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Hi chat I'm back back again with more epic sketches!
All writing is in the alt text! I'm trying my best to provide image ids but I often forget đ
ok so short thoughts and then we'll get into some longer ones under the cut!!
I subscribe to both "Athena lived actually" theory and "Ares assisted Odysseus" theory,, I just think they're the silliest siblings fr Argos' design is purely on vibes and i did NOT have a reference for the boar. this is why both of them look slightly weird. The last two drawings are heavily based on the cut song Your Light! I am so normal about it. (More on this below the cut)
The penelope design was heavily inspired by @gigizetz's, and Aeolus was directly lifted from gigi's design as well <3 Telemachus was inspired by Duvetbox's Telemachus but much less heavily lol (Athena was also inspired by Duvetbox)
OK. LONG THOUGHT TIME. STRAP IN
I have some personal siren headcanons that i actually really wanna share SO. I like to think that Sirenelope did not actually look accurate to Penelope. I have two reasons for this, one of which is that one of my big siren headcanons is that they rely mostly on visual memory to disguise themselves. They can tap into words and such usually but what they most rely on is the visuals. Its much less important to act like the wife than to look like her, after all, the siren song usually does the heavy lifting.
But in the same way that Sirenelope makes the mistake of saying "daughter," the visual memories can be corrupted through the beeswax in the crew's ears. So she can't pin down Penelope's appearance as easily as she might with someone with clear ears. Ergo, she makes mistakes (neglecting her beauty mark/mole, making her look younger, etc etc.)
The OTHER reason is that I like to think that sirens try to make their forms more beautiful to appeal to the sailors. For example, Sirenelope tries to smooth out Penelope's wrinkles and make her more conventionally attractive. A little like a snapchat filter.
ok Siren rant over NOW TO TALK ABOUT YOUR LIGHT. So if any of you guys don't know, Your Light was essentially beta Open Arms, Polites cheering up Odysseus right before something awful happens, etc etc. However, it goes more into detail about the interaction between Odysseus and Athena's boar. Polites mentions that they took the boar on together, he was frozen in terror when the boar lunged for him. Odysseus takes the blow, forcing the boar down, and that's when he beats it.
Now im insane about this for other reasons but the MAIN part in relation to the art is like. What if Your Light and Warrior of the Mind coexisted? (this isn't necessarily canon DIVERGENT its just kind of a stretch) So the timeline here is basically that Polites and Odysseus go to face off against the boar, Ody beats it but takes on heavy damage, ("I only took the blow so you could live.") so Polites goes to find something to get him to Not Die Hopefully. and that's when something strange happens and he realizes Athena is there yadda yadda Warrior of the Mind stuff. Then Polites comes back with bandages and they make it back home where Eurylochus is waiting and is like. WHAT??? HELLO??? The "What happened to you!?" is a reference to Puppeteer btw i think thats silly and i like references.
#silvia flowers#silviart#epic fanart#epic the vengeance saga#epic the musical#epic odysseus#epic#epic sirens#epic penelope#epic argos#epic ares#epic athena#epic telemachus#epic polites#epic aeolus#epic eurylochus#odysseus epic the musical#odysseus epic#epic sirenelope#penelope epic the musical#ares epic the musical#poseidon epic#telemachus epic the musical#athena epic#epic the musical fanart#aeolus epic#winions
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hi đ since youre asking for them ^-^ .
im having a lot of thoughts about the micah/bill/javier dynamics and also the ways bill and javier almost seem to reflect the main two sides of micah we see (quiet, brooding, thoughtful, and terrifying vs impulsive, boistrous, rowdy, and scary) and how different their relationships with micah are, but also how they both come together when they soend time as a trio ^-^ id love to hear your thoughts on all this :)
Thank you!! I am happy the F of a Feather triad got you thinking about this.
Agreed, interesting how Javier and Bill seem so far apart in personality but somehow have a common tie between Micah.
I donât actually have a whole lot to say⊠I work best when I have other fan works to build off of but so many drawings and fan fics go shallow with anything relating to the triad or even the pairs that make up the triad. The most that comes to my head is the same pitch Iâve said in almost every post relating to them.
- but to try and make something worth reading⊠-
Javier and bill pairing with Micah could come from Micah either matching the energy or balancing the energy of the other.
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Micah and Javier:
I can see Javier and Micah having a nice night together by accidentally sharing quality time together: parallel play with Micah shining his weapons and Javier practicing his guitar.
I notice in game that Javier sometimes stop playing if arthur approaches, which makes me think Javier is a bit reserved and him letting people be around him while he does something is special.
Micah tries his hardest to ignore others when he is at the campfire shining his weapons, but he secretly dislikes having other people around him.
And so the both of them are at the campfire and are bemused to realize they donât mind the otherâs presence: Micah doesnât dislike the guitar plucking, and Javier doesnât mind the flashes of motion as Micah aims and fires his empty revolver.
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But micah and Javier could also be boisterous dorks I am suuure. Javier is in his 20âs, so is Charles. As much as the fandom likes to treat them as perfect, neither man is this flawless chill man who never does wrong and never makes brash decisions. Give micah and Javier some alcohol and I am sure both will be thrown in a jail cell like the Strawberry situation with Micah and Lenny.
I wanna see more missions with Micah and Javier and what their dynamic would be. Javier is very much a back-up gunman, but he can lead his own smaller missions. He can do stuff solo but benefits from having someone with more seniority by his side. Micah is not higher ranked than him in the gang, but he has a longer life of gunman expertise that can prove helpful.
Micah can cook up one hell of a plan for things. His plans leave too much âI have my guns, I have you, what other planning do we need?â for Javierâs comfort, hence how he can flesh out Micahâs plan. Perhaps it feels less like one is nodding the other around and trampling each otherâs egos since both of them sculpted the plan.
So basically they should get tipsy and decide to follow through on a lead for money together. Micah prefers stagecoach robberies (for the thrill!), Javier likes ambush missions. I am sure if Javier could convince Micah, he too could enjoy ambush missions. Or maybe heâd see it as too easy, like shooting fish in a bucket.
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Micah and Bill:
Micah and Bill are troublesome together but they can actually be amicable???? Wow???
Their two of them can definitely be rough. They will literally get in a fist fight if not stopped, tho itâs rare micah actually initiates a fist fight he doesnât see himself winning. They draw out the worst in each other. They argue and pick at each other because in the pecking order of the gang, Micah is a rookie and there is less push back for Micah to prod at a gang member who is already held in low respects.
But overall theyâre actually quite chill with each other. As chill as they can be. They have that silent mutual destruction that closeted gay men have.
They can share a moment where itâs just the two of them awake late at night and neither has to say a word. Micah doesnât like people talking to him late at night, and Bill always fumbles over his words when he is tired (regardless of if he is drunk or not).
In the cold, Bill and Micah can stand next to each other and not immediately start drawing blood. They can just exist in a space and not see it as a competition.
They can go on missions and return with no bullet holes in their bodies, sometimes they even return with cash or watches! They can work, but they work best when they have a third person to keep the peace in case anything goes wrong. Who is a pretty level-headed guy who can pull his own? Wink wink: Javier.
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Woof ngl I donât know where I was going with this all. Iâve been scatter brained and chipping away at answering your asks.
I am glad youâre interested in F of a Feather!
