#he looks murderous at the first panel 😂😂

[jsdhwdmax56]

Lol

Javier. Popular Guy. Loved by ALL the girls. Admired by the guys. Number One candidate for "Must Let My Daughter Marry" list of every noble there is. GOT REJECTED by LLOYD. Fucking lloyd!! 😂😂

Lloyd. who is always mistaken for servant. the bad guys ain't got nothing on his face. definitely number one candidate for "Must Tell My Family I Don't Want To Be Married. To"

[singingcicadas]

More thoughts on Cyclonus.

Nova's evaluation of him in this panel is brutally accurate. That last sentence. Ouch.

On the surface level Cyclonus appears to be portrayed as this stiff proud warrior with an austere, diehard take on his own internal code of honour and patriotism, but the more I think about it his actual character is pretty much the opposite? He doesn't have any hardfast values or stances of his own aside from shallow romanticism for the preachings of others.

His whole life is comprised of hanging onto other people. First it's Nova and his group, despite Nova and Jhiaxius looking down on him and insulting him to his face and being very forthright about the actual purpose of their mission, which Cyclonus apparently had different ideals about. Theoretically. But he didn't say anything after Nova corrected him.

Then it's Galvatron, after Galvatron backstabbed Nova. Even when Galvatron became increasingly unhinged and violent toward him and also started insulting him to his face, he still continued to follow Galvatron around because Galvatron's powerful, hope he stays on our side.

Then after he broke off from Galvatron post-Chaos Theory he joined the Lost Light, an Autobot ship, despite not liking Autobots, because it had something that he wanted: the chance to start again.

His defense for murdering all those people in Kimia is literally "he made me do it." That's all he can come up with. He even knows it's a bad excuse.

And he always corrects people when they assume he's a Decepticon. Here he directly says that he doesn't want to be a Decepticon. Why not, if he clearly admires their ideology?

One possible reason is maybe he doesn't like their ideology that much. Enough to romanticize it from a safe distance but not enough to commit to it himself (since doing that would force him to do actual introspection about his own role in what made the Decepticon ideology so appealing in the first place). Second reason's simpler: Decepticons have to wear inhibitor chips. No thanks. They're the losing side.

Once on board the Lost Light he followed Rodimus' command fine despite Rodimus accusing him of murdering Red Alert without any proof. Then after he developed a relationship with Tailgate, he put Tailgate up on a pedestal and made Tailgate the center of his universe.

But then there's also this 🔽 after he thought Tailgate dumped him:

I don't even know what he's trying to do there😂

His lack of true conviction is evident in the little things too: he thinks it's unethical for Rodimus to perform mnemosurgery on Tailgate while he's unconscious and unable to give consent but drops the subject after Rodimus distracted him with fireworks. He thinks that mutiliating an enemy's corpse is appalling but doesn't say anything when Rodimus said they were going to use Skip's corpse as a shuttle to get off Necroworld. It's Nautica who raised ethical objections, not him. He's supposed to be really religious but when the guiding hand did their big reveal at the end of Lost Light, he got nearly zero lines because of compressed screentime except to argue with Epistemus over sending Tailgate into danger.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that Cyclonus is essentially a go-with-the-flow sort of person. Nothing he holds is uncompromisable. Not his ideals, not his values, not his pride, not his faith. To an extent, not even his love for Tailgate, at least not completely, because he left when Tailgate told him to leave even when he suspected that Tailgate was lying about not loving him without making more of an effort to understand why. It all depends on the person he's hanging on to at the moment. And his choice of which leader to follow is ultimately based on self-serving reasons. This pattern is first broken when he turns on Galvatron, then fully subverted after he learns to love Tailgate as a sign of character growth.

He's not an intrinsically cruel or callous person. The way he learns to love Tailgate, befriend Whirl, and being kind and supportive to everyone when Rodimus left him in charge on the Necroworld are all attestments of his better nature. Water takes the shape of the container in which it's kept; surround him with people like Galvatron and Nova and he'll be their murder machine. Put him in the company of people who's mostly decent like the Lost Light crew and he'll grow into a compassionate person and a reliable friend.

[sardonic-sprite]

Oh my fucking GOD ok so I just "read" Lonely Place of Dying and...

Ok first off, Tim's first appearance as Robin is actually fighting 2face not Bane but whatevs, this CHILD THIS 13YO CHILD IS *LITERALLY*...

Like this tiny twat is just DAMNED AND DETERMINED to MAKE Bruce get a new Robin, to save Bruce and Dick when they're in trouble, like. LORDY CHILD. AND HE'S FUCKING DOING OK.

He lands a punch on 2face puts a tracker on him digs bruce and dick out from under an exploded building and goes with them to the next fight where he warns them of an attack and saves himself from the same attack thanks to quick thinking and at the end he's tying up 2face himself like timothy istg wtf.

AND ANOTHER THING

So in all the fics Jasons like HOW COULD BRUCE GET A NEW ROBIN SO SOON HE DOESNT CARE ABOUT THE RISKS and like its bruce he wants to murder for it... but LITERALLY bruce is the one who fights this the LONGEST like panel after panel he's saying "no, stop, robin is done, its too dangerous, i wont put another child in danger". And Tims just saying BATMAN NEEDS ROBIN over and over in every imaginable way.

And like this little shit who WAS in the batcave with alfred weaponizes alfred's fear for the others to get him to drive tim to the site and then the two of them as a badass grandpa grandson duo like 2shot 2face (temporarily), and then despite dick dramatically leaving the cave going ROBIN DIED WITH JASON in like 5 pages as he watches Tim hes like. "Damn hes good. Damn. Look at him go. You know what, hired." And bruce is the FINAL HOLDOUT even though he agrees to like train tim, he would not have if it weren't for Tim's beating him over the damn head with BATMAN NEEDS ROBIN and then the other two braincellholding family members agreeing. So literally Bruce is the last person Jason should be angry at 😂😂😂😂😂

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS COMIC?

[turtledotjpeg]

(chapter 400 spoilers)

i have been fed and i must make stupid internet doodles about it

my wife is so successful and popular (said with distress) and she is doing her best and she just wanted to do healing and said 'noooo' to murders and she cried about kacho and hates being called old and kurapika is the only one she can rely on and i'm gonna cry

more thoughts (not interesting) under the cut because this is an art blog but I am compelled to yell into the void about this chapter

man I was ready to be happy just to see Melody for one panel, but there was So Much in this chapter 🥺 feels like we're getting to see some new facets of her personality (see: Old Maid Melody lmaoo) and it's so fun

it was nice to see her and Kacho getting to interact a bit more openly - for some reason I was expecting nen-Kacho to be more of a separate entity, rather than the "brought back to life" kind of deal where she basically feels and acts like she's the same person? I like it though, I want to see her messing with Melody some more lol

I was wondering if Kurapika's goal might come up re: the fourth prince's invitation, but it seems like the immediate concern with Fugetsu takes priority, which makes sense Zhang Lei also wanting a private audience is interesting, I wonder if that could give her and Kurapika an opportunity to meet up and plan things out before she visits terrorsandwich? Before all that, though, they'd have to deal with Benjamin (assuming it's a first-rank-first-served kind of deal), no idea how that's gonna work out unless they actually pull off the Just Murder Everyone plan

also lmaooo the love confession 😂 one the one hand I feel like all her initial suspicion and mistrust towards glasses guy has to be a setup for him to actually be more honest than she expects, but I still can't help being a bit skeptical of him... both because there has to be something going on with the heartbeat thing, right?

and also, even if it is probably what's most practical for the situation, I'm not toootally sure if I love this "stop being sad and go use your powers to help us do murders" thing lol (granted kacho was very on board with both of those, too, but. idk man, maybe at least try to comfort her a little or something? xD)

that said, he is kind of risking his neck to help them, and i Am extremely in favor of anyone and everyone being in love with melody, so i appreciate him for that haha

okay, totally baseless "theory" #1: he's melody's dead sonata friend possessing the body (& therefore lying about the not believing in ghosts thing) - probably unlikely given Fugetsu is also said to be "possessed" and that looks very different, plus it sounds like that's something Melody should be able to notice? but it'd give him a genuine motive to help her out while lying through his teeth about all the details

or totally baseless theory #2: he's literally just a normal guy with a medical condition

melody: but I just don't get it, HOW can your heartbeat be so calm and steady all the time?!? kaiser: oh, cause of the pacemaker you mean? melody:

(**based on about 2 minutes of research I don't think that's quite how pacemakers work, but it's hxh universe, there could be Something)

(on an unrelated note, I also really liked Tyson in this chapter…sounds like she was basically pressured into a death battle she assumes she won't win, but she's still just out here baking birthday cakes and trying to have a good time :( rootin for her)

...and finally can I just say, even if there was a good reason for it, I think it's hilarious that Melody's reaction to someone liking her is just "hmm... 🤔 kinda sus" alternative responses to "i love you": "with a heart rhythm as precise as an atomic clock?! yeah right!"

[lookismaddict]

Lookism Chapter 432 Memes/Thoughts I Have:

(SPOILERS !!! I don’t own any of the Lookism panels and the translations. Only the memes that I made.)

I’d like to say, thank you for reading my reviews and thoughts for each chapter so far. And thank you for liking the memes. 😳💖 But bruh, this chapter man… There’s a lot being revealed, so let’s get into it!!! 😌✨

Well crap. Eugene’s got some leverage on James Lee too. Wtffff 😭😭😭

WELL… SHIT. R.I.P. JAMES LEE IS GOING TO BE U S E D ✨

HE LOOKS SO UPSET SITTING IN THAT LOW ASS CHAIR NOW. I CAN’T GET OVER THE WAY HE’S SITTING ON THAT CHAIR FROM LAST CHAPTER. SORRY GUYS. 💀

And let me guess, you gonna do that to James too...? 🤔 

DAMN. HIT EM WITH THE THREAT, JAMES LMAAAOOOOOOO. THESE TWO ARE ALREADY THREATENING EACH OTHER SDFHSDKFHSAKJDFHSDF. I’M- 💀💀💀

GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!!! HAHAHAHAHA... 😶 (Also, James. That’s Crystal’s dad too. She’s might hate you for it lol. UNLESS-  👀 Plot twist: she hates her dad too.)

Ok, I kinda get WHY he’d bring up James’s murder case in the first place. It’s like the “check and balance” thing where you counter them if they do something wrong or betray you. I get it. Eugene and James both have dirt on each other in case one betrays the other, but it sucks to think that Eugene has the upper-hand here because of his connections with the police. He can cover up ANY dirty thing that he does. Also, he can use his knowledge against James whenever he wants so James is just... stuck. Poor guy. Imagine having your ex-boss blackmail you and NOW your new ally blackmails you just to help him. 😭

Yayyyyy killer bros together!!! 😍😍😍 The Psycho Alliance has made a brand new treaty. 🤭

Literally, it really be like this. 

Ok, but why do I find this hilarious? They’re still young, and they have so much time and opportunities to spend their youth without doing any illegal or gang related activities. Yet, their main goal is to kill an old guy. LMFAO OK, JUST IMAGINE. A random old guy sees them chatting outside in front of a cafe or something. discussing their plans about taking down Charles Choi. Then, this old man walks up to them, right? He asks them, “Oh my, you kids are so young! Don’t you have any special things that you want to do in your lives? Don’t just sit around and let time go by. You should go out and do something with your lives!” and then they reply with, “Oh, we are! We’re off to kill an old guy because we hate him!” Like... 👁👄👁  Bros, are you good? LMAAAOOOOOOOO 

Also, if you think this template is familiar, then you’re right. I couldn’t resist reusing this template because EUGENE REALLY GOT +25 CARDS UP PEOPLE’S ASSES. ESPECIALLY JAMES’S IN THIS SITUATION.

“Hey Alexa, play Often by The Weeknd!” 🥵🥵🥵

I’M SORRY. YOU GUYS ARE TIRED OF ME OBSESSING OVER THIS MAN, BUT LOOOOOOOOOOK AT HIM!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 LIKE GAAHHH DAYUUUUUUUM. THIS MAN CHANGED INTO A SIMPLER OUTFIT, BUT HE STILL LOOKS SO FIIINNNEEEEE!!!! UGGGHHHH. Ayo he can bend me backwards bro, I DON’T CARE. Gawk Gawk 9000? Uhhhh... LET ME CONSIDER- 👀 NAH I’M KIDDING... Or am I...? 😏 I’D LET HIM FOLD ME TOO. 😭😭😭💀💀💀💀💀 (And ofc he’s drinking Hibiki. 😂 Like brooooooo... hottest Yakuza I’ve ever seen. You can’t DENY.) 

*N S F W  M E M E S  W A R N I N G*

Sorry. I just had to. 💀 ALSO, COMPLETELY UNRELATED BUT...

I APOLOGIZE. I GOT NO “STOP” BUTTON WHEN IT COMES TO THIS MAN. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 I’M SO SORRY!!! 

