#in 15 dialogues i dropped the date. the years. A POINT IN TIME. like a piece of a puzzle. 10 years! he says this during war phase
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sometimes i feel guilty about how i make theo this mysterious guy with the past that he won't reveal, and his past is actually pretty simple. it's so simple. there's almost nothing shocking there. the point of his backstory is that it's important for him!
#yully talks#about theo#like. literally there's nothing that interesting there#DID YOU KNOW that i was hinting at his backstory all this time in almost every post#im not sure how guessable those things are#so it's just a fun puzzle for me#like#in 15 dialogues i dropped the date. the years. A POINT IN TIME. like a piece of a puzzle. 10 years! he says this during war phase#thats 1185 on fodlan timeline#do whatever you want with this information#DO YOU SEE HOW. HOW NORMAL I A#M#yeah it's just a fun puzzle for me..
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Title:Â Prayer to a False God
Author:Â K_A_Mindin
Artist:Â Sketch gaytedlasso
Primary Ship:Â Castiel/Dean Winchester
Other Ships:Â Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester
Length:Â 12000
Warnings:Â mentions of past alcoholism, suicidal ideation
Tags:Â Fix-it fic, fluff, hurt-comfort, communication, Light Dom Cas/Sub Dean, misuse of prayer, begging
Posting Date:Â September 15, 2023
Summary:
Castiel thought he understood silence.
After spending so much of his life connected to his brethren, he felt the loss of their voices acutely when he fell. After knowing Dean for so many years, he thought he knew exactly how deafening a lack of communication could be. Castiel thought he understood silence. But, apparently, he was wrong.
Itâs been two years since Castiel gave his life and his deepest secret to save Dean from Death. Two years stuck in the Empty, where the Shadow showed him his worst mistakes over and over again. No time at all, really â and an eternity.
Then all at once, heâs standing with his son and his best friend, and itâs like he never left â like his words of truth were never spoken. Silence reigns between them once more.
Until Castiel decides not to let it. He makes the decision to speak once more, but this time he intends for it to be a dialogue. He will remind Dean of how he feels and this time, heâll be around for his answer.
This time, Castiel wonât settle for silence.
Excerpt:
He should let it continue. This truce between them. He canât say how it happened, only that it did and that Dean seems vehemently against the idea of talking about it. But Castiel knows that some things need to be talked about. So he sighs, braces himself, and he takes a hammer to something fragile â hoping to build something wonderful with the pieces that remain.
âCan we talk about what I said?â
âCan you be more specific?â
âWhen the Empty came,â he says softly.
Dean is quiet for a while. Castiel imagines that he's deciding if this is going to be a fight or not. If he needs to put up his walls and batten down his hatches. If this is the latest storm in the tempest of his life.
It's not. Castiel refuses to let it be so.
When Dean speaks, his voice is also softer. âI thought we had, Cas.â
Castiel looks at Dean and remembers Purgatory, and how that passed for talking about their problems. He remembers Dean's prayer. He remembers the desperation and the longing. The repentance. Similarly, following his mysterious rescue, Dean had offered up a hug and a few words of comfort along the lines of Iâm so glad youâre back, it really sucked without you.
There was something under the surface though, something Dean wasnât telling him, and it was coated in grief. With their history, that could be a dangerous thing. Castiel longs to understand why he feels the things he does from Dean, so he takes a breath and the first step.
âIn Purgatory, when we met up at the portal with the blossom, I was wrong about something,â he hears Deanâs breath catch when he says this, but he goes on anyway, knowing from the way he tenses that Dean thinks an attack of some kind is on the horizon, but that couldnât be further from the truth. âWhen the Shadow came for me, I realized that some things needed to be said aloud. That was kind of the point, if youâll recall. But since returning from the Empty, I have realized that some things need to not only be said, but said often,â he says.
Especially to you, he doesn't say. Dean meets his eyes.
Castiel swallows the nervous ball in his throat and continues, âBecause whatâs the point of having all that joy and happiness all the time if the one who gives it to you doesnât know that they make you happy or if they are unhappy while you bask in the gift they have graciously given you?â
He drops his chin. âI heard your prayer â in Purgatory â I heard you, and I understood.â
âUnderstood?â
Castiel nods, looking back at Dean again. Seeing him again.
He sees desperation⊠longing⊠repentanceâŠ
Hope.
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FANFIC TAGGING GAME
I got (honorable) tagged by the wonderful @theartofdreaming1- thanks!
1. How many works do you have on AO3? - 321
2. Whatâs your total AO3 word count?
1,322,068 words (at the moment)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Still writing for The Flash, but every once in a while a new show/movie grabs my fancy and I write a few fics for that.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
An unimpressive bunch but here goes: Muse (456), Replacement Scrunchie (393), Fallen Star (357), Inconvenient Inspiration (343), and Drabbles (277). Muse is a handful of one-shots based solely off spoilers before I saw the eps they were for. Replacement Scrunchie is my sole fic for the TATBILB fandom about Peter & LJ's first date (which was way less impressive than what the sequel movie gave us, WOW). Fallen Star is my most popular westallen fic to date, so that one's actually not too surprising. But both Inconvenient Inspiration and Drabbles are requested (the latter) and spontaneous (the former) brainstorming ficlets and snippets for The Flash/WA. Bo-ring.
