#holt sibling bonding

[incorrect-kidge-quotes]

Matt: Alright Pidgey, spill. Who is it?

Pidge: What? Who's who? What are you-

Matt: Stuff it, I know when my baby sis has a crush, so spill or I will lose it. Is it Hunk?

Pidge: What? Quiznack, no he's like the brother I never had.

Matt: Hurtful, but okay, is it Lance?

Pidge: No-

Lance: Is what me?

Pidge: Nothing.

Matt: Yeah, it's nothing.

Lance: Okay, bee-tee-dubs, be on the lookout for Keith he may be in a bad mood.

Keith: *on the far end of the castle and quickly approaching* LANCE!

Pidge: 😳

Lance: Quiznack, gotta go!

Matt: Hate to be the one in the way of that war-path.

Matt: *sees Pidge's expression* Nooo... Keith?

Pidge: Is it weird that I kinda like it when he yells in my direction too...

Matt: Oh, definitely not, it happens to the best of us. Just be careful, Commanders in uniform are like catnip to us nerds.

Pidge: Oh yeah, who's your catn-

Matt: *shows his phone homescreen which is a pic of him and Shiro at the beach in swimtrunks*

Pidge: Fair enough.

Pidge: Want to ogle the brother's while Shiro tries to stop Keith from killing Lance?

[klaissance]

nobody asked but here is my pitch for a princess and the pauper klance au

Princess Allura of Altea generally likes her life. She lives in a palace with her father, King Alfor, her quirky tutor and longtime friend Coran, and her lady-in-waiting Romelle who she definitely is not in love with. Don't worry about it.

Her being totally not in love with Romelle is something to not worry about at all because actually, as of fairly recently, Allura is engaged! To a man (ew) she's never met (double ew): Prince Keith of Marmora. Their matrimony is to solidify an alliance between Altea and Marmora which, if everyone's being honest, is mostly to haul Altea out of its recent troubles. The kingdom is floundering and its people have been suffering for too long; this alliance with Marmora offers a fresh start and a royal wedding promotes economic stimulation, etc etc politics politics

Allura loves her people and her father so she's gonna suck it up and do this. But she can't and won't be jazzed about it all the time. Sometimes she wishes she could be anyone but herself, with the freedom to make selfish choices.

Anyway down in the town there is this boy named Lance McClain and he just so happens to have a vaguely similar facial structure to Altea's princess (rip this has to be a blue-eyed Lance story to work, huh) and he works at the dress emporium under Monsieur Iverson who is, frankly, an abusive boss. But Iverson is funding Lance's sister's education. The McClains need this, and so Lance pricks his fingers and works every waking hour for pennies that he never even gets to see. Lance loves his family so he's gonna do it but he can't and won't be jazzed about it all the time. Sometimes he wishes he could be anyone but himself, with the freedom to make selfish choices.

do u feel me on this guys

also Allura has five cats named Onyx, Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire, and Topaz and she loves them very much. But Sapphire has been acting strange recently...

Lance has this cat that he calls Blue that he doesn't actually have but she shows up night after night at his window and he feeds her and she lays on his lap while he works and he loves her very much

......it's the same cat *hold for applause*

anyway Romelle takes Allura into town to "run errands" or something but really it's just a date and one of Allura's last tastes of freedom before she gets hitched to whoever this Keith dude is

and Sapphire slips away and dashes through the streets and Allura chases her down and finds her perched on a windowsill in an alley being fed by a stranger who looks a little familiar and oh--

Lance and Allura finally meet and look at each other and are like woah we could definitely be siblings genetics are so weird

Bonded by their shared cat they get along splendidly and have a nice and surprisingly deep talk about their respective plights, and Allura promises to call on Lance soon

The next morning Coran and Romelle go to the princess only to find her bed empty save for a note that says she's taken the cats and run away...

The note is sus and then Sapphire shows up (from spending the night at Lance's.) Coran and Romelle know Allura would never leave just Sapphire behind, so they're immediately Not Buying It but they don't know who they can trust, and also this is a disaster because Prince Keith and his entourage are literally coming to visit today so they need to fix this asap

Romelle remembers the boy from the village who looked weirdly like Allura and she has the best/worst idea of all time...

Cue "To Be A Princess" as performed by Coran and Romelle at Lance, who by the end of the song is unclockable he's so good at princess cosplay

When "Allura" appears at dinner as scheduled, Alfor's advisor Zarkon and his shitty son Lotor are shook but they stay quiet

you guys lotor as preminger is so funny pLEASE

AND THEN KEITH SHOWS UP

Keith and his diplomat friends, The Holts, and his captain of the guard Shiro, pull up to dinner to meet Keith's future wife

Keith's a gay man he's not thrilled about this. She's certainly a handsome woman, if her portraits are to be believed, but there's nothing to be done about it. Lifelong bummer for Keith. Such is princedom.

So Keith and co. show up in Altea and they meet the princess and Keith swears she's a little broader in the shoulders and sharper in the jaw than he'd expected but chalks it up to shitty portraiture. He'll hire the court painter from Marmora when they're married.