*E N D  O F  N S F W  M E M E S*

AAAAAAAAND THE OLD MAN AGREES. HAHAHAHAHAHA Bruh, I’ve never seen him genuinely smile before. Is it just me? He always look so grumpy and serious all the time like  >:(  Tbh this panel really surprised me lol. 

EW. BRUV. WHO BROUGHT IN TRASH OVER HERE??? 😭😭😭😭 HAVEN’T SEEN THEM IN FOREVER PERO LIKE, I DON’T MISS ANY OF YOU LMFAOOOOOO GTFO.

OK, BUT THIS IS SO NOSTALGIC!!! SEEING LITTLE DANIEL BEAT THEM UP. 🥺🥺 This makes me reminisce the older Lookism chapters.

Also nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You’re all getting your asses beaten for sure. Daniel will clap you all. Each. 👏🏽 And. 👏🏽 Every. 👏🏽 One. 👏🏽 Of. 👏🏽 You. 👏🏽

OHHHHHH... WELL, SPEAKING ABOUT DANIEL-

TIME TO GET HELLA CLAPPED!!!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

These fools. Smh. 

OMGGGGGG IT’S DANIEL’S MOM!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH IT’S BEEN FOREVER. 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ BEST MOM EVER!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!! ALSO, NAH. YOU FUCKERS ARE FUCKED NOW. HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT SOMEONE’S MOM, LIKE WTF IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU? Do they not have respect for anybody? Sometimes I think about these so called “bullies” in this Webtoon. Like no wonder you guys are so fucked up, y’all don’t got any parents or something? No guardians who’d teach you how to be a decent person??? Any manners? 💀 At least Daniel has a mom who knows how to treat her own son. I’m guessing y’all are just jealous that you don’t have a great mom like Daniel who’d sacrifice herself just for her son because she LOVES HIMMMMM!!! 😤😤😤😤 If any of them approach me, I’m throwing hands. Idc. 

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️

 Daniel Park for FIFA World Cup 2026. ⚽️🏆

YEEEEESSSSSSS THAT’S OUR BOI. AHHHHH I’M SO PROUD OF HIM!!

And when that one bitch from your old high school called you ugly, but now thinks you’re hot... 😑 

OH MY GOD. IT’S HAPPENING!!!!

OH MY GOOOOOOODDDDDDD!!! 

MA’AM, WE WERE AS SURPRISED AS YOU ARE WHEN WE FIRST SAW HIM CHANGE  TOO. 💀 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! FINALLYYYYYY. WE GOT TO SEE HER REACTION TO HIS TRANSFORMATION!!! UGH. I’M GONNA GO CRY NOW. 😭😭😭😭😭💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

He has matured into a very good man. And a fine one too... I’m so proud of him. His character development had come such a long way. 😭💞

THIS IS JUST MY THEORY. (Before any of you argue about this and flame my ass, I’m telling you now. This is just my opinion. Pls don’t get heated by it. Thank you.)  💀

You know it’s about to get serious when an old person did the, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” pose. 🚨

FINALLY. Jinyeong Park’s time to shine. 🤩 I’m getting a Darth Vader and Luke moment here. “Luke.... I am your father.” (That’s the only Star Wars reference I know. My bad.) And Jinyeong belongs to the dark side (The Worker’s First Affiliate), while Daniel is the main protagonist who belongs on the good side. Call me goofy, I know. Because my wack ideas make me think about my life choices sometimes. LMFAO But ANYWAYS, I CAN’T WAIT FOR DANIEL’S MOM TO EXPLAIN WHO JINYEONG PARK IS. I’m just glad that Daniel got to see his mom after everything that he had been through. The kid needs a break, and I’m here for it. ❤️

ALSO I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HIS FAMILY’S REACTION TO HIS TRANSFORMATION. AHHHHHHH I’M SO EXCITED!!! 🤪

[caspersickfanfics]

Yaaaaaay!!!! Im finally done this took me SO much longer than I expected omg 😭 I’m so sorry for the wait! But! I had so much fun drawing this. I seriously loved the fic “Professionalism Failure” it was truly everything and poor precious Cyno deserves all the love!!

i was kinda nervous as this was my first time actually drawing the act of throwing up? It didn’t bother me exactly, but I’m wondering how it looks in terms of…quality? Or like.. does it look silly? Cuz one thing I wasn’t going to do was look up references 😅😂 emeto is one of those ‘love in concept, horrific in reality’ situations and I ironically really hate dealing with it in real life lol 😂. So! As far as if it *feels* and looks right we’ll just go by vibes for now. I don’t think I’ll draw it too often, but in this instance that moment was just so good I HAD to include it. All in all this was definitely a fun way to re experience your amazing writing!! And I can’t wait to read more! 🥰

Oh my gosh oh my goshhhhhhhh this is everythinggggggggg I can't stop staring at it 😭 I mean!!!!!!!!! Look at them!!!!!!! The little guys!!!!!!!!! There they are!!!!!!!!!!!

Their expressions are so perfect!! And the body language in the full body pic - Cyno looks so miserable and Nari is about to commit A Murder sklsfjdlfdsfkj he's just a little guard dog!!

You have such a creative flow to the paneling too, the way it flows and reinforces how the characters are feeling!! And you did so well with their clothes too *-*

I love so much that you drew Cyno actually throwing up, I don't think it looks silly at all!!! The vibes are indeed spot on!! It's such a wonderful depiction of him being completely vulnerable and Nari just being there to fully support him 🥺 AND!!! THE BONUS SCENE???? So wholesome and comforting, they (Cyno, Nari, and tiny relevantlucidity) are so small and cute, I'm just gonna put them all in my pocket :>

I am the happiest fic writer I have ever been oml this is just perfection I will be looking at it every day for a very long time *hugs you* Thank you so much for creating this, I just love it so so much <333

[lorilane33]

FanExpo Dallas Write Up

So I went to FanExpo in Dallas yesterday 6-10-23, and it was one of the best days of my life! 🥺 I really went because I wanted to meet Jon Bernthal, and he happened to be within a car drive of me. But Gabriel Luna reminded me why I fell in love with him in the first place when he played Robbie Reyes in Agents of SHIELD, and I’m so glad I followed my gut and met him too. Oof. My heart 😩💜

Random cute guy in line with me named Jacob and I bonded over the Punisher while we were waiting in line to meet Jon. I feel like we were getting along fabulously. As we got to the table to pay for our stuff, I pulled out my photo op with Charlie and Jon to put my sticky note with my name on it. Jacob saw it and leaned into to me, telling me “I think that’s a really good photo. Not to pry or anything, but it’s really cool.” I then explained to him why I did it and he immediately turned back around to me and said, “well your parents are idiots if they can’t be proud of every part of you. And that was a brave thing to do.” 😩 you guys he was so sweet.

Jon Bernthal

I’m 100% positive Jon Bernthal is the first actor I’ve met to make my brain stop working almost completely. I was absolutely on the verge of crying to the point of me grimacing in the photo, but I walked up to him with my bi pride flag and explained to him that my parents will never be proud of this part of my life. I want to make a statement with people who are proud of me. He made sure to double check with me that it was right side up because he wanted to do it right, however we all see how well that went over because my own pride flag was upside down 🤣🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ We then turn to the camera and take it, and as he’s handing me my flag back he looks me very earnestly in the eyes and said, “well I am proud of you, sweetheart.” I swear I was fine until that very moment. He’s an intimidating man, and it was hard for me to look him in the eyes for very long. He absolutely murdered me.

I had a duo photo op with him and Charlie as well, and because I looked so not happy in the first one, and my flag was upside down, I decided to redo it with them. I walked up to Charlie and even though this was the first time I was seeing him I said, “I almost cried in my last photo so I want to fix it.” He gladly took the the corner of the flag from me, and I stood between them with Jon on my other side holding it again. Jon looked at me and smiled and said “thank you,” and Charlie gave me a very genuine smile and said, “thanks for being here,” as he handed me my flag back. It turned out so well and I’m so glad I redid it. 🥺 Charlie looks like such a goober and I love it 😂

I’m also so happy the handlers and Jon decided to let us get in line for his autos after his afternoon of photo ops at 6. They had ticketed people who were cut off when he had to leave for his panel that they had to honor first, and they originally were only going to do those and no more because everything shut down at 7. But there weren’t really that many people waiting to be in line behind them so they decided to let us in. We had a short convo and I thanked him for everything, and then he signed my photo op with him and Charlie. I walked away and that was that. I couldn’t have asked for a better interaction with him. Frank has come to mean so much to me, and I’m so happy the man portraying him is just as great. 💜

Gabriel Luna

He was so chill at his table, he was out in the line talking to the people waiting, and he took someone's FaceTime call. I had a chance to talk to him about how Nic Cage may have introduced the character of Ghost Rider to me as a kid, but his portrayal of Robbie Reyes cemented my love of Ghost Rider, and we ended up having a really good conversation about him. 🥺 then I mentioned that him in the Last of Us brought him back to me started him on a whole new discussion about that show and how hard we both think it is to like the second part of the video game 😆 we took some selfies, and during it he told me I had really great hair, but then corrected himself and said, “Oh wait. We both have really great hair.” I hugged him and said I had to go get in line for his photo op but I’d see him over there. He said "okay, and seriously your hair is great!" as I walked away.

His face lit up when he saw I was next in the line for a photo op, and when I got up to him he grabbed my left hand like we were dancing to pull my arm out so he could look at the tattoo that was there (it says ‘you are not alone, and is signed my another actor I met in 2018) 🥰 he said that’s really good advice to yourself, and then we faced the camera. I accidentally blinked when we did our first photo, so I got pulled out of the exiting line to go back and redo it. I’m honestly okay with that because as great as it was holding his hand i think it would have looked odd lol I walked back into the booth he was in and his back was to me, talking to the other people in the room. Once he realized I’d walked in he turned to me and smugly said “Oh! So you’re my blinker 😏” he was happy it was me! I immediately replied, “yeah. I swear I didn’t do it on purpose though,” and the whole room laughed 😆 so he pulled me in for another pic, and after he was done he gave me a really big hug, took my hands and looked very earnestly into my eyes when he told me “but for real, your hair is fantastic and you need to know that.” I said “you too, thank you again for everything.” We said goodbyes and I left. 🥰

I can’t say enough good things about Gabriel. Holy shit. He’s so kind and generous with his time, and cares about all of us so much!

[v-67]

This panel reminds me of Howl from Howl's moving castle. Also I look at Crimson and I just have a strong feeling that Urahara would vibe w this guy, like tactics and strategies wise (also not counting the amount of murders crimson's committed)

IKE'S REACTION WAS SERIOUSLY SO FUNNY. And honestly, this anime is so random at times, and the randomness makes me laugh. They also take a realistic take in between and it's really cool. And I can't help but remember that when someone asked the MC where's he going, he just said... To poop, w a very very straight face. And it was so funny😭😭😭😂 and later on the old man tells him that when Ike saw you he told me that you went crapping and came back completely healed. And he agrees😭😂

But yeah, there are really many random hilarious moments on there.

Also Lia is so strong and so smart

....

Watching this anime felt like starting with something that I might not like, and ending up really being engaged within what's happening.

And Is it just me or something about this anime feels like it's a mixture/represents symbols from different anime and it's really funny in between because I'll be like, this feels like it's from there or etc

Like, when I first began, the incineration reminded me of Demon slayer, and then the introduction of the town and the capital, the aerial view looked a little like Eren's hometown, One of the dragons which has 6 eyes reminds me of that one character who is not yet completely revealed in Demon slayer, the main character reminds me just a little of Meliodas (maybe the art style, maybe, and it's very very little), there were more but I can't remember atm. Oh yes, also Crimson and his Teleportation thingy reminds me of Howl and his castle too.

....

Now on a little detailed bit, at first when Ultimatia planned on killing everyone peacefully, I was like, ummm okay (I know what she's doing is wrong but like, this is a better way of handling it or something uk?) and then when Crimson comes over and kills everyone w those bombs, and screams that THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO SKIP? You just don't want the guilt. HERE. SEE THAT FAMILY and so on. FUUUUUUCK. Crimson is crazy and i don't know what his role is and what his goal is but he is so so so smart. I love characters with this deductive skill thing and who are so perceptive and their tactics and all of those things. Urahara might like this guy fr.

But yes. The show has a complex storyline and it's really good. I like shows w action and kills and which are showcased in a better way. And this is one of them. Also the whole take of past and future selves merging to save the one they so desperately needed to save. And the curse, the luck, the coincidences. It's really different and so good. (Oh yeah, when the show started and his future self showed up and told him that she's going to die and etc, it reminded me of AOT)

Also I had just finished watching solo leveling and started watching this one, so everytime the character killed someone, within my mind I was like, level up. And I had to remind myself that that was a different show and this one's not like that.

Part 1

[parasite-core]

Two sessions ago in pathfinder our group fought an old dead woman on a giant robotic scorpion, didn’t fire ze missiles, killed a hag because she was mean to her daughter, talked to her corpse. uncovered the Dancing Hut from where it was buried by an avalanche, and Nestian got to talk to his uncle/Elder Bear/Peanut and apparently we’re going to go crash a circus. As you do.

