#he/she Shilo realness ?

[beetlerings]

Their asses do not look identical but sighh whatever

[codecicle]

heres the torture scene I've been looping. it's so viv n vex experimenting on emizel and i was encouraged not only to say that but phrase it that way by several people. take my hand and join my Perfect World (severe content warning ahead for graphic descriptions + realistic screaming + Literal Torture lmao proceed with caution)

[crow-ur-beloved]

various jrwi headcanons because the worms in my brain (potential autism) wont shut up. no real plot spoilers except for one, but its marked :]

the suckening:

shilo is like vampire immunocompromised, which added to the pile of reasons his mom used to keep him inside the castle because she didnt want him to immediately get 37 different diseases and Die. (if vampires can have allergies then id like to think they can also get sick. i dont actually know if thats possible in the vtm system but i dont care they can in my heart)

genderfuck/genderpunk afab emizel. i feel like thats the only label he'd use, if he had to have one. i dont think hed label his sexuality because he wants to be an enigma. but he Definitely likes men.

bizley said in the qna something that can Only let me think of shilo as aromantic. maybe aro And ace... i dont remember what he said exactly aughhgh i wish i did...

shilo fidgets with his hands like all the time. his mother and uncle tried to get him to stop and sit still because it wasnt very princely and whatnot but my boy needs a fidget toy. i think hed go craaaazy with an infinity cube

i feel like me saying arthur bennett is a bisexual doesnt even count as a headcanon like i think thats just a given. i feel like itd be more surprising if i said i thought he was straight. all beautiful beautiful vampire men have to be lgbtq. its the law actually

arthur never officially broke up with mary. mans just Left one day without warning. probably left a note that said "sorry. -arthur" on it. i doubt he had it in him to say goodbye to her face or his reasoning for it (he thought hed inevitably hurt her because of what he is and what he did to the people he loved in the past, because bad luck seems to follow him everywhere... oughh he makes me ill). he definitely used finding a new lead on anya somewhere else in the country as a good reason to dip. at least, as good a reason as it couldve been for him.

maybe controversial but i 100% think arthur and magnus had a one-night stand at the beginning of their relationship, before magnus met jerome, and they never talked about it again and pretend it never happened. cannot explain how real this is to me.

riptide:

ftm chip who 100% innately knew he was a dude since the moment he could think. like when the black rose pirates picked him up, he got confused when they started referring to him as a girl at first. probably never got The Talk from them, so was Very confused when he hit puberty. Reuben reluctantly helped him steal to pay for top surgery.

since tritons live at the bottom of the ocean, they would have eyes that are far more sensitive to light to allow them to see better since little light gets all the way down there. gillion was Immediately blinded by the sun when he surfaced and still gets headaches from how bright it is in the oversea, but they've gotten better the longer he's been up there. tritons are built to adapt to all kinds of conditions, so his eyes have slowly been getting a darker bluish-purple the longer he spends above the ocean; they were originally more of a light blue-grey.

in tandem with the last one, chip thinks hes either going crazy or a bad friend because he Swears gill's eyecolor is different than last week but how could that be possible, thats not just something he can do, right? why would he be able to do that???

if gillion gets knocked onto his back without warning he does that thing that sharks do where they get paralyzed for a bit when they get flipped upside down. its scary because he can see everything but cant do anything. he also definitely forgot to tell chip and jay about this fact and scared the Shit out of them the first time it happened around them.

gillion can also change his sex like some fish can. its the reason he can lay eggs. i think this makes it safe to say genderfluid/nonbinary/generally trans gillion tidestrider is highly possible and even probable in this headcanon. what im saying is t4t fish n chips.

not to headcanon all my favs as trans but i cant help it. it is the highest honor i can bestow upon them. anyways. mtf jay ferin. ava always knew and was the first person jay came out to. jay was also 100% named jayson after her father and went by jay most of her life anyway as a nickname and just decided to stick with it instead of picking anything else. may was always very openly-supportive of her. jayson was as supportive as a generally strict, overbearing, unsupportive-in-everything father can be. jay totally came out to him and the first thing he said to her was something like, "as long as it doesnt interfere with your navy training," and may promptly kicked him under the table and made him say something nice.

kiras trans too btw. she came out before jay and helped jay discover she was trans. and that she liked women.

(spoilers for 109 and beyond) chip can't entirely remember what he looks like. everytime he focuses on the illusion of hiding that hes practically just a skeleton now, it changes just a bit. freckles in the wrong places, the wrong shade of orange for his flame tattoos, too much light in his eyes, too much muscle on his arms. jay notices it but cant bring herself to say anything. she knows the illusion is meant to keep everyone from worrying, but, everytime she sees something off about it, she just remembers what he really looks like underneath, and that somehow feels worse.

blood in the bayou:

all these bitches gay as hell. kian is pan. rands got a lot of internalized homophobia. rolan probably too. its the 80s, man.

apotheosis (haven't finished it yet so idk how true these'll be lol):

agender rumi. godbless.

also rumis a theater kid. he got the lead in every musical he auditioned for because he could literally just shapeshift. theyd make up a new identity and appearance for every role and get to know everyone on the cast and then mysteriously drop off the face of the planet as that person when the production was over and nobody would know it was them.

peter has actually tried All Kinds of things. weed. yoga. multilevel marketing schemes. you name it, big chance hes done it at least once and didnt like it. he doesnt know how he ends up in the situations to try it, either.

[alaritheaurora]

Hey so, what the fuck is up with Shilo and Emizel?

Like yeah, they're brothers. Confirmed twins by Condi. How???

It's been made pretty clear that Shilo is half human, or at least in those kinds of vibes. There is never once a mention of his turning, he seems pretty clueless on humans, he has aged to his current age. But then he can also somewhat digest food, and his aura looks like a human aura. Yeah, that's all good, checks out.

What about Emizel? It is very hinted at, if not stated that Jeffrey is not his real father, but that he found or adopted him when he was still a baby. If Emizel is half vampire like Shilo, wouldn't he show that? He would, yeah, at least a bit. But he hasn't.

Even if takes more human traits, like Shilo takes more vampires traits. But he hasn't. There are no vampire traits. He's not faster, not stronger, doesn't have enhanced senses. I'm sure he would've noticed by now if he could do some mind shit or thought that blood looked particularily yummy. Even appearance wise, while we don't know exactly what he looked like, it is said that he is going through the vampire transition, becoming paler, getting fangs, pointy ears, red eyes. That is changing, he did not have that before. He looked like a human, he acted like a human.

The only time when he's human that he acts vampiric is when they say that "in the streetlight, it's almost like your eyes glow red" (not a direct quote, AT ALL, pulled from my ass and memore) but that is in reference to the all of the Demons. The whole gang have symbolism in their eyes.

The other time is when Emizel has been bitten and has the urge to bite his soon-to-be-sire back. There is something urging him to bite the guy. But that isn't necessarily a vampire thing. Vampires don't really bite other vampires. And for all we know, maybe there's some dying instinct that recognizes that vampire blood could save your life if you've been bitten. Or hell, Emizel just seems like he's kinda just like that. It does not seem out of character for his last dying action to be to bite someone.

So like, wtf? Why is Shilo half vampire and Emizel not?

I still think that the queen is their mom. I don't think she'd give a shit about Shilo if he weren't her son. And Emizel seems like the one she's keeping tabs on.

So here's my Lil theory. It was mentioned that vampires could briefly turn humans to eat shit. Now I don't know the vampire masquerade mechanics or shit, but it seems to me like maybe that could aply to more than just eating food. So like, maybe miss Queen Vampire wanted a night on the town, or hell, maybe she wanted a kid. So she got it on with some human, maybe Jeffrey, maybe not.

Gurl gets pregnant, but oops, it's twins. And when they're born, after a bit it's achingly clear one of them is more human than the other. Turns out, maybe doing the do while human fucked shit up a bit, so while the kids could carry vampire genes, they also could not at all. In fact it was probably more likely for the kid to not be a vampire at all.

