#i don't care if the other is what aired i want it correct lol

[wuxian-vs-wangji]

Do you ever abuse your screen record ability to copy shows or movies??

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I don't know what you're talking about.

[froznwater]

im so sorry this is incredibly random but if i dont write alenoah i WILL die but i cant think of anything to write. do u have any simple ideas. ignore if not

HI!!! tysm for your ask <3 i hope you can find something to write amongst all the ideas. These are a bunch of ideas have written down in my notes/google drive/tumblr posts and have not got gotten around to. I still might at some point in time but feel free to use them. I will still do my own take if I get the time/motivation. There's simply so many, why not share and inspire some fics :)

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General ideas:

Noah knows/learns spanish. Bonus points if Alejandro isn't aware until the perfect moment.

Alejandro thinks he can get away with flirting with Noah in spanish. Noah starts shit talking in spanish. Noah learns so he can hear all the little comments Alejandro keeps making under his breath. etc. so many possibilities.

Now that the show is over and Noah's off to college, he realizes he’s missing something in his life. Maybe it’s his friends, maybe it’s a lack of ever-looming danger, OR maybe it’s Alejandro. Who fucking knows. He’s too busy trying not to be in love with Alejandro to figure it out. 

Their group project is failing, horribly. There’s one thing Noah knows for certain: Alejandro's to blame. At what point does slippery eel turn into a term of endearment?

They have never ever fallen asleep next to each other. Let alone in each other's arms. Never.

Time loop where Alejandro is stuck on the episode where Noah gets voted out and sticks himself to falling in love because he can’t let go of his pride long enough to simply let Noah stay in the game and move on.

Noah loses his contacts and starts wearing his glasses more often. Alejandro notices. Everyone notices Alejandro notices.

Alejandro and Noah team up to get their friends together (insert whatever ship you like) and end up together in the process/the other two were trying to do the same thing for them.

A commentary timeline on how Alejandro's charisma turn into exploitation, how Noah's patience turned into indifference, and how they parallel each other. (I've written a few hundred words for this one lol.)

Each thinks the other doesn't like them. Cut to third party POV that watches and witnesses them completely a mess for each other.

Noah, once voted out in I See London, learns about Alejandro's family. Who have been very vocal since the show started airing.

Exploration of how Alejandro tries really really hard. Yes, He's at the top of the class, but so is Noah. Noah who sleeps through classes and doesn't turn in homework and shows up late or simply not at all and is still right up there with him.

“I would kill to be like you. To just absorb all the information fed to me. If I were you I might actually- “(beat my brother) “Might actually what?” “I told you. I don’t want to talk about it, Noah.” - "Do you know how long I studied for that test? Hours. And you- You got a 96 with no effort at all." It was a 98. But this seems like a bad time to correct him.

Dialogue one-liners prompts i've written down:

"If we make it out of this alive, I'm going to kiss you."

“Why do I feel like I cant say no to you?”

"I know you don't actually care about me, but thank you for trying to pretend that you do." (Said by Noah is joking. Said by Alejandro is bitter.)

"You can't win against someone who has nothing to lose."(Alejandro OR Noah angst.)

Soulmate aus:

My big two: Telepathy/Mentally linked.(imagine this one as a wt rewrite omg) And Whatever you draw on yourself shows up on your soulmate. Matching tattoos.

First words on each other. (I've done this one already here. but feel free to do it as well!!)

Communicating through dreams. (If you know cardcaptor sakura; like that.)

General AUs:

Until dawn AU.

Gakuen Alice AU.

My Babysitters A Vampire AU. Zombie Apoc AU.

Harry Potter AU. Reality Dating Show AU.

Infinity Train AU!!!!!!

Veronica Mars AU!!!! (i wanna do this one ALOT noah is sooo veronica LMAO) OBLIGATORY IDEAS:

seven minutes in heaven.

wrong number.

trapped in a closet.

movie night. noah is sitting under alejandro and lol they are physically, platonically touching for awhile. (leads to finally getting together).

one gets injured, the other fixes them up in the nurses office :P.

short "prompt-ishs" i've started writing:

“What the hell is your problem, Alejandro?” And this time, the tone was so disgusted, so bitter, that something snapped, deep in Alejandro’s chest.

Fuck it.

“What’s my problem?” He asked, incredulous. “What’s my problem? You’ve got to be kidding me, Courtney. I almost died. I almost died, paralyzed and alone, and the only friend I thought I had didn’t give a single shit! The only person who cared was Noah, of all people. I quite literally come back to life and the only thing you can do is whine about your girlfriend problems.”

Courtney takes a step back.

“I was stuck in a robot for months, my legs barely work, my family moved on- actually, I don’t know if they ever actually even noticed,” He laughs, broken, “- and you have the audacity to ask me what my problem is?!”

Alejandro is over playing nice. He’s had enough.

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this one is a rivals team up to get out courtney blurb

little idea about Alejandro getting into zodiacs.

moments where alejandro questions why Noah is so attractive

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SEND MORE ASKS IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE IDEAS!!! / IF THEY HAVE ANY IDEAS OR CONCEPTS TO ADD OR EXPAND ON :)))

[rozywithapen]

KNEESOCKS. (pt.1) - the one with yosano's kneesocks. chuusano oneshot!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ POV: yosano in latex onesuit, yosano is basically a spy lol

" there's no way. "

this was ridiculous. yosano was currently at debate with the director, who had requested for her to go to a, mind you, solo mission to gather information from the port mafia.

that's right. the port mafia.

" if we go altogether, we'll start a battle. and you said by yourself you talked with this man. if we trick him into believing you're by his side, we could gather information for what mori has been to; and we all know he's been suspicious lately. "

" why me ?! "

" he won't listen to atsushi, he will fight dazai to death, or lush out on ranpo from anger. "

" but i really don't — "

" naomi made you a custom outfit. "

" i'm listening. "

and that's how we ended up here; with the doctor in a slick, black latex onesuit, strutting her way to the mafia's building as high heels were clicking with every step. to say she looked gorgeous would be an understatement — she was absolutely stunning, and hot. very, very hot.

the plan was to get any sort of evidence that mori was forming an allience against the agency. if that didn't work out chuuya was guarding the building, yosano would start chatting him up about not wanting to work in the agency, in an attempt to gain his trust. simple as that, wasn't it?

practically laying on thin air in the equipment that's been given to her, she thinks this might not have been a bad idea after all; she's having fun, she was trusted enough and .. she gets to see the man she's been .. thinking about.

well, sort of, at least .. it would be a lie to say she hadn't been talking about him these last days .. after their last ecounter when she had threatened him by slashing his throat, yosano hadn't stopped thinking about the so very attractive executive from the port mafia; his moves, his voice, those charming eyes ... the little sharp teeth that show when he's smirking oh so tauntingly ...

STOP! you were sent here for a reason, dammit!

shaking her own head ( while still being very much in the air ) helped her come back to reality; all this is nice, but she truly does have to enter the building at some point.

everyone else had left at that time .. it'd just be him and her. well, if dazai's information is so correct, of course .. by his words, no one is as much of a workacholic as nakahara himself. not even that disgusting rag, mori.

no no, chuuya had dedicated his life at the mafia

the chances of him being there were practically not that high, but never zero.

with a swift motion of her sharp knife, a small circle is formed on the glass. removing that piece from the window and carefully getting her hand in, she quickly found a way to hope inside; how very typical.

akiko could hear dazai's words like a tape in her mind. there will be all sorts of traps. whatever you may think can be just some regular piece of furniture, could turn out to be an alarm. and their people will be sent your way. you have to be extremely careful, yosano - sensei.

and that, she was. her moves representing those of a cat's, avoiding any lasers or traps sent her way - she can't believe she's thanking naomi mentally for not letting her wear her usual skirt; it would've been a problem now or later.

document to document, paper to paper .. nothing that could be used to the agency's advantage; ugh .. maybe this was a waste of time, after all?

" there's nothing here. " she spoke into the small microphone that had been given to her. a sigh could be heard on the other end. " yosano - sensei ! you should definitely check his office ! there's no way chuuya doesn't keep anything in there. " a sigh. she really has to, doesn't she?

now, don't get her wrong, it's not that she didn't want to complete her task. but going to chuuya's office .. was a lot!

.. but was it ? it was just another section of the building .... did her hair look okay?

" copy that. " few last moments and she was inside said executive's office, successfully picking the lock. for a moment, this seemed too easy ... almost suspiciously easy. but whatever, she'll get those stupid files and get out of there. right?

" about time you showed up, sweetheart. "

[zalrb]

PLL 1x08 Review - As Per Anon Request

If Toby and Jenna really did sleep together and a therapist knows, like I'm not sure what the laws would be with regards to informing the parents if the parents don't know already, and I'm aware that this show doesn't care about the law, but it makes no sense for Jenna and Toby to be in the same house anymore.

Do TVD and PLL share a theme? Their recap theme sounds very much like one of TVD's themes.