#rdr2#meekâs art#Meeks rambles#f of a feather#fags of a feather#micah bell#javier esquella#javier escuella#bill williamson#bill williamson x Javier Escuella#bill williamson x micah bell#Javier escuella x micah bell#micah bell x javjer Escuella#Javier escuella x bill Williamson#micah bell x bill Williamson#asks#ask#answer
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gonna be real noah kahan doesnt appeal much to me because all of a sudden he was everywhere and inescapable but i think i get why people like him? just not for me đ
Oh noooo I get it though. He did kind of explode and then end up absolutely everywhere. I grew up in New England, so not only has he been on my radar for while, but for me personally, his songs are extremely relatable - there is a certain trauma associated with growing up in that area haha (I also think his song Maine is so stupidly clever because there are the lines:
"If only, baby "There were cameras in the traffic lights They'd make me a star"
AND IN MAINE IT IS ILLEGAL TO HAVE CAMERAS IN THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS like there aren't red light cameras OR speed camera in the traffic lights which I am aware is a very weird niche thing but it was a very important part of my summer driving up to beach when I was a teenager in my very red car lol)
Thank you for sending in this ask! I hope you had a wonderful Sunday and that you have a great rest of your week!
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#allylikethecat#ask ally#keep it kind#the fob to 75 pipeline#does not involve noah as much as i thought it would rip#noah is still my boy though#im mean because i grew up in new england is also something i find extremely relatable#he really just... captured the entire feeling of growing up where i did#and the weird expectations of that#so like im a huge fan#BUT i get why people aren't into him#and i am also a little surprised hes suddenly everywhere#im like sir thats my lil folk singer who overshares about how bowel movements on the internet#and nearly burnt down my fav taco place lol#im going to see him at fenway this summer and i am going to be insufferable seeing him with the squad#i cried when i saw him in my current place of residence#but seeing him at FENWAY#my bitter little new englander heart is going to burst#its like seeing fall out boy in chicago lol#or not that i ever have#but seeing the 1975 in manchester#gosh music is just so good#and there is so much out there#and its so cool how there is something for everyone#also i just really love maine#i wanna go to maine basically at all times#sometimes i dream of being old and moving there#because i just maine
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Digitalised + coloured + redesigned version of my Suiren and Vaatu sketch from two days ago, as promised!!
Coming up with Suirenâs design was a very long process of trying and failing because after youâve drawn 9+ different versions of one character, the creativity starts to run a little dry, but Iâm actually really proud of this one, she looks absolutely adorable <3
(Also yeah I did mostly just scribble Vaatuâs pattern because who has the energy to draw the all out accurately. Not me, thatâs who, Iâm chronically tired. People who draw him on the regular have my utmost respect. Heâs still a funky little guy though :D)
Bonus, Raava incessantly screaming inside Suiren (and being completely ignored because Suiren is tired of her) while all this is happening:
#and yeah I did say Iâd do a fuckass background but all my energy went to figuring out Suirenâs design#plus I suck at backgrounds so.. woe. LoK screenshot be upon ye#my art#artists on tumblr#the legend of korra#avatar suiren au#original character#sotrl suiren#vaatu#I donât really know what to say in these tags lmao#usually I reach the tag limit really really easily but between my previous post and answering that ask Iâve ran out of things to say#someone please indulge me in this au I have Way Too Many Thoughts about it#hmmâŠ#you know. I think people often make different avatar aus because they dislike Korra or think sheâs a bad avatar#I donât. I love Korra. I would kill and die for her#(says the red lotus stan. yes Iâm well aware. no need to call me out)#and I think sheâs a good avatar who was dealt a shitty hand both in universe and by the showâs production team#Iâm making this au BECAUSE I love Korra. if Suiren is the avatar Korra gets to be a normal SWT girl#sheâll get to grow up with her parents. not isolated and degraded all the time for not being perfect. maybe sheâd have a sibling or two#and Suiren gets spared her sotrl trauma too. win win for everyone!!#(I return Suiren gets the weight of the world on her shoulders lmao. but itâs fine. 1. she isnât alone in it. she has her family#2. three quarters of the LoK threats are basically automatically eliminated for her. the RL are her parents. she fuses with Vaatu#and all she has to do to defeat Kuvira is to take her dress off đ /hj. basically. sheâll be okay. better than in sotrl at least)#also look. I love Suiren. sheâs my dear child whoâs been with me since I was 12. of course I wanna make her the main character in everything#and dark avatar Korra AUs have been done countless times before me. Katâs doing one right now!! I just wanna do something thatâs my own#and also I wanna focus less on pain and trauma for once and more on the sheer hilarity of the shenanigans that will occur post-fusion#cause this isnât Adumbration where Korra lets Raava go and fuses with Vaatu instead. here Suirenâs got both of them at the same time#and they have 10000 yearsâ worth of grievances to air out. itâs like living with your divorced parents#trust me I would know. except mine arenât divorced. theyâre Worse and everyone wishes theyâd just separate#anyway. that aside. Suirenâs not getting any sleep any time soon while those two duke it out
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[Shadowheart: I've squandered too much time already. I want to be with you. Now and always. Do you want the same?]
Uh.
considering that he's never looked at another person like this before, yeah girl, I feel like it's safe to say that he probably does wanna be your boyfriend
(now, is it a good idea to make a situationship official right when you're quite literally fresh out of an extremely traumatic moment, and are about to head into the next, which is also a good contender for one of the top 3 worst moments of both your lives? maybe not. but, hey, counterpoint? he brought you a flower that one time and has pretty hazel eyes that go all soft and round when he looks at you, so, yknow, why the fuck not I guess.)
#squirrel plays bg3#oc: petyr wildbrook#hi yes it's a pain day so i'm trying to distract myself by finally going through the end of act 2#i kind of love how so far i've been through here three times#and i'd sooner leave behind Gale whose main story like... basically hinges on this moment#than Astarion who hates every single minute of all of it and has nothing to do with anything#first time? âidk what to expect; maybe there are locks; i'll need my rogueâ#second time? âsorry babe; you're my boyfriend; you kind of signed up for thisâ#third time? âokay i need my moderately-useless gf; the guy whose rapier i wanna get; aaaaand my emotional support asshole"#âcome on ya buncha losers let's fuckin goâ
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honestly im still not wrong about terastalling being/causing a manifestation of dreams and desires but it sure is also timey wimey i guess
#coatlythoughts#didnt expect the seeing the dead at the crystal pool to come around in that way tbh#it is strange though.. why did terapagos do that..#and it like. i think implies that you gave an alternate dimension arven his parent back? since they say theyll go home and read briars book#and you have the book arven has throughout the sv main story..#but that also happened?? in our universe?? thats the hint for that cutscene??#like you could say maybe prof had multiple copies but idk the scribbled name implies its The Copy from their childhood no?#tbh i dont really like it having actual spacetime powers so im going to pretend thats also a dream/desire#the player wishes for their friend arven to have had a better life somehow#and terapagos manifests a token that may or may not indicate that you influenced that in another timeline#just like the paradox pokemon are a token that may or may not indicate that the prof's 'paradise' is real#though i guess the scarlet/violet books being real throws a wrinkle into it since they also saw the paradox mons#BUT THAT WAS ALREADY A WRINKLE CAUSE PROF DIDNT SEE THEM UNTIL THEY MADE THE TIME MACHINE!!!! AUGH!!!!!!!#terapagos itself might also be a manifested token of briar's desires for heath to be right if we wanna keep spiralling about it#not only wanting terapagos to be real for vindication reasons but also her desires to control and understand terastalling further#what better way to fufill that than a pokemon you can catch that has. immense control of that energy#basically what im saying is its all a dream but like in a fucked up way thats also real#paradox mons is tulpas i think
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where do you find people to talk to online who don't suck, asking for a friend
#jasper.txt#<- guy who is in Too Damn Many discord servers#but they're all too big!!!#i had to leave a server that i was slowly dipping my toes into talking to because there were some very uncomfortable dynamics going on ther#that reminded me of the Trauma#but it was small and cozy and that's why i felt comfortable trying to talk there!!#and trying to filter places for basic criteria like âhey are you cool about trans peopleâ is exhausting#because so many times itll be totally innocuous and then surprise! nazi meme posted in general#OR if its not that then it'll be queer friendly but it's all 'no bad vibes!!! no negativity ever!!!''#incredibly stifling#hate it#its not like i dont have close friends but they like to hang in voicechats rather than talk over text much#and i want to fulfill that text based communication need... i wanna chat with people while im at work...#sighhh. shit sucks dog#actually coming back to this#i totally forgot i got invited to a server by an ex mutual a while back#and then had to leave when they started saying nasty shit about ace people on main#so add 'queer but they hit you with the exclusionism jumpscare' to that list
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Hi Cece! I don't know where else to ask about this, but are people aware that Somik-Severinka completely stole another simmer's notes and then went and monetized all the custom recipe stuff? I thought it is about time to say something somewhere, because they've gone a long time now without giving any credit or thanks whatsoever. Thank u and I hope you have a good day!