So now her Majesty has two sons. One who looks like a vampire, one who doesn't. She's worried about both of them because they are at the very least half human and humans tend to die easily. She says "Hey, I'll give it time, maybe Emizel will just take time to be more vampire like, it's possible it's not an instantaneous thing"

She waits. Shilo is clearly a vampire. He drinks blood, he has little fangs, his eyes are red. Emizel, decidedly does and is not. After a few months, it becomes clear that Emizel is not a vampire. Fuck. What do they do?

Her council (or whatever the fuck they are) suggest to just kill Emizel, he's human, besides she already has one son, why need another? Miss Her Majesty is like "I dealt with too much morning sickness to get kill this kid". So maybe out of suggestion of the council, maybe out of fear for his life, she decides to ship baby Emizel off the LA without telling anyone. There he can grow up with humans and live a human life and not be as in danger as in the castle. Besides, she can just keep tabs on him so that if he does end up being half vampire she can scoop him up and plop him with his brother.

At least that's what I think. It's possible that Emizel is just built different.

[mochathelion]

hey goopers and gunkers, here is, drumroll please

All of them council quotes from my quotebook (ft markiplier)

"Your blood is worms" -slimecicle

"Eenie meenie miney fuck you" -gillion tidestrider

"This is not the becoming of a prince. This is the becoming of a monster" -shilo bathroy

"I have a lot of opinions, none of them matter" -chip

"You must have confidence in yourself peter. Only then will you slay pussy like you slay gods" -thanatos

"IM GONNA MIGHTY BLOW YOU" -slimecicle

"PRETZEL! JUST A FEW MORE FEET PRETZEL! ITS NOT EVEN A MULTIPLE OF FIVE PRETZELLLL!" -gillion tidestrider

"I've never met God, but when I do I'll break him." -William wisp

"Great rune of the unborn? What is that, like an abortion perk?" -slimecicle

"What if you were like oh let me just check if the floor is real and you kicked it one day and it just disappeared, you'd probably be like of fuck I shouldldnt have done that" -slimecicle

"What do you really want? And just say it so I can fight for it" -gillion tidestrider

"Welp, you know what they say! When life gives you wolves, kill them. Also what? " -slimecicle

"Oh my Lord I smell estrogen" -slimecicles chat

"I'm beans mother fucker" -slmccl

"I'VE MET WAR CRIMINALS MORE DELIGHTFULL THAN YOU" -bizlybebo

"Two Mommy?"-Gillion Tidestrider

"This Jesus guy seems really cool!"-Gillion

"I can't wait to k*ll myself!" -Jay Ferin

"That girl just bit me. and I think I was into it?"-Jay Ferin

"If you zoot one more time im gonna choke you."-Rumi

"…Zoot~"-Peter

"Yippe"-Dakota Cole

"I'm just gonna kms and its gonna be your fault!" -Bizly ooc

"Ahhghduhiejbagci wa"-Kian Stone

"Julian the groomer… has a nice ring to it" -julian

"Its.. sewer ravioli!"-Dakota

"i didn't really think destiny was a thing before i met you, you know everything i had in life was just kinda a shitty hand . i really think it was you that made me feel like we were right where we were supposed to be, you're my friend you know- id drown the world for you" -chip

"CPR THREE LETTERS, WHAT DO THEY MEAN? COMBAT. PATIENT. REPEATEDLY. KICK HIM THREE TIMES GET HIM BACK UP, HE'S GOOD. CURED. Think he had cancer, not anymore" -slimecicle

"That must have been a slant rime because she seemed pretty tilted" -slimecicle

"Be the beans you wish to see in the world" -slimecicle

"A vagina with fangs? Bitchin… What? It sounds stimulating" -grizzlyplays

"Even If it was all inevitable… I'm glad we were written into the same story" -Gillion Tidestrider

"Niklaus is making a deal with russian Goku rn"-Bizly i believe ooc if not Chip

"PRIME DEFENDERS AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION" -William Wisp

"Fuck my fucking gay ass life" -condifiction

"SKIBOMBAY" -gillion tidestrider

"I WAS DRINKING YOU PRICK" -bizly

"He looks like a stop sign and has an ass disorder Its not my fault" -William wisp

"Dude you've GOTTA get advantage on this, dude is built like an among us" -slimecicle

"Beans. Beans. I grow my own beans. They are local and they are green. If you taste them you won't be mean. Come on now and try some beans. If you mean business, then trust my bean business. Have a legume, it won't be your doom. Have a legume, you will enjoom. I see your attitude is kind of mean, but you know what cheers me up? My beans. I grow em in the garden, they don't grow far from my home. Beans. I'm in the BEAN ZONE." -slimecicle

"WHAT THE FUCK??!!! FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S?!??! AEEEEEE AEEEE AE AEEE" -slimecicle

"NO NO NO NO YOUR NOT REAL GO AWAY! AMOUNGUS????!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD" -slimecicle

"I am weaponless but not defenceless" -slimecicle

"Don't play the game, eat the dirt, win." -slimecicle

"FATHER, SON, HOLY TROUT COME ON GET US THE FUCK OUT" -gillion tidestrider

"I WILL ABSORB THIS DEMONNNN. IT IS MY MEALLL!" -dakota cole

"You underestimate the power of SEX" -slimecicle

"aHgiA- FORTNITE" -slimecicle

Demonic rambling -slimecicle

"People will say eating chicken nuggets is bad for you, YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS BAD FOR YOU? BEING A LITTLE BITCH. WHAT ARE YOU SPONSORED BY SALAD?" -grizzlyplays

"That's right I got two extra hearts and a wooden sword what the fuck are you going to do about it god" -charlie slimecicle

"I'm grabbing bed knife and I'm grabbing bed spear and I'm duel wielding that shit" -markiplier

[scythegirl13]

im thinking about the suckening season 2 and how the queen of ventrue aka elizabeth bathroy and theo collins goated because of shilo bathory would be such a stupid but real duo. double points because theo doesnt know shes the queen of all vampires because he just got here

like they are both trying to find the twins. they had to have cross roads it just makes sense. and how mentioning emizels name is a heart attack for the queen

soda: yeah ive been trying to find emizel, hes the only vampire i know-

queen: who?

soda: emizel tucker? you know him or something?

queen: …no

soda: oh hes such a cool guy, yknow? i fought with him when edward twilight ran his hunger games type shit, hell i was there when he turned and blah blah blah blah

queen, in head: oh…oh no…

and we keep going until she says it or theo realizes. please god it would be funny

[the0retically]

The Suckening: The Unseen One #5:

I wrote down all of my thoughts while listening to the episode and a lot of quotes that I just love, Wild episode y’all my god, spoilers below!

- “He did a very respectable one point of damage then DIED” CHARLIE PLEASE

- Emizel come back please

- “I’m walking at a soccer mom speed” ARTHUR??

- WHY IS EDWARD TWILIGHT OK

- DEACON! “That is deacon, that is my boy right there” me too shilo

- Oh god combat right out of the gate with Deacon

- Oh my god none of them are safe, they’re all going to die

- “You’re such a wieners boy” “I GAVE YOU WIENERS, BOY!”

- ……Arthur?? You ok?

- “Deacon you’re friends are already dead” SHILO PLEASE

- I love how they stop fighting just because Shilo asks them to

- Deacon and Arthur are now just flirting, goodness

- I LOVE GREFGORE!!!! He’s insane, why was he climbing on the top of the building????? He just attacked Deacon

- HE ROLLED 6 SUCCESSES WHAT????? GREFGORE PLEASE

- DID HE JUST KILL DEACON????

- GREFGORE I LOVE YOU

- ok deacon’s ok oh my god

- GREFORE PLEASE!! He’s batshit, he’s amazing, just fully elbowed Deacon down into the ground and beat him into unconsciousness

- EMIZEL!!!!!!!!!!! HE OPENS HIS EYES!!!!!!!! LETS GO!!!!!!!!