@scarlet-the-girl

We started out as the fight against Harsh Karina, the Crone Queen controlling the Cold Forge, began.

This was probably the most difficult battle we’d had in a while. Although Talsune destroyed Karina’s Annihilator Robot before it could even act, and she was killed one round later, all of the elemental-constructs and rune giants in the room ended up being a bigger threat, as they hit hard and had a high chance of hitting. Poor Roscoe was down to 13 hp towards the end and I threatened the GM that if he destroyed my Baykok I was going to take over a Crone Queen as my next undead pet 😂

Once the hoard of elementals and giants were cleared out, half of the party went out the front door to listen to Queen Elvanna’s next announcement, while Calio and Aenland went out the back.

Elvanna decided she was going to send a message, if we weren’t going to stop from her threats to our parents’ lives. She ordered one of the other Crone Queens to go to the next town over and kill Nadya’s children.

Child murder is at the top of our party’s list of things that will universally get you on every one of our party members’ ‘kill on sight’ list, as Nazhena Vasillanova learned the hard way. So this was a really stupid move on Elvanna’s part. Now we know where Nadya is to meet up with her, and we’re going to save her kids, and have even more reason to hate Elvanna for being just the worst person.

When Aenland and Calio came back inside, we saw the control panel for the last missile. Calio could read the controls since they were in Skald, although he didn’t understand how the machine worked. But he saw a disable button and figured that was the right thing to press to make it stop working, so he pressed it. The machine made an error sound. Calio pressed it again, with the same result. Aenland pushed him aside and pressed it multiple times in rapid succession, until Zernebeth entered, was horrified to see what these two idiots were up to, and swiftly took over looking over the Numerian-based technology while shooing us from the room like unruly children.

She determined we had one usable missile, which could be aimed anywhere in the city and likely level just about anything we wanted if we chose to use it—but likely at a high casualty cost. We decided for now to leave it be, although we have a plan brewing on how to use it without killing innocents.

On the way back we decided to stop by the tavern where Jadrenka’s mother, Caigreal the Annis Hag, would likely be. Aenland and the Dragonkin kept watch outside while Calio, Nestian, and Edeya went in with their formal disguises again.

As we approached her, someone else sat beside her—and put a gun to her side under the table. Calio, with True Seeing on, saw that the woman in question was Jadrenka—apparently here to have a ‘friendly chat’ with mommy dearest. The trio sat down across from Caigreal, and Calio mentally told Jadrenka that he knew it was her and not to bullshit him when she played at not knowing them and suggesting they do their business first. Jadrenka playfully replied that she was so good at it, tho.

The party asked Caigreal what she’d wanted with the research into the Akashic Record, and what interest Elvanna had in the Eon Pit. Caigreal told them that she’d had a vision in the form of a dream to look into the Akashic Record, and afterwards she was suddenly able to leave Artrosa—and she knew better than to question such things. She reached out to Elvanna as they’d had dealings in the past, and got set up for a time in Whitethrone to do some research in exchange for giving one of the Crone Queens access to the Eon Pit. She claimed not to know what they wanted the Eon Pit for.

Caigreal said she had one more piece of information for Jadrenka, but she was keeping it close to her chest as a bargaining chip so we’d let her leave in one piece. If we agreed to let her go, she’d tell us this last bit of information. Nestian and Calio had a mental conversation, in which Calio argued that they should just kill her and be done with it. Nestian didn’t agree, feeling she hadn’t done anything to them. Calio argued that she *had* done things to Jadrenka, though, and didn’t *she* deserve some closure? Nestian seemed to still hesitate, until he remembered that the woman infront of him wasn’t just an innocent woman, but an evil hag, a follower of the goddess of nightmares, someone who was just going to put more harm into this world if she lived anyways. He agreed to Calio’s proposition.

Calio mentally told Jadrenka to pull the trigger, to try to catch Caigreal off guard. Jadrenka fired….and she missed.

And Calio’s Destruction spell fizzled off her spell resistance a moment later.

Nestian’s axe hit its mark, however.

And hearing the commotion, Aenland swooped down on Nevra’s back, landing just outside the nearest window and shooting a barrage of arrows into Caigreal’s back—killing her before she had a moment to do anything.

Nestian suggested that Calio could use his ability to speak with the dead to get more information from her. Calio gladly agreed—corpses couldn’t lie to him, after all. He cast Speak With Dead, and they began asking questions.

What had Caigreal been planning to tell Jadrenka if they had let her go?

Caigreal replied that she had smelled Jadrenka’s descendant in this city—much to Jadrenka’s shock, as she still did not remember the timeline in which she’d had a daughter.

We asked if she knew who the descendant was, but the hag did not, she merely knew they were in the city somewhere.

So we changed our line of questioning and instead asked what she had been doing in the city, then if she knew what her goddess wanted with research on the Akashik Record. She wasn’t able to provide much of use on that line of questioning, and her answer about if her goddess had any further interest in the goings on in Whitethrone were ominously vague as well. She was also lacking in new information about what Elvanna was doing.

So then we asked what Elvanna wanted with the Eon Pit. Caigreal explained that they were trying to bring through a potential ally. We asked what sorts of changes had been made to Artrosa in the last 4000 years, and she gave us some basic information we more or less could have guess at. Then we used our final question to ask her who this ally Elvanna was courting was. She said she didn’t know—but we should. Then her body slumped to the ground, dead again.

Before we left, Calio cut off one of her hands as a surprise tool that will be useful later. Then we left to head back to the clocktower to rest for the night.

When we returned to the tower, Solveig had news for us—most of it bad. She had located Greta and possibly Cesseer. Greta was with the prince of the Winter Wolves, Lord Chegar Tuvash in the palace that once belonged to Elvanna’s daughter. And there were also two Crone Queens there breathing down her neck. When Greta had told Calio she was fake dating someone, she had been referring to the wolf prince himself. Solveig gave condolences to Calio, which he brushed off because he knew with confidence that Greta was just doing what she had to to survive.

Next she told us about where they suspected Cesseer was—despite her very recognizable appearance, they had been unable to hear even a whisper about her. That, along with Calio’s description of where she had said she was, led Solveig to believe that Cesseer was being held in an underwater prison beneath the frozen lake that surrounded Elvanna’s palace. Getting there would be a feat in and of itself.

The last thing Solveig brought up was a request from her girlfriend, Bella. One of the Crone Queens had made her hideaway the theater—the same one where Calio had taken Greta on their first date and where they’d seen Bella preform. Bella told them that the Crone Queen had all the performers taken hostage, and no one had seen them since, but the undead former queen had announced that soon there would be a grand dance performance.

The party mulled these things over, as well as other things looming over them like Peanut’s arrival in the morning, Nadya’s children being in danger, and what to do about Xanthadon.

For now, Calio began using Sending to reach out to those the party needed to. First, he contacted Nadya, to make sure she knew about the danger to her kids.

She replied back that she was ready and had been preparing for this, and she’d see us in Elsprin. She promised once we’d dealt with this, she wouldn’t leave our side again.

After that Calio reached out to Jairess for Nestian, to inform her that Peanut was arriving. Jairess told us that if Peanut wanted to talk to her, he could find her with the Heralds of Summer’s Return.

Next Calio contacted Ratibor, informing him that Jadrenka had gone to Ioberia to help throw a wrench into Elvanna’s plans there. Ratibor was distressed at Elvanna possibly having control of the Eon Pit, and at Jadrenka going alone. He told us to unbury the Dancing Hut as soon as we could.

Last, Calio messaged Greta. He told her that they knew where she was now, and after they’d saved Nadya’s children he was going to make sure they made getting her out of there too priority. Greta replied, sounding more relaxed than the last time they’d talked. She encouraged him to take care of rescuing the children first, and told him ‘I’ll be waiting for you my love.’

Calio burnt one last spell to reply: I’ll be there as soon as I can. I love you too.

The party went to sleep for the night, and found themselves in a shared dream space. It turned out that Baba Yaga had wanted to check in on them and their progress. She let them know that three of the layers of her doll had shed, and with them some of her power had returned—allowing her to do something like this.

After she was satisfied with their progress update, and we had asked any questions we had, she went to send us into normal sleep.

However something else interfered. Nestian froze as if he were in stasis. Calio saw him seem to flicked back and forth between Nestian and a warped vision of Joseph.

Nestian’s consciousness appeared at a table in a dark wooden room. Sitting across from him was Joseph—but he had the features of a night hag, and he was limp, like a puppet whose strings had been cut. Nestian cautiously approached him, calling out, but Joseph didn’t react. Nestian reached out and tried to shake him awake—and immediately his vision was filled with a flash of Desna’s symbol before he shot awake.

Nestian went to go talk to Calio—just as Calio was rushing out the door of his room to check on Nestian and then confront Joseph. Calio told Nestian what he had seen on his end, and Nestian told Calio what he’d experienced. Calio determined that it was time to confront Joseph about these nightmares that were occurring around him. Nestian wanted to be there to help Calio if things didn’t go well, but he didn’t want to face Joseph right now, so he decided to remain in the hallway while Calio went into Joseph’s room for a ‘friendly chat’.

Calio knocked on the door. Wuso answered, and quickly left. Calio was *well* aware of what they’d been up to—as if the entire base didn’t hear them at night.

Calio entered Joseph’s room to find the man just waking up—still entirely naked. Calio told him that they needed to have a conversation. Joseph asked if this was a clothes on or clothes off sort of talk. Calio told him that was entirely his own choice—not like he was bothered by seeing a fairly attractive man naked, even if he was currently a tad furious with said man.

Joseph decided to remain comfortably naked.

Calio informed Joseph that he remembered what the cleric had said about finding Cayden Cailean at the bottom of a mug due to trying to drown out the nightmares that had plagued him since he was a child. Well now both Nestian and Talsune had separately had nightmares that involved him, and due to circumstances he’d been sharing a dream with Nestian and saw that the dream was unnatural with his own eyes.

Joseph reluctantly admitted that he had a sort of nightmare aura due to a bad reaction between a curse on his father’s side of the family and his mother’s, but he had thought he had it under control. Especially because he’d had a very important dream vision the night before—he was shocked that the nightmares had slipped through.

Calio asked about this dream vision, not willing to let Joseph get away with being vague on the details when his secrets had already caused his friends problems. Joseph admitted that he’d gotten a message from his mom, that a messenger from Desna would be arriving soon, and that his mom would be in town as well. He was embarrassed that what to him was a grand revelation was ‘just’ about his mother. Calio did not make any comment, though. Instead he just confirmed that there weren’t any others secrets that might be troublesome for his friends in the future that he’s need to know about. Joseph told him that he could show him something that ran in his family next time there was a full moon, which would be that night and the next.

Joseph realized that at some point he’d moved off the bed and was standing fully exposed, so he quickly hurried to cover up while Calio just laughed. He went to leave, but then remembered one more thing when he was already out the door. He came back and told Joseph that Desna’s herald, the Night Monarch, would be arriving today. Joseph made note of this excitedly.

Calio met back up with Nestian, and they went to go have breakfast with the others and plan their day.

They decided in the morning they would split up, Nestian would go talk to his uncle while everyone else unburied the Dancing Hut. Then they would reconvene and head west to the village where they could find Nadya and her family and save them from another Crone Queen. From there we could go meet with the Heralds of Summer’s Return so Peanut could talk to Jairess.

With that decided, the party split off from Nestian. The main group headed up to where the Dancing Hut was buried, and together with a mix of magic and sheer force, they managed to uncover the upside down chicken hut. Thw Hut righted itself, the door opened, and Ratibor tumbled out. He claimed he intended to go to Ioberia—until we pointed out that walking to an entirely different continent was a fool’s errand and he should wait for us to go to teleport him there. Reluctantly he agreed.

Zorka came out and informed us that Anastasia and Dimitri had arrived back to the hut via the secret teleportation glyph in the hidden cache in the bath house that Baba Yaga had sent her granddaughter to find. Now she was somewhere deep within the Dancing Hut.

As we learned that, Nestian went to a waterfall just outside the city. There he found Elder Bear—his uncle Peanut. They greeted each other and Nestian let Peanut know that he was aware of everything now. He also let Peanut know that his mother was in danger, which Peanut confirmed he knew. He told Nestian he was here to make things right. And the first thing they were going to need to do was stop a circus which was coming to town.

Nestian saw raw terror in Peanut’s eyes when he spoke of this circus.

[manikas-whims]

What do you think is the reason why the MC Cheonliang gang, specifically MC Pesticides, we’re particularly scared of Mary and had some guilty feelings?

She was not bitter but she wasn’t buddy buddy with them either. I remember Vin once told MC Pesticides to apologize to Mary. I thought they may have played a prank on her back when she was bigger, or asking her on a date only to humiliate her.