Hey idk anything about this bestie, I don't really know the creator you're talking about very well. If you have proof of this I'd say try going to the original creator and seeing what they have to say about it, if they want to say something I'll gladly boost their voice on the subject but otherwise there isn't much I can offer. It's not my work/tou so it's more up to them to speak about if they find it necessary I suppose? If the original creator makes/made a post feel free to drop me the link and I'll reblog it though.
#asks#anonymous#ceci speaks#the patreon issue#nonny complaints#i dont wanna say its not my business but its not my business ya know#btw im posting this bc i get a lot of anons like this just about every day#and this is basically my feelings on them#in general#'call out posts' arent worth the effort or time to make them#will change nothing#and are more of a spectacle for people to gawk at and be entertained with on here#the main purpose is either circlejerk material or a prop to pretend to care about when convenient#im not trying to be cynical at u nonny u seem like youre being nice about it#but more to all the people reading this#i am jaded with shit like this bc its either an uphill battle or completely useless#and so much of this community is frankly vile that i cant bring myself to care like i used to#i will boost other ppl and my blocklist grows every day but other than that#im not really going to post stuff like this anymore#sorry u had to endure this rant in the tags nonny lol#yours is just the nicest of these anons ive received lately tbh#so this is the one i used#tldr: im not simblr's news network anymore and most of the 'justice' on here is just for show anyway & means absolutely nothing overall#negative#wish id realized this long ago tbh
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as much as i'd like to do a starter call for the new verse i literally. still have starters in the drafts from last time (y i k e s sorry) and i just can't trust myself to actually do starters in a timely manner SO. if anybody wants to write in that verse, i'm gonna rb some asks at some point tonight. feel free to send something in (clarify if you want that verse tho obv) if you'd like!!
#ââ ⧠ooc »#.tbd.#sorry that my brain immediately shuts down when i try to do starters fdksahsdakhfja#i'll be like 'omg i'm so excited!' and then my brain fizzles out. not an idea in sight.#(btw this is also why you're all HIGHLY encouraged to continue asks whenever you like!!)#anyway my main focus tonight is going to be: asks /in this new verse/ and basic replies because i am. behind.#i wanna touch on the multi but i really think i might just. drop every single old thing and start FRESH fresh. idk.#i think i look at my asks + drafts there and just get /massively/ overwhelmed a lot of the time#anyway anything i write will be queued because i don't like being Perceived on how long it takes me to write One Thing fkdhsasdj
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The sadness and agony that emerges everytime I start a new oni save and am forced to remember what it's like to have a dupe without a hat only to put them in a hat because I think they'd look cute only to remember hats make half of them look bald but I spent this long maxing out a skill for them so Im too stubborn to back down and remove the hat
#rat rambles#oni posting#it wouldnt be nearly as much of a problem if dupes didnt all have the same like 3 faces that I suck ass at differenciating at a glance#the amount of times Ive mixed up my maes and nikolas makes me sad Im sorry mae no one should be mistaken with nikola#if I knew how to acess the animation files Id be tempted to make a mod to change it but I dont so Im not#but imagine how cute itd be if abe and nikola had their side spikes stiking out from the sides of their hats#couldnt save the super short haired ppl tho sorry ren ari travaldo turner ruby and probably others too#speaking of my ari I keep mistaking my hassan for ari even tho I dont have an ari yet sorry bestie#hes my main storage and cleaning guy which is the role ari is in my other save#anyways the new save is continuing to go well even if things have slowed down a lil#I managed to get my salt water guiser up and running even if its a very lazy approach of basically just cooling it in a tundra biome#but itll work for the time being until I can get plastic from either drekos or by tapping into my oil biome#Im going for drekos rn since I have a lot of them around but if I can get some atmo suits set up quick enough I might just dive for oil#mainly because I want natural gas for a gas range tbh especially since I started farming waterweed as well#along with duskcaps so I already have access to the ingredients for several high quality gas range foods if I can get one running#now that might be a bit hasty but also I havent actually set base on the teleporter planetoid yet and both the transporters are right there#and I managed to find the sender on my main planetoid so I could pretty easily send over high quality food as a nice start up#this mostly tempts me because theres also a distinct lack of particularly easy to farm plants in the immediate vicinity of the teleporter#which doesnt mean there Wont be food but it does mean that quite a bit of digging will likely need to be done#with is also made tricky by the lack of early settlement oxygen sources available#and while I could theoretically send oxygen from the main colony Id rly rather not until I can get a spom or two set up#which leaves oxyferns and rust as the main oxygen options there until reliable water is found#now one thing I could do is fully transition my main base to getting all its oxygen from a spom and then send the rest of my algae over#my main thing is just Im not rly sure where I wanna put my first spom#I just simply dont have as many options as Id like due to being surrounded by mostly swampy and jungle biomes#not that I couldnt build there or dig them out its just Id rly rather have atmo suits first#which since I am very early in my dreko farm will likely take a lil bit#which also brings up the problem of getting my metal refinery up and running so I dont have to keep using the rock crusher#Ill probably just slap one in one of my tundra biomes as a short term solution but long term Ill probably have to take a shot at a proper#industrial sauna once I get plastic
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Hey so like many of you, I saw that article about how people are going into college having read no classic books. And believe it or not, I've been pissed about this for years. Like the article revealed, a good chunk of American Schools don't require students to actually read books, rather they just give them an excerpt and tell them how to feel about it. Which is bullshit.
So like. As a positivity post, let's use this time to recommend actually good classic books that you've actually enjoyed reading! I know that Dracula Daily and Epic the Musical have wonderfully tricked y'all into reading Dracula and The Odyssey, and I've seen a resurgence of Picture of Dorian Gray readership out of spite for N-tflix, so let's keep the ball rolling!
My absolute favorite books of all time are The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson. Classic psychological horror books about unhinged women.
I adore The Bad Seed by William March. It's widely considered to be the first "creepy child" book in American literature, so reading it now you're like "wow that's kinda cliche- oh my god this is what started it. This was ground zero."
I remember the feelings of validation I got when people realized Dracula wasn't actually a love story. For further feelings of validation, please read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. There's a lot the more popular adaptations missed out on.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is an absolute gem of a book. It's a slow-build psychological study so it may not be for everyone, but damn do the plot twists hit. It's a really good book to go into blind, but I will say that its handling of abuse victims is actually insanely good for the time period it was written in.
Moving on from horror, you know people who say "I loved this book so much I couldn't put it down"? That was me as a kid reading A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Picked it up while bored at the library and was glued to it until I finished it.
Peter Pan and Wendy by JM Barrie was also a childhood favorite of mine. Next time someone bitches about Woke Casting, tell them that the original 1911 Peter Pan novel had canon nonbinary fairies.
Watership Down by Richard Adams is my sister Cori's favorite book period. If you were a Warrior Cats, Guardians of Ga'Hoole or Wings of Fire kid, you owe a metric fuckton to Watership Down and its "little animals on a big adventure" setup.