- Oh? Pepper is here! In this creepy blood space!

- BUT HES AWAKE!! HES OUT OF THE RUIN!! Butt naked?? BUT PEPPER GOT HIM!!

- THEO!! OH MY GOD??? He can’t drink soda so now he’s just an alcoholic????

- God as someone who’s named Theo it will never not fuck with me whenever they refer to Soda as Theo

- “There’s water” “Shut Up about Water man”

- Oh god the castle burnt down

- “I guess it’s big since it’s on Fox News” “yeah you see it switch over and a news anchor go: ‘Now back to racism’” BASED CHARLIE SLIMECICLE SO FUCKING BASED—“Change the channel to Family Guy now” HAHA WHY ARE THEY SO GOOD AT THE VOICES?? Bizly, Grizzly PLEASE

- The boys are going insane this episode oh my god

- The image of Deacon and Arthur both opening the door to the “sex motel” is so funny

- The twins!! They’re bonding but also not at all

- Oh :( “emizel…I thought you were dead” shilo :(

- Shilo is losing it, he’s Angry boy

- “Are you really my brother?” :(

- “Grefgore we’re going to go sulk in the closet”

- “I thought you were going to protect me?”

- Oh more Arthur lore!!!!

- THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY??

- Ooooh the unseen one, interesting

- “And you’re looking good, you’re looking real good” DEACON?? YOU FIRST TRIED TO KILL HIM NOW YOU’RE JUST FLIRTING-I swear at some point deacon’s gonna take Arthur out to the woods and ya know

- “It’s cool, I shot you” “yeah she’ll be hearing about it” SHILO?? MY GOD

- Shilo if anything bad happens to you I’m gonna sob

- Goodness there’s so much to unpack from the conversation between Arthur and Deacon when the boys decide to go with Arthur and that they feel safer with him

- Like Arthur is so scared and tells them that he is not reliable and he won’t be able to keep them safe but they both are just comfortable with him and the fact that he’s been trying this entire time is what matters more

- I love their dynamic so much

- Arthur immediately trying to not let the boys see the threesome is so funny and wholesome??

- “Greg Fore” “that is weird my prince” GREFGORE!

- “How can we expedite the scene?” “….we’re going into a new scene right now” BIZLY PLEASE THE SCENE ENDED WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY BOY?

- “Is this a brothers thing? Are we doing a brothers thing?” “I think we are” I LOVE THEM

- “I love you very much” “I love you too my prince” I LOVE THEM

- WHY ARE THEY JUST DOING FAMILY GUY VOICES

- I do love that emizel is trying to help shilo out when he’s crying and he’s just comforting him :( I love the brothers so much

- Oh no-is she dead?? Charlie that’s horrible, Shilo can talk about it now so she cannot be ok

- Arthur what is your deal?

- Charlie why do you love to make mothers who try their hardest but ultimately come up short it breaks me

- “The only way life has meaning is because there’s death at the end of it” Arthur :(

- He feels betrayed and is in an anguished frenzy :(

- “I look at him and Arthur just sees himself” PLEASE THEY BREAK ME

- “I’m kicking dumpsters” ok—WAIT

- WHAT?? EMIZEL??? HE JUST GOT A STAKE THROUGH HIS HEART OH MY GOD EMIZEL DUDE??

- GREFGORE STOP CLIMBING ONTO ROOFS PLEASE IM CRYING WITH LAUGHTER

- “You look a little less sad today, good for you” :(( Arthur is getting happier

- STOP BULLYING THEO!!!!!! LEAVE HIM BE!! He’s just so sad now :((

- Shilo and Grefgore make me so happy :((

- “Is this how you felt when you put Felipe in the plot?” CHARLIE

- “Roll to see if he goes into rehab or if he gets worse” JUST LET HIM GET BETTER

- Arthur hears his name?? In the room with the Unseen??

- Oh god yeah here’s the horror, thank you Slimecicle time to be Scared

- This walk down the corridor is so scary, the fact that Emizel heard Theo yell out to him SO FREAKY so well done!!

- CHARLIE STOP MAKING THEM HEAR THE VOICES OF WHO THEY CARE ABOUT

- “You were always the best of us, weren’t you shilo?” Charlie loves that line doesn’t he

- God Grizz why did Arthur open his eyes and NOW BIZLY AND CONDI HAVE TO LEAVE??

- “I open my eyes” “are you serious? I thought that’d be harder” CHILLS

- oh god he has to get them to open their eyes too, what is up with Grizz having to be against the boys in Charlie’s campaigns

- “Emizel I will lose no more family today, don’t listen to him” IM CRYING

- CONDI WHY AHHAHA

- The continuous bit of Grefgore just scaling the ceilings and walls is so funny

- This encounter with The Unseen is So Cool I love this

- I love this so much, the shifting voices and asking for knowledge to keep is just so Well Done, I adore this, Charlie this is epic

- AMAZING SESSION OH MY GOD LOVED IT, new favorite episode of this campaign it was amazing

[deanmafia]

I decided that Shilo would appear in season 1 during the Larping ep and her brother would appear in the last ep and if there was he’d appear in season 2 as well.

I honestly thought about making him her father instead since he’s much older but then I was like nah too much like repo😭

Headcanon voice: Veronica- Heathers

Allison- The Breakfast Club

Some oc lore:

Rotti was taken down to Motorcity whilst Shilo was born there (judging by how old The Duke looks, idk how old he really is but I think around 30-40 yrs, and Jacobs being in his 60s he would have been old enough to see Motorcity become wat it is or be old enough but too young to remember, or born after. It’s safe to say it’s been a hot min since Jacob’s and Kane’s time) Rotti they were raised by their father but Rotti basically took care of Shilo he’s more like a father. Rotti had give Shilo her cat Percy (he has a name now) for her 15th birthday. Shilo is 17 just like the other burners. Rotti is very overprotective of his younger sister and practically keeps in a tower like repunzel. She only gets to do things becuz he allows it but that doesn’t stop her from running off and exploring. The Duke and Rotti would team up (If season 2 existed) Rotti and his gang providing protection. Shilo is more friends with Chuck and Texas and cannot fight but is a quick thinker.

I’m assuming the Duke was in Motorcity for a real long time unlike the burners who spent most their lives on the surface I say this based off the line “I know you just got here” which is not a lot but from that since he is older and hella rich he must’ve been there a lot longer 😭

Yeah I still didn’t come up with a nane for their gang but for now I think they’re neat🙏

I’m making another post for Rotti’s headcanon voices.

[neoncat666]

So like I know how twins work- hear me out- I know how twins work because I'm a) not 5 and b) friends with lots of them. However for some reason I cannot compute in my brain that Shilo is 18 years old. Like I know Emizel is 18 and that's real as fuck but every time I look at Shilo Bathory's whole entire being I cannot confidently tell you he isn't from the Victorian Era. Like I know that's cause he was extremely isolated from the outside world and even the castle itself seemed to be disconnected from anything modern but like he's at least a hundred to me. He's like Draculaura to me where she's like "it's my sweet 16!" for her 116 birthday. Shilo is Draculaura to me in general actually. Anyways he quite literally stops my brain from working because Bizly is too good at playing a sickly Victorian boy

[c0zmo-writes-archive]

Hello! I was inspired by the always amazing @possum-quesadilla to write some details, background stuff, and other little notes for my harpy Beetlejuice fanfiction, Birds of a Feather. This is just chapter one for now.

Chapter 1- Feathered Finds

“It had what was either a scraggly beard or lichen on its face. Maybe both?”

Beej has plant life growing on his body! He could be his own little forest if he wanted to.

“My name is Shilo. I study cryptids and monsters. Ever since I found out that a harpy lived in the deepest part of these woods eight years ago, I dedicated my life to finding it! Yes, I moved to the woods and built my own house here, and yes, all my friends and family think I’m crazy, and yes, they tried to get me diagnosed with something, but it’s all been worth it! I knew you were real! Oh, what’s your name by the way?”