"How did he get into an ivy league school?" You can get into an ivy league school and listen to punk, Aria. 🙄

Must've been affirmative action for goths and emos? Really Spencer?

"I wish we could choose the age we wanted to be and just stay there." I bet you thought that was really deep, Aria.

"It's gruesome." No, the correct word would be morbid. It's morbid.

"The fact that is a one pay cheque family." Does your ex husband not pay child support and alimony?

Jason does not look like he would be Alison's brother.

I mean, if I was minding my business and then got blinded because some girls decided to stink bomb my house, I would mess with them too, the fuck.

"How are we going to stop her without looking like bitches?" I mean, you were all complicit in blinding her. We are well past that.

I am lowkey fascinated with how horrible Shay is in this.

Oh yay, an Ezra flashback.

"So Noel's at this place where he wants to ask her but not if she's going to say no." That's a Noel thing, Sean, who the hell wants to be rejected asking someone out?

Also, every time I see Noel in the subtitles, I pronounce it Noël in my head. I guess some French Immersion stuck, idk.

Oh God, Maya and the slouchy beanie. That was my look for a while.

I like how they're "selling stuff online" but won't just work part-time somewhere.

I like when Aria thought that Emily's dad may be sick or dead or hurt she asks "Is he OK?" from the door and doesn't rush over to sit next to her. Details.

Aria and Emily should also never be alone in a scene together, they need a scene partner who can carry them and neither one can do that for the other.

CAN JENNA WEAR SOMETHING OTHER THAN BLACK.

"Do you ever get tired of going after the low hanging fruit?" "Don't ruin a perfect day, Spencer." LMAO.

Oooh A said "I'll be watching just like Tom Sawyer" and Tom Sawyer went to his own funeral so omg it's a cluuuueeeeeee OR IS IT?

Hanna shakes her head a lot because she's trying to emphasize something.

Hanna, REPORT HIM.

"She deserves this memorial and so do we." LOL Spencer's speech would just solidify that I would fuck shit up at hat memorial.

Nothing has indicated to me why they were all friends with her.

"I would write a cheque but I don't trust my cheque booking skills for now" how does that make sense in this context?

Is Aria's dad and Hanna's mom going to be a thing because that would be funny.

"The secrets of the girls cuddled up in Alison's bedroom" what brother speaks this way about his sister or her friends.

I feel like I remember that there's something off about him. Idk.

"Just because I made it up doesn't mean it's not true." Alison, listen to that sentence.

"Aria, the lights in this how are dimming because of all of the energy you're sucking out of the air." HA.

"I mean aren't you always going to be 'The Friend of That Girl Who Was Murdered'?" ... no?

Aria, just go home.

"So I guess this guy was serious." Yes, we made out a couple of times and had the same amount of conversations. And he's a predator.

I like how sterile the interiors of all the houses look. They didn't even try to make it seem like people lived there.

"Don't sell your things." Just get a JOB.

Look at Lucy doing this memorial speech, trying to act.

Couldn't even smash all of the tiles?

[player1064]

kate for someone reason thinking jamie is homophobic not sure why or how but she does (sara has me obsessed with the idea that they can’t stand each other now lol) and then him introducing her to gary and she’s like 🤯 ft. micah in the corner like you didn’t know he never shuts up about him???

god Kate and Jamie literally CANNOT STAND EACH OTHER!!! I'm OBSESSED with that dynamic tbh!!!!!!! As always. this one is much longer than intended...

Also, don't need to have read it but this is technically intended to tie in to my fic Happy wife, happy life (but tldr Jamie regularly calls Gary his wife partly to keep their relationship under wraps but mostly bc. he finds it funny to call Gary his wife.)

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“Obviously we’re done for the season right before pride month kicks off,” one of the CBS producers is saying, eyes darting over something on an iPad. “And since you four have been pretty popular we were thinking of including you in some of those ad campaigns, so if I could just get some dates off of all of you –”

“No,” Jamie says immediately.

All three of his colleagues snap their heads up to him, but only Kate looks at him coolly and says “no?”

Micah, because he’s Micah, chuckles and slaps Jamie in the shoulder, trying to diffuse some of the new tension in the air. “Not like you to turn down extra cash, Carra.”

Jamie rolls his eyes, pretends not to notice the way Kate’s eyes are burning into him. “Check my contract. Wish I could, honest,” he says to the producer, feeling very very glad that he had a clause added to his contract specifically so that he doesn’t have to take part in things like this, “But it just wouldn’t be do-able. You lot ‘ave fun, though, with yer rainbows and yer glitter.”

Kate just looks at him incredulously. “This is one thing you decide to take a stand on, mister ‘I don’t care about politics’?”

Rainbows just don’t really suit Jamie, is the thing. Nor does the extra scrutiny that comes from wearing rainbows.

Doesn’t really matter to him what Kate thinks of him, though, so he just shrugs and continues packing up his stuff for the day.

*

“Jamie – Jamie, I finally got onto Raya, can you have a look at my profile?”

Jamie looks up at Micah with a frown. “What the fuck is a Raya?”

“It’s a dating app,” Kate says from her end of the desk, in that unimpressed tone of hers that makes Jamie wonder why she’s bothering to insert herself into the conversation at all.

“An exclusive dating app,” Micah corrects, wiggling his phone in front of Jamie.

“Weren’t you already seeing someone?” asks Jamie, but he accepts the phone with a sigh and puts his glasses on. “I don’t – I’ve never used one of these things, what am I meant to be lookin’ at?”

Micah shrugs. “Didn’t work out,” he says breezily. “How have you never used a dating app, you’ve not been married that long. And look at yourself, you can’t tell me you weren’t a player before Mrs Carra came along.”

Jamie had got around a bit, in his playing days. Not much, mind, because he’d had to be careful, but he’d done alright. Unfortunately – and this is not something he’ll ever admit to anyone, even under duress – any thoughts of that had gone out the window the moment he’d walked onto the Sky campus after retiring.

“You’re right,” he says with a wink, “look at me. As if I’d need an app to find myself a bird. Why’d you want me to look at this, I’m not exactly your target audience. ‘less there’s somethin’ you’re not tellin’ us,” he adds, elbowing Micah and waggling his eyebrows.

Kate looks on unimpressed as the two of them double over in laughter. “Not that any of us would have a problem if you were, right Jamie?” she says haughtily.

Jamie catches Micah’s eye and has to fight back another bout of laughter. “Dunno,” he says, “I can think of one or two problems I’d ‘ave if Big Meeks here suddenly tried hittin’ on me.”

Micah bursts out laughing again, his hand clapping to Jamie’s forearm, and Jamie can’t help but join in – it’s infectious, okay?

“God,” Micah says, wiping a tear from his eye, “can you imagine how your missus would react. I’d never be able to work in television again.”

“Nah, she’d prob’ly send you a fruit basket, thank you for taking me off ‘er hands.”

Kate clears her throat and the two of them sober immediately at the sight of her raised eyebrow. “Maybe cool it with the outdated banter,” she says, “or do I need to remind you boys that you’re not in a dressing room anymore?”

She storms off, he heels click-clicking away as Jamie and Micah look at each other and try (and fail) not to start laughing again.  

*

“You didn’t want to bring your wife to the end of season party, then?” Kate asks politely, looking slowly around the room.

“Huh?” Jamie says eloquently, because he’s had a couple of glasses of prosecco and he’s not thinking as quickly as he usually might. “Oh, the missus. Yeah, she’s here but  – I dunno, she’s a bit shy, like. You didn’t invite Malik?”

Kate rolls her eyes, the way she always does when Jamie mentions her boyfriend. “Well, he lives in America. So.”

“Carra,” an annoying voice calls from just behind him, “Carra, come over ‘n meet Schmeichel? I’ve not seen ‘im in years, d’you know, I think I’d forgot how tall he was.”

Jamie puts a hand on the small of Gary’s back to keep him from bouncing around too much (the man is such a lightweight, it’s embarrassing), and says “I’ve already met Peter, you dolt. I work with ‘im, remember?”

Gary squints at him for a second. “You drag me all the way down to London, and then y’can’t even be bothered to –” he finally seems to realise that Jamie had been talking to someone, because he quickly shakes his head around a bit and holds a hand out to Kate with a smile. “You’re Kate, right? I love what you do on the show, honest, I’m always sayin’ people need to be meaner to James here.”

Jamie thinks he sees Kate blush a bit, like she hadn’t realised anyone else had noticed her dislike of Jamie, but she takes Gary’s offered hand anyway. “And of course you’re the famous Gary Neville, I’ve heard a lot about you,” she greets. “But aren't you still with Sky? What brings you to our little operation here?”

“Scopin’ out the competition,” he says with a wink, then turns back to Jamie. “Carra – Peter?”

“I said no! I’ll talk to him later, stop badgerin’ me.”

