#idk what i’m doing wrong. this job is such a ‘trial by fire’ and i’m sooo intimidated by my bosses

[leemarkies]

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[obsidianpen]

The whole scene with Liam using his Veela magic to get past Hermione’s memories was so creepy, and then him stealing a kiss 😫 Liam, no consent is never okay boi! But then you also revealed Liam experienced abuse due to his creature magic, which is so flipping complex and fantastic character development/choices on your part. Like him doing that is not black and white. And that sure af does not justify him mentally diving into Hermione mind, kissing her while she’s under his influence, but it adds weight to his decision. Ahhhh shades of grey all the way down! I love your writing Pen

thank you anon! Been getting lots of comments on the Liam portion of the last chapter, so I’m just gonna address a lot of them here:

I think it’s interesting how very up-in-arms angry a lot of people are over that specifically. Yes, of course it was morally Bad and it’s totally natural and legit to be super pissed that Liam would do that…. But I also think it’s worth looking at things from his perspective. Is it assault to interrogate a criminal like that in wizarding Britain? I’d say yes (legally in the magical world idk, probably very gray area; it would depend on if there are specific laws in place barring part-creatures from using their abilities on detained criminals… unclear, when things like veritaserum are okay, so yeah idk), but there’s a lot going on in the background that we (you? Hermione? The readers?) aren’t seeing. The real negotiations are happening between Madison and Dumbledore while the minister is out of commission. They’re both willing to ignore a few laws to get what they want because - here it is - they think they are doing the right thing.

well, okay, Madison’s being compelled by the MACUSA too, but he also thinks he’s doing the best thing for hermione by saving her from a trial in Britain. Isn’t even wrong really.

but Dumbledore - easy to see him as evil rn, but remember, he suspects riddle of murdering a poor innocent child! He thinks (correctly!) that riddle killed Myrtle and got hagrid to take the fall. He sees an opportunity to right that wrong, to clear Hagrid’s name, and to prevent someone like riddle - a murderer - from being free in the world and killing again. Because he will. And does, canonically. Dumbledore doesn’t even know about the fact that he killed his dad and grandparents yet!

so enter Liam - he honestly cared about hermione; she helped him get this job he’s been wanting, he thought she was long-time friends with his bestie… he believed all of it and thought they’d have a future as fun colleagues at the very least. Then she suddenly vanished with this creepy (to him - and he’s not wrong) guy who shows up out of nowhere and then he learns not too much later that she attacked Walt, fucked with his memories, and then lied to all of them; Walter gets fired, and then when they track her down, he learns that she also attacked and modified the memories of some witch and her house-elf in Britain (oh and she nearly killed the minister and two other people in her escape attempt)…

From where he’s standing, hermione is not a good person. She’s assaulted and modified the minds of several people, she’s stolen and used some old lady’s gold and name and affluence, she’s invented an entirely new fake identity…

so, when Albus Dumbledore and Lester Madison, two of the most powerful wizards he knows of (one of him is now his boss) asks if he can get these memories from her using a bit of his special brand of magic… what is he supposed to say? When it would, in the end, conceivably save both her (by getting her back to America) and put away a much more sinister wizard (if Dumbledore is correct and this creepy dude that whisked hermione away is actually a killer… and he is!). He may not have been jazzed to do it - he never tried to seduce her in America before, after all, and never would have - but one doesn’t say no to your very adamant new boss and freaking Dumbledore, the guy who defeated Grindelwald, especially not when the ends really do seem to justify the means (to them, at least). And all of this is not even touching upon the very vague hinting at Liam’s personal history with abuse.

anyway, kind of a rant, just had to put it out there because yeah, what Liam did was icky and nonconsensual but what hermione has done to people many times was also icky and nonconsensual and arguably a whole lot worse (imo, of course, but everyone is entitled to think differently there!).

[fotiathymos]

Reply from @fragile-euphoria : “ Ok big agree but also like.... Burning Rescue Pretty Much existed because of the Burnish, no? Like, y'all got mechs and shit for house fires? Doubt 🧐. So Ive always figured that Burning Rescue kinda finds themselves out of a steady job bc suddenly there's.... No weird magic fires.... And so they probably got Lots of free time to kinda be a search and rescue rebuilding the city type team? Idk i might be off on this one but that's what I always assumed “

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OKAY. YES. And I’ve thought about this too!! Cause I’m a mess.

We’re getting somewhat “real worldy” here.

Burning Rescue 100% was an organization created to suppress and oppress the Burnish. And It is not acknowledged enough, you’re so right! The reason why Galo and co. felt okay and doing good in their job was because they weren’t “outwardly killing or harming Burnish people... just ‘arresting’ the bad ones”. Thats why the pizzeria scene is so fucking important in breaking down Galo! He’s always doubted the whole system but he just wanted to save people and it’s all backfiring on him. SIGH. Okay, I’m not gonna talk about Galo’s relationship with his job cause that’ll be a huge thing.. 

Burning Rescue def would’ve gained a huge reputation as a savoir to the non-burnish and well a possible death sentence to the ex-burnish. So Lio working with Galo in either solely ex-burnish aid as well as bridging the gap and a whole community aid, would be a mix of controversial and groundbreaking. 

The concept and how its run of Burning Rescue would, of course, completely change as a must. But I doubt it would possibly change their name or just fire and dismiss every member in the organization. The whole organization may get sued for acts against human rights and certain higher ups arrested and put on trial. Lower staff members like Galo and co. wouldn’t get under such trail I feel.

I see Galo, and even the rest of his team, moving to change the goal of Burning Rescue to other means. No more acting like cops and more acting like first responders. They’d may be just exclusive to bigger disaster efforts. I still feel natural disasters may occur more often with the core of the earth altered and volcanoes may continue to erupt or earth quakes and etc. So they’d be on that. As well as rebuilding efforts for the city and maybe new building of new communities and expansions of the city. Galo would keep his job but be creating a big push in a better direction and more collaboration with the ex burnish to make amends and well.. right the whole systems wrongs. Def not something that’d be fast paced, though.

Perhaps down the line like years down the line Burning Rescue will officially combine with whatever new organization Lio and the ex burnish created. And in turn making what Burning Rescue use to be just a big note in the history books.

[gins-potter]

The Yaya and Torrey of it all...

To distract myself from the fact that Chicago Med likely won’t be uploaded for hours yet, and also because I’ve been kind of slack about posting about One Chicago lately, I thought I’d write down some thoughts I’ve been having about Yaya and Torrey leaving.

At first I was stunned, like I did not see that coming at all.  Tbh I’d forgotten completely that with this being the sixth season most of the main casts contracts would be up.  Fire owns my heart so I’ve mostly been following news about Jesse and Taylor’s contracts, while keeping half an eye on news about PD contracts - Med was so not on my radar.  But once I think about it, Torrey and Yaya leaving kind of makes sense.... emphasis on kinda.

(it got kinda long so full thoughts under the cut)

April Sexton - Nurse Practitioner

I think everyone agrees that this is the departure that makes the most sense of the two.  I think I remember being a little worried when this storyline started that this was a way of writing April out but I guess I just settled into the assumption that she would study off-screen and maintain a work/study balance ala Penelope from ODAAT (if you’ve never seen that show the main character Penelope works as a nurse while studying to be a NP at the same time and both are shown on screen).  Presumably now April will just be written out completely to go study.  

I’ve seen some theories floating around that she’ll move out of state to be with Noah (where did he move to? Atlanta?) and I think that could really work.  I do wonder how this might be tied in with Archer’s offer to get her into that school she wanted.  I cold see April going back and forth for a few episodes deciding if she wants to take him up on his offer or not, so I’ll be interested to see how that develops.

I’ll definitely miss April, she was never my favourite character, but I think season 6 was really good for her and seeing her work in two different areas she was clearly passionate about was nice to see.  And as far as storylines go, writing her out so she can advance her career is a good way to do it, it’s hard to be too sad about her leaving when you’re happy for her as a character.  I am a little bummed in terms of the Chexton of it all just because I did ship them for a little while, and I did kinda see them getting back together eventually, but I guess that won’t be happening now.  I’m not too heartbroken about it but I did think they had moments where they were good together.  I think one of the biggest downsides to writing April out is that it means we’ve completely lost another sibling duo in the One Chicago universe (and if I’m counting right that leaves only the Halstead bros standing?)(editing to clarify I mean siblings who are main characters/regulars on the shows not characters who have siblings in general).  But it sounds like Yaya already has a new show lined up in which she’s the lead (correct me if I’m wrong about that part) and I think this NP storyline really serves for a good exit for April and Yaya both.

Natalie Manning - Where the hell does she go from here?

The one that makes less sense to me has to be Nat’s exit.  And I say that in the context of the entire show, her current storyline trajectory makes a lot of sense actually.  Obviously we don’t know for sure what’s going to happen but there’s a lot of theories going around that make a lot of sense.  Where we’re at as of writing this post (I haven’t seen 6x14 yet) Nat’s taken the pills, Will’s in trouble for it, and she knows he’s in trouble for it.  It seems plausible to me that from here we get a couple episode of Nat fucking around trying to come up with a way to get Will out of trouble, before ultimately coming clean to save his ass, the repercussions of this being that she has to leave the hospital.  I have two problems with this.

The first, where the hell does this leave Natalie?  Because at this point we’re contending with two different entities, the drug company who was in charge of the trial (spacing on the name) and Chicago Med as a hospital.  Will’s in trouble with the former so to save him that’s who Nat’s primarily gonna have to come clean to, and I’m having a hard time seeing how realistically they wouldn’t want to charge her with the theft.  But where would that leave Nat besides probably in jail and Owen on his own with a sick grandma?  It’s kind of a shit ending for Torrey’s character, and I just can’t see the Med writers going that route.  So I guess my theory is that Sharon steps in and brokers some kind of deal with the drug company where she convinces them not to press charges but to show that Nat is facing consequences she’s fired.  Then she either stays in the city with Owen and just (presumably) finds a new job, or I can even see her also moving out of state as I think her parents live in Seattle?

My other problem is that this kind of doesn’t make sense in the broader context of the show.  The Chicago Med docs are always up to shady shit, Will and Nat most especially, why is now suddenly the time they face consequences for their actions (besides the fact that Torrey is leaving of course).  It just seems mighty convenient to me, and that’s not something I particularly like about character exits like this.

In terms of Nat’s character in general leaving, my feelings are pretty similar to April’s exit.  While I think the exit itself hasn’t been set up great (I much prefer how they’ve set up April’s) I am vaguely sad about Torrey/Nat leaving.  Much like April, Nat was never my favourite character, in fact I swung wildly between eh she’s alright and oh my god I hate this chick for a while there.  But again, like April, season 6 was good for her, and I even got on board with Mancel (rip that relationship) and it’s sad to see her go just when I was starting to like her again after really really not liking the way Manstead ended.  Speaking of, I think even more so than Chexton I fully expected Manstead to get back together by the end of the show, and I even thought they were setting that up by giving them storylines together in the back half of this season (now I just wonder if they wanted to give fans a chance to see them interact again before Torrey left).  So it feels very weird to me that we won’t see them again now after spending seasons thinking of them as an endgame ship.  I can see there being some kind of final romantic moment between them, especially if Nat’s written to move out of state but idk if I would want that or if it would just be rubbing salt in an open would.  That all being said I wish Torrey all the best, I read that she already has a movie gig lined up so that’s awesome for her.

Final Thoughts

Look, the writing on Med has always struck me as kind of repetitive if not weak in general so I can’t really blame either Yaya or Torrey for wanting to move on to new things.  Even if it was the best writing in the world, playing the same character for 6 years is a long time and while there are plenty of actors who like a steady gig there are also plenty more who like the challenge of new characters/stories/sets etc.  And like I said above, they already have new gigs lined up so this is clearly something they both want so I’m at least glad that that allowed the writers to set up somewhat believable exits for them both.  I don’t know if I would say I hope they come back someday, but it seems like they’re certainly going to leave it open for that.  Unless they pull an Ava Bekker-esque last minute death, it seems like they’re both going to leave the show alive and somewhat happy so there’s always a chance they bring them back one day (this feels more likely for April/Yaya then Nat/Torrey but you never know).  All in all definitely not the worst character exits I’ve seen in this franchise, or even this show, yeah I’m looking at you Ava Bekker.