Lance in his princess costume is like "oh lord he's fine" but then they go on a bunch of weird dates and mostly bicker a bunch because Keith hates that he's forced to be here and Lance is just sort of like that

meanwhile Allura's like busting her own ass out of the mines and lotor sings how can i refuse *hold for standing ovation*

and since Sapphire didn't get kidnapped with the other cats she's still around and Lance talks to her in the bath and is generally just being silly goofy and Keith happens to walk by and hear Lance talking in his normal tone to somebody named "Blue" and the door happens to be a little open and Keith happens to peek--he doesn't even know why he literally doesn't even like women--and wait just a fucking second that is a boy and a wig on the floor and Keith to himself is like 'um should i complain about being lied to, something wack is going on here' and then he's like 'wait I'm gay and he's hot let's see how this plays out' and says nothing LMAO

but then their little dates get way more interesting because Keith is trying to tease out this secret and also is like,, actually interested

maybe they do a horseback riding date where Lance gets to wear pants and have the big platinum wig tied back and he feels a little more like himself and he and Keith hardly even bicker anymore they just sort of have a great time together and Lance feels a little insane for this whole thing but he really likes him but he has to tell him the truth and he's literally about to admit it

but then Lotor comes back from checking on Allura in the mines and knows the princess at the palace is a fake so he calls Lance out and rips the wig off, the whole thing, and Lance is thrown in the dungeon when moments ago he was literally a hair's breadth away from kissing Keith on the mouth UGH life is so cruel

Lotor and Zarkon convince Alfor that Allura is dead and they plot to strike and stage their coup during her funeral or something idk

But meanwhile Romelle and Allura and the cats are power-lesbianing their way out of the mines, and meanwhile meanwhile Keith busts Lance out of jail and they go also to the mines to try to save Allura

just four gays and their cats standing at the mines like ok what now

they bust into the funeral proceedings and wreck Lotor's shit, Allura definitely throws him over her shoulder and skips him like a rock and they explain everything to Alfor

Lotor and Zarkon go to jail and Altea is saved even without the marriage alliance because Allura and Romelle found extra stores of quintessence locked in the geodes in the mines or whatever

Lance is now so thoroughly sponsored by not one but two royal families that his family will want for nothing ever again--his siblings are put on royal scholarship to any school of their choosing in either Altea or Marmora. Lance himself has always wanted to travel, so he does, and he writes letters to Keith the whole time and when he returns Keith is waiting for him and they do a big gay double wedding with Allura and Romelle just like in the Barbie movie <3

the end

[hugsandchaos]

Alright, ya’ll remember my idea of Danny Phantom stuck in the Monster High universe? I got a new scenario. Remember Holt? Or Jackson? Imagine them meeting and sort out bonding over being both half human and half not-human. Danny ends up becoming a sort of unhinged little brother or something who exists to bite and spite people.

Frankie: Oh, so he’s like a little brother to you?

Jackson: In a way.

Frankie: That’s a little confusing, but sounds sweet.

Jackson: He bites sometimes.

Or maybe Jazz ends up attending the school because it’s the closest school and gets accepted into the friend group of the main characters. She’s unbothered, if not a bit curious, about Holt’s “situation” and the reason is later on revealed that the reason she wasn’t scared by it is because her little brother is very similar.

Clawdeen: That’s your little brother?

Jazz: Yeah. He gets on my nerves a lot, but I wouldn’t trade him for any other kind of sibling.

[cats-of-eden-valley]

name: Amaranth

pride: Goldspring

role: Matron

age: Geriatric

sex: Molly

traits: Sharp, observant, hardworking

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siblings: Ixia, Ash

1stlitter: Arbutus

grandkittens: Jasmine, Meadowsweet

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• Currently the oldest living cat in the Valley. Most cats can't even remember a time when Amaranth wasn't senior.

• She's the eldest of her mother's first litter. Sickness infested the nursery, and Amaranth's littermate died, while Ama herself lost vision in her left eye.

• Her mother had a second litter with a daughter and son: Ixia and Ash.

• The year Amaranth had her first litter, the Ninth Blink ran long and the rains were late, the first instance to occur in her lifetime. From a burgeoning litter of four, she lost all but one: Arbutus.

• She wasn't very involved in his care, and quickly returned to her duties, distancing herself from him.

• A few years after Arbutus was born, Amaranth's mother retired and Ama became matron. Despite the looming future of her family losing the spot if she didn't have a daughter, she decided not to have a second litter.

• Her sister, Ixia, tried twice to have a litter, hoping that she would have a daughter and save Ama from the burden. Unfortunately, her first litter died during and after a difficult birth, one that Ixia took many blinks to recover from.

• Both Amaranth and Ash, who had become a healer, asked Ixia to save her health and not true try again, but Ixia insisted her first was a fluke. Despite her optimism, she later died alongisde her second litter.

• Amaranth was Speaker for a time, but she didn't want to be forever. The previous Speaker, Chrysanthemum, retired before her daughter, Tamarack, had children, and though she convinced the pride, and Ama, to let Tam be a matron, they refused to have her as Speaker. They would only compromise with Amaranth being temporary, and then later choosing between Cypress and Tam.

• Save for Arbutus, Amaranth outlived her entire family. She retired in her later years, well after most do, but decided to maintain her status as Matron "until she breathes her last breath."

• When Arbutus retired, they finally struck up a bond, not as mother and son but as peers who'd seen it all. Amaranth learned from him that two kittens adopted by Arbutus's friend, Aster, were actually his illicit children had with a Windswept molly.

• This prompted her to choose Jasmine as her heir, especially as Jas becomes pregnant with her own first litter.

• Numerous injuries, including falls, broken bones, and the scarring and clouding of her remainder eye have taken their toll on Amaranth. She doesn't wander far these days, and struggled the past year to keep up during the move to the Waking Holt. In hushed whispers, many speculate that this may be her final year.