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was a play and not a book first, but damn if it isn't a good fucking read. It was also named after a Langston Hughes poem, who's also an absolutely incredible author.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book I absolutely adore and will defend until the day I die. It's so friggin good, y'all, I love it more than anything. You like people breaking out of fascist brainwashing? You like reading and value knowledge? You wanna see a guy basically predict the future of television back in 1953? Read Fahrenheit.
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are considered required reading for a reason: they're both really good books about young white children unlearning the racial biases of their time. Huck Finn specifically has the main character being told that he will go to hell if he frees a slave, and deciding eternal damnation would be worth it.
As a sidenote, another Mark Twain book I was obsessed with as a kid was A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Exactly what it says on the tin, incredibly insane read.
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin is a heartbreaking but powerful book and a look at the racism of the time while still centering the love the two black protagonists feel for each other. Giovanni's Room by the same author is one that focuses on a MLM man struggling with his sexuality, and it's really important to see from the perspective of a queer man living in the 50sâ as well as Baldwin's autobiographical novel, Go Tell it on the Mountain.
Agatha Christie mysteries are all still absolutely iconic, but Murder on the Orient Express is such a good read whether or not you know the end twist.
Maybe-controversial-maybe-not take: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is a good book if you have reading comprehension. No, you're not supposed to like the main character. He pretty much spells that out for you at the end ffs.
Animal Farm by George Orwell was another favorite of mine; it was written as an obvious metaphor for the rise of fascism in Russia at the time and boy does it hit even now.
And finally, please read Shakespeare plays. As soon as you get used to their way of talking, they're not as hard to understand as people will lead you to believe. My absolute favorite is Twelfth Night- crossdressing, bisexual love triangles, yellow stockings... it's all a joy.
and those are just the ones i thought of off the top of my head! What're your guys' favorite classic books? Let's make everyone a reading list!
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hi rosi! well, i was the anon from yesterday or whenever about the fantasy about being with you and read all your tags so like...i guess i'll be an emoji anon! i'll decide by the end of the ask which ill use i guess lmao. how was your day? i kinda wanted to ask like, so i guess you just go in your car and hangout at parking lots or whatever a decent amount, is that just to get some alone time? i forget what your current living situation is. also like what do you do for fun?! i know your a lil weed girly and you do your art (which i love btw, i want to try and buy a piece next time i get some kind of spare money) but is there anything else you like to do? i hope you had a good day whenever you get around to answering this<3 (btw i wanna smooch you i am telepathically kissing you right now) - đ€
Hi hi hi!! Welcome đ€ đ«¶đ
My day was pretty good! How was yours lovely? đ„°
Hmmm why I chill in my car is kinda complicated tbh. But I guess the main reason is so I can smoke and just kinda relax and enjoy myself ya know?
Yes yes yes I am a lil weed girly đ„°đ and I do love my art (any sort - painting, photography, coloring đ, scrapbooking, trying to get back into drawing)
Iâm also a huge music nerd! I went to a performing arts high school and trained in vocal music. Learned a bunch of music theory and did a buuuunch of voice lessons. My goal was to be an opera singer but life had other plans.
Other than that Iâm kinda boring. Just like chilling and watching shows (occasionally movies but Iâm a sleepy baby so I usually fall asleep pretty fast).
#ok ok ok letâs get a lil more detailed shall we đ#I usually reply only in the tags but I KNEW I was going to run our way too fast so I needed to say the basics up there (which felt weird đ)#I had a pretty good day so far ngl! I was there for moral support for my friend (ended up taking forever but everything turned out good)#now Iâm just chilling in my car for the night đ„°#as for why I spend so much time in my car - at the beginning of the year I had to move back with my parents#pls donât get me wrong âIâm super grateful to have a roof over my head and a bed to sleep in⊠its just not the most comfortable place#the main problem I have is not being able to smoke anymore (I used to be able to smoke inside at my last place so itâs just an adjustment)#I was hoping to be able to smoke out on the deck downstairs but my dad didnât like that either#so I just chill in my car and smoke in here and watch and color and paint#I mean another reason is Iâm a night owl and my dad sleeps in the living room (due to health problems) and I donât wanna wake him#I guess long story short is Iâm more comfy in my car than in my room which is sad but true#not to mention I live in the basement and thereâs so many spiders âčïž if you didnât know this about me - Iâm terrified of spiders!!!!!!!!#thank you so much for the compliment on my art đ„șđ„șđ„șđ„ș I wish I could give you a big hug!!#absolutely no rush trust me I understand not having the cash for extra things (also by the time youâre ready maybe Iâll have more available)#but yeah like I said other than weed (which can be paired with anything tbh đ) and art - music is my other love#i sing all the time (especially when im alone haha) and one of my fav things to do is watch mouthdropping talented performers#usually theyâre broadway based but they can be all types of genresâŠ. I just usually lean towards the ballads#the songs that have lyrics that hit your heart and music that warms your soul - the ones that make me sob uncontrollably đ#I have a feeling Iâm running out of space sooooo enough about me!! how are you?! how was your day?? tell me more about you?!#I noticed you picked the đ€ âŠ. do you sing??? or did you just randomly pick it?#omg!! I felt your kiss đł Iâm telepathically sending you kissies right back to you đ„șđ„șđ„ș#thank you for the ask đ„°đ„°#Iâm shocked I still have room???? like youâre telling me this isnât 30 tags? ok sounds good#Iâm super proud of myself tho#usually I run out of room SO fast and then I get sad cause I either have to redo it or not say everything I wanted to#anyway I hope you have such a wonderful day/night đ„°đđ#ask#đ€ anon
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pairing: yuki tsunoda x fem rugby player reader
there's only one person who can match the yuki tsunoda radio freak...
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yukitsunoda0511: spa was fine i guess, time to spend my summer break in france (ew) supporting the love of my life (yay)
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user1: 'fine i guess' as if we didn't get YOINTS
user2: tbf if my gf looked like that, points also wouldn't matter to me
pierregasly: FRANCE (EW)??? DID OUR HOMOEROTIC TENSION MEAN NOTHING???
yukitsunoda0511: oh so when i diss france we had homoerotic tension but when i said we were boyfriends i went too far đ€š
pierregasly: diss me all you want but not the homeland?
yukitsunoda0511: fine, i will from 5pm tomorrow
pierregasly: ???
yukitsunoda0511: because y/n will be there and therefore it will be the ONLY country in existence
pierregasly: i give up
user3: i need a man this down bad for me asap
user4: maybe it's time to lower my height requirements :(
yourusername: it's not how tall you are but how you are tall
user5: idk what the fuck that means
yourusername: IT MEANS SHORT KINGS PUT IN A LOT OF EFFORT WHY DO I HAVE TO SPELL OUT EVERYTHING? WHERE IS THE MEDIA LITERACY? THE READ COMPREHENSION?
user6: okay i think i now know ^^ why y/n and yuki are so good together
user7: i need someone to edit together their most iconic on field and radio moments together please for my mental health
yourusername: that's a crazy coincidence because the love of MY life will also be in paris đ€š
yukitsunoda0511: well i bet i love my love of my life more than you love your love of your life
yourusername: NUH UH
yukitsunoda0511: yep :PPPPPPP
yourusername: u wanna fight?
yukitsunoda0511: yes actually!
yourusername: well soz babe i can't get all hot and bothered before competing đ€·ââïž
yukitsunoda0511: BORING
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yourusername: seeing yuki again: 10/10 ... realising he's not allowed in the olympic village and there's only cardboard beds anyway -100,000/10
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user12: so i suddenly understand why they give out so many condoms at the olympics
user13: why do they all go so feral?
yourusername: have you seen my man?