5. Do you respond to comments?
Eventually.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Oh, gosh, I have so many unfinished fics that it's hard to remember the complete ones that I finished that didn't end so happy, of which there aren't many. Maybe...Breaking Point though.
7. Whatâs the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
All the others have happy endings. Go read them. Lol.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
When I wrote for another fandom I did, but not really in The Flash fandom, which is nice.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Yep. And uh...descriptive, I guess? I'm def not the best out there, but I do my best and for the most part smut-lovers seem to enjoy.
10. Do you write crossovers? Whatâs the craziest one youâve written?
I've attempted a couple crossovers, but I haven't completed any or gotten far with them, usually because there wasn't an audience for it.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Yeah, I discovered a whole bunch on another website years ago.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
In the process of it!
14. Whatâs your all time favorite ship?
Stuck on Westallen atm, but I used to write Chair, and I was highly obsessed with them as well.
15. Whatâs a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Oh god, I have SO MANY WIPs. One that I really want to finish but fear I won't though has got to be He's MY Barry Allen. I'm just stuck on what the next chapter will look like, and as of yet no one has come forward with a solution. Lol. The Problem is Tony Woodward is another one like that.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I'd like to think I can hook people into my fics fairly well and drop enough cliffies to keep them coming back for more. But ofc the smut helps too. Most of my fics include at least some smut, even a single scene.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Sometimes I have trouble making a chapter (or a scene for that matter) all that long. I've seen people write like 10k+ for a chap, and unless I'm crazy inspired, roughly 1-3k is what you're getting.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I actually dabbled in this a little bit for a westallen fic where Iris was learning Italian, I think? I did some research and managed to sift in enough for that one-shot, but I can't imagine I'd do it repeatedly or for a multi-chap.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
I believe it was the STAR WARS prequels, but it might've been The Day After Tomorrow.
20. Favorite fic youâve written?
It's unfinished, but there's so much untapped potential in my Flashpoint fic. Lots of world-building that's present as it rides the line between canon divergent and AU. Hopefully one day I'll get back to it.
...
As much as I'd love to tag a bunch of people, I can't recall anyone who still writes fic that I follow on here, so I'll just shout out my bestie @simplylove101 who is prob done with writing but may want to answer these questions either way!
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Thanks very much for the tag @sinvulkt - here we go...
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
71 as of just last weekend.
2. Whatâs your total AO3 word count?
484,157
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Primarily Star Wars (and that mostly Sequel Trilogy, though I written some High Republic and a little Original Trilogy and Clone Wars), Horizon: Zero Dawn/Forbidden West and The Horus Heresy (WH40K)
4. What are your top five fics by kudos?
Fire Hawk, Snow Thrush (Horizon Zero Dawn/The Frozen Wilds)
Episode IX: Resurgence and Reckoning (Star Wars Sequels)
Rex's Ruminations (Star Wars: The Bad Batch)
In the Footsteps of a Death Seeker (Horizon Zero Dawn/The Frozen Wilds)
Treat it like a Duel (The Horus Heresy)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
If I get a comment then yes, I absolutely respond. They're relatively sparse for me, so I appreciate them very much.
6. Whatâs the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Angstiest ending, you say. I'm kind of bad at sitting in a bad feeli- no, I tell a lie. It's absolutely A Fine Officer, A Good Soldier. Captain Appo locked inside his own head by the Order 66 programming, watching helplessly as his body advances on the Jedi Temple with a blaster in his hands...
7. Whatâs the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I'd say my Episode IX but there is a big sad beat toward the happy ending, so really Fire Hawk, Snow Thrush carries the day here.
8. Do you get hate on your fic?
Luckily no. My shipping choices and maybe other elements make my fics pretty niche, but that also means that I'm not involved in shipping drama, and I don't seem to enrage anyone to the point of leaving angry comments.
9. Do you write smut?
You won't find any under this moniker, that's all I'll say.
10. Do you write crossovers?
I don't presently, although, a year after everyone seemed to be drawing Spider-loys there is a full-on "Horizon characters as Marvel comics superheroes" AU running riot in my head (with Aloy dating Ikrie, who's X-23 Wolverine, Talanah as Hawkeye, Erend Odinsson, Helis as Venom and Regalla as the Prowler). If I ever free up the spare brainpower... maybe that'll happen.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Yep. It was one of those "steal fics to sell" trawls and it was very odd.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
I haven't, but if anyone would like to, please drop me a message.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic?