“Did you two travel down from Manchester together?” asks Kate, “You know, Jamie seems so invested in my relationship but none of us have ever met his wife, do you know where she’s got to?”

“Ah, his fuckin’ wife,” Gary mutters, smirking up at Jamie. Jamie winks in reply and slips his hand down a bit to pinch him on the arse.

Micah comes over, his tuxedo strained against his biceps, and he pulls Gary away from Jamie to throw an arm around his shoulder in a half-hug.

(Gary squirms a bit at the unexpected contact, but he still gives Micah a friendly pat on the chest.)

“Big Nev! It’s been ages, man – Jamie told us you were coming, but he’s promised that before and not delivered.”

“Been pretty busy, up in Manchester,” Gary says with a shrug, carefully extracting himself from under Micah’s arm and returning to Jamie’s side. “But I’m obliged to do the plus one thing at least two –” (“Three,” Jamie corrects,) “—fine, three times a year, and I figure there’re worse places to be.”

“Aw, you love it really,” Micah says. “I’ve always kind of wondered what it’s like to be a WAG.”

Gary rolls his eyes. “It’s a thankless job, to be fair.” He pokes Jamie in the bicep and adds “I’m going back to talk t' Peter, you miserable old twat. Honest, I’m always talkin' to Scousers fer you.”

“I already know –” Jamie starts to protest, but Gary’s already wandered off. “Ugh. Sorry about ‘im. You can’t take Mancs anywhere, can ya?”

The two Mancs he’s talking to look at him, unimpressed.

“He seemed nice,” Kate says carefully.

“He’s not,” Jamie replies.

*

“Good summer?” Micah asks, their first show back after the break.

“Brilliant,” Jamie replies with a grin. “It were my turn to choose the destination, so –”

“Ibiza?”

He nods. “Ibiza. The house was done just in time, too.”

“You know, I can’t really imagine Gary in Ibiza.”

“Oh, he hates it. Complained the whole time, but he does that wherever we go.”

He becomes aware that Kate is watching them from across the desk, not trying to hide that she’s listening to their conversation with curiosity. Jamie nods to her, all polite like. “Hows about you, Kate, good summer?”

“It was fine, I –” she shakes her head. “Sorry, you’re saying you go on holiday with Gary Neville?”

Micah scoffs. “Who else would he go with?” he asks, and Jamie points to him in agreement.

“I dunno, his wife?”

Jamie blinks.

He thought he’d got all this out the way, dragging Gary along to the party a couple of months ago. Apparently not.

“Gary is my wife,” he says, then suddenly feels very stupid saying that to someone who’s not already in on the joke, so he corrects to “my husband, I mean. Obviously he’s not – he’s a man. Obviously.”

Kate’s eyes are wide, unblinking. She looks between Jamie and Micah, lips pressed together while her brain seems to be buffering.

“You’re married to a man?” she says eventually. “But you’re not gay, I mean – you’re –”

Jamie, who last time he checked definitely was gay, raises an eyebrow, amused. “I’m what?”

“You’re a footballer,” she attempts, and oh, this is far too easy.

“Bit ‘omophobic, that, sayin’ footballers can’t be gay,” he replies, holding back a smirk.

“Oh shut up, you know what I – you’re a lad! You’re always with the banter, and the…”

Thierry wanders over, freshly brewed cup of tea in hand. “What have you two done this time?” he asks, looking pointedly at Jamie and Micah.

Jamie raises his hands to protest his innocence.

“Thierry,” Kate asks, reaching a hand out towards him, “did you know Jamie’s married to a man?”

Thierry rolls his eyes. “Ugh, fucking Neville,” he replies, and goes to sit down.

[jinbedreams]

Rambling about personal things ahead be warned lol

I'm having a rough time feeling like I don't have someone to share my life with. It feels like everything is sectioned off into parts and nothing really crosses over which means when I find something really cool and exciting I don't have anyone to turn to and share my excitement with immediately. I have to hold onto it and wait until someone else in my life volunteers that they are also interested. It's like it's become harder to reach out because I just keep getting my enthusiasm met with lukewarm half-interest. And then when I do see someone I know who is interested in that thing I'm lagging behind or they've already talked to other people about it first and there's this awkwardness in the air.

I want to share my love and interests with someone who is fully interested in me and what I have to say. Someone who is curious and wants to accompany me on my journey. Someone who genuinely wants to go on a journey and travel with me. Who wants to stay in a hotel with me and explore a new place together. Who wants to watch movies with me and talk about the various symbols and tropes we picked up on. Someone who adores the way I love various sad old fictional characters and will not just tease me about it but suggests new ones for me to check out. Someone who will let me watch them play video games while I draw and vice versa.

I want someone to be interested in me. These days I feel like people mostly just tolerate me. I'm abrasive and blunt, I lose track of my thoughts and my time, I struggle with object (and emotional) permanence.

When I try to reach out it feels performative and sometimes it feels like I don't respond the way people were expecting me too and that feels alienating. I overthink things so I try course correct by not thinking about much at all. I want to be relaxed and happy and unbothered by life but I worry that instead I'm signaling that I am content in my loneliness. I should be content in my loneliness because I cannot demand people love me or care for me. So I do my best to accept the love that I am given and try not to desire anything more.

I know there are people in my life who would feel my absence if I was no longer there. I also feel like it wouldn't be so big of an absence. The gaps I would leave would be filled again soon enough by other people like me.

I think I'm just broken. A tiny bit of the universe with so much love to give and nowhere to truly direct it either outwards or inwards. There's this gap beside me I've been trying to fill all my life. Sometimes I've gotten pretty damn close to finding that person I want to spend my life with but ultimately nothings really panned out and I truly believe it's because I'm broken. I have the desire to love but somehow do not contain the ability to love in that way.

I know that love takes work, it's not a magical spark that just makes everything fall into place, but you gotta at least have a spark to begin with right? Something that draws you to that other person, both coming back to each other again and again.

Man I don't know I have no real experience as to how it should feel.

[liauditore]

Thought I might say hello and make some small talk, seeing that I'm camping on your trafficshipping tag and all.

Well hi! Lovely place you've got here. Fantastic art, GREAT vibes, very nice. I'm specially enjoying your character rambling; your takes on them are super interesting and they tickle my brain 👀

May I send Divorce Fource/Quartet and Majorwood for the shipping bingo? Divorce Fource were a right mess (affectionate <3) and a perfect one at that, but I can't help but wonder how the recipe would have turned out if the soul ties were Cleo-Pearl, Martyn-Scott.

Also there is so much potential in Limlife Majorwood for eroguro if you're nasty. Which I am. Time cannibalism, respawning mechanics, birthday time... blender go brrrr 👀

!!!!!!!

y'all are really enabling my habit of long ass posts huh 😭😭

OK SO first off thankyou so much?? thats so sweet?????? 😭😭 i really don't think my character ramblings are anything special, but i like reading other ppls insane takes so i thought i'd provide others with the same 👍

not to get too into it but i feel like a series like life smp is best enjoyed with your own crazy delulu takes (similar to touhou if anyone heres familiar w/ that fandom). and it makes me kinda sad to see ppl arguing abt whats 'canon' or 'correct' cus that's no fun lol

ANYWAY yeah uh im glad u like the vibes!! :J

TREEBARK

this one first cus chronology. I honestly don't know if there's anything I can say here that hasn't been said before? But yeah they're. tasty. something about martyn waiting the entirety of third life to betray ren and never getting the chance and now longing to have him back. lots of regret but regret. for what. yknow. and ren always looking out for martyn even from a distance. and then martyn losing that connection in limlife.

yeah i can see why people ship lmao

uhh i don't really know what else to write here so have some of my insane ramblings copy+pasted from my shipping doc 👍

Martyn fancies himself a schemer, someone who's not afraid to play the game the way it's intended. If that means earning a powerful ally's trust only to shatter it then he was going to do it. Only, Martyn's bark is worse than his bite, and every night he spends in lying awake in those soft, warm sheets that Ren had laid out just for him (freshly washed too, he might add. Smelled like sunshine) he wonders if he can do it. He can, of course. (he can't. he won't. he's too soft. soft and useless.) He'd cut his head off already. (he wants to vomit) (this is why no one needs you. wants you. loves you) Who cares about other people anyway? He is the only one who really matters. (the thought of being alone makes him want to cry) Ren, on the other hand, is a capable leader. The definition of loyal and dependable, if not a bit dramatic. He struggles with self-worth, being good enough, useful enough, powerful enough. But to others, he's the opposite, caring and protective of any who would ask for his aid. After all, every citizen deserves to live in safety and comfort, and providing that is what a good King would do. ~ Martyn's not as sneaky as he thinks he is. Ren knows. Ren sees the signs. It's a death game for a reason. But he doesn't let Martyn know. He doesn't even hold it against him. He doesn't see the bloodthirst anymore, only the broken pieces lying underneath. ~ or the King's Hand, it was the thrill of feeling Useful, Powerful, Feared (loved). He was going to miss it after he betrayed him, the high of bloodlust, the smell in the air as he charged into battle. (the way his hands held him so gently) For the King himself, deep down he knew it was never to be. He had met a monster, but he hoped his efforts calmed the storm ever so slightly. On some days, he pretends to forget about the death game entirely and imagines the speech he'd give to retire his Hand. "You don't have to fight anymore," he'd say, "I'll take care of you from now on, I promise. So put the sword down, okay?" But in the end, it was all a fantasy, wasn't it?