Whatever it was, Vin sure wasn’t happy with them either.

sorry anon, took me a while to answer cuz i was looking up certain screenshots again 😂

⚠ warning ⚠ long post ahead:

So from everything said about Cheonliang Fam so far, this is how i perceive it:

It probably goes like Vin and his Cheonliang Gang were the strongest gang in Cheonliang and they were all good pals and respected him as the leader.

Around the same time, he was probably a member of the Judo club at his C middle school. And there, he probably knew Mary as another member of the club..you know like someone you just know in passing, not as a friend.

These panels right here are where Vin Jin suddenly starts reminiscing the old days. He was talking about Mary. About how she was the best Judo student of his batch and how every coach and manager wanted her..

Mary was a plus size girl back then and most likely taunted over it, because we know how awful middle schoolers can be 😒

Around the same time, Vin probably met with an unfortunate accident that led to his eye condition– polycoria.

Now, this is where things started going downhill for him. He probably got admitted to a hospital and upon his recovery, his left eye became like that.

From there onwards, probably his parents said some unpleasant stuff, his school kids began mocking him n all..

And i suppose thats when he talked to Mary for the first time. Like one day, she just found him ditching classes n sulking someplace. So she probably talked to him (she is pretty wise) and like..uplifted him and told him that his eyes are still fine.

And maybe thats when he realised she wasn't that bad. I feel like he probably already respected her for being the best of Judo club. As he has stated himself that when it comes to Judo, Mary can beat him. But this is the point where he actually saw her as more than a plus size girl at his school and you know..became friends with her.

So gradually, Vin picked up some glasses and his entire gang took up to wearing glasses as a sign of respect for him. And Mary (now friends with Vin) sorta became a part of their gang, hanging out with them, riding motorcycles and all..

Now this is where i incorporate your date idea..

Mary probably developed a crush on one of their junior members in the gang (just a bad guess). She probably confessed and got rejected and told that even though she's a friend, there's no way anyone would date her due to her plus size (yeah awful middle schoolers 😑)

Thus, she left crestfallen.

By the next year Mary lost all her weight and grew out her hair (Vin said this but I can't add the panel as tumblr only allows 10 pics in a post 😭).

Then, she probably went back to confess to the junior. And this time she got invited to a date but ended up being pranked.

Mc Pesticides is probably the one guy who knew about the prank and still let it happen. Which would explain why she has forgiven him for whatever happened.

But from her gaze its evident that there's still traces of hurt and disappointment.

But after so much time, now she just wants to talk to him like a mature person and get over it.

However, a date prank can't be reason enough to kill someone.

This is my wild guess but probably something worse happened to Mary.

From how I see it, when Mc Pesticides called Vin a murderer, Vin wasn't fazed. He countered by calling out Mc Pesticides for his hypocrisy and said he should be apologizing to Mary.

In Vin's eyes, him killing someone is equal (and even worse) to what Mc Pesticides did to Mary.

Wild guess but not completely unbelievable: Mary was probably sexually harassed.

Lookism deals with a lot of societal issues and scary topics. Harassment of women, especially younger girls, is a common thing prevailing in many parts of the world.

It was their junior who probably touched her inappropriately or tried to force himself upon her.

Now Mc Pesticides probably knew about the prank but didn't expect his junior would go as far as to harass her.

And this is what led to Vin losing his temper as Mary is an important person to him. He ended up beating the guy, probably going too far in his anger and ending up accidentally killing the guy.

He probably also had a fight with Mc Pesticides for knowing about the prank yet not warning Mary.

Which also explains why Vin doesn't regret killing him. And also Mary thanking him for it.

this is just a wild theory so take all of this with a grain of salt :)

[amistyshadow]

Let me tell you about a dream I had a few nights ago.

Warning ⚠️ this has mentioned abuse and hinted kidnapping family deaths betrayal and murder along with some homophobia

I didn’t sleep well for almost the whole night I woke up at 2 in the morning, and just tossed and turned for the rest of the night until around 7am I could finally sleep. But when I did, I had this really weird dream.

The dream was about two families. The first family was a family just like you and me; there was a husband named Lucas, a wife named Care, they had three children. A son named Edward, a daughter named Lysa (with a y), and then there was the youngest, sweet little Andrew. The second family however… looked like a normal and esteemed family from the outside… but on the inside they were monsters. There was a husband named Marlin, but something didn’t feel right about him from the start, he was always smiling no matter what happened, like he was looking at you like you were a piece of meat. A wife named Stephanie, she was beautiful and an ex model, but she was very vain, cruel, and thrived off of other people’s misery, even if it was her own family. A daughter, Eve, and finally the youngest, a son called Matt.

The Dream starts off in an old cartoon style like; He-Man, Shera, and Scooby Doo. Cartoons that aired in the 1990s or in the early 2000s. The two families are very clearly shown to be enemies and not like each other at all. The cartoon starts out as normal, with a running gag of Marlin and Cheetos, but something doesn’t feel right… no matter how much Marlin expresses his distaste for the Howards, he never stops smiling. I’m always uneasy when Marlin is on screen.

The episodes start out normal with some silly gags here and there. But then after the first or second episode… things start to take a dark turn as the screen goes black. When the screen comes back; it’s not in the old cartoon version like it was before, it’s now in some pixilated video game with the main character being a middle school girl with pigtails. And the weird thing is, this girl isn’t a part of the Howards family or a part of Marlin’s family. Actually… she didn’t appear in any of the episodes… not even as a background character.

I guess I should have mentioned this sooner, but… I’m not me in my dream. I’m in this dark room, just looking at this old TV I remember seeing in the window of an antique shop once. When I look behind me, there’s this locked door with a dim light shining through the cracks. I look back to the TV that’s trapped in the lonely room with me. With hands that clearly aren’t mine, I reach out and pick up a video game controller, and start playing the game.

(Yes, I know these drawings suck, but keep in mind that this is the first ever time that I have ever attempted to make pixilated characters. So please be nice in the comments I know they’re crappy! 😂)

It’s not clear what the point or objective is until I walk the girl over to this sheet of paper on the ground. It says at the top of my screen; “4/16 notes”. This seems out of the blue but I continue to collect the girl’s notes. In each panel of the background; there’s a black truck of some kind with some guy inside. The man had a stubble beard, a red cap with the word “UPS” on, and a smile on his face. He was just sitting there staring at the girl in every panel. Wherever the player went the black truck was present in the background somewhere. Some people would be confused by this, but for some reason… I knew who it was; it was Marlin… Marlin was stalking this girl.

After I collect all of the notes, the top of the screen reads; “Time to go home; 0/1” When you go to the street that the girl lives on, that’s when it happens. Marlin’s truck pulls up and the girl stops, the screen cuts to black and all you hear is a blood curdling scream. What happened to her? I have no clue. I don’t know if he killed her, or if he kidnapped her.

When the screen pulls up again, we’re back to the old cartoon style episodes that we started with, but Marlin is less and less present in the scenes and Stephanie seems more and more aggressive when she harasses the Howards. After each episode, another mini game pulls up, and each time you play as a different victim of Marlin. One is an elementary school boy who gets lost on his way home from school. Another is a young, new, stressed out high school teacher. The third one is a high school delinquent. And the final one is another middle schooler, who is in 6th grade and was running away from bullies. All games end in the same way; with Marlin’s truck pulling up next to them and the screen turns to black.

After each mini game and before the next episode comes on; there are black text-boxes, and what they say vary. “My lord, thank you for sending another one of your meek little lambs. I will continue with your work my Lord. Thy will be done.” and; “Why? Why does she always get everything that I can’t have? Why does she get to have the life that I deserve?” along with, “What did she do to deserve the life that I was supposed to have? It was supposed to be me. She doesn’t deserve that life.” And; “I’ve seen your sign my Lord, I understand; you will receive another lamb soon. Thy will be done.”

After the fourth victim, things take a dark turn for the Howards. Sweet little Andrew Howards… has been found dead with his skull bashed in. His death devastated the family. Care became a shut-in, she locked herself away and barely left the house after the death of her baby boy. Every time Edward and Lysa leave the house, even if it’s just when they go to school, Care freaks out and begs them not to leave the house. Lucas is bitter, angry, and vengeful to bring his son’s murderer to justice. But at the same time he neglects what is left of his family.

I automatically thought it was Marlin… but it’s not him… it can’t be him, is what my head kept telling me. Stephanie is shown having a toxic and unhealthy relationship with her children and having insane expectations of them. The episodes get more weird when it shows Stephanie taunting Care multiple times. She is clearly very happy about Care’s depression. Eve and Matt have stopped harassing the Howards ever since Andrew’s death.

A year and a few months pass and Lysa’s sanity begins to wear more and more thin as her family falls apart by the day. Lysa has tried to stay the same, but everyone around her has changed. With her brother sneaking out of the house under their parent’s radars. Her mom growing more and more depressed and clingy with her son and daughter, along with developing schizophrenia. And as for her dad… he grows barely attached to his family because he’s too busy with his mind only set on revenge. Lysa is growing tired of no one acknowledging her existence and people not caring, she’s growing tired of her once perfect and happy family becoming more broken by the day.

Meanwhile Edward has been sneaking out of the house to hang out with some bad friends, with him growing into a rebellious teen towards his helicopter parents. I don’t remember how, but I do remember seeing Edward being bloody and bandaged. But it wasn’t his dad, or his sister patching him up, it wasn’t his mom or his “friends” either… It was Matt. But those were just flashes.

And I don’t remember exactly how it played out… but Edward and Matt had been seeing each other. As in “SeEiNg” each other. Yes… I was slightly surprised as well. Especially when my dirty mind went so far as to… uh… well… I didn’t see anything but I did see them in a bed… under the sheets with each other… so basically they-

Yeah… that 🤭👆

But while having a healthy relationship with Matt helps Edward improve his mental state enough to where he starts to feel like his old self again, he had completely forgotten about his little sister, who was suffering just like him. After Lucas finds out about Edward and Matt’s relationship, (and I don’t know if this is actually what happened) he apologizes for being absent and the only time when he’s present in the kid’s lives, he’s strict and is always hard on them. But… it’s too late.

After Lysa and Edward had a fight… the screen fades to black… when it comes back on; Lysa is in the 8-bit pixilated mini game, just like all of Marlin’s victims were before. Now we play as her, but this time; there’s no black truck in the background, there’s no Marlin. Which is interesting because this is the first time we play as an 8-bit character, but there is no objects to collect, no task no objective, no truck… No Marlin.

The 8-bit character that is Lysa is shown crying and sad, the player wanders aimlessly around, until they go to a spot on the map that wasn’t accessible to the player when they played as all the other characters before. In the area, is a bridge, it starts to rain and as she walks along the bridge; a text-box appears for Lysa’s speech. “Why did you have to die Andy?” *walks across bridge* “I miss you as well… but your death has broken our home…” *walks across bridge more* “…and mama…” *walks more* “… and dad…” *walks a few more steps once more* “I can’t even recognize Eddie anymore…” Lysa stops and faces the bridge railings, all of the sudden the screen glitches as another text box appears, as Lysa goes closer and closer to the edge of the bridge until she is stood on the railing of the bridge. “I don’t think I can take this anymore… I’ve always been too weak for this world…” *the screen flickers* “Home doesn’t even feel like home anymore…” The screen flickers more, and as it does, Marlin’s black truck pulls up to where Lysa is… then it cuts off.

When the screen turns on again; it cuts to a missing poster of Lysa Howards. This is all really confusing to me, because out of all of Marlin’s victims, Lysa is the only one to get a missing person poster.

It was chaos in the Howards house. If not for Matt; Edward would have become a shut-in like his mother. Care was sent to a mental hospital, after multiple attempts of taking her own life, and Lucas was convinced that his little girl’s disappearance was Marlin’s doing.

Speaking of Marlin; at his home he is shown to be an extremely religious man and it is also revealed that he and Stephanie only see each other as business partners instead of husband and wife. Stephanie is revealed to be unhappy with her life and her deranged husband, always envious of Care who had everything she could only dream of having. Marlin also sheds some light onto the way he sees his victims to his daughter, Eve. He views all of his victims as necessary sacrificial lambs as offerings to his lord. He doesn’t believe he is doing anything wrong and is acting as a holy man.

Marlin and Stephanie both find out about Matt and his relationship with Eddward. They beat him while yelling homophobic slurs at him. Eve stands up to her parents and tries her best to protect her little brother. Now this part… I don’t really remember, but one thing lead to another and by the end of it… Marlin ends up accidentally killing his own daughter. Now Marlin sees this as a major sin, especially when she was not an offering, and whatever threads of sanity he had left is gone.

Matt had ran away to his partner. Talking about how desperately he wants to end this cycle of abuse. Matt and Edward weren’t present anywhere else in my dream after that. But I do remember that Lucas and Marlin had some kind of epic showdown in the 8-bit mini game style again. With the player having a boss fight.

By the end of it, Lucas announces that he will murder Marlin like he had murdered his son. Marlin then gives Lucas a confused look as he laughs and breathes out, “I was never the one responsible for your children Howards… not even little Lysa.”