[assembledpress]

The Iron Claw: *arguably* 2023's most brutal (and re-watchable) film

Whether you like wrestling or know nothing about it, The Iron Claw is for you. Need me to prove it to you? Here are my 2 reasons:

1. Zac Efron

2. Jeremy Allen White

If reason 1 peaked your interest, that means you like hot muscular men doing hot muscular things (valid), and if 2 was what convinced you, you've already proved you like to watch things with complicated messy and devastating family relationships with a hint of depression. You're welcome!

The Iron Claw, for those unaware, follows the true story of the Von Erich family, a famous wrestling family that supposedly carried a curse after a series of extraordinarily tragic events occurred.

If you know nothing about this story, I won't spoil it for you, especially when the best education on it comes from this film. Not only do you of course witness the lives of each Von Erich brother, but you get wrestling explained to you via a conversation between Zac Efron and Lily James, who really does play the ultimate girl next door turned strong supportive wife so well here.

At its core, this film is about family, and more specifically, about siblings. When you really think about it, siblings have such unique relationships, seeing as they are raised often in the same environment, yet can branch into such individual and vastly different people. But that bond, whether it be a product of nature or nuture, good or bad, sticks with siblings their entire lives. In that way, this film does an excellent job exploring the feeling of protection you feel over a younger sibling as well as the indescribable pain of not being able to provide that protection when a sibling starts on their own independent life path.

It's an emotional watch and one that at times had me speechless at the way this family operated for unfortunately too long. Shrödinger's guns correlated to each tragedy are laced through the film, making this true story feel like a perfectly crafted fiction; there are so many signs pointing to what will go wrong, it doesn't feel like a real human being wouldn't spot them. Along with the writing, where some single lines burn themselves into your brain due to the strength of your weeping, the film proves itself an outstanding tragedy crafted under the "based on a true story" sports film banner.

And I'd be amiss to not go back to my reason 1 and reason 2 of why to watch this film: the incredible actors and their stellar performances. While I think Efron really takes the cake here as the lead of the film, Allen White is excellent, as are Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons as the other Von Erich brothers. And of course, there's the spectacular Holt McCallany as the Von Erich partiarch. Their performances really deliver the dramatic and emotional impact of the film, and I can't stress enough how their portrayal of a family wrecked is something to behold.

It's so good, you may have to watch it twice, just to fully feel The Iron Claw's one-two punch (this is a boxing joke being made by a film nerd to make it seem like I know about wrestling; clearly, I do not).

[buffyfan145]

Really enjoying the Von Erich family's podcasts and learning so much more about the family and stories Kevin tells. 😀 First though, for the fellow AEW fans it seems even more likely Ross and Marshall have signed. Last night during live Q&A with their dad Kevin they mentioned they have something to announce for July 20th, which happens to be the kickoff of AEW's Texas Residency for "Collison" and ROH. Also when Dustin Rhodes was on last week he even said how glad he was the boys are with them now at AEW. So seems likely we'll be getting lots of news with them this summer. 😏

Now onto the movie it's very interesting to hear the family's comments on it. For myself I only knew the basics of their story so I loved the movie, and that seems to be the divide between if you knew the true story or not and if you liked the movie or not, and if you can judge the movie as a fictional movie on it's own.

Overall they are supportive of it and of the cast. They feel the actors did a great job with what they had, but are unhappy with how inaccurate some of it is, especially dealing with Kerry, Fritz, Doris, and Pam. None of them were accurate.

They've extended invitations to the cast/crew to be on the podcast and hoping they do. Kevin and Zac apparently text each other all the time so we'll see.

They wish they could've been involved to help develop the script.

They do feel Zac, Harris, and Stanley did the best and Kevin, David, and Mike were portrayed correctly, as well as all the wrestling scenes being so realistic. The sibling bond between all the brothers was right, especially between Kevin and David as irl they were pretty much like twins and inseparable.

To them Holt nailed Fritz' look and voice, but again he wasn't as villain like as the movie made him and some of how he was, was actually Fritz' father they called Baba/Meaner Fritz. They also left out Fritz' uncle Ross (who Kevin named his son after) who raised Fritz for the first ten years of his life till Fritz' dad came back, and they were much closer than Fritz and his dad.

They also said Chris is in the movie and it's Jeremy's character. They praised Jeremy's acting but that wasn't Kerry's personality at all but Chris's. Chris wanted to be so much like his brothers but he was short and had health problems. Also took Mike's death the hardest, which Kerry's daughter Hollie pointed out that is very similar to Jeremy's character Carmy on "The Bear". So they feel Chris and Kerry were mashed up for the movie but what we saw was really Chris living out Kerry's life.

Kerry's daughters and ex-wife were really upset with how his story was portrayed as it wasn't correct. The only things that were was about the Olympics, getting into wrestling after that, winning the title in honor of David, and the motorcycle accident. Kerry's real personality was the funny, light-hearted one, and was also a photographer. He also deeply loved his girls and his wife. His addictions were left out of the movie too and that's really what drove him to end his life. They also think another actor should've played him and possibly an actual wrestler, with Jeremy playing Chris.

Also Kevin and Pam went to school together but didn't date till he left college from that football injury and moved home. They actually reconnected at a Willie Nelson concert. LOL

They do think too the other wives, girlfriends, and daughters should've been in it. Ross and Marshall are actually the youngest of the grandchildren, and there were 5 girls before them. The family dynamics changed too once the granddaughters were born and all the men became much more doting on the girls. David also was alive for the first 3 years of Kevin's daughter Kristen's life so he did get to be an uncle.