Fun fact: Shilo is autistic and has ADHD! She is also a big infodumper. She either talks to herself a bit, doesn’t talk for three days straight, or never stops talking. She’s just like me fr.

“And to answer your other questions, first, because when I get focused on a project, I get focused, and I’ve been interested in cryptids and monsters my whole life.”

Special interest moment !!

“Shilo wanted to fight back, wanted to argue that she didn’t wait this long searching for him just to not be able to publish her findings,”

By “publishing her findings”, Shilo was really planning on screaming about Beej on Reddit. I love this nerdy mad scientist loser girl <3333

“Before she could change her mind, Shilo wrapped her arms as far as she could around the harpy. He smelled of roadkill and pine sap. His soft chest feathers tickled her nose and she held her breath as his body stiffened.”

Is it a good idea to hug a large forest bird monster that you’ve just met? Probably not. Not that Shilo cares. 

“You, my feathered friend, are a whopping seven feet and two inches tall!”

He’s a tall boy!! Even larger than the average male harpy (based on my slightly modified version of the species at least)! I wonder if there’s a reason behind that…

“Yeah? What, is parrot Shilo comin’ back again? If she is, you should dress the part. You’d look good in a bit of color.” He gestured to her current attire, a long sleeved black undershirt, ratty lab coat that looked older than time itself, and some black pants, stained with grass and grime”

All of her clothes are either stained or dirty. This girl is Not Good at keeping up with laundry.

“I dunno about immortal, ‘cause my mom definitely wasn’t. I guess I just have a long life span? I never really questioned it.”

…

“Wow!” Shilo stretched the word out, speaking a few octaves higher than normal. “That’s… such an interesting answer!” Beetlejuice didn’t seem to see her discomfort.”

Shilo isn’t amazing at picking up social skills, but Beetlejuice is worse.

“It was populated with tables, corkboards, and journals. So. Many. Journals.”

She has around 50-ish journals. She’s written in about 34. She’s actually completed about 10.

“He kept roaming the lab, sniffing at books, tables, and walls. From upstairs, he could hear the quiet clattering of what he assumed were pots and pans. He crawled onto the mattress and inhaled deeply. It smelled like her. Sweat, earth, and something vaguely floral. He liked that. He nuzzled against her pillow a bit,”

Sensory input is incredibly important to him, especially scents and sounds! He’s got a very sensitive nose and ears.

“SALMON!!!” Beetlejuice leapt up from his spot on the floor and lunged for Shilo. In his rush, he bit down on both the salmon and the plate, narrowly avoiding Shilo’s finger.”

Poor guy was starving :(

“He tried to sit down the way Shilo did, but his wings got in the way. After a bit of struggling, he stood up, made a low growling sound in the back of his throat, then kicked the chair over in a rage, sending it flying.”

When you try to fit in with your new friend but you’ve got two heavy duty feather dusters permanently strapped to your back.

“He jerked his head up, face smeared red with raspberry carnage.”

I picture him looking like a baby eating cake for the first time. 

“A soft purring sound emitted from him as he dozed off again. Shilo made a mental note to write about that as she ran her fingers through his crest of hair, eventually joining him in slumberland.”

Despite being half bird, Beetlejuice purrs like a cat!! His feathers and hair are also very soft and fluffy! 

[c0zmo-writes]

Notes for chapter 6 of Birds of a Feather.

Chapter 6- Calm Before the (Fire) Storm

@possum-quesadilla @raineisinkless @katslitterbox @crawlingcarcass

“his wings were stained a garish blend of orange and indigo. He was the world’s most depressing sunset.”

Orange- anxious, indigo- depressed

“(although, if he was being honest, he really just loved the feeling of Shilo's hands in his hair.)”

Poor guy is so horribly touch starved.

“They’d started watching a new movie every night. Tonight’s film was Little Shop of Horrors.”

Added this in because I love this movie!!!! I will go insane if I can’t shout out my other interests in my work.

“HE IS!!! I love shy, clumsy dudes with glasses,” he swooned.”

I think he’d be pretty fond of Adam if they met.

“Beetlejuice hummed in thought. “I guess I like a gal who’s self sufficient. And funny. And shows me the stuff she writes, even if I can’t read it. And lives in a remote cabin. Oh, and I love when a pretty girl tranquilizes me, ties me up, throws me in her car, and kidnaps me. I swear, that’s the hottest shit. Wouldn’t you agree, Shi?” He smirked. Shilo rolled her eyes.”

The story of how they met isn’t the cutest depending on how it’s told.

“Beetlejuice had taken a liking to fake flirting with Shilo. She loved to brush it off and scoff, but deep down… She didn’t hate it.”

…!

“Beetlejuice, what did I say about smelling me? It’s creepy.”

This is a semi regular occurrence.

“Experimentally, she dragged a hand up and down the feathers on his back... Immediately, he leapt up, the feathers on his back and wings blossoming into shades of light pink and yellow.”

Back touching is a very intimate gesture in harpy culture.

“He fought to free himself from the fuzzy fabric, but his feathers fluffed up and sent him further into his frenzy.”

I FUCKING LOVE ALLITERATION. Is this sentence a bit much? Probably. Don’t care though.

“Shilo picking at her hair.”

She’s got some hair pulling problems (just like me !!!)

“I did. When I told you about her, there was a… tiny detail I left out. Real small, don’t even matter that much! Honest!”

…

“If you had asked a seventeen year old Shilo if, in eight years, she saw herself planning out the murder of her best friend’s psychotic mother, she would’ve asked if you were mentally disturbed. But now, here she was, looming over a whiteboard with a marker in hand, writing the title: “how to kill beej’s crazy fire bird mom”.

Safe to say she’s had a bit of character development in those years.

“They swapped ideas between each other, until they eventually created a list that consisted of: “water?”, “stab !!”, “wait until she’s senile (may not happen within Shilo’s lifetime)”, “feed her to a wild animal”, “iron”, “holy water”, “garlic”. As much as Shilo insisted that garlic was for vampires, Beetlejuice was set on adding it as an option.”

Beetlejuice has already used a few of these options, but it never hurts to try again!

“Even though he was asleep, his head still shuffled until it rested in its favorite spot— right over her heart.”

He loves the sound of her heart beating <3

[a-bit-of-a-mindflip]

Amber Sweet Headcanons!!

I love her so much 🥲

*TW for mention of eating disorders, use your own discretion*

- Amber’s natural hair is brown and wavy, she hates it and used to curl/straighten it every day until it got so damaged she had to cut it around age 17-18 and its never been the same

- Thats when she started wearing wigs. No one but the Largos and Graves know what her real hair looks like

- Struggled with an ED throughout her teenage years

- Rotti ended up sending her to a place on the mainland to recover and she’s doing much better by the time the movie takes place

- The only other people who know are Mag (who she confided in once) and Graves (who will check in on her but isn’t overbearing about it)

- As a kid she fought anyone who made fun of Luigi and Pavi even though the three of them were constantly at each other’s throats at home

- Got a business degree post-Repo so she IS in fact qualified to run GeneCo and is very intelligent despite what people think, she also has much more drive/ambition than her brothers

- Got a lot of shit from Rotti growing up because of how similar she was to her mother, who didn’t take any of Rotti’s bs (Amber is the same way, very fiery and headstrong)

- The name ‘Amber’ didn’t catch on for a while, and it would really piss her off when Rotti called her Carmela

- Her mother is buried in the same graveyard as Marni, and sometimes she and Shilo will go visit their graves together

- Her two bodyguards answer to HER, not Rotti. They won’t tell on her if she goes to get Z or fuck Graves in an alley, etc.

- They’ll tell Rotti her general whereabouts if he asks and make sure no one hurts her (they are very suspicious of Graves at first but she’s like y’all it’s ok this one is fine)

- Since Graves is Shilo’s weird uncle…AMBER IS THE WINE AUNT

- Basically acts as Shilo’s big sister, letting her borrow clothes/makeup, sets up a room for her at GeneCo, etc.

