#i need to pet a cat or something asap to get my heart rate down

[hero-of-crefeld]

I just read this article and I couldn't calm down out of joy. We all know what's going to happen to John in the upcoming books, but it seems David is (finally) stepping up to the main ranks and getting the scenes he deserves. And it's going to be great!!!

„One of the great confluences of these rivers in season seven is the love triangle of Claire, Jamie and Lord John Grey (David Berry). Both Claire and John love Jamie "desperately and passionately," Roberts says. "There are so many layers and dynamics between these three people, and this season it'll definitely come to a head. I think a lot of people will fall in love with John again."

For her part, Davis says, "I cannot wait for everyone to see David Berry's performance in season seven. He's outstanding. He just kills it in this role, especially this season. He's really stepped it up."

Perhaps his performance this season will help seal the deal on the long-gestating idea of a Lord John spinoff. "Just speaking for myself, I think the Lord John series is a no-brainer," Davis says. "I would love to see that series. The books are great, and he's such an interesting character."

OMG! ❤️

Full article link:

https://www.emmys.com/news/features/onward-outlander

LOVE your blog! 🥰

Thank you so much for sending this, anon! <3

Here's a direct link to the article for anyone who wants to read it: https://www.emmys.com/news/features/onward-outlander

I apparently had many thoughts on the subject, so the rest is under the cut. :D

I have to begin with: hell yes people are going to fall in love with John! The character is so interesting, and although I find it a bit tedious that we often sometimes only get to see him as this lovesick dude who conveniently shows up to solve Jamie’s problems, I think the show actually does a decent job of portraying him. Because he’s the character you want to know more about. In a show where you have so many characters, he is the one that kind of feels like a main character even though he isn’t one. He feels nuanced and you get a sense of him actually living his life in between making appearances in the show. And that’s something I don’t necessarily get with a lot of the other characters. (Okay, I may be super biased but still!)

Introducing him more firmly into the main story through a love triangle is a good way of at least getting more LJG in our lives. I hope they change the story a bit and tone down homophobic-punches-John-in-the-face Jamie, and I think they will, since they’ve done a great job in making Jamie less conservative in other aspects, too. With regards to what happens later with John, I wonder how much they plan to include in the show. But whatever they do, I hope they don’t run through a million things in a half-assed way and then just go “anyway, that situation resolved itself, don’t worry about it.” But we’ll see.

In any case, it makes me so happy to know that there is support for an LJG spinoff! It’s so true that there is good material to draw from if they were to make it, and I think it would be really great to get a historical show that had an LGBTQ+ main character. But simultaneously, I have to admit that my expectation for such a show would be sky-high, and I would probably throw a tantrum at the smallest historical inaccuracy. (So they’d better do their research unlike DG…) I know it’s historical fiction, but it can be accurate and entertaining. (Fun take, I know) My expectations would anyway be really high because David Berry deserves the world, and that includes flawlessly written shows where he is the main character.

And speaking of David. Oh my god, anon, when I read the words “I cannot wait for everyone to see David Berry's performance in season seven. He's outstanding. He just kills it in this role, especially this season. He's really stepped it up.” my heart skipped a beat. Like I don’t have praise kink, I have a ‘praise David Berry’ kink. I cannot even begin to describe how wonderful it is to read those words. He deserves it so much. I don’t even know what to say… I just… I don’t even know. Like he doesn’t seem like the most confident person in the world, so it makes me so indescribably happy to read about people explicitly saying that he’s amazing. And also the fact that there is talk of a spinoff shows that there is sooo much love not just for Lord John but for David as well. He is the perfect LJG. My heart is so full, anon! So full! And I absolutely get why you can’t calm down out of joy, because hard same!!!

[novanekoma]

☼ 12. next to you

Warmth was the first thing you felt, with a soft sigh you nuzzled your tired face further into the rather firm pillow, trying to hold onto the last few seconds of precious sleep before your brain started working again. It was only when you heard the sound of someone chuckling that you realized the pillow you were pressing your face into wasn’t actually a pillow. Your eyes snapped open and you found yourself curled into a very familiar chest, your cheeks immediately reddening as your eyes slowly trailed upwards towards the familiar face that was propped up on one arm and already smiling down at you.  

“Morning Tetsu,” you murmured, voice still thick with sleep with a yawn following shortly after.  

“Morning kitten,” his voice was rough with sleep as well and your blush only deepened as your heart rate quickened, the arm around your waist left for a moment so he could rub the sleep out of his eyes, could someone explain why that was so hot? You could listen to him talk all day with that voice.  