They also wanted to see more of the brothers traveling to other countries and wrestling there. Kevin and David actually both first went to Japan in the late 70s too as a tag team.

Kevin, Kerry, and David also faced each other in the ring once when The Freebirds didn't show up one night at WCCW. This would've been so fun to see and Kevin said they had a great time actually fighting each other.

They do have interest in making a miniseries in the future to tell their story accurately besides Kevin writing a memoir. However, these things take years so it would be a whole new cast/crew, but I likely will watch too if it happens.

[adashulaz]

The first chapter of one of my fics because I'm having writers block

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53912008/chapters/136460626 - the link for the fic

She looked over the book. The page where the ladybug and black cat miraculous combine. She looked at the small creature floating before her. “This combination can grant me a wish?” She rested a hand against the page. The small creature only nodded. “Any wish you want.” The small creature was curled up slightly. She only offered a small smile.

“No need to be scared, my wish won't harm anyone.” She closed the book. “Now tell me more about your powers.” The small creature only nodded.

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The Guardian was sitting before the miracle box. The markings were glowing. He knew what that meant. A miraculous was being used for evil purposes. He put a hand on the glowing marks. The butterfly miraculous was in the hands of someone full of negative energy. He removed his hand and opened the box. Small drawers opened on the side while the top had small sections for different jewels. Two sections were empty, the peacock and butterfly miraculi were both missing.

He looked over every single one of the jewels. His eyes landed on a pair of earrings and a ring. He stared at the jewels for a moment. They were the strongest miraculous in the box. Together they could make a wish that could change the course of the world. The small god-like creatures that were bonded to these jewels were there since the creation of the entire universe, their siblings joining soon after.

If those jewels were put into the wrong hands then everyone would be in danger. Still they could be the only hope of fighting against the villain. The butterfly miraculous could create heroes or villains based on a person's emotions and the holder's motives. So he grabbed them before standing. He closed the box and walked to the door of his shop. Hopefully the battle will be quick and easy.

When he left the shop, two of the small drawers in the miracle box started to glow. A deep red and a light gray. Then the two miraculi left their drawers and left the shop. Flying through the air, finding their new holders. If Tikki and Plagg can have new holders then so can they.

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It was the start of the new school year. The school was merging with another school. He couldn't remember the name of it as he ate breakfast. Once he was done, he went back to his room to get dressed into proper clothes and got ready for the day. He looked at the clock and froze for a moment. He had ten minutes before classes would start. He grabbed his bag and rushed back downstairs.

He couldn't see his parents anywhere, he assumed they must be in the restaurant. He rushed down the steps to the restaurant. He saw his parents in the kitchen. “Bye mom.” He quickly kissed her cheek. “Bye dad.” He did the same thing to his father. Then he rushed out of the door.

He only slowed down when he reached the curb. The sidewalk meter was red so he watched as the cars drove by. That's when he saw an elderly man crossing the street, he stared in confusion for a moment before he saw a car coming. The old man was going to get hit. He glanced around for a moment, no one else seemed to notice what was going on. He looked back at the old man and the car.

He bit his bottom lip before rushing to the old man and dragging him to the curb. The car drove by without any issues and the sidewalk meter turned to green. “Are you ok?” He looked at the old man in concern. The old man only gave a gentle smile. “I am alright young man, I guess my eyesight isn't as good as it used to be.” The old man gave a soft chuckle.

Hopper only smiled at that. “I guess well bye, I have to get to school.” Hopper rushed off to the school which luckily was close by. The old man only watched him, a smile on his face. He found the perfect ladybug miraculous holder.

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Holt walked up the steps to the school, his brother told him that he'd cover for him. Which didn't last long because he could hear a car pull up. He looked at the car, his mothers assistant exited the car. “Holt, please come back. Your mother never gave you permission to go here.” The man's voice was full of concern. Holt only frowned at those words.

He rolled his eyes and turned around, his back to the assistant. That's when he saw an old man on the ground, reaching for his cane. Holt stared at the old man. If he helps the man then he loses his chance to go school. If he doesn't help the man then he'll feel like a shitty person. He looked at the doors of the school before turning around and rushing to the man. He grabbed the cane and helped the man up before giving him the cane. “Here you go sir.” Holt patted the man's shoulder. The man only gave a small smile. “Thank you young man.”

Holt only nodded before turning around. His mother's assistant stood near the stairs. He walked towards the man and got into the car with him. The old man watched as the car left, a smile on his face. He found the perfect cat miraculous holder.

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Raven sat in the school library. Her school was now merged with their rival school. She didn't understand why but she was assuming it was to help with the budget. She only sighed as she looked over the book in front of her. She kept losing focus whenever she tried reading. She closed the book and leaned back in the chair. That's when she heard something hit the leg of her chair. She looked down and saw a small choker.

“Raven! Where are you!” Maddie's voice echoed throughout the library. She stared at the choker for a moment before grabbing it and shoving it into her bag. She can also put in the lost and found later. She got up from her seat and walked to the entrance of the library. “I'm right here.” She gave her friend a smile. Maddie only grinned and grabbed her wrist, dragging her out of the library.