- Is actually really interested in Shilo’s bug collection

- Shilo gives her a cool moth or butterfly or something and Amber is really touched and keeps it forever

- Amber has like 10 walk-in closets worth of clothes and one day she goes up to Shilo with 20 garbage bags full of stuff and is like “I’m cleaning out my closet here ya go”

- Eventually she starts wearing her natural hair and even though she doesn’t like it, she makes her peace with it and over time it grows out again and she doesn’t damage it

[afolderfullofstories]

Everything You Ever

Note: Inspired by Dr Horrible’s Everything You Ever. Honestly it’s one of the first fanfic inspirations I ever had for Repo. But I wasn’t as comfortable writing as I am now and I never got any real inspiration for it. Like it was always in my head but nothing concrete. I don’t know what made me karaoke Dr Horrible a couple days back and immediately, everything fell into place. 

Luigi shot down his drink. His eyes kept darting to the news, growling if anyone even dared  to try to change the channel. He was being obvious. But he needed to know when to act. Everything had worked according to plan. Whispered words to the underground sparking their anger towards GeneCo. Reminders that pops didn’t want Amber on the throne. Pointing all their attention to Shilo Wallace. And when the whole island wanted her, he had her killed. It was almost laughable how easy it was.

He sent assassins to her place all dressed as GeneCops. He made sure all the signs pointed to his slut of a sister. Overnight, the island’s anger flared. The hatred towards Amber stopped becoming whispers. The whole island had turned against her. And then talks of a rebellion. People who were willing to overturn Amber. And they had a secret benefactor. Guns, money, men. Everything was going to plan. And all Luigi had to do was sit back and watch everything burn.

He’d gotten news they were planning the attack today. He took his much deserved leave no matter how much Amber protested and just waited. He would be far from that shitshow. They will go into GeneCo, force Amber to step down. And once she signed, he would march in like a hero and take GeneCo. And if that slut was killed in the process then it would be a fucking plus. 

Luigi’s watch rang. His eyes darted to the news once more. Nothing’s happened yet. He glanced at his watch. It was his stupid slut of a sister. He answered the call. “What do you want?”

“Don’t come to GeneCo today. I don’t want to see your fucking face.”

Luigi’s temper flared. Fucking bitch! he was going to tell her exactly where sh could shove her opinion when the call ended. The fuck? Luigi just slammed his watch on the table and shot down his drink. If they killed that stupid bitch, it would be a fucking plus.

He didn’t have to wait long. ‘BREAKING NEWS’ flashed across the screen. And then his phone rang. Showtime. 

“What?”

“Mr Largo, there’s been an attack on GeneCo.”

“I’ll be right there.” He ended the call. All according to fucking plan. 

*

Luigi stepped into the lobby. 

“Mr Largo.” One of the GeneCops approached him. 

“What happened?” 

“They snuck into the building without anyone noticing. They took Mr Largo hostage and went to Ms Sweet’s office.”

“How the fuck did they get in undetected?” He growed. ID cards and information where the backdoor was. It was easy. It was so fucking easy. 

“We don’t know, Mr Largo. We’ll do an extensive investigation.”

“If it was so fucking easy for them to get in, then none of you are doing your fucking job.” He approached the elevator.

“Mr Largo, you should stay out of the way until things upstairs are settled first.”

“Why haven’t you fucking taken them down yet?”

“Michael’s gone upstairs It’s just a matter of time.”

No. He needed to control the narrative. He needed to look like the fucking hero. “I’m going up there.” Luigi entered the elevator and the GeneCop followed him for ‘protection’. 

“How he fuck did they move Pavi to Amber’s office and no one fucking noticed?”

“It was a bloodbath. There was no one left alive to call us.”

Luigi’s brows furrowed.They were more bloodthirsty than he anticipated. But no matter, those people could be replaced. 

The elevator doors opened, revealing the GeneCops and dead bodies everywhere. 

“Mr Largo.” Michael’s voice ws thin.

“Have they been dealt with?”

“Yes, sir.”

Luigi approached the office door.

“Mr Largo, wait.”

“What?”

“You shouldn’t go in.”

“Why the fuck not?” He wanted to rub this in his sister’s face. He wanted to control the narrative. 

“Mr Largo, by the time we found out and reacted…it was too late.”

Luigi’s brows furrowed. “What are you saying?”

“Mr Largo, I-”

Luigi didn’t wait for an answer. He pushed open the door. Bodies littered the ground. GeneCops were standing  guard over those who weren’t dead. 

“Mr Largo.”

He saw his sister first, slumped over her desk. This… He couldn’t breathe. If that slut died, it would be a fucking plus. This was what he wanted right? Get that slut out of the way then he would take hold of GeneCo. This was what he wanted. 

His legs took him towards his sister without him controlling them. His eyes didn’t leave his sister. This was exactly what he wanted. This was everything he planned. If his sister died, it would be a plus. This was every-

He heard the ‘crack’. He looked down to see Pavi’s mirror under his foot. Next to which was his brother. He hadn’t even noticed him. There were so many bodies, he hadn’t even noticed. 

Pavi’s eyes just stared forward blankly. His features were frozen on an expression of pain. His blood had soaked through the carpet. He would need to change the carpet. It was ruined. 

He turned back to his sister. He would need to change the chair and desk as well. Blood dripped off the front of the desk. Amber’s head rested on the table. Tears barely dried on her cheek. Her eyes were as empty as Pavi’s. 

“Mr Largo.”

This was what he wanted right? No one to fight him for GeneCo. The company was solely in his grasp now. This was exactly what he wanted. He planned everything down to the last detail. This was exactly what he wanted. Everything happened exactly as planned. 

"Mr Largo."

He pointed his gun at the rebel squirming on the ground and shot him. Yes this was them. This wasn't him. The rebels came in here and killed those two assholes. He had nothing to do with this. 

"Mr Largo! We need information."

"No. No information." And he heard how hard his voice was. Why? This was everything he wanted right? He had GeneCo. No one was in his way. “I want all the rebels killed. I don’t care who the fuck they are. I want every man, woman and child killed.” 

“Mr Largo!” 

“I’m in charge. And what I says fucking goes. I want them all dead.” He was in charge. This was everything he wanted. He turned away and was faced towards his sister once more. And he couldn’t fucking tear his eyes away. She had been terrified. He was right before her desk. Her blank tear-filled eyes stared blankly forward. He wiped her tears. Did they kill Pavi first? Was that why-

“Mr Largo?” The voice was soft and filled with pity. 

Luigi wiped his hand on his suit roughly. He didn’t need fucking pity. This was everything he wanted. He wanted that bitch dead. He wanted GeneCo. This was everything he wanted. He fucking won. Everything went according to plan. This was everything he wanted. “Clean up my fucking office. Get rid of this mess.” He stormed out.

*

Luigi sat at the ledge on the roof. He shot down his drink. Everything had worked according to plan. So why didn’t he feel like he won? He won. He fucking won. He got everything he wanted. GeneCo. And peace and quiet from those two assholes. His hand shook as he poured himself another drink. This was everything he wanted. 

He heard the roof door open behind him. “Fuck off Pavi.” 

“Mr Largo.” 

It wasn’t Pavi. It wasn’t Pavi because Pavi was dead. Something clenched tightly in his chest and Luigi couldn’t breathe. Why? This was everything he wanted right? He didn’t care about those two assholes. This was everything he wanted. He had GeneCo. His siblings were gone. He had everything he wanted. 

“Luigi.” There was a hand on his shoulder. Luigi tried to swipe it off. Don’t touch him. Don’t fucking touch him. And he lost his balance for a moment. And he felt himself fall back. And for a moment he thought he was going to die. And all he could think was that was exactly what he deserved. 

A hand caught his wrist and pulled him back upwards. 

Disappointment flared in his chest. “What the fuck do you want?” 