^ yes this is so cheesy but so are they.

Cry with me again Smile with me again Scream with me again Sing with me again Dance with me again Talk to me again…

"Lower One's Eyes" (Oktavia translyrics)

MAJORWOOD

I think.. I talk too much abt scott seeing as that's who everyone points out when it comes to my headcanons 😭😭 but uh i swear everyone else is just as messed up. and martyn is like. just as bad if not worse (if that wasn't made clear from my ramblings before)

anyway uh say it with me rebound 👏 relationship 👏

i think they're both.. very numb to it all once limlife rolls around. they're just tired and have this mutual understanding and both think they're horrible people. martyn just wants to play the game. scott doesn't even know what he wants anymore.

but ofc, they're both still human and want love and comfort, so they try to seek that from one another. even if it's fake. even if it doesn't matter in the end.

Baby, though I've closed my eyes I know who you pretend I am I know who you pretend I am

Washing Machine Heart (Mitski)

We’re the Delusioned Victim Cash-in Union Praise to the “love” that will bring salvation!  Two fools singing to a shallow melody Restart, reflation, teleportation Time and again we’re stuck in rotation Circles inside a love without any ending

MKDR (SirHamnet Lyrics)

Scott uses Martyn as a replacement for Jimmy and Martyn uses Scott as a replacement for Ren. they know they dislike eachother (see: all of double life) and that only one of them will make it out alive. but they can't get that love and comfort from anyone else now.

also uhhh eroguro my beloved...... im assuming this is getting brought up cus of my mentions of loving eroguro in the past. and yes to all of that very much i agree. but i do have kind of.. a limit to what i do w/ these characters specifically because of the fandom/ccs (at least publicly). if i ever do decide to share the nastier stuff in my head or go into detail on gore and whatnot i'd probs make a sideblog and tuck it away and maybe block scott and martyn for always somehow showing up on my posts lmao

[destinyc1020]

Long story short (I didn't follow everything so anons correct me if I miss something) :

People started noticing all the cast was ignoring Justin Baldoni existence : not taking any pics with him at photo call and premieres, not praising him, not speaking about working with him (even when directly asked), not even one joint interviews, and they ALL unfollowed him

Justin said that he didn't want to direct to sequel if it had to happens. But unlike the rest of the cast, he actually praised Blake in interviews.

The public opinion started to take sides. On one hand you have Blake, who has been criticized for the way she promoted the film, never mentioning the serious subject matter (DV), acting like it's a fun girly movie, telling girls to go with their friends wearing "florals" (kinda mimicking the Barbie theme dressing, but it sounds out of touch for a movie like this). At the same time she is promoting her hair care line and all the promo around her and her image. People also started calling her out for other stuff she did (got married on a plantation, being rude in interviews, not knowing how to answer questions about DV even though she should be prepared for that). On the other hand, Justin has been more vocal about DV and more mindful with his words, giving more heartfelt answers and not shying away from the seriousness of the topic. He apparently has a podcast where he showed in the past that he seemed (I haven't listen to it myself) to fight toxic masculinity narratives, so people usually applaud him for that

"Insiders" started to got to the press. Apparently it started to go downhill in post production, they disagreed on the editing and Blake asked (forced?) the editing team of Deadpool to edit this film, which ended up being a version that was less liked than the og according to test audiences. Justin was visibly mad about Blake(+Ryan) heavy involvement

TMZ just released an article saying that Blake was also upset because Justin asked her weight and she took it as "fat shaming", but he only did that because he had severe back issues that he was recovering from during filming, and there was a scene where he's supposed to lift her in the air so he wanted to know to physically prepare himself. According to the source, he kissed her for too long during one scene, making her uncomfortable

Justin is keeping to himself and didn't comment on anything, BUT he hired a PR crisis publicist, the one who was hired by Jonny Depp during the trial (which is not a good look when you know Jonny was trying to soften his image after being seeing as an abuser).

I had NO idea all of this was going on! 🤣😆 I just don't follow Blake like that. I like her as an actress though. No comment on her and Ryan's plantain wedding.... 😑 (I STILL to this day don't know what possessed them to do that. She's not even from the South, and he's not even American!!! 🥴)

Oooo giiiiirrrrrl you're bringing in the TEA!!! 😲🫢

Anyway....

This is some crazy tea girl.

Re: Justin....

He's hot as idk what chiiiiilllle.... 🔥 🥵 All throughout the movie I kept thinking to myself: "Good lawwwd.... call the DOCTOR!" 🤣 He is handsome.... and his body was body-iiiing in that movie chiiiiilllle lol!!! Rofl 🤣

*Ahem* With that said, I don't ever think it's right for anyone (especially a MAN) to ask a woman how much she weighs. I don't care if he just had back surgery lol 😆 It's just tacky, and comes off as kinda rude and personal imo. Women are judged by their weight (and age) so much, especially in this country, and it's kind of a turn off when a man asks this imo.

That's almost tantamount to a woman asking a man his dick size. How would a man feel if a woman asked him on a date... "Sooo... how big is your package? I just wanna know, just in case one day we ever....ya know... 😏...I just want to make sure it would be comfortable for me..."

Like, what on earth? 🥴That's so out of pocket lol. 😅

Anyway, if I were him, I would just refrain from asking women those questions from here on out. If he wanted to know if he could pick her up, all he had to do was just try? 🤷🏾‍♀️

Plus, Blake is not a "big woman" at all, and the guy is like 6'2, so he's no small man at all. I do believe, even with back issues, he could have been just fine with picking her up. Or, how about, just write that pick up out of the script? Geez lol 😅

Anyway... with that said...I don't usually see Blake in interviews, so I'm not sure how she usually comes across? 🤷🏾‍♀️ I can't speak to that.

I did see one clip of Justin talking about the DV side of things briefly, and I did appreciate that. 😊

Re: Blake

With Blake, maybe she was told to tone down the DV aspect of the film somewhat so that ppl wouldn't be turned off from seeing it? 🤷🏾‍♀️

Or, maybe she was afraid of saying smthg offensive and in turn, making ppl not want to see it?

This is all about money and having your film sell after all. Let's not forget! 😅

Even though the film is so much more than just about DV, I do think that she should have said smthg about women (and men!) who find themselves in these types of toxic relationships.

Anyway, thnx for the tea Anon...I had no clue this was all going on.

[daylander1000]

I swear this fandom is becoming more and more insufferable every day which is scary not to mention it's at least one more year of wait until season 2. I don't want even to imagine what it's going to be like when it actually airs. I've been in other fandoms, including the GoT one, but this level of toxicity, aggression, tribalism and hypocrisy is unreachable. What is with this show that encourages such behaviour? I really don't understand. I used to be team green (I still am kind of) during the show, especially the second half and after the show ended because I hated the way many black stans were acting towards anyone who didn't share their opinions and the way they talked about green characters (and even the actors) in general. Also, the framing of the show with it's good vs bad guys concept was annoying af so it wasn't hard to choose TG, at least to me. However, now I'm not even sure I care enough. It's so difficult to discuss anything show related normally and nust because all this toxicity soured the whole hotd experience to me now I'm more than anything team anti hotd fandom. That's why your fic is literally the last hotd related thing I'm looking forward to so atm so thank you for actually giving something good to this wretched fandom 😩. Seriously, Aemond and Rhaena should follow my example and just be done with everyone and everything lol. Anyway, I'm (not so😁) patiently waiting for the next update. I don't know anymore if I'll watch season 2, but I'll definitely read swhhw.

I get you. At large, it's not a fun fandom to be in. I remember when there was a petition to stop Matt Smith from being Dr Who on the grounds of him being too ugly, so in a sense it's a little amusing to see how he's inspired this whole "Choke me daddy" rabid fanbase... But other than that, it's really not much fun. People take everything as fighting words. They're attacking real people to defend fictional characters written by a man who hasn't even finished his series as yet after a decade long hiatus...

I don't even get the joy of reading other fics really, because I try to reduce the odds on me 'stealing' someone else's fic idea. Like, I know fair is fair and it's all fanworks, but I'll literally read something, go to sleep, incept myself, and wake up like "you know what would be really cool???" and it's only when I'm reading it all over that I'll realize that I've split off on a whole different unrelated tangent and have to course correct. I'm trying to write better and faster and cut down on how distracted I get. For example, writing while commuting feels productive but it really isn't, not how I do it. I get so distracted... I'll be editing and realize, "No, you can't write that. That's a line from a Hozier song."

