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talesofealdancynedom · 4 years ago

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Pretty new plumage for the cute young couple: Artemis(crimson), and Matcha(white), in the royal raven kingdom nest.

Tale 11: Artemis Craweleoth & The Griminthrope (chapter 5 - Beloved Princess 5/5) part 3. Stories of Fey

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A year after Artemis and Matcha decided to tour magic forests, Morgen as hosting all his and Emilia’s children, and new grandchildren, on the gate. All except Artemis. Their other children had all flown the coop, and become accomplished mages; but not above having family reunions. They all took comfort in the knowing that Artemis was happy, in the shadow veil or some magic forest somewhere. It had been months since Matcha and Artemis were last spotted, but they did visit everyone individually on ocassion. But not this harvest gathering. Cadence, the eldest, insisted that no one go look for their littlest sister so late; unlike Calliope, the second eldest, who sided with Patrick. They missed their youngest sister, wanted to invite her. But Cadence was right; it was well in the evening, and everyone was too tired to hunt Artemis down. But as Cadence woke at dawn, to feed the stag fey with her children, she noticed something; silence.

At first, Cadence ignored the quiet; but then Calliope and her wife noticed, and then Patrick and his girlfriend noticed. Where was the morning calls of cockatrice at dawn? The two of albino peacock phoenixes that bickered all their childhoods? The song of the orphan birds, or metallic flap of Stymphalians. Not even gryphons perched along the edge of the tower. The Sibling’s curiously looked around, and then got their father and mother to check as well. All the raven children were missing. Morgan, being Mage of Tiberius gate, could feel all the fey and people on it, but accounting for an entire kingdom of fey was beyond his scope. Tiberius gate was too dense with fey to sort. Morgan sent his familiar Icarus to help search from above. Even with teamwork, the two couldn’t sense any raven children. Each fey they asked, noticed their plumaged mythical cousins were missing, yet had no idea why this was. Many said the raven fey had vanished during the night. Tiberius Gate was a sanctuary, inhabited only by the king mage, his family, and fey. If there were no children of the raven king here, there weren’t anywhere. This had happened before; when Morgan was King mage and in school. All the wolf children vanished, and almost claimed his enfeyed best friend. The propect of one tenth of all magic disappearing, terrified him.

Morgen feared the worst: The Raven King may have been killed. Such a good friend since they met: going for karaoke and flipping TV channels. The Raven King was always good for a laugh, and giving an unhelpful yet whimsical perspective. Morgan’s greif of the loss of fey and magic quickly became overshadowed by the fear for his raven brother’s life. He was experiencing a special kind of tragedy all over again. As much as Emilia and his children comforted Morgan, they would never understand that the death of a beast king, to the King Mage, is like the loss of a sibling. Flustered, Morgan ran to the Raven Door with his children, only to find a twelve-year-old girl, weeping on beneath a tree, when they entered the shadow veil. She had no colour, except her icy eyes; she was human mage. She looked like a princess, dressed as old Anglian nobility. Her dress was black crushed velvet, with feather ruff; Fairy robes like mage Queen Meriam Craweleoth of the Grand West. Like she was from a time when Tiberius made the gate. The sobbing girl was dirty, worn, and grey. Morgan knelt to her.

“Are you ok? Raven Queen Odette? You wear your mother’s fairy robes.” Morgan said calmly.

“My husband and children are dead. Their song silent, and my true love, all lost. I do not care that I am no longer immortal, cannot fly, or have returned to being a human girl; I weep for my children and husband, I weep, for I no longer want to sing or live without them,” Odette responded in tears. “All I have is my name; I have been Raven Queen here for so long, it is all I know. The veil takes your memories, as the surrounding magic does not know time. But enough of me; I need to aid Artemis and the new Raven King. They may need help adjusting to their new roles, but I can’t move myself to do anything but cry for my late husband.” She sobbed. Everyone was speechless. As if they had heard a eulogy. Morgan’s children could not comfort Odette; for no one but him, had been able to read Meriam’s journals about her daughter’s mortal life. Morgan knew the story well, and it reminded him of his own daughter, Artemis.

Long ago, the now widowed Raven Queen was a princess kept in her father’s palace. There were talks of wedding her off in the name of peace. She was the only heir of the Great West of Anglia. Odette’s future was to be decided by lordly men. Even if her mother, the mage queen, protested. Odette stood gracefully in her finery at the edge of the courtyard pools, watching the birds. Princess Odette Craweleoth was her full name. She always wore soft blues, and had pale hair and icy eyes; she had magic move through her, at a very young age. Thus, changing her colours to that of a swan. Odette starred into the skies yearning to fly, and be as elegant as one of the birds she watched. Yearning to be a charmer of the Raven Gate in the Capitol instead, of its princess. Her mother, Meriam Craweleoth, sadly watched her only child resent her circumstances; like she once did.

Meriam, knowing the ways of magic, had figured out that her princess was a mage. In these olden times, mages were the only people who could use magic. Therefore, mages were used as weapons, if not exterminated; and Odette was oblivious to this fact. She only knew about a royal existence inside a palace. Odette was a girl who only wanted to love and live, and was innocently unaware of the trial of life. This resulted in Odette, not yet a fully grown lady, feeling no shame in indulging in the impossible. Meriam covered any tracks of her daughter and nephew finding joy in magical ways, least the people who call themselves wizard’s protest. More importantly, she wanted them to have their youthful pure wonder, a little longer.

Meriam dared to defy her values, and lie to her king husband; and withhold her knowledge of the fine large raven adorned in treasure. The Raven King visited the balconies uncomfortably often. Odette had grown to love and had befriended him. It was sweet, and heartwarming. Odette and the Raven King talked when he visited each night; bringing her shiny junk, and telling her jokes, as she complimented him and confessed her woes of having no choice in her future. The Raven King then revealed his more human face, to confess that he loved her so much, that if she requited his love, they could fly off together. Odette could be his beautiful swan. thrilled by his offer, she agreed and kissed him, becoming enfeyed with his magic as a beast queen. She loved him back. At last, she determined her fate, and could fly.

Queen Meriam did not see her daughter, the princess, fly off with the Raven King. but knew and said nothing; her little girl would be safe, and live long and happy in the shadow veil. But common men would not understand such things. By the time the guards, and Odette’s father, arrived to her chambers, she had gone without a trace. Meriam now guarded the Raven Gate she had made, for her daughter’s sake. Anything to keep her only child safe, and meet her raven grandchildren. And Meriam died in her age guarding it from her people. People who had been given tools to wield magic, and wished to eliminate magery form the world.

All Odette could recall of this, is once being a princess, the birds she watched, and wanting to be herself. It felt like it was only a dream. Odette had forgotten the name of her kingdom, and the faces of her human family. The people who loved her centuries ago. Odette was raven queen no more, but still felt a mother to the bird fey. She, in her emptiness, wished to help Artemis and her remaining royal children, the richen raven and griminthropes, which were now presumably human mages somewhere. Odette wanted to help her daughter in law be the queen she once was. To protect what remained of what she loved most. It was all she had to fill a hole, where love once was.

Morgan was struck with sadness as well. He was close to the Raven King, who was quite the beloved personality among all the beast kings and mages. No doubt the other beast Kings and Queens would grieve him too. The King’s of fey were like the only siblings Morgan and Emilia ever had. They were like aunts and uncles to their four children. Everyone felt cold and empty; as nostalgia reared from pleasant to bitter. There was no more innocent prankster, funny hat wearer, bad dancing crackly singer. The Raven King sung badly purposefully, because his real voice was so beautiful it caused any living thing that heard it to die. The first Raven King was terrifying and glories, in all his majesty. As pure magic should be. Even if The Raven King was made only of magic itself, he felt like a physical person. He was as old as the world itself, and had met his eventual end. Infinity always has eventually. Even though he lived so long, it felt so short. The Raven King was now just a story in books of magic. In his stead, Matcha would now have to be all of these things.

Suddenly it dawned on Morgan, Emilia and their children. Where is Artemis and Matcha? Are they alive and the new king and queen of the raven kingdom as Odette said? Patrick approached Odette firmly, and requested the widowed queen to take them deep in the forest; to the secret nest. The giant raven nest that was forbidden to anyone but the Raven King, Queen and any newborn heirs. The Raven King had decorated an orchard of trees in dazzling gems, armor, jewelry and ornaments in the most spectacular way. Centuries of careful tweaking and crafting; It was art. It was what inspired Matcha to bead and decorate. The nest sat upon the largest tree in the circular orchard. It was made of felt, down, straw and twigs. As Odette lead the concerned family into the clearing, they saw a large four-winged crimson bird with a skulled head in the nest. Perched above her, another large snow-white raven with Icey eyes, that was adorned handsomely with jewelry about his neck and talons. It was like Odette and the Raven King were still there. The family cautiously approached behind Odette; her face still wet from tears. She pointed to the massive birds, which turned to look at them.

“Mother?” the new Raven King said in a familiar voice. He swooped down into his human form, revealing himself. It was Matcha, and he looked exactly like his father had; taller and with more dazzling feathers, and a crown. Except his eyes, which were his mothers. He waved to the visiting mages with a wide smile. Even as King, Matcha was himself.

“My condolences of your father. All the folk of magic will miss your little siblings, and the gifts he gave to us,” said Patrick “but where is my sister Artemis?” He asked. The red bird ruffled and turned into her human form; It was Artemis peering over the edge of the nest down at them. Everyone’s faces lit up to see her in good health. She had gone white and scarlet, just as Odette had when she became queen. Her collar and trims sparkled, and she wore a clear robe, like a veil embroidered with glittering feathers. The regal plume of feathers around her neck was as soft as clouds. Artemis was nearly unrecognizable. Her trademark autumn blacks of her eyes, hair, and clothes were now a regal white and blood red. Artemis jumped down, and landed before her family, surprising them a little. Even as Raven Queen, she was still herself.

“Told you I would never leave him Patrick.” Artemis said, smirking. Then her expression faded to sorrow. “The Raven King was murdered upon trying to rescue a flock of his captured daughters. The wizards must have been so scared to see him, that they lashed out on instinct like trolls. the beast kings can be verry shocking when you first meet one; as they are so big and all. He must have let his guard down because mages have returned, and have been keeping fey safe. I for one, did not know a beast king could die. I thought they may retire by choice, or turn human or something…” Artemis said. She was hugging Patrick, and melting into the fur of his coat. “I will miss him. He named me, and has been an accepting uncle all my life. Now I am Raven Queen, and I do not know how to be a step mother to an entire kingdom of fey. My husband will have to recreate his father’s work to restore balance. It’s a lot, and it’s not fair. I fear that, along the way, I will also forget you.” Artemis cried. Odette gently clasped Artemis’s hand, and looked away.

“I want to help, and stay, but I also need to find my royal children. They will have survived, and are now mages running amok; they must be confused to be human. Similar to Wolf Queen Flowen’s royal children, if I recall. I am no longer enfyed, and will age now; my time is precious. I will do my best to help you be a good queen and mother to the raven kingdom. Our kingdom. I think we are all happy to see you both are well.” Odette said coldly. The family stood in the clearing of trees, decorated like a festive ballroom, as they stayed silent in memory of a lost friend, father, leader, and husband. Morgan ran up to Artemis, pulling her away from Patrick to embrace her.

“I and your family, can visit. As King Mage I come often; If the new king sees me worthy of being a brother, and gives me back the kingdom stone.” Morgan whispered. Matcha pulled a palm sized rock with the raven kingdoms rune on it. He smiled and put it in Morgan’s pocket, like it was another Tuesday.

“You look beautiful. This must be how Queen Meriam felt when Odette, her daughter, became a beast Queen. I am happy to hear my child will outlive me, prosperously for centuries; caring for fey like any proud mage. Though I know the veil can fog the mind, I hope you try to remember us.” He continued. Artemis’s family took turns giving her and Matcha comforting embraces, before parting. They took Odette with them to find the last of her children, wishing the best for the new royals. They saw their family off with a gentle smile in return; in spite of the events that had occurred. On the surface, it all seemed so scary, but underneath it was kindness. In time, and with tender love and care, the raven kingdom will once again have a happy ending. In a way, this new beginning already was one.

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popculturebuffet · 4 years ago

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Top 10 Regular Show Episodes

Close Enough is Close! 2 more days and a show i’ve waited without hyperbole years for will finally land offically. While i’ve seen three episodes preelease, one because of a french film festival the other two because HBO made an oopsie, and it’s more than likely i’ll be seeing those episodes again thursday, it dosen’t make it any less special, as with an offical release comes the fandom finally becoming a thing and the ablility to watch the episodes over and over again.. on computer till HBO gets it’s shit together but still. IT’s a great time. And my hype for the show made me revisit it’s big brother: Regular Show. Created by what would happen if you condesned california into a person, JG Quintel, Regular Show, as you all damn well know but I like doing anyway so as rigby would say, STOP TALKING, was about two slackers and best bros: Laidback hipster and hurricane when it came to talking to women, Mordecai and Rigby a high strung, idiotic, impulsive, and frequently angry racoon who worked, when they absolutley had to, at a park. Joining them at the park were their coworkers and later closest friends: Benson, their constnatly angry boss who constnatly belts out empty threats to fire them and has a rather sad personal life, Skips, a centuries old yeti whose literally seen it all and despenses advice for the duo and is voiced by everyone’s faviorite grandpa/jedi/murder clown Mark Hamill, Muscle Man, a grotesque blob of a man who likes “My mom” jokes and breaking things, Hi Five Ghost, Muscle Man’s sidekick who got like.. one episode focusing on him alone over 8 seasons moving on, and Pops, an odd but unfailingly sweet and kind vicotrian era gentleman whose also basically immortal and is Bensons’ boss in name only. The Park Crew spend their days working, or in our main duo’s case trying to get out of work to do anything else, while dealing with every day issues that would quickly ballon into insanity. Getting pops a birthday present of Fuzzy Dice from a local pizza place ended up with the crew having to fight a bunch of anamatonic animals that were stashing diamonds in there. Trying to get concert tickets involved getting caffine from the nipples of a giant sentient coffee bean in order to stay awake long enough to do the extra work. And Mordecai trying to delete an embrarassing message off his crush Margret’s voice mail lead to him and rigby getting hauled in front of a bunch of a message guardians, one of which is a sentient smoke signal that wanted to burn them while the other replied with “we’ree not going to burn them when have we ever burned anybody”... I love and miss those guys. Oh and it’s resolved by having to playt he embarassing song he sang while said message beings groove to it then ask him to colaberate with them on their album. THis show was on all the drugs and I am all the hear for it. I could go all day obviously but this section is long enough as is, let’s move on.