[alagaisia]

Sometimes I remember that my roommate’s boyfriend wants to be a whole ass cop. Like what the actual fuck is wrong with you. It makes me so unspeakably angry. He’s not like an actively terrible or stupid person so I don’t know why he refuses to idk watch? The news? Or understand that yes all cops and yes the system is shitty and corrupt and no you’re not going to fucking help people by joining it like fuck you dude what the shit hell is wrong with you. Do like, a minimal amount of research. There are so many articles from people who tried to go in and be the good cop about how it doesn’t fucking work and they either become complicit or get fired or quit because the whole place is shitty like. Why do you want to work somewhere where MOST of your coworkers are actively racist, many of them have done police brutality, probably killed someone for no reason, a bunch of them will just straight up rape people in custody, 30% beat their spouse, PLUS your LITERAL JOB is shit like raiding homelessness encampments and beating the shit out of people who already have no power at all and destroying their belongings and communities for no goddamn reason when you KNOW there’s nowhere else for them to go. Like have you seen the news this year. Which cops were the good ones. The one who killed George Floyd? The ones who only watched? The ones who condemned the murder but then beat protesters and patrolled the streets all summer and during the trial suppressing everyone’s rights to free speech and assembly? Fuck you. Fuck you. If you’re not stupid or an asshole then this is willful fucking ignorance which is almost worse because you COULD make better choices and you’ve just decided to not do that for no reason at all. I literally have no idea what she sees in him I used to hang out with his roommate a lot and he’d be playing games online with a guy who used to go to our school but dropped out (who I stopped being friends with after he sicced his nazi friends on Facebook on me), and just say like borderline racist shit about whatever game they were playing and use the word c*nt way fucking more than I was comfortable with and once me and his roommate argued with him for like half an hour because he didn’t think that mansplaining was a real concept and we couldn’t convince him otherwise. But no dude I’m sure you’re capable of understanding the nuances of why cops suck so much and you’re gonna fix it and do good in the community. Your belief that those things are possible at all within the existing system definitely doesn’t disprove that. God. Fuck cops fuck every goddamn one of them. Quit your job and go do something that actually fucjing benefits society. Quit your job and sit at home and stare at a wall 24/7 because that will have a net better impact than working forty hours a week at actively causing harm

[harry-potter-nerd]

Ginny?! Hermione?! Pt.2

“But dad, we can help!” George said, mr Weasley wheeled around glaring at his youngest children

“No, you are staying here with your mother, and I’ll send word when we get them” His tone left no room for argument

So Harry, Ron, the twins and Mrs.Weasley spent another sleepless night in the the sitting room, worrying.

Four hours later, just after 1 am, a silvery blue weasel bounded into the room, illuminating it’s surroundings. It spoke with Mr.Weasley’s voice

“We got them, I’m in the ministry right now with Percy, Bill and Charlie are with the girls at St. Mungos, the Malfoys are in custody. I’ve gotten a one-off connection from the house to the hospital so you can get there directly using the flue network. I should be there in an hour or so” the weasel closed it’s mouth, then disappeared

Harry practically rumpled out of his chair.

Mrs.Weasley bustled into the kitchen and returned with a flower pot which Harry knew contained flue powder.

One by one, they stepped into the fire and shouted “St. Mungos!”

When Harry stepped out of the fireplace, into a crowded tea room, where anxious looking witches and wizards, sitting, fidgeting and pacing.

Mrs.Weasley appeared behind him stepping out of the fireplace, being the last of the group to arrive, but then took the lead.

They followed her to a dark oak from feast where a brunette haired witch sat going through a filing cabinet next to her desk.

She looked up as Mrs.Weasley approached

“How can I help you?” She asked pleasantly

“My daughter was brought in not too long ago along with another girl, Ginerva Weasley, and Hermione Granger” She started

“Weasley.... weeeasley.....”she mused looking down a long list on a clipboard

Her finger stopped to almost at the bottom of the list

“They’re both on the fourth floor, spell damage. The healers are still working on them so you won’t be able to in yet. But you can wait outside, room 231”

Mrs.Weasley gave a word of thanks and lead them down one flight of stairs

They stopped next to door, and a sign that read in golden lettering “4th floor -spell damage”

The group went down several corridors, checking the door numbers around them.

Finally, with one more turn, they found two young, red headed men at the end of the hallway.

“Bill, Charlie!” Mrs.Weasley exclaimed

“Mum” Bill said with a weak smile as they approached

She hugged her eldest sons, the eyed them up and down.

Harry looked at them both, fully taking them in. Charlie was sitting on one of the two chairs, wringing his calloused hands. And Bill looked like he had been pacing, his hair looking like he had ran his hands through his hair many times over.

But the most alarming thing, was that both Weasleys had blood on them. Both had crimson stains in the creases of their hands, and Billy had a considerable amount slopped over his front.

“What happed” Mrs.Weasley asked in a terrified voice

Bill told them.

They had gone to the Manor’s cellor with some Aurors, an unknown man, and a woman that Bill apparently knew from school named Tonks. Mr. Weasley had gone to arrest the Malfoys while they went to find Ginny and Hermione.

Both Charlie and Bill looked paler then usual, but he continued

When they got down there, they found both of them strung up by their wrists, covered in blood. Apparently Hermione was screaming, and wouldn’t stop, not even when they freed her. Ginny was unconscious, and the woman named Tonks made Hermione pass out so they could move her.

It explained why Bill was covered in blood, he had carried Ginny while they apperated to St.Mungo’s, the unknown man levitatied Hermione.

He finished, and there was a long pause

“Hermione didn’t recognize you?” Mrs.Weasley asked, Bill nodded

“Yeah, it didn’t really seem like she could focus on anything in particular” Charlie answered

They sat for a long while then heard footsteps

“Molly!” It was Mr.Weasley and Percy coming down the hall

Mrs.Weasley stood up and hugged her Husband and Son

“Malfoy and his wife are both in custody, but they’re refusing to talk without a lawyer” Percy said, straightening his hornedrimmed glasses (A/N: How do trials work with defense in the Wizarding world? IDK, I’m just basing this off of muggle standards)

“ And what about the boy, Draco” Bill asked

“With witness protection, he’ll be fine, as long as the Aurors do their job” Mr.Weasley said, with little emotion or sympathy in his voice

He was about to sit down when the door opened, three people stepped out; a witch with long black braids and dark skin, a wizard with a small grey beard and glasses so far down his nose it looked like they were about to fall off, and the third, another witch with dirty blonde, and a pale, round, good natured face.

“Mr. and Mrs. Weasley?” The woman with the dark hair asked, they both stood up

“We need to talk to you about your daughter’s and Ms.Granger’s condition” She said in a very grim tone

They entered the room, leaving harry and their children in the hallway

Bill started pacing again

“Bill, stop for a moment” Percy said, bill looked at his brother, scowling

Percy pulled out his wand and waved it with a flourish

All the blood on Bill’s closes siphoned away, Bill gave a sound that probably meant to be a sound of thanks.

About ten minutes later, the door opened again,

Mrs.Weasley was shaking and had tears in his eyes, and her bottom lip quivering. Mr.Weasley had an arm around his wife’s shoulders and looked ghostly white.

The healers stepped out after them and the round-faced witch said to Mr.Weasley

“We’ll be back in two hours to check up on them” With that, they turned a corner down the corridor and they were alone

“Can we see them?” Bill asked at the same time Fred asked “are they okay?”

Mr.Weasley’s eyes darted from his wife, the to his sons

“You- you should come in and I’ll explain” he spoke in a quiet tone

They walked into a large room with two beds, the first, with a pale, freckley girl with bright red hair looking slightly matted and dirty, she was sitting up, propped up with a large stack of pillows. The second, a girl with rich brown skin and dark bushy hair that framed her face when she was lying on a scream colored pillow.

Both however had multiple bandages; ginny’s right thing was wrapped in somthing that looked like golden chain male covered in sea slime, and the bulge around her abdomen suggested that there were thick bandages under her white robes.

Ginny had white gauze bandages up both of her arms, it looked like they would need to be changed soon, Harry could she a small bit of blood seeping through on her left shoulder.

“Ginny?” Fred asked tentively, stepping towards his sister, Ginny didn’t move, she just kept gazing around the room

Fred walked up right in front of her and bent down

“Gin?” His face faultered when he looked at her face, Harry’s stomach dropped when she looked at him

Her usually kind face looked sunken, her cheeks were hollow. Her eyes looked too big for his face, and her pupils so dilated that they looked almost all black.

The worst part, however, was the fact when she looked at him, it was like he was invisible. She looked around the room, still blinking slowly, but not making any sign that she recognized any of them.

“What’s wrong with her?” Bill asked, waving his hand in front of his sister’s face

Mrs.Weasley let out a sob

“Ginny and Hermione, were tortured, The Cruciatus curse” Mr.Weasley said in a quiet, and breaking voice

Bill flinched and looked over at his father

“But, why can’t she recognize us?” He asked

“They-the spell, tortured unrelentingly, and for too long. The Malfoys destroyed their sanity” He finished

They all looked at Mr.Weasley, too shocked for words, but Charlie, after a long moment of silence

“But she’ll get better right?” He asked in a pleading voice

the small shake of Mr.Weasley’s head made Harry’s heart stop

“And Hermione?” Ron Asked is a small voice

“The same”

****

Harry and Ron and the twins went back to school a week later by Floo powder.

The twins had lost their usual gusto. Ron lost his wit, and Harry lost his enthusiasm for wanting to be at Hogwarts.

No one knew why, until the story broke when the trial started

It was in every paper, always a story

It came to a close over the Christmas holiday, Harry stayed at the Weasley’s and they went to St.Mungo’s on Christmas Day with presents

Harry and Ron had gotten Hermione ‘Hogwarts a History’

They were pretty sure she couldn’t read or understand what the book was, but she happily flipped to the pages with colorful pictures.

Mrs.Weasley had knitted Ginny a scarlet jumper, Ginny hadn’t put it on, but held it tight like a stuffed animal.

When they got home, a letter was waiting with the verdict

Bot Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy had gotten life in Azkaban, for both the tournament and kidnap of Hermione and Ginny, and child abuse

It was a small comfort knowing that they wouldn’t be able to hurt anyone anymore, but he just wanted his friends back

[madebycoffee]

OH ALSO I finished watching Legend of Korra and here is non spoiler thoughts: I really enjoyed it and just like atla I cried at every single season finale. I really like that the main cast while still young, is older than the lITERAL children of atla. atla still holds up watching it as an adult, but I feel like korra is a bit more my jive. There is only one episode that I won’t watch again (season 4 remembrances, when you are binging the show it isn’t necessary as it’s a recap and not as fun as ember island players which serves the same purpose in atla. Also I looked on IMDB, that is the lowest rated episode. I agree. Honestly, if you are binging you can skip it) but I can def see myself watching the whole thing again. Season 1 is my overall favorite of the series. 

Spoiler thoughts below the cut because WOW I HAVE THOUGHTS (it’s long)

hi spoiler time last chance to look away

Before going into LOK I had read a decent amount of spoilers beforehand since this aired back in 2012-2014. I don’t think I even knew about it after it was nearly done so the one thing I knew was that Korra & Asami get together lol. Anyway my point is I knew what was coming overall.

Season 1: My personal favorite, I think it’s a really strong stand alone season. I thought it was really smart to begin the series in the water tribe again, as well as with Katara as that’s how ATLA started. I also think its really clever that with Aang, he was very spiritual and a master airbender already, but needed to learn the other 3 element. Korra is the opposite. It helps it not be so repetitive. We already saw one avatar working to master fire, water, and earth. I also realized how used to the world of atla I was and was confused for a split second how Mako and Bolin were brothers but one was an earthbender and one was a firebender... Yeah I know I’m dumb and I forgot that its a different world lol.  -Another strong point was that no matter how in danger Korra got in season 1 she never went into the avatar state, because as she says in what ep 1? that she has never been good at the spiritual side of being the avatar. Part of me kept expecting it to happen, but even the final showdown with Amon it didn’t so I was like oh damn. The finale when she does go into the avatar state with Aang giving her the bending she lost back.... I was a wreck. Sobbing my eyes out it just HIT ME.  -Other moments that hit me hard: Hearing Dante Basco’s voice as General Iroh ow my soul, Hearing through Katara that Sokka is dead, The flashbacks to the trial of the bloodbender (forgot his name??) and seeing them get bloodbent HURTS MY HEART. And every time Aang’s statue was shown. ;-; Also, just like ATLA there isn’t a main character that I dislike. I genuinely like Korra, Asami, Mako, & Bolin as a team. Lin is my favorite which not hard being Toph’s daughter lol. Tenzin and fam are a delight (though Meelo can get on my nerves but eh)  TL:DR SEASON 1 IS GREAT I CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH IT AGAIN!!

Season 2: Alright so. A lot of Spirit World dealings. Unalaq being a GASP evil brother??? LOK has a thing about brothers lol. First with Amon and whathisname, now with Korra’s dad and uncle. Anyway, season 2 I really like too. Yes even the finale. And it’s been a few weeks (maybe months??) since I watched season 2 so the finale is really all that stands out. Other than that I do really like seeing the story of the first avatar. OH MAN AND IROH IN THE SPIRIT WORLD HAD ME ALL SORTS OF LEVELS OF EMOTIONAL. -SO. This was the big spoiler I knew going in, that the past lives of the Avatar are severed from Korra. I know that A LOT of people really don’t like it either. And upon hearing that plot point I didn’t like it as well. But when I sat down and watched the whole series. I actually thought it was the right thing to do. And I didn’t mind it as much as I thought. Korra can no longer call upon the past lives which is sad, but those Avatars still existed. And with Tenzin being so prevalent in the show, it really feels like Aang is still there in spirit. The reason I thought it was the right thing to do with the story, is that it let’s the show as a whole exist on it’s own. IDK how to properly explain.. I get why people don’t like it, but it makes sense to me. -And I do commend the show runners for sticking to this. There is no getting contact back with the past lives. Which, personally I approve of. Whenever you do something world altering like that it annoys me when the show takes it back. My main gripe is people dying but wAIT NO THEY’RE ALIVE!!! It lessens the stakes. And I think a through line of Korra is that actions have consequences. TL;DR I LIKE SEASON 2 AS WELL. DOESN’T LEAVE A LASTING IMPRESSION SINCE THE FINALE IS SUCH A BIG DEAL.