HotD doesn't deserve the time or the energy. Like, I look at the word count of swhhw and question all my life decisions. But the rhaemond fandom is so nice and so small, you can't help it. It's like an oasis in a radioactive wasteland.

I'm also kinda doing it for Team Dyslexia and Team Dysgraphia in a sort of "We can do it!" way?

I really want to finish this before S2 starts.

[earthstellar]

TFP AU Dream: Gargoyles in the Desert (could also be an Earthspark AU but that would be Gargoyles in the Forest)

it's fucking barely 4 AM but I just woke up and immediately have to tell you all before I forget:

I just had a dream that was basically a Transformers Gargoyles AU

TFP Ratchet is already basically Hudson if Hudson were a space robot lmaoooo, I'm not awake enough to elaborate further but I know in my heart that this is 100% correct

Hudson even stays in the clock tower because Old in the same way TFP Ratchet stays in the base because Old, this is the same energy, I love both of these characters and I can't believe I'm just putting this together now

TFP Bumblebee and Smokescreen are both younger gargoyles, Ratchet takes care of them in their designated nest area to help hold down the fort while the others are on territorial patrol etc. and he has Arcee teach them how to fly off some mountains in the Great Basin area mostly out of instinctual concerns about Optimus and Bulkhead being Too Large To Mountain Glide With Very Tiny Hatchlings

I'm still not really awake yet so this post is incoherent and messy but I gotta tell someone about this shit LOL

anyway TFP Optimus = leader of the clan, their nest is in the desert because they still aren't used to people

he meets Agent Fowler when his plane crashed and Optimus caught him out of mid-air and brought him back to their enclave because they just didn't really know what else to do and didn't want to risk flying him back to one of the human encampments because humans are not exactly chill and also don't really know gargoyles are out there at that point

turns out it was an OK idea; Fowler (once he stopped panicking) eventually negotiated with the government to mark out their territory as a "federal nature reserve" on paper but in reality it's just to have it on maps and have an excuse to provide more official protection to help prevent anyone from messing with them by accident

if the AU expands to Earthspark, this could work as cover for the Terran Clan as well; Dot could have been hired as a "ranger" for a similar "reserve" in Pennsylvania, but in reality, she's there to help the adult members of protect a nest of new hatchlings -- oh my god yes

maybe there's like a GHOST Clan made up of just a small number of gargoyles who survived the destruction of their own clans in The War so they came together to form this one

but they come across a seemingly abandoned nest of eggs and the nest is considered the Terran Clan but the GHOST Clan adults take them in and take care of them or something-- then when they hatch it seems the hatchlings are all from different clans too, they all have different features etc. (to match their different alt-modes in the show)

it's 4 AM I'm insane for getting up to post this but hear me out: holy shit I love Gargoyles and the way we see the Autobots etc. function on Earth is basically the same as Gargoyle clans that ended up in the modern era and this is making me feral

OK I'm gonna go back to bed for another couple hours lmao

[blackdragoness]

⚕️DRAGON THOUGHTS ⚕️

😤 blowing smoke pt 1 💨

Hey. I'm bDee, the Black Dragoness. Tonight, imma just be blowin' smoke. If you don't know what that means, I'll explain it to ya. I'm aware that it may mean many different things depending on where your from. But where Im from, this is what it means:

Blowin' smoke is slang for letting out air. As a dragon, I inhale and I exhale smoke. It's apart of my anatomy. It's a saying where I'm from which means to say, "Let me talk my shit real quick, unfiltered and unapologetically."

Air is symbolic to us for communication. Sometimes there's a need to just release air. Similar to passing gas. If you hold a fart in too long, your stomach starts to hurt. Releasing that air will make your stomach feel much better but it will also smell like shit to everybody else. That's kind of what "blowing smoke" means. I'm just talking shit. Y'all may not fancy it's fragrance but it sure does feel good to say it out loud.

So that's what imma do right now. Imma just blow smoke. Don't be attached to my words. I'm just flowing.

Y'all ever wonder why sexual orientation became such a huge thing? For us dragons, we don't have this problem. In fact we would prefer that you keep your sexual preferences to yourself. To be honest, we don't care if two dragons with dicks want to fuck each other. Our question is, why do we need to know? Lol. Here on Earth in America, all I hear is arguments about whether or not same sex attraction is morally correct..... 🤨🤨🤨 Is that not weird to you humans? For me personally, we are asking the wrong question. it's not a question about whether it's right or wrong. The question is WHY DO YOU CARE!? 😂😂😂 Why are you so concerned about how someone else chooses to enjoy their alone time? It's creepy and none of your fucking business. The craziest part is it be them religious self righteous mfs that be caring the most about people's sex life. Foreaaaallll though, think about that for a sec. Why. Do. Y'all. Care?

I get it though. There are some members of the LGBTQ+ community that just really push the limits and push their pride to the forefront. We get it. Your gay. You're out of the closet! Woohoo. The great thing about a closet is that you can always put things back inside them after you've taken them out. Being gay just tells me you enjoy being pleasured by the same sex. Who are you outside of how you choose to be pleasured? Do you play any instruments? Are you a student? Why should your sexual preferences be the forefront of who you are? It should be more like a decorative prop in the background that adds dimension to the main character.

But what do I know?

cuz at the end of the day,

I'm just blowin' smoke 😤

[toastess-with-the-mostess]

Let's Rewind! Toast watches Voltron: Defender of The Universe (1984)

Season 1, Episode 2: Escape to Another Planet

As much as the intro is cool, I like the GoLion one better because the song slaps

Nobody sounds distressed while crashing sodivns

Line change from last episode as they call the castle of lions the royal castle, so I guess they don't know that's where voltron is? I'm trying not to give the writing too much credit because it's an episodic show more than a story based on

At least the GG believes in the team's survival,,, which isn't much anyway

Pidge is just the absolute cutest, kind of wonder why he didn't do this during his fall last episode, but he wasn't prepared for that one I guess

"Your face is disGUSTing!" -Pidge [Hunk proceeds to spit sand onto Pidge's face] True friendship, insulting one and grossing out the other

"Leave me alone, I'll get up when I want!" -Lance Trying to cover for your ass being up in the air like hunk's was after the fall isn't working my guy

"What's next?" "How about food?" "How about we look for that CASTLE" There's the Pidge sass I was hoping for, get em pipsqueak

I've ribbed Lance a lot for being sassy and almost uncaring sometimes, but that really isn't the case for him, he really does care about the Arusians and puts himself on the line for people who are too afraid to fight back What a sweet guy, no wonder my clone likes him so much

Keith hates fog, good to know

Woop animation error, Keith's tracksuit is half blue and half red when it's supposed to be all blue because of the fog the team is in everyone else's clothing is blue too

Hunk has canonically wrestled a lion cub, I wonder if this means he's worked with exotic animals before!

Oh I never realized there was a moat around the castle, that's probably where blue lion launches, but I like the idea of blue just chilling in a lake instead

The mice are so cute, very expressive too Pidge with his jumping skills again somehow bounces his way to the top of a castle wall

Have you boys never been taught to not go into weird abandoned looking places? If you're going in at least one of you has to stay at the door like c'mon That's why you losers are trapped inside now

Coran! His official title of diplomat of Arus, interesting. Also, why would you tell a random group of dudes about voltron if that's your only hope? They're literally pointing weapons at you good sir

I'm not sure of the aesthetic entirely so feel free to correct me but Arus looked like it had a lot of Greco-Roman architecture, very nice looking but too bad it got destroy OISNV

Princess Allura at last! Very much looks like Aurora/Sleeping Beauty, but I wonder if that's what they were going for since she legitimately is a princess Pidge is smitten lol, I like to think the crush lasts like a week before it changes into seeing her as an older sister figure

Immediately she starts crying about her dead dad, like maybe I'm just being too apathetic, but I don't think you should trauma dump onto strangers princess

The legend just keeps getting more and more muddy So what's true so far is that voltron was split into 5 lions because of Haggar, but apparently King Alfor had activated it before Zarkon's attack and THAT'S when the split happened?? Yeah, uh, I'm just going to stick with Voltron was a legend on Arus and the boys weren't there to see the start of Arus's destruction because it happened years before they got there

Keith "anime eyes" Kogane

I love Allura's voice, it's so nice to hear, and she very much seems her age or older GoLion said she was 16 at the boys' arrival, so I don't see them much older than their mid 20s except for Pidge who is definitely a child at 12

And the official uniforms are on! I still don't really understand why Keith never got black but iirc I was told that red was seen as the color for a leader or something like that I also like to believe that Lance chose blue because it looked good on him lol

Oh, so blue lion IS in a lake, but the castle is basically on an island in said lake which is why there's a bridge as if there was a moat interesting it's probably a moat in GoLion but shh I'm gonna build whatever lore I want with this