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Jackson was laying in his bed. He had a pair of headphones with his eyes closed. He had a massive headache so Holt gave him a pair of headphones to block out all of the noises in their house. Including the small creature Holt now had, sadly he doubted anything would cover the smell of the cheese the creature ate. So Jackson pulled his blanket over himself. It helped dull the smell. He got himself comfortable and relaxed.

That's when he felt something hit the back of his head. He groaned, he was close to falling asleep. He stuck an arm out from under the blanket and grabbed the object. That's when confusion hit him, it was a necklace. He doesn't wear necklaces and Holt doesn't share his jewelry. Jackson pulled the necklace under the blanket with him and stared at it for a moment. Without his glasses he couldn't make out much besides the fact that the string was pink and the jewel was gray.

He decided to shove it under his pillow and got comfortable once more. He could ask Holt about when he wakes up from his nap. Maybe it's an apology for forcing him to deal with two annoying things at once.

[justinewt]

Meet Emily Holt - AS DUSK FALLS REWRITE OC

[AS DUSK FALLS - MASTERLIST]

Do not use my character without my consent thanks <3

warning: any arts and pictures you’ll see are not mine (I found them on pinterest) and I chose instagram model (insert actor)celeb used) to portray my oc, Emily is a character 100% created by me, Justine but the style of the bio has been inspired by (insert fic universe) wiki and bios made by director Guillermo Del Toro <3

words: 2k

EMILY CHARLOTTE HOLT bio by me

INFORMATIONS

DATE OF BIRTH: around late April 1980

AGE: In May 1998, Emily is freshly 18. She’s about about a month younger than Jay.

(Tyler is 25, so born sometime in September 1973; Dale is 21, born in mid-April 1977 – Dale and Emily are exactly 3 years and 1 week apart – and Jay is 18, born in around March 1980.)

ZODIAC SIGN/MBTI TYPE: Taurus/ISFJ

(headcanons for her family members: I feel like Tyler is ESTJ, so probably a virgo, Dale is ESTP/Aries and Jay INFP/Pisces)

SEX: Female 

NATIONALITY: American

ORIGINS: British (mainly)

OCCUPATION: High school Student at Bridgeley High (1994-1998, she graduated just a month before it all went down)

SKILLS: Horse riding and she was very handy, given she always wanted to work in the barn with her brothers

HOBBY: Horse riding, listening to music and hanging out with her brothers

CHARGES (if she was arrested/went to prison): Conspiracy (12 months of imprisonment); Complicit to burglary (class 3 felony) and guilty of 3rd degree burglary (3 years and 6 months of imprisonment); Complicit to hostage taking with no criminal intent, charged as Class 1 misdemeanour (6 months of imprisonment)

POSSIBLE TIME IN PRISON: minimum 5 years (if arrested, Tyler gets the death penalty if arrested, spends 14 years on death row before being executed in 2012, and if caught, Jay gets the same sentence but his death sentence is commuted to a life sentence without parole)

FAMILY

PARENTS: She’s the only daughter and youngest biological child of Sharon and Bear Holt

SIBLINGS: She has two older brothers, Tyler and Dale, and Jay, though they’re technically cousin.

RELATIVES: Brooke, her mother’s younger sister, Deceased. And unnamed paternal family members; mention of her deceased grandfather.

FRIENDS: Her best friend was the unnamed younger sister of Jessica (Dale’s crush)

EARLY LIFE: Emily was born in late April 1980, exactly 3 years and 1 week after Dale, and exactly one month after Jay, on the same day. So, when he was born and his mother, Sharon’s sister and Emily’s aunt died, and Sharon adopted him, she passed him as her daughter’s fraternal twin and raised her two oldest to consider him their sibling. While Dale and Tyler, their older brothers, grew up treating him as such, they both knew the truth, though Tyler, being older, was more aware of it. Emily was kept in the dark by her mother and learned about it way later.

Their brothers, Tyler and Dale, were respectively 7 and 3 years older than the “twins”. Both helped raising and caring for them, but essentially Tyler as most of the responsibility to care and protect his siblings fell on him as he was the eldest. Dale was very playful, and much more careless and tempestuous so Tyler also had to deal with him, on top of everything else, and was somewhat of a bully towards Jay, at some point using a BB gun on him. He teased him way more than he did Emily because when he did, Tyler would kick his ass (metaphorically speaking, or not), so he contented himself with making jokes. Sometime after Emily was born, Sharon let an almost 8-year-old Tyler hold his baby sister and it seemed to form some kind of bond already as he never forgot how she looked at him with her big eyes and smiled. He grew up to be very protective of his family but even more so of his sister, being on the contrary, quite distant and unaffectionate towards Jay, though he did care for him as well. But throughout their lives, he seemed to subtly, or not, make Jay understand that he cared more about Emily, as if he wasn't as much family.

Until she entered high school, Emily’s favourite brother was beyond the shadow of doubt, Tyler. He raised her and Jay since they were babies and kept Dale from teasing her, teaching her valuable skills, making her grow up to be someone very handy and skilful. She never realized that he felt some resentment and jealousy towards them still, but mostly towards Jay as he knew he wasn’t his biological brother and more or less subconsciously held it against him. He knew everything about his younger siblings, how they kept a squirrel as a pet when they were young, and he knew before she told anyone that she started liking grunge music when she was 11 or 12. For her 12th birthday, he got her the Nevermind album from Nirvana and a CD player, which she ended up sharing with Jay. He didn’t get such gifts for either of his brothers. She already idolized Tyler since she was a child, but he had officially become her favourite brother. At the time, and because she was too young to work, and they weren’t exactly rich, she wanted to find a way to get some money to get herself a pair of Converse, to do like Kurt Cobain so Tyler got her to help him fix things around the house and do chores and a month later, he came home with a box and gave her a pair of black converse, which she started wearing 24/7 at school.