Season 3: I THINK this would be my second favorite season. I REALLY like Zaheer as I guess the ~big bad~ and the squad he has. SO much so that I’m actually upset that they all are dead by the end. I think P’Li is done the dirtiest. You see and know very little about her until an ~exposition~ line a few scenes before she dies. (But damn if the scene of Su throwing her metal breastplate around her head isn’t hardcore cool. I haven’t said yet but the fight sequences in Korra??? Amazing.) Bolin finding out he can Lavabend??? oh hell yeah that’s the good shit, same with lavabending in GENERAL. seeing what people can REALLY do with their bending is probably my favorite part about Korra. I do think Zaheer looks a little silly when he starts flying around, but hey that part is cool too. Also easily the most horrified I’ve been watching this show was the pulling the aiR OUT OF SOMEONE. JESUS. Up until that point Airbending still seemed like the least dangerous form but HOLY SHIT. I will say that the way Kuvira is if not introduced/ we’re reminded about her in the finale is a little bit more like “uhhh is Korra’s dad going to have an affair???” to me than “she gonna be the big bad next season” Also on IMDB the finale of season 3 is the highest rated finale. 

Season 4: Even thought this has the same number of episodes as season 3, it feels the most rushed to me. However I do appreciate the timejump and GODTDAMN I love me some old lady Toph. I also like that Toph says that she’s watching Su & Lin through the swamp, an episode or two later Su and Zaofu are attacked and captured, and when Lin, Opal, and Bolin go to Zaofu to try and rescue, Toph is there. It’s a nice payoff. As Su was getting captured I was thinking “hmmmm does Toph see this” And she does, which has her leave the swamp, so she’s not there when Kuvira’s army is cutting vines. Because cmon is Toph was there she woulda kicked their asses. -The huge mecha suit with the spirit weapon on it is HARROWING. I like that Baatar Jr. see’s that Kuvira was gonna kill him for thE gREatER gOOD and was instantly like “oh shit well i guess my loyalties were wrong then ok” Oh and out of order but I had a feeling that Zhu Li was telling Kuvira what she wanted to hear to be sneaky and I was v happy to be proven right by Toph. I ALSO like that things like Toph being able to tell if people are lying aren’t forgotten about. Also... Cried like a baby at Zhu Li and Varrick’s wedding. Haven’t mentioned Varrick yet but hot damn if he isn’t one of my favorite characters. What I wouldn’t GIVE to have Sokka and Varrick brainstorm some truly crazy shit. 10/10.  TL;DR SEASON 3 IS REALLY GOOD AND SEASON 4 IS GOOD BUT FEELS LIKE IT’S TOO SHORT.

But yeah. Overall I really enjoyed it. I looked through the episodes on IMDB and nearly everything is above 8.5 except for some of the first episodes in season 2 which I get. I can tell that this is by the same team that did ATLA. It feels so much the same. And I think there was the right amount of the original peeps or their kids but still was focusing on our core four. Other little things:

- I like that the “villains” or ig the conflicts of people weren’t anyone from the Fire Nation. (Although do we know where Zaheer is from??? Family lineage?) Well regardless, what we have is Amon: Waterbender, Unalaq: Waterbender, Zaheer: Airbender, Kuvira: Earthbender. ATLA we were fighting the fire nation, LOK has the range lol. - I do wish we could have been in the Fire Nation tho. I wanna see what’s it like over there :( - Adored seeing all the changes to the world. In ATLA we see the blimps/airships more or less being invented and then 70 years later AIRSHIPS AND CARS GALORE. And having radios/phones VERY nice. Don’t have to rely on letters or talking in person.  - I really like Korra. I feel like it needs to be said lol, but I thoroughly enjoyed her as the Avatar (maybe more than Aang??) - Zuko’s face after Korra says she talked to Iroh in the spirit world I’m not crying you are.

ANYWAY. I think that’s it. I just needed to get it all out somewhere. Not a perfect show (neither is atla) but damn if it isn’t some of the best TV out there. If you read all of that woW good job.

[sloppy-butcher]

Mechanical Memories

Amanda Young (The Pig) X Survivor! Reader

Notes: Just a lil fanfic idea I’ve been dying to try write. Amanda is a complex character and I’ve been chomping at the bit to try to write for her! maybe it goes well?? idk? I tried keeping the reader gender-neutral but if I’ve messed up I’ll change it!

You have many enemies lurking in the Fog of the Entity. Yet one of them sticks out the most for being the most savage and brutal. A woman who runs around with a Pig mask on her head. But what lies under that rotten flesh is something, or someone, that seems all too familiar. 

word count: 3148

TW: mentions of death and self-harm

She’s hated you from the first moment she saw you. Whenever you were unfortunate enough to be dragged into a trail with her it would always end in either of two ways. Sometimes she would single you out among your friends, driving you like cattle away from your safety in numbers until you were all alone with only her and that knife of hers. An easy target. This was her offer for a quick death. 

Other times, you were not so lucky. She would kill everyone else and then kill you. It would be a long, drawn-out trial, one which would be filled with the anguished screams of the others as you failed to help them followed by your equally long and drawn-out death. If you were cunning enough and not in an altruistic mood, you would escape having used your friends as bait and diversions. But, of course, the trade of 3 dead for 1 escape is not a good business model and in the end, you’d always buckle and succumb to your stupid human desire to help others. Those eyes of black, sunken beneath the rotten pig’s head glared at you with undeniable, unquestionable hatred. 

You could never understand why or from where such loathing had stemmed and for a long time you had bitterly accepted that you would never know. It was their job to kill you after all. Why expect them or her to show anything other than pure, unadulterated malice. But something was off about her kind of hatred. There was something in how she would chase you, feverishly and unrelenting, and in how she seemed to take immense pride in your downfall. Watching you suffer seemed like a drug to her but you assumed it was like that for all the other bastards in this hell-hole. Until you realized that with her it was different.

It was never like this with the others. With them you could feel why they hunted you; some for sport, others a meal and a few simply because they were told too. Obedient dogs, all of them. Except her. She never played by the rules and she never liked it when you didn’t either. 

She would have hated you even more if she knew what you were doing. It was so quiet, the night was cold and the woods around you was seeped with fog and darkness. Right now you weren’t in a trail, rather you were in the in-between time. The moments where you would be allowed safety and rest while you waited for other victims to join you around that eternal campfire. But you weren’t by that fire of warmth and solace. Instead, you were walking deeper and deeper into that ever-expanding, ever-darkening forest. 

You don’t know what exactly compelled you to all of a sudden get up and just start walking. You had no destination in mind, no motive and no reason to leave the circle of fire-light. You knew it was a fruitless effort wandering this wood, every time one dares to venture in they are always turned right back. Be it either the cold, the lack of true direction, fear for what may lurk in that darkness or some other-worldly forces that drove those back to the campfire, none had ever escaped the forest. But you kept walking.

You looked down at your hand and saw the jigsaw piece. A disgusting memento cut from, presumably, the skin of a person. The piece burned in your palm and seemed to almost glow under the cast of pale moonlight. From where you had acquired this distasteful piece was unknown but you had a suspicion. It was from her. But you couldn’t seem to remember when she had given it to you. It confused you. Made your brain rot with its presence and possible implications. Why did you have this? Why would she, of all things, give this to you? The jigsaw piece made you think. And it made you walk.

Your twisted desire to understand the purpose of such a grotesque keepsake pushed you forward into the forest. It put fire under your feet and seemed alive as it led you through the quiet trees. Something about the jigsaw piece... was odd. Still moist with blood it looked almost familiar. But you pushed that thought aside and kept walking on. Step after step, foot before foot. Weaving through trees and pushing through small bushes. You had been walking for so long that your mind had begun to wander away from you. You were barely paying attention to your surroundings, everything just looked the same under that half-fill moon, until your foot hit concrete.

Your eyes focused and you saw the forest floor give way to cracked cement beneath your feet. Raising your head you were surprised to see the Gideon Meat Factory stand before you in all its glory. You didn’t actually believe you’d make it here. With all the stories you had heard about how the woods never let anyone leave the camp-fire, you just assumed that eventually, you would end up back where you started. Yet here you were, bathed in the flickering lights of the warehouse. But you didn’t give yourself time to ponder the small details nor gawk at the building's outward might. You were here now and she was waiting for you inside.

It was easy enough to squeeze through the large metal door and it was even easier to find your way around the interior. Its layout was exactly the same as it was in trails and you had had enough of them to know this place like the back of your hand. However, it wasn’t easy finding her. You had nothing to alert you to her presence, no heartbeat, no ominous aura, nothing. You had been searching for her for several minutes, trekking through the place as quiet and nimble as you could. Looking in corners and in all those little hiding spots you could remember that were downstairs. You were almost ready to give up when you stumbled upon her.

It was the room above the shit-covered bathroom. The walls were lined with pig-masks and designs for other torturous machines. In the center was a work table, on it were those signature devices, reverse bear traps the others called them. And working at the table, with their back towards you, was her. Wiry black hair cascaded down the shoulders of a red-coated woman. 

She didn’t seem to notice that you were there, your ability to remain silent impressing you. You were better than you thought. But now the problem was how to announce your appearance to her without triggering her attack mode. You considered clearing your throat. Or taking a more dramatic approach and just outright speaking. In the end, however, you didn’t have to decide anything. For she had already turned around to face you.

You froze. There was quite a distance between you two but even from where you were you could have sworn you saw her jump at the sight of you. Maybe you surprised her. The only reason she turned around was not to greet you but simply to retrieve a part for her project. Now she was stuck under your stare, shocked to see you in this place. 

There was a long silence between the two of you, in that time no one dared move. ‘So what now?’, you thought. ‘What do I say to her? Or do I just leave? Would she even let me leave?’ Again that decision was taken from you as you felt your own right hand move as if on its own accord. It reached out in front of you and dropped the jigsaw piece to the floor. Suddenly you knew what to say. You knew what to do.

“Who is that from?” Your voice carried around the metal walls of the warehouse. You were surprised, and if not a little grateful, that it sounded so normal and loud. She, however, didn’t seem to notice. Her eyes fixed solely on you. Under ordinary circumstances, you would have been terrified beneath that glare of hers. But now wasn’t the time to be scared. You had to fake it, fake your confidence and conviction until she did something. 

She didn’t. She never moved and never broke your stare. But as the tension built up, so did your understanding. She didn’t need to speak to give you an answer. You already knew who the jigsaw piece was from. You just didn’t want to admit it.

“No!” You cried. Your outburst echoed impressively around the whole building. “No. It can’t be from me!” You began patting your arms and legs as if to check yourself for something. “I’m not... missing anything! I...” your breathing hitched and you began to feel yourself becoming unhinged. Desperate you look up at her. “I haven’t died. I-I’d remember if I had! I’d remember if you had cut that”, you pointed the flesh on the ground, “from me.” 

You took a moment to bring your racing mind back under your control and as you did you were hit with the realization that you were wrong. Many times you had watched your friends get butchered by the killers yet somehow they’d always end up back at the camp-fire safe and healthy. No one ever seemed to remember that just hours before they were hacked into by a knife or someone’s claws. You assumed they just didn’t want to think about it but... it makes so much more sense if they just forgot. No one ever remembered their death, not even you.

You felt your hands begin to sweat. “How many times?” Your voice now was barely above a breathless whisper. Again she gave no verbal response, only watched as you came to your own conclusion. A lot. You felt your hands begin to shake. “All this time. All this death. And...” Your eyes began to swell. “I’m still not happy.’’ You had to stop yourself from crying. You could feel the wave start to  crescendo and you knew it wasn’t long before you’d break and drown. But you couldn’t do that here. Not in front of her. A flame burst inside you and gave you the strength to keep the thoughts at bay therefore not offering her the front row seat to the show of your fall into despair. You wanted to spite her. 

So you bit down of your sadness and, with newfound fire, scowled at her. She blinked in amused surprised. Although rage burned in your heart, you weren’t going to give her the satisfaction of watching you go up in flames. You were under control now, total control. You let your anger give you strength but you did not let it consume you. 

“Why do you hate me so much Pig?” You asked, your tone holding no emotion save for tired indifference. You were done playing games, tip-toeing around the fact that this whole situation is one big fuck up. You were tired and you just wanted answers. You couldn’t help but pass a small chuckle at her expected silence. “Of course, I know the answer to that as well.” Her interested peaked, she cocked her head ever so slightly to the side as an indication for you to elaborate. She was going to allow this, for the time being, you provided entertainment for her, a well-needed distraction from her otherwise mundane work. 