Regular Show came at JUST the right time for Cartoon Netowork: Similar to how the 80s doom patrol comic started off really bland and cookie cutter and not at all doom patrol and then grant morrison came in, had hte previous writer kill almost everything, then rebuilt it from scratch with crazy, CN had few shows left and was coming off a really terrible attempt at competeing with NIck and Disney Channel’s live action dommance with a bunch of dude broy reality shows and other ill conceved ideas. The network had a few shows, Total Drama, The Clone Wars which got better and I need to watch those better seasons at some point, but they weren’t enough to make the network thrive again. SO enter adventure time and regular show: BOth were creative, funny , a bit rough around the ages, and kind of nuts, but both were massive hits: The shows hit almost every demographics sweet spots: Kids like the bright colors, fun designs, and insanity, teens loved the edgy bits of the humor and also the insanity and 20 somethings and older both found refrences they got and loved, and well.. insanity. I mean being fucking nuts but also wonderful is kind of the watchword for most animation nowadays. While in the past in my own head i’ve played down Regular Show’s part in things, after all it came second and had a rough patch I told myself.. but I was wrong. Both shows had a lot of the same elements; insane stuff, great voice acting and good humor especially as they evolved.. but both also evolved in largely the same way and that way helped change animation for the next decade: Both, despite being comeidies, regular show keeping to it a bit more than adventure time did as they evolved, had the characters grow, something a lot of animated comedies didn’t do as much ast the time, even the good ones. THey had season long arcs, things that are now standard features in most cartoons for good reason were MADE standard by these shows. It’s just regular show’s legacy got diluted by shows that TRIED to copy it but both failed to see that it grew past season one or that it’s being okay for kids but really based in adult life and problems meant copycats like fanboy and chum chum, sanjay and craig and breadwinners, all thankfully long dead, eventually sputtered out and died. That and Nick is REALLY shitty at maintaing shows or treating creators with anything resembling respect. Somehow Teen Titans Go is still alive despite having similar failings but you can’t win everything. It didn’t help gravity falls came along right after and proceded to be even more influentail than both of these shows. Hmmm I just realized I haven’t done any gravity falls reviews here.. I gotta get on that. But while the show got eclipsed in quality and popularity I do still think it holds up for the most part as funny, charming and with , for the most part, good character arcs, it’s just that a bit of incosntientcy, some abrubtly done actions and a REALLY fucking terrible arc in season 6 dull the show a bit in comparison to what came after, but I do realize now it’s still worht watching, remembering and laughing at. It may of not been the greatest, but damn it was good. So with my nostaliga for the show popping up, my faith in it restored, and it’s sucessor showing up in a few days, I decided to do a little something for the ocassion. I WAS going to do a full on review, but had troulbe finding an episode as some of my faviorites are part of a larger arc that was hurt by a later arc, and the show ping ponged between slice of life and utter insanity enought hat it was hard to peg down to jus tone or two episodes. So while I WILL review the show eventually, it has both good and bad episodes needing it, I decided instead to dig out something I hadn’t done in far too long: a top whatver lists! Now while I do get these things are clickbaity, because they are, I.. honestly just love making them. Even if i’ts not for any specific purpose I just love ranking, the stress, even if I normally hate stress given my anxiety, of trying to narrow them down, and the satisfaction of taking a ton of episodes and melting htem down into the best of them. And with a show as long and varied as regular show, If igured this was the best way to show it off before I dived into it eventually. I’ll obviously be doing more top, and bottom lists in the future, but for now this seemd like a godo place to get back to it. As Now a few more things before we finally get started. Yes I know i’ve gone on for a few years now but i’m almost done. This list is obviously, my opinon. If you disagree fine, and feel free to comment or shoot me an ask about it but I stand by my list and what I choose. I had to boil down over 60 episodes I picked to possibly be on the list and even after it was down to 40 cuts were really difficult, .. Also just as a quick note there are no episodes from seasons 1, 6, 7 and 8, and that’s not on purpose, as the last two seasons are really good, it just fell out that way and i’m sorry about it. So with that out of the way grabs some sodas and wings, get out your maxi gloves, and bring out your best sentient earworms wearing sunglassses, after the cut I count down the top 10 Regular Show episodes. OOOOOOOOO!

10. I Like You, Hi (Season 5, Episode 26) As you’ll be able to tell by the rest of this list Season 5 is my faviorite, and it’s where I feel the series hit it’s peak before next season lead to it’s valley. It’s got a ton of great episodes, as this list will attest, some great character development, and was still really damn funny. But what put it over the top for me was the Mordecai and CJ arc. At the end of the last season as you probably know the show wrote out Margret, having her finally get into college like she’d wanted since she got an actual character back in “Camping Be Cool” instead of just being “that hot girl mordecai really likes but is too scared to persue”, and another fantastic episode we’ll be getting to, Mordecai was in position to move on. Re-Enter CJ. CJ was introduced earlier in the season 3 ep “Yes Dude Yes” which itself is really good, where Mordecai thought margret was engaged and with Rigby’s encouragment, ended up meeting CJ, stands for Cloudy Jay if your curious, a sentient cloud voiced by the wonderful LInda Cardenelli, aka wendy from gravity falls and currently co star of the equally wonderful show Dead to Me. Seriously go check it out on netflix, it’s really good. It naturally went pearshaped since Margret wasn’t engaged, he tried going out with both, she turned into a thunderstorm out of rage... as you do.. it’s like the season 6 plot but less infurating and more understandable. But the two remeet, and had a kiss on new years while not knowing it’s the other person under am ask.. and then CJ ran and both thought the other was upset: MOrdecai for him being MOrdecai, and CJ for running out on him and agreed to be friends. That didn’t last, though it did give us another classic on this list, as while exes can be friends and all, the two still had something between them. Thus came this one. And it was a hard one as it barely inched out the finale of their relationship arc, Real Date, which had the ceo of a dating company try to break them up and be really damny funny but it’s ulitmatley this one being just as hilarious while being a great character piece that gets it the rub. As the episode opens Mordecai and CJ have been spending a LOT of time together and i’ts clear there’s a spark there.. but Mordecai insists it’s platonic. And yes there is a bad habit of animation being unable to accept females and males who are into the oppistie sex can’t be friends without being attracted to each other. It’s being cleared up more lately, but as Star Vs showed it still happens sometimes. But it works here: The two STARTED with dating, made out on new years, and are attracted to each other it’s just clear both were in denial about it. It’s not saying “well they have chemstiry so fuck their partners’ like star vs or “if you loved someone once those feelings will return and destroy yoru current relationship” like next season.... season 6′s arc is a tirefire burn it. But the issue is forced when, while texting about an extreme baking show together while CJ’s at her job at a sports bar, it autocrrects from Yuji, the show’s host, to you hi, sending the title message “I like you, hi”. Mordecai, being even less adept with his feelings and anxiety towards women than me and trust me that’s saying something, spirals and we do get the episodes best scene, narrowly beating out it’s climax, where Mordecai summons a war council.. aka the rest of the main cast minus benson but plus Thomas, the intern who I wish stuck around longer even after he turned out to be a russian spy because they ran out of ideas for him, voiced by Roger Craig Smith and distractingly using his future sonic voice.

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I just.. love everything about the scnee. From the term pulling a mordecai, to Rigby joining in, deservedly as he’s had front row seats for a lot of this bollocks, to everyone’s suggestions especially Muscle Man’s half assed one that somehow, but unsuprisngly, works for him and Starla. Naturally Mordecai comes up with what Rigby HIMSELF admits is a Rigby level half assed scheme to get an actual photo with Yuji rather than just admit the truth. Yuji himself is an utter delight, having had his star not rise as fast as he’d like thanks to autocorrect and being entirely on board, and when it backfires as MOrdecai ends up autocorrected and sends the message thrice and gets sucked into the phone again, admits i’ts “pretty extreme’. I love the guy and i’m prety sure he showed up again, to my delight.

In the phone Mordecai meets some old friends, the message guardians who I mentioned in the “insane shit this show has done” bit earlier: old forms of messaging who police texting, all voiced by Rich Fulcher of the Mighty Boosh and Snuffbox Fame.

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I love Rich and wish these guys could show up in close enough. Maybe they can, I don’t know how rights issues with turner properties work when it comes to two diffrent audiences entirely. Anyways what really makes the episode, besides the great callbacks in this scene, is when confronted with everything going on, Mordecai.. tries to run into the void, with Rigby, The Message Recorder and the Smoke Signal all encouraging him to come back. “There’s nothing out there for you, literally it’s just a blank void”. With the leading tape recorder pointing out from their text history not only how great CJ is but how much he seems to like her with Mordecai finally coming back and admitting the obvious: He does like her.. he’s just scared of beefing it again. Which he does but that’s not the point. Rigby, who as part of his character development helps Mordecai quite a bit with this stuff by being a neutral party, though he also likes CJ better than Margret which is a mood even though I don’t care which one you ship mordecai with frankly, you do you, I have my prefrences. And with that Mordecai finally texts her and asks her out, with her accepting via winky face.. with an added text to clarify it for his neuotic ass.. which is also a mood as my neuortic ass could use that a lot. Overall just a wonderful , hilarious and good bit of character growth.. that season 6 throws in the oven, but that’s a long rant for another day. On it’s own, “I LIke you, hi” is a good character piece for mordecai whlie still being really damn funny.

9. Thanksgiving Special (Season 5, Episode 15)

Regular Show was really damn great at holliday specials. Their terror tales from the park every halloween were always a nice treat and a good replacement for Simpsons “Treehouse of Horror” which still exists, it’s just no one cares at this point, and their christmas and new years episodes are both really damn good, the first Christmas Episode being in contention for this list even. But to me the best of the best was easily Season 5′s thanksgiving episode.

The premise is simple: Mordecai and Rigby accidnetly destroy thanksgiving dinner, which the park crew is having for everyone and their famllies and, refusing to take Benson trying to dismiss their attempts to help fix their mistake, end up joining a songwriting contest to try and win a Turducken.. a natural one that’s born every 1000 Years because this is regular show. To do this they have to beat a parody of everyone’s least faviorite president Donald Trump, Rich Buckner. The fact that trump was basically the main villian of a holliday special a year before he became president is not lost on me and is one of the most accurate depections of the man i’ve ever seen. The fact Rich steals the prize despite our boys winning from his blimp with a grappling hook is peak trump. The fact Trump has’nt stolen more things with a grappling hook in real life is only because his hands are too small to use one.

Getting past our president for my own sanity, the episode also has really great subplots: Muscle Man and Fives go to a sports bar to get sides and end up pissing off a former football player and getting into a touchdown dance comppetition, sadly not set to the super bowl shuffle, while Benson, Pops and Skips go to get a turkey and end up fighting over it with men dressed up like a piligrim, a first thanksgiving era native american and a turkey, to which they don’t even really give an explination for.. granted most explinatoins on this show are insane but even by regular show standards, this gets none. And I love it for it. While as you can tell the episode is really damn funny, what really sells it is the emotional core: For once while they do fear for their jobs a bit Mordecai and Rigby’s main motivation in this messup is genuine guilt and wanting to fix their mistake, and they work hard at it, even giving a genuine and awesome heartfelt song that notches itself up with other thanksgiving classics “That thankstiginv themed soul sketch on snl” and adam sandler’s turkey song also from snl. Not a high bar but it’s really good regardless

The episodes’ real strength though is it’s emotional core: For once instead of saving their own asses or understadnably wanting to get one over on the cranky and in the worse written episodes obnoxiously overbearing benson, they simply feel terrible about possibly runing the meal for their arriving parents and everyone elses parents and families and their friends and work to right the wrong. It’s not the first time they worked to do something genuinely good with no benefit to themselves, but it’s probably the best and Benson’s I forgive you, while hilarious is also really sweet. And speaking of sweet

It ends on a really sweet and touching note, as Mordecai and Rigby, after escaping a blimp via a wish on a golden wishbone because of course, make it home to find the various weirdos the park crew met have brought them thanksgiving, and their parents will be there and we get a nice touching ending as the main duo get a well earned toast from Benson. Just an out and out amazing thanksgiving special and a good reminder of what the holiday means.