yourusername: AND THAT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION TO SHOW OFF MY HANDSOME LITTLE MAN NOT AN INVITATION FOR YOU BITCHES TO THIRST
user14: noted đ
pierregasly: i'm the one with a bad digital footprint but you're out here being just as horny as me on main
yourusername: i am allowed to ?
pierregasly: and i'm not allowed to?
yourusername: no
pierregasly: so fuck me i guess?
yourusername: let me be a woman in a male dominated field (being gross online)
yukitsunoda0511: yeah pierre stop trying to minimise womens' voices
pierregasly: how am i the bad guy again?
yourusername: man â€ïž
pierregasly: yuki is a man?
yourusername: he's MY man which means he's been closely vetted and is basically one of the girls now
user14: i know visa cashapp rb or whatever the fuck they're called hate to see them coming
user15: it's the fact she's taller than most of the mechanics and she is always watching over them
yukitsunoda0511: i missed you so much but i can't wait to watch you beat the shit out of the competition
yourusername: for you, anything
yukitsunoda0511: a gold? so at least one of us can be world champion đ„ș
yourusername: i'll win gold for you and then schedule in a friendly visit to see helmut
yukitsunoda0511: i think your mere presence could give him a heart attack
yourusername: oh well
user16: so real of her
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olympics: the women's rugby final saw gold go home to new zealand!
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user17: okay yuki i am SEEING THE VISION
user18: i watched this game to see her and i am a changed woman
user19: i am no better than a man
danielricciardo: my personal favourite moment was when y/n clotheslined that poor girl, laughed in her face and said if she tried to get past her again she'd make trinket dishes out of her knee caps
yourusername: why thank you, i think my wit is my least appreciated part of my game
danielricciardo: i think we should honestly get you in the commentary box
yourusername: i'd make mince meat of crofty, he'd never say anything about yuki's radios again
danielricciardo: can you tell them to stop telling me to retire while you're at it?
yourusername: sure, i'm feeling generous
danielricciardo: a gold medal will do that to you
user20: so they weren't joking when they said that her and yuki are just the same person in different fonts ?
user21: my commentary team apologised about 20 times for her swearing on the broadcast but then they kept bursting out laughing whenever she said anything
yukitsunoda0511: HOLY FUCKING SHIT
yukitsunoda0511: GOAT GOAT GOAT MY GIRLFRIEND IS THE GOAT
yukitsunoda0511: i'm so proud, i love you y/n đ«¶đ»đ„čâ€ïžâđ©č
yourusername: i love you too boo
yukitsunoda0511: can they let me in the room now? i'm getting withdrawal symptoms :(
yourusername: of course, i can't celebrate properly without you
yukitsunoda0511: đđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđđ
user22: picturing yuki waiting outside the team room is so cute
user23: the nz team instagram posted a pic of it on their story he had flowers and balloons (â©ËoËâ©)âĄ
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yukitsunoda0511: she matches my freak :)
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user25: oh believe me we know
user26: i'm like a confusing mix of scared AND turned on
yukitsunoda0511: you keep that to yourself
user27: okay sir đ€š
yukitsunoda0511: you can look but you can't touch :P
yukitsunoda0511: actually don't even look
yukitsunoda0511: don't even think about her ( ïœĄ âąÌ ᎠâąÌ ïœĄ)
user28: this man is insane, i love him
yourusername: you LIKE HIM YOU APPRECIATE HIM FROM AFAR YOU MAYBE HAVE A PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIP YOU DON'T LOVE HIM THAT'S FOR ME AND ME ONLY
user29: oh they weren't joking about matching each other's freaks
yourusername: there's no one else i'd like to be a lil gremlin with :3
yukitsunoda0511: gremlins forever with you <3
yourusername: sounds like paradise to me !!
yukitsunoda0511: i'm on it âđ»
user30: is he going to propose ???
user31: hopefully (ă
âąá· ââąá·
)
pierregasly: yeah i guess you guys are kinda cute
yukitsunoda0511: kINDA?
yourusername: i know this man ain't speaking on us
yourusername: kika is the face economy in that relationship
yourusername: her back must hurt from carrying the style in this couple
francisca.cgomez: well đ„č
pierregasly: WHAT ? HOW ?
yukitsunoda0511: don't call my girlfriend kinda cute then đ€š
user32: good lord
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THE ACT OF SHIFTING CONSCIOUSNESS IS OWED TO YOU â
No matter what your aims are, shifting is for you and will always be easy.....
There are many things people can do with the void state/the state pure consciousness, and no matter what you are doing you need to know that shifting is owed to you. And in my asks and dms itâs made clear that a lot of you donât know the different forms that shifting can come in
So before i get into it, Letâs get acquainted with the different ways you can utilise the void in terms of shifting!!âŠ
Standard shifting
A person who will shift with the intention of coming back to where they are now aka their base or current reality. Being this person, you may have multiple drs you want to go to and will have âsafe wordsâ which can bring you back to your cr when you want
example: having a winx dr, having a kpop dr and a nepo baby dr at the same time, frequenting between each one, or which ever one is their âmainâ dr
Permashifting
A person who has one reality that they want to shift to, forever, perma-shifting= permanent shift, you can still have ties to your old reality and have memories from it but ultimately you canât go back unless you tried to by shifting again, which wouldnât be that much of a hassle because you still have some recollection of your old reality
example: Leaving your old reality while still having some recollection of the life you live before. You live this life recognising that you have shifted to get here and you are still somewhat tied to your old reality
Respawning
Being this person, you will have one reality that you live in forever. Itâs kinda in the name, you reset, as soon as you shift consciousness to you desired life, it was always your life, you will cut ties with whoever you were before and live this way forever. A lot of people script a time stamp in which they forget everything, you will have pre prepared memories from birth up until the day the present day. You are expecting to live the rest of your life in this reality.
a smart example from a dm from one of my consenting mutuals: âIâll shift there and it will be 02:00 Iâll be all excited about the fact that I shifted, have time to give my success story and bawl my eyes out from sheer happiness, and around 4 hours in (about 06:00 ) I will forget everything and fully cut ties with who I used to be and the life I used to liveâ
I want you to resonate with one and apply your knowledge where you need to because shifting consciousness is owed to you. Whether youâre doing it for a small while, going to multiple realities or one big shift of your consciousness cutting ties with where you were before. It doesnât matter, it is owed to you and it is easier than breathing.
If you have a conscious mind, which yes you do or you wouldnât be reading this, then you have a subconscious mind, and that means that shifting consciousness is a basic ability for you.
There is no such thing as something too big, one form of shifting isnât âeasierâ or âharderâ than another so whatever you wanna do, donât be scared, youâve got this!! There is a reason youâre here. Your subconscious mind knew you didnât deserve all that you went through and all that you are going through and it led you here. Because of the horrible way humans have been conditioned, we live in a world where people mock shifting which is ironic , as it is a basic ability just like walking and talking, except it uses the mind and not the physical body. I want you to think of your desired reality/realities, whether you are thinking of 12 or 4 or 1, you need to understand that your desired life already exists, you already have it. Itâs not a dream, youâre god, you give life to all that you touch with your mind.
