a costume from January’s “Operation: Time Fixers” to now. Who’s gonna be 2023’s Cookie of the Year???

Trophy Survival (Ends 12/5, 7 PM EST)

Grand Champions League (Coming Soon)

A Heart System has been developed as a failsafe against awkward situations where you would fail to rank because of competitive groupings and not having the listed Cookies up to par. Your rank will determine whether you gain or lose Hearts. Everyone starts with 5 once they register during Round 1, and you just need at least 1 Heart to advance to the next round.

A Grand Champions League Chest containing a MAX Boost Ticket and combi factors specific to each round has been added. Obtain method unknown as of now.

The Cheer system now allows you to cheer on other players to give them a chance for a Heart Revival, keeping them in the game. Unknown how others can cheer for you if you aren’t in the upper ranks.

Rounds now split into preliminaries, main rounds, semifinals, and the finals. With 3 rounds in each phase, that’s 12 total rounds and maps. Ultimately, the finals will still be determined by skill, points, and how much you whaled. The player with the highest score across all 3 final rounds will be the Grand Champion and will get to choose the next Cookie to be featured in the Grand Champions League Statuette.

Go Champions (Coming Soon)

20 players will be matched in an arena, and you’ll get more rewards based on how much you win.

Seasonal Modes

Champions League: Lemon Season (Coming Soon)

Champions League: Crowberry Season 6 (Ends 12/5, 7 PM EST)

Raid Run: Gloomfeeder Season 3 (11/27 - 12/27)

Guild Run: Together at Wish Camp (Ends 12/27, Postseason starts 12/12)

Random Breakout Challenge: Doughnut Ball Fairy -> Yogurca

Choose the next boss of the Sneaky Sands Clan and get buffs depending on who you choose.

Cookie Features

🎄🍰 Stollen Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Holly Candy (Epic Pet)

Our first new Cookie and Pet this month! Will Stollen Cookie and Strawberry Cream Cookie pass the academy’s exam as a duo…?

Goldberry Ball (Epic Treasure)

Goldberry Balls appear from the ceiling, creating Goldberry Jellies. Collect them to light up the Goldberry Balls for points.

🍕 Pizza Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Piping Pizza Sauce (Epic Pet)

Pizza Cookie gets an Epic Costume! Let’s review what Pizza Cookie can do in case a buff is included with that costume.

🚂 Tiramisu Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Conductor Trifle (Epic Pet)

It ain’t the holidays without these two, now that they’ve got matching Epic Costumes!

🧊🪽 Blue Slushy Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Icy Birdie (Epic Pet)

Our dream-big guardian archer from Dessert Paradise is coming to Raid Run this update! In Raid Run, she’ll shoot arrows at the boss with her skill and will passively attack with feathers while being buffed by an attack booster. Use her in Team Mode to maximize the feathers!

🍓🍰 Strawberry Cream Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Merry Glove (Epic Pet)

The next Cookie to be added in Part 2, and Stollen Cookie’s exam partner. Will the duo pass the test despite surrounding negative rumors about Strawberry Cream Cookie?

🐦‍⬛💎 Crowberry Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Eggsquisite Brooch (Epic Pet)

The star of this month’s Grand Champions League, coming in with a new costume to celebrate! Will the new Costume match with a buff? Who knows…?

Cosmetic Features

🍕 Pizza Cookie’s Holiday Cookie All-Year (Epic Cookie Costume)

Even on the holidays, Pizza Cookie never takes a break delivering pizza boxes. Perhaps Pizza Cookie’s the real Holiday Cookie all year round…

🎄🍰 Stollen Cookie’s Merryberry Engineer (Super Epic Cookie Costume)

She’s become a gift train engineer! She still gets nervous when operating the train, but heartwarming cheers from other Cookies will help her do a great job done right.

Both Pizza Cookie and Stollen Cookie’s costumes will be featured in a banner from 11/27 to 1/12.