8. Trucker Hall of Fame (Season 3, Episode 37)

Moving on from Season 5 for a second, Season 3 was where the show really started to hit it’s stride to me. While Season 2 was a nice increase in quality from the sometimes choppy and heavy on “everyone is an asshole” comedy season 1, Season 3 was where the increased focus on the rest of the cast outside of our main duo balloned and what seeds of character were planted in season 2 beautifully bloomed. And this episode is one of the best examples of that. This one focuses on Muscle Man, who earlier on was basically the main duo’s rival alongside his buddy high five ghost, and kind of a dick. While “Kind of a dick” never left any discription of Mitch Sorenstein, this and previous episode muscle woman showed there was more to the goblin man than we thought. It’s also one of regular show’s few early mostly serious episodes and unlike the benson ones, again this list was tough don’t come at me with a machete, and realy showed why muscle man is the human tire fire he is. The episode introduces, and quickly kills off, muscle dad, mitch’s dad who gave him a love of pranks and was a truck driver who died as he live: mistaking a fake bear for a real one during a prank. Muscle Man being not the most stable person on a GOOD day, spirals, as seen above, and Benson tasks mordecai and rigby, since Fives isn’t good with death ironically and isn’t holding up much better, and as a much later episode shows the two became besties in high school so he probably knew muscle dad for a good ten years so he’s probably not in a great place either, nice stuff, to go with him to put his dad’s ashes in the trucker hall of fame. What follows is a sweet and damn sad episode. While Mitch’s frequent breakkdowns can be hilarous their also really sad and having lost my grandpa since this episode aired, I can relate to being fine one minute and a total shrieking wreck the next over the smallest thing. But it also shows that Mitch genuinely thinks of our main duo as his friends, and that beneath his testorrone positned exterior he’s a decent guy, being genuinely greatful. Of course being regular show the 3 end up squaring off with some truckers, while Mitch also grappels with the revelation his dad wasn’t one but a forklift opperator who faked being a trucker for his son’s benifit and dleft a tender note in his picture, figuring correctly his son would break it open when he found out... oh and because this show is still nuts his ghost ends up saving them at the end which is really sweet , as mitch decides trucker or no his ashes deserve to be there. Also his ghost shows up again at thanksgiving so apparently he can just come back once in a while, which is nice but dosen’t demnish the bittersweet feeling of this ep. And as I said the show has a good grasp on continuity as this ep marked a turning point for our main duo and muscle man: while the’yve bonded before after this, aside from mitch’s habit of christmas pranks and his faking his death, they really don’t nearly get as annoyed by him ever again. i’ts a sweet touching ride tha’ts uncharacristic of the show’s usual chaos but really works.

7. A Bunch of Full Grown Geese (Season 4, Episode 19) After a few episodes that were more sentimental on this list, it’s good to get back to some good old regular show madness for this one, which was also the series 100th in production order and is a worthy milestone episode. Season 4 was really good building on the good will from Season 3 and FINALLY having payoff to the margret and mordecai thing, more on that in a bit. Not as much to say as seasons 3 or 5, but it was still spectacular. The sequel to another ep, fittingly given it’s #100, full grown geese has our duo tasked with removing a bunch of obnoxious geese, with Benson in dick mode refusing to give the two more help, though it does lead to one of the show’s best scenes when he gives his usual your fried threat.. and fitting a milestone episode, Rigby calls him on never going through with it and the threat being as empty as my dreams. Benson responds by going nuts and angrishing them out of his office.. really funny. But yeah with the geese attacking them and , in their first attacking, poor pops, and no way to combat them, the two turn to the baby ducks, a bunch of baby ducks from the episode titled that who show up to help.. and this being the 100th episode of an already grant morrison level nuts show, it turns out the geese seek to conquer earth, voiced by david warner of course and have laser eyes.. and can combine. And the ducks do so again, mecha style, and add in our heroes and a bunch of call backs in one of the series best and most batshit sequences> The ending is also throughly satisfying as while our heroes win, Benson chews them out for tearing up the park in the process.. only for the ducks mom to call him out for not only yelling at the ducks, who are just kids, but at mordecai and rigby after they just saved the park from being a smoldering crater and not just trashed and he backs off. Just a fun episode where the crew just went nuts and the results speak for themselves.

6. This is My Jam (Season 2, Episode 13)

Now this one I couldn’t NOT include. This is one of the series best even after it’s immense growth, and a beloved classic for a reason. And like the above it’s a good classic case of regular show hyjinks while also being relatable this time: Rigby gets a brainless but catchy pop song from the 90′s stuck in his head and despite growing to hate it, and Mordecai hating it because this episode establishes him as a hipster, and seemingly exercises it.. only for it to manifest as a GIANT CASETTE WEARING SUNGLASSES THAT PLAYS THE SONG JUST BY EXISTING AND DANCES CONSTANTLY. it’s utterly glorious and used to great effect, also annoying benson because he’s constnatly annoyed. To beat it the main duo get the rest of the park’s help at Skips suggestion to form a band and craft an even BIGGER earworm to cast it out. Oh and there’s a great scene where Pops is forced to awkwardly dance with the incarnation of the 90′s “But I won’t use my best moves”. The climax also has one of Benson’s best moments as, after he’s irritated all episode, he comes in hot, with both the cast and audience expecting him to chew out mordecai and rigby.. only he’s mad because they forgot drums are key to an earworm and saves the day with his drumwork. It’s a great subversion and one of the first times Benson was more than just the angry but understandable, at times, dickhead boss. Just an utter standout and one of the show’s most memorable episodes for a reason. Also the line “you can’t touch music but music can touch you’ is great.

5. Meteor Moves ( Season 4, Episode 28)

This one was a long time coming and to me is a great example of writers taking their own shortcomings and making something awesome out of them. I prefer that: instead of just retconning away bad writing use it as a tool.. I try to do that myself when possible. See early in the show as you all probably know, Mordecai’s crush on Margret was just a plot device: he had a crush on the cute waitress at the coffee shop so they used it to get him to do things. A gratioutis shot of her in bike shorts got him to bet all computer rights for life that sort of thing. The show.. wasn’t great with female characters till season 3 and even as it grew, as season 6 and just.. forgetting to give CJ a proper ending as a character shows, still grappled with it. It took writer Kat Morris saying “no no stop go to jail” to them wanting ot make CJ a difficult woman type, whatever horrifying thing that is. I don’t want to know, let’s move on. The point is it wasn’t till season 3 that Margret and her best friends, and Rigby’s future wife, Eileen got fleshed out a bit: Eileen got smarter and turned out to be good at wilderness stuff while Margret was chill, nice, if annoyed by the chaos around mordecai, and funloving, while also having a clear goal in stark contrast to her future boyfriend: going to college. Even after coming back it was botha fter finsihing college and to start a career. It wasn’t incredibly deep, but it made me not be ehhh to her mere existance like before. The show also started developing her and Mordecai’s relationship seriously with the two bonding and the previously shown Butt Dial showing for the first time, after previously having a terrible taste in men and then just not noticing his crush, that she was receptive to how mordecai felt. And the two had several moments and two dates even, it just.. never went anywhere for some reason.

And this was INFURATING to me: See back then shows had a tendency to just pop in love intrests SOLEY for plot fuel like margret with no intention of following through with things either through rejection or a relationsihp upgrade and by then I was sick of it. The whole spike and rarity thing in MLP (which to be clear I wanted her to just reject him but nope, even after I stopped watching she never did. ), Isabella and Phineas. I was fed up so I went from being “eh” about it to annoyed supremely.. but the thing is the writers realized this.. and course corrected. The first step was picking up Margret, where Mordecai agrees to pick her up to get her to the airport for a college interview and we get a nice deconstruction of things as Margret is anticpatiing things going wrong, and wrongly blames Mordecai for it.. I mean it is his fault sometimes but half the time weird shit just follows him. However she’s won over by him working past it, getting her there in time and kisses him. That blew me away and made me think well it’s finally here.. and it was.. ALMOST. However the creators wisely, if frustratingly to past me, took one more episode to iron it out: Metor Moves has the two growing closer, and semi-going out, but Rigby pops mordecai’s bubble pointing out he never actually made a boyfriend girlfriend move and her move could’ve gone either way. So Mordecai , after seasons of being wishy washy and awkward, finally decides to go for it as he, rigby, eileen and margret go to a metor shower. Being Regular Show it dosen’t go as planned as his attempted kiss is blocked by the guardians of the friend zone.. which is a real, phantom zone esque place here and that’s just fantastic. And it’s also clearly mocking the hell out of the concept, which is dumb. if you want to ask someone out just do it, I learned that the hard way. And if you really are friends, if she says no then you’ll accept it and keep a friend anyway as I have. But it’s clearly parodying it and Mordecai get sreplayed all the times he ALMOST made a move but didn’t but refuses to accept this clusterfuck, realizes he was a screwup when it came to this.. and kisses her.. and this time the two enter a relationship> Granted it barely lasted but still, it was nice while it did and this ep is just great for it. While not the funniest, it’s up this high because it took somethign the show did wrong.. and turned it on it’s head and into a character flaw and had mordecai grow past it, with a genuinely romantic moment on top as well as an utterly funny and batshit concept. It also had some Rigleen, as by this point rigby stopped being a hateful wastebasket to her and warmed up to her, and I regret there’s no reigleen episodes on this list. Their the shows best couple and utterly adorable. Just wanted to mention that at least once this list.

4. Laundry Woes (Season 5, Episode 1) From the begining to the end. While sadly Morderet didn’t last too long in canon, which blows, it did give us some great episodes while it lasted, as with the above entry and their breakup in Steak Me Amedeus. As mentioned before Margret left for college, which while abrupt feeling did pave the way for great stories: The Mordejay arc mentioned above and that will pop up again very soon, This was one of them: the ep while lacking on laughs is a good emotional rollercoaster and starts with an amazing montage that catches us up from the end of season 4: Mordecai is miserable, as you’d expect and wallowing in it with Benson, of all people, letting him. And given Benson seems to have a heart attack any time Mordecai and Rigby aren’t working, that’s huge. But eventually his friends refuse to let it go on and in a really touching montage help him through it, taking him out places, giving him good times and eventually.. the fog starts to lift and he starts to enjoy himself and by the end.. he’s himself again. It’s one of the series best sequences, told with no dialouge and showing just how far the rest of the cast had come: Benson actually wants to comfort mordecai but is encouraged not to at first, underfstandably as it probably woudlnt’ help, and a crew that were once, aside from Pops who much like Krillin is everyone’s friend, just coworkers who barely tolerated each other, and are now close as family and help their own in need. But Grief isn’t a straight line and just as Mordecai’s recovering he’s sent spiraling when he finds Margret’s sweater and uses ita s a flimsy excuse to go return it. It’s here I also get to talk about Rigby, who grew from an impatient idiot who hated Mordecai’s romantic endevors and actively sabtoaged them at times, to an understandting wing man who, while understandably frustrated with his best friend’s own idiocy with women, turned out to know more and be the wise council he needed, triggering both is relationships and only bailing out during the season 6 clusterfuck and even then was there to comfort him after it was all over and go to his aid to pull him out of another misery hole. And here he gives Mordecai the hard truth: He shoudln’t do this, it’s just going to tear both him and margret up again and he just put himself back together. He’s not going to let his best friend do this to himself. And while there is a supernatural elment, the sweater comes to life and tries to get Mordecai to force margret back with him and give up college, likely voicing his darkest wants that he hates himself for wanting, but it feels more like a manfiestation of Mordecai’s own issues than the usual madness. Like “Trucker hall of Fame”, a rare senntence, it’s a less funny packed more grounded episode. And in the end it’s mordecai himself, after rejecting the ghost sweater and seeing his ex truly happy , that gets him to NOT talk to her and just.. let it go. IT’s a good emotional episode and SHOULD HAVE BEEN the end of their relationship... but i’ve ranted about the cheating storyarc enough here, moving right along.

3. Portable Toilet (Season 5, Episode 16) Back to the Mordejay arc. And yes this arc is my faviorite and while I didn’t make it clear at the time I really shipped the two, even before it became canon. I had nothing against morderet, these two simply had more chemistry and these episodes built CJ up as more of a character than Margret was at the time. It’s why that later arc sucks so much to me: it destroys a perfectly good relationship and story arc for dumb reasons and never really did enough with it to justify doing so. I’ll get to it some day, or if someone comissions it soone rthan some day, but as you can tell i’m still sore over it and great eps like this are part of the reason why. It’s the same reason i’m sore on how Tom was handled on star vs. But as you can also tell as bitter and lemon scented as I am.. these eps are still objectivley great and thus took up a third of the list basically. Case in point Portable Toilet, which zooms back a bit to when neither would admit they were into each other but were now friends at least. Also Eileen was CJ”s friend now because plot convience. I mean they worked, and it bothers me a lot that the creators claim cj washed her hands of her even though she’s not the one who made out with margret... which come to think of it adding her to rigleen.. not a bad idea. I mean Rigby didn’t really like margret true, but they did almost go out before mordecai killed him and then reset time because Mordecai’s always kinda sucked. I’ll file that away for later. But my new OTP aside, I did like the two bonding and what not. Anyways with their outside park friend/RIgby’s future girlfriend now friends with Mordeai’s future girlfriend the four have apparently been hanging out which, while i’ve bemoaned off screen stuff at times, works here and regular show uses it better than most shows. While Rigby can clearly see Mordecai and CJ are into each other Mordecai is as we covered in denial and while that dosen’t really progress here, it does lead to one of teh shows finest hours. When talking would you rathers, CJ semi-flirtly dares Mordecai to eat his lunch sandwitch in a portable toilet, which he agrees to and drags a reluctant rigby along for. This being regular show, it goes south fast as the two get stuck, with Rigby’s clautrophiba kicking in leading to an amazing exchange Mordecai; Dude that makes no sense! Rigby: You’s makes no sense! While our dynamic duo try to get mordecai and rigby out the two are carted away and repalced with a new portable toilet, a deluxe one. Also we get another great bit when our dynamic duo find Muscle man, in a robe with choclate’s claming “Eileen, other girl, this isn’t weird” before screaming “This isn’t weird”. Turns out old portable toilets are taken to be blown up by the miltary and we get one of the shows best one off characters in the general, who not only explains it as “toilets being about the same size as the enmy” but when told he should call the president says “the preseident is not my father i’ll blow up as many toilets as I want.”. Spectacular. So now it’s a scramble for one twosome to rescue the other, Rigby lets out a cathartic “THANK YOUUU MORDECAI” over the flirty toilet dare, and the day is saved> This one is another pure comedy one, even if it ties into a plot I really like, and i’ts gold for obvious reasons and manages to take blowing up porta poties, a premise that dosen’t seem that funny, and make it utter comedic gold. Speaking of pure comic episodes that are utterly insane...