“I’m not stupid despite what you might believe.” You were picking up steam now, the words seeming to pour out of you like an unchecked facet. “I know it’s your job to kill us. The other killers like you do it because they like it, watching us all suffer. But you, are different.” You pause and cast your eye over to her, ensuring that she gave you her whole attention. “You hate me specifically. I’ve seen how you look at me. Forgive me if I sound egotistical but I cannot deny the way you seem to dislike me so much more than the others. You only ever want to see me suffer. You couldn’t care less about the others.”

The room hummed with the ever-flickering electrical lights and you watched her intently, waiting for a sign. She remained still but you could hear her breathing. Heavy and filled with anticipation. She was eager to hear your answer. “Those eyes, that look of utter angry and loathing, I’ve seen it all before. Its the look I give myself when I look in the mirror.” Pig raised her head and narrowed her eyes, where were you going with this?

“You hate me,” you swallowed, suddenly nervous at the prospect of revealing your ideas. “You hate me because I’m just like you.” This seemed to have stirred something within her as she inhaled slowly, puffing out her chest and squaring her shoulders. She didn’t like that accusation at all. It was a bold statement and her mannerisms indicated that you needed to provide proof for such a claim. You quickly obliged. “We’re the same, you and I. We both hate ourselves. We sit alone in self-made isolation and we drown ourselves in our own hatred. But, I suppose, the reason you stand there,” you point to her as if there was an imaginary line separating you and her, “and I stand here is that you took that hatred and dispelled it onto other people. And I...” You trailed off. Taking a deep breath you continued, you voice light with airy resentment.

“But I see that even after killing and hurting other people, after indulging yourself in what you thought would help you, you still have enough self-hatred left to...” your eyes trailed down her arm. She quickly shoved her hand behind her back and growled.

“Leave.’‘ Her voice boomed. It caught you so off guard that she even spoke to you that for a moment it didn’t even register what she said. Regardless you had come too far to just walk out now. So you remained put. She growled again. “Leave. Now!” Her voice was scratchy and deep, riddled with what sounded like neglect, like she hadn’t spoken in years. 

“Or what?’‘ You were getting cocky now, “You’ll kill me? I think if you really wanted me dead you would have done so the moment I-”. Suddenly you felt something hard strike your chest, knocking the air out of your lungs. She had lunged at you, closing the space between you two in one swift step. With incredible strength she tackled you to the ground, your head hitting the floor with a dull thud and making your vision blurry and leaving everything smelling like copper. She loomed over your chest, blade no longer hidden beneath her sleeve.

“You know nothing of me!’‘ Her voice oozed with an animalistic need for violence and blood. “How dare you come here and make such statements! You know nothing.’‘ She was breathing heavily now, unhinged and letting her emotions run away with her. You looked up at her and saw yourself looking back. You saw a person with the ability to hurt and the ability to do horrible things. She was in a dark place but if your theory was correct and she was truly like you, then she could come back. Or at least, try. You sighed.

“So I was right. We really are alike.” You expected her to end you, to drag that knife across your throat and end you but she didn’t. The Pig’s eyes widened as she realized she was playing right into your trap. She was in the same state of hysterics that you were in just moments before. She looked down at you on the floor between her legs and wanted nothing more to kill you. But she didn’t. For some reason, she could no longer find the will to hate you anymore. 

Slowly the Pig’s breathing regulated and her body lost its stiff tension. ‘This is all so stupid’, she thought, ‘This kid, this stupid little brat... has come all this way just to see me?’ She looked down at you and saw no fear in your eyes. There was nothing, no contempt or resilience. Only exhaustion and something she knew all too well, the look of someone who didn’t care if they died. You weren’t scared, you were just here and you were just waiting. How she envied that, how you didn’t appear to care about dying. About losing your legacy and being a disappointment. She didn’t want to fade, she was given new life and wanted nothing more than to preserve it. But she went too far and let it consume her until she was left with nothing but the hatred for herself because she knew that she will never be good enough for him. Or for you.

She didn’t want to think about all those horrible things she had done to you. She couldn’t bear the thought of it all. She didn’t deserve this. She was immoral, unjust and a failure. Her head began to swell with all the self-directed detest and you watched as she began to slip away back into that dark place. You needed to pull her back somehow. You needed to keep her here long enough so that she could find herself again. You reached and gently touched the hand clenched around the neck of your shirt. She filched at your fingers and snapped her head towards you. For a moment you thought she was going to attack you but instead all you saw was...

“Brown.” You whispered. She blinked, confused.

“What did you say?”

“Brown.” You repeated just as vague as the first time. “I always thought your eyes were empty and black but they’re brown.” The Pig gawked at you, disbelieving and utterly shocked. Eventually, she let out a breathless laugh.

“You’re fucking crazy.” She sighed and stood up. Surprisingly she offered you a hand. After a moment's hesitation, you took it. “Just like me.”

  ~

The next time you encountered The Pig was in a trail. You had been preparing yourself for the worst but nothing too brutal or devastating happened. It was ordinary, well as ordinary as things could be in a place like this. When she eventually downed you and stuck her head into the jaws of that metal contraption, she seemed to linger above you. You inhaled sharply when you felt a hand slip into your back jean pocket. It was her. You didn’t need to see what she had given you in order to know what it was. Another jigsaw piece. She wanted you to come back.

The thought of returning to her alone and without the judgment of the cosmic ‘thing’ that drove her to madness ignited something inside you. And you couldn’t help but feel a small smile tug at the corners of your lips.

[edgarrbones]

( ross butler, twenty-one, cis male ) my goodness, is EDGAR BONES back? it’s been a while since the PUREBLOOD has been around the castle, but I’d recognize HIM anywhere. rumor has it the SEVENTH YEAR spent the years aligned with the ORDER. but I hear they’re still CONFIDENT & LOYAL and RASH & STUBBORN. and the HUFFLEPUFF still reminds me of regrets edged deep into your mind, hair purposefully styled into a mess, fighting for what you believe in no matter the cost, impulsive decisions to be regretted only seconds later, and lighting up a room with just one smile. well, then, I guess some things never change.   ( mar, 22, gmt+1, she/her ) 

hi y’all this is mar w/ my other child, i totally thought i had a bio for edgar or at LEAST a description somewhere .... but alas, i do not, so this is probs an even bigger mess than my emma intro sry !

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒.

full name: edgar dominic bones.

nickname(s): ed, eddie.

birthdate: december 15th.

sexuality: bisexual.

positives: confident, loyal, sociable.

neutrals: passionate, mercurial, rebellious.

negatives: rash, stubborn, thickheaded.

extracurriculars: keeper, care of magical creatures (president).

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓.

tw for parental death.  ( find a TL;DR at the bottom )

edgar was raised in wizarding world middle-upper class privilege, his father a renowned hit wizard, his mother head of the ministry’s goblin liaison office. they were purebloods, not pure enough to be of the sacred twenty-eight, but just enough to avoid haughty looks from those who were, and considering they stayed out of pureblood ideology issues, nothing and no one really bothered the bones’ family. 

he grew up without much ambition, his parents provided everything he needed, he wasn’t smart enough to think about high educational goals, and with the bones family being so distanced from the pureblood ideology spiel, he didn’t care much about politics either. edgar always figured he’d probably land a cozy ministry job, or, if he really tried his best, a decent position on a quidditch team somewhere.

my boy edgar made a couple mistakes along the years, making friends with the wrong people, or just not bothering to stand up for others when they were harassed by those same people, even when he felt bad about it. neutrality was his little safeguard, and he refused to leave that bubble of comfort — because why would he?

i imagine he was pretty cool with most of the other students tho, even when he was pretty blasé about everything, he’s always been easy to make friends with, and his confidence and smile was pretty damn contagious to others.

so, seventh year, tragedy struck at hogwarts, but tragedy struck at home for edgar too. his father arrested the wrong wizard, injured the man and made sure to put him on trial, and just like that, death eaters found and killed him for it. 

no school, no job, and a household filled with nothing but grief, edgar fell into a pretty deep darkness. he only started climbing out of it when the order of the phoenix approached him, telling him that he could avenge his father’s death, that he could make sure this didn’t happened to anyone else as well, basically that he could make a difference if he fought with them, and it lit a fire under his ass. 

he’s been in hit wizard training for the last two years, learning, becoming a better duelist, and he’s been making serious progress. on the side, he worked with the order, notifying them of what he found out at the ministry, and fighting in some of their battles. the department wanted him to finish his education at hogwarts, saying that it was good to learn more before he advanced, and so he’s returned.

TL;DR — edgar was raised in a pretty privileged environment, which caused him to be unambitious and kinda uncaring about everything. he was easy to make friends with, but nothing ever got really close to him because he was just so blasé about everything and everyone. his father was killed by death eaters around the same time hogwarts closed, which made him realize he wanted to join the order and fight to avenge his father. he’s spent the years off working as a hit wizard trainee, learning more about the conflict, and becoming more passionate in his fighting. 

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃.

ahhhhh have some wanted connections from me idk what i’m doing tbh

ONE. i would love to have some ppl he used to be friends with and now kinda realizes they are Bad News, so he’s pulled away from them big time but its still very enticing to him and he feels weird about the whole situation, probably acts rly snarky

TWO. i would ALSO love him to have like, some newer friends or old friends he’s grown closer to over the last years because he no longer acts so uncaring abt everything, i imagine he’s grown quite close to these people tbh??? 

THREE. enemies!!!!!! give me enemies for him of people who he used to not care about or former friends or just anything really??? he’s pretty impulsive and kind of an idiot so i can see his anger getting the best of him and just picking fights

FOUR. so edgar is..... lowkey very much the lovey dovey type and i think he’s kinda got used to pulling in dates and hookups quite easily, so honestly.... i’d love for him to crush big time on someone who will NOT give him the time of day

[i-rove-rock-n-roll]

My Wips (and their progress)

Not in any particular order. This is also not all of them, just the ones I’m working on currently or plan to work on in the near future

Icarus--3rd draft, almost complete, currently standing at 68,490 words!

Icarus survived the fall and a bruised body isn’t going to stop him from getting back to his father. Unfortunately, he is whisked all the way to Libya and into a completely different bout of family drama, involving two brothers and a case of human sacrifice. Meanwhile, Minos, the king Icarus and his father escaped from, is hot on finding Daedalus, who is torn between mourning and denial, refusing to give up searching for his son. The ultimate question is ‘who finds who first?’

links here! (though I’ll probably add more in the future!)

Ariadne-- sequel to Icarus, follows Ariadne as she learns how to fully enjoy life and finds love with a deity named Dionysus. not even close to being done, standing around 8,000 words. Everything you love about Greek theater and drama all rolled into one. Also has a bunch of angry gods in it.

Helen--a retelling of the life of Helen and the Iliad from the point of view of a true daughter of Zeus and queen of Sparta. Helen is really tired of getting kidnapped, people. That’s all I’m gonna say.. A sequel (of sorts) to the previous two. Just started.

Medea--love and heartbreak of Medea, famous for both her use of magic and her relationship with a guy named Jason. And the fact that Theseus is apparently her stepson. And for being ruthless and killing her children (which lots of Greek characters did, I mean, hello Agamemnon, what’s up Tantalus) so her story is gonna have tons of drama. 

Set somewhere before and after Icarus and Ariadne, this is the fourth in my mythology series and has literally one line done.

Cain--about 3,000 words

Cain has wandered the earth since his brother’s death. He has lived among the homeless, walked across continents and sailed across seas. He hasn’t had a home for hundreds--thousands-- of years. Then he walks into St. Mary’s church and meets Father Turrell, a sarcastic priest that lives on coffee, chili, and musicals. Father Turrell offers Cain a job, and despite his better judgement, Cain accepts. What follows is mayhem, and Cain’s safe haven, like all his others, is ruined. But now he has Father Turrell stubbornly refusing to let Cain leave without him. So they begin to wander...and trouble follows. 

Redemption Day, about 15,000 words

When Gram Niesler returned home from prison, the last thing he expected was to be blamed for was arson. Especially considering the Donaldson’s house burned down before he’d even returned to town. Thankfully things straighten out, but Gram is soon hit with the truth that his cousin Nicki, who he still remembers as having skipped rope and painted his face with glitter, is the one behind the fire. Stranger still is her reasoning. Vengeance for her girlfriend’s death is one thing, but with literal angels and devils whispering in her ear, Gram is both trying to keep Nicki out of trouble, and tasked with helping her create a trial Armageddon. 

Reincarnation Series (No real Title yet)-- Follows the reincarnations of various deities in the modern world. Kicking things off are the duo Hunahpu and Xbalanque aka the Mayan Hero Twins! 