🚂 Tiramisu Cookie’s Little Sugarsnow Reindeer (Epic Cookie Costume)

Conductor Trifle’s Moose Hat (Epic Pet Costume)

December’s featured costumes in the Gem Exchange Center!

☕️ Coffee Cookie’s Coffee Scented Winter (Rare Cookie Costume)

Mocha Delight’s Snowy Warmth (Rare Pet Costume)

Accessible only through the Invite-A-Friend event resetting with this update. Is this an indication that Coffee Cookie is going to be a permanent part of the roster? Or is she gonna be gone after the update? We don’t know for sure yet.

Update: Coffee Cookie and Mocha Delight still appear in the Invite Chests when your invitees open Gold Chests. If you’re thinking about getting or returning to OvenBreak and don’t have a friend to give your code to, feel free to ask me!

Stollen Reindeer Jelly Set (Epic Jelly Set)

Available in a Jelly Shape gacha banner from 11/27 to 1/12.

🐦‍⬛💎 Crowberry Cookie’s (unnamed) (Super Epic/Champion Cookie Costume)

In commemoration of the Crowberry Season of the Grand Champions League.

🍓🍰 Strawberry Cream Cookie’s (unnamed, Part 2) (Epic Cookie Costume)

🍭 Lollipop Cookie’s (unnamed, Part 2) (Super Epic Cookie Costume)

7th Anniversary Flashback

Because the studio was mostly on an extended hiatus for this anniversary to watch the Eternal Wish Meteor, let’s give the newcomers to the Anniversary Squad something to celebrate!

🏕️ Cannoli Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Quenchy (Epic Pet)

The protagonist of the 7th Anniversary event with camping knowledge that’s practically second to none… and a fluctuating success rate.

🏔️⛺️ S’more Cookie (Epic Cookie)

Camping Mug (Epic Pet)

A veteran camper and Cannoli Cookie’s newest friend as they go on to find a meteor that passes every seven years.

Eternal Wish Meteor (Legendary Treasure)

The wishing meteor in question and a commemoration of the 7th Anniversary of CROB.

🦢 Sugar Swan Cookie (Legendary Cookie)

Sugarcube Cherub (Epic Pet)

The latest Legendary Cookie to date who nests in Dessert Paradise before flying all over the world, and the objective of Blue Slushy Cookie’s quest which she has to awaken to become a Dessert Paradise Guardian.

Repeating Events: Part 1

Stollen Cookie’s Daily Gifts - 500 Crystals daily, 1,000 for 5 day login streak and 2,000 for a 10 day streak

Merrybear Toy Shop Preparations - Arrangement Event

Cookie Mastery Mission: Stollen Cookie

Treasure Mastery Mission: Goldberry Ball

Guild Mission: Meet Treasure - Goldberry Ball

Featured Gacha Banners

Cannoli Cookie’s Honeybear Camper & Butter Pretzel Cookie’s Starlight Painter (Ends 12/13, 6 PM EST)

S’more Cookie’s Honeystar Camper (Ends 12/27, 6 PM EST)

Stollen Cookie’s Merrybear Engineer & Pizza Cookie’s Holiday Cookie All-Year (11/27 9 PM EST - 1/12 7 PM EST)

Cannoli Blanket Jelly Set (Ends 12/13, 6 PM EST)

Fluffy S’more Jelly Set (Ends 12/27, 6 PM EST)

Stollen Reindeer Jelly Set (Ends 1/12, 6 PM EST)

Major Update Features

Friendly Gold Chests

The Cookie in your Lobby will now give you a bonus Heart towards opening the daily Heart Gold Chest. Hearts will no longer reset daily when counting them towards opening the daily Heart Gold Chest.

Technical License 13

Rumored to involve ziplines…

[fogwarden]

Piggybacking off this post to say that one of my absolute least favorite tropes both in canon and in "fanon" is taking a character that appears to (or does) fit into the above type described by OP and turning them into a confident fuckboy or having all their emotional barriers drop the minute their romantic interest indicates they might reciprocate feelings.