Not since my time in the Brotherhood of the Lost "alternate Horus Heresy" AU project, and that was fairly sparse too. I like collaborating more broadly, but when it comes to the writing itself, I prefer to fly solo.
14. Whatâs your all-time favourite ship?
Rey/Kaydel in Star Wars, and Aloy/Ikrie in Horizon. I can't choose between those two.
15. Whatâs the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Probably one of my Sequels-era fics, set between The Last Jedi and Resurgence and Reckoning. I have some WIPs that threaten to be very plotty and I just don't have as much spare time as I used to. Also I have some OC apprentices for Rey and Finn, whose stories I really want to begin telling and promise to let me move the older characters forward as well.
16. Whatâs your writing strengths?
Probably my action writing. I read a lot of action and films and tv influence my prose a lot. I think a lot about rhythm, dynamics and all that stuff, and I just enjoy it, which probably helps.
17. Whatâs your writing weaknesses?
Mystery? I'm yet to really try to write one tbh, but I look at something like Glass Onion or Silo and just struggle to imagine coiling my brain into those shapes.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
I've only used it the once, I think, and very much for comic effect. It depends very much on how long a scene is, and how much I want to emphasise a language gap.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Horus Heresy
20. Favourite fic youâve ever written?
Err. Arrgh. I really can't answer that. But I am very proud of my recent Star Wars: Lost Stars one, so let's say Stars' Flight.
Not tagging, but feel free to run with this :D
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TVDU TIMELINE IN MY CANON
This tends to be one of the most controversial topics out there, but since canon has confirmed that season 4 of Legacies takes place 3 years after season 5 of The Originals, I'm going to map out what that means in the timeline of what we see on the show with my personal canon. The timeline on the show (particularly Legacies) is just⊠super compacted, so if anyone hasnât watched Legacies or actually cares about spoilers⊠beware. (note: This is revised based off the original meta I posted here.)
If you pay attention to the words and the dialogue in the show, they actually drop a fair number of hints as to the passage of time during the episodes. In the past, I always assumed that it followed the same timeline as most shows, where each season is roughly equivalent to one year, and with episode air dates matching with whatâs happening canonically on the show, but itâs actually not the case in Legacies. Between the pandemic and general wonky primetime airing schedules, the timeline is a little more difficult to follow and not spelled out so neatly.Â
Examples of the above include early S1 where the first few episodes are literally happening over the course of several days, maybe two weeks. Thereâs a few times the characters say things like âyesterdayâ or âa few days agoâ or âlast weekâ in their dialogue which I use to track the timeline.
Starting from the top, S5 tells us that Hope is 15 at the time that all of that plays out, and thereâs an unknown time jump between the end of TO and the beginning of Legacies. In my canon, she is 15, almost 16 when the end of TO occurs and she loses her father and uncle. She takes the summer off from the school to grieve, while also learning to control her wolf side, and she is 16 when she rejoins the school, but she also spends half a year being a loner and watching Cutthroat Kitchen in her room. S1 begins while Hope is a few months shy of her 17th birthday on May 2.
Like I mentioned above, the first few episodes of S1 happen very quickly (going to find Raf and Landon, Landon stealing the knife, the dragon, the football game, the discovery of the monsters, the twinsâ birthday). These all happen in a matter of days, maybe two weeks at the most. When the Honor Council stuff is happening, Lizzie asks Raf to the twinsâ birthday âon Fridayâ, so we know itâs coming up quick. And the twinsâ birthday is the first real date that we have confirmed on the show. So 1x06 is occurring on March 15. The next real âdateâ we have is in 1x12, where we know the school is on spring break. Now idk about yâall but in the States and when I was in school, the latest spring break ever seemed to be was like early/mid-April? So it sounds like the gap between 1x06 and 1x12 is a handful of weeks at most, which makes sense. During this time is the whole part where Hope goes and gets Landon back, the djinni episode, and the slug debacle. As far as the passage of time goes, there isnât a lot of it during these plot points. S1 plays out over the course of like... three months, and Hope throws herself into Malivore right before her 17th birthday.
S2 picks back up at the beginning of the next school year and Hope crawls out of Malivore probably in August? Since it's after the Fourth of July but before the school year starts. Unfortunately, events like the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant and Founders Day donât actually have set dates in canon so itâs difficult to tell what the passage of time is supposed to be like. However, we do know that 2x08 (the Santa episode) occurs in October. So the first half of S2 takes place over the course of a month or so? After that, the next hint of time that we get is the culmination of the season, where Dark Josie intends to push up the Merge timeline and do it on the twinsâ birthday of that year. So weâre back to March 15 of the next year, and two seasons have passed in the span of one in-canon year.Â
Now this is where the timeline gets even MORE messed up because of the pandemic and the weird airing schedules. But 3x01-3x04 were always supposed to be part of S2, so thatâs where Iâm putting it. Given the reactions by Alyssa and the rest of the witches in 3x01, not that much time has passed since Dark Josie was banished, there is again urgency with Rafâs problem, the musical, and then the final confrontation with the Necromancer where she loses Landon.Â
There is likely another time jump after 3x04, because Kaleb references Sheriff Mac moving to Savannah with Maya, and Josie is working on her transfer over to MFHS. Iâm guessing that most public schools arenât going to handle transfer requests at the end of the school year, so it sounds like weâre back to the end of the summer again by the time 3x05 happens. This also makes sense in context of whatâs happening in the A plot, where Hope is losing herself in her search for Landon, which probably would actually take months. However, once she finds the Monkeyâs Paw and Cleo enters the picture, things begin to pick up again. Hope has also turned 18 during this period.