Flash into the future; Lucas Howards is arrested for the murder of Marlin Devon, who’s body was not present at the scene. According to the news; he was also charged with kidnapping and murder of Andrew and Lysa Howards, along with Domestic Violence against Care Howards who is still in mental treatment to this day. Even though there wasn’t nearly enough evidence to back up the claims… Lucas was found guilty, (the aud- diditly dang- dacity!) as the screen fades to black.

When the screen cuts back on, you’re back in the 8-bit style world playing as a little girl who has Matt’s eyes and Edward’s hair. Text boxes appear, showing that Matt and Edward are calling for the little girl named, Abby. Abby goes with her Dads as the player makes them walk to the same spot on the bridge where Lysa had disappeared all those years ago. Where her body has still never been found. Abby drops the flowers at the bridge as the music stops… and a black truck pulls up. The screen turns to static with a text box reading… “Thy will be done…”

[jaylamcd68]

The Rookie 4x04

Spoilers Ahead

Episode starts with John and Bailey eating the breakfast Bailey made for them. They are joking about the notorious PD vs FD debate. It’s Lopez’s first day back after her mat leave. Smitty is running to be union rep, a job he’s held since 2006. Nolan asks him a legitimate question about dispatching mental health workers alongside patrol officers and Smitty just glazes over the issue entirely because he doesn’t actually have a response 😂 CHENFORD: Lucy jokes around and asks Tim what he would like his gofer to go for first. Tim makes a comment about her not having a fear for authority. Grey asks Tim if he can take all the 7A-100 calls for an hour because he is going to give a warning to Elijah Stone. While getting the go bags Nyla checks his supplies and mocks his choice of snack. Layer Lucy tells Aaron that if he ever wants to talk shit about being a rookie she’s always around but Aaron tells her respectively she isn’t a rookie anymore so he’s good. Wesley goes to visit Elijah Stone to inform him it doesn’t look good for the sniper he’s representing, but Grey pulls up and Wesley asks if he can go out the back door. John pulls up on a dispute between a husband and a neighbour because a woman ran out of the house looking scared and the husband tries to explain his wife has bipolar and is in the midst of a manic episode so he needs to find her and he needs to give her her meds. He tries to ask Nolan to leave because having cops search for her will only scare her further but Nolan informs him that now that he’s here it’s no longer an option. Aaron asks Nyla if nuts would be a more appropriate snack since earlier she said his produce would go bad. An old friend says hi to Aaron. Apparently she was the only one who stuck up for him with the press when he was being charged with his friends murder. Nolan is searching the neighbourhood for the wife. He finds her but she’s only speaking Russian and she seems drugged. The two men  pull up and it becomes obvious they are not good guys and start shooting at Nolan and the woman who is in the shop. Nolan helps her out of the car but she runs. The shooters get away as Lucy and Tim pull up. They search the house but it looks staged. Nolan finds the security panel but it’s all in Cyrillic and when he presses a random button he accidentally initiates the safe house security. Tim rips into him for this. It looks like a safe house for Russian spies rather than human trafficking since the security is so advanced. Tim says he’s only been in one once before but it wasn’t in this country and when Lucy asks for clarification Tim says he can’t give any because it’s classified. In an effort to lift the security Nolan presses another button and it reveals a secret passage where they find an “interrogation” room where they had obviously been water boarding the female victim. There are also documents going through shredders and smoke from a fire where they had been destroying as much evidence as they could before they abandoned it. Tim says to take as many pictures as they can because once the feds show up they will be iced out. Nyla and Aaron show up at a bike vs auto accident. Nyla asks about the girl from earlier, Leah. Aaron says that after everything none of his old friends really reached out and at least Leah had nice things to say so it would be nice to salvage one friendship. Nyla comments that if she didn’t reach out either then is she really a friend? They find the witness that called 911 who tells them a guy in a silver civic plowed into a guy on a bike and it looked like his legs were broken. The guy mumbled something about a hospital and out the cyclist in his backseat and drove off. Aaron starts taking photos of the scene on his personal phone and Nyla asks him to think about the most embarrassing photo he has on his phone and at the same time picture it being entered into evidence because it’s on the same hard drive as the crime scene photos he just took. Aaron goes to get the digital camera from their ear bags and Nyla tells him that’s a good choice😂 Lopez is upset because the breakroom fridge is broken so she can’t refrigerate her lumped breast milk. Wesley is in interrogation with the sniper trying to get him to testify against Elijah. Angela texts him 911 about the breast milk situation and he is pissy with her but she is pissy right back saying he owes her after the 12 hours of labour and asks why he’s being so moody, to which he just says he just has a difficult client. Back at the safe house the trio are taking as many pictures as they can and then FBI/CIA agents show up. CIA agent Mike Weston introduces himself to Tim, who questions how CIA can work on this since it’s domestic, but the FBI is supervising. He asks for any evidence they have collected and Lucy tells him that Tim had advised them that the feds would be doing the evidence collection so they just secured the scene. Nolan says the woman put her hands on his shop as she was escaping so they may be able to use her prints to get a real ID. Tim says maybe they can solve this whole case before Weston even knows what’s up. An old ratty fridge is being wheeled into the precinct and Angela tells the guy to just take it right back. Nyla give Angela the paperwork for their Bike vs car case and tells her the guys never made it to the hospital which makes it an abduction or missing persons case. Nyla asks Nolan how he is after getting shot at earlier. Nolan then talks about Nyla potentially running for union rep and Nyla shuts him down immediately because that would require campaigning which means being nice to people. 😂 Tim and Lucy ran the prints and the woman’s real name is Katerina Antonof who is a Russian citizen here in an NGO visa which Tim says is a perfect cover for a Russian FSB agent. Nolan asks if they were any hits of VICAP that could lead them to her and Lucy tells him no but she did an internet search and ended up on the Instagram page of an Air force major named Lyle Marks who Katerina had apparently been dating for a few months AKA using him to try to steal intelligence. Tim says Lyle didn’t show up for work today and when Nolan asks if they should loop in Weston Tim says no because if they are on to something he will find them regardless. They get to Major Marks house and find him dead in the chair. Weston shows up at the house, they demand he tells them what is actually going on. They learn that Katerina was a suspected spy who went rogue so they snatched her up. Lucy hypothesizes that maybe Katerina actually fell in love with Marks and was going to defect which is why they killed him and took her. Weston tells Lucy that Russian espionage is not a romance novel to which Lucy responds how would you know, you didn’t even know there was a Russian safe house in LA (damn you go girl) Tim and John both turn to look at Weston like she makes a good point, which Weston does agree with but says he has read her file and she is no hopeless romantic. They have no idea what she was here for. Back at the station Lopez is still not done going through the 30+ cases that Caradine assigned to her which she explains is because of the bureaucratic shit she’s had to deal with today. Caradine tries to ask if this is because of the breast milk situation but he struggles to say the words because he’s uncomfortable. Angela calls him a coward. Wesley comes in with a brand new fridge for the station as an apology. Angela flags down Nyla because she has an idea of who the victim is for Nyla’s case, a recovering drug addict who’s boyfriend didn’t report him missing because he assumed he had relapsed. They talk about this potentially being related to the arsonist serial killer case from last episode since hitting an addict would be a good way to get vulnerable people to have to rely on you. They guess that not everyone the serial killer hit with his car would have accepted his ride to the hospital which would mean the killer would have then raced away so Nyla is going to stay late and look at hit and runs. Aaron meets up with the old friend Leah who it becomes obvious is just using taking Aaron out for the first time as a publicity stunt. Lucy is at home watching crime docs and Aaron calls with a request to talk to “P1 Lucy” to discuss his problem. They talk about how to handle the isolation that comes with being a cop and only really being able to be understood by other cops. Lucy says she became friends with 2 others in her rookie class and they became inseparable. Aaron says his classmates called him No Biz as in he had no business being a cop. Aaron asks who the 3rd person was after she and Nolan to which Lucy struggles to answer and Aaron figures out it was the “guy who died.” They then talk about how grief sneaks up on you.   Nyla finds the license plate on a silver civic that matches a hit and run from August. Harper calls it in to dispatch for backup but then she sees movement in the building and she tells them she is making entry alone. She finds a body in the building but as she calls it in to dispatch the killer sets the building in fire. Nyla manage to get the body out but collapses afterwards as backup arrives. John and Bailey are at the hospital waiting for news on Harper. Bailey gives Nolan her best war story for their PD vs FD debate and when she’s done Lopez says they can go see Nyla now. Nyla is alright, but the killer got away and both the car and plates on it are stolen so they are back to square one. The guy Nyla found was actually still alive so he’s in surgery and they’ll have to wait and see if he makes it so they can question him. As they are leaving John tells Bailey his Russian spy story from this morning as his ear story for the debate. Bailey admittedly says his story is better and jokingly says let’s spar for the title because she can’t admit PD is better. As they put up their hands John remembers that Katerina had something in her left hand when he put her in the shop but when she came out her hands were empty. The two of them go to the lot to look in his shop for the item. John finds a flash drive but when he turns around Bailey is being held at gunpoint by Katerina. Apparently the flash drive holds a list of people who were in a drone strike. Katerina’s bro her was in the building they hit and she wants revenge. Katerina killed Marks because he ordered the strike but then the other two Russians captured Katerina before she could kill the rest of the men on the list and give away the fact that Russian spies are in LA. Bailey hits Katerina’s gun away from her but Katerina is fast as well and they end up sparring and Nolan gets locked in the area with the shop. Katerina and Bailey are fighting (side note Bailey has some kick ass spy moves of her own.. like where did this girl get her training because firefighters in my town definitely don’t know martial arts like this lmao) while John is trying to enter the code into the lock from the inside but he can’t see what he’s pressing so he’s failing. Katerina knocks Bailey to the ground and as soon as she reaches for her dropped gun Nolan finally gets the code right and swings the gate open and knocks her down as well and arrests her. Weston arrives as they are putting the cuffs on her. Turns out Bailey was a Lieutenant in the Army reserves. Elijah Stone comes into Wesley’s office and as Wesley starts to explain that the snipers only chance looks like it will be a forgiving jury Elijah tells him not to worry because the prison will likely be calling him any minute telling him they found his body in his prison cell. Wesley exasperatedly asks Elijah why he had him killed and Elijah tells Wesley that word on the street was that he was going to turn on him, commenting that he was loyal for 10 years and one meeting with Wesley and the guy got squirrelly. Wesley tried to convince Elijah that he wouldn’t do anything to put his family in danger but Elijah just tells him this is his final warning. At the precinct Nolan goes up to Angela and asks how she got that new fridge for the breakroom since that brand costs more than his car. Angela tells him that Wesley bought it so basically she bought it. Nolan wonders why this is so difficult and there must be some other way to handle it but Angela just says she considered asking her union rep but Smitty had once asked her why woman need tampons can’t they just hold it so she didn’t have much faith in that 😂 Nolan says someone should run against him and Angela tells him to do it. Nolan also asks for an update in the arson case. Aaron is getting his and Nyla’s go bags when Lucy comes in after him and questions that he knows he can’t go out on patrol without his TO. Aaron informs her Nyla is on her way in because apparently being hospitalized after being nearly burned to death by a serial killer arsonist doesn’t warrant a sick day. Lucy hands him over a protein bar for his kit bag since it lasts forever. Aaron tells her he will cherish it forever since there is no way he is ever putting that in his body. Nolan checks in with Bailey after she gave her statement jokingly giving her a junior officer police badge for her exemplary police work last night. He also puts up his campaign poster for union rep

[mokkemusic]

Day in the life of Dana a blog (sick in bed edition)

The comment here could be made “This is the exciting part of your life? How pathetic.” And well.. to counter this statement (that only my awful brain is saying to me) Is well I was sick in bed so YES! I could say absolutely nothing happened to me yesterday but I really don’t take interactions for granted. They are the little things that bring me joy even when I’m sick and they are memorable! So leave me alone brain I’m valid.👌🏻

So here are a few highlights the previous night/last night/ this morning. (These are In no particular order)

1: Erin asking me to explain this Noragami panel about father. Thus starts the “Oh how much I hate father tangent.” I once said that I hate Teru more than father and I “should” check myself on that cause Father is way worse. WAY WORSE. But I still hate Teru more. 😂 (Tbf Father is actually a REALLY GOOD antagonist. I would say one of the best ever. I despise him and what he did to Yukine but I can’t deny that. Like the man literally stole his sons son AND kissed his sons girlfriend WHAT IS THIS MANGA?!) 