Nothing worse than seeing some self-deprecating never-says-his-genuine-feelings-out-loud bastard man suddenly become an extremely passionate smooth-talking lady-killer or a super genuine heartfelt empath or whatever. Let him half-jokingly flirt because he can't bring himself to do it genuinely! Let him allow the other person to be part of some mundane private ritual that nonetheless symbolizes a huge extending of trust on his part! Let him make a notable effort to stop self-deprecating so much because he knows it makes the other person feel bad! Let him be secretly overly sentimental and make excuses for why he keeps trinkets and memories from early in the relationship! Let him reflexively reach out for physical contact with them when asleep or relaxing or otherwise not paying attention as if he constantly seeks a tactile reminder of the other's presence!

Love is made of and found in a hundred thousand little things that mean just as much if not way more than the big dramatic declaration that the sopping wet bastard man wouldn't say unless at gunpoint!

once again opening a ship tag on AO3 and opening a dozen fics and closing out of almost all of them immediately because they would not fucking act like that

[sassy-she-elf]

I found a fantasy book ball at home!!!!

Now I'm gathering costume pieces for Goldberry that are loosely based off the MTG card because all the other representations of her I've found have been a bit too arthurian or elvish. 💚

[metanoianmayhem]

My dad is whittling down to nothing. For those of you unaware (like most of us remember who is who on our mutuals. This anciente hellscape) (yes, the extra e is pronounced) dad has early onset alzheimers and vascular dementia.

He's had one big stroke and near as the imaging shows, is continuing to have minihemmorhages.

My dad was a man of science. He grew tall in his field - helped develop new techniques and a new field. Founded a convention that is ongoing.

He spoke Chinese because he fell in love with Chinese poetry as a teen hiding in the library in Texas.

Wooed my mother by quoting Tom Bombadil about Goldberry. (goddamn you, autocorrect, let me type).

He used to go on all fours and have us (sometimes two at a time!) as little kids ride up him on the stairs. Dad, my dad, would grab the railings and shake them making elephant noises. At the top of them, he'd use one arm as a trunk.

That was how he took us to bed. Taught me how to make scones and cookies. To get up when I scrape my knee. How to kick a soccer ball. Check another player with my shoulder.

We painstakingly kicked and screamed our ways thru every math class I ever had - and he still sat down to help. We both hated it, but we knew I needed the help.

Telling my first boyfriend that what I decided about my body went after he spent the night.

Came and held me and cried with me everytime a cat died or a family member.

We weren't- and still aren't- allowed to sit next to each other at dinner because we stir up trouble.

Perpetually pulled pranks. Woke us up one cranky morning on our drive to school - by shrieking "Aliens!" and lifting them off the wheel. We both came to mighty fast at that point.

There's so many more things I could talk about on and on and on like this.

He is not that anymore. Every day he becomes a little less - like a stone worn away by the stream it's in.

He loves me still. Even when he's struggling to track, he remembers my name and calls me his boy as well as his girl.

And I get to wonder how long until we lose that.

Until he doesn't know who we are.

I wish I had something wise to say, or kind to say. But mostly I am hurting very badly and weeping because God, I miss my dad.

[favoritemtgcard-supplemental]