Now Iâll be perfectly frank, I only sat through S3 once and I still haven't fully watched the back half of S4 so Iâm not as in tune with those episodes as much as I am with the others, but again, it does feel like time moves quickly in S3. With the monsters constantly coming and the appearance of golem Landon to push along the narrative, I can believe that this happens over the course of a few months, taking us to maybe November or December of that year, approximately a year and a half since S1 began. And of course, once Mali-Landon leaves, everything kicks up a notch. Like with S2, 4x01-4x04 were meant to be part of S3, and thatâs where it makes sense narratively.Â
Hope makes the realization that she needs to become the tribrid in the Star Wars episode, and everything from that point on shoehorns her into that plot. Again, we donât have direct dates or events to mark the passage of time, but just going off what happens in canon, from the time they wake up from the vision quest to the end of 4x04, I donât think there are any days where the Squad is just taking a break and lounging around (with the exception of 4x03, but I wouldnât call that lounging around).Â
Now we know that there is no timeskip between 4x04 and 4x05 because Lizzie directly alludes to the night before in her opener, so everything thatâs happened since the beginning of the show has now occurred within something like two years (not the four I was assuming up until now). Again, with the urgency of the plot, Hope is not just sitting around and twiddling her fingers once the threat of Triad comes up, and the Squad is not waiting for Hope to come back. Hopeâs actions include learning about Triad, having her misadventures with Clarke, Salvatore Idol at the school, her confrontation with actual Triad and Aurora, and her confrontations with Lizzie. Similarly, there is no time jump between 4x09 and 4x10, as the episode tells us. All of this is happening in a span of weeks, not months.Â
All that said, by the time she has gone through the events of Legacies and is struggling with her humanity, about three years have passed since Hayley, Klaus and Elijah died, and about two years have passed since S1 starts. Hope was 16 at the time S1 begins (having turned 16 a little while after the S5 finale of TO, and taking the summer off to grieve, and mostly spending the first half of the year in her room watching Cutthroat Kitchen by herself or recruiting with Alaric. She is just about to turn 17 by the time she jumps into Malivore, actually turns 17 while in Malivore, and a few months shy of her 19th, when she has her first death in 4x03.Â
This functionally doesn't change much of how I was playing Hope before. I've always played that she is 18 when she fully activates her tribrid side, permanently sealing her at that age. The only real difference is that she doesn't take a gap year between her parents' death / the new school year, just probably the last month of school and summer break. She returns that fall, but remains a recluse until February or March of the following year, which is when S1 of Legacies begins. It does mean she's only had her wolf for a handful of months, so her control is not nearly as stable as what we see in the pilot (aka easily shifting back and forth at will) and will likely play a role in her early characterization.
#[ lore. ]#does any of this ultimately matter? no#did my autistic brain demand that i walk through it anyways? yes#other than tweaking the year off she took post-TO#i think i did a pretty okay job of matching up with the timeline in my original meta#long post tw /#i have a meta coming later about hope's age being 18 and why that's actually important for her portrayal
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Fuck It

Based off this and this (it ended up longer because of the dialogue, so it's a short imagine rather than a quick blurb) @electricreadingphase
"You look stunning", Tris wows when he enters the room while i adjust my earrings. I let out a muffled giggle.
"It's nothing, i got ready in 15 minutes", i smile at him
"Really?", his eyes almost fall out of his head
"No", i laugh, "I've been redoing my makeup and choosing dresses for the past three hours. I'm exhausted. And i need a drink", i bend over to grab my purse from my bed, careful not to wrinkle my dress. I stand up and throw another glance at myself in the mirror, before catching Tris eyeing me up and down, lips slightly parted. I clear my throat as a hint of red appears on my cheekbones.
"Good thing you're having your graduation party", he gives me an awkward smile and i frown while exiting my bedroom, unable to understand his reaction
A few hours later, my feet finally call it quits because of the heels and the constant hours of dancing around with now my ex colleagues. I take a seat next to Tris, who's just exhausted as i am, tho he called it quits 5 songs ago. We exchange some laughs about our dance moves, now judging everyone around us.
"Thank you for being my date tonight. We're more than 60 girls in my year and not enough guys.", i give him a sincere smile and i squeeze his hand gently, which takes both of us by surprise. We quickly pull away our hands and my stomach drops at the fact that he really moved his hand away.