“How long have you been up?” you questioned, twisting slightly in his arms to check the time on your phone. It was still pretty early, like almost 7:30am early, and you had no intention of leaving this warm cocoon of pillows, blankets and tetsu, anytime soon.  

“Not long, I had a really great sleep last night,” even his tone was filled with warmth and it made you want to snuggle into him even harder.

Twisting back to his smiling face, your heart skipped a beat at the look he was giving you, “Me too,” you turned again so you were laying on your back, staring at the roof of the blanket fort, “I have to hand it to you Tetsu, you really outdid yourself last night,” you turned your head to look at him, “I don’t know how you’re going to top this next date night,” you teased.

Tetsuro’s grin turned almost cat-like, “Oh? So, this was a real date then?” his tone caused your cheeks to flush again and you averted your eyes from his intense gaze, choosing to stare at his chest, the one right in front of you, with the delectable abs you could see peeking out from where it had ridden up.  

“Well, I, uh,” you stammered, not able to find the words you wanted, feeling yourself get even more flustered when the hand on your waist moved to tilt your head upwards.  

His fingers brushed against your cheek, “So it’s okay if I tell you just how beautiful you look this morning,” his tone was nothing but sincere and you lost all ability to speak right then and there.  

Hazel eyes were filled with amusement as you continued to stutter, “I’ve never seen you so red before y/n, cat got your tongue?” he needed to stop teasing you, otherwise you were going to combust on the spot, and calling you by your name instead of a pet name? That just wasn’t fair.  

“Shut up,” you groaned, turning to shove your face back into his chest to hide it from his gaze as he let out one of his hyena laughs, hey you may have been flustered beyond belief, but that didn’t mean you weren’t going to take advantage of however long you had in his arms. You couldn’t stop the smile from creeping up on your features as well.  

He didn’t talk anymore after that, and neither did you. You were both content in basking in the morning silence. Feeling a tiny bit brave in your just woke up haze, you reached your hands up and curled them into his shirt, fingers tangling between the fabric as the lightly brushed against his chest, you heard Tetsuro’s breath hitch and you stilled. Maybe-

A moment later you felt his arm tighten around your waist as he laid back down, his other arm that was propped up, slid under the pillow your head was half laying on. As his warmth engulfed you once more, sleep slowly began to creep up on you, your fingers loosening around Tetsurou’s shirt as your forehead nuzzled his chest.

“y/n?”  

“Hmm?” you shifted slightly so you could be face to face, your half-lidded eyes focusing on the bright hazel ones in front of you.  

“Are you sleeping already kitten?”  

You forced your eyes open, “Not yet tetsu, but you’re really comfy,” you murmured, emphasizing your phrase by pushing you head under his neck and tangling your legs together, “you’re the perfect pillow,” you sighed, feeling bliss wash over you as his embrace tightened.  

“y/n, I...”

“hmm? wassup?”  

Your words were slurred as tetsurou’s heart beat lulled you back to sleep, before falling back into dreamland, you felt the brush of something, lips maybe? Against the top of your head, and Tetsurou murmured something, but you were already too far gone to understand whatever it was, you let out a content sigh once more before sleep claimed you once again.

I want to wake up next to you every day...

☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

☼ 12. next to you

☼ prev. ☼ masterlist ☼ next

☼ taglist is OPEN: just send me a dm or an ask if you want to be added!

Notes: kuroo woke up way before y/n did and couldn’t help but watch her sleep, they’ve had hundreds of sleepovers and it wasn’t the first time kuroo’s had y/n pressed against him, something just felt different about this time

Notes: kuroo’s morning voice was a lot, it was deep, a little scratchy and oh so very hot. y/n almost wasn’t able to handle it, if kuroo slept without a shirt on like he usually does alone, y/n would have been done for

Notes: kuroo is bringing out his best game for y/n, breakfast was part of that- he may not have a cook for a brother, but kuroo’s got that skill himself! he;s he wants to tell y/n how he feels, but he also doesn’t want it to overwhelm her, or seem like it’s only because someone else has the potential to come into the picture

Notes: he really did try to ask her out on a proper date tho

Notes: y/n really tried to stay awake, but kuroo was just so warm, and comfortable, and she was nestled right near his heart so she could hear every breath and heartbeat and having his arms around her safely, well how could anyone not fall asleep with that? then kuroo lost his nerve after she fell asleep, he tucked her nicely into his embrace and relished being the one to have her in his arms before she went off to meet atsumu, but our boy had a plan to be the one she comes home to, good thing blanket forts last a long time 

Notes: yui is the same age as tsukki (kuroo, y/n, and bokuto are all 4th year uni students, that’s why tsukki and co are second years and akaashi is 3rd) and it’s no secret that she’s had her sights set on kuroo since she first met him, poor tsukki is in some of her classes and he’s heard her talking about him in classs with her friends

☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

A/N- This was originally really short, but I changed my mind, again lmao. I’ve got Atsumu’s part of the day almost finished! and I’ll post that asap, hopefully before next week.