Every Nomination In Alphabetical Order

Aether Vial

Aetherflux Reservoir

Agatha's Soul Cauldron

Akroma, Vision of Ixidor

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

Altered Ego

Aragorn, Company Leader

Arcades, the Strategist

Arcane Denial

Arcbond

Arcbound Crusher

Archangel Avacyn

Archive Trap

Arclight Phoenix

Armored Armadillo

Ashiok, Dream Render

Ashling the Pilgrim

Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar

Astarion's Thirst

Athreos, God of Passage

Atraxa, Grand Unifier

Augur of Autumn

Auramancer

Avatar of Me

Bakersbane Duo

Baleful Strix

Ball Lightning

Bane Alley Broker

Baylen, the Haymaker

Bearscape

Bioshift

Biovisionary

Bitterblossom

Black Lotus

Blasphemous Act

Blazing Archon

Boldwyr Intimidator

Bonecrusher Giant

Bovine Intervention

Brainstorm

Brash Taunter

Breach the Multiverse

Breaker of Armies

Brilliant Restoration

Brute Suit

Cadira, Caller of the Small

Canyon Minotaur

Capashen Knight

Captain N'ghathrod

Captivating Crew

Carnivorous Plant

Chainsaw

Chandra, Dressed to Kill

Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh

Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Chandra's Regulator

Chaos Warp

Chatter of the Squirrel

Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Cheatyface

Chub Toad

Collected Company

Colossal Dreadmaw

Colossification

Colossus Hammer

Comet, Stellar Pup

Conjurer's Closet

Conqueror's Galleon

Consecrated Sphinx

Consuming Aberration

Corpsejack Menace

Counterspell

Crackle with Power

Craterhoof Behemoth

Cruel Ultimatum

Cryptic Command

Cryptid Inspector

Cut Your Losses

Damnation

Dance of the Manse

Dapper Shieldmate

Daretti, Scrap Savant

Dark Depths

Dark Ritual

Darksteel Colossus

Darksteel Myr

Darksteel Relic

Dawnfluke

Daze

Death's Shadow

Deathbonnet Sprout

Delver of Secrets

Demand Answers

Diplomatic Escort

Dollmaker's Shop/Porcelain Gallery

Doom Blade

Doomsday

Doubling Season

Dragon's Rage Channeler

Drakuseth, Maw of Flames

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

Dueling Rapier

Dutiful Thrull

Earl of Squirrel

Earthbind

Ebon Praetor

Echo of Eons

Edge of Autumn

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Elderscale Wurm

Electrickery

Elesh Norn

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Elvish Visionary

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Emrakul, the Promised End

Enchanted Evening

Enormous Baloth

Enter the Dungeon

Enthralling Victor

Etali, Primal Conqueror

Etali, Primal Storm

Eternal Dominion

Exterminatus

Extremely Slow Zombie

Ezuri, Claw of Progress

Faithless Looting

Fiery Emancipation

Firestorm

Flameborn Viron

Flickerwisp

Floral Spuzzem

Flubs, the Fool

Fog Bank

Forest

Fortress Crab

Fumiko the Lowblood

Gallia of the Endless Dance

Galvanic Blast

Generous Gift

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Ghired, Conclave Exile

Ghoulcaller Gisa

Giant Growth

Gift of Orzhova

Gifts Ungiven

Gigantosaurus

Gisa, Glorious Resurrector

Gisela, the Broken Blade

Gitaxian Probe

Glimmerpost

Gnat Miser

Goblin Chainwhirler

God-Pharaoh's Statue

Godo's Irregulars

Goldberry, River-Daughter

Golgothian Sylex

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Greasefang, Okiba Boss

Greta, Sweettooth Scourge

Grindclock

Grist, the Hunger Tide

Grusilda, Monster Masher

Gush

Gut Shot

Halana and Alena, Partners

Halcyon Glaze

Half-Kitten, Half-

Hamlet Glutton

Heartbeat of Spring

Heliod, Sun-Crowned

Hellkite Tyrant

Hero of Goma Fada

Hexdrinker

Hibernation's End

Holy Cow

Homicidal Seclusion

Hot Soup

How To Keep An Izzet Mage Busy

Ilharg, the Raze-Boar

Indestructible Aura

Inflation Station

Inkmoth Nexus

Introduction to Prophecy

Invoke the Firemind

Irencrag Pyromancer

Island

It That Betrays