"And you're single too", he points out and takes a sip of his drink. I roll my eyes at his smirk
"No need to get personal", i pin him with my eyes as i take his glass out of his hand to serve myself with his drink of choice. His breath intensifies and i smirk to myself.
"Listen..", Tris starts but doesn't look at me. "I'm leaving for a while.", his eyes find mine and my smile quickly fades away. "We're going to Scotland to get some writing going, Con's grandparents have a farm and they gave us permission to turn it into a studio for as long as needed.", i nod, unable to understand why he's so serious about it all.
"Well, good luck to you guys, I'm sure it will help you come up with great songs", i pat him on the shoulder
"Yeah, thanks.", he looks away, shaking his head
***
Weeks go by and as much as i try to keep the friendship with Tris flowing, he seems unreachable, which pisses me off. Every three days the boys would facetime me and Kirstie, but no conversation would starts between Tris and I. We never fought or something, it didn't even seem like we're ignoring one another, it was just so annoying being around him, even if it was in virtual for.
3 months later, the boys are back in town, just in time to celebrate Kirstie's promotion at work. She rented out a foyer just outside London, where we all gathered to congratulate her.
I leave the foyer in need to get away from the boys, who seem to be way too agitated and loud, something i grew out of whilst not having them around for almost 6 months. I find a swing and sit on it, resting my forehead on the chain.
I raise my eyes when i hear rattling of leaves on the ground. I almost roll my eyes when i notice Tris' messy hair but i just straighten my back. He quietly sits down on the swing next to me.
"Why did you leave the foyer?", his voice is a bit raspy, maybe because of the continuous recording of songs. I scoff.
"Hi, I'm y/n, you must be?", i sarcastically extend my hand out in his direction. Tris grins at me.
"Alright, alright, i might deserve it", he shakes my hand in the end and i roll my eyes while standing up. "Don't leave", he stops me, standing up as well. "I'm sorry i didn't stay in touch with you. At first i was mad at you, then it became a habit"
"mad at me? About what?"
"Your graduation party. I told you i was going away for a few weeks and you had no problem with that."
"Tristan, you've been away for months, which i wouldn't had known unless i asked Kirstie. I was ready to prepare a meal for you when you came back", the raise of my voice was unnecessary. We both sigh and i turn around to walk away, but he stops me by catching my waist and glueing my back to his chest.
"I wanted you to come with me. I wanted you there because i couldn't go 2 days without seeing your face, but you were so ok with me leaving, that i had to give you space", he almost whispers in my ear, while i find it hard to swollow. "And i still feel the same", his voice even lower.
"So you're telling me this is your way of letting me know you feel something for me?", i snap back, eyeing him
"I didn't want to fuck up and lose you forever. I needed time away from you, especially when i saw you're not that affected by my departure", Tris raises his arms but lets them fall next to his body, defeated. "Whatever. I'll take the blame"
"You would never fuck up with me because i wouldn't let you". A shy smile creeps on his face.
"How come?"
"Tris, i want you too much to be mine rather than have you take a wrong decision and lose you for good", the words take me by surprise and i only realise the weigh of them when Tris closes the gap between us, his forehead on mine while his eyes don't leave mine.
"So, you're saying we should give it a try?", a smirk appears on my face when he asks that and all i can do is nod, my cheeks flushed. With a wide smile on his face, Tris kisses my lips hard, his hands on the small of my back.
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Okay
The whole âIngo has a receding hairlineâ thing has been, like, beaten to death by this point so Iâm not gonna address that fullly. I for one donât mind. However. Understandably, as a result of the hair reveal, people want to know when he got eeby-deebied into Hisui (immediately after the events of BW and BW2? A few years later?), and how long heâs actually been there (a few months? A year? Over a decade?). Everyone has been talking about it ever since the art book page was shown, and a lot of people have brought up really good points-- aaaand some people are just off the fucking tracks about it. So Iâm just putting together what Iâve heard and what Iâve noticed myself. Here we go. Speculation for why Ingo has NOT been in Hisui for 10+ years:
1). Based on their appearances alone, weâre lead to believe that the player character is Dawn/Lucas from DPPt, but a couple years down the line. Theyâre not 10 like they were in Diamond and Pearl: Cyllene says right away that theyâre âaround 15 or so.â So right away we can assume that the events of Legends Arceus occur shortly after BW2 (which is set roughly 3 years after DPPt and 2 years after BW).
2). When characters like Irida mention Ingo and his origins, they talk about it as if itâs a more recent occurrence. If it had been 10+ years the dialogue would most likely come across differently to imply that he appeared in Hisui some time ago. Heck, they might even bring it up if that were the case-- yet we donât see anyone saying âlong agoâ or âsome number of years agoâ in reference to Ingo spawning in. But again, see point one: if weâre to believe that the player character is Dawn/Lucas, who is said to only be 15, then the 10+ years timeline just doesnât line up.