Man the old control room was so cool, maybe it's a me thing but LOOK AT ALL THOSE BUTTONS I WANT TO PRESS TO FEEL THEIR CLICK

Voltron is apparently king of robots? I think that's funny considering the VA for Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) is the one narrating the show

End of Episode 2! More exposition, finally getting to see some supporting cast and settling into the main setting for the show Already getting the vibes that this dub isn't supposed to be that deep but because of its more gruesome predecessor it really can be if you pay attention to it

[having-conniptions]

Love In The Air episode 4 live reaction under the cut (long post)

"He hasn't eaten since yesterday" RAIN NOOO BABYYY

Rain's little "mmm" noises when he's eating please he's so cute

RAIN TELLING PAYU TO KISS HIM AGAIN YESSS YOU GO BOY

"You shouldn't come here anymore" HE'S TRYING TO PROTECT RAIN, THIS IS HITTING ME RIGHT IN THE KIMCHAY FEELS (having kpts flashbacks)

And Rain's literally begging him to keep letting him come over 😭😭😭

I think I just need a second to process that we've gone from "Rain challenging himself to make Payu fall in love with him while pretending he's not interested in Payu at all" to "Rain slowly realizing that he wants to spend time with Payu and kiss him and yes he's serious about this"

All thanks to Payu going full daddy mode alternating between "dominant seductive bad boy" and "loving caring boyfriend" which is just too much for Rain's little heart bitch I'd fall so fast too I get it

And yet Rain pretends he's still into Ple and not interested in Payu lol

Sky is the bestest friend. We all need a Sky. <3

HAHAHAHA SKY GETTING CHILLS AFTER HIS CHEESY LITTLE SPEECH PLEASE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

They're both just staring at their phones waiting for a text from the other aaaaa

"I still don't know if I like him. All I know is... I don't wanna give up." Boyyy this is not about the challenge you put on yourself anymore. This is not about not being called stupid anymore (because you know he means cute). You can barely contain your giggles when he does or says something sweet. You've been melting under his gaze since the beginning. This is not about proving anything you just want kisses and cuddles and that's fine honey go get ur man <3

Sky being the bestest friend again I love himmmmm

Rain Sky friendship supremacy

Damn Payu that's cold (and I know you don't wanna be like that)

He just sits outside hahaha Rain is a smart boy

And a little brat

DID YOU JUST CALL HIM AN EYESORE YOU BETTER TAKE THAT BACK SIR OR I'LL-

Bratty baby Rain is everything

Not Payu telling his brother to tell Aon to tell Rain he can go inside lmao he can be such a tsundere

"Who's smitten with who, exactly? The lovestruck one's not the boy but you, Big Bro." HE'S RIGHT AND HE SHOULD SAY IT

The sound effects in this series are on point btw

Awwwww Rain sleeping all disheveled on Payu's couch while Payu uses little sticky notes to make corrections and suggestions on his project <3 boyfriendsssssss

"Smart boy" AAAAAAAA 😭❤️

The slap on the belly lmaoooo

Interrupting brother nooooooo xD

The fact that Payu actually made sure to tell Rain that he called him "smart boy" aaaa my heart

Rain you can't make that face and still say you don't know if you like him

AWWW THE STICKY NOTES WERE ACTUALLY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

He finished two days before the deadline!! I have a feeling something is gonna go wrong, please tell me nothing happens to his model

He spends like 5 seconds in his own bed before hauling ass to the garage

PAYU ASKING RAIN IF HE'S GOTTEN ANY SLEEP AND HAVING SOMEONE PREPARE A BED FOR HIM SO HE CAN NAP WHILE PAYU WORKS what in the healthy and wholesome-

They're soooo boyfriends

Awwwww finally another kiss!!!!!

Ooooooo I'm so proud of Rain my babyyyyy

Oh nooo Payu's phone battery is probably dying and he's leaving the charger at the office and now Rain's waiting for him in the rain 😭😭😭😭😭

WHOA

There is not enough water in that tub how are they not freezing

WHOA

Broooooo Payu had a condom hidden under a toy car by his bed? Smooth.

WHOA

[twdmusicboxmystery]

Daryl Dixon Sneak Peek, Part 2

@galadrieljones:

Idk if I ever mentioned this before but the rat in the walls reminds me of this old short story by Ian McEwan called “First Love, Last Rites,” in which a newly married couple keeps hearing a rat scratching in the walls and it’s meant to represent something they’re not sharing with one another but that is gnawing at the connection between them. The fact that it’s a “rat” is not idiomatic, a la “a snitch.” It’s just a pest that you can often hear but cannot see, that stays hidden just long enough that it’s easy to ignore until suddenly it’s in the soup.

Anyway I am literally just riffing here. I hope this is helpful or at least at all useful lol. Very interested in all thoughts on any of these matters!!

Oh one more thing I just thought of, is that the search for Rick is historically a way of subverting Daryl’s failed search for Beth. This is ofc why he finds the harpy in the woods who ends up looking like Beth. He finds her, but it’s not what he thought. It’s all connected. So now, everyone thinks he’s of “looking for Rick” again but ofc this search for Rick is so much more complicated than what it seems. It’s a way for Daryl to complete the narrative he could not complete many years ago.

(And ofc because Daryl is Daryl he can never admit to himself who/what he is actually searching for—love. Beth. Her. The one who got away.)

(He hopes that if he can find and save Rick, then this feeling will go away.)

OH, also, I read in a couple places that people are speculating the device Daryl is talking into is not a radio, but a handheld recorder. Some are speculating that this will be used as a thematic device, to help break down Daryl's psyche a little, allow him vulnerability, as he's such a stoic character.

I like this idea a little bit. I am interested in the kinds of things he will say when he thinks no one can hear.

It's also this very interesting callback to Beth, who writes in a journal. It's a recorded journal. Hmm.

That's it for my immense ramble for the evening. Hope you all are sleeping soundly

@wdway:

@galadrieljones, you know the old saying be careful what you wish for, well you might feel some regret when I ramble on and on because you asked for thoughts on your speculations, haha. I just want to start by saying how much I enjoyed everything that you've talked about yesterday and all the research you did was outstanding, as usual.

I'm definitely thinking that we're not seeing the previews or the two previews, the short one and the longer one in the correct sequence of events in the storyline. I think that the second one, the longer one where it starts with him getting off of the boat is probably several episodes into Daryl's s1 storyline.

I do tend to want to think that Daryl did in fact start his journey towards Paris from the Mediterranean coastline port of Marseille. Most of that is in telling his story I don't think they would take the time to have Daryl land closer to Paris or on the Atlantic coast then have him journey down and around and back up to Paris. Keeping in mind that we're only talking about six episodes and anywhere between 40 to 50 minutes of actually air story time per episode. The other thing is they have to keep it simple and not get overly complicated in lesser important details.

The GA needs to be able to follow what's happening or will be able to piece together what's happening easily. The spin-offs and especially Daryl's and Rick/ Michonne's needs to hold on to their faithful fans, bring back old fans and create new ones. The plot line not being too overly complicated in order to understand what's going on will be very important.

As always there will be things that the writers will put in that in the scheme of things only a few will pick up on and poke and pick apart. We're part of that that very small group. There will be a lot of things that the majority of the viewers will never notice that we will be jumping out of our seats when we see it or hear it in the dialogue. I believe the writers, Gimple and a few of the long-term producers enjoy leaving these types of hints, clues and plot details that only a special few will pick up on and enjoy the genius of it all.

For the good of the overall TWDU franchise they need to increase their numbers of viewers and that means that they have a good overall story with lots of Walkers/zombies that has twist and turns and major shockers. That will keep the viewers happy and coming back for more. I think it's safe to believe that the things that they announce or allowed to be leaked are simply the things they want in the off-season for people to talk about, to keep the buzz going, but the things that will make viewers sit up in their seat and OMG!!! what did I just see, I've got to rewatch this! are not going to be leaked or previewed unless it's part of the plan to bring people in.

An example of this is knowing that Carol will be in s2 is making a lot of viewers very happy. It's not the shocker. The shocker will be something coming from left field (left=Beth) that no one, or at least the majority of the viewers are expecting. A shocker that will be talked about for days and week and people will tune in in order to see what comes next.

I warned you long ramble.

I definitely like the thought that Daryl would be keeping a verbal journal of his thoughts. I so agree with you that it would give a great opportunity to get into his mindset. It also opens up Daryl speaking, not just us watching him, but us being able to listen to him without having to create other characters that need to have some kind of deeper storyline in order to be believable that Daryl would be opening up to them with his inner thoughts.

Daryl's line of, "I went out looking for something," instead of," I went out looking for someone," suddenly struck me as making perfect sense if his search at this point is for information. He hasn't found the information, yet. His first mission is to locate the information. And if we are correct in that he finds either recordings or video information in that building where he appears to have an epiphany that in fact Beth lived past Grady, than that will send him on his next mission of finding her.