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

Jeska's Will

Jetmir, Nexus of Revels

Jhoira of the Ghitu

Jon Irenicus, Shattered One

Kangee, Aerie Keeper

Karn, Silver Golem

Karn, the Great Creator

Karn's Temporal Sundering

Killer Bees

Kiln Fiend

Kodama of the East Tree

Kor Skyfisher

Koth of the Hammer

Krenko, Mob Boss

Kruphix, God of Horizons

Kuldotha Phoenix

Lich's Mastery

Lightning Bolt

Liliana Vess

Liliana, Heretical Healer

Llanowar Elves

Loam Larva

Long-Term Plans

Looter il-Kor

Lord of the Void

Lord of Tresserhorn

Lotleth Troll

Loxodon Warhammer

Luminous Broodmoth

Lux Cannon

Lyra Dawnbringer

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Mabel, Heir to Cragflame

Madcap Skills

Magus of the Moon

Mana Tithe

Mantis Rider

March of the Multitudes

Massacre Girl

Master Biomancer

Maze of Ith

Maze's End

Mechanized Production

Megatog

Mindbreak Trap

Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia

Mishra's War Machine

Mogg Sentry

Moltensteel Dragon

Monastery Swiftspear

Mother of Goons

Mountain

Mulldrifter

Murder

Murmuring Mystic

Mycoloth

Myr Superion

Myrel, Shield of Argive

Mysterious Egg

Nahiri, the Harbinger

Narset, Enlightened Master

Nethroi, Apex of Death

Nimbus Swimmer

Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Nyx-Fleece Ram

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

Obsidian Fireheart

Okiba Reckoner Raid

Oko, Thief of Crowns

Olivia Voldaren

Omnath, Locus of All

Omnath, Locus of Creation

Omnath, Locus of Mana

Omnath, Locus of Rage

Omnath, Locus of the Roil

Omnivorous Flytrap

Oni-Cult Anvil

Oona, Queen of the Fae

Oracle of the Alpha

Panglacial Wurm

Panharmonicon

Perplexing Chimera

Phage the Untouchable

Phalanx Leader

Phyrexian Dreadnought

Phyrexian Gargantua

Phyrexian Unlife

Plague Myr

Plague Rats

Plains

Planar Portal

Ponder

Pontiff of Blight

Possibility Storm

Pouncing Shoreshark

Price of Progress

Prime Speaker Vannifar

Primeval Titan

Primordial Hydra

Prismari Command

Prodigal Sorcerer

Progenitus

Pyromancer Ascension

Queza, Augur of Agonies

Rage Forger

Raging Goblin

Ral, Crackling Wit

Rancor

Raugrin Triome

Renegade Rallier

Reprisal

Repudiate/Replicate

Rhys the Redeemed

Riku of Two Reflections

Rin and Seri, Inseparable

Rise of the Hobgoblins

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

Rona, Herald of Invasion

Rowan, Scion of War

Run Away Together

Ruthless Negotiation

Ruthless Technomancer

Ryusei, the Falling Star

Sakura-Tribe Elder

Satoru Umezawa

Savor the Moment

Scragnoth

Scute Mob

Secret Rendezvous

Seedtime

Selesnya Evangel

Shabraz, the Skyshark

Shadow of Doubt

Sharktocrab

Shock

Slickshot Show-Off

Slime Against Humanity

Sliver Legion

Smothering Tithe

Snapcaster Mage

Sol Ring

Solemn Simulacrum

Soraya the Falconer

Soul-Guide Lantern

Soulmates

Spike Breeder

Spined Fluke

Spy Kit

Star of Extinction

Stasis

Stifle

Stoneforge Mystic

Storm Crow

Stormtide Leviathan

Storybook Ride

Stuffy Doll

Sun Titan

Supreme Verdict

Surgical Extraction

Swamp

Swirling Sandstorm

Swords to Plowshares

Takklemaggot

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Tarmogoyf

Tempt with Bunnies

Tendershoot Dryad

Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Thallid

Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Thassa's Oracle

The Cheese Stands Alone

The Gitrog Monster

The Infamous Cruelclaw

The One Ring

Thoughtseize

Thragtusk

Thrashing Brontodon

Thrill of Possibility

Throes of Chaos

Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded

Time Stop

Titanic Ultimatum

Toby, Beastie Befriender

Topplegeist

Tormented Soul

Totally Lost

Tough Cookie

Trading Post

Tragic Slip

Triumph of the Hordes

Trueheart Duelist

Typhoid Rats

Unable to Scream

Underrealm Lich