Thank you for reading!

☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼

Taglist:

@therealwalmartjesus | @daninaninani | @tskeiki | @yhozume | @levisackerwoman | @firebonbon | @lelebells | @rreia | @sol-demure | @dark-dragonn | @toobsessedsstuff | @dandyalice | @shegrewupwithoutafather | @jdkook | @achly | @tsukkx | @insomniish | @aquzairus | @differentballooncollection | @crushingonsuga | @sugassimp | @mqrinqcele | @nerdynstoned | @turquoiselace | @lovinnoya | @shoutsukii | @supahumbreon | @celestialclouds | @saturnfarie | @munchmunch01 | @h0ngh0ngh0ng | @sciencethatshit | @sempiternal-amour | @it-me-trash | @princeabomination | @mkkhaikyuu | @marifujioka | @starry-magicshop | @bakuhoetoedoroki | @atsumubabe | @angrylittlezizi | @ih8beefnoodles | @kagebunshiin | @nekomacam | @fueledbyapplepi | @boosyboo9206 | @lenathesimp | @idek-at-thispoint | @exosehun-94 | @timeturnerss | @its-babybitch | @toiletcherries |

If your name is missing please let me know! If your name has a strike through it, I wasn’t able to tag you! Tagging may be off on your account or if you’ve had a username change, please me know and I’ll update the taglist if you still wish to be on it

[blake-belladonna-defence-force]

Ember/Shroud

Okay. I decided to try my hand at an au. Does it even exist yet?

It was mostly born from wanting a more serious reason as to why Blake was scared of dogs. I kind of feel bad.

I’m just going to call it “Emotional Support Soul AU” for now. Is this something people would like to see more of? Is it even a good au? Eh, it was a fun writing exercise at any rate.

Things to note:

Adam (abusive ex) is in jail.

Blake has come a long way but has residual trauma and depression

COMMUNICATION ISSUES

Yang does have a moment of being a lil forgetful and maybe a touch insensitive but she tries to make it better

Blake and Yang were roommates in college who decided to move in together

This is mostly because of Blake’s cat

They don’t know why but being too far apart physically hurts

So oblivious

Adam probably ran a dog fight ring or trained them to attack humans because he’s a goat lookin ass

Faunas are a thing

Set in Vale

Apparently soul pets or bonded animals or whatever are things here

The animal you were always meant to own/your guardian

Even more special if it’s your soulmates pet and it adopts you

Having your soulmates bonded animal approve of you is the highest complement

Both animals getting along and approving of each human in the relationship is rare and usually means they’re soulmates or something

They will often act as wingmen

It’s how Blake and Yang truly bonded as friends

Ember is a stray that Blake rescued as a kitten. When she finds out Yang is her cat’s bonded human, she’s surprised because: blonde party girl. She tried to keep Ember; does not go well.

Yang tried to keep Ember; does not go well

She refused to leave Blake but demanded that her bonded human stay

Even the cat ships them

————————————————————

“…Yang. What is that.”

“It’s a dog, Blake. Ya know, canine? Canis Familaris?”

“I know what a dog is, Xiao Long. I want to know why it’s in our fucking apartment.”

Uh oh. This was bad. Very bad. When Blake was mad she yelled. It was a part of her passionate nature; an injustice is done and Blake will have your head. But it was when she got quiet and spoke in that dangerously low tone of voice that you should probably start backing up. And never mention that’s she’s actually really pretty when she’s mad. Additionally, she was swearing and Blake only really swore when she was really pissed off. And apparently bringing home a Newfoundland equaled really pissed off the cat faunus.

“She needed a home. The poor baby was all alone, isn’t that right, Shroud?” Yang cooed adoringly at the friendly giant laying in front of their sofa.

“That is not a baby. That is a monster that I am sure will probably kill my cat.” Shroud whined and laid her head down, the dog almost seemed hurt. What am I supposed to do about Ember, Yang?!” Almost as on cue, a slender ginger tabby slunk her way into the living room. The cat immediately trotted over to Yang, headbutting her ankles fondly, completely ignoring her actual owner altogether. Before Yang could bend down to let the cat sniff her hands, Ember locked onto Shroud. She slowly walked over sniffed the giant nose that was presented to her. What truly surprised the two girls, however, was when Ember butted her head under the giant dog’s jaw before curling up against the dogs stomach and glancing at them as if to say “this is my bed now”.