They always knew their dad was out of the picture, being a famous soccer player, but it’s when the twins go to find him that things get real weird, real fast. Confronted with magician half siblings and a snarky old grandmother, the twins have to wonder when their father will be home to see them. The answer, of course, is that they have to go find him. (That’s basically what I got so far both for a synopsis and a plot)

Wards and Wolfsbane (Tentative Title but idk what else to call it)  (K, so this one is also probably going to be a series as well, the first book focused on the relationship between two wolf born siblings who meet a witch. They are all just learning their history, of this wide world full of monsters and magic. Will also have vamps and other assorted magical folk hiding out) Just started the world-building, it’s Urban fantasy.

Witches and Werewolves have been at war for centuries, only made worse by the history of hunters and burnings. Each side has cause, has killers. 

Has children. 

These children are the ones that wish to change things, to form an alliance. Because they see a danger that their forbears do not. 

There is something else behind the curtain. And it’s coming very soon. 

Aztlán--my first spanish (well right now it’s spanglish) wip!

This follows a close circle of people during either the Mexican-American War or the Revolutionary war of Mexico (I haven’t decided if I’m doing two separate wips for each yet) It has plots, spies, explosions, grief, mourning, betrayal, funerals, weddings gone wrong, etc. Here’s a sneak peek in español 

Down We Fall--about 15-16,000

A story of weddings and political chess that begins with the bride stabbing the groom. The prince and the princess had been promised to each other as children, had grown up together as best friends, had told each other everything. 

But saying I love you was out of the question. 

In the realm of politics, both their kingdoms are struggling. Between infighting for current ruling authority and anarchy caused by the citizens, the pressure is put on. Something has to give. The prince and princess are not yet king and queen after all. The King is dead so who rules the chessboard? 

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[thegooddoctorheadcanonsarchive]

‘Sup

Alright, so. I guess this post has been a long time coming, and I’ll try to keep it as succinct as I can. But with the constant messages in my inbox and the comments on my fics (Do No Harm in particular) I’m just gonna put this here.

From the moment The Good Doctor came out, I was in love with it. I loved its message, its story, its characters. And for a long time it was amazing. I found my inspiration to write again, you all seemed to like my work, people were even recognizing me and asking for me. The second half of season one, when it came back...it wasn’t as great, but it was okay still. I just figured I had to wait for it to get out of its dry spell.

But that dry spell’s still going on.

The Good Doctor's potential is being wasted. Because the writing is so bad. Not even from a personal, opinionated viewpoint, like “Oh, I don’t like how Jared had to leave, I miss him and the show’s not the same.” No, that’s not it. From the technical, fundamental viewpoint of writing, it’s bad. As I see it; you may not agree and that’s fine (I am not going to argue with anyone on this post). This is just me explaining myself and my absence from the fandom as of late.

The show...is not a show. It is episodes. Separate and disconnected, there is no flow from one to another, no overreaching plotlines (save for the one about Glassman’s cancer that is so often added more as an afterthought and somehow has little to do with Shaun) no motifs no lessons no building. You tune in for one episode (maybe the plot stretches to two if you’re lucky), you watch it, and then afterwards...that’s it. A plot/plot point wasn’t wrapped up or explained in that timeslot? Sucks, fill in the blanks yourself. (Ex: Claire’s ‘determination’ to bring Coyle to justice that was immediately dropped. Shaun leaving out tuna for the cat trying to draw it in, only to never see it again. Lim’s ticket nobody cared about in the first place; we didn’t even see where that out-of-place plot went. What happened to that lawyer guy? Andrew’s wife? She’s not important anymore, you don’t need to find out what happens even though we spent so long detailing the issue to you. Jared and the patient that liked him? What patient that liked him?)

We are expected as an audience just to...accept things in passing without question, which is not what we should have to do. Stories should be shown and explained. Not shoved in our face so quickly all we can do is accept it, or stories so vague they don’t answer any of our questions so we just stop asking. (Ex: Lea’s back from Hershey. We’ll tease you with explaining why she left and why it was such a big deal even though she was only gone for about a handful of episodes before we just brought her back suddenly, but that’s all you get. Kenny’s in jail. Yeah, he stole somethin’ or idk. Jessica’s gone. Don’t ask why, she’s not important. Heck, even Glassman being fired and Shaun being let off the hook and Andrews being made president...just glossed over. Told to us through narration mostly.)

It’s as if they don’t trust that they have enough time to properly build and structure a naturally-developing plot that makes sense, so they try to shoehorn it all into one compact episode and think we’ll still be as invested...which doesn’t work. (Ex: Melendez and Lim should have slept together more than just the once. They should have been sleeping together for some time, we should have seen them slowly round the corner into “Maybe it’s more than just sex” we should have gotten to actually associate and care about them as a couple, and then, episodes later, the quarantine should have happened, which would make the plotline so much more palpable and actually interesting...not to mention logical. Same with Tyler and Morgan. You cannot expect the audience to be attached to a person we met fifteen minutes ago and be sad when they die. Literally, we were smacked going into the finale with: “Oh yeah, by the way, these two couples are a thing, care about them.” ...No, I didn’t care. At all. I was bored. Because I didn’t even actually know that guy’s name until after he died, that was how sudden and odd his character was. There should have been build-up with that too. Even if it was just a couple flirting scenes over episodes!!! Like, it’s not hard!!!) Literally, if you told me the writers had no idea where they were going with the story, and they were writing blind and just seeing where it went episode by episode, I would believe you one hundred percent. Because it just seems unplanned. Worse than unplanned! I never know what’s going to happen in any of my fics when I start them, but I never actually show that...even I can do a better job of planning and connecting...and I don’t.

ALSO IMPORTANT: Not taking the time to build to those things specifically (couples that suddenly have to watch the other part of them die/be in danger and other situations like that) is one thing and one thing only: it is a cheap way to get the audience to be upset. It’s cheap. And that’s what the show is now. All its heart-string tugs, they’re too sudden or awkward, because the writers don’t want to show the growth and the layering to it, they just want you to be sad or ‘interested’ and that’s it.)

The characters we’ve grown to know and love (the ones that are still around...) are not the same. They are different people, and it’s sad to watch them act directly against the traits we’ve come associate with them. (Ex: Claire ‘apologizing’ to Melendez, and being proud that she is willingly making herself look like the one in the wrong just to save his ego. Claire would never do that. She is strong-willed and independent, and she has worked too hard to step down for anyone, especially a man. Glassman and Shaun told each other they loved each other at the end of season one. A moment that made us all scream, a moment that was actually built up to for once, a moment that we were waiting for, that was so important to both of them...and a moment that was immediately forgotten. Throughout season two, Shaun has been significantly detached from Glassman and his treatment for someone that was so distraught before. There have been a couple cute/supportive moments...but only a couple. For a large majority, they’ve ignored one another. Glassman giving up so easily, knowing that Shaun is trapped with a virus and not even calling anyone to ask how he is???? Nope. #NotMyGlassman. Lim yelling at Claire in season one for not supporting her as women in power that need to stick together and show one another respect, only to immediately snap and scream at the judge during her trial in season two, and stroking Melendez’s ego as well.)

Plotlines and conflicts. They are overly dramatic and don’t make sense when you step back and look at them, not to mention there are so many infuriating double standards just to make an issue. (Ex: It’s such an issue Shaun cannot express empathy, but when Park talks down to a patient for having weight loss surgery and outs him to his husband, and when Morgan is...Morgan 24/7, there’s no issue at all. Obviously Shaun is the only one in the wrong. Just like he was the only one in the wrong for Lea demanding forgiveness and calling him a jackass, even though she’s never been shown to be that high-strung especially to Shaun. He’s wrong there, too, nobody else. For reasons entirely unrelated to what you’re thinking about, yessir. These are direct plotlines just colliding with each other because the writers cannot keep track of them.)

Look...there are just so many more things I could go on to say. But this post is getting too long. I don’t want to leave the fandom altogether; some part of me still hopes the writing will pull through and the show will get back to the way it was. So I’ll keep watching and waiting for that. But for now, that is why I can’t bring myself to write headcanons or fics or anything like that, and why it just pains me when people ask me to. The show isn’t as investing, as emotional, as meaningful. It’s degraded, and I can’t be happy with it right now. Or write for it. 

There are other shows that had better writing, had better truer-to-themselves characters, kept the feeling it had from the pilot straight to its final episode, had overreaching/steady/connecting plotlines, was detailed to the very core, kept in mind everything it stood for, but have been unfairly forgotten, and I miss. And I miss The Good Doctor too, but not for the same reason. I miss The Good Doctor because ever since last winter finale, it’s gone downhill and it’s still going downhill. And it kind of pains me to see the difference between those.

Not gonna delete this blog, I’ll still be here the way I have been popping in every so often...but just for the people that ask where I am/comment on DNH/message me and ask why I’m not writing. This is why. Just made a post for them. 

[wlw-with-reader]

On You

Ship: Lena Luthor x Reader

For:  😋

[the reader works at L-Corp and no one knows they’re dating so when one of the other employees flirt with the reader Lena notices and gets super jealous/clingy and ends up making out with them the moment they’re alone? Idk they could even be called into her office ;)]

Working at L Corp was a dream come true. Employees knew that despite how the media portrayed Lena Luthor, you all knew how fortunate you were to be working for her. Multiple benefits and still being able to go home in time for dinner, and it was no wonder why no one left unless they planned on moving to another state or country. 

You were currently in the lab completing trial run #347. Lena had selected you and seven other individuals to work on this project. If all went well by trial run #1000, the lives of those in National City would vastly improve. And perhaps you’d be able to spend more time with your girlfriend. Your girlfriend, who was your personal reason for not wanting to leave L Corp, and just so happened to be your boss. Yes, you were both professional at work, most of the time. But behind closed doors with no one else in the room besides the two of you, there were no rules, just skin on skin and heartbeats dancing. 

_______

Lena was on her way to go see you when she saw another woman practically shove her boobs in your face. Yet being you, you were completely oblivious. A trait that Lena found endearing, but in this moment, she was upset. 

How was this woman working in the labs with you and not distracting everyone from their jobs? And how were you not noticing she was flirting with you? Surely, you couldn’t be that blind. Lena looked, and you were. You were completely blind to anyone flirting with you. Yet, it didn’t help the jealousy bubbling inside of Lena. Lena knew she couldn’t fire this woman. She could, however, promote her to a different lab in a different country. Yes, she needed to speak with Jess right away. Then, Lena could spend time with you. Just to remind you who you were with. 

_______

“Y/N, great news! I’ve been promoted!”

“That is great news! Do you know when and where you start?”

“I actually have a flight to catch. I’m going to just have my roommate send my things to me. I actually start in two days, but I’ll need time to settle in. I’m on my way to the airport now. And it’s actually in Japan I’ll be going to.”

“That’s your dream place! Congratulations! Now go! I’ll clean up your desk here and give it to your roommate to send to you. Have a safe flight!”

“Thanks, Y/N! Bye!”

You smiled at your colleague and you were beyond ecstatic for her to receive a promotion. You turned your attention back to the prototype you were working on and when it came time to hand deliver Lena the results, you turned off your equipment on your lab bench before heading upstairs. This day just seemed to be one of the good ones. You held onto that belief until you walked into Lena’s office, and she was giving you a soft glare, but a glare, nonetheless.

_______

“Hi, Ms. Luthor. Here are the results. Is there something else you’d like to discuss before I leave for home?”

“Everyone’s gone home for the day, Y/N. And Jess is leaving in an hour or so.”

“Hi, Lena. How was your day?”

“My day? I should be asking about yours instead, Y/N.”

“My day was great. One of my colleagues received a promotion today and left for their dream country right away. But I’m sure you already knew that.”

“Yes, your former colleague. Yes, she was given a promotion. She was on a list, and I can honestly say when I saw her today, I knew I couldn’t postpone her promotion any longer.”

You could hear some anger beneath your girlfriend’s words. But why?

“Honey, what’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong is that my girlfriend had a woman practically naked before them, and they didn’t even notice. Your former colleague had her boobs so close to your face, it could have been a porn scene.”

“Lena, I’m sorry I didn’t pay her that kind of attention. You’re my girlfriend. You’re the only one I ever think of in that way. I’ll try to pay more attention and if this ever happens again, I’ll be happy to let anyone know that I’m taken. I won’t say who, don’t worry.”

“No. No more hiding our relationship. I’m sorry I asked you to keep it a secret, Y/N. Yet, it has come to my attention, it would be better suited for everyone, if they knew about you.”

“Lena, I know you’re a little jealous about what happened today, but it is for safety reasons. I’m okay being with you in the shadows.”

“I’m not jealous, Y/N. You are mine, and I am yours. Simple as that. And in case, you need a reminder, well, we have all night and all of tomorrow for that.”

Lena pulled you closer to her. She kissed you as if to prove to you that you would never find someone else like her. And you knew that. You also knew she didn’t have to prove anything. But you wouldn’t turn down an evening with her. The two of you hadn’t gotten any alone time in months because of breakthroughs and meetings. And the way she was already marking you with bites, you couldn’t wait for the evening to truly begin. You liked a jealous Lena. But you knew you had to do better in making sure others respected your personal space. You couldn’t have Lena doubt your love for her. 

😋 Let me know what you think!