@galadrieljones:

In the original teaser, we see Daryl wash up on a straight beach. There’s no indication of where he is, as far as I can tell. There are beaches on the Opal Coast or northern coast of France but it wouldn’t make sense for him to then somehow end up in the Mediterranean. Ofc there are also lovely beaches on the southern coast of France. But how the heck would he have just ended up floating around in there? That’s a lot of information.

I think you’re right that his ultimate destination must be Paris, since that’s where we know of the majority of filming taking place, not to mention all the Paris clues in WB. I agree too that things need to stay somewhat simple. For him to end up in Marseille that is just mysterious enough to get us talking.

BUT it’s also somewhat bizarre. Why would he be in the Mediterranean Ocean?

Just enough intrigue. As far as the GA is concerned if they even saw the sneak peak they probably wouldn’t know where Marseille was. I’m not trying to denigrate them lol but even I wasn’t positive of where it was located and would have looked it up if you hadn’t already.

So to them it’s just, “oooh fancy France!” But there’s a deeper story implied here.

@wdway:

That's one of the examples of what I was talking about. The writers, Gimple knows that the average viewer does not care, nor would they take the time to even find out where it is, but we jumped on it and had great fun with it.

@galadrieljones:

Here is a French comm on YouTube wondering why he “took the long way,” when he could have docked in Normandy or Brittany. I scanned a lot of comments to find one person asking this question. Most are just stoked the show even exists.

@wdway:

I have some ideas about Carol and Daryl being taken but I need to do some research. It has to do with some subtle hints that were left in the s10&11 and all the things in Fear this season showing us the East Coast has brought certain ideas back to my mind of how I was toying around with how Daryl getting to France and now with including Carol how my original thought could be reworked to make sense. Only speculation but I'm looking for speculation that would make sense. I'll try to pull it together and kind of present it to you guys maybe late tonight or tomorrow.

@galadrieljones:

Looking forward to it!

Also an interesting discovery from the comments: the bridge Daryl crosses in the trailer is called the Pont-du-Gard and is a day’s trek on foot from Marseille. I looked it up and it is indeed on the way to Paris.

Not very far lol but perhaps a clue he is heading that way

@wdway:

This is not part of what I'll be researching and my theory I'll be putting out to you guys later. I just want to say if he originally landed by ship or plane around the Canary Islands/Dog Islands which is closer to Spain rather than go upward he takes another ship or other transportation around Spain and ends up in the coastal town.

Another thing is if this is in a later episode we don't know where he has been before that. Where he is when he meets the nun and her group. I feel that he very purposeful in the preview where he's going. This isn't random, he has a destination in mind. If he and Carol both knew that they want to find the lab or working place of the scientists then they would both know where they could ultimately find each other.

Even if they're not on the same time but I find each other later they know that they're going to be somewhere in the area of paris. Maybe for once they do plan out a system of clues of symbols that they can leave on walls or places along that way they would only recognize would be left by each other. I'm totally just rambling putting down thoughts as they occurred to me.

@wdway:

@galadrieljones, you are the queen of quick research so I have an assignment for you if you choose to accept it. Mission Impossible reference. Would you check out where the equivalent of the CDC would be in France.

@galadrieljones:

Lol I love it

I will see what I can find!!!!

@galadrieljones:

Okay so a couple results. First, in France, Sante Publique is the c for public health, and that is in Paris. However, unlike the CDC, the Sante Publique does not have any laboratories, and it is definitely not a Level 4 Biohazard research facility. The CDC seems unique in this respect. Sante Publique France seems more just like, a bureucratic c which publishes research, holds discussions and conferences, makes decisions on public policy based on health-related issues, etc.

There is also a Sante Publique Quebec in Canada. There are three Level 4 Biohazard research facilities in France. Two are military, one is a private research company that focuses on infectious diseases. Two are in the suburbs of Paris, and one is in Lyon, which is like 275 miles south west of Paris, in the direction if Marseille. Level 4 labs are “used to study infectious agents or toxins that pose a high risk of aerosol-transmitted laboratory infections and life-threatening disease for which no vaccine or therapy is available.”

So like, per Jenner’s example of “weaponized small pox.” There is one in Galveston, TX and several more in the US as well, beyond the CDC. So like it’s not totally a 1:1 comparison but if there was major virus research happening in france most likely it was happening near Paris. In the US, these facilities tend to be in weird, almost rural places, like Manhattan, KS and Hamilton, MT, I would imagine to keep bad things away rom population cs, but ofc we have the space for that.

@wdway:

I love how you included Manhattan as a rural location, haha.

Thanks for this information Tarah. I can always count on you for amazing research duty. The site in Lyon, France is interesting, don't you think. 80 miles from Marseille to the Pont-du-Gard and from there 146 to Lyon. That's regular roadways. It could definitely be a possibility of where he was going. The place we will be seeing is fictional. That there is a Level 4 laboratory in Lyon is a reasonable location with shown that Daryl pasted the Pont-du-Gard on his way to that building.that could be used within the story.

@galadrieljones:

Lol. Didn’t even think of that Manhattan, KS is some ways outside Topeka

[storiesofsvu]

Honestly I have never trusted or believed Ziva, she is too manipulative and devious, hides too much and lies… I think her and Tony were more a firework than a burning fire - it doesn’t and won’t last long, they were more lusting for each other and an ill matched chemistry. I don’t like how she kept Tali a secret from him either, as she knew fine well how Tony hated his own childhood and missed out on a good father not just his mother. I also don’t like how Ziva treated Gibbs and comparing herself to Kelly, his dead daughter. Ziva is a narcissist plain and simple, she looks out for herself and only herself in many situations and throughout the series - for one she wouldn’t have abandoned Tali how she did otherwise as imagine how traumatic it’d be knowing your mother died only to learn she faked her death and left you?

when i first watched NCIS it was just Borin's eps, and i loved Ziva. when i went back to the beginning of the series i really didn't like Ziva, and wasn't sure if that was cause i loved kate so much or if it was just ziva lol.

this got long, so under a cut

ziva definitely came on too strong, and she hassled tony a lot when it came to his life outside of work. she was super invasive and demanding over the whole Jean thing (which yes, ONCE she was correct that something was wrong but the rest of the time she was just being annoying and sticking her nose where it didn't belong). she had to know everything that was going on with tony at all times. despite this we do have to remember that tony did lowkey did the same thing back to her, even if it wasn't as intense.

i wouldn't describe them as a firework, that would imply that it came out of nowhere, was hella spicy and then immediately fizzled off. (imo) they were this slow, low, rumbling chemistry that were constantly right person wrong time. it doesn't mean they have to be endgame, but they had *something* and it sucks that we never really got to see any of it develop on screen. there were so many small moments between them over the years that were so intimate and tender, you could tell they truly cared about each other, they just didn't know how to express it or show their true emotions, they both have complicated, confusing pasts when it comes to relationships, both romantic, friendly and especially family.

when it comes to ziva specifically, she has always worn some kind of a mask, she was a spy(yes? lol im not totally sure) so she's always known how to do exactly what she would need to do to fit in. She always plays to the highest bidder kind of thing. Once she's in ncis and the us she's not used to being herself, she doesn't really even know who she really is under all of the layers and the fact that she doesn't have to put up an act anymore (esp around tony, because he loves her for who she is) is weird, it doesn't make sense to her and likely scares her too, which would cause her to hold back.

now, to talk on the Tali thing, that was just lazy writing. A lot of times with shows like this, esp ones who are on air for long periods of time, you have to know how to separate the character from the shitty writing they got stuck with. It makes NO sense to keep Tali a secret, tony wanted to be a dad and have a family that was as far opposite from his own. the show just needed to figure out how to write the character off and they chose to go with this, because it definitely would make sense that he'd leave the force to make sure he was safe to provide for his daughter.

now, i haven't watched anything past s15 as of right now (i think it's 15? the one with jennifer esposito) so i don't know how things unfolded when ziva makes another appearance later on and we find out she's alive. But i'd assume that she had done it for her own safety, that she had tali removed and taken back to tony for *her* own safety, to protect both of their lives.If whoever was after Ziva knew she was alive, she'd be hunted until she was killed. or they'd use Tali to lure her out of hiding and Ziva wouldn't want that either. I also don't think it'd be that traumatic for Tali cause it's pretty unlikely that she'd remember much considering how young she was.

again, i haven't finished ncis, and i've only seen it once so far so i've very likely missed some stuff, or not picked up on subtext, so we can touch back on this later once ive rewatched lol

[grex-statera]

Chapter 11: Curse Continued - Summer, Year 1

Ellie woke up in cold sweat, gasping for air. It was around early afternoon when she came to.

She examined herself for any injuries, whatsoever. She seemed perfectly okay, except for the lingering feeling of dread in her chest.

She went down to her porch, removing her front door barricade. She made sure to peek first before going out.

It looked like a perfectly ordinary day outside. A sense of relief washed over her.