Then that led me to explain the insanity which was some of these Noragami plot twists and it was a good time. Erin thank you for indulging me. 🤧

2: Speaking of Noragami- Then late at night there was Ami giving me my medicine Lol (Not suit Amane this time but her Norgami manga reactions) GOLD I SAY PURE GOLD. 👌🏻

I got to explain why we don’t trust Kasuma (never trust the Akane look a likes- IM KIDDING! - sort of 👀)

How once again Father is a son of bitch and I have given Ami permission to do with him as she see’s fit. (I said it so it’s ok 😌)

Also she got me to really appreciate some more of the parallels and art style choices of Adachitoka. Very cool shots in the chapter she was reading! 👌🏻 YOUR ALMOST THERE AMI 5 MORE CHAPTERS! Then you get to hysterically cry with me and Mac next month isn’t it great? 🙂

3: I FOUND THE MOST AMAZING TIKTOKER. Tbf I found her before but I didn’t really know how much she’s done. She’s a JJK content creator that summarizes all of the recent chapters. As someone… like me who has no intention of reading the manga she does all the work for me😌 and In the most entertaining way! Especially about the Yuta arc. (Which you all know is the only reason I want to know lol)

Some of her one liners omg- this is probably a new level of a dork for me to gush over a content creators one liners but you know what screw it! She’s super funny.

It doesn’t do it justice when I say it back but the way she talks I can’t explain it’s just highly entertaining! 2 of my favs cause I can't help myself: 

“Quick side note. Everyone who underestimates Yuta...in my opinion is… an idiot, because they always end up getting their ass beat-” So true so true👌🏻😂

“If a kid is shoving food down his throat do you tell them to stop? and Yuta’s like “yea... what do you tell children?” I wanna know when's the last time Yuta’s had a normal conversation with anybody? Need to know that immediately.” adafljgjalglgaag I have no idea about this ch but this Yuta’s life ok not having normal conversations with anyone and getting thrown into a school under Gojo’s bullshit not telling him and everyone wanting to murder him the first day cause of Rika and Gojo thinking its funny so yea. Just a day in the life for Yuta my poor boy!! 😂

Also love how I am not alone even MANGA readers are not explicitly told what the heck is going on with Yutas cursed technique and the amount of “Rika’s soul” that’s still with Yuta. I love in one of her videos she address that about people talking in her comment section about “A lot of you guys last week kept telling me that Yuta had made a copy of Rika and thats why Rika still exists, even though the text has literally never explicitly said that...” “Stop making stuff up. Stop it! *wags finger at the screen playfully*” 😂 Ah man, it’s just you had to be there ok? You had to be there! Also this gave me a lesson to not take so much at face value about what is said about Rika until I see it in print in spoilers I find because I don’t trust JJK fandom peeps word as law because most of them don’t even like Rika they want to make stuff up anyways lol. Anyway I just love her. I definitely pressed that follow button!

She’s like as cool as Sidney! (Side note: Sidney was at megacon and ah forget Justin (that’s a joke I love Justin Briner) I am so jealous cause man I would LOVE to meet Sidney. Though it would have been like finding a needle in a haystack cause Sidney was just going as a convention go-er making tiktoks like “If you see me come up and say Hi!” - I wish Sidney I wish you’re so cool 🤧🥺)

Anyway back on topic so this JJK TikToker she also loves TBHK! “I actually used to talk about the Toilet-Bound manga before... and then JJK became like my only personality trait-” “Anyways you are not immune to my Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun propaganda READ THE MANGA!” (I feel called out just by quoting this 👀😂) 

But to wrap up. I was really inspired by her genuine enthusiasm for just the stories. Got me thinking about how “damn what’s it like to be a Shounen fan? 🤔 Like an actual Shounen fan! Like imagine only waiting a week? Only a week most times. Like what does that do to your mindset?” Idk It’s just interesting to think about. But even waiting a month no matter what characters… I should really be more excited about just the stories again. I wanna try to be more like her.

Then I had a similar talk with Hana the other day about hyper-fixation on characters, ships and series. About how I’ve been able to to focus and hyper-fixate on 2 or sometimes 3 things at once and not just one which is definitely a new thing for me. But it kinda goes with what I’ll say later about how Ive also been analyzing falling in love with side characters and how that changes things a bit in your mind cause you are not surrounded by content.

This whole discovery just lead to new thought process’s and that’s why it’s a Highlight. (I had a cooler way to say this but it kinda got lost in my ramble but I think that’s good enough) Moving on.

4: I also saw the best fan art on twitter that had me literally going CRAZY! The rest of the night all I could think about (it took up one whole area of my brain) was Rika wearing wearing Yuta’s white uniform Jacket! *just pure screeching* SHES SO TINY (cause you know she's 11)! IT’S SO BIG ON HER!

And I now want to imagine her hands are like lost in the sleeves and she’s flapping them around and wraps herself in a hug. After she puts the collar up to her nose cause it smells like him. I want to imagine this 😭 my brain kinda short circuited after that.

5: Also on that note right after I saw that I had more thoughts to analyze more with Rapid (when I feel better and my brain actually works again) about how if it actually was the “same day she died” or if it was more then one day and REALLY analyze it with factoring in Japan summers and school year and Yuta’s birth date. Cause this is actually driving me crazy. I NEED more insight on this one. (This one is more just a reminder for myself)

6: Then speaking of analyzing- my genius self decided to go for a walk while I was sick and you hear me a bit out of breath and my coat rustling. But I recorded 3 podcasts just for myself lol. Just about “everything” the different manga I’m into and recommends, analyzing more jjk things, analyzing the idea of falling in love with side characters- cause this has been a process for me with Yuta and Rika ok?

And not an easy process at that. I don’t know how people do it! But you don’t chose what characters you fall in love with they chose you. I am on the complete opposite end of the spectrum here with this. Shoe is on the other foot its fascinating! 

7: Cat showed me some pics of the recent con that was really great! They had Yuta and Rika there even speckled in merch 🤧. That made me happy. ❤️

And last (I think its last... but definitely not least)

8: I also woke up this morning from not feeling well for 2 days and Lena made me this adorable little Yuta doodle while he’s holding tea out (it can also look like coffee ☕️ 👀) but I think Yuta would want me not be like him get rest and not look dehydrated so it is tea cause he’s totally the kinda character that would do that for you. Just make you tea when you feel icky. 🤧 My baby!

Really Lena you don’t know this yet (I will find the movie for you today with the captions) but he would! That’s exactly In character for him. He’s a really good boy. To everyone 🤧 and I love it so much that made me smile 😭❤️ waking up to that!

Anyway that’s my exciting 2 days .. I think it’s kinda all a blur now after I wrote this. So it’s a good thing I wrote it down when I did 😂

[contemplatingoutlander]

Don’t let shiny surfaces mislead you--Sam is in Hawaii with someone who isn’t Cait

Well, I wasn’t sure that G was in Hawaii with Sam like everyone was saying but a recent IG story provides strong support that she is. I don’t know (nor do I care) what kind of a relationship they have but I’m posting this and other information that was shared with me in DM because I’ve been told that some ES are once again looking at a shiny surface in one of Sam’s photos and not only seeing Cait, but they are also seeing one of S & C’s “secret children.” 🙄

Anyway, in a recent IG story, G is baking cookies in what is clearly the same kitchen in which Sam “murdered” his pineapple, because both photos have the same knotty wood paneling in the background.

Again, contrary to the rumors haters are spreading, I do NOT believe that G is a paid escort. I believe the escort ad they discovered is just clickbait. Escort agencies are known to post photos of Playboy models to pretend that they are women who could be hired by their services. I sincerely doubt that Sam would be involved with a paid escort. And no, I do NOT believe she is his “fake girlfriend.” 🙄 My guess is she is someone (among other women) that he has been casually dating this year.

As for the shiny surfaces, first a word from “NYC Anon” to Sam:

Yes, I know NYC Anon! Sam never listens to you! He keeps posting photos with shiny surfaces in them. 🤦‍♀️😂 

Well, in terms of a recent shiny surface, some ES believe they can see Cait and their “child” standing by a window reflected in the surface of Sam’s glass in a photo from a March 24th tweet. 🥛 🙄

It’s one thing to see “Cait”--it’s another when people see one of the “secret children” as well. 🤦‍♀️ I’m sorry, but as I have said repeatedly over the years, what shippers think they see in reflected surfaces is affected by a phenomenon called “pareidolia.” This is the human tendency to find “familiar patterns” in “random” or ambiguous visual or auditory stimuli. Hence we have people seeing images of saints in water markings on the side of a building.

Sorry, if there is any woman in that glass, it is probably G. 

Cait is in the U.K. She has Eddie with her, based on a photo she tweeted on March 18th (see photo below). Notice there are no knotty wood walls in the background of Cait’s photo.

And no that was not a latergram, because here we see a photo Cait tweeted on March 25th of her carrot cake for the Outlander Bake Off. It is sitting on top of what appears to be her stove (photo below left). In contrast, the stove Sam was cooking on for the Bake Off in one of his March 25th IG stories (photo below right) has a very different top.

If you need to cling to your faux SamCait ship for whatever reasons, go ahead. But don’t pretend that Cait is in Hawaii with Sam. She isn’t. She’s in the U.K. with Eddie--and I believe with her husband Tony, who cooked pasta for her the other day. 

Sam is in Hawaii, apparently with G. 

Again, why Sam and Cait would choose to be on opposite sides of the world during a global pandemic if they really were married to each other is beyond me. To me it is preposterous for people to continue to believe they are married. 

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[lavender-annd-lilac]

⚠️ Disclaimers: ⚠️

long ass comment bc that’s just how I roll.

idk how to express appreciation for something other than reacting like a court jester live tweeting a Shakespearean play so… read at your own peril

for the record, this court jester enjoyed the play a lot. This court jester would pickpocket a noble’s purse to purchase another ticket, even if it meant losing her hand and making it harder to juggle

📝

you knew you were going to die

Big Lana Del Rey energy

You were roughly escorted into that house with its many glass panels.

The over analytical part of brain that sees coded messages in a nutrition label 🤔:

“Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones”

= “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone”

= something about hypocrisy and passing judgement????

The other part of my brain that just wants to read this story in peace:

Bruh…

But as you checked the drawers of the dresser, you found belongings. Casual men’s clothing and accessories were neatly stored. The closet was filled with more formal wear and all types of shoes. It was someone’s bedroom.

So like, if I literally thought I was going to be murdered or tortured, I would do the following:

go through everything to look for those silica moisture packets that they sometimes put into the pockets of clothes that say DO NOT EAT.

eat them

Plan B is to go to the back of the closet and just hang out in Narnia until the coast is clear.

Rate my exit strategy from 1-10 🙏

It didn’t matter if you drank the wine or not. Even entirely sober, you had zero chance of holding your own with any of these men. Maybe the wine would dull your senses as you faced whatever end.

It’s the grim realism for me fam 👌

 You wouldn’t have minded having more of that.

*record scratch noise*

does she mean more anxiety relieving wine? Or more of whatever Lloyd did 😲

Somehow, he found you. Was he saving you?

Saving u for dessert 😵‍💫 fucking run girl 😂😂😂

Ransom smiled. ‘You’ve had a big day, haven’t you?”

Me, with the personality of a feral cat:

No bc I’m not a fucking character from a children’s book u asshole😒

Ransom shook his head. “How did you end up in the closet?”

That’s great question!

Let’s start with some context: so, a comprehensive new study from the Center for American Progress finds that many LGBTQ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, in the workplace, and in their access to critical health care.

In this essay I will prove

you giggled when his fingers traced over your skin. It felt nice.

Oh snap the wine was drugged 😭😭😭

Ransom knew you were in the closet? Why did he want to hear about that?

Yeah, that’s my personal business that I shouldn’t have to disclose to my employer 😤😤😤

“Asshole,” he grumbled at Lloyd. “Look at that stache rash.”

Lol this needs to be an actual clinical term pls

“If you need to slip a girl something to take the edge off,” Lloyd taunted him, “how good could you be?”

Lol bc a skilled sexual predator doesn’t need to rely on drugs like some rookie right 🙄🥲

There was also the matter of what you saw while you were in the closet.

Which was… nothing!! Right??? We saw nothing in the closet. In fact, we’re actually blind, so if u could just get us an Uber back to the city that would be great 😎

Worry still gnawed at you but at least no one had talked about killing you yet.

Should have eaten those silica packets girl!!

You didn’t hesitate to nod. You remembered hearing that man’s screams from the closet.

Haha what? No we don’t. We don’t remember that bc in addition to being vision impaired, we are also deaf. So we didn’t hear a single potentially incriminating sound. Now about that Uber…

“You’re doing so well,” Lloyd purred in your ear while Ransom kept thrusting himself between your lips. “It looks like you’re really good at that.”

Kris Jenner has entered the chat

Lloyd’s heavily muscled torso, littered with scars and tattoos.

I approve of the inclusion of the tattoos 👍

“M’getting a drink,” he told you. “Want anything?”

Me: could I get like… 500 of those silica packets pls

You didn’t expect Lloyd to press a kiss on your forehead.

Sis, none of us did tbh. Why is he the good cop to Ransoms bad cop?? Like what is going on

“Stay here,” he told you,

Not that I heard what u said bc I’m deaf but I’d actually prefer to just get the hell out of here alive pls and ty

“Rest. You’ve got nothing to worry about.”

… I respectfully disagree lmao

There was also the issue of what she may have seen or heard.