2. Cool Bikes (Season 3, Episode 7)

This one feels like regular show boiled down to it’s core: semi-relabtale hyjinks dovetalling into pure madness. And the premise sounds like a shit post i’d make: Mordecai and Rigby want benson to admit their cool and get into progressively weird outfits and tricks to their bycycles to do so, eventually becoming so cool their put on trial by the council of cool , ending up having to make a runner when Benson finally breaks down and admits it. The premise is utterly stupid in the best way possible, with the conflict being the kind of petty bullshit we all get into from time to time with our aquantinces: not wanting to admit something and loose the argument withthings escalating. And in regular show terms it escalate sperfectly into the entire unvierse being threatned adn our heros being on trial for their lives. There’s not much to say here, it’s just pure comedic gold with a premise that just works. It also has good moments for Benson with his finally admitting they are cool and saving the duo’s lives whne he realized he just gave them a death sentence. Utter fun. And now we come to the finale, my faviorite episode...

1. Dodge This (Season 5, Episode 15)

Yup this arc again. But this one has more than my ship going for it, and it’s why it soared to the top: It takes the excellent character work of other episodes and weaves it with excellent comedy to create an utter delight and the episode I remember most fondly and most often. It’s just great. The second part of the Mordeijay arc, not counting yes dude yes, the episode is half that and half sports movie: The Park Guys have been taking part in dodgeball as a team bulding thing and it shows how far Benson’s come as he not only praises mordecai, and launches the mordecai and benson ship in the process, but gives his team full wings and his full support, a far cry from his usual self. It’s also the first big instance of him getting hammered on wings and it’s glorious to see drunk flirty benson. Benson is also genuinely congratulatory to the team’s ace mordecai, and most of them realy for b eing valuable and hopes to win this year. IN their way are two things: The magical elements, aka the floating baby heads that gave skips his immortality, his friend with sparkly eyes who works for them and death himself whose a recurring character and fucking great and who were their bowling rivals too. The other is CJ is back, and Benson in another good moment actually talks mordecai through it and his nerves over it assuring him. So we get a great sports piece as our heroes work through various callbacks and even beat the magical elements iwth Rigby’s hilarious and rediculous rignado manuver, which is as dumb as it sounds and winged a guy hilaroiusly before with Benson scolding him like a toddler. Of course it ends up with Mordecai and CJ against each other, both incredibly awkard over things as mentioned before, and both ending up in a stalmate that magical dodgeball guardians have to resolve because, let’s do this one last time. IT’S REGULAR SHOW. We do get a good moment though as the two work through their awkwardness: both thinking the other is rightfully mad: Mordecai for his two timer date with her and Margret and CJ for running out without talking to mordecai after they had a moment on new years. The both work past it, the park strikers loose,benson likely gets hammered again off screen.. it’s a good one and I have no shame in putting it at number one. It’s got heart, really great jokes, and some good charcter stuff, not to the level of other episodes on this list, but it wasn’t a full episode of that like those were and still works to move the plot forward and is still a classic. Just a fun, breezy, well done epsidoe fully rooted in the cast’s characters and getting laughs out of that.. mostly benson. And with that this giangantic list comes to a close> I hope you enjoyed it, if you liked it follow me for more. I’ll be doing close enough coverage every week, as well as amphibia and owl house among other reviews. Until we meet again, later days.

#regular show #mordecai #rigby #cj #eileen #margret #muscle man #benson dunwoody #high five ghost #pops mallerd #skips #death #yuji #rich fulcher #close enough #top 10 lists #cartoon network

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twitchesandstitches · 5 years ago

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Miscella Vs the Fleet: old wounds

Spinel was something of an outsider to the Fleet, and walking through the rubble that had been a street market only a few hours ago, she felt that she was missing out on a lot of context.

Robots, humanoids, chimeric mash-ups and the periodic holographic manifestation of digitally encoded mind-states sat against the wall, nursing their wounds, wincing as medic-clerics carefully extracted acids specifically designed to counter the most common methods of regeneration against the Fleet. People who had chitinous bodies or alterations had watched their armor melt and then screamed as the acid had bitten at flesh and blone; those with powers centered around manipulating energy had been hit by anti-magic devices that disrupted the delicate flow, causing their bodies to break apart and explode on the spot, surviving only through sheer bloody-mindedness.

Gems weren’t immune. Spinel vaguely recalled agonizing pain before she poofed, and whatever it did had set the delicate balance of mutagenic forces plaguing her into overdrive; even now, the corruption raced through her, her projection slowly warping and turning acidic, spiritual pain sliding inward. And her Gem, mounted between breasts so large they made up a massive chunk of her entire mass, was a mass of jagged mineral, her rosey-red tinting into a dark and horrible shade of purple...

She heard it. The call of, of the thing from beyond the stars. The slow whisper, sliding into the back of her mind, drowned out just barely by the voices of other people.

But there were warm hands, kneading into her projections weak points where she got too rubbery to even move, pumping enough magic to stabilize it. It was a magic like fire, warm and, and kindly.

“Can you move?” Said a deep, rumbling voice that almost all solid baritone.

Spinel nodded, painfully standing up. She looked up into a tall and imposingly massive figure that could have been an ogre, or perhaps a goat, depending on how you looked at it. Perhaps even a nicer variety of demon.

The massive and exceptionally masculine figure sighed in relief; muscles individually larger than Spinel herself shifted beneath shaggy white fur, and a long face crowned by huge horns smiled softly. “That’s good. Please move carefully; I’m not sure how your magic might have been compromised.”

Asgore, she’d heard him called. The King of the Monsters, and a whole lot of other titles that made it sound like he’d seen a lot of extremely nasty things, and it was strangely appealing that he’d taken a bit of a shine to her.

Spinel frowned at the soldiers being led away; they weren’t local. None of them looked particularly modified on a biological or cybernetic level, though their fancy uniforms (very sleek, with a bit of an angular vibe to them) were definitely performance-enhancing exoskeletons. Power armor, she supposed, though not as clanky and ritualistically maintained as the sort you saw in her new group. The soldiers were a mixed group, of all manner of species, but whether it was a primate’s face or an avian turian’s mandibles or a glowy energy monster, they all had the same shut-down look of someone who was just doing a job and considered your presence to be beneath them; small time bullies who used what power they had to humiliate anyone they felt like.

They all had the same logo on them, which looked a bit like an infinity symbol surrounded by a spiral branching off into arrows pointing in multiple directions. “Who ARE those guys?”

“Miscella Incorporated soldiers, I believe,” said Asgore. “They have many private armies, of mercenaries and other such ruffians, but I suspect these are one of the in-house special forces they employ for touchy situations.”

Spinel blinked slowly. It had been a long day, not helped by a war rapidly escalating from a minor argument all at once. As best as she could tell, there HAD been a ship arrivng earlier, apparently to discus some trading rights.

And then there’d been yelling. And some of the Fleet members got way more intense about it than she’s ever seen, and they’d thrown punches after someone called them ‘disgusting mutants’, and then things really got out of hand.

At one point, a two-mile long ship had crashed right onto a city.

“So what the hell happened!?” she asked. “It was just a business thing; why’d they make it personal?”

Asgore sighed, looking very tired. “You should know... I’ve been with this group for a long time. Ever since we were nomads, roaming from world to world and fleeing our many enemies.”

Spinel glanced at him. Now did not seem the time for a history lesson. “Sure. You weren’t really the Fleet yet, right? You and your monsters joined up early on, then I guess Gems started finding you, and lots of other people... but it wasn’t like the way it was today. Things were a lot more fractious, you were always in danger, and the guys who’d form the Cobalt Stinger pirate empire were still with you.”

“Yes. Back then, we hadn’t run into those brutish sorts of the Imperial Commonwealth either. Our main enemy was... well. Miscella Incorporated.”

“...Why?”

“We passed near their worlds, and they took offense to us. You see, we didn’t use any of their currencies, we weren’t interested in buying any of their stuff save supplies or interesting gear, and most of all, we didn’t want to settle down in their lands and submit to their restrictive policies.” Asgore frowned. “Mega corporations, like Miscella, institutes some very harsh restrictions for their people. Depending on how the local branch implements it, they can often be little better than legal slavery. People are legally the property of whatever sub-corporation that has them employed, and they cannot move to other planets, change careers, or gain additional income without approval. Sometimes, they are even forced to have surgery and monitoring devices installed so they cannot think thoughts that Miscella would disapprove of.”

“That’s horrible.”

“Yes, that’s what we thought. We told them no. We said, on many ocassions, that our pride wasn’t worth whatever profit they offered. So things got much worse from there; Miscella is a bit of a control freak, as a whole, and since we would not comply, they tried to force us into either compliance, or to wipe us out and indoctrinate us.” He shook his head. “I honestly don’t know if this kind of policy is company-wide, or if we were simply unfortunate enough to be in the crosshairs of a particular branch that hated people who were from social margins... but they killed us, hounded us, chased us across hundreds of worlds. We fought back, and killed lots of them. At times, we were a roaming horde, destroying their towns and claiming the ruins as loot, just to survive. Revenge, and so on. And it wasn’t the Stingers alone that did such a thing, I can tell you.

“So blood for blood, and then both sides wanted revenge for the revenge we’d already taken, and so on. And so forth. It went on for a long time.” He sighed. “And so, now, there is a lot of bad blood.”

“Ain’t you guys ever tried to make peace, or at least force a cease fire?” Spinel asked. “We’re one of the biggest, baddest societies around; a single one of our heroines could clobber a whole army of theirs, I’m thinking.”

“True enough, but force alone is not a terribly attractive notion to all the clans, and given the scale of Miscella’s holdings, such total war would require absolute agreement among all the clans... and you know we argue far too much for that!” Asgore laughed, and then grew serious again. “But, miss Spinel, it’s not just revenge. Even if we didn’t have generations telling us, with bloody stories, not to trust them or give them an inch, our philosophies are wholly incompatible. You know, I think, that we in the Fleet believe that life, absolutely all forms of sapient existence, has the right to be free and become whatever it chooses, and to help all others prosper and live in contentment?”

Spinel nodded. “Yeah. I suppose that’s a reason I’m still here.”

“Indeed. Well, Miscella, I’m sorry to say, largely regards all people as resources. Sometimes... literally. Sometimes simply as markets to tap, or employees to use. But inevitably, they see people as tools and assets, fit only to serve their interests. Almost like a divine right of kings, but based on their own existing wealth and power; they consider themselves to be the rightful rulers of all existence, and all us must fall into line with how they think the world ought to be. They treat deviance from their cosmic agenda - which is an actual thing they have, some sort of flow chart of ultimate heirarchy and organization - as a personal affront. And we are nothing but deviants, you know!”

Spinel laughed. “I know!”

“So, our ideals and views are... too different. We see people and want them to be free. They see resources, and want to bring them to heel. Even if not for our mutual resentment, that would breed other problems. But ultimately, they are our oldest enemies.” He sighed. “And sooner or later, there will be war.”

“...We’d win that one. Right.”

Asgore looked troubled. “That’s the problem, though. I’m sure we’d win. The question is, how can we decisively win a war against such a powerful group, with our honor intact?”

#my writing #fics #crossthicc AU #twitchy!spinel #twitchy!asgore #twitchy!su #twitchy!undertale

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reignmyworld · 7 years ago

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It was always you - Roman Reigns x Reader

Summary: You and Roman are best friends that are both working for WWE hence why you often share a hotel room when you have to travel from town to town. On one of those ocassions you realize that he seems to be trapped in his thoughts and it takes you a little bit to realize that he must have fallen for someone. And as his best friend you of course think that you have a right to know who the lucky one is.

Warnings: fluff

Pairing: Roman Reigns x Reader

“Home sweet home”, you exclaimed as you were tossing open the door to your hotel room, pushing in your suitcase with Roman following you, closing the door after you. You and him grew pretty close while working for the WWE hence why you had no problem sharing a room with him from time to time when you were traveling from town to town to wrestle in new cities. “Have your standards really dropped that much to call a hotel room home?”, he laughed as he was placing his suitcase in the next best corner. You couldn’t help but laugh as you said: “Everything where I can rest for a little time is home to me. You should understand that.” He chuckled as he answered: “Oh don’t worry baby girl, I do. How about ordering some food via room service and checking out the television program then?” You were absolutely okay with that suggestion and just 20 minutes later the both of you were sitting on the bed while eating your burgers and fries, discussing your latest matches. “I still can’t believe that you fell over the ropes.”, Roman chuckled with you sticking out your tongue before you laughed out loud, answering: “Oh just shut it. It’s not like that had never happened to you. Besides that I wanted to try a new move and failed miserably. I learned my lesson and won’t ever try that again without practice.” You were chatting along for quite some time before you decided to watch Y/F/M.