She had a rocky relationship with her father and was quite scared of him for a while, mainly because he could get violent when drunk and hit their mother sometimes and would hit Tyler and Dale too when they got in the middle. But when she was younger, maybe 8 or so, he one day brought home some rabbit he had caught and she wouldn’t listen to him and sit down because she wanted to go play outside with Jay but also because she didn’t want to skin the animal, so he smacked her across the face, bringing her to tears and she ran off. She hid in the barn, in a corner, curled up and quietly crying, until Tyler, then 15-year-old, found her. He had a bruise on his cheek, and she cried even more and asked if he got hit because of her. He dismissed her worries and got her to come out and help him somewhere else on the property. At dinner, her father awkwardly apologised, coming up with excuses and empty words, talking a lot but basically saying nothing, and she just nodded, not really saying anything. She already didn’t trust her father, or feel safe around him, but she certainly wouldn’t after that. After that event, Dale would always crack jokes and used the fact that he was always teasing Jay to make her laugh. He very lightly teased her too but with Tyler watching her, he never went as far as he did with Jay. She was definitely Tyler’s favourite too. The first memory he had with her was her smiling at him as a baby, so he hated seeing her cry. He was as protective of his mother as he was of his sister. 

When she and Jay entered High school, they quickly found out how well-known their family actually was in that school, because all four Holt kids went there and the parents too back in the day. During their first year, Tyler was already 21 and very much working and Dale was already out of school, having dropped out about a year prior, and he would come pick them up everyday when Tyler couldn’t. Jay and Emily were in the same classes, so they were always together but as the freshman year went on, she made friends with other people in some of the classes they didn’t share, though always trying to include Jay in the group, but he went back to staying alone. By the end of the first semester, she had ditched her new friends and preferred to hang out with her brother, though she had kept one good friend, another girl from the group she hung out with and one boy that she liked. The two siblings began being isolated by their classmates. They would often call Jay a “weirdo” or “loser” and she would defend him. She acted exactly like Tyler did with their mom. She almost got into a fight with a couple of other kids at the school and after telling Tyler, he basically scolded her - more out of worry for her than actual anger - and told her not to get into any fights and not act like Dale, which for some reason made her want not to listen to him.

She began to act as Jay’s protector at school and it emboldened her, she was more rebellious, and it reflected in her relationship with her dad. She started to test his limits, which was probably not the best idea as he would get mad and try to hit her, but she often managed to dodge and run away, Tyler and Dale getting hit in her place, which she felt bad for. She began to think Tyler hated her because she realized he was more distant. In the beginning of the second half og her freshman year of high school, she met again a boy who was in the friend group she had temporarily joined in her first year, but he had developed a crush for her. She reciprocated his feelings and they shared a kiss. He asked her out and one week-end, Emily lied, saying she was going for a girl's pajama party as her best friend's house when really, she was going to the arcade with her boyfriend. The next morning, Sharon told Tyler to go get his sister and when he got to Emily's friend house and she wasn't there, he asked to use the landline to call his mom and told him. Sharon told him to drive around town and come home. He came home half an hour later and she was already there, getting scolded in the kitchen because she didn't want to tell them where she was the night before. At some point, she stood up because she wanted to leave, and accidentally yelled back at her mom and her dad got angrier. He swung his arm in her direction and upon dodging him, she fell against the fridge, curled up, her arms up in front of her face, eyes widened and her whole body shaking like a leaf.

Tyler and Dale got inbetween her and their dad and got hit in her place. Later, she told Tyler where and who she was with the night prior and told him she was with a guy from school. He told her not to lie and she admitted that he was her boyfriend. Dale heard and got worked up knowing a boy "touched her" and she yelled that nobody touched her and it took Tyler shoving him to make him shut up. One day at school, Dale came to pick up his siblings and he saw Emily come out of school with a boy. When she crossed his gaze and saw him, she put a distance between her and the boy but he now knew who her boyfriend was. He walked up to them and beat him up bloody. He was arrested and because he wasn't yet 18, he was sent to juvenile detention. She wouldn't talk to Dale for months after that, and didn't speak to him during the three months he spent in juvie. The boy was transferred to another school and wouldn't talk to her anymore, telling her her brother was a "fucking psycho". By the end of their second year of high school, as they turned 16, Jay dropped out and she really was alone now. She had her best friend left and that was about it for the next two years of high school.

Then, in May 1998, the events of the game happened. She wasn’t supposed to be involved in their plans, but she refused to stay behind, and Tyler agreed to let her come along, on the condition she did exactly as he said.

[AS DUSK FALLS - MASTERLIST]

Published (09/25/2024) by Andrea

[maplesyrupptarmigan]

Ch. 4: Signals (reprise)

Signals (4413 words) by maplesyrupptarmigan Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Lance/Pidge | Katie Holt, Hunk & Lance & Pidge | Katie Holt Characters: Lance (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Hunk (Voltron), Lance's Siblings (Voltron), Veronica (Voltron), Rachel (Voltron) Additional Tags: Lance & Rachel (Voltron) are Twins, Adam & Lance (Voltron) are Siblings, Pre-Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Trans Female Pidge | Katie Holt, Biromantic Lance (Voltron), Garrison Trio forever Series: Part 2 of Signals Summary:

Iverson was right. We're not a team, we're just a mess of—of mixed signals. His eyes lit up, electric blue glinting in the moonlight. Which is why, starting today, we're gonna start team bonding time. We're not a team, yet, but we can be. We just need to communicate better!