[calliecat93]

RWBY V6 CH8 Review: Dead End

Last week, Kerry revealed that the finale would take place on January 26th, which since this week was a holiday, totals to a 13 episode season. It's one episode short from last year, but hey 13 is a standard number for an anime season, so fair enough. Also sorry that this took so long, I had... stuff happen with the blog the past few days. But it's fixed now, I posted Chapter 7 yesterday, and now it's time to cover Chapter 8! Lets get to it!

Overview

Team RWBY, Qrow, and Maria at at Argus' military base, but are denied access by the... bizarre twin guards. I think that they may be based on The Cards form Alice in Wonderland, and it'll be more clear why in a bit. The heroes are forced to play the Weiss Schnee card, and it gets the guards to agree to fetch their commanding officer. But to the ire of all the Winter fans out there... it's not her. Maria thinks that she knows who it is though, and they happen to be enemies because said CO put Maria on the advanced screening list for life for taking cashews on a flight. Sheesh. But hey, maybe Maria's right and she's dead! Funniest moment of the episode BTW.

The CO of the Argus base is an egotistical elderly woman known as Caroline Cordovan. She displays much of the attitude that we expect from Atlas characters. Egotistical, boastful, authoritarian, and sees Atlas as the greatest kingdom of all. She had already refused to help JNR, who are also there, and it's pretty clear that she's not going to help the group still. They try to reason with her by explaining that they know that Atlas isn't at fault for Beacon, but it only makes it worst. Cordovan DOES offer to take Weiss home if she's come to her senses... but isn't going to do the same for her friends of 'questionable nature' while looking at Blake. Wow, she's a racist. Lovely. When Weiss questions this, Cordovan slams the gates int heir faces. I agree with Maria's previous sentiment, she's a she-devil. I'm pretty sure that she's supposed to be the Queen of Hearts considering her personality, which would explain the guards being the Cards.

With the plan reaching... well, a dead end, Qrow calls it quits and goes to drink. So he obviously learned nothing form Brunswick! JNR just suggests coming up with a plan without him, pointing out that they still have Ozpin. Que an awkward beat and we cut to later... where Jaune punches a hole in his sister's wall. I hope she has home insurance. So yeah... JNR doesn't take the truth well. Even Nora is pissed off. I'm... mixed about this. It's very understandable for them to be angry and upset, especially considering they lost Pyrrha due to this. But it does bring up a minor critique I have. The response to Salem being un-killable and Ozpin not having a true plan have all ha done reaction: anger and giving up. Some took ti worst than others, but it's still the same. The only one who hasn't is Ruby, which helps but it makes the fact that no one is wondering 'well maybe we can win without killing Salem' or 'maybe we can ask Jinn if there's a way to defeat Salem and not destroy her' hasn't been brought up once. It gets annoying when, even though you understand why everyone is reacting the way that they are, no one has had any logical thought since and continue to spew in their negativity, like Qrow is. All I'm saying is let the reactions be a bit more diverse, if only to keep this from getting either predictable or just irritating.

Oscar tries to calm everyone down, pointing out that they aren't the bad guys in this. Jaune questions this however before storming over to Oscar, wanting to know if he had known about this the whole time. Even when Weiss tries to say he didn't, Jaune grabs the farmboy and slams him into the wall, questioning where his loyalties stand and even if it's even Oscar that they're talking to. Throughout, Oscar is clearly terrified and it only ends when Ruby calls out Jaune. To the paladin's credit, this get shim to realize what he's doing and is clearly horrified. He backs away before going upstairs, Nora and Ren soon following and wanting to be left alone. The RWBY girls also scatter, leaving a clearly distraught Oscar. Great for none of you to check if he's okay or not. Doing a bang up job ladies.

As the others go to get food, Ruby goes outside to an absolutely beautiful butterfly garden. She's trying to call Qrow to find out where he is, but she gets nothing and throws her Scroll in frustration. It's clear that all of this is beginning to get to Ruby, something that Maria, who had gone back there to avoid the yelling, sees as well. Ruby explains how with everything happening, she's at a loss of what to do. Maria can't help with that, or at least she can't without it defeating the purpose, but she does offer to help Ruby feel better if she's sick of not knowing about things. Yes my friends, we are FINALLY going to talk about the Silver Eyes! I have waited for this for so long!!!

When Ruby explains what she does know, aka more or less nothing Maria explains that there isn't much known about the bloodline. She was lucky as she was trained by her father, who we can assume was also a Silver Eyed Warrior. He taught Maria all that she knew and it led her to scoring higher on the Huntress Exam than any other applicant without having to even attend one of the academies. But if the Silver Eyes are so powerful, why are they so rare? Simple, they were hunted down and killed by Salem. This is why Maria took on a masked persona and hid things such as her name, to hide her powers and not be a target. Of course, we all know how that ended, and Maria credits her survival to both her training and her Semblance. The latter is revealed to be what she dubs Preflexes, which is more or less Spider Man's Spidey Sense. She can sense things before they happen and can be one move ahead of her opponent due to it. Awesome!

Ruby is all set to learn to vaporize monsters with her eyeballs... which earns her a bonk on the head. I guess Maria attended the Rafiki School of Mentorship. The Silver Eyes aren't fueled by the desire to destroy Grimm, it is powered by the desire to protect people. On every case where Ruby used the powers thus far (Pyrrha's death, Jaune facing Cinder, The Apathy), she did so because she was trying to save someone and it allowed her to freeze the Wythern and vaporize the Apathy.  Maria goes on to explain that where the Grimm were created by the God of Darkness, the light of the Silver Eyes comes form his brother, the God of Creation. How does Maria know this? Well remember in Jinn's vision when the God turned into the dragon for the first time? We saw a burst of light that vaporized the Grimm. I thought that was just the effects of the transformation.. wow I feel stupid! That is an awesome detail!

Now since the light only effects Grimm, any training that Ruby can get is going to be a trial by fire. But Maria does suggest that the young huntress can work to create a mindset that she can turn to in order to unleash the power when she needs to. But Ruby is confused by something. The light on works on Grimm, right? Well if you recall, Ruby was able to use it on Cinder back in Haven... IDK how she remembers this since Emerald knocked her out immediately, but still. Now we all know why that is, but Ruby doesn't. Which has Maria suggest that maybe there's something that the huntress isn't seeing. But anymore talk comes to an end as Ruby and JNR are informed that Oscar has gone missing. Well... shit.

Review

Of the episodes so far, it's safe to say that this may be the weakest. But only in terms of it being an exposition/build-up episode instead of an action episode or something along those lines. I can't call it bad though as a lot of good came out of this episode. The first half was pretty dang funny. Caroline is terrible, but her boastful personality makes her entertaining to watch at the very least. Maria was comedy gold here with her rant about the cashews and the 'Maybe she's dead!” line. Again, funniest moment in the episode. It's nice that we got to have a couple of laughs before the heavy stuff came back in because... haha, IDT we're going to be having many more light-heated moments in these last five episodes. Call it a hunch.

As I said, while I would like for the group to have some cold hard logic hit them already, Team JNR's reactions are completely understandable. Jaune especially. Really, he's got the most reason out of everyone aside form maybe Qrow to be angry. Remember, Pyrrha got killed because of this and even she wasn't aware of all the details when the whole Fall Maiden thing happened. We can argue about the circumstances all that we want, Pyrrha still died trying to do what was right, and ever since everything that Jaune has done has been to not let her death be in vain. So finding out that all of that was for nothing? I can't blame him for being angry or how he reacted. Am I defending him? Hell no. Oscar did NOTHING wrong. The way that Jaune manhandled him was horrifying and seeing this young kid clearly terrified was just wrong. But it still makes sense hwy Jaune reacted that way all things considered, and to his credit he DID realize what he was doing and stopped. And we find out that Oscar is gone, it is very clear that Jaune feels remorseful for taking his anger out on Oscar and of what could happen to him now. Out of everyone so far aside from Oscar, I sympathize with Jaune the most.

Who I have lost my sympathy for however is Qrow. He is just...a  mess. Brunswick was bad enough, but now? Look, I know how hard it is to let go of addiction, especially considering how bad of a mental state that Qrow is in. But after how his drinking caused him to be so out of it that he failed to realize that the kids that he's responsible for to get killed, it's becoming more and more difficult to feel bad for him. He SAW what his carelessness could have led to, and even now he hasn't learned. Because of it, Ruby has to be the adult trying to keep everyone going despite all the circumstances, and she has to try and find him on top of everything else. It's at the point where this can't go unaddressed anymore. Ruby or someone needs to give Qrow an intervention and outright tell him to stop. I imagine that it'll get ugly, but if something isn't done soon, then most likely Qrow is going to get either himself or someone else killed. It's time for him to stop the self-loathing.

Okay, lets try to talk about something more positive, like the Silver Eyes! First, I need to say this again. Maria has been a delight as a character and has just fit right in with the cast. Funny, sassy, practical, she's been a great addition and is the kind of character that Ruby needs to mentor her. I loved hearing some details about her past, like her relationship with her father and how she became a Huntress. It's exposition, sure, but it's used to show Maria's experience and wisdom. We learn more about a character that so far the fandom really loves, and it serves a purpose. We also see her intelligence as she pieced together about the source of the Silver Eyes powers just form Jinn's vision. She is very much what Ruby needs. She's an optimistic character, but also firm and wise. She can push Ruby in the right direction without being too harsh or too nice. Hopefully she sticks around after this season because she's such a welcome addition.

As for Ruby, she continues to be a bright spot in the season. She's trying so hard, but the weight is really beginning to get to her. She had to stop Jaune from physically hurting someone, is being ignored by Qrow and his unreliableness is clearly upsetting her, and she feels like she's letting everyone down due to how hopeless everything seems. She is meant to be an inspiring, hopeful figure and she is trying her damnest to be this way. After the initial plan went up in smoke, her first response is to comfort Weiss and again assure her that they won't leave her side. She's stepped up as a leader, but she's till a 16, maybe 17 if Lindsay can be believed, year old girl in a very difficult situation and with Qrow intoxicated and Oz gone, she has to be the adult. She has to look after everyone and keep them on track. She has to try and encourage them and not give up, and so far that doesn't seem to be working. This girl has so much pressure on her because everyone else has given up, and it's starting to weigh on her. Will this be the season where she breaks down? It's hard to say, but I do think that before the volume is over, we're going to see some kind of reaction out of her.

On the upside however, after so long, Ruby is finally learning about the Silver Eyes. She's asking questions. She's excited to learn to use this power. She actively WANTS to learn about it. This is what I have been hoping for ever since the end of V3. This is the moment where we are seeing Ruby beginning to go from a rookie fresh out of Beacon long before she was ready, to taking the steps to becoming the Huntress that she has always wanted to be. In light of everything and even with her doubts, Ruby has stepped up as a leader, has yet to give up despite how hopeless it looks, and is still determined to do what's right. Now she has a mentor to teach her to use her gift, something unique to her, and hopefully that can help ignite the will to continue on. Ruby's goal has always been to be a Huntress to help people, and overtime that has gone form naive ambition to seeing how dark the world can be, and wanting to do whatever is possible to do good because it's the right thing to do. Ozpin was right about what he said in V5, she truly is an inspiring figure, and this is why. Even in face of the hopelessness and everyone around her giving up, she hasn't. Will she? It's hard to say, but there is no doubt that no matter what tries to keep Ruby down, she'll face it and she will somehow pull everyone up with her. This volume, more than any other, has made that clear and I love it.

What helps that entire scene, of course, is both the setting and the music. The garden is absolutely beautiful, having a very calming atmosphere, which after the blowup was very much needed. The butterflies also added to the beauty and calmness. Apparently blue butterflies can symbolize change, and butterflies in general can symbolize life. You see it in anime all the time. It's perfect symbolism here as Ruby seeks to change herself and become a Silver Eyed Warrior, so it's a very welcome touch. And the music... gosh the music is so beautiful and serene. Jeff and Alex once more killed it, especially with the new renditions of Red Like Roses and This Will be the Day. Very nostalgic and it added to this being about Ruby taking that next step forward. Very well done!

Then of course we have the ending. Oscar is missing. For the moment, we will assume that he has left of his own volition due to the manhandling and the questioning of his identity, which was already a problem for him. And... is anyone surprised? I mean Jaune shoving him alone would be enough reason to leave. But the way everyone keeps seeing him as Ozpin, directing the anger at him even if unintentionally, and how no one seemed to care about how he's felt about all of this. Only Ruby ever did, and Qrow made sure to kill that. Of course he would leave. No one trusts him and now even he's questioning who he is and what to do now that it looks like they will inevitably lose. Hopefully he will be found safe and sound and will come back. And hopefully everyone will apologize, or Jaune will at the very least. For now, all that we can do is worry about his safety until Saturday roles around.

Final Thoughts

This may not have been the heaviest chapter, but it was still enjoyable. The first half was entertaining and did a good job of setting up the next obstacle for our heroes. The second half was very much emotional and Jaune's reaction was pretty much what we were expected. The exposition was welcomed and added to the scene instead of dragging it down. And of course we're left on a cliffhanger that is mean, but not 'Weiss just got stabbed' levels of mean. Overall, while it may be the weakest episode of the volume so far, I still give it two thumbs up! Great work!