As usual you were cuddling up to Roman as he often replaced your pillow and you had to admit that you liked the feeling of having him close to you, being able to not only hear but also feel his soft chuckles whenever a particularly funny scene came up that made him laugh. You tried to focus on the movie, you really did, but you felt that your eyelids grew heavy and before you could change it you had been fallen asleep. While you were sleeping cuddled against his chest, Roman couldn't help but watch you in your sleep. He was holding you close to his body, gently stroking your arm a little bit, being completely trapped in his thoughts. If he was honest he had no idea what he was doing there. You were his best friend after all and yet, having you in his arms now, felt more like caressing his lover. He should get rid off those thoughts rather fast. He was pretty aware that there wouldn’t ever be more than friendship between the two of you and yet he was aching to touch you, to be with you, to kiss you. He couldn't help but imagine how it would be with you by his side, you being so much more to him than just his best friend. Roman couldn't even tell when he developed deeper feelings for you or whether they had been there from the very beginning on. All that he knew was, that it was getting harder and harder with each passing day to not overstep the boarder that was clearly marking you as best friends. And he also knew that he couldn’t tell you about what he was feeling because he was way too scared that it would destroy the friendship you had.

Roman slightly cringed when he heard your soft voice say: "A penny for your thoughts." He caught his breath soon after asking you: "Shouldn't you be sleeping? How long have you been awake?" You smiled up at him, answering: "Long enough to watch you staring at me. What were you thinking about Ro?" Roman instantly gulped hard, not really knowing what he should tell you. He couldn't possibly admit to you what you meant to him, could he? He just tried to play it off by saying: "I was just trapped in various thoughts, nothing more." He gave you one of his most irresistible smiles and you could clearly feel your heart beating faster in your chest. How you just wanted to reach out for him, capturing his lips in a soft kiss but before you could do so, you immediately reminded yourself that he was just your best friend and nothing else. And that was probably how it would always be. So instead you just smiled up at him, responding: "You're a terrible liar, Roman and you have always been. I can clearly see that something keeps going back and forth inside your mind. Something you're having trouble wrapping your head around." Roman looked at you in disbelief. Could you really read in him as in an open book? Or was he just unable to hide his feelings for you although he thought that he was doing a pretty damn good job in doing so?

Since he wasn't answering, you studied his face a little longer, having to rely on all of your self-control not to reach out to him in order to gently cup his cheek. You had no idea how long you had stared at him before it slowly dawned on you. And although it did hurt, you nevertheless were happy for him. You moved out of his embrace, looking at him and smiling from ear to ear. You then exclaimed: "Oh my god you're in love.“ Roman looked at you in shock and just gasped: "What?" You laughed out loud before nudging his side, saying: "Come on Ro, I'm your best friend. I can tell when you've fallen for someone. That constant stupid but happy grin you're spotting, you being lost in thoughts, all those little things actually make it kind of obvious. Who's the lucky lady? Come on tell me, tell me, tell me..." With each "tell me" you were playfully pushing your finger in his side making him laugh out loud because you knew exactly how tickly he was. "Show me some compassion, I won't say a word besides that you're wrong." ,he laughed out loud while you were continuing "torturing" him. You couldn't react fast enough when Roman had thrown you over with you being pressed between the sofa and his body while he was tickling you now. You were laughing out loud, trying to get his hands off of you while you were gasping: "Stop it Roman or I will end up peeing on that damn sofa from laughing so hard." Tears were already running down your cheeks until Roman finally had some compassion with you. He helped you up while you were still giggling, drying your eyes before you looked at him and said: "You still owe me an answer, Reigns."

Roman smiled at you, answering: "Forget it Y/N, my lips are sealed." He really had to stop himself from just reaching out to you, showing you that it was you he was crushing on so damn hard. You just looked at him, waiting for him to say a word. You knew exactly that he would give in eventually when you were shooting him that look and Roman knew it quite well himself. So he just took a deep breath and said: "Okay okay you got me. I'm indeed in love." You were smiling at him, saying: "I knew it. Let me know all the dirty details. Who is she and since when are the two of you together?" Roman pulled you in his arms again, quietly mumbling: "She doesn't know about it." With you looking at him in surprise, asking: "I beg your pardon?" Roman just shrugged it off, holding you closer to him, answering: "It's just really complicated. I can't tell her since it would mess things up between the both of us and I don't want to loose her by telling her how I am feeling because I'm pretty sure that she doesn't feel the same for me like I feel for her. So I prefer keeping my feelings bottled up to myself and just go on the way I did till now." You looked him deeply in the eyes, wanting to know: "How long are you in love with Miss Mysterious already?" He chuckled: "If I'm honest to myself for years already. I have fallen for her when I first met her." You were shaking your head in disbelief before saying: "That's one lucky bitch. Seriously Ro, you should just tell her. I mean no woman in her right mind would say no to you. You're humble, intelligent, kind-hearted, funny and overall just one hell of a guy and an awesome friend. There are probably hundreds of women out there that would like to date you. Why shouldn't she want to?"

Roman looked at you, squeezing your arm gently before answering: "Because she's something special Y/N, she's not like the others." But you didn't seem to get the drift, responding kind of shocked: "If she doesn't want you she's out of her mind." Roman couldn't help but laugh out loud since you were completely unaware that you were talking about yourself and therefore basically bashing yourself constantly. "What's so funny about that?", you wanted to know from him, shooting him a confused look. Roman just chuckled some more before asking: "So you think that I should just tell her no matter what the consequences might be as soon as she knows?" with you responding: "Tell her, show her, just let her know. If she doesn't appreciate you, she's not worth the trouble and you shouldn't waste your time with her." Roman looked at you for a few seconds, trying to make up his mind before deciding that he could just give in as well. If it didn't work out in the end, it surely would hurt, especially with not knowing how the friendship with his best friend would continue then, but at least he could say that he had tried then, not having to ask himself for god knew how long whether you were returning his feelings. Before he could change his mind again, he was leaning down at you, capturing your lips in a sweet and innocent kiss before deepening it by having his tongue begging for entrance that you granted much to his surprise. You were even kissing him back and Roman didn't know whether you were just taken by surprise or whether you indeed intended to. As soon as the both of you broke the kiss, he was whispering to you: "It is you baby girl. It had always been you, Y/N. You're the one I have fallen for, harder than I could have ever imagined.“ Note: I actually just planned this as an one shot but I’m currently thinking of maybe adding a second part regarding reader’s reaction.

#roman reigns imagine #roman reigns x reader #roman reigns fanfiction #roman reigns #roman reigns fanfic #roman reigns story #roman reigns one shot #roman reigns fluff

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atrixfromice · 3 years ago

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The other day, I mean yesterday ( we mexicans say “the other day” to refer yesterday usually *chuckles) I was complaining and feeling upset thinking how I've seen there's little to zero male pinup illustrations that actually would appeal to an hetero girl.

At least on my experience I'd say that zero, cos in the male pinup I've seen they pose and dress like girls! XD The poses or/and the outfits look so girly & sissy and that’s awful! It's actually a huge turn off! :(

So this is why I decided to finish this sketch, and voilá! Hope you like my modest contribution to male pinup art! :D

His hair it’s the coolest thing here still I think!

Curious facts:

Faikel’s species stop growing in their late 20′s, and can experience “the stretch” in adolescence like humans, but also in their 20′s.

This is Faikel beween his late 20′s and early 30′s.

a.k.a. the same age as her, so she drew this to not feel that old *chuckles*

Hey howdy my dear! Glad to see you here ^^

Wait....Hey no don’t believe him! I didn’t draw this for that reason! XD I just wanted to practice male anatomy.

He was short like his girlfriend until he was 23.

His hair is long cos in his homeplanet long hair it’s...

- Gee’rox.

Thankies!

- No problem heheh, you know I always like participating in giving curious facts about me and my homeplanet culture and folklore. :D

Yeah, well as I was saying, in his home planet long hair-

- Gee’rox!

Gee’rox pues! XD Long hair in Gee’rox it’s considered a sign of beauty, health and good sex appeal...

- And sometimes social status! Don’t forget that!

Ah yeah, sometimes status.

- Social status! Also, tell peeps this includes both in men and women, even kids!

In fact...who doesn't have a long hair in Gee'rox, and specially in my home city, may want to hide their head on the ground out of embarrassment of being considered ugly and a loser because it’s their only option LOL

Yeah...*chuckles*

I was going to say all these details in other ocassion, but thanks Faik.

Un plaisir m’ija! ^^

Another curious fact:

The freckles I drew them here because in his species, with the age freckles tend to pop up.

- Or if you already had them, they tend to become more noticeable

yeah but-

- specially on the face, neck, back, butt and hands.

But I..*sigh*

In my case, for example. I hardly had them when I was younger, but with time they kinda started to appear and not only on my face, but there are also some on my back and my-

Faikel, Faikel, Faikel! Hold on!

oui? I mean, yes?

Faik, you know nobody loves when you help me in the “curious facts” section more than I, but for the love of Gaia! I mean God! Remember this section needs to be as concise and quick as possible so people don’t get bored!!

oups zut! Yeah you’re right! sorry about that! I haven’t participated on this in a pretty good while so I was so excited I got carried away, heheh.

heheh no worries, I’m sure there are peeps here who enjoy reading you. Oh and what do you think about the drawing I did by the way?

Oh I think it’s truly awesome! I look a lot more handsome than what I actually look like. And I’m very grateful you’ve deciced to keep the cloth piece as censorship at the end! Because if not I wouldn’t have been able to show my face arround here anymore *blushes and giggles nervously*

Heheh you’re welcome! I know it was the best to do cos you’re shy in nature. I wouldn’t draw something that would make you feel uncomfortable or anything.

Mmmhh and now you’re here “dando lata”...Why don't you tell our tumbrl folks what are the changes that occur at puberty in your species that we humans don’t have? Uh? :D

Oh gee! heheh *ehem*

No I think I’m not good at that! *blushes and giggles sheepishly* I think you’re waaay better explaining that part! In fact I’m so sleepy right now so I’m going to sleep bye tumbrl folks!

Heheh well, what I can say? I know my faikel *giggles* Sorry for the long text but I hope you’ve enjoyed these curious facts ^^

#male beauty #original characters #digital art #sketch #concept art #atrix art #faikel talks #and yes there's an uncensored version dm if you're an adult and would like to see #about my OCs #Stuff Nobody Cares About

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fipindustries · 7 years ago

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third week at the book store

is like the universe realized i’m doing this and decided to increase the amounts of zanyness in my life just to give me material, for example:

there is a guy who sits to play the acordion at the entrance of the book store every day and today it was when the season hit it stride and the clients where are it’s most demanding, so my morning was basically me on a frantic haze in the middle of a crowd chasing book while a silly little acordion tune was playing in the background and i realized i suddenly was in the middle of a movie montage.

but anyway, let’s start.

on scatological happenstances:

i literally, no bullshit or embellishment, crapped my pants in the middle of my job (must have been something i ate). I cannot believe such a sitcom situation could have happened to me and yet it did. Luckly i live five minutes away of my house and one of my bosses was understanding enough to let me go and change my pant without having to really explain any embarassing details, i just had to mumble something about an emergency change of clothes and she allowed me to discreetly leave my position, though i did hear her mutter under her breath as i walked away “this is the first and last time this happens”

more about understanding bosses:

this is a nicer anecdote that could have ended much worse.

i usually have the bad impulse of getting in the middle of a sale that another employee is having with a client if i think i have pertinent information and i have done it with my manager in more than one ocassion. And he warned me that if i ever did that again then he was just going to dump the client on me regardless of if was already busy with something else.

so, one day he is talking with a client and the client mentions a book that i remembered seeing in the deposit room a few days ago, now my boss was just about to explain that the book wasnt on the store but i interrupted and said that we did have the book.

my manager gets understandably annoyed by this and, as he promised, he dumps in me the responsability to go find the book (which he is convinced it’s not there) just to set me up to fail and then having to explain the client that i had lied to him.

now this sounds like the typical story when the spunky and wide eyed young employee proves his worth to his old and stupid boss, right?

wrong, i was actually really ashamed of my self and worried i had angered my boss so i go look for the book (and find it) and then i check the database and i realized what happened was that the database showed the book as nonexistant even though we had it and that was why the boss thought it wasnt there. this doesnt change the fact that the boss is angry at me so, in a very contrite manneri go back and try to explain what happened, to which my boss answers that i had to explain the client that we couldnt sell the boo to them.

i take this as the boss trying to make a point on me so that i dont make the same mistake again, i have a quick debate of whether i should ignore my boss and sell the book anyway but i decide it was not worth risking making my boss angrier, so i put down the book, tell the client we dont have it and send them away.

then my boss starts to explain in a very condescending tone about how we should mind our own bussines and not interrupt in the middle of a situation we dont understand and then a thought cames to me, could it be that he still thought we didnt have the book?

so very timidly i explain i did found the book and he stops and looks at me confused, and then he looks at the book whichj i am holding in my hand and with the most doumbfounded of expressions he asks “then why didnt you tell me?” i explain that i did tell him and it turns out he misheard me saying the book wanst on the database.

and then the weirdest thing of all happens, he actually apologizes for his mistake, even though in a lot of ways it was my stupidity which ruined a sale that could have happened he still apologized to me. and it it was at that moment i realized i had been reading far too many stories about cartoonishly unreasonable bosses and that was what i had taken him for.

funny how life works out.