“I wanted to see how you were doing.” The voice was hesitant but kind. Always so fucking kind. Like Luigi was the victim in this. But he wasn’t. He wasn’t the fucking victim. He-

“I’m fine. I’ve gotten everything I wanted. I’m fucking fantastic.” And Luigi heard his voice break and he didn’t understand it. This was his plan. He planned everything with such fucking detail. Everything went exactly as he planned. This was everything he wanted. 

“Luigi.” 

There it was again. The fucking pity. Why was everyone acting like he had suffered some big loss? He’d gotten everything he wanted. He had GeneCo. He won. He fucking won. They should be celebrating him. He should be fucking celebrating. “Fuck off.” 

“Luigi. I’m here for you. Whatever you need. I’m here.” 

Luigi sneered. “Fuck off, old man. I don’t fucking need you.” 

“You’re in pain. I understand. You’ve just lost your family. I just-”

“Fuck you.” Pain? What pain? Why was he in pain? Why was there this pressure in his chest that didn’t allow him to breathe? This was everything he wanted. He planned everything down to the last detail. He had everything fucking planned. 

Then why didn’t he see this. It was so obvious this would have been the conclusion. The rebels were angry and vicious. Anyone with half a brain would have seen this coming. Why didn’t he? If that slut dies, it would be a fucking plus. Right. It was what he wanted. He was fine with this. This was everything he wanted. 

His grip tightened around his glass and it shattered in his hand. He just numbly watched blood trail down his palm. Just like the blood that trailed down the front of Amber’s desk. Just like the blood that seeped through the carpet below Pavi. 

“Luigi.” Something grabbed his bleeding hand out of his view. 

Luigi snatched his hand back. “I told you to fuck off. I don’t need you or want you around. Your concern is fucking annoying and I don’t need it.” 

“Luigi.” He sighed. 

“I don’t need your fucking sighs and pity. I won GeneCo. I’m finally on the fucking throne. If you’re not here to celebrate with me than fuck off.” Where was his drink? Where was his fucking drink? Right he broke his glass. He took a swig from the bottle. He was too sober for this. He was too fucking sober for this. 

“Luigi, you need to-” 

“Fuck off.” 

“Luigi.” 

“FUCK OFF!” Luigi threw the bottle towards Dr Smith. It missed him and shattered on the ground. Luigi’s breaths were heavy. He just watched the whisky spread across the floor. What a fucking waste of alcohol. 

The door slammed shut and Luigi was finally left alone. He was finally alone. He was-

*

He sat at his desk in his office. He tried. He tried to go into Amber’s… his…pops… Fuck. He tried going in there but…he couldn’t push open the door. It was cleaned. He knew it was cleaned. He had ordered them to change the carpet and the chair and the desk but… He couldn’t go in. 

Everything he’s done to get that fucking office and now he couldn’t…

This was what he wanted. This was what he wanted. This was what he wanted. 

There was a knock on the door and Michael walked in. “Mr Largo.”

“Have they been wiped out?” 

“We are working on it. We can’t just organize a mass killing-”

“I believe that’s exactly what I ordered.” 

“Mr Largo, you’re grieving and not thinking straight. You will turn the whole island-”

Luigi slammed his hand on the table. “I’m not fucking grieving.” He couldn’t be. He did this. He did all this. How could he grieve? What right did he have to grieve? He did this. This was all him. He wanted this. He wanted-

“I just wanted to give you the report on how they infiltrated the building.” 

Luigi couldn’t look at him. He knew how they got in. He fucking opened the door for them. He did this. He did this. 

“They entered through the employee entrance at 9am together with the other employees. No one thought it suspicious. They were wearing suits, just like everyone else. They managed to get up to the GeneCo offices. Two of the men entered Mr Largo’s office at 10am and held him at gunpoint while the others massacred the rest of the floor. They brought him to Ms Sweet’s office at 10.20am. We managed to infiltrate the office by 11.30am but by then it was too late.”

Wait. That couldn’t be right. Luigi looked at his watch and scrolled to the day of the attack. Amber called him at 10.45am. He was waiting for news of the attack. Amber called him. “Your timing is wrong.” 

Michael shook his head. “We checked the timings with the cameras.”

Luigi stared at his watch. Amber called him. Amber fucking called him. “Cameras?” 

“Yes sir.” 

Amber called him. How the fuck did she call him if the rebels had entered the office by then? How the fuck did she call him? “I want to see.” 

“Sir, you…you shouldn’t.” Pity entered Michael’s eyes once more. 

“What the fuck are you hiding from me?” 

“Nothing.” Michael gave him the drive. “You shouldn’t-” He cut himself off. 

“Get out.” 

“Yes sir.” 

Luigi plugged in the drive as soon as Michael left. He chose the camera at Amber’s office and scrolled to 10.20am. On the dot, the rebels barged in, Pavi at the front, held at gunpoint. 

“What is the meaning of this?” Amber stood. Her eyes darted warily towards Pavi then the men. Two gunshots rang out and her bodyguards crumpled behind her. She refused to flinch.

“Simple.” The guns pointed at Amber except for the one still focused at Pavi’s head. “None of us want you on the throne. We’re putting an end to your reign once and for all.”

“What right do you have?”

“Your own father didn’t want you on the throne. He wanted Shilo Wallace so you had her killed.” 

Amber’s brows furrowed. “I had nothing to do with that.” 

“Don’t lie. We are going to kill you either way. So you might as well admit it.” 

“I didn’t touch her.” 

“I’m sorry, Ms Sweet but I’m finding that hard to believe.” 

“You kill me and then what? GeneCo falls. Where will you get organs then?” 

The rebel hesitated. 

“Let Pavi go.” 

“Sorella!” 

“You can kill me. Just let him go.” 

“Did you kill Shilo Wallace?” 

“Ye-”

“The Pavi killed her. She wouldn’t-a play nice with the Pavi.” 

“Bullshit. We saw the GeneCops storm in and kill her.” 

“And you think-a the GeneCops won’t-a answer to the Pavi?” 

“He’s lying.” 

“Then did you do it, Ms Sweet?” 

“If I say yes, will you let Pavi go?” 

The rebel looked at him then back at her. “No.” He approached her. “But you’re right. We have to leave someone alive. Call Luigi Largo back here and we’ll let you live. Between you and him, I’d rather you be on the throne.”  

Amber sneered. “Right. Call him back so you can kill all three of us. I don’t think so.” 

“Like you said, Ms Sweet, someone has to be on the throne or GeneCo will fall.” 

Amber scoffed. “And you’ll let me live?” 

“Did you kill Shilo Wallace?” 

Her eyes darted to her brother. “No.” 

“Then one of your brothers did it. And we don’t have to kill you.” 

Amber was silent.

“Someone has to live, Ms Sweet. I’d rather it not be Luigi Largo. His temper is well-known throughout the island.” 

“You’re not lying?”

“I have no reason to lie.” 

Amber raised her watch to her face. 

‘Calling Luigi Largo’. Echoed through the quiet room. 

“What do you want?”

“Don’t come to GeneCo today. I don’t want to see your fucking face.” She ended the call. 

“Fucking bitch.” A gunshot rang out. 

Amber cried out in pain as she collapsed backwards into her chair. 

“Sorella!” Pavi leapt towards the rebel.

Another gunshot rang out and Pavi crumpled to the ground. 

“Brother!” 

Pavi was gasping desperately on the ground. 

Tears streamed down Amber’s face. “Pavi.” Her hands were clenched across her abdomen, red seeping through. 

The carpet was rapidly turning red. Pavi convulsed for a moment then fell still. 

“Brother!" Came Amber’s broken cry. “I’ll kill you. I’ll fucking kill all of you.” 

The rebel pointed a gun to Amber’s head. “I gave you a chance, Ms Sweet. I wasn’t lying.” 

“When Luigi finds out what you’ve done, he will destroy all of you. You will regret this.” 

“Do you want to know a secret, Ms Sweet?” The rebel approached her and whispered something in her ear. 

Amber’s eyes widened and she just stared at him. “Y…you’re lying.” 

“I gave you a chance, Ms Sweet. You threw it away.” 