[dlwritings]

All I Saw Was You | Bucky Barnes (pt 2)

masterlist found here

pairing - 1940s!Bucky x reader word count - 2,422 warnings - your heart might shatter idk though A/N - MY HEART SHATTERED I HATE MYSELF

summary - The one long after you outshine Peggy

(part 1)

James,

I know people call you Bucky, but I’m going to call you James. I think it suits you.

I hope everything is going well and that you’re safe. How’s the war? I guess that’s a dumb question. Of course the war isn’t good. It’s a war. How are you? Hopefully good. I’m sorry. I don’t know how to write a letter to a soldier. I’ve never done it before. What do we talk about? What do I ask you? Do we talk about the war? Do we not talk about the war? What do letters from soldiers look like? Is it going to be covered in dirt like you wrote it on the battlefield? I’m sorry. This isn’t a very good letter. I wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t write me back. I wouldn’t write me back. This really isn’t going well, is it?

Remember when I said guys never choose me over Peggy? This is probably why. I’m not very good with words, written or spoken. I can’t imagine it’s easy to have a conversation with me. Hopefully your letter will help me figure out how I’m supposed to do this. I’m sorry I’m not very good at this

Sending my love,

(Y/N)

(Y/N),

Oh doll, your letter sure made me smile.

The war is as expected. I’ll spare you the details, but I’m good and safe. Tired, but good and safe. We’re awake more than we sleep, always heading out for battles or to save some of our captured. I haven’t slept in a bed for more than 3 hours in a row in weeks.

We can talk about whatever we want. You don’t have to ask me anything. We don’t have to talk about the war. I like to hear what’s going on at home. Tell me about your day. Talk to me about what I’m missing in the real world. I feel so isolated here sometimes, like I forget the world is still spinning on away from this war. Help me remember what it’s like to be somewhere else.

Thinking of you,

James

James,

I’m glad you’re safe. I want you to start every letter by telling me you’re okay. I know if you’re writing me, you’re clearly fine, but I like to see you write it.

Home is boring. Everything’s the same except there’s less you. I miss you.

Today at work I was carrying a stack of papers and I ran into my boss and dropped them all. He was so angry with me, said he’d fire me the next time I made a mistake. I almost started crying but my coworker Henry came and offered to take me out for lunch. It was nice. It got my mind off of how much my boss hates me.

I’m thinking of getting a puppy. Would you like a dog? I really want a lab. I bet it’d be nice for you to come home to a dog.

Sending my love,

(Y/N)

(Y/N),

I’m safe. And bored. And missing you like crazy. How is it that we spent such a short time together but I fell for you so quickly? I feel like I took a thousand moments with you for granted, probably because I assumed there’d be a thousand more. Now, when I’m here, I realize that everyday I’m lucky just to wake up. I should’ve realized how lucky I was every time I woke up next to you.

I’m sorry work is giving you troubles. It’s good that you have friends like Henry. I don’t have to come remind you that you’re mine now, do I? Henry isn’t going to try and swoop in and take you away from me? You can’t break a poor soldier’s heart over a letter.

I would love a dog. Make sure you get a puppy so we can raise it how we want to. It’ll be like a trial run for raising our first kid.

Like,

Love,

James

James,

I miss you. Every night I fall asleep in your shirt and every morning I wake up wishing it was you instead. Even though it’s hard, I wouldn’t trade what we have for anything else. Even though we can’t be together right now, it warms my heart to know a person like you exists and that I get to call you mine. I carry your photo with me everywhere I go and I love when people ask to see it. I’m so proud of you, Buck.

You don’t have to worry about Henry. As charming as he is, I’m not too keen on dating married men in their 40s. He has two adorable children though, and I do love kids, so it is tempting sometimes. Only joking. I can wait until we raise our dog. And anyway, I can’t imagine not having you… so please don’t leave me.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how you signed your last letter. It made me smile. When I was younger I was scared that no one would ever love me. Growing up with Peggy, like I told you, it made me feel small sometimes. I would always look around and wonder why no one wanted me. Now I realize that I was just waiting for you. I’m so glad I waited.

In case you ever foolishly forget, I’m never not thinking of you.

Love,

(Y/N)

(Y/N),

I’m safe.

This is the last letter I’ll be writing for a while. Steve and I are going on a mission with the other Commandos. I can’t tell you about it but it might take a while. I don’t want to scare you, but I also don’t want to lie to you. It’s dangerous. Things could go wrong, but there’s always that chance. I’ll be okay, but if I take longer to write back than I normally do, don’t worry too much. I’m probably just sleeping. I think this one’s going to wear me out.

People were telling me I should tell you everything that’s on my mind, in case I don’t come back from this one. I don’t want to think that way, because I’ll come back. I’ll come back and I’ll be able to tell you that I love you. I’ll be able to remind you that you’re so much braver than you let yourself believe. I’ll be able to say that you’re a lot stronger than you seem and a whole lot smarter than you think. But most of all, I’ll come back and I’ll be able to tell you that, no matter what, I’ll always be with you. Always. So, yeah. When I come back, I’ll tell you all of that.

I love you.

James

James,

I’m not going to write you a long letter. This is just the filler until you write me back about how crazy this mission was, okay?

Please be safe.

Love,

(Y/N)

James,

Someone just came to my door and told me you’re dead. I don’t believe them so I’m writing to you. You told me you’d be okay. You’re okay, right? Please, please, be okay.

I love you.

(Y/N)

James,

I just got back from your funeral. It’s hard to have a funeral when there’s no body. What do you mourn over? Your picture? Your uniform? The flag that symbolizes the country you fought for? Some sick part of me is still believing you’re out there. There’s no body so I want to believe that you’re still alive somewhere. Then again, I don’t want you to be tortured. I want you home with me.

Why didn’t you come home?

Love,

(Y/N)

James,

I got a dog today. I named him Howler, after the Commandos. He kind of makes me think of you. I think you’d like him. He’s a chocolate lab puppy. He has a lot of energy. It’s hard to keep up with him sometimes. Peggy told me I shouldn’t have gotten a dog yet. She said my emotions haven’t settled and I haven’t even been able to take care of myself, so how am I supposed to take care of a dog? I keep telling her that she’s being irrational. Howler makes me think of you. I won’t let him die. I can control that, you know? I couldn’t control your fate but I can control his.

He likes to curl up on the other side of the bed. I think a part of him knows you’re supposed to be there.

Love,

(Y/N)

James,

My boss fired me today. My productivity level has been really bad. I’ve messed up paperwork and lost important things that he needed and he just couldn’t handle it anymore. I can’t blame him really. I just wish he hadn’t made me cry in front of the whole office. Henry quit after that. He said he had been wanting to leave for a while and that that was his last straw. He’s moving to the other side of the country with his wife and kids. He’ll be closer to the rest of his family and he says there are more job opportunities over there. He told me I should consider moving too and that he could probably get me a job with his sister. I said I’d think about it but I know I can’t leave Brooklyn.

It’d probably be good for me to get out of here. Everything reminds me of you. Sometimes I go to the bar where we met just to drink and pretend you’re there with me. I sit in the same booth at our diner and order a milkshake with two straws. I know the waitress looks at me with pity but I don’t care. It’s the little things that make me feel like you’re still with me. I like to hold onto those. I know, I’m probably crazy. Can you blame me?

Love,

(Y/N)

James,

It’s been seven months. My mom wants me to stop writing these. She visits me a lot because she knows I’m struggling. She tried to take your t-shirt and your dog tags away from me but I wouldn’t let her. I’m holding on to you but she thinks I should let go. I can’t. She doesn’t understand. Peggy doesn’t understand. No one understands. You were my person. You made me feel special in a world where I felt so unimportant. You noticed me when I didn’t think anyone did. You told me I was beautiful when I felt anything but. Peggy never needed anyone else to make her feel valuable, but I do. I need you. I need you to remind me that I’m someone worth being. I don’t even know who I am anymore.

I miss you every time I take a breath. I don’t understand it. We had a week together. How did you make me fall so hard in so little time? I always think of you. When I wake up, before I go to sleep, when I’m eating, when I’m cleaning. Always. I think of the words you said, the way you looked. The things we laughed about, the silent moments we shared. And when I dream, I dream of you.

Love,

(Y/N)

James,

It’s time, you know? I can’t keep writing letters to you, pretending like one day you’ll write something back. I can’t put my life on hold for a soldier who isn’t coming home. Of course I wanted it to be you and me in the end, but I see now that that can’t happen. I can love again if I let you go. And it hurts just to write that. I don’t want to let you go. Why is there still a part of me that thinks you’ll come home? I don’t want to be with someone else when you do. But you won’t, and I have to accept that. I have to accept that you’ll never walk through my doors with that charming smile on your face. You’re gone and I can’t change that.

I will always love you. You will always be the one who got away. I can’t help but wonder what life would’ve been like if we had met sooner. Would we have married? Would we have any kids? Would we still have Howler? Would you be here? I wish I got to know you longer than I did. I have a feeling you would’ve had so many stories to tell me. We would’ve had so many memories to make and laughs to share. Instead, you were my momentary love. It’s like you said, I think we took a thousand moments for granted because we thought we’d have a thousand more. If only life was so fair.

Always yours,

(Y/N)

James,

It’s 2016. It’s hard for me to write this now but I told Steve I would do it myself. Yes, Steve visits me from time to time. The first time I saw him I couldn’t believe my eyes. And when he told me you were alive too? My daughter made him leave because she thought he was giving me a heart attack.

Don’t get mad at him for keeping me from you. I asked him not to give you this letter until I was gone. I didn’t want you to have to go through the same thing he went through with Peggy. I didn’t want you to stay by my bedside only to watch me die. I know you would’ve. I couldn’t have you do that. You have a life to live, and that life doesn’t involve me. It hasn’t for some time now.

I married a few years after you passed. I have three children, a daughter and two sons. My husband passed two years ago and I’ve been bedridden for a few months. The doctors say I have days left as I’m writing this. I’ve come to terms with that. As the years have gone by, I’ve realized we can’t hold on to things that need to be let go. I think it’s about time for me to let go.

There are so many things I wish I could tell you, but my shaking hands are telling me to stop. Much like our lives, our letters and our story have a beginning, middle, and now an end. And even though that’s the way life goes, I still can’t believe that our story didn’t go on forever. What a wonderful story that could’ve been.

With all my love,

(Y/N)

[ask-kurt-wagnerandrpwithhim]

#yo the point isn't about redeeming him: he's still bad nobody said otherwise. it's not about liz's age either like idk how you got there the hell. if the only parent is charged in a case, the kids go to the closest relative. because johnny isn't legally her dad and loki's on earth they gotta stay among jotuns AKA liz's dad. the guy can still lose and have liz charged for something. that's how trials work. that's what could happen here if johnny comes#

After writing this all out I realize I should have just listed all the legal loopholes Liz could use, all the ways she hasn't actually done anything wrong in the eyes of the 9 realms laws, and the fact that as I presume we are basing it off earth laws we know of Lizzy technically can't get into legal trouble unless Odin decides to punish her for... literally anything, really, in many countries there are laws specifically for pissing off the monarch to the point of treason still... maybe this all would have been easier had I chosen to go that route, but I wanted at least one form of a monarchy to hold it's royals legally accountable for shit... anyways, it's a long read to follow.

Laufey is dead, as in most iterations of the comics and in the movies, it has been stated that all of Loki and Liz's other biological siblings are dead on this blog before, and Liz's mom is a cat and those only live for about 15 years I think, so other than Loki she has no biological family the kids could go to, save for some super distant cousins maybe. So, either the children would have to go to Loki or, by your logic since you're right Johnny has not filled out any paperwork to adopt Lizzy, they would go to a trusted advisor of the Jotunhiemn royal family, but when you bring into the mix how abused Lizzy was growing up I don't think any Jotun advisor would be trusted, so they would go to the care of the next royal family willing to care for them.

I've exhausted all my knowledge of how pressing charges against someone works, and the only laws she's broken thus far are as follows: illegal immigration to Earth and maybe assuming a false identity if you squint really hard, the lines on that in regards to a royal faking being a normal person aren't really... there... as it doesn't usually happen, and she hasn't stollen any identities or lied about her name, she just didn't tell anybody she's a princess and even Kurt, who is friends with Loki, did not connect the dots on Liz's last name. So, in a court setting, she could be charged with one thing and the usual punishment for that is a fine and deportation, isn't it? So, he wouldn't be getting much out of insisting charges be pressed for that, especially when you take into consideration that she's blind and stumbling through a shortcut between worlds was a little too easy.

Now, he could insist charges be pressed on whoever has been running Jotunhiemn in her absence because they clearly knew she was on earth, as I have had her state openly that she gets letters from Jotunhiemn inviting her to fancy royal galas and that she even attended a couple before the kids were born and they always brought her back to earth, but that's not exactly her fault, especially since she can't exactly navigate Jotunhiemn on her own -first time she tried she ended up on earth - and she hadn't been there for years. Someone would have had to assist her. And it's not like the 5 foot tall runt who barely uses magic is going to intimidate the giants around her, so you can't even really claim she was demanding they take her back to earth.