(the book was tales of earthsea 3 by ursula leguin, btw)

one more about me being a terrible employee:

my coworkers started noticing that i’m writing these notes down and when they asked me what they ere for i answered “for my blog”

so one particularly slow day where no clients where showing up my boss decides to kill time by asking him to show him my blog. this blog. on this blue hellsite. a danger everyone on the internet always jokes about and yet i never thought could actually happen for real.

cue the steamed hams sequence.

thankfully everything was in english and i hadnt rebbloged porn or any other weird pictures in weeks so everything my boss saw was a bunch of english posts he didnt understood.

dodged that fucking bullet.

some other anecdotes that had nothing to do with my job

part a, my grandfther:

there was a time, as a teenager, where i actually went every week to have lunch and my grandparent’s house after school. in many of these visits i would talk to my grandma (the more talkative and amenable of my grandpas) about what i had done at school.

so one day im talking about some programming that i had done, computer talk, i’m trying to talk in terms as generic as possible because i know she doesnt really follow the subject that well when suddenly, out of nowhere, my grandfather asks me “but... how does a computer store all those things inside? how does that work?”

now keep in mind a couple of things, first, my grandpa almost never talks, and never at all about computers, he doesnt even have a cellphone, not even an old model, he never did,so i dont know where this sudden interest comes from.

secondly, i have no idea where to even start explaining this shit to him, specially considering i dont really have that good a grasp on it my self.

so there i am, trying to juggle in my head things such as flip flop logic gates, binary data, adressing, memory allocation and etc when from out of the ether a moment of pure inspiration come to me and i say

“well, it like how a battery holds electricity inside, right?”

now i know this is not actually quite how it works but the things is that i tink i still did a pretty good job conveying the idea of how we can store huge amounts of abstract energy into a very small physical support, like you see a flashlight and you may wonder how is it possible that such a small recipent can contain so much continuous light?

anyway, my grandpa just nodded and made no further questions

part b, a D&D story:

now excuse me if this dont reach the hilarity levels of a mcelroy podcast but anyway.

this was the third time ever that i was playing D&D and i wanted to play an elf, but not just any elf, a 25 year old elf, esentially a little kid. and i really play to it, i acted naive, innocent, childlike, you get the gist.

so eventually got into the grimy bussiness of a combat encounter, as one does, my party got ambushed by a group of cultists and we started kicking and stabbing and killing and eventually we managed to whittle them down to one single guy. And in line with my young innocence i try to the very last moment to negotiate and talk things through, so when there is just one guy left i sort of stop and ask him desperate “stop! we’ve already killed all you comarades, we are more than you, what are you expecting to get out of this!?”

so the cultist just up and kills himself in front of my poor little character traumatizing him for life and the funny thing is that on some level it got to me, i honestly said that in the hopes that the DM would just stop and give us a chance to interrogate him and that move caught me completly by surprise.

so that was fun.

me being a revolutionary fighting against authority:

a lot of my job involves taking peoples credits cards and identity documents so that they can pay for the book without actual cash, i always have to remind the clients to give me their papers so that i cant actually perform the payment.

one time a cop came to buy some books and i had the rare chance to flip the tables and ask a cop for his documentation.

it was exhilarating

thoughts on books:

i believe that we (and by we i meant those with an actual brain on their heads), we all wish for a world where books are more beloved and respected by everyone, but we forget what happened last time a book became too loved and respected.

that’s right, that book is called, the bible.

(as i was trying to jot this silly little joke on a piece of paper i was interrupted by a client who came to buy a bible, this is not a coincidence because etc)

more on the good book:

these are very real mangas about the old and new testament that we sell in our book store, now im not surprised that these exists as much as i am surprised by the fact tha my very noirmal and serious book store sells these right next to real official bibles like it’s no big deal.

now some actual serious thoughts on religion:

two interesting and opposite situations in which christianity triumphed despite overwhelming odds against, told by someone with a very feeble grasp of history:

first with the roman empire, the romans were the undisputed supreme empire and the christians were a small nation of desert dwellers who existed only to be crucified or fed to the lions, yet eventually the whole empire turned into the chatolic apostolic roman church and were in fact the main reason it spread so far through the world.

on the other side there is the afro american communities taking into slavery on the emergent america. Even though slaves had every reason to hate and curse the god of their slavers the fact is they actually clinged on to christianity pretty hard, to the point that in the long run the black communities became a staple of american christianit, what with gospel and such.

christianity seems to be infectious regardless of it being the champion or the underdog.

thoughts on loosing weight, though it can be applied to other things:

there are two options:

either you dont do it because you can’t or because you won’t.

if you can’t then there is no shame to that becuase it would be unfair to ask the impossible.

if you wont, you can pretend you could if you only wanted to, and this is you choosing not to and there is no shame on that either.

#fip in the big city #i might turn this into a regular thing #i dont know yet

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7teentexts · 7 years ago

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Wonwoo — A Very Happy Birthday

I tried my best to make something for Wonwoo’s birthday and post it on time(?) I also wanted to make one of this bullet-point AUs for Hoshi and Jun on their birthdays, but I didn’t have ideas, I was still at school and going through my final exams(?) This was going to be a Hoshi scenario but since Wonwoo’s birthday was approaching and the plot suited him better, I decided to change everything I had written to make it a Wonwoo scenario.

Hope you all like it!! And happy birthday Jeon Wonwoo ♥

Wonwoo’s birthday was approaching

more like- the moment when you would celebrate it together was approaching

and ‘approaching’ meant ‘wonwoo is coming home tonight at 9pm and it’s already 6:30pm’

and guess who didn’t have any gift ready

exactly, it was you, who had no idea of what to give him and thought “i’ll get an idea before his birthday” to make yourself feel better

“mINGYU WHAT AM I GOING TO DO I’M A HORRIBLE FRIEND”

you were texting mingyu, one of your best friends (tho also one of his) for advice

“I don’t know what you can do, to be honest. It’s 6:32pm, and when was he coming over to your place?? at 8?? 9??”

instead of replying to his message, you called him and as soon as he answered the call, you talked before he could say anything

“HE’S COMING AT 9. I HAVE TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET HIM A GIFT”

“Just get him anything! You know Wonwoo would like anything. And just the fact that you got him something whatever it is will make him happy!”

“I ALWAYS GET PEOPLE ANYTHING, BUT I CAN’T GET HIM JUST ANYTHING, IT HAS TO BE SPECIAL. I WANT IT TO BE SPECIAL BECAUSE-”

then you stopped

“Oh my god, (Y/N)”

“i mean because we’re good friends”

“OH MY GOD (Y/N) YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH HIM AREN’T YOU”

“wHAT NO WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IDEA IT’S SO STUPID”

“tHAT’S WHY YOU WERE SO HAPPY WHEN HE ASKED TO SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY JUST WITH YOU AFTER BEING WITH US”

“nO I WAS HAPPY BECAUSE, BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY CAN’T I BE HAPPY WHEN MY GOOD FRIEND WANTS TO BE WITH ME ON HIS BIRTHDAY”

“you are in love with him”

“no,,,

,,,,, but has he ever mentioned me- like, does he like me???????”

“yOU ARE IN LOVE WITH HIM”

“OKAY OKAY NOW PLEASE ANSWER AT LEAST ONE OF MY QUESTIONS PLEASE”

“Cook his favorite food for him!!! Oh my god that would be so romantic. A cute dinner, with candles and all that”

you stayed silent for a few seconds

well, maybe not just a few since you heard Mingyu calling your name a few times, maybe thinking that he couldn’t hear you because of bad signal or something

“but,,,, that’s so cliché”

“Do you have any better ideas?”

“I don’t have ideas”

“Well, you’re welcome. You’ll thank me when Wonwoo hyung is hugging you tightly because your gift was very sweet and then—-”

“yAAH I’M HANGING UP ON YOU”

and so you did

…

but one minute later you were calling him again

he didn’t respond the first two calls

but he answered the third one :^)

“i’m sorry mingoo”

“call me that again and now i’m hanging up on you”

“nO, PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HIS FAVORITE FOOD”

“He likes meat, and can’t eat seafood.”

“and how do you cook a good dish with meat,,,,

,,, more like HOW DO YOU COOK IN THE FIRST PLACE”

“you know what, I’ll see you in 10 minutes at the supermarket closer to our houses. Don’t make me wait or I’ll leave!!”

“wAIT 10 MINUTES??”

“10 minutes!! Bye (Y/N)!”

you looked around you

you still had to clean a little bit your living room (and maybe also your room- bc who knows)

you had decided you’d do it a little bit later but a little bit before he arrived

but now you weren’t so sure if you’d have time

“aH TEN MINUTES!” you reminded yourself

you were wearing some old clothes that you didn’t feel that were good enough to wear to go out

but you had ten minutes and the supermarket, as close as it was to your house, was probably around 5-10 minutes from your house

so you didn’t even change clothes before going out

thankfully your hair didn’t look that bad

and hopefully you’d have enough time to properly get ready before wonwoo visited

You got to the supermarket just in time, and Mingyu was already there. When he saw you, he waved his hand and smiled, but took a look at your ‘style’ once you were closer

“… You don’t wear that often when you go out…. right? I hope you don’t”

“wELL I’M SORRY I’M DISTURBING YOUR FASHION SENSE BUT I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO GET READY, LET’S BUY WHATEVER WE NEED QUICKLY”

He didn’t say anything else and you entered the supermarket to buy every ingredient needed to prepare a good meal

and sooner than you thought you were back again at your place

if you were this quick with the cooking proccess, then you would have time to prepare for wonwoo’s arrival

“Okay, what dish do you want to make? There are a lot of dishes that have meat in them.”

“something fast to make. And that tastes good.” Mingyu stayed silent a few seconds. Your idea was concrete and at the same time not concrete enough, so he realized he should come up with an idea by himself

“Okay, I know what we’re going to make, take out all the ingredients we bought”

“yes chef”

a while passed and everything was going well. Just the smell of the dish you had cooked was delicious.

There was some point when you almost burnt the meat, but Mingyu saved it, so there were no regrets

“Should we make something for dessert?” Mingyu proposed, and you looked at the clock on the wall of the kitchen before deciding

it was still pretty early, so mingyu had made a good choice when you said that you wanted to cook something quickly

“Okay! Let’s do it”

sadly, the dessert wasn’t as successful as the main dish

“(y/N) CAN’T YOU SEE- THAT’S SALT NOT SUGAR”

“aAAAAAAAAA WHAT DO WE DO NOW”

“… Do you have cookies or something? Ice-cream?”

“Does ice-cream fix the mistake? wow :0″

“No. it doesn’t. We’re going to throw this away and you’ll offer him ice-cream for dessert.”

“… okay, good idea”

before Mingyu left, he reminded once again that if the dish was cold by the time wonwoo arrived (and it probably would be), you should just warm it up on the microwave or something, since the taste wouldn’t change

you nodded and finally said goodbye

once he left, you ran to your bathroom and showered. Then, you put on your favorite outfit that wasn’t too elegant for the ocassion (since you weren’t even going to eat at a restaurant, you thought that dressing up too elegant wasn’t a good idea)

you also cleaned your house a little

it wasn’t that messy after all, so you got the work done quickly

and you even got a few minutes to rest sitting on your couch before the door bell rang

you ran to the door, but once you were there and before opening, you took a deep breath just to not let him now that you didn’t just get up from the couch with a jump and ran towards the entrance door

“Hello!! Happy birthday!!” you said excitedly as you opened the door, to see Wonwoo smiling at you

“Thank you”

After he entered, you closed the door and walked towards the kitchen with fast steps while saying “I have a gift for you!” with a smile on your face

“Really?? What is it? You didn’t have to, (Y/N)” he said that, but it was obvious that he was very happy that you had something for him on that special day

“Yes! I prepared dinner for us!”

“I didn’t know you could cook” he said, slightly impressed

“neither did i tbh” you thought, but you didn’t say that

“I’m going to heat it up a little because it’s a probably a little cold now” you said as you entered the kitchen and grabbed the plates, putting one of them inside the microwave

“Ah, did I take too long?” He asked, thinking that maybe the plate was cold now because he took too long to get there

“No! I cooked it before.”

“Oh, okay”

You saw him sitting on the couch from the door, since the microwave was close to it and you could still look at him

“You can turn on the TV if you want!” You said, and he thanked you before grabbing the remote and turning the TV on

and once he started watching it

discreetly, you took out your phone, unlocked it, and tapped on mingyu’s chat

“mingoo, how many minutes do i have to heat the food up in the microwave”

“what did i tell you about calling me mingoo”

“how many minutes”

“not many or it will be burning hot and you don’t want to burn his tongue, do you?

maybe you do, so you’ll have to kiss it to make it better”

“bye *blocked*”

You brought both plates along with two glasses of water (because children, drink water, not alcohol.). Also a water bottle in case any of you wanted to re-fill their glass.(?)

actually i’m sorry you have to drink water

it’s usually the only thing i drink so

if i have a date at my house i’ll share with him my water

Half of you wanted to try the dish before him, to know if it would taste bad

and in case it tasted poisonous, you could tell him to not eat it

but that would be horrible

a big shot right to your self-esteem

and to your pride

and to your crush on him

But the other half of you was so nervous that didn’t even think that was a good idea and also thought it was more polite if you let him try it first

“Okay, I’m going to try it” Wonwoo said, still with a smile on his face

And seeing him smile, looking so calm

as if he wasn’t worried that your food could taste horrible because it was your first time cooking(?)

it relaxed you a little, even when he took the first bite

“Oh”

You froze when you heard him say just that, but waited until he finished chewing and swallowed

“It’s very good!” He said, and then smiled again, his eyes meeting yours

and you couldn’t be more happy and relieved

after thanking him, you tried the food yourself

and he was right, it was actually very good! And you remembered the recipe, so you would totally cook it again some other day!