Which was NOTHING ok????

I threaten her with video footage and she disappears from my life.

Ransom didn't like loose ends.

Then why does he wear those ratty ass sweaters all the time 😒

Ok but seriously

Ransom didn't like loose ends. That meant he'd enjoyed her as much as Lloyd had or he felt something for her.

Loose ends is a euphemism right? He’s saying usually Ransom would just have her killed? And, since he doesn’t want her killed it must mean he likes her??

"Why do you want her?" Ransom asked. "She's not exactly your type."

Lol Ransom’s like “I saw that buzzfeed quiz u took, u are more of a pie person than a cupcake person” 👀

For real tho like what is his type? What does that mean

Lloyd didn't like the idea of her being vulnerable and alone in a dangerous world

Huh I wonder how she got into that situation tho… like, who opened that can of worms??? 🙄

"You owe me for dealing with Ryan," Lloyd said. 

Director: CUT! 🎬 dude, remember the characters name is Sierra Six, the actor’s name is Ryan Gosling… ok take 12 - ready and ACTION 🎬

he didn't want to leave her alone with the other man.

Is this a world where Ransom is capable of worse things than Lloyd Hansen? 😬😬😬

Omg this was a delightful read 🥰🥰 I’m super curious to see this alternate side of Lloyd and/or the development of a weird ass love triangle

I know my comments probably sounded like angry lmao but it’s bc I got into the story… like when u scream at the TV bc u are invested in the show hahaha

How I Disappeared...

How I Disappeared Act 2

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Words: 4.7k

Story Rating: Explicit, 18+ only

Warnings: Dark fic. References to murder, explicit sex, non-con, oral (m/r), kidnapping, threesomes, drugging.

Relationships: Lloyd Hansen x Reader x Ransom Drysdale

Summary: You're delivered to a house on the outskirts of Boston. Would they kill you for what you know? Or...

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By the time Lloyd Hansen had his driver take you to a heavily wooded area on the outskirts of Boston, you knew you were going to die. Even when the elegant home with its sheer glass walls came into view, you felt sick. You mentally prepared yourself for death.

He couldn’t let you live. Not with everything you saw in Ransom Drysdale’s office.

Blinking back tears, you didn’t fight when one of his armed men pulled you out of the back of the SUV. Would they drag you out into the woods and shoot you in the back of the head? Would anyone ever find you? Know what happened to you?

But you weren’t dragged into the woods and shot. You were roughly escorted into that house with its many glass panels. You were shown to a spacious bedroom and locked in there. The same armed man stayed outside the door.

Sitting on the end of that huge bed for a few minutes, you let the tears come. Just because they hadn’t killed you yet didn’t mean it wasn’t coming. Lloyd had already taken what he wanted from you.

You didn't know exactly where you were. One of the bedroom walls was a glass panel, offering a beautiful view of the forest. That tranquil view, as the minutes ticked by, did little to calm your nerves.

You found an enormous connected bathroom. You relieved yourself, washed your hands. When you looked in the mirror, you saw a fucking wreck. The makeup you’d carefully applied was streaked and ruined from your tears. Your eyes looked haunted to you as you stared. What was left of your dress looked like it had been through a woodchipper beneath the heavy camel-colored coat.

The coat belonged to Ransom. You recognized the scent of his cologne.

You didn’t know how long Lloyd planned to keep you there or what your fate would be. There were no photos or obvious personal items in the bedroom. At first, you thought it might be empty. But as you checked the drawers of the dresser, you found belongings. Casual men’s clothing and accessories were neatly stored. The closet was filled with more formal wear and all types of shoes. It was someone’s bedroom.

Lloyd Hansen kept your panties and you hadn’t worn a bra beneath the summer dress. You found a man’s t-shirt and it was big enough to swallow you. But it would work. You showered, trying to wash Lloyd off you. Dressing in the t-shirt made you feel slightly better. Cleaner. You thought about putting the coat back on over it, but it was too warm. The dark red bathrobe hanging on the bathroom door was much lighter and more comfortable.

You’d just returned to the end of the bed, watching the woods grow dark beyond that glass wall when the door opened. The man who’d been outside your room walked in carrying a tray of food. Without speaking, he handed it to you and walked right back out.

You were hungry. The beef medallions were as delicious as they looked served with potato soup, asparagus, and a nice salad. It felt like a meal you’d be served in a Michelin-starred restaurant. There was a tall glass of water served with it along with a glass of dark red wine.

You avoided the wine until you finished your meal, telling yourself it would be better to keep a clear head. But as the night gathered outside, and you remained there alone, you changed your mind. It didn’t matter if you drank the wine or not. Even entirely sober, you had zero chance of holding your own with any of these men. Maybe the wine would dull your senses as you faced whatever end.

Within moments of finishing that glass, you did feel calmer. You felt… better. Maybe everything would be okay. You were able to put aside the anxiety and fatigue you felt from the harrowing day, just like the borrowed coat you’d removed. Your body still ached in delicate places from Lloyd’s rough treatment but even that discomfort eased.

 You wouldn’t have minded having more of that.

When the door opened again, your heart lurched in hope to see Ransom Drysdale. It must have shown on your face because he smiled, making his way over to you on the bed. When he sat next to you, you threw your arms around his neck. Somehow, he found you. Was he saving you? Why had you ever been wary of him before?

Slowly, his arms closed around you. He felt warm and solid. He smelled good. He always smelled so good.

“You found me,” you whispered in the quiet of the room. His hands smoothed over your back as you held onto him.

Ransom Drysdale chuckled. “I found you.”

The son of your current boss eased back. The deep maroon of his silk tie made his blue eyes really stand out, its color very close to the bathrobe you wore.

Ransom smiled. ‘You’ve had a big day, haven’t you?”

You had. You told him all about it, being excited about your meeting with him. You explained getting there early and the dress you’d bought for the occasion.

Ransom shook his head. “How did you end up in the closet?”

The fight had started outside his office, you explained. It was loud enough that by the time the men struggling burst through the door, you’d fled into the coat closet and tried to stay quiet. You told him you’d really been too scared to pay a lot of attention to what was being said or to even think about why it was happening.

His smile faded as he listened, his long fingers toying with the hem of the bathrobe you wore. When he peeled it back to reveal your bare knee, you giggled when his fingers traced over your skin. It felt nice.

“But they found you?” Ransom asked.

You paused. Lloyd found you…

Ransom studied you, his fingers tracing a line up your inner thigh. It felt nice but…

“How did you know I was in the closet?” It just occurred to you. You didn’t mention that part in your story until after he asked you.

Ransom’s grin widened. “What did Lloyd do to you?”

Throwing his hand off you, you scooted back on the bed. Away from him. Humiliation crept in, trying to ruin your buzz.

Chuckling, Ransom stripped off the suit coat he wore and tossed it away, moving closer. “Oh, come on. You were just getting to the part of the story I was really interested in.”

Shaking your head, you realized you should be upset right now. Ransom knew you were in the closet? Why did he want to hear about that? You tried to be angry, to be scared. But the feelings were buried beneath a layer of euphoria. In a strange way, it felt like you were watching the entire scene but not actually in it.

That made no sense. You’d just had one glass of wine. Right?

“I can see you’re working really hard on an answer,” Ransom told you, moving closer. His hands went for his tie, undoing it. “It must have been good.”

How did Ransom know what happened? You inched back, the headboard behind you.

You didn’t know what was going on here. But you were starting to think…

With more energy than you thought you had, you bounded off the bed. Avoiding Ransom’s half-hearted reach, you dashed to the door. Your heart swelled in hope when the doorknob turned, and the door opened.

Without thinking your flung yourself forward, out the door. You were stunned when you collided with something hard. The deep chuckle was familiar. Arms strong as steel wrapped around you.

“Where you going, cupcake?” Lloyd asked and you could hear the smile in his voice.

You put up a fight, you felt stronger. It wasn’t much. Lloyd was easily able to carry you back into that bedroom, kick the door shut with his foot. He carried you right back over to the huge bed.

Ransom’s tie hung loosely from his dress shirt, his fingers plucking open the buttons as his gaze roamed over you. “I thought you were supposed to be the scary one, Lloyd.”

“Maybe not,” was all Lloyd said as he tossed you onto the middle of that huge bed. Grabbing the end of the bathrobe, Lloyd worked at pulling it off you. You fought him, trying to hang onto it. But Lloyd moved so fast.

You also didn’t realize in your efforts, the t-shirt that was the only thing you were wearing had ridden up to your waist. Ransom’s heated gaze was on everything that shirt no longer covered. He shook his head.

“Asshole,” he grumbled at Lloyd. “Look at that stache rash.”

Lloyd laughed, standing next to the bed, and dropping the robe to the floor. “I guess I got a little carried away.”

Grabbing the hem, you pulled the shirt down over your hips.

Lloyd pulled off his shoes before climbing up on the bed after you. “Don’t be like that, cupcake. I treated you nice, didn’t I?”

You tried to scramble away from Lloyd, but he caught you, grabbing you around the waist and rolling you on your back. Easily his hands collared your wrists as he loomed over you.

“Didn’t I?” he whispered against your lips.

Lloyd’s mouth claimed yours with surprising softness, his tongue sliding between your lips to deepen the kiss. The brush of that mustache tickled as his lips danced with yours. You forgot to fight him, the tingles that kiss gave you brought back that euphoric feeling.

The bed dipped at your feet and another pair of hands slid over your thighs. You jerked in surprise, breaking the kiss. Lloyd pulled back to gaze into your eyes.

“Look at those pupils,” Lloyd mused. “How much of that shit did you give her?”

Ransom entered your field of vision, his gaze on you too.

“Just a little,” Ransom said. “To take the edge off.”

“If you need to slip a girl something to take the edge off,” Lloyd taunted him, “how good could you be?”

Ransom shot him a glare.

“What I do can’t be taught,” Lloyd assured him. Turning his attention to you, Lloyd grinned. “What do you think, cupcake? Want to see what he can do?”

Someone, you didn’t know who, was caressing your thighs. That felt nice, didn’t it?

But he was the son of your boss, Mrs. Drysdale. Yeah, you remembered Lloyd telling you what Ransom wanted out of the meeting. Deep down, you knew Ransom wasn’t helping you to be kind.

There was also the matter of what you saw while you were in the closet. Fear sharp enough to pierce the pleasant bubble you were in rose fast.

“What happens after?” Your gaze was on Ransom now. You told him everything.

Ransom stretched out next to you, propping his head on one hand as the other smoothed up your inner thigh, his fingers sliding into the heated cove between them. His touch was light, his fingers sliding around those swollen outer petals.

“That depends on you.” A smile played about Ransom’s lips as his fingers explored you. “You going to be a good girl for us?”

Lloyd held your wrists to the bed while your foggy mind scrambled around those words. His grip was firm but didn’t hurt.

Us? Did he mean…

Amusement lit up Ransom’s eyes when you finally grasped what he meant. “Don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it. Two men at once?”

Your thighs clenched around his seeking hand like you could stop him. You tensed up. Your body was still sore from what Lloyd did to you earlier. And they both wanted to… Now?

“I’m a… little sore,” you said quietly, humiliation burning you from the inside out.

Again, Ransom glared at Lloyd. “Can’t think why.”

“We’ll start slow,” Lloyd explained. “Work up to it.”

Worry still gnawed at you but at least no one had talked about killing you yet.

Lloyd’s hands tightened around your wrists, getting your attention. “You be good for me like you were earlier, and we’ll treat you nice. Make one move I don’t like, and you won’t enjoy this very much, cupcake. You understand?”

You didn’t hesitate to nod. You remembered hearing that man’s screams from the closet. You didn’t want to think what he could do to you. If it meant you would live and they wouldn’t hurt you, you’d do what they wanted.

“See how easy that was?” Lloyd released your wrists. “Now, climb off the bed and sit on the floor. On your knees.”

Scooting past them to the side of the bed, you did as you were told. Climbing off the bed, you lowered yourself onto the soft carpeting, on your knees.

Ransom grinned at you. “I like this idea.”

As he got off the bed, he pulled his dress shirt free of his slacks, but didn’t remove it. He approached and stopped right in front of you. His hands worked to open the fine leather belt, the front of his slacks. He wore nothing beneath, the scent of him musky and warm as he took his cock in hand, stroking it.

“You know what to do,” Ransom told you, pointing it at your mouth.

“Remember what I said,” Lloyd warned, standing somewhere behind you now.

Oh, you wouldn’t forget.

You pressed a kiss to the swollen head of Ransom’s cock, liking how warm and soft it was. You did it again, swiping at it with your tongue this time, tasting the salt of his skin. You were careful in wrapping your lips around the head of him, keeping your teeth away.

“That’s it,” Ransom encouraged you, “get me wet.”

Carefully, you brought your hand up to replace his and he allowed it. You teased him with your tongue, working him further into your mouth carefully, working the base with your hand. When his fingers slid into your hair, you sped up a little. By the time you’d worked most of him into your mouth, his hands on your head were guiding your movements.