“Ember, you traiter. I saved you from the streets when you were a kitten. I raised you and loved you like my own and this is how you repay me?!” Yang wished that she could say that Blake was joking but the cat faunus could be quite… extra when she wanted to be. To say the least; she was not pleased.

Yang walked over and scooped Ember up, not without complaint, and held her out to Blake.

“Aw, c’mon mum. Can we keep her? I’ve only just met her and I love her!” She pitched her voice, wiggling Ember around as though the cat were talking. This resulted in a bitten hand and a very disgruntled cat.

“You earned that. I pay half the rent, Yang. Couldn’t you have spoken to me about this first? You know how I feel about dogs.”

“Yeah, well, that’s kind of why I didn’t.”

“So you decided to ignore how I felt and go behind my back?” Yang winced. When you put it like that…

“Look, I’m sorry that I didn’t talk to you but my old high school buddy needed her gone ASAP. I couldn’t just leave her.” Yang made sure to look her friend in the eyes. She’d learned a long time ago that eye contact was important to the other woman and Yang always tried to make sure that she knew that she had Yang’s attention.

Blake didn’t say anything for a long while.

“Fine. Whatever.” She muttered, faunus ears pinned against her head, before turning on her heel and heading to her room. Yang cringed as she heard Blake’s door slam. Their uni days had taught her when to push and pull and when to back off. This was very much a back off situation. Even if she found it hard to understand why somebody would be so deadset against a dog.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Hours later, she was laying on the floor cuddling with both cat and dog when she heard Blake walk into the kitchen. She immediately headed over and stopped short. She knew Blake. She knew what she looked like when she was ecstatic, what she looked look when she was about to kick somebody’s ass.

Yang also knew what it looked like when one of her friend’s depressive episodes were kicking in. So the sight of a drained, red eyed and shuffling Blake was not new to her. It always broke her heart to see one of the most amazing, incredible people she’s ever met hurt like this. But to know that she was the potential cause…

“Blake?” Yang had never sounded, or felt, so small. Blake breathed deeply for a moment before turning to Yang.

“He used to keep dogs. Trained them to bite and attack. I don’t exactly have pleasant memories of them.” When Blake spoke, carefully holding her hip as it ached, it hit her hard. Of course, that was in the police report when they finally managed to get Blake’s ex away from her for good. Why the hell didn’t she put two and two together?!

“Shit, Blake. I am so sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t- it doesn’t matter. I obviously hurt you and I am so, so sorry.” Yang was close to tears herself at this point. She had seen how that man had broken her friend. Watched as Blake pulled herself from the shadows and stood tall and continued to repeat that process every single time he knocked her down. Now that she was finally free of him, she could be who she was meant to be. But that didn’t mean that he didn’t still haunt her. It hurt to see the pain in the other girl’s eyes but she kept eye contact. “I’ll find her a new home as soon as possible, I swear.”

Maybe that would have been it. Maybe she would have rehomed Shroud and they would have been done with it. But the canine in question suddenly walked into the kitchen and made her way to Blake.

“Just stay still, Blake. It’s okay, I won’t let her hurt you. I promise.” Blake was frozen but before Yang could grab her, Shroud sat at Blake’s feet and stared up at her. Yang paused. It was eerily similar to how Ember had decided that Yang was her bonded person. Blake’s breathing started to even out as she gazed at Shroud, who then proceeded to flip over onto her back and wiggle, tongue and jowls flopping comically.

“Hi?” Blake’s uncertainty would have been adorable had it not been for the situation. As the dog shifted, so too did Blake, her gaze becoming more curious than fearful. There was a patch of white on the dog’s black chest, seeming to form the shape of some kind of flower. “I think the fates are fucking with me.” Blake mumbled. “Because that is a Belladonna plant.”

Yang blinked. Blake met her gaze and before too long, the two women were giggling. Perhaps it was the fact that tensions were running high or perhaps Shroud had somehow known how to break the ice with Blake. Because when Blake spoke next, she left Yang surprised.

“Keep her.” Blake inhales shakily. “But please, for the love of God; train her properly. I can’t live like that again, Yang.” Yang immediately nodded and then, unable to help herself, ran over to hug Blake.