I donât think you really understand so I will say this again:
what you see: script + void/âI AMâ state ⯠my dream life is finally real, me and my physical body are finally in my dream reality
you see yourself and some small part of some bigger process, when in fact, you are everything and everything is instant
what actually happens: iâve created my dream life in my head ⯠as god i give life to everything my i touch with my mind, there for it is real
itâs an immediate chain of events, not a process. stop relying on the I AM state to give you something you already have, the void state helps you shift consciousness to a reality that is already there, and nothing more than that , it doesnât create, you have already created. you have the power, the void is just a state of pure consciousness that helps you shift your awareness to which ever reality you wish to go to.
side note: As a respawner, all are welcome here, especially my fellow respawners and my permashifters (itâs nice to see both communities grow as i never used to see posts for permashifting or respawning)
no matter what you intend to do with the information you have learned on this app, your desired reality is yours, it was owed to you the second you thought of it
so stop doing nothing about the information you have, you donât have to struggle in life, throw the teachings of society out the door and realise you can have all that you want, whether that be 1 dream life or 20!! LOCK IN MY LOVES
GET EXCITED ABOUT YOUR NEW LIFE/LIVES, ITS OWED TO YOU!! đđ
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i wanna do a thing where i lay out studies that show things in different primates that show us parts of ourselves as humans. Call it Primates: Through the Looking Glass or The Monkey in the Mirror or something
There are studies and documentaries that show things about Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Baboons, Macaques... that just make sense to me. That if shown right would make sense to a lot of people, i think.
like... they were studying this one group of gorillas --
okay wait. First of all, you know a silverback (the Big Male) of the group is not the leader or in charge or anything, right? He has a role, and it includes a certain amount of control, which iâll explain briefly, but heâs not, like, in charge.
wait, you know all that Dominance/Alpha theory about wolves is all wrong, right?
wait wait wait, and also that like, the bull or the stag or whatever in a herd is not in charge of anything, right? right?
hold on. the wolves is itâs own post, the herd thing i might get back to, weâre on gorillas, okay. Silverback is basically just the male head of an extended family in which plenty of the leadership is handled by the women of the family.
There are often 2-4 silverbacks, but one, usually the largest, will clearly be senior to the others who are often his sons or brothers. Silverbacks have three main roles
1: defend the group from all physical threats aside from people, these threats are mostly random male gorillas, chimpanzee baby-snatching gangs, and the occasional leopard. Just his alert presence handles most scenarios, and then maybe a few times a year he has to risk his life fulfilling this responsibility. It is this role that provides most of whatever actual power he has over the group, namely this: while he isnât necessarily the one deciding when and where the group goes on a daily basis, if the most powerful/capable silverback does decide to travel a direction, they pretty much have to go with him, the family isnât safe without him.
2: make babies. And this is one area where the ladies of the group will sometimes sort of vote with their ovaries, and favor a silverback that isnât the main one, like âyeah, Frank, you are the biggest, but honestly youâre a dick and weâre going to make sure the next generation of silverbacks isnât another one of you.â When you see a main large silverback in a group of gorillas, it isnât, like, his blindly loyal harem, they have to approve of him. Also gorilla females move between groups, and sometimes they take members with them or start new groups and stuff. Anyway iâm getting off track, one of the silverbacks jobs is making babies
3. keep the peace This functions a lot like being in the back seat with your siblings with your parents up front. Basically any disputes within the group have to be handled within a certain parameter of decorum, because if it gets too out of hand HEâs going to come over, and Heâll be upset, which is low-key terrifying because Heâs huge, and thereâs no telling who Heâll decide is at fault or what heâll do about it, so letting a situation get out of hand is a losing scenario for everyone involved really. Tho typically he will favor senior females in disputes, in a âdonât you talk that way to your momâ kind of way.
one last thing, silverbacks donât actually transfer power between silverbacks via battle every time.
Like i was just reading accounts from a multi-generational observational study of some wild gorillas that featured one big silverback just straight up taking over by performing the silverback duties better and becoming preferred by everyone else in the group. There was no fight, it just became, i do the job better, everyone likes me better, kicking my ass canât change that, and boom, he was the primary silverback. And the other silverback might have been a bit dull, or a bit of a bully, but like us their speciesâ success is largely dependent on social intelligence; once he saw the writing on the wall, that other, slightly larger sivlerback didnât even bother trying to change the situation with a physical fight, he understood what had happened.
okay so all that was just to tell you all this story. lol. Hereâs what i saw in one documentary:
This very big, getting old silverback, who was hugely popular and successful, with a very large and tightly bonded family group, and a couple of his hulking adult sons backing him up. Everybody in his group seemed to love him a lot, he was particularly calm in that gentle giant sort of way, a safe, emotionally steady presence, happy to help raise his sons and daughters with kindness, and who could become a raging nightmare if pressed by a leopard ... exactly what a band of gorillas wants in a silverback.
But one of his adult sons had plenty of silver on his own back, and was getting itchier and itchier to be main man of the group, and this is where we start our little drama
It seems to be coming to a head, and the observers are nervous about a fight for the position. The silverback and his son are both are huge, probably approaching 400lbs, mostly muscle, with long thick fangs and skulls topped with jaw muscles as big as human biceps to wield those teeth, which nature has given them primarily to fight other gorillas with.Â
But then the next day, the old man leads the fam up the mountain.
itâs winter, which is why they have come down the mountain in the first place. But as we discussed, if he goes somewhere, they have to go, so they all follow behind.
up he goes, and then he sits. And waits. Itâs cold and there is much less food up here at this time of year. Thereâs nothing to do but sit hungry in the cold. His size and metabolism makes him the most able to withstand the cold, but even he is pretty uncomfortable.Â
And so he sits. And his family, perhaps confused, but loyal, sits around him.
But his son, the other huge silverback, with years of training even as an adult under his wise father, is ready and able to go off on his own. Finally, he stands up, makes clear his intentions to leave this uncomfortable place. A small handful of the other gorillas stand with him -- if he goes down the mountain, then they can safely leave as well. He turns and heads down the mountain. After a moment, a few more gorillas leave the main group to follow. All in all it winds up being nearly half.
The wise older silverback thoughtfully watches his son leave with about half the group. He sits a while longer in the cold, in the company of those most loyal to him, and then takes them along a different path down the mountain
And those two groups still ran into each other sometimes, and were friendly. And sometimes a couple gorillas would change between the two groups. They were still close.
But i just thought that was such an elegant, meaningful way for that gorilla to handle that whole situation. And it makes a completely human sort of sense to me.Â
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Dark bsf Rafe taking advantage of vulnerable pregnant reader. Maybe her parents kicked her out? Or her baby daddy left her. Or whatever u see fit.
(Sorry if that sucks I just love ur work sm đ©·)
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[warnings] dark!rafe cameron x pregnant!reader, farmer!rafe, pogue!reader, implied jj x reader, kidnapping, future NONCON/DUBCON, little editing, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK 18+
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In which you reach rock bottom after JJ gets arrested and your first love returns to save the day.