Unexpected Results

Unlicensed Disintegration

Unsummon

Urabrask

Urza, Academy Headmaster

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Urza's Ruinous Blast

Utopia Mycon

Vengeful Dead

Vexing Devil

Veyran, Voice of Duality

Vile Aggregate

Village Rites

Vizzerdrix

Vorinclex

Vraska, Betrayal's Sting

Vraska, Relic Seeker

Vraska, Scheming Gorgon

Warleader's Call

Waste Not

Wedding Announcement

Wedding Invitation

Weight Advantage

Westvale Abbey

Whirler Rogue

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Witness Protection

Wood Elves

Wordmail

Wurmcoil Engine

Xira, the Golden Sting

Yargle, Glutton of Urborg

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign

Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Zhur-Taa Goblin

Zoetic Cavern

[greenlightbulbonawire]

Scars (golden guard x reader)

word count: 1206 estimate of reading time: 4 minutes

-you and Hunter talk about your scars 

-AU: In King’s tide they won over Belos without the Collector and now (near future) Hunter goes to Hexide and does normal kid stuff

-tw: description of scars (obviously) and injuries, very slight swearing, mentions of sh, abuse

-don’t be scared to correct any gramatic mistakes

-requests are open

-also this episode >>>

Admiring the beautiful sky the sunset brought through leaves on a tree you sat in you bit down into an apple the human got you. Then, disturbing your peace, someone tried to climb up to you, but instead of actually climbing the tree they just fell. 

,,Ugh, stupid tree.”  A familiar voice said and kicked into the tree. ,,Hey Hunter.” You said from the tree. ,,Y/n! Hi.” You bit down into the apple and held it with your teeth. 

Then you jumped. Midair you caught a branch. You swung on it to another branch. When your feet touched another branch, you bounced off it and make flip backwards. Landing only few inches from his face, you smirked at his suprised expression. 

He took a few steps backwards to create some space between you and him. You noticed he had a mask covering the bottom half of his face on. ,,Still wearing that mask yea?” He broke your eye contact and looked to the ground. ,,Yea.” You swung your arm around his shoulders and started leading him towards a small grass patch that was lit up by the fading sunlight. 

You sat down and gestured for him to do the same. He sat next to you and started fidgeting with his gloved hands. From your back pocket you pulled out a little blue ball. ,,Take this instead, whenever you feel anxios, nervous or shit like that squeeze it.” He acepted it and started playing with it. You layed down and looked up to the gap between treetop at the clouds passing by. 

,,You know what? I get it, the covering your scars thing. I used to do it too. But there’s nothing to be ashamed of.” You turned to the sitting boy next to you. ,,The way I see it now is that each one of your scars tells a story of what you overcame, went through or accomplished in your life. You want me to tell you some of mine?” He slowly turned to you and you sat up to face him. When you lifted your shirt up a bit you revealed a big scar going from your belly button to your back. 

,,You have scars?” He asked suprised. ,,Hell yea I do, I was a wild witch in the end.” You smiled at him. ,,Oh yea, I forgot.” He nervously scratched the back of his neck. ,,You see, this one is when one of my spells didn’t quite do what I wanted it to do so instead of slowly bringing myself up to a tree I shot myself up and I got this from a branch that as in my way.” You got back to your storytelling and Hunter carefully listened to every word you say. ,,Or or, this one!” You layed your leg in front of him and turned it a bit to shiw him a bite mark. ,,This one I got from a unicorn. It was chasing me for some goldberries in my backpack.”