3). This one might be a toss away, but itâs been said before elsewhere so Iâll just throw it in: the art book states âXX yearsâ or something like that which is ultimately what led people to believe that itâs been 10+ years since Ingo dropped in Hisui. Fair assumption. However, Xs are almost always used to state a vague and unspecified year (obviously) because people donât want to date their concept in real world measurements, or they simply just donât have an exact time period set. And given that this is a PokĂ©mon game where the years and flow of time for the whole series is outside our own, we can assume that theyâve done the same here. Also, XX is arguably more visibly pleasing than just putting X. I mean, it just looks weird imo. I wouldnât put much stock in any years or dates that PokĂ©mon throws out.
4). Ingoâs memories. Yeah, weâre the main character and everything so itâs our job as the player character to go around helping people and progressing the story blah blah. But if Ingo had been in Hisui for 10+ years one would think he wouldâve recovered some memories by now, right? I mean, all it took was him walking through the cave with us and having a PokĂ©mon battle to jog some things loose-- surely heâs done both of those things numerous times before our arrival? It makes more sense that heâs only been in Hisui for maybe a year, maybe a couple months, and heâs only just now beginning to think about his past more since his memories obviously arenât returning smoothly on their own.
5). The receding hairline from the book. Iâll just say it here: itâs not a bad thing if itâs canon-- men lose their hair, lol. Thatâs life. Even video game life. And Ingo has to be at least in his early to mid 30s (like in BW the Subway Bosses never came across to me as, like, super young or anything. Late 20s, early 30s for sure there). However, as some people have pointed out before, some of the things pictured in the artbook donât exactly line up with whatâs in the game. For instance, the picture of Ingo face down on the ground by the clan member doesnât line up with what he and Irida say in the game (correct me if Iâm wrong on this, though. Iâve seen it said by a lot of other posts). So itâs entirely possible the hairline is false (if you care about this. I donât really. It adds character. And anyway, he always has his hat on so we never see it to know. Some people on Tumblr are just thirsty for twink men with a full head of hair or something like that). Anyway, itâs concept art. Itâs job is to pan things out and plan, but not necessarily everything is set in stone. I think people are seeing the receding hairline and assuming this means Ingo is, like, old now. But who knows? I donât think weâve never seen his or Emmettâs hair before this. And I believe itâs the first time weâve gotten a more detailed art page about one of them? Maybe itâs always been this way.
6). Again I make mention of point one. Because if weâre really to assume that the player character is the same one from DPPt but older (and I mean câmon, with their appearances they just have to be), then thereâs really just no feasible way for Ingo to have been in Hisui for more than 10 years. BW takes place about a year after DPPt at most. BW2 takes place, canonically, stated in game, two years after BW. And Ingo was still in BW2 (ignoring the fact that this game came out like 10 years ago and they had no notion of Arceus then, okay). So itâs safe to assume that Ingo fell sometime after the events of BW2. Say about a year or so after that. Two at most. Because that would land Dawn/Lucas at roughly 15, their given age in Arceus when they fall through the rift.
7). Grimsley. Remember him? He looked pretty young in BW, BW2. But then cut to Sun and Moon-- he was there on the beach right before Po Town, and boy did he look rough. Yet only about 2-3 years had passed since the events of BW, as stated in the game. So if we follow this logic, a lot can apparently happen to a person in two years. Ingo looks so disgruntled compared to his former art from BW and BW2, but so would we all if we had gone from living in modern day Unova to suddenly being dropped into a late 1800s era Sinnoh without any of our usual modern care products (probably why he has a cool little goatee now. Not enough opportunities to shave regularly) and constant stress and threats from a hostile world. This being said, he doesnât look that much different from his og art, just really tired. Heâs the epitome of âI donât look older, I just look worse.â
8). Volo. Okay, so Iâm sure weâre all aware by now that itâs Voloâs fault that Ingo is even in Hisui to begin with, not Arceusâs. As a direct result of him meddling with space-time and trying to get Girantina, the rift opened (and ultimately led to all of those smaller rifts/distortions that open up across Hisui from time to time where modern PokĂ©mon and items are found). And this is all a recent development in the last year or so, as stated in game. As Laventon tells us, Jubilife Village has only existed for two years, and the big rift wasnât there when they settled-- would you settle so close to a big disaster just waiting to happen? Probably not. especially not Komado, either. Like we learn in-game, he wants no issues-- he tells us about all his hardships in another land. The whole reason why they moved to Hisui and built a new village to begin with. In short, the rifts have only been cropping up in the last few months to a year in game, and we know thatâs how Ingo got here. So it couldnât be that heâs been around for 10+ years if the rifts are a fairly new development.
9). Thereâs just no way that Gamefreak would separate Ingo and Emmett like that, for so long, with no clear reason or wrap-up.