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A boy.Â
You looked down at your eighteen-week ultrasound picture and smiled weekly. You and JJ were having a baby boy, and youâd found out completely by yourself. Pope had offered a million times to attend one of your appointments, practically begging a few times because he didnât want you to go alone. You always rejected him, as the idea of going with someone else never felt right.Â
The Heywardâs had already done so much for you by letting you live in their spare bedroom for, basically, your entire pregnancy. No matter how much Pope tried to tell you that they didnât mind at all, you saw in their eyes that the last person they wanted their son to be friends with was JJ Maybankâs baby mama. You promised them youâd be able to save enough money to get your own place by the end of your pregnancy.Â
So far, your day job at a retail clothing store and the late shift you worked as a waitress at The Wreck made you enough to keep you afloat. Pregnancy check-ups and ultrasounds were an expense you werenât initially expecting and you hated that you were contemplating skipping the next few visits to save money. Besides that, appointments meant you couldnât work and you needed all the hours you could get.Â
The picture reminded you of how much hard work was left, but the feelings were bittersweet. You were so excited to meet your little boy, no matter how small he was at the moment. If JJâs case would move a little bit faster through the system, he could be there for the big day too. Everyone in Kildare was biased against him, knowing his father too well, and you knew the system would be biased against him as well. Â
You were grateful for Pope and for knowing someone else loved JJ as much as you did. JJ wasnât hard to love, but he was a complicated person, and your relationship seemed to bring out the darkest parts of him. Pope saw his dark side, but âŠhe wasnât there the night he got arrested.Â
You didnât know someone could yell so loud or be so angry. The two of you were living with his Dad, and the first few months were relatively peaceful, mostly because Luke would usually go out at night, get wasted, and crash on some other part of the island. You and JJ usually played house, taking turns making dinner for each other and sleeping together side by side.Â
A week before you realized you were pregnant, Luke came around asking JJ for money that JJ âowedâ him, and of course, JJ refused him. You knew heâd been saving for months to take you off the island for your birthday, and he wasnât giving that up. The fight escalated, with both sides verbally tearing each other down. As soon as Luke mentioned JJâs mother, there was no stopping JJ.Â
The fight had already moved from the bedroom to the kitchen to the porch, and then the men wrestled in the yard. JJ wouldâve killed Luke if the police hadnât come. When he got taken away in cuffs, he was a bloody, swollen mess that you didnât even recognize.Â
It became even messier when Luke decided to press charges against his own son even though theyâd both been arrested. You then decided that Luke Maybank was heartless and wouldnât ever see what you saw in his son.Â
It was the weekend, your one day off, and youâd chosen to spend most of it walking to the nearby department store after your trip to the clinic. The Heywardâs wanted to spend the day out on the water but rides on the boat were starting to make you extremely sick. Besides that, you hated fishing and It was one of the hotter days of summer but youâd chosen a lightweight t-shirt dress. Well, dresses were starting to be the only thing that you fit correctly with your growing stomach.Â
You tucked the picture you were holding into your purse as you made your way inside. For the past month, youâd been working up the courage to go down the baby aisles. Yet another thing that felt completely wrong doing without JJ. Cara had also offered to help buy you things but you told her every time that you were waiting until you were closer to your due date. Youâd hold off from nesting until you were sure that JJ wasnât getting out.Â
Slowly, you looked over every item. Cribs, diapers, breast pumps, baby formula, bottle warmers, and bibs. It was all so overwhelming and you knew getting everything would be expensive but the price tag didnât quite register to you until now. You had no idea how you were going to pay rent one day and afford all of the things your baby needed.Â
You picked up the cutest crib mobile decorated with rocket ships, stars, and planets, and your heart skipped when you realized it was over a hundred dollars. Youâd have to work an entire shift to earn that.Â
âY/N?âÂ
You turned towards the deep voice and the mobile tumbled from your hands, âShit,â You cursed as you went down with it, hoping you hadnât broken it because you couldnât afford to buy it. Rafe Cameron pushed his cart to the side and hurried to help you, âI got it,â You said quickly as you turned away, handing it back on its display.Â
Then you really looked at him. The boy youâd been so obsessed with in highschool was not a boy. His light brown hair was longer than you remembered but was tamed by a baseball cap. His white t-shirt and jeans didnât match the version of him you had in your head, but, honestly, he looked better than you remembered.Â
He smiled, rubbing the stubble on his face, as he seemed to take you in. If Rafe looked ten times better, you probably looked ten times worse than you used to. You felt huge although people just started taking note of your bump a couple weeks ago and your hair was messily gathered away from your face. Your dress was not name brand, in fact, you remembered buying it from the exact store you were standing in and you wore boots that used to belong to JJ now that your feet were starting to swell.Â
âHey,â He said.
You breathed out, âHi.â
âCongratulations,â Rafe glanced at your belly and you wanted to crawl inside your own skin, âI guess?â
âThanks,â You nodded, âItâs . . . complicated.â
The sad part about being pregnant, unmarried, with your childâs father sitting in jail was that people had no idea what to say to you.Â
âHow are you?â He asked after you went silent.
âIâm good,â You forced a smile, âHow are you?â
âBetter now that Iâve ran into you,â His smirk was the exact same as you remembered, âYou shopping for the little one?â
âBrowsing,â You said, âDidnât quite realize how expensive all this stuff is.â
You looked at him for understanding before you remembered you were talking to â Kildareâs richest bad boy, âYou still keep all your little friends around?â
âYeah, weâre all a bit spread out now, though. Iâm staying with the Heywardâs right now.â
You werenât quite sure why you were exposing your life to him, but part of you wanted him to know that you were fine, that you had made the right decision choosing JJ over him, and that you were still figuring out life, but youâd be happy.Â
âOh, so itâs Popeâs baby?â The smug look on his face made you realize he was teasing you.Â
âYou know exactly whose baby it is, Rafe,â You shot back, your eyes rolling back.
You turned to walk away but he grabbed you by your arm, âY/N, Iâm kidding. Iâm kidding. Iâm sorry, Honey.â
You quickly pulled your arm away from him, folding your arms in front of your chest. You looked over his cart, seeing it was filled with miscellaneous things, but the only thing you could recognize was a massive back of dog food, âYou got a dog?â
 âA few,â he said, placing his hands in his back pockets, âI use âem for animal herding. Wrangler, Sadie, and a few puppies.â
âAnimal herding?â
âYeah, I got this place on the mainland. I just came through to see Wheezie. I promised she could have one of the puppies before I sold the others.â
âYou got a place on the mainland?â Your eyebrows raised, and you tried to keep your mouth from gaping, âPuppies?â
He nodded, laughing lightly, âHad to get my shit together after I got out of rehab and living with my Dad and Rose, it was just never good for me. Still working for him, but Iâm just better on my own, you know?â
âI didnât know you went to rehab,â You said quietly, still trying to process the information he was relaying.Â
âA few times to be honest but Iâve been clean for a year,â He admitted while looking a bit closer at you, âIs there anything you need right now? I can help.â
âNo, I couldnât let you do that,â You shook your head quickly, âIâm fine.â
âYou never like to accept help, do you?â
âI donât need anything right now,â You assured him.Â
âHmm,â Rafe huffed, âCan I at least give you a ride, Y/N?â
âHow do you know I donât have one?âÂ
He gave you a knowing look that made you want to punch him. He was new and improved Rafe, but he was still an asshole, âWell, I also came to look for a new living room rug, and I could use a womanâs perspective. Help me, and Iâll give you a ride back to the Heywardâs.âÂ
âWhatever,â You shrugged before you began walking, âFine.â
In his eyes, you could tell he thought heâd won.Â
This was so wrong. So, so wrong. JJ would kill you. JJ would kill him. This wasnât high school anymore, and you werenât the insecure girl vying for the rich bad boyâs attention. Besides that, youâd always been an option for Rafe. JJ always chose you despite where you came from; now you might have a real chance of having a family.Â
You blamed the way your body heated up when he spoke your name on your racing hormones and on the fact that youâd been separated from JJ for months.Â
Rafe said he only came to main island to visit Wheezie, but as the weeks passed, you realized heâd found a new reason to visit. At least two times a week, he came in to the Wreck to order food and talk to you. Not only that, he practically texted you daily checking in on you.Â
âWhy the sudden change?â You asked him one night when closing time was closely approaching and youâd served all your tables, âI mean, I know you hated JJ but I didnât think it would get in the way of, you know, us.â
âItâs my biggest regret after getting to know you again,â He admitted and the look in his eyes made your heart sink, âBut I didnât really know what I was doing when I was younger. I was so stupid, all I cared about was getting my Dadâs approval and I spiraled when that inevitably didnât happen.âÂ
He had a way of making you question all of your own decisions.Â
âWard definitely wouldnât approve of me now.â
âI told you I donât care what he thinks.â
âOr what the entirety of Figure 8 will think?â
âNot at all,â He said.
âI care what my friends think.â
âYouâre different than them now,â Rafe reached across the table to grab ahold of your hand as his blue eyes stared deeply into your eyes, âYou have a great responsibility on your shoulders now. You have to do whatâs best for you and the baby. Thatâs it, fuck what they think.â
âThey do want the best for me,â You whispered, tears stinging your eyes.