Only to be blocked by a large furry body. Shroud wasn’t growling, merely acting as a barrier. The dog had apparently thought that Yang was going to hurt Blake and was already trying to defend her. Wasn’t there a meme online about that? “I’ve only had Blake for one day but if anything happened to her, I’d kill everyone in this room and then myself.” Evidently, that was what was going on here. Not that Yang could blame the dog. Bonded animals did tend to be extremely protective of their person, if that’s what this was.

“Uh, Blake? I think that you have a body guard now.”

“Oh.” There was a light sniffle as the emotions of the past few hours crashed over Blake. “I think that that’s fair since you stole my cat.” Yang snorted, side stepping around Shroud carefully before wrapping Blake up in a hug.

“Not my fault she’s my soul pet or whatever the hell they’re called.” Yang defended herself. “I can’t believe that I’m going to need to ask a dog for permission to hug you.” Blake giggled weakly, burying her head into Yang’s neck.

“Just… lets take it slow, yeah? I’m not going to become a dog person over night. Even if she is my bonded animal.” Yang hummed. Well, that confirmed it. Most people could tell once eye contact is made. They felt a sort of unspoken promise; the creature would protect their sworn master, so to speak. The bonded animal would then act as a sort of body guard. It was useful many years ago but now it was more about them being glorified emotional support companions. Sometimes the matchups were odd. Yang had honestly beloved hers would be a golden retriever, not her best friend’s cat. And apparently Blake’s bonded animal was her best friend’s dog, despite the fear that she held for them.

Maybe Blake would never love dogs. But Shroud could at least be one dog that Blake could at least be comfortable with. After all, people were usually gifted the animal that they needed the most.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

It was a late afternoon when Yang realised she had been right. It had taken weeks, even months worth of training and slow progress between the two but eventually, Yang was forced to admit that Shroud was meant to never hers. Just like Ember was never meant to Blake’s.

She had just come home from work and had called out to Blake when she heard distant singing coming from the kitchen. Rounding the corner revealed a very surprising sight. One that made Yang melt.

Shroud had her paws on Blake’s shoulder as the young woman danced them around the kitchen singing along to the radio. Those gym sessions were really starting to pay off for Blake.

“You could be my Queen, I could be your dream. Oh, let me be your bumblebee.” Blake giggled as Shroud barked at her. It was a sign of how far they had come considering that she used to flinch at such. “Yang loves this song. Now that I mention her...I think that you might be a much better dancer than your mother, Shroud. Even if she doesn’t quite realise that staring is rude.”

Yang blinked. She’d been caught.

“Sorry, I’m just stupidly proud of you. So proud, in fact, that I’m going to ignore that jab at my awesome dancing abilities and my pride.” Yang glanced down at Shroud, who had dropped to all fours. “You going to say hi, girl, or are you just going to abandon me for a pretty lady?” Shroud almost seemed to glare at her before looking up at Blake who nodded solemnly in return. Yang let out more than a few grumbles about traitorous mutts and reached out to pet Shroud. Until she noticed an envelope in the dog’s collar. She rolled her eyes; they had taken to using the poor dog as a messenger, after all. Opening the letter revealed a reservation for one of the new high end restaurants in Vale. She looked up at Blake in confusion.

“It’s that new faunus cuisine place I told you about. You’re free Friday at six, yeah?” Blake was smirking and leaning up against the bench.

“Um, yes, why?”

“Because if you won’t make the first move beyond telling me I’m “feisty” and “pretty when I’m mad”, then I will.” Blake narrowed her eyes. “Don’t think that I haven’t noticed, Yang.”

“Oh. Am I that obvious?” Yang swallowed nervously.

“Yes. Also your sister and her “BFF” talked to me and have me informed to, and I quote, ‘take your pining, queer ass out before Weiss kills somebody.” I’m still not sure if Weiss wants me to date you or snipe you.” Yang felt her eye twitch. Those two...

“I mean, I’m more than happy to go on date with you and all, Blake, but I kind of want to kill them, now.”

“Want to pretend like nothing’s happened and mess with them for a couple of weeks?”

“How the hell are you so perfect?” Blake simply laughed and walked out of the kitchen with Shroud in tow.

“And of course the stupid dog follows her.” Feeling a bump against her ankles, Yang looked down. Seeing Ember, Yang quickly bent to hold her up to her face.

“But as long she keeps smiling, she can keep stealing from me. I mean, your mum already has my heart and soul, what else could I possibly lose?” She asked the cat quietly. Ember purred, apparently content with the results of her meddling from way back when. Yang smiled. It always made it a little more special when your bonded animal approved of your partner. If she was being honest with herself, so she was on cloud nine. Well, up until she heard Blake’s voice float down the hall.

“I heard that. Oh, you are so never living that one down, Yang!”