10). His shoes and dress pants from Unova are still intact. They for sure wouldnât be after 10 years, especially walking around in Hisui. His coat and hat are actually more beat up than anything else, but still wearable and identifiable as his old uniform. Probably from his spin through time-space and just PokĂ©mon battles and the climate in general. But also, they had to make him look disgruntled somehow but still be Ingoâ and Ingo isnât Ingo without his jacket and cap.
Did any of this make sense? Probably not. Did anyone read this far? Also no. I just really donât believe that heâs been in Hisui for longer than a year based on a lot of in-game stuff and just based on what the games have done in the past with characters. In reality we just donât know yet. I could be totally wrong! But until we get more DLC for Arceus, or until another PokĂ©mon game comes out that makes mention of it, we just wonât have any clear answers about Ingoâs time in Hisui.
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Teach Me Something I Donât Know: Part VII
Summary: Spencerâs unresolved trauma catches up with him. Reader gets her heart broken.
Pairing: Spencer Reid x fem!reader
Category: angst, Iâm so sorry guys
Warnings/Includes: brief mention of violence and details of a case; brief mention of prison, past trauma; a lil self-loathing and self-sabotaging
Word count: 3.8k
a/n: I knew that this was where this story was going from the very beginning. The dialogue is one of the first parts I had written. It still hurts. Relevant to the story: I operate with the understanding that the Jeid arc does not exist, which also means that Spencer never went to therapy in season 15. Also, huge thanks to @reidscanehandâ for beta-ing and just generally being my hype person!!!!
Song Recs: Shrike by Hozier; Better As a Memory by Kenny Chesney (donât come for me if Spencer made playlists this would ABSOLUTELY be on there)
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Spencer made his way to Emilyâs office, ignoring the teamâs eyes on himâ varying degrees of understanding, concern, and uncertainty plain on their faces. As he reached the threshold, he paused for a second before moving into her line of sight. When he moved into the doorway, she looked up and waved him in. He closed the door behind him.
She gestured to the chair in front of her desk. Spencer hesitated for only a split second, but it was long enough for her to notice. He lowered himself into the chair and met her eyes.
She folded her hands on top of the desk. âHow are you feeling?â
He drummed his fingers across his kneecaps. âIâm fine.â
It was a lie, and they both knew it. She bit back a sigh and flipped open the folder in front of her. âIâm finished with the official report. I wanted to go over it with you before I submit it to the director.â She looked at him briefly before reading out the report. âOn January 9th, our team pursued a lead at the residence of suspect Andrew Hurley. We divided into teams to cover the two entrances to the home, as well as the barn behind the house.â
Spencer fidgeted slightly in his chair and rubbed the tips of his fingers together. Emily continued, âDuring the raid, Supervisory Special Agent Spencer Reid became separated from the team and was ambushed and disarmed by the suspect in the barn.â She paused but didnât look at him. âThe team was unaware of the altercation for some time, during which Dr. Reid employed various approved restraint methods and was ultimately forced to utilize self-defense measures to preserve his own life. Consequently, Mr. Hurley sustained serious injuries.â
She did look at him then, a steady and unrelenting gaze that had him shrinking inside himself. âHowever, I have determined that Dr. Reidâs actions were justified in order to maintain his own safety.â She returned her eyes to the report. âMr. Hurley was detained and treated for his injuries at Sebastian River Medical Center, and he is expected to make a full recovery. Based on the cognitive interviews and physical evidence, a grand jury hearing is scheduled for January 25th.â She brought her hands to rest on top of the report.
âIâll sign off on it and deliver it to the director by the end of business today.â She let out the sigh sheâd been holding back. âReid.â
He pressed his mouth into a thin line, torn between shame and vindication. âEmily.â
âWhat happened in that barn was unacceptable. And I need you to recognize that.â Her eyes were back on him, a leaderâs gaze boring into a weak link. âYou went against a direct order. You put your life in danger unnecessarily, and in the process you endangered this entire team. Furthermore, you could have cost us the ability to close this case, to put Hurley away and bring justice to his victims.â
âIt wonât happen again,â he assured her.
âNo, it wonât.â Her tone told him that if it did, heâd have bigger problems than a meeting in her office. âMy recommendation to the director is that you transition to your next mandatory leave cycle early.â
âI can handleââ
âItâs not a request. Youâre on sabbatical starting tomorrow. Thatâs an order, and one youâd do well to follow.â She closed the file in front of her. âWeâll see you back in the bullpen on March 7th.â
âI donât need more time off, Emily,â Spencer snapped.
He could see her grind her teeth together at his tone, but he couldnât seem to care enough to feel contrite. She took a deep breath in through her nose, leveling him with a pointed look. âIf Simmons hadnât broken it up, youâd have killed Hurley on the floor of that barn.â
His mind snapped back to the lifeless eyes of Hurleyâs victimsâ eight year old boys in shallow graves. Boys who died afraid, and in pain, and crying out for their mothers. His thoughts raced to the feel of Hurleyâs throat under his arm, the crack of the zygomatic under his fist. Emily was right of course. If Matt hadnât found them in the barn and dragged him up and off of Hurleyâs nearly lifeless body, Spencer would have killed him without compunction.