Just as if he read your mind, he said just that

“If you cook this again, make sure to call me and I’ll come here”

attributing the achievement to you alone would have been nice, maybe it would cause an even better impression in your already impressed crush

but it was maybe a little too selfish for your liking, so you just said what you wanted to say

“Mingyu helped me cook it, so maybe he can also cook it for all of you someday”

He nodded, agreeing

“That’s a good idea, but I’d like to have dinner with you again, someday. And I think I’d like it more if you were the one to cook this.”

you heart started beating a little faster after hearing that

okay maybe not just a little

you wanted to take out your phone, unblock mingyu’s number, and fangirl to him about what wonwoo have just said

he liked you, right? he made the moment sound so much like a date

and also indirectly saying that he really enjoyed the ‘date’

and the food

but soon, you tried to get your hopes a little bit down

He could like you just as friends

You could never know unless he told you

But would he ever tell you? If he didn’t, wouldn’t it mean that maybe he doesn’t like you?

Could you maybe get him to tell you?

You agreed with the vague promise of someday meeting again and repeating that cute dinner that you had

also, the rest of the time you kept talking about anything and everything

he told you about his day

you told him a little about yours

he told you about the members

you also commented about them, mostly mingyu, since he was your bestfriend

you talked a little bit about said boy

and one topic led to another topic, and you ended up talking about your hobbies, then about your likes in general

and without even thinking about it, you asked him what you wanted- no, what you needed to know

“What would you say…. if I told you that I did this because I like you?”

He was surprised, and glad that he had finished eating because he probably would have choked on his food or on his drink

“Did you do this because you like me?” He answered the question with another question

and you weren’t going to answer if he didn’t answer your question first

“If I did, what would you say- what would you do?”

He got on from his chair, and in a second, you had all kind of thoughts in your mind

and they weren’t very nice

“Is he disgusted?”

“He really does not like me, right?”

“I probably ruined this- everything”

“Why did I ask him that, everything was already so perfect”

“Is he going to leave now?”

but he didn’t leave

instead, when you got out of your one-second-short but intense panick attack, you saw him right in front on you

he was leaning down a little to reach your level since you were still sitting down and slightly in shock

It was when he tilted your head slightly up that you noticed that one of his hands was right under your chin

and in a second that felt even shorter than the previous one, the distance between you was reduced to 0, and his lips met yours in what you were sure would be the sweetest kiss you’d have in your life

when he pulled away and saw your expression, even more shocked than before, he chuckled

“If you told me that you did all this because you like me, maybe I’d tell you that I like you too”

you took a deep breath, feeling as if all the oxygen in your system had disappeared after that kiss and even after he pulled away

“maybe?” you said, questioning that one word in his response

“maybe i’d tell you, or maybe i’d show you that i feel the same way”

you knew your cheeks were red from the burning sensation you felt on your face, you didn’t know what to say now, or if you even could say anything even after you had already said the most difficult thing when you asked him that very important question

but you didn’t really need to say anything else

now he knew what you felt, so you didn’t need to put in words

you both just needed to kiss again

and after you did, he whispered

“thank you (y/n), i had the best birthday today”

You woke up with a phone call

You were excited thinking that it could be Wonwoo, but sadly, it wasn’t, it was Mingyu

Since you hadn’t unblocked him yet, his messages didn’t reach you and he had to call you if he wanted to talk to you

and his loud voice when you picked up the call wasn’t the nicest thing to hear after waking up

“(Y/N) WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL ME THAT YOU AND WONWOO STARTED DATING”

“what the- mingyu, i just woke up. we started dating last night. i was going to tell you today, after unblocking you”

“bUT YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THE SECOND AFTER HE ASKED YOU OUT

more like the first second after you kissed, he told me he told you that he liked you too with a kiss, i cringed a little but it was cute

also what you asked him LOL I tried not to laugh but it was hard

that’s so cliché

and you were saying that MY idea was cliché”

“we kissed twice”

“tWICE IN THE SAME DATE OH MY- YOU’RE GOING TOO FAST” baby, i don’t know what’s wrong bby

“but yeah, you should have let me know the second after you kissed for the second time,

unless there was more than that-”

“bye mingyu congratulations i’m blocking your number and now you won’t even be able to call me anymore”

“wAIT (Y/N) I WAS KIDDING-”

This scenario had a lot of not-funny-at-all comedy(?) and not enough romance/fluff with Wonwoo. But I don’t really dislike how it turned out, so I’ll leave it like this! I hope you all like this ♥ As I said before, I hope you all enjoy it, and Happy Birthday to our Jeon Wonwoo~!!

#seventeen #seventeen scenarios #seventeen imagines #seventeen wonwoo #jeon wonwoo #wonwoo #svt scenarios #svt imagines #svt wonwoo #kpop scenarios #kpop imagines #kpop seventeen

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fangirlsoftheroundtable · 8 years ago

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Substitute

Characters: Scott x Reader

Fandom: Teen Wolf

Warnings: Light Smut , angst

Plot: It’s been a while after Allison’s death and you and Scott have come closer ;) but you realize that he is not over her yet and you are just a substitute . ( It takes place around the beggining of season 4 , also for this to make sense Scott isn’t into a relationship with Kira ) , ( I’m not really sure about this one but here we go , also let me know if you want a part 2 )

Song : Starring role by Marina and the diamonds .

You’re hard to hug, tough to talk to And I never fall asleep, when you’re in my bed All you give me is a heartbeat

You closed your eyes allowing a softmoan to escape your lips. You were already sweating , the sheets sticking into your naked back but you didn’t care all you could think of at the moment was his hands on your body , the thumping of your heart echoing louder and louder in your head with every second passing.

Scott had placed his hands on your thighs , his mouth assaulting the soft skin of your leg leaving small purple marks. He looked up at you abandoning his previous possision to remove his shirt. You could see the lust in his eyes but that was the only thing you could see when he looked at you and all of sudden returned to reality.

When he appeared at your doorstep all of sudden he hadn’t even give you time to procees things before carying up stairts to your bedroom. You felt like clearing this mess up for moths but never really found the courage for it , too scared to loose what you had even if it was just sex until the previous night that he passed things over the edge for you.

I’ve turned into a statue And it makes me feel depressed ‘Cause the only time you open up is when we get undressed

“ I want you so fucking much “

Scott groaned and leaned forward , his hands cupping your breasts as he stuck his tongue in your mouth kissing you aggresively. You moaned into the kiss not wanting to stop but you couldn’t let the situation get out of control again as much as you enjoyed it.

You placed your hand on his bare chest gently pushing the Alpha way from your body, at first he didn’t notice.

“ Scott stop “

You whispered so quietly and gently like you whished he didn’t hear you, your hand was still on his chest. He hesitanly stopped , coming to his senses as you used your elbows to push your body up and covered your exposed upper half with the sheets.

“ What is it ? “

Scott asked breathing hard , he frowned , he was confused, you had never before asked him to stop , a hint of worry on his face but not the kind of worry you whished him to have , he cared about you and you were well aware of it but he only saw you as a friend .

“ We need to talk “

You said looking at your fingers , you wanted to clear things out , on the other hand you didn’t wanna loose Scott , he was a childhood friend but the things had taken an unexcpected turn the last few months.

You don’t love me Big fucking deal I’ll never tell You how I feel You don’t love me Not a big deal I’ll never tell you how I feel

He settled himself next to you , realising you were serious as he noticed you avoided to look at him. You used to do that always when you were kids and something was wrong so he immediately knew something was up. He remained silent , signalling you to continue talking.

“ What are we Scott ? “

You took a deep shaky breath and asked after a long pause , it was like the words were getting stuck in your mouth . You didn’t wanna fight or cry , you just wanted to have a conversation and try to understand what he really wanted but that didn’t seem to be the ocassion as your feelings quickly caught up with you..

He looked at you even more confused, the expression on his face made you chuckle , he was cute when he did that. You sighted and looked up at him, his beautiful chocolate eyes meeting yours.

“ I mean .. i don’t know friends? “

He said a little hestantly , the tone of his voice showing that it should be obvious. You shook your head feeling your eyes burning from the tears that were slowly forming. You mentaly coursed for leaving him see you like that.

“ Friends don’t have sex Scott “

You said feeling the anger raising up in you and you knew you were going to explode soon , it was like a lamp got stuck in your throat making it hard for you to talk.

It almost feels like a joke to play out the part When you are not the starring role in someone else’s heart You know I’d rather walk alone Than play a supporting role If I can’t get the starring role

“ I thought that’s what you wanted.. i thought you liked it.. “

Scott said , his voice raising a little , he was right , this was your fault too , you should had never left all this happen since you had a different kind of feelings for him.

“ Yes Scott , i liked it ! Yes i wanted it ! But that’s not the point .. i’m freaking tired being a subtitute , you are crearly not over Allison and i get it , i fucking get it , she was my friend to you know , i miss her to but when all this started i really thought you felt something for me, something more like i do and i didn’t wanna push you but i was clearly wrong all you seem to want and all you do for these past months is fuck me and get your anger and pain for her death out on me , you don’t talk to me anymore all you want is to have sex with me , things have changed.. God you almost called me with her name last night .. “

You practically screamed at his face , the tears spilling from your red eyes , you could taste the salty water in your mouth , you were so fed up and finally let everything out. You were full sobbing now not even caring anymore that he was watching you.

Scott looked at you , guilt evident on his face , he knew you were right but he didn’t want to admit it to himslef. He swallowed hard and put a strong arm around your waist gently pulling you into his arms that locked safely around your shaking body.It surpprised you as it was the last thing you thought he would do but for once you didn’t fight back . He didn’t know you felt this way about him, if he did maybe a lot of things would be different ..

Sometimes I ignore you so I feel in control ‘Cause really, I adore you, and I can’t leave you alone Fed up with the fantasies, they cover what is wrong Come on, baby, let’s just, get drunk, forget we don’t get on

He rested his head at the top of yours that was burried in the crook of his neck. You had finaly started calming down.

“ I’m so sorry ..i didn’t know , i didn’t realise i swear Y/N “

Scott whispered leaving a quick peck on your forehead , he didn’t really know what else to do , he had screwed up badly , after Allison’s death it seemed like everything were falling apart and he couldn’t do anything specially now that more supernatural problems had come to make your lifes difficult once again.

You took a few shaky breaths , slowly lifting your head from his naked torso , wiping the remaining tears from your face with the back of your palm. Your eyes were still red and puffy. This wasn’t supposed to happen how did things went from hot and sweaty to this , you felt embarrassed and as much you wanted to fix things you felt like forgetting about everything would be better at the moment.

You like my dad You get on well I send my best Regards from hell

“ I think you should go “

You said trying as hard as you could to sound cold , making your way out of his arms as you left the sheets to fall from your body replacing them with your shirt.

“ Y/N please i-i ..”

“ I need some time alone Scott , i can’t keep doing this ..”

You walked up to your bedroom door and opened it. He looked up at you with these puppy sad eyes and it took everything you had left inside not to fall into his arms again and ask him to stay.The guilty was drowning you , you knew it wasn’t his fault.But you both were so broken.

“ Please .. if you had talked to me , only if you had told me how you felt then- “

“ But i didn’t , did i ? And now it’s too late .. we screwed up, both of us and it doesn’t matter because you love her , not me there’s no then..“

You said running a hand through your messy hair.

“ We still have time , we can fix this i promise if you just give me second chance ..please “

He begged , he was desperate , he didn’t want to loose what you two had all these years , whenever he looked back there wasn’t a single memory of his childhood that you and Stiles weren’t there , He almost lost Stiles when the nogitsune took over him and now he was loosing you too.

I never sent for love, I never had a heart to mend Because before the start began, I always saw the end

Yeah, I wait for you to open up, to give yourself to me But nothing’s ever gonna give, I’ll never set you free Yeah, I’ll never set you free

“ Scott please , i need some space , i need to breath , i was depressed all this months holding everything in , i need sometime for myself “

You begged your voice was cracking as you felt an other lump building up in your throat because he was hurting as much you were and it was your fault , the voice kept reapiting in your head that it was your fault. He didn’t love you that way and he never would he just didn’t wanna loose you and you knew it from the start. You just were too stubborn to admitt it and now you had to face the consequences by loosing your best friend.

“ I’ll call you when i’m ready , i promise “

You continued and took a deep breath. He nodded and got up grabbing his shirt from the floor, putting it on.You could tell he was angry with both you and himself.

“ I just can’t loose another person that i love “

He whispered as he stood in front of you at the door , you just turned your head the other way without a word,he sighted and walked past you.

When you heard the familiar noise of the central door closing behind him you allowed your body to slide down the cold wall and cuddled yourself sobs tearing through your body once again. What were you supposed to do now ?