“That feels nice, baby,” Ransom’s voice sounded a little winded. “Just a little bit more.”

Ransom started fucking your face, the head of him hitting the back of your throat. You gagged and sputtered but you kept your mouth open, kept your lips wrapped around your teeth. A chorus of guttural moans came from Ransom as he sped up. But his thrusts weren’t too hard. He wasn’t trying to choke you.

You felt Lloyd sitting on the floor behind you, pressing up against your back. Large hands slid around your body as you drooled all over Ransom’s cock. Lloyd’s hands played with your breasts, the only barrier between them and his hands was the thin t-shirt you wore.

“You’re doing so well,” Lloyd purred in your ear while Ransom kept thrusting himself between your lips. “It looks like you’re really good at that.”

His voice made you shiver as his hands moved down your body. His rough hands yanked up the hem of your t-shirt before his fingers delved into your folds. The slightest tinge of soreness had you jerking to his touch.

The move allowed Ransom just a tiny bit further into your throat. His cry above you was a gorgeous sound.

“This is working you up, isn’t it?” Lloyd whispered, his fingers sliding easily over your clit, teasing that throbbing nub. “You enjoy having a cock in your mouth. Cupcake, you are such a surprise.”

Ransom abruptly pulled back from you, leaving you staring up at him with your mouth open. Impatiently, he dropped onto the floor with you, grabbing you and facing you away from him. You were on all fours as Ransom positioned himself behind you, roughly beginning to push into you.

“Hey,” Lloyd’s voice was pure warning. “Easy.”

When you looked up at the man who’d claimed you earlier, you saw he’d stripped off his shirt. As Ransom worked his cock into you, a bit more carefully than he’d started out, your gaze took in Lloyd’s heavily muscled torso, littered with scars and tattoos.

With a careful hand at your jaw, Lloyd urged you to tip your face up, to meet his gaze. And his eyes showed surprising concern.

“Okay?” he asked in a low voice as Ransom slid in as far as he could go, making you gasp.

You focused on breathing as Ransom started thrusting, his grip on your hips tight. He wasn’t as wide as Lloyd, but he was longer, spearing into you with enthusiasm. When you focused again on Lloyd, you managed a nod.

Getting down on your level, Lloyd kissed you again while you were being railed by Ransom. The careful dance of his lips was a contrast to the way Ransom feverishly went at you. It took your breath away for long seconds.

When the kiss ended, Lloyd rose above you. His hands opened his slacks and as Ransom had done, he took himself out and pointed himself at your lips. His voice was a deep rumble above you.

“Show me how good you are,” Lloyd bid you.

You did your best. You tried to take him slowly, but it wasn’t easy with Ransom’s thrusts pushing you forward. Lloyd slid towards the back of your throat before you were ready. But you made it work, teasing him with your tongue as he slid back and forth between your lips. One of his hands anchored in your hair as they pushed and pulled you between them in an erotic dance.

“Fuck,” Ransom muttered. “Someone likes it on the spit…” Leaning over your back, Ransom’s lips were at your ear. “You like this? Taking both of us from both ends?”

His chuckle at the way your body pulsed at his words lit you up in humiliation. You shouldn’t be so excited, you knew. You were trying to make them happy. Trying to stay alive. Every emotion that should be on the surface though was pushed down, buried. Fear, humiliation, dignity – all of them were locked away inside you, trapped by a layer of demand and euphoria. The only emotion that connected it all was guilt. And tonight, guilt was like that drunk friend who had no business giving you advice.

 When Ransom sped up, his grip taking on an edge of pain, you cringed because you knew he was close. At the last second, he pulled out, his come drizzling over your ass. Lloyd’s invasion of your mouth continued. Ransom’s cries were breathy, filling the room as he rode out his release.

While your boss’s son sat on the floor watching, his breath ragged, Lloyd continued in measured movements. The hand gripping your hair slid down the back of your head, down your back to your ass. You gasped around him when his fingers slid down into the wet flesh Ransom vacated.

The sobbing sound you pulled from Lloyd made you happy.

Pulling himself off the floor, Ransom tucked himself back into his slacks and stumbled for the bedroom door.

“M’getting a drink,” he told you. “Want anything?”

“Vodka, neat,” Lloyd managed as you continued taking him with your mouth.

The minute the door was closed, Lloyd pulled back, looking way too pleased with the line of drool connecting your lower lip to the swollen head of his cock.

“He didn’t take very good care of you, now did he?” Lloyd asked.

You froze. What did he mean?

Grabbing your chin, he made you look up at him again. “You want to come, don’t you?”

What do I say to that?

No.

“Yes,” you whispered.

His lips curved beneath that mustache. His hands moved fast as they grabbed your t-shirt and stripped it off you. He used it to wipe off Ransom’s spend and tossed it away.

Then, as if you weighed nothing, Lloyd caught you about the waist and pulled you over him. Worked up as you were, you slid down easily enough on his erection. Your thighs wrapped around his slim hips as he anchored you both on his knees on the carpet.

You were chest to chest, your breasts crushed into his solid wall of muscle, with his hands holding your ass. You’d just managed to wrap your arms around his neck, your wet channel clamping around his cock, when he stilled. He bit your lower lip to get your attention.

“Ready?” he asked softly.

Lloyd didn’t wait for an answer. His hands guided you to move up and down on him. It was closer to the truth to say he was bouncing you up and down on his cock. You liked how he felt better than Ransom, the way he stretched your inner walls as he thrust up into your core. You liked watching all those muscles work as he moved you just how he wanted. You liked the way his sweat-slick skin felt under your fingers, the way his mustache bristled against your nipples before his lips and tongue made it better.

Something he did with his teeth and tongue at your breasts had you breaking out in a sweat as he fucked you. You were clamping around him, whimpering as you tried to move with him. Lloyd noticed, grinning around one of your nipples.

“Ready to come for me, beautiful?” Lloyd asked, his heated blue eyes lit up in lust as he watched you.

You nodded. You were beyond speech at this point.

“You didn’t come for Ransom,” he stretched up to murmur in your ear. “It’s my dick you want, isn’t it?”

How did you answer that? You shouldn’t want either one of them.

“Didn’t you?” Lloyd’s thrusts sped up, hitting harder. It took your breath away, sensations swelling in you.

“Yes,” you whispered.

“You’re almost there, aren’t you?” Lloyd doubled down on everything he was doing, and your vision was fading to black as you worked with him, fighting for your release.

“Please,” you managed.

“Please what?”

Your mind scrambled as he fucked you hard now. It was all you could do to hang on, your thighs shaking around him as you pushed down with each upward thrust. What? What did he want you to say?

“Please, Lloyd,” you remembered. “I need to come… so bad.”

The smile that earned you had your heart squeezing in your chest. Lloyd worked you hard on his cock until all that sensation racing through your veins pushed you off the cliff. As the orgasm rocked you, you held onto him, your pussy grabbing him in need. Pressing your face into his neck, your cries were muffled as you worked together, harder and faster.

Lloyd didn’t try to keep quiet as he held on one hard thrust, rutting into you as he came. His eyes were closed as he unloaded into you, his hands holding you tightly in place. His heartbeat was solid and strong against yours as he held you there against him, his breath rushing with yours.

You didn’t expect Lloyd to press a kiss on your forehead. It startled you when he rose from the floor with you and carried you back to the bed. Pulling back the covers, he eased you in and covered you up.

Your sweat-covered skin was cooling, and your muscles ached. The fine linens felt nice against your skin as Lloyd leaned down to press another kiss on your bare shoulder.

“Stay here,” he told you, his eyes searching yours. “I’ll bring you a glass of water.”

Nodding, you said, “Thank you.”

You didn’t know what to do with the look he cut you before pulling his slacks back up, putting himself away as his breathing slowed. Was that kindness?

What, if anything, did it mean for your future?

“Hey.” Lloyd studied you for a moment. “Rest. You’ve got nothing to worry about.”

You didn't know what to believe. But you were exhausted on every level and your body ached. You watched him pull on his discarded shirt and stroll out of the room, walking like he owned the world. He turned out the overhead light as he did. 

You found comfort in that darkness. Sleep found you.

***

Lloyd found Ransom sprawled on the couch in his living room, flipping through streaming services to find something to watch. The glass of vodka Lloyd requested waited on the coffee table in front of him. Taking a seat on the plush chair next to the couch, he slowly reached for the drink.

Ransom's gaze didn't leave the screen. "You want something."

It wasn't a question. The man he collaborated with often liked to think he could read Lloyd much better than he actually could. Most of the time. This time, Ransom was right. He did want something and he didn't say anything to deny it.

When those cool blue eyes turned on him, Ransom said, "You want the girl."

The vodka burned its way to his stomach and Lloyd grinned. "What gave it away?"

"The fact that she was delivered to the guest room you use when you stay here," Ransom spoke slowly. "She wasn't waiting in my room."

"You like to sleep alone," Lloyd pointed out.

And that wasn't the way Ransom expected the evening to go. It would have gone that way. But Lloyd had decided to fuck with him by having her. What he hadn't counted on was how sweet she was, how good she felt. The way she tasted...

Her doe-eyed innocence and submissiveness were just the icing on top of the perfect little cupcake.

To Ransom, she was just another girl to fill his bed and entertain him for a night or two. Sure, she worked for his mother but that was easily fixed. No one else would really miss her.

There was also the issue of what she may have seen or heard. That's where things got a little complicated with Ransom. The man could be callous in dealing with what he considered "minor problems." That put the girl in his bed at risk. It also meant he was going to have to cash in a favor to protect her. 

And Lloyd would expect something from her for that sacrifice. Just the thought of all the ways she could pay him back had him getting hard again.

"I'm not done with her." Ransom turned his attention back to the screen.

Lloyd accepted that. He'd guessed as much. 

"What are your plans for her when you are?" Lloyd was blunt.

Ransom finished the beer in his hand. "As far as I'm concerned, she just needs to leave a voicemail to quit her job at my mother's real estate firm. I threaten her with video footage and she disappears from my life.

That got his attention. Ransom didn't like loose ends. That meant he'd enjoyed her as much as Lloyd had or he felt something for her. Either scenario gave him a rare bout of jealousy.

"Why do you want her?" Ransom asked. "She's not exactly your type."

Lloyd didn't have an answer at the moment. It didn't happen often. He just knew he wasn't done with her either. And he was conflicted about it. Ransom didn't intend to have her killed. Still, Lloyd didn't like the idea of her being vulnerable and alone in a dangerous world after they both got what they wanted from her.

Not when she was so malleable, so grateful.

"You owe me for dealing with Ryan," Lloyd said. 

Ransom's brows rose as his gaze returned to him. "All you want for that is a piece of ass?"

Taking care of his "Ryan problem" was a big deal. And Lloyd had already decided on some level that she was more than a piece of ass. Still, he nodded. 

Seeming to consider it for a moment, Ransom finally nodded. "I want another go at her. Alone."

Lloyd grinned. "No."

"Afraid she'll be ruined for you when I give her back to you?"

Not at all. 

"Just making sure you don't drug her up again." Lloyd didn't want to examine any other reasons why he didn't want to leave her alone with the other man. Even if he was just there to watch, he would be there.

"Fine." Ransom sighed and went back to watching his game. "Tomorrow."

Draining his glass, Lloyd placed it back on the table. Rising, he headed back to the guest room. To her. 

He had plans to make.

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Let’s talk about the new Siege comic that just dropped:

As always when I do one of these posts, there will be spoilers, proceed at your own caution if you haven’t seen the comic yet.

First of all, I died laughing with this panel 😂

Now in all seriousness, there’s not much to say about this one. It doesn’t give away many details, doesn’t advance the plot, and while cool on a superficial level, doesn’t really make an oune of sense, imo.

Let’s get this out of the way: Nokk is really fucked up, and I doubt that in any military organization, she wouldn’t get in trouble for using real bullets on an unsuspecting teammate. I don’t care how good her aim is, or how much she trusted the other op to get out of harm. That’s fucking batshit and wouldn’t fly anywhere, because it’s attempted murder, plain and simple.

And why the fuck did she feel the need to test Thunderbird? “Nomad recruits by intuition”, what does that even mean? Are ops recruiting/recommending random people and Harry approves them without looking at the papers and their credentials or what the hell is going on? I mean, as cool as Flores is, he is a thief, he shouldn’t be in Rainbow. Neither should Iana. Nor Oryx. Nor... well, you get the point. So who knows. And Nokk saying Rainbow is more than war games, was kinda funny, cause all they ever do is train.

So yeah, cool on the surface, mindboggling if you look at it for more than a passing glance. I want to believe the writers have a coherent story in mind and that it just feels disjointed cause the information is released so sporadically, but man, it’s hard to keep up the hope... 

As always, I’ll probably disregard this completely when making my own version of Rainbow that makes sense. Honestly, what is lore good for if not just chopping it to bits and chucking most of it out of the window? Sometimes I really miss the old days when the lore was extremely minimal but at least it made sense.