Pidge looked at him flatly, remembering the simulator. And how do you propose we do that, Mr. Tailor?

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yayy it's done. it's been fun. thanks.

[flodaya]

Had to be done: favorite Brooklyn 99 dynamics!

Alternatively: favorite Andy Samberg interviews/moments 😌

ohhh let me do top 3 b99 dynamics

jake and amy DUH, like i think they are my favorite sit com couple (would be tied with jim and pam if it wasnt for that last season of the office, but i digress), they are just so wholesome and fit so well in the weirdest way, like the perfect oppposites attract couple but they are not really opposites at all if that makes sense

rosa and holt, espceially in later season after rosa comes out, it's also just how dry and emotionless they are that always cracks me up but they also really get each other for some reason and seem to care for one other, and like i said after rosa comes out there are some really beautiful moments of bonding between the two

gina and everyone? omg i cant pick, she is hilarious is every single scene she is in, but i think my very very favorite is her and jake, i just have a huge soft spot for childhood best friends and they really have such a strong and sibling-like bond

[lindalofbroome]

02 - Ambition

‘The sad thing is,’ Britta found herself saying, ‘that Vashti could no doubt be a very good trader if only her father would trust in her talent and leave her alone.’

STAR OF DELTORA The Hungry Isle Ch 18 - Friends

i dont know if rodda would write more for this series because it's pretty closed now. but there's still a part of me yearning for more. and i want so bad for vashti to have some agency and some redemption. she was the antagonist in a literary sense and she does have that White Woman™ vibes, but she's also just a kid and i dont think she's evil at heart. sod didn’t really end up going down the direction of exploring the moral greyness of people and your individuality as much, but like i can dream.

i feel like her parent/s were in her ear ever since she was born, fuelling a desire in her to win the apprenticeship and to be The Best. they nurtured her as a tool, but not as a person. not excusing her bullying and undermining, because that’s horrible, but does she know anything else? if her ‘superiors’ are not treating her with kindness and goodness, why would she treat her perceived ‘inferiors’ any differently.

anyway this post could be interpreted as vashti’s ambition. it pushed her to want the apprenticeship enough to cheat and bully. taking every advantage she could. on ship and off ship. take no prisoners mentality. belittling and dehumanising her opponents in her mind, clouding her judgement. similar to jasmine’s opponents in the rithmere games. a burly del-ignorant brute? a devious scavenging rascal? a poor shopkeeper’s daughter? vashti let her assumptions cloud her judgement, and now her enemies are bonded against her. she didn’t really have a chance.

but this post was about her parent/s when i drew up the sketch. i don’t know if her mother, irma, was as directly involved. the books reference her father, loy, much more often in meddling. so i dont know if she’s just like, his trophy wife or something like that and just let things happen warily, or if she held the same ambitions and was his accomplice. either way i would still direct blame on her, even if she was only indirectly responsible because i can’t believe that she was in the dark on the matter.

the vibes im getting out of this parent-daught relationship reminds me of that B99 episode where peralta and holt are talking about the kid graffiting police cars

Peralta: His daddy comes in and bails him out every time. He’s a lucky little jerk.

Holt: No, I wouldn’t say he was lucky. I feel bad for this kid. I mean, what kind of father cares so little for his son that he lets him get away with everything?

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE S01 E02

it’s not directly the same. but, at least to me, it’s clear that vashti is not seen as a daughter to be loved and led and encouraged to a prosperous future by them, but a tool and a key to a prosperous future for them. you know?

‘From what I have heard since I have been in here, Vashti’s father has been training her and her younger sisters for years with this contest in mind. He already has three ships of his own, but he wants control of the Trader fleet as well — especially the Star of Deltora.’  [Jewel said.]

STAR OF DELTORA Shadows of the Master Ch 9 The Announcement

like bruh??? imagine. having the fucking audacity. i hope that in a world where vashti wins, she eventually learns that he doesnt and shouldnt have power over her and something she won. it doesnt matter that he raised her, that he taught her things she knows. not everything she has was from him, and theres room for stuff outside of him.

i. also forgot she had siblings because it’s never mentioned again except in that quote. but i guess vashti is always on the periphery anyway. but i was thinking that the other candidates are older than britta, who just scraped in at 15, but i dont have concrete numbers in mind lol.

as i was working on this i was thinking maybe vashti was 18. i cant remember if i really had reasons for that or if i chose that arbitrarily alskdj like i guess she might be more used to being composed and more experienced and stuff which makes her intimidating. but she can be younger and still act like that.

but then i was thinking about since she technically also just scraped in (but on the other end) and then the implications of that hit me in the face. like her parent/s were already on her case, but the fact that she just got in probably increased their desperation and longing, and it would’ve been even worse than previous years. the familiar anticipation was manifesting into a lustful grab for power. it was scary. it was overwhelming. there was nothing but a need to make them happy. it’s no longer about a personal accomplishment but a trophy to sate her parents’ hunger. and of course it wouldn’t last. and if they had a taste for something so big, they’d only demand more and more. where would it end.

[westeroslive]

let's fight with gentle words til time lend friends,  and friends  their helpful swords  as the court seeks the presence of their sought after.

two wanted connections  have been added.  

𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         CERSEI  of  house  LANNISTER,  the  LADY  OF  LANNISPORT  requests  the  presence  of  their  ELDEST  SIBLING,  THE  HEIR  OF  LANNISPORT  at  court.  their  portraits  seem  to  resemble  emily  carey,  henry  golding, peter  gadiot,  nicholas  holt,  laura  berlin,  ross  butler,  emilia  clarke,  tom  glynn-carney,  bradley  james.  annabel  scholey,  matteo  martari,  richard  madden,  jacob  anderson,  and  alfred  enoch  -  and  whisperers  among  the  court  seem  to  say  the  following  regarding  their  relationship:  the  eldest  of  three,  a  golden  lion  of  lannisport—heir  to  a  ruling  lady  often  referred  to  as  a  black  widow  by  her  detractors.  famously  beautiful  (  and  deadly  ),  the  ruling  lady  of  lannisport  has  married  three  prominent  men,  all  three  dying  in  mysterious  circumstances.  with  every  death,  the  family  coffers  swell  as  every  husband  leaves  behind  their  weight  in  gold.  this  muse  would  be  the  product  of  the  ruling  lady’s  first  union,  the  desired  firstborn  that  would  secure  her  legacy. their  father  would  die  not  long  after,  having  served  his  purpose.  a  weapon  to  be  utilized  to  further  their  mother’s  ambitions,  this  muse  was  expected  to  marry  well,  to  solidify  a  connection  between  the  lannisters  of  lannisport  and  a  notable  house.  they  were  expected  to  act  according  to  their  mother’s  wishes  and  did  not  disappoint.  it  is  up  to  the  writer  to  determine  if  the  advantageous  match  turned  into  genuine  love  for  their  assigned  spouse.  the  writer  will  also  be  able  to  establish  if  they  continue  to  allow  the  ruling  lady  to  have  such  sway,  or   if  they  have  started  to  rebel  against  the  bonds  that  bind.  you  need  not  (  but  definitely  can  )  seek  contact  with  @divinitics  and  @hamartialed  to  discover  the  truth  behind  these  whispers.    this  particular  dynamic  seems  to  be  POSITIVE  in  nature,  and  for  a  noble  of  34-36  name  days  it  is  most  surprising.

𓏲ּ  ֶָ  𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠𝒕𝒗  ⁝         CERSHA  of  house  BOLTON NEE LANNISTER,  the  RULING LIEGE  of  DREADFORT  requests  the  presence  of  their  GOOD - SIBLING, THE SPOUSE OF THE HEIR OF LANNISPORT  at  court.  their  portraits  seem  to  resemble  eleanor tomlinson, arsema thomas, luke newton, gong jun, any appropriate fc   -  and  whisperers  among  the  court  seem  to  say  the  following  regarding  their  relationship:  they are hand - selected by the black widow of the west —  the lady cerenna, herself. a child of a prominent family who the lannisters will be proud to be connected with. the heir of lannisport is a prized lion, the future commander of one of the most illustrious ports in westeros —  the relationship between them and the heir of lannisport is utp ! although the marriage was one of political arrangement. as such, they are expected to have complete and utter loyalty to their new family, for the black widow is always watching. . . and her claws have been laid dormant for far too long. for the good of her brood.  you  need  not  seek  contact  with  @divinitics  and @hamartialed to  discover  the  truth  behind  these  whispers.    this  particular  dynamic  seems  to  be  POSITIVE/NEGATIVE  in  nature,  and  for  a  noble  of  30+  name  days  it  is  most  surprising.

[neonbitemarks]

Sebastian Holt

BASIC INFORMATION

Name: Sebastian Holt Nicknames: Bash Date of Birth: 6th August 2000 Species: Keres Gender: Cis Male Pronouns: He/Him Orientation: Pansexual

FAMILIAL INFORMATION

Biological Mother: Abi Crosswell Biological Father: Tassos Morgan Biological Half-Siblings: Odessa, Damien, Chance, Oona, Caleb, Aaron, Kassian, Andreas, Jules, Kitt Adoptive parents: Alex and Fay Holt Spouse/Lover(s): N/A Children: N/A

PERSONALITY

Emotionally distant and detached, can come across as cold and a little cruel sometimes, doesn’t bond easily beyond a superficial level. Capable of expressing a range of emotion but struggles with compassion, guilt and remorse for the most part.

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Shapeshifting - Keres form only Shadowtravel He has yet to fully discover what else he is capable of

[chibi-pix]

So, I wanted some Adam and Pidge just being friends/siblings. But, I didn’t want to do palakitty. So., I went with just drawing them standing around, looking proud. 

And why those outfits? I was remembering an Adam picture I had seen from @adashi-time​, so I went with that. I loved how he looked in the art. So. We have him in such outfit. And with Pidge. 

I just like the idea of those two meeting each other and getting along well no matter the AU. A thought ended up hitting me earlier and makes me wanna look up fics.  Adam going to Pidge’s school to talk about the Galaxy Garrison, much like Shiro did with Keith. And Adam takes a shine to her and gets her to participate more. Bonding. 

Anyway! I hope y’all enjoy this one! Until next time.

[moogghost]

ooh i. today i've been writing my other multi-chapter tok fic and a small one-shot of my post game au and. oh god writing in Harlow and Saxen’s povs make me so sad why did i decide to project onto them the most </3

[tender-eros]

I love the Holt siblings.