The starring role

#scott mccall #scott mccall imagine #scott mccall one shot #teen wolf #teen wolf one shot #teen wolf imagine #teen wolf smut #scott mccall smut #smut imagine #smut oneshot #teen wolf angst #angst #angst imagine #stiles stilinski

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tiefightrs · 8 years ago

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all of them >: ))))))))

ur on

1: Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?✨answered 2: Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?✨lmao i use the whole damn tube my hair needs my 3: Do you sleep with your sheets tucked in or out?✨answered! 4: Have you ever stolen a street sign before?✨no omg but i have stolen bella sara cards 5: Do you like to use post-it notes?✨sometimes 6: Do you cut out coupons but then never use them?✨answered 7: Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of a bees?✨go d honestly a bear any day and it’s only bc a bear can’t buzz beside my ear 8: Do you have freckles?✨they show up once i get a tan9: Do you always smile for pictures?✨of course! 10: What is your biggest pet peeve?✨answered 11: Do you ever count your steps when you walk?✨nah 12: Have you ever peed in the woods?✨does outside in general count 13: What about pooped in the woods?✨no 14: Do you ever dance even if theres no music playing?✨yes and my parents hate it 15: Do you chew your pens and pencils?✨answers 16: How many people have you slept with this week?✨i sleep with my darth vader plushie everyday. i love him. 17: What size is your bed?✨twin but once i move out in getting a queen ohhh mama 18: What is your Song of the week?✨CHAQUITA BANANA CHAQUITA BANANA OBAMA19: Is it okay for guys to wear pink?✨yes what the fuck kind of question is this guys can wear any damn color they want to 20: Do you still watch cartoons?✨y e s and i always will 21: Whats your least favorite movie?✨answered but i just….. hate in secret. so much. what the fuck. i was trusting u oscar.22: Where would you bury hidden treasure if you had some?✨mmm honestly i would want to be buried in it so my shadow figure self can protect it 23: If you’re a girl, bra size? If you’re a guy, pants size?✨im a B cup even tho i’m fat i hate it ughh >:T 24: What do you dip a chicken nugget in?✨honey mustard 25: What is your favorite food?✨lately i’ve been craving soup so rn my favorite food is currently cream of mushroom soup 👅👅👅👅26: What movies could you watch over and over and still love?✨star wars (excluding the 2nd), grand budapest hotel, inside llewyn davis, moonlight, and tarzan 27: Last person you kissed/kissed you?✨answered 28: Were you ever a boy/girl scout?✨answered 29: Would you ever strip or pose nude in a magazine?✨depends on the magazine and what the article would be about 😩30: When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?✨a couple months ago 31: Can you change the oil on a car?✨no 32: Ever gotten a speeding ticket?✨no! 33: Ever ran out of gas?✨nah 34: Favorite kind of sandwich?✨roast beef with tomatoes, lettuce, mayo and mustard…. uhhh my dicc is hard 35: Best thing to eat for breakfast?✨eggs and toast!!!!!! 36: What is your usual bedtime?✨answered 37: Are you lazy?✨YES38: When you were a kid, what did you dress up as for Halloween?✨a witch, cat, and my fucking favorite and final costume, guy fieri 39: What is your Chinese astrological sign?✨rabbit!!! 40: Are you horny?✨im feelin a bit trumpet-y rn 41: Do you have any magazine subscriptions?✨nah 42: Which are better legos or lincoln logs?✨legos!!!!!!! 43: Are you stubborn?✨a bit yea44: Who is better…Leno or Letterman?✨Neither 45: Ever watch soap operas?✨answered 46: Are you afraid of heights?✨not rlly 47: Do you sing in the car?✨YES and if it’s a special ocassion i’ll do a swedish chef impression 48: Do you sing in the shower?✨y e s i specialize in john denver 49: Do you dance in the car?✨yea50: Ever used a gun?✨no ew51: Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer?✨god years ago i looked like a miniature version of my mom it was scary 52: Do you think musicals are cheesy?✨no! 53: Is Christmas stressful?✨yea bc i want to get my friends gifts and i stress about not having money then i don’t get them anything bc…. i suck a friendships 54: Ever eat a pierogi?✨ye55: Favorite type of fruit pie?✨answered 56: Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid?✨i always wanted to be an author 57: Do you believe in ghosts?✨YES BITCH58: Ever have a Deja-vu feeling?✨like twice a day i hate it 59: Take a vitamin daily?✨no 60: Wear slippers?✨uh…. socks 61: Wear a bath robe?✨nah 62: What do you wear to bed?✨pjs and socks bc if i don’t wear socks i’ll die 63: First concert?✨i went in 9th grade to see these rock bands i didn’t even know but it was the last time i saw my friend before she moved to california64: Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart?✨target65: Nike or Adidas?✨don’t care 66: Cheetos Or Fritos?✨answered 67: Peanuts or Sunflower seeds?✨mmm peanuts 68: Ever hear of the group Tres Bien?✨Whom 69: Ever take dance lessons?✨i used to take ballet but i hated it and hid in the bathroom 70: Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing?✨answered 71: Can you curl your tongue?✨yeah!! 72: Ever won a spelling bee?✨no i am. Stupid. 73: Have you ever cried because you were so happy?✨yes and it was mostly bc of star wars 74: Own any record albums?✨my parents do 75: Own a record player?✨my parents do!! 76: Regularly burn incense?✨no 77: Ever been in love?✨answered 78: Who would you like to see in concert?✨answered79: What was the last concert you saw?✨see back: my first concert 80: Hot tea or cold tea?✨HOT 81: Tea or coffee?✨tea 82: Sugar or snickerdoodles?✨sugar!!!! 83: Can you swim well?✨nah 84: Can you hold your breath without holding your nose?✨yes 85: Are you patient?✨a bit 86: DJ or band, at a wedding?✨uh… Guy Fieri and the Singing Sausages 87: Ever won a contest?✨im sure i have but i can’t remember 88: Ever have plastic surgery?✨no 89: Which are better black or green olives?✨NO OLIVES 90: Can you knit or crochet?✨no 91: Best room for a fireplace?✨answered 92: Do you want to get married?✨answered 93: If married, how long have you been married?✨whopping 0 days 94: Who was your HS crush?✨answered! 95: Do you cry and throw a fit until you get your own way?✨no! i’m not a baby!! 96: Do you have kids?✨no97: Do you want kids?✨NO98: Whats your favorite color?✨orange! 99: Do you miss anyone right now?✨answered but zoe.

#megan answers #long post #Ur Welcome

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jelenasymphony · 8 years ago

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The Sleepover (1/2)- Jelena One Shot

Special shoutout to @letheavensin @jaysel and @jayselunconditionallove for always encouraging me to write <3

All of this came to my head one night after all that “Jailey” drama, and of course as a Jelena shipper, it got me. Took a really long while for me to finish it (almost a year lol) but here it is, the longest one shot I ever wrote. Thanks for reading :) xox

Word Count: 1734.

Justin’s POV:

It was wednesday morning, and usually it’s such a boring day for me, but not this time.

Selena was coming to my place to hang out since we were trying to be friends. I mean, yeah, Hailey and I were something and i’m trying to move on but I still want Selena on my life, I don’t want to lose her after having lots of history together.

Hailey was spending some time traveling with her family, she hasn’t see them in a while since she spends most of her time hanging out with me, but anyways I won’t be alone with Selena, Alfredo will be joining us because he also wants to catch up with her. It would be awkward if Hails were here with us and also if it’s only the two of us with Sel, things never ended up well that way.

I decided to wake up earlier than the usual just to clean up the whole house, even if I don’t have anything to explain to Selena, I don’t want her coming over to see Hails’ stuff all over the floor or to find her shoes up the stairs. Hailey and I were too lazy to clean up everytime she comes over, just picking up the floor the things that were on our way or washing glasses just to drink some wine. I know Selena likes being on a clean place and of course, I can remember her coming over years ago and turning our “Netflix and Chill” session into a special ocassion for her to show me how to properly clean my kitchen or how to remove stains from a carpet, and I wasn’t going to risk our dinner because of my messy living room this time.

I spend almost three hours picking everything up, washing the dishes, taking out the trash and stuff until I was so tired I wanted to take a nap, but I couldn’t until I took a shower and decided what to wear in the afternoon. I know it’s very extreme for just a dinner but I wanted to give a good impression to Selena, all dressed up and clean, almost as I wanted to prove so hard that I was happy with Hailey, which was true, but would it be too forced to look like she changed me for good? I feel good by Hails’ side, but she doesn’t has the credit for my evolution as a person.

I tried to shake these thoughts out of my mind, because yes, I am happy with Hailey but I haven’t changed, I still being that guy who is lovesick for Selena and she was the one that kept me clean and humble, thing that Hailey doesn’t do that much, and as hard as I try not to compare Hailey to Selena, her ghost is always there in the back of my mind when I get into a relationship with someone new and it seems like it will always be there.

Lost again in my thoughts, I hear the door bell ringing so I run down the stairs, only a few steps away from the door when it suddenly opened.

-Did you missed me? -Alfredo’s silhouette shows up in front of me while I try to fight against the disappointment over him not being Selena, although I knew she wouldn’t come up till 5pm. Fredo stares at me while he puts back on the pocket of his jeans the keys to my house- why you look so dissapointed of seeing your best friend?.

-I just thought she came up earlier -the disappointment in my voice is clear, but I don’t really care since is Fredo who I’m talking to, he knows me so damn well when it’s comes to Selena, he was always there third-wheeling and being our therapist after every fight or rupture, and tonight wouldn’t be different.

-You look so stressed bro, just calm down, it’s just her -he put his backpack down on the kitchen countertop pulling out some beers, rolling his eyes to emphasize the ‘just her’. But I couldn’t calm the fuck down, it wasn’t just ‘her’ to me.- By the way, put some pants on, she just called me to tell me she is on her way and I don’t really think your outfit is the proper one to start a friendship.

I look down at my pants to find I was wearing just boxers; I was so stressed with the ghosts of my relationship with Selena I totally forgot to shower, so I go back upstairs to get dressed and ready.

It all took me half an hour -the adventure of searching for the right clothes- but I finally went downstairs, and got frozen when I could hear her laugh coming from the kitchen.

Selena’s POV:

The laughter that comes from my throat after Fredo tells me which is now probably my favorite joke ever vanishes when I finally see Justin, whom, according to Alfredo, was being a nightmare when he arrived -he told me Justin spent a big time cleaning everything up despite having a maid and that he really seemed nervous at the thought of us trying to be friends, which, to be honest, gave me relief of not being the only one nervous as hell here.

I hate myself for the butterflies I instantly feel fluttering in my stomach the moment I see him enter the kitchen, dressed with light-blue jeans, a big black t-shirt and his favourite pair of black Adidas, his long messy blonde hair creating the aspect of bangs falling down his face, a simple look that God-knows-why looks just so good on him. I was the most persistent when it came to both of us moving on, yet there I was wanting to jump into his arms, inhaling his strong and oh-so-familiar male cologne, and never let him go, even when he was already being happy with Hailey.

I was happy for him being happy, and all I ever want is to see him smile, so I’m not really lying to myself when it is about his happiness, but I couldn’t express the same when it came to him in a relationship. All I could see was him replacing me with someone new, doing all the things we used to do together -dates, trips, inside jokes, even the way we used to take pictures of each other. I truly know I shouldn’t lurk in their social media, but I found myself several times staring at their pictures on Instagram with the excuse of checking if he was okay and if he looked happy next to her -and the answer always seemed to be yes.

Realizing I've probably been disconnected from real life for a while now, I feel my cheeks blushing at the sight of Justin staring at me, knowing that Fredo's eyes are on my back watching every move I make tonight. -Hi Justin -the words come from my mouth weaker than I expected, and I feel the need for the earth to swallow me and make me vanish from there as I clear my throat, pretending I don’t feel a thing for the 21 year old guy standing right in front of me. -Hi Sel -he approaches to where I’m sitting in the large breakfast bar and stares at the hand i graciously pull in front of him, trying to be funny and give him a handshake, which he accepts but surprises me throwing me into a big hug, and I try hard not to smile against his chest, even tho I’m feeling like a little girl whom just got the most amazing birthday gift ever.- We're going to be friends that hug each other, okay? -he says graciously as he laughs and I get lost, feeling my heart ache at the smile he gives me. Gosh, how I miss being the reason of that smile. I nod laughing as I try to get the blood on my cheeks go away, and I hear Alfredo’s voice claiming it was a good start, leaving in clear evidence that the both of us were nervous as fuck about seeing each other again, plus me pretending that I wasn’t still in love with those honey eyes that just brought me so many memories to my mind and a knot of desperate feelings to my chest.

We spend the next four hours in the living room talking about life, we talk about our little siblings, our future projects in the industry and our families -and I can't help but feel a familiar kind of happiness bubbling over in me when Justin tells me he keeps in touch with Pattie, something we used to argue about when we were together; I never liked to know that he was able to turn his back on the woman who gave everything for him, so knowing that our arguments had worked to make him realize that he should spend time with his mother makes me feel that, somehow, I am still part of his life. Alfredo's voice becomes less heard as the conversation progresses, letting Justin and I enjoy each others company and catching up with those situations which we, although we don't say it, needed each other to know. Even tho I know this moment was gonna come, Justin finally names a situation where Hailey is involved, and I can't help but feel my heart crush when he happily tells me about a trip he made with his new girlfriend and I realize, not even after seeing hundred of articles about them on the news, I'm nowhere close to ready to hear his anecdotes about how funny was that time they went on a date on the beach and ended up looking like breaded chicken for rolling each other in the sand too much, while the only thing I could think of was about how much I loved and held close to my heart our dates on the beach.

Realizing I can't pretend anymore, no matter how strong I want to seem, I take the chance when Fredo asks him something about his trip to apologize and go to the bathroom, leaving the both of them talking as much as they want about how much Justin loves replacing me, taking Hailey to the same dates he took me.

#jelena one shot #fanfiction #fanfic

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