 And you talked and talked, showing him a scars from different body parts. Small ones and big ones. Deep ones and just some light ones. And he admired how not fased you were by them and how unconserned you were whent talking about them. You showed him your open palms with many slashes in every direction that decorated them. ,,There bad boys I got when I managed to bury myself alive in some forgotten old mines.” 

He couldn’t believe that you also had gone through things like that at a yound age. He thought he was the only one but there you sat, with a million stories to tell and a million sars to prove it. Then he took your hands to look closely at your palms but in the corner of his eye he noticed something different, something way too organised for it to be an accident. 

Cuts in one row next to each other little above your wrist. ,,And this? How’d you got this?” He asked, reffering to the cuts. ,,Oh these are hand made.” He looked at you confudes. ,,By who?” You smacked your lips. ,,By me.” He sighed and let go of your hands. ,,Why would you give scars to yourself?” You shrugged. ,,I had some dark times.” ,,Dark to the point of hurting yourself?” You slowely nodded and layed back down, your arm in th earm and you looked at your palms. ,,Let’s just say that my family wasn’t very fond of little wild witch Y/n and they kicked me out and I took it out on th eonly person I could, and that was me.”  

Hunter closed his eyes, for a moment only listening to the sound of the forest. Then he hesitantly took of his mask. You sat up to face him so you could get a good view at his face. He had a scar from his cheek bone and across his cheek. He pointed to it and started talking, which revealed his, totally adorable, tooth gap. 

,,This one I got from uncle for not beating a scout on a duel when I was the golden guard.” He then turend his head to reveal his ear with a piece missing. ,,This I also got from Belos, when I talked back.” And after one long look at his gloved hands, he got the courage to slide the gloves off. ,,And these,” he offered his scarred hands to you ,,these were each one for doing something, even if a little bit, wrong.” 

When he finished you didn’t know what to do and your intrusive thoughts took over and you kissed his hands. But you didn’t stop at one kiss, you kissed each and every scar that he had. And when you ran out of scars to kiss on his arms, you moved onto his ear and than on the scar on his cheek. Hunter, as red as he could possibly be just satred, eyes wide, somewhere in the distance. 

You returned to your sitting spot and let go of his hands. The little flustered boy somehow managed to gather himself and look at you. 

,,Hunter, your scares are beautifull.” You got out of yourself after an awkward minute of staring at each other. ,,Do you mean that?” You aggresively nodded. ,,Of course! I wouldn’t say it if it weren’t the truth.” 

He didn’t fully believe you, but you hed never lied to him before. He just softly smiled and touched the scar on his cheek, now more sure of your answer. ,,Well than, I guess I don’t need this anymore!” He stood up and took his mask of the floor and threw it as far as he could. He laughed and yelled in victory. When he calmed down a bit he turned to sitting you and embraced you in tight hug.

 ,,Thank you.” He whispered in your ear, which for change made you light up with a slight shade of pink. He then started to giggle, and not in the normal way, more like in the ‘I’m planning something’ way. And then all you remembered were his soft lips pressed against yours and his tight hug dissapear. 

He just left you there in a blushing mess while giggling even more and running away.

[ambarto]

I saw your post about Tom Bombadil being Eru & I agree. What's your favorite theory for who he actually is?

Hi, I made the post and went to sleep literally five minutes later so I’m only just seeing the ask now. To be honest, I don’t have one specific theory I see as the best one, but there are multiple I enjoy.

Other than the Eru one, the only common theory I don’t agree with is the one that he may be a Valar, because that doesn’t make much sense to me. The Valar willingly separated themselves from the matters of Middle Earth, and while it’s true Tom is also a neutral figure, I don’t see why one of the Valar should just be vibing in the Old Forest.