She made her way to her porch table and unlocked her phone:

1 missed call and 1 message from Dad

2 missed calls and 1 message from Abby

Dad: Hey champ! How're things? Don't over-work yourself or else! Call me back soon, love you!

Abby: Hang out at the saloon tonite?? Junimokart tourny leah vs. sam? Loser buys pizzaza lol

Ellie sat on her porch chair, feeling dumbfounded. What the hell happend last night?

She was sure it wasn't just a hallucination of some sort - the barricades were real.

She took her sword from a cabinet in her living room and then steeled herself to check out the coop.

Her chickens looked unharmed and were happy to see her. She inspected them closely, one-by-one.

After cleaning the coop and feeding the chickens, she took one last look around. In a far corner, there was a jet-black egg with red markings on it. It was warm to the touch.

Ellie stared at the specimen in her hands - she's never seen anything like it.

Ellie: ...I should probably bring this to Rasmodius.

She went back to the farmhouse, showered and ate brunch.

Ellie: Hi dad, sorry. Passed out last night. Not over-working, promise!

...

Ellie: Can't hang out tonight, sorry :( have to do something

Abby: Whoa she lives! Aw ok then..

She put the black egg in a Tupperware with a dishcloth in it, then took her sword and started the trek.

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Rasmodius: A witch, you say?

Ellie: Yes! And she looked... Weird. Bad.

Rasmodius: Fledgeling, I must correct you. Wizards, witches and others in pursuit of knowledge of the elementals and the divine are not different from each other. Yes, I do suppose that the person you encountered is a witch, however, not all witches are akin to her. The person you have seen must be someone corrupted with too much void essence.

Ellie: Void essence?

Rasmodius: Yes. Tell me, what is the deepest floor you have reached in the mines?

Ellie thought for a bit.

Ellie: Around, uh, floor 70 something? The monsters become more tough the deeper I go down.

Rasmodius: Yes, I understand. Remember that glowing specimen you have brought me before?

Ellie: The solar essence?

Rasmodius: Yes. Solar essence is the concrete materialization of light. As with other elements, this also has it's opposite - the void essence. Once you reach the deepest parts of the mine, you will most likely encounter the Shadow People.

Ellie: Shadow People?

Rasmodius nodded.

Rasmodius: They are an ancient race of beings born from excess concentration of void essence. They used to be docile creatures, curious of humans. However, nowadays, they will often attack humans on sight. This drastic change in behavior was caused by the bitterness from the elemental wars and maybe some other influence. Be very careful, Elliot.

Ellie put her hand over her heart, the creeping dread making her feel uncomfortable. Rasmodius looked at her, concern showing on his face.

Rasmodius: Tell me what you are feeling.

Ellie: I don't know, Rasmodius... I feel kind of helpless and... Sad? I don't know how to describe it.

Rasmodius thought for a while.

Rasmodius: I will try to concoct a potion to make you feel better. I shall deliver it to you once ready. Take this egg with you, and if you want to, you may incubate it. It will bring you no harm.

Ellie: Alright. Thank you, Rasmodius.

Ellie returned home, feeling a bit scared and quite disappointed. She lied down her bed and stared at her ceiling. Her phone vibrates with a message:

Seb: Hi. U alright? Gonna play solarion tmrw w/ sam. U can come if u want.

Ellie: Hi, cant maybe. Not feeling good. Have fun tho :)

Seb: Okay. Gws..

For some reason Ellie lost her appetite. She felt weirdly cold, but didn't have a fever.

She watered her crops, took a shower, then went to bed.

+++++

For the next few days, Ellie would just wake up to check up on her crops and chickens then hole herself up in her house. The feeling of dread felt like a weird band around her chest. She couldn't breathe much.

Her friends have resorted to texting her:

Leah: Hi, are you alright? Haven't seen you in a while! Miss you, hang out soon.

...

Abby: Wmovie Wednesday feat. atomic blonde dont miss it!!!

...

Abby: Heyyy u okay???? Do u want us to come over??

...

Seb: Hi, u alright? Haven't seen u in a while.. Mom's asking if u wanna come over for Maru's bday today

Ellie couldn't bring herself to respond to her friends. She felt faint whenever she thought about interacting with another person. She grew restless with paranoia.

While Ellie wallowed in her despair, someone knocked on her door.

She mustered all of her strength available to open it.

Lewis: Hello, dear. How are you doing?

Ellie: Hi. I'm pretty sick. Did you need anything?

Lewis: I see. I was going to invite you to the Luau tomorrow, but nevermind. My dear, you look so pale. Do you want me to ask Dr. Harvey to come here?

Ellie: Sorry, I don't want to see anyone right now.

Lewis looked at her, concerned. Ellie looked as if all of the life had been sucked out of her.

Lewis: Alright, well if you start to feel better, don't forget to check in with Dr. Harvey. I'll be going now.

Ellie silently closed the door. That very short conversation with Mayor Lewis made her feel heavier. She dragged herself upstairs to her bedroom and fell asleep.

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Abby: Ellie!!! We brought you soup from the Luau! It's pretty good this year! Wanna open up??

Sam: Do you think she's at home?

Seb: You know what, let's just give her the soup when she's alright.

Abby: We're already here, though. Let's just leave it in her fridge.

Seb: Abigail, we are NOT breaking in someone's house.

Abby: Seb, stop being so dramatic! We're FRIENDS, we're not breaking in. It's not like we're gonna steal anything either.

Sebastian's thoughts went back to a few days prior.

Ellie: I do have some days when I don't really wanna... See people...

...

Seb: Maybe she just doesn't want to see people right now.

Sam: No way, man. Ellie ain't as reclusive as you.

Sam chuckled while elbowing Sebastian's arm. Sebastian rolled his eyes.

Sam: Come on, let's go inside.

The inside of the farmhouse was clean and tidy. Abigail made her way into the kitchen and left the soup container in Ellie's fridge. She found a sticky note pad and a pen and left a note about it.

Sebastian and Sam went to the living room. Sam sat on the sofa.

Sam: Hey, it's quite nice in here. Maybe we should ask Ellie sometime if we could hang out at her house.

Seb: Ugh.

Sebastian went over to a small cabinet with picture frames displayed on it. They were pictures of Ellie and her dad. Sebastian can't help but smile.

Nearby, Ellie had a small bookshelf. Sebastian scanned her collection of books - mostly fiction. Sebastian has read at least about half of the stuff in it. She had good taste, he decided.

Seb: Are we done yet?

Sebastian turned to see that Abby and Sam were sitting on the sofa, pretending to be asleep.

Seb: Ugh, you guys are insufferable.

Abby giggled.

Abby: So where's her bedroom?

Sam: Probably upstairs?

Seb: Alright, NOW that's definitely breaking in.

Sam: Dude, could you chill? I told you: we're VISITING our FRIEND. Jeez.

Seb, sighing: That's probably invasion of privacy, man.

Abby: Nah. Stop being a baby. Come on!

Abby made her way upstairs, followed by the two boys.

Abby: Ellie! Sorry we barged in like this. We're worried about you!

Abby knocked on Ellie's bedroom door, slowly opening it.

Elliot was sleeping like a rock, bundled under a thick blanket and hugging a pillow. She looked very peaceful.

Sebastian had the urge to run his hand through her hair.

Wait, what?

Sebastian felt himself blush.

Seb, clearing his throat: Guys, we should probably not wake her up.

Sam: Yeah. How long do you think she's been asleep? So that's why she wasn't responding to our texts.

Abby made her way to Ellie's bed. She placed a hand on Ellie's forehead, checking for fever.

Abby: Hm, well she's not hot so that's good. I just-

Abigail turned to face the boys when she saw a huge figure looming behind them.

Rasmodius: I demand to know what you are doing in this abode!

The three friends ran out of the house as fast as they can in fear and panic. When they were near the bus stop outside of the farm, they paused to catch their breath.

Sam: HOLY SHIT WHO WAS THAT??

Abby: Oh my god, I don't know. Wait, wait. Lemme just-

Abby tried to lean on a fence, hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath.

Seb: I told you that was a bad idea. Breaking in.

Sam: Dude, have you SEEN the other guy? You think there's just some random-ass guy wearing a cape that's living in Elliot's house?????

Oh no, Sebastian thought, is Elliot in trouble?

Seb: Ughhhh. Should we... Man. We should report this to Lewis.

Abby: Wait! Wait... I know that guy.

Seb and Sam: What????

Abby: Yeah. He's the weirdo who lives in that tower in Cindersap. I've seen him before.

Sam: So he's not a random creep?

Abby thought for a bit.

Abby: No, I don't think so. Ellie's probably gonna be fine.

Seb: Abby. Not that I don't trust you, but we should still definitely report this shit to Lewis. I'm worried.

Sam: Yeah, alright. Let's go then.

The three friends started to walk back into town.

Sebastian took one last look toward the farm then caught up with Sam and Abby.