âThey want JJ for you. And heâs sitting in jail right now.â
You pulled your hand away, looking out the onto the dock and dark water.Â
âYou donât even know how you should be treated,â Rafe said mostly to himself.
âWhat does that mean?â
âIt meansââ He stopped himself, but his skin was flushed with red and you sensed he was calming himself down, âI just think you deserve better.â
âAnd youâre going to walk into my life after all these years and save me? I can do this by myself.â
âYou shouldnât have to,â Rafe leaned in, âJJâs going to get out but things arenât going to get better.â
âWhy would you say that?â
âItâs true, heâs a fuckup. He wonât get a good job and thereâs a good chance heâll go right back,â That tipped you over the edge and your chair scraped loudy on the ground as you stood up, ââIâm sorry. Look, Iâm sorry. I can drive you home.â
âPope is coming to get me.â
You didnât spare him a second look as you walked to the back of the kitchen. Until now, heâd refrained from putting all the weight of his judgement on you but you knew all a long he thought you were making a mistake. Heâd been through a lot but heâd never struggled like you and JJ had. At the end of the day, heâd always had Wardâs money to fall back on.Â
He just hated JJ and he was doing his best to get in between the two of you.Â
Two weeks later, you were standing outside the Kildare County Jail, not because you were visiting JJ but because he was being released. Luke dropped the charges against him, and they released lower offenders due to overcrowding. You watched a few reunifications and waited on a cold bench in the lobby; blue hydrangeas in a small bouquet sat neatly in your lap. Your dress was also blue and printed with daisies. He had no idea the two of you were having a boy, and it was your sweet idea of telling him.Â
Youâd blocked Rafeâs number just that morning after ignoring his messages and calls. He was wrong. Even if he was calling to tell you that, you didnât want to hear it. They never specified how long it would take to process him but you started to doze off after waiting for two hours. An officer in beige uniform tapped your shoulder lightly to wake you.
You were still hopeful and you expected to see JJ right behind him, âHello, maâam. Unfortunately JJ Maybank cannot be released today.â
âWhat?â Your eyes widened, âUhm, why?â
âI was informed that additional charges have been filed against him.â
âWhat do you mean additional charges?â You asked, concern raising in your tone, âWho can I talk to?â
You when through every channel of communication possible, searching for answers. They couldnât possibly expect you to leave like nothing happened. You found out from another officer, after heavy begging, that they filed another battery charge against him involving another inmate. Somehow, in the two days that he knew he was getting out he managed to catch another charge.Â
âCould I at least visit him?â Youâd asked and they told you he was in a segregated unit now and not allowed visits.Â
You felt your heart physically break. When it fully started to sink in, you left to get fresh air. You walked for a long while until you started to panic. You sat down on the edge of the sidewalk and through teary eyes you tried to search for Popeâs number. What would you do now? Go back to the Heywards and continue to accept their charity? You were kidding yourself thinking you could do this alone.Â
It felt like a rejection. Youâd never had a real family. JJ knew that and yet heâd left you all alone again.Â
You let your phone fall to the side, deciding you wanted to be miserable by yourself and you didnât want to burden his family any longer. You threw the flowers into the street before your head fell in your hands and you finally let yourself cry for the first time since JJ had gone away.Â
The bouquet youâd carefully put together lay discarded in the street and you had no care about the mud that was probably staining your dress now. Just as your chest started to tighten unbearably, you heard the low rumble of car engine and a shadow seemed to drape itself over you. You heard someone calling you, telling you to breathe, but your body wouldnât obey the instructions.Â
Your baby needs you to take a breath, you told yourself but the thought of your baby only made your guilt worsen, âIâve got you,â You heard that familiar voice say. Being in his arms was far from familiar but your body didnt protest when it felt itself lifted in the air and placed on soft leather.Â
The next time you looked up, you felt the car moving, and you saw the sun setting through the window. You felt a hand on your thigh rubbing soothing circles but you felt more paralyze than anything, âTry to take deep breaths,â You heard him say but your body wasnât yours to control, âEverythingâs gonna be okay now. Iâm going to take care of the two of you.âÂ
You were not in the squeaky twin bed at the Heywardâs house when your eyes peeled open the next morning and you realized that quickly. You saw wooden beams overhead and walls painted a soft cream color. You turned your head to see sunlight coming through lace-curtained windows. As fast as you could move with the extra weight, you pushed the comforter off of you and moved over to the window. It offered a view of rolling fields and distant trees, the greenery stretching as far as your eyes could see.
Looking back around the room, you saw a sturdy, antique bed with wooden nightstands on either side. A handmade quilt with vibrant patches of red and blue sat on top of the bed. Plush pillows piled at the head of the bed. On top of one nightstand was a well-worn book and a framed photo of younger Rafe with a blonde woman beside him.Â
On the other nightstand was a vase of freshly picked wildflowers. You remembered your blue hydrangeas, and yesterdayâs events came flooding back to you, âFuck,â You cursed, and your eyes found the bedroom door. Before thinking about walking towards the door, you caught a glimpse of yourself in the large mirror, sitting on top of a wooden dresser. You were dressed in a white silk pajama top and bottoms, a tiny sliver of your belly poked out the bottom of the shirt, but otherwise, they fit you perfectly. All you could do was curse, âFuck, fuck, fuck.â
You moved quickly towards the door, but it opened before you grabbed the handle. You covered your mouth as a shriek left your lips.
Despite your startled appearance, Rafe appeared calm. His hair looked like it had just woken him up, and he wore a simple T-shirt and gym shorts. He closed the door behind him, acting as another barrier to your escape, âWhat the fuck, Rafe?â
He shushed you, âYou need to stay calm,â He warned you, âThereâs no point in getting riled up.â
âI was having a panic attack and . . . and youââ
âYou needed to get away,â He raised his hands as if to show he wouldnât cause you harm, âI took you home with me.â
âYou took me home with you?â You spoke back to him, âI have a home. Why didnât you take me back to the Heywardâs?â
âThatâs not your home, Honey, and you know that.âÂ
You shook your head, âYou donât get to decide that. Whereâs my phone?â
âItâs wherever you left it,â Rafe shrugged, âYou know, when you were having a panic attack on the side of the road. Alone and pregnant with absolutely no one looking out for you. Imagine if it wasnât me who found you.âÂ
Rafe looked annoyed like it was you who was crazy in this scenario. You tried to ignore the thought of him undressing you and putting you in these new clothes. The idea of that became harder as you watched his eyes trail from your feet, higher and higher, âJesus Christ, you donât even know how precious you are,â He came closer until you were stumbling back onto the bed, âI want you to stay here with me.â
âAnd if I donât want the same?â You looked up at him.Â
âIâll let you think it over. Give it some time,â He nodded to himself, âAre you hungry?â
You didnât answer, only stared back, âIâll make you something. Iâll be right back.â
He turned on his heel, and as you realized what he was doing, you hurried after him. He closed the door, and as you furiously turned the knob, you realized heâd locked it, âRafe!â You screamed as you pounded on the door, âRafe, please donât do this!â
You felt your tough exterior melt away. This was serious. He was completely serious about keeping you here.Â
You rushed over to the windows next, throwing open the curtains, and found that they didnât budge even as you pushed at them. You kept yourself from another panic attack, knowing that Pope would be looking for you right now. You never told him about Rafe ⊠you were so concerned about him judging you that you next rold him. But if someone found your phone, they would know ⊠but you had no idea what really happened to it.
As you started to pace, you suddenly felt a fluttering sensation. You stopped as you felt a tiny kick inside of you, an unmistakable movement that echoed throughout your whole body. Gently, you caressed your stomach. âI hear you,â you said through heavy breaths as your eyes moved around the room. Itâs okay. Iâll figure this out. Donât worry.â
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