The reason I brought up her age is because I was under the impression with all the custody talk that part of the court hearing was going to be a custody battle of some sort, whether it be that she was unfit to be a mother or he was going to demand custody if he got away with being on earth unannounced.

And lastly, it's been shown in the movies and displayed in the comics that shortly after someone who is not meant to be on earth shows up on earth via magical means, or even normal means and simply possesses magic, Strange knows and is deciding if they are a threat or not and how to deal wjth the situation. In the movies this is displayed rather aptly, presumably Loki and Thor had only beem on earth for all of 5 to 20 minutes, depending on how far away from the bifrost landing area picked they needed to walk to get to the nursing home, I would assume not very far but it's New York so foot traffic could have affected that. Loki is suddenly magically yoinked from the sidewalk and Thor is left with a business card that essentially tells him exactly where to go. Strange explains to Thor upin his arival that it's his job as sorcerer supreme to keep track of magical threats and Loki is high on that list but there are obviously magical threats not on the list, if the list is a real thing, just like there are threats to every day life that don't immediately come to mind when you think "in what ways could I possibly die within the next hour?" So, obviously, part of being The Sorcerer Supreme is keeping track of all magical happenings om your planet or in your reality, depending on what cannon you go with, as in some Marvel properties Strange is literally in charge of the magical safety of the very universe he is in, such is the case of Superhero Squad. Strange also showed up pretty quickly to slap the cuffs on Lizzy's ex, who I had not openly stated how long he had been there but tried to imply it wasn't very long as Liz texted Kurt about the situation the moment the fire was set. And even if he had been there long, the moment he became a threat to others Strange was clearly allerted as again he showed up very quickly. So, if Strange is to keep track of all magical happenings on Earth he would have noticed Lizzy when she first arived if he had been given the job by then, if not The Ancient One would have been notified and they, in the comics and movies, are very vigilant almost to the point of paranoia if they weren't proven right about almost everything they warn others about very shortly after warning them, and since Lizzy was never payed a visit by any sorcerer supreme before her house was burnt down we can guess she wasn't seen as a threat of any kind. Since the sorcerer supremes job is to keep track of such things and individuals then we would be able to draw the conclusion that simply being on earth isn't enough to make the sorcerer supreme intervene, however if we go with the idea that simply being on earth unannounced is an issue then the sorcerer supreme of the time she came to earth would be at blame too, since they didn't let anybody know or do anything about it.

All in all, Loki is the only known biological family option if the kids get taken away, Lizzy is likely too young to be at fault for anything Johnny does in the eyes of the laws of the realms, whoever has been running Jotunhiemn in Lizzy's absence is in deep shit for sending her back to earth, the sorcerer supreme at the time likely knew Lizzy showed up in earth out of the blue and did nothing about it, and Lizzy has only actually broken one law which in every iteration of Marvel cannon Thor and Loki have done at least once each but didn't actually get in trouble for on Asgard as usually its banishment and on earth we don't know why nobody does anything about it, so clearly people from other realms and planets dropping on in and setting up camp isn't a big deal in the eyes of the world governments, just when other humans do it. The result we get from this is Lizzy probably can't be charged with anything, Loki is the most likely to get custody of the kids unless rules are different for royals and royal parents get to choose who they sign cutody off to, which is likely the case even on earth, and if Lizzy being on earth is such a big, illegal deal then at least 2 other people are going to be in trouble and she's likely going to get off scott free because, and I can't stress tbis enough, she is a blind abuse victim who had no clue when she got to earth that she was on another planet and nobody sent her back or brought her back when they totally could. Also, since I'm borrowing heavily from Earth court stuff I could have just said Lizzy doesn't even have to be a part of the trial at all since she's a princess and her ex is a non royal nobleman and thus, by earth laws, she is above the law technically as no civil or criminal cases can be taken against members of a royal family here on earth in our reality, though they are still held to certain standards by whoever is above them, such as in England the Queen can punish another member of the royal family for breaking the law. In Lizzy's case, since her dad is dead, she would answer to Odin who is above all royals in all the 9 realms as stated in all comics, movies, and in the myths as well, and seeing as Odin has banished his own sons to earth in many realities, including this one so I have an excuse to ship Thor and Jane, I doubt he would say a damn thing about Lizzy staying on earth. I may seem off the rails, but I promise I know what I'm doing with this. My mother raised me on loopholes and common legal misconceptions because of family history. I know how to weasel myself and my characters out of trouble while still obeying the law to the letter. For instance, a judge will usually allow something that should definitely not be used as evidence based on the fact it's been used before and thus has a "legal president" and they don't actually question if it proves anything or not. Lizzy can't be charged with anything because it's rather common for people from the other realms to go to earth and everybody knows Loki and Thor aren't from earth. Her ex can be charged with attempted regicide, abuse, attempting to force Lizzy into a relationship due to her age and the likelihood that legally in 8 of the 9 realms she is still a child, and possibly even more than that. Lizzy may have to sign custody over to Loki, but I doubt that's gonna do much. The worst possible outcome for Liz: Loki also ends up with legal custody of Lizzy due to her age.

[cyrano2021dirjoewright]

boy i’m about to do it... @pikeisaman asked me for a gobblepot outline of how they progress through the show and i have nothing better to do so here we go

season 1

literally from the pilot their fates are sealed and it's clear that they and this city will always be a part of each other’s lives. gordon is a babyfaced war hero cop determined to make this city better. oswald is a lowly umbrella boy  to a mafiosa (fish....my love) who snitches to the cops about the wayne murder case to further his own status. jim is ordered by mob boss falcone to take oswald to the end of the pier and shoot him for snitching. instead he lets him live, telling him to never come back to gotham. well...he definitely does come back with a master plan and shows up on jim’s doorstep (scaring the living shit out of him!!) explaining that he wants to help jim because he’s the last good man in gotham. part of oswald’s plan is telling his new employer maroni about what happened, the dude forces jim to come to his aid and corroborate the story and i tell you. the look in oswald’s eyes as he silently thanks jim for saving his life yet again...is what started my descent into this madness.

so eventually it’s revealed that oswald is alive and there’s all this mob bullshit but what’s important to this post is that when oswald waiting for his fate from falcone, he begged that the job of killing him be given to jim because he knew he’s the only good man in this city with a conscious who would spare his life. and he was right and in return he now secretly works for falcone and pleads for him to spare jim’s life when he gets out of line (which to THIS DAY jim does know about and it pisses me off!!!!)

anyways down the line jim finally comes to oswald for his first of many favors down the line because the city and the gcpd are corrupt and oswald is literally SO HAPPY like he’s been waiting for this moment and so have i because before this point this was the basis of so many fics for them. “FAVOR IS DONE..FRIENDS DON’T OWE FRIENDS, SILLY” this is actual dialogue that haunts me to this day

but then of course oswald’s promise of “no one gets hurt” doesn’t bode so well and jim is like [gob voice] i’ve made a huge mistake so the next time he sees oswald he’s a raging douche to him and from there on out. said interaction is what i call the first gobblepot breakup scene. oswald is opening his new club and comes to the gcpd to hand deliver an opening party invitation to jim with an earnest look in his eyes that parallels asking your crush to prom. jim says no and says he doesn’t want oswald coming to his work and THROWS THE INVITATION IN THE GARBAGE. Oswald urges that jim shouldn’t treat him this way because one day he’ll come back to him because THEY NEED EACH OTHER AND JIM IS A DUMBASS FOR NOT YET REALIZING THIS.

So literally like four episodes later jim DOES need oswald’s help and they road trip it up to this cabin and jim saves his life yet again but cuts Oswald off before he can thank him for it. A few eps later he comes AGAIN for a favor and when Oswald fucks with him he literally GRABS HIM by the shirt with empty threats. This boy just loves grabbing other men and pulling their faces within inches of each other while looking all macho. I tell you. But yeah Oswald still does the favor and says jim owes him this time (we’re past “friends don’t owe friends” since jim rejected jim)

Then somehow in the s1 finale jim’s idea of a favor is threatening to leave Oswald to be killed by mobsters in a hospital and Oswald has to wit his way out of things and have jim take him with him but like….this is the first time you see in oswald’s face that he was wrong to trust jim and it’s so goddamn heartbreaking.  

SEASON 2

Jim has been demoted because he told the mayor to kiss his ass among other unruly things and he goes to Oswald (who is now “king of gotham”) to get his job back. Oswald agrees if jim shakes down this dude who owes him money. Jim ends up killing the guy in self defense and feels shitty but Oswald keeps his word and gets jim his job back. Meanwhile gcpd has a new captain because the writers hate women of color and killed off Essen so now Michael chikilis is here and is the most aggressive by-the-book dude you’ve ever seen. He’s like “yo if anyone here is corrupt and idk likes to fuck with skinny gay emo criminals for favors I’ll fire you” so jim is like :o when chiklis announces they’re going after Oswald jim goes to warn him and ask him about shit going down because it doesn’t sound like something Oswald would do (he’s actually being forced to do it because his mom is being held hostage). Instead of telling jim what’s wrong he snaps at him and this is breakup scene 2.0 basically. These boys love the angst. 

So oswald’s poor mom gets murdered by this dude named galavan who’s taking over the city and he’s trying to make it seem like Oswald is doing all this shit and jim is like “Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm” and galavan is elected mayor and Oswald wants to crash his party to fuckin murder him him. Jim for some reason is protecting this asshole because I guess it’s his job or something. This turns into jim standing between Oswald and galavan, both with guns drawn on each other. Neither can pull the trigger on each other. If this were literally any other person Oswald would just gun down whoever was in between him and justice for his murdered mom. But it’s jim. So instead he pleads and cries for him to step aside and jim implies that he can’t even though he knows galavan is guilty but it’s this dumb cop code or something. The writers decided at this point that instead of us getting to see who would back down first, Oswald is shot in the shoulder by someone else and goes into hiding and recovery. 

Them boys meet up again because galavan goes to trial and accuses Oswald of all the shit he did and jim’s like “WHY THE FUCK YOU LYIN” in the middle of court so he’s taken away by galavan’s men and they gonna kill him but then OSWALD APPEARS because theses dudes are like addicted to saving each other’s lives at this point. Jim wakes up with Oswald being there like “hello please help me kill this douche” and jim agrees. Some bullshit happens in between but what’s important is that they…literally….kill a man together. Like if nothing else that they’ve done for each other so far didn’t seal this connection, this did. 

And then even jim is technically the one who pulled the trigger on the bullet that killed galavan, Oswald takes the full blame and goes to arkham asylum for it. He goes through the worst mental torture imaginable for jim. When he sees jim on site and pleads for him to get him out jim is a Dick and claims this therapy is for his own good and it’s honestly so painful to watch like this is the last shred of hope Oswald had for jim.

A lot of this later half of s2 they’re doing their own thing and jim goes to jail and Oswald finds his rich dad who gets murdered in front of him but later on Galavan comes back to life and Oswald kills him again just as the dude was about to kill jim so oswald’s just like “you’re welcome bye”

SEASON 3

Jim and Oswald greet each other like bitter exes at the gcpp when Oswald asks jim (who is now a bounty hunter) why he hasn’t caught fish mooney and jim says “you haven’t made it worth my while”. He does eventually help catch her by calling Oswald (guess they just still have each other’s numbers) and telling Oswald where she’ll be.

They don’t interact for a while this season but at one point when jim is put on a hallucinogenic trip he has a vision that he’s fighting a war with Oswald and Oswald saves his life in the dream and tells him “never leave your unit behind.” They literally never explain this on the show but I assume it’s about jim’s guilt for leaving him at arkham.

So then waaaay later on Oswald shows up on jim’s doorstep asking for information on Edward nygma and gives jim a phone with only his number on it, which becomes useful to jim when he’s held hostage and calls Oswald for help. Oswald like Bernie sanders runs to the place and saves jim yet again. Instead of thanking him jim is once again an asshole and says “took you long enough”

So then the s3 finale. I have never been more stressed in my life. Jim has been infected with this virus that makes you basically a violent douche with no inhibitions so he’s battling those demons and accidentally kills fish mooney in the process (Oswald actually likes her this time so he mad) and then is ready to offer Oswald up to save the city. Oswald ain’t happy about this, but only finds out at the last minute that jim is infected with the virus so idk how that affects his opinion on jim’s actions here 

SEASON 4

Oswald has time for NO ONE his emotions have already gotten him nearly killed multiple times. He runs gotham and jim doesn’t like it. They keep publicly arguing with reporters and photographers documenting this gay shit. Even though they apparently hate each other they can’t get through an interaction without grabbing the other and bringing their faces within inches of each other to make empty threats. I’m told they will team up again later in the season which Gives Me Hope because both actors have said from day one that their destinies are forever intertwined. These boys are never escaping each other. 

So yeah that’s as far as an outline goes, I can go even further if you want more meta and headcanons