“Y…You’re lying.” 

“You had your chance.” The rebel pointed his gun at her and shot her once more. 

Amber collapsed forward onto her desk. “Y…you…’re ly…ing…he…would…n’t…” Blood poured down the front of her desk, bright red and pulsing. “He…would…n’t…” She reached a hand out towards her brother. “P…pavi…” Her fingers twitched and then fell limp. 

Luigi turned off the recording. He just stared at the black screen and could only see his face reflected through. That couldn’t be his reflection. Why did he look devastated? He got everything he wanted. This was everything he wanted. 

“Don’t come to GeneCo today. I don’t want to see your fucking face.”

Everything he’s done was for GeneCo. All he wanted was GeneCo. He didn’t care about anything else. He didn’t want anything else. He didn’t care about anything else.

“Don’t come to GeneCo today. I don’t want to see your fucking face.”

This was everything he wanted. He got everything he wanted. He didn’t care about the cost. He’s spent his whole life working to get GeneCo. This was everything he wanted, everything he’s worked for. 

“Don’t come to GeneCo today. I don’t want to see your fucking face.”

They hated each other. They were nothing more than competitors to each other. She took GeneCo from him. She would have ordered him dead if she had the chance. They were nothing to each other. They were-

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

Something clenched in his chest and he couldn’t breathe. No. He had to… They meant nothing to him. He didn’t care… 

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

If his siblings died, it would be a plus. It would be a fucking plus.

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

They would choose themselves over him. He didn’t do anything different. He chose himself. He helped himself. He-

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

He fucked up. The pain in his chest tightened and he couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t breathe. He fucked up. He got his brother and sister killed. And for what? For GeneCo? He didn’t want this. They weren’t supposed to get hurt. He never expected… But the rebels were violent. He knew they were violent. He gave them guns. He knew what he expected. He should have expected this. He wanted this. He wanted this. He didn’t care about them. He-

A choked cry escaped his lips. 

No. He wanted this. He planned for this. He wanted GeneCo, no matter the cost. His siblings dying were a plus. It was a fucking plus. This was what he wanted. It was everything he wanted. 

“Call Luigi Largo back here and we’ll let you live.”

They were lying. They would have never let his sister go. His sister knew that. She was being smart. She was doing it for GeneCo. Someone had to sit on the throne. She was doing it for GeneCo.

“Someone has to live, Ms Sweet.”

She didn’t believe them. That’s why she did it. There was no other reason. 

“Call Luigi Largo back here and we’ll let you live.”

They wouldn’t have let her live. They would have never let her live. She was the one they hated. They thought she killed Shilo. They would never have let her live.

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

She wouldn’t. Not for him. She wouldn’t have. She… 

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

She…

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

She wouldn’t��.

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

A shattered cry escaped his lips. He didn’t care. He wanted this. He wanted…

He fucked up. 

He fucked up. 

He never meant. Force her out of power. That was all they were supposed to do. Why was he so stupid to think they wouldn’t be violent? Why was he so naive to believe they’d let her live? He did this. He let them die. No. He killed them. He killed them.

*

“Luigi.”

Luigi’s eyes darted upwards then away. “Fuck off.” 

There was a sigh and Dr Smith sat on the ground next to him. 

When had he sat on the ground? He didn’t remember. Not that there was anywhere to sit. His office was in a mess. Glass littered the ground, furniture was broken. 

“Luigi.” Dr Smith paused, “When my son died, I was-”

“Don’t.” 

“Luigi, i understand things are-”

“I said, don’t.” He dropped his head in his hands. He didn’t want to think about this anymore. He didn’t want to think about what he’s done. He wanted this, he tried to remind himself. He wanted this. 

“Luigi.” 

“Nothing you say is going to fix this. Nothing you say is going to change the fact that I fucked up. Nothing is going to change anything.” 

“This isn’t your fault, Luigi.” 

A bitter laugh escaped Luigi’s throat. “Not my fault?” 

“You can’t blame yourself for this.” 

Luigi was on his feet. Glass crunched underneath his shoes. If any of them pierced through, he didn’t know, nor cared. “This is all me.” 

“Luigi, don’t.”

“I instigated the rebels. I gave them guns and plans and a way to get into GeneCo. I killed Shilo Wallace and framed Amber. I did all this to have GeneCo. And I made sure I was far from GeneCo when it all happened. Go on then. Tell me this isn’t my fault.” 

Dr Smith couldn’t look at him.

“TELL ME!” Please. Just give him an excuse, a reason. Let him pretend it wasn’t his fault. Let him pretend it was an accident. Just let him lie to himself. 

Dr Smith was silent. 

“No? I didn’t think so.” Luigi staggered out of the room. Was he drunker than he thought? Or was it the glass poking through his feet, causing blood red footprints to trail behind him? Or could his legs just not bear the thought of what he’s done? 

He knew where he had to go. He knew what he had to do. He couldn’t face another moment of this guilt. He didn’t just get his siblings killed. He might as well have shot them himself. He did this. He did all of this. 

He was standing on the ledge. He could feel the wind blow against his face. It felt cold. He felt cold. 

“Luigi.” The voice was soft. 

“I did this, I did all this for GeneCo. To hold GeneCo. If I do this, then everything has been for nothing. Their deaths would have been for nothing. GeneCo will fall.” 

“Then don’t do this.” 

“How?” His voice broke. “How do I live with myself after this? How do I get to tomorrow knowing what I’ve done?” 

“I don’t know."

Luigi gripped his head. His legs couldn’t keep him upright. He lowered himself to the ledge, hands still clutched to his head. His chest twisted and his eyes burned. He couldn’t do this. He couldn’t break down. He had to keep himself numb. He didn’t want to feel this. He didn’t want to feel anything. “Lie to me! Tell me this wasn’t my fault. Tell me I didn’t do anything wrong. Tell me.” Luigi’s voice broke and he gripped himself tighter. This was everything he wanted. This was…This was…

“I came to see you because I had something to report to you. There was evidence that your liquor had been tampered with. Your brother had been trying to poison you.” 

Luigi froze and turned to Dr Smith. What was he saying? What was-

“There were documents in your sister’s office planning to oust you from the company. They were planning to stab you in the back.” 

Luigi closed his eyes. Yes. That would work. If he believed, he just had to believe that. They meant nothing to each other. They hated each other. They were just competitors. They were trying to get rid of-

“Don’t come to GeneCo today.”

A cry escaped Luigi’s lips as he dug his nails into his scalp. He didn’t want to think. He didn’t want to think. He didn’t want to think. 

“Your father had a will written up. He was going to give GeneCo to you. But in the chaos, Amber paid the lawyers to lose the will and took GeneCo from you.” 

Yes. She screwed him over. She fucking screwed him over. She deserved what she got. They both did. They got what they deserved. All for GeneCo. Everything was for GeneCo.  It was the only thing that mattered. It will always be the only thing that mattered. “I’ll give you GeneCo. Then someone is on the throne. Then it won't fall. Then I can leave.” 

“Then who will punish the rebels, Mr Largo? They murdered your sister in cold blood. They wanted money. They wanted power. They killed GeneCo employees and stole their IDs and snuck into the building. They killed Shilo Wallace and blamed Amber for it so the island would turn. They deserve to pay for it.” 

Luigi’s hand shook. Yes. They killed his siblings. This was all them. It wasn’t him. He didn’t do anything wrong. He just took his leave from GeneCo. Then the rebels attacked. He couldn’t do anything about it. He wasn’t at GeneCo. It wasn’t his fault. He didn’t do anything wrong. “Burn them all.”  

[nghtmarish]

@wildhecrt ; mag / 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 ; 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆.