I like the idea that he might be a Maia more, although he would have to be a fairly weird Maia compared to the others we see. Not only because of his apparent immunity to the Ring, which we’re told would corrupt Gandalf, while Tom seemed to view it as nothing more than a funny little trinket. There’s also the fact that out of all the Maiar we see, Tom is the only one without a purpose. The Istari were sent by the Valar to keep Sauron in check, Sauron was being evil and trying to conquer the world, the Balrog was nothing but a relic in LotR but used to have a master once. In the Silmarillion too, all Maiar either serve a particular Vala, or they have their own duties and goals. Tom doesn’t. He’s just there. We’re never told a Maia must always have a duty, but Tom is the only one who has no apparent reason to be. Maybe that’s what sets him apart - if the Valar came to take care of Eru’s creation, and Melkor came to destroy it, and all the Maiar aligned themselves with one or the others, then a Maia who is neutral would be something almost jarring in the ranks of the Ainur.

There’s also the fact Tom tells us he is the oldest, and that he was here before the Dark Lord came, and if by Dark Lord he meant Melkor, that’s a very long time indeed. We can’t say for sure if he was being entirely honest and how his words should be interpreted, but what if by oldest, he meant the first? As in, the first Ainu who decided to come into Arda? If that were the case, maybe that’s what made him strange. Maybe there was some leftover Music (and Tom is, at his core, a being of music) that gave him a something a little extra compared to the ones that came after.

Other theories - the one about him being a spirit or personification of the land also makes sense. It also falls well in line with his statement of being the oldest, in this case because the land itself would be the oldest thing around. It doesn’t necessary mean that Tom always existed as he is now, it could be that through the centuries and ages something in the land started to take form and think and slowly became the being we see. It also explains why he sticks to the Old Forest. If I were a timeless incarnation of the land, I think I would also want to be where ancient things are, and the Old Forest is old, very old, old as balls. It’s true that this doesn’t have a lot of canon basis, as it’s not really supported by the text that this could happen, but like we also have those rock throwing stone giants in the Hobbit, and we also have no explanation for them other than “the rocks just came to life”.

This could also explain the fact he isn’t affected by the Ring, because Sauron didn’t make it for him. He is a Maia, and the Ring therefore has power on creatures like him, and on less powerful beings like Elves or Men. A spirit of the land, however, would maybe be different enough from both Ainur and Children of Iluvatar that what works on them doesn’t work on him. Like trying to hold water with a willow basket. While at the same time not making Tom necessarily something more powerful or above Sauron - I think it was Elrond who said Sauron might eventually bend Tom’s power as well, and in this instance it would be very well possible for Sauron to do so. Not easily, but if he were to cut down the entire forest I’d reckon that could already be a blow for Tom.

I’ve also seen a couple times the idea Tom might actually be some kind of ancient evil waiting for his moment. While I’m not sure I would go so far as saying Tom is an evil being rather than a neutral one, I find merit in this idea when it comes to trying to explain what manner of creature he is. Because, remember Ungoliant? I’m not saying Tom is Ungoliant, no, but I am saying we’re never really told what Ungoliant is. She’s not counted as a Maia. She’s apparently just something evil that entered the world, but if she’s not a Maia, and she’s not a Vala, that creates the possibility of other things existing. Maybe Tom could also be something like that, something made in the Void that just happened to crawl in. Maybe that’s why the Old Forest is like that, because in the middle of it there’s a thing that just shouldn’t be. He could indeed be something evil, by this theory, but he could also be something that isn’t quite made for the world, or maybe the world isn’t made for him. Maybe he could just stick to the Old Forest because he knows if he were to move he’d cause trouble somewhere else. And he’s not affected by the Ring because, well, he’s just too alien to everything else.

And in all of this I haven’t even touched Goldberry, who receives less curiosity than Tom but is also about as weird at him. After all, the Hobbits look at Tom and just see a strange man at first, but when they look at Goldberry they immediately feel that she is something else. And according to Merry, the source of all the weirdness of the Forest is the stream that runs through it, and it was at that stream that Tom found Goldberry River-daughter. Whatever Tom is, Goldberry can’t exactly be something normal either.