âReid.â The stern edge was gone from her voice. Spencer refocused his eyes on her face, now showcasing an underlying concern that made his stomach turn. âIâm not recommending another cycle of mandatory counseling at this time, although I reserve the right to require it moving forward. But⊠Iâm asking you to take care of yourself. Youâve been through a lot in the last two years. More than a lot.â
âI said Iâm fine,â he insisted, but there was less fire behind it this time.
âAnd Iâm not saying you arenât,â she countered. âBut I am saying that the person in that barn⊠that wasnât you. That was not the Reid that I know.â Emily tilted her head and furrowed her brow. âThe Reid I know uses his intellect and empathy to see angles that the rest of us miss. He depends on the strength of his mind and his unwavering compassion to diffuse conflicts without violence. He invites his friends to foreign film showings and puppet theater.â
When he didnât budge, she let out a long breath. âI want you to take the next fifty days to find that Reid and bring him back to us.â
...
Y/N dropped into her desk chair with a huff. Theyâd been back from winter break for two weeks, and she already needed another vacation. But tomorrow was Friday, and then they had a long weekend. She could make it through one more day.
She closed her eyes for a long moment, tired in the way that only kindergarten teachers fresh off a long break can be. She heard the click of Anitaâs shoes coming before she even entered the room, and Y/N couldnât stop the twitch of her lips.
âDude. How is it only Thursday?â Anita flopped down into the plush Calm Corner chair.
âThis has been the longest week of my life,â Y/N agreed. âMy kids were off the chain.â
âThere is so much drama in middle school right now,â Anita groaned. âI canât keep up with all the tea, and you know how I love to stay up to date on the freshest brews.â She shot Y/N a look. âSpeaking of, whereâs the good doctor?â
âI think theyâve had a lot going on at work,â Y/N surmised. âI havenât seen Mrs. Jareau in over a month.â
âWell, Iâm getting antsy,â Anita complained. âThought for sure youâd be going steady by now.â
Y/N rolled her eyes, but she couldnât help but feel a little impatient herself. If sheâd known it would be this long before sheâd see him again, she might have made a move when heâd volunteered. Then again, probably not. She sighed.
Her phone chimed with an email message, and she automatically swiped the screen open to read it.
Spencer Reid Re:
Are you free today? If you are, Iâll be at Soho.
...
Spencer sat at the table in the corner of the coffee shop. He sipped absentmindedly at his tea, almost gone cold. He hadnât waited for a reply before leaving Quantico. He drove straight to the city, figuring heâd wait at Soho until he felt some semblance of calm returning to his body.
He didnât know why heâd emailed Y/N, and he wasnât sure he really wanted her to show up. Usually heâd talk to Penelope or maybe JJ. But heâd wanted to get as far from the BAU as possible, and he didnât want to drag Penelope away from the colorful, safe corner of the world sheâd created for herself. He didnât want to fill it with all the tragedy sheâd tried so hard to leave behind.
If Y/N did show, he was certain he could keep the conversation vague, focus on her and the classroom, ask her about her holidays. She wasnât a profiler, didnât know his tells well enough. Sheâd be none the wiser, and heâd have her warmth and presence to focus his energy on, if only for a few hours.
Every time the bell chimed, his eyes flew to the door, searching for her. He knew it was ridiculous. Heâd only known her for one hundred and eleven days. Pragmatically, he knew she shouldnât be the one he wanted to talk to. Realistically, he wasnât planning to burden her with all of the mess of the past week, the past year, his entire life.
But in the six hundred and forty seven minutes heâd spent with her since September, heâd felt more like himself than he ever had. He was never afraid to be himself with herâ the silly story voices, the ridiculous costume, the magic trick, the vulnerability about his mom. All of these pieces of himself were things he usually waited years to show people. It had taken her a matter of weeks to draw them out.
He couldnât help but believe that if he wanted to, he could tell her everything. Sheâd know exactly what to say. Sheâd listen for as long as he could keep talking. Sheâd cover his shaking hands and wrap him up in the warmth of her spirit. Sheâd give of herself to guide him back to the person he used to be. Sheâd be more than willing to use her radiance to illuminate the dark so that he might have a little light again.
The bell sounded, and his eyes focused, and there she was. She was wrapped up in a puffed jacket, a bright blue scarf tied around her neck. Her nose was adorably red from the cold, and she rubbed her hands together as the door closed behind her. Her eyes found him immediately. A small smile turned up the corners of her mouth, and she gave him an enthusiastic wave. And he knew that he was right about all of it.
She approached the table, unwinding her scarf. âHi!â
âHi.â
Her eyes flickered over his face, and then settled on his mostly empty mug. âIâll get you a refill, and then weâll catch up?â
He