    𝐡𝐞  𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭  𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰  𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭  𝐭𝐨  𝐬𝐚𝐲  𝐭𝐨  𝐦𝐚𝐠.   a  part  of  him  wanted  to  tell  her  the  truth  because  she  deserved  to  know  what  happened  to  marnie.   but  it  was  too    𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥   to  even  say  the  truth.   nathan  could  barely  handle  the  truth  of  it  himself,  but  to  say  it  aloud  to  marnie's  best  friend?   it  was  just  too  real.   but  he  had  to  tell  her  something,  she  wouldn't  give  up  otherwise  and  he  didn't  have  to  tell  her  the    𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞  𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡   just  yet.   rubbing  his  hands  over  his  face,  he  sighs  softly,  shaking  his  head  as  blue  eyes  shine  with  tears  that  he  couldn't  let  fall,   "   she's  gone,  mag.   marine   .   .��  .   she  died  and,    "   he  didn't  care  if  this  was  a  bad  decision  or  absolutely  against  what  marnie  would've  wanted  him  to  do,  he  just  had  to    𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭   the  one  person  he  couldn't  lose,   "   the  baby,  shilo   .   .   .   she  didn't  make  it  either.    they're  both  gone,    "

[ginger-snaps014]

I say this with love because Repo is one of my comfort bad media movies, but it’s a mess.

The ideas (like op pointed out were there). But, the problem was too many ideas in one place… the creatives needed an editor (also for the main creative to be less of a narcissistic creep, but that’s a different issue). A more in depth rant is below, sorry for the long post. One I start going on about lost potential, I can’t stop

For starters, look at how many different types of exposition dump mechanisms it had: (1) narrator/dealer character, (2) comic narration at beginning, (3) tv/ads/radio throughout, (4) characters info dumping (like the blind signer explaining her friendship), (5) flashbacks, and (6) also through certain songs. And that’s just off the top of my head. Like the world building and story was told and not shown. Because there was too much. Plus it was done in so many different ways that it felt disjointed. And the story was still left all over the place as a result.

Another example- The 3 heirs were too many for the amount of time given to them. They were 2 demential (if that) because they had no development. Only 2 of the siblings had any real screen time (Paris the plastic surgery addict and angry murder bro). Like apart from spooky face prosthetics, what was the purpose of the 3rd one. What did he do that plastic surgery girl and mr. Emotionally unstable couldn’t?? Be a horn dog. Ya Mr. Sees people as dolls to murder could have absorbed that trait to just be a person who sees people as objects to exploit and throw away. Plastic Girl could be the one obsessive with stealing the faces of the pretty. Plus, would it have changed the story at all if these characters were random people of power used to establish the world, rather than as heirs of the villian?? Like the daughter Shilo and the heirs barely interact, and never on any plot level. The heirs are set dressing, but treated as a whole storyline for the beginning of the movie . Which drops away because the main villain’s and shilo’s story takes over. the villain’s motivation was to get Shilo act as his heir. He never focused of the siblings. They were excuses to get him to act once he knew he was dying. But that could have been done by having the dying villain being childless. This unnecessary story clogged up the narrative.

Also what was the main story of the narrative? What’s the emotional core? The mother’s murder who took up nearly half of the screen time in one way or another. But it treat as a backstory. If it was not the main story, it needed to take up less time. Was the main story Shilo’s journey away from the home and her father’s betrayal. I think so, but it was given as much time as the mom’s murder storyline. Also, what was the point of the flight for inheritance story? Like I said, the sibling would have been better used as world establishing characters because of how little they impact anything. Then you have the organ stealing/repo aspect of the story that give the movie/play it’s title. This is the coolest part, but only really handled as narration and to show how far the father has fallen. This should be one of the main aspects of the movie! This is new, different, disturbing and a statement about our own world. But it’s just a backdrop that fades away. Blind mags should be a main character considering she represents this story line, but she primarily functions as exposition for the world and mother’s death (which is not even the first round of dead mother exposition). Then there is the illegal drug being stolen from corpses on top of all those storylines? What is the purpose of this? More privatized medical care hurting the poor. There is so much here! This should also get more than a song. This shows how people are still all but owned by the corporations after death. How there lives are stolen. But it’s again not a major part of the story. Because there is too much else yelling for attention. Something needed to be cut.

Plus, as much as I like the song “Little Glass Vial”, the drug always felt unformed. Like this is the addiction storyline. Are people addicted to drug or to the plastic surgery? If it’s the drug, why is Paris Hilton (the plastic surgery addict) the face of the addiction? If it’s the Plastic Surgery, then why is there emphasis in the song and dance moves on the injection and high of the vial? Like the addictions are getting crossed. Both types of addictions have story telling merit. But they are different. One is treated like heroin. A poor person in street alleys type of thing. One is treated like the addiction of the wealthy. This should be a stand in for opium if it’s the poor person drug. Getting addicted as a result of the medical system. But, if this is movie about capitalism screwing over poor/regular people, why is Paris the face of the drug consumer. Again she is rich. She is the elite.

Also I love Blind Mags. I do. But what does she add to the story except more backstory for the dead mother and to show Shilo is a super sheltered girl. We already know shilo is sheltered. Blind Mags seems to be the main organ repo story (again the name of the movie) but gets little of her own development. Her story is the mother’s story. Her role could have been so much more. Yet she got barely any screen time for dialogue or motivations. At best, she is a symbol for what the world destroyed. But she is lost in the crowded narrative.

Basically, I agree. The movie could have been incredible given the insane world created and ideas. But there was too much. And no one willing to cut anything or admit something didn’t work.

Repo! The Genetic Opera was like. An objectively bad movie. But it got so close to perfection. A sci-fi horror movie critiquing how the monetization of healthcare leaves the poor one missed payment away from death? And it’s a rock opera? And everyone is a horny mallgoth? She could’ve been the Sistine Chapel of cinematography 

[scythegirl13]

EDWARD TWILIGHT EGOCENTRIC MANIAC!!!! HOW I LOVE IT SO

ok this is going to be analysis again but its going to be comparing it to sparkle and shine. first there are a lot of different instruments, and removal of some. the saxophone isnt that noticeable which is a very nice detail, and there is no piano. so lets get on with the show (oh hey that rhymes!)

alright theres so much going on so im sorry if i cant dissect everything but i believe there is no piano, which represents mary. of course, shes dead and by this part theres no reason for her to be there. thats such a sad thing to think about, there isn't anything about her that remains in edward and she was really just a queen on the chess board, knowing that the king is who she serves. which is just...depressing :(

NO BASS EITHER. i dont think deacon even got a talking line in this whole finale. speaking of bass and piano, this isnt a jazz track no more. if it is i dont know what sub genre. it has no saxophone, piano or bass, which are staple jazz instruments.

THE COOLEST THING IS THE FREAKING BASS SOLO AND VIOLIN SOLO. lets get this clear, violin is emizel in shilos skin, and bass is theo. the violin is clear and distinct and something that you can hear easily. while the bass is barely heard but oh so noticeable. you can barely hear it but you can easily follow its rhythm. i think that represents how theo is following the violin, and how the violin makes a clear path that theo just follows, like a right hand man. emizel is the real star of the show during this section, and it seems like he doesnt want to take it away. especially during the bass solo you can hear a harp and a violin support theos part, which represents shilo and emizel.

the choir is queen coded, but thats not what its representing. its representing which name gets to be royalty. bathroys vs edward basically. he wants royalty and wants to be king, while the bathroys (aka the twins) are trying to stop it. keeping the crown for selfish reasons, or just making sure that he doesnt get it are both possible and i think this what the whole part, hell maybe the whole song is trying to represent. if you were shilo, and had royalty your whole life, your mothers legacy resting on your shoulders, youve had this protection your whole life, and some sparkly bitch wants to take it away. youd fight for that shit too!!!

and despite the name, i could only really point out that the soloists in this song were emizel and theo, there was nothing that screamed edward to me. maybe hes just the whole song, fading into the background because hes too busy fighting, idk.

blegh, theres me yapping, have a great night. this song anyways is actually a really good track for edward and fits the whole prissy, stuck up theme that he has going on. maybe hes conducting the whole track, or its something that hes like "hit it boys!" and they start playing. thats funny. anyways, thanks for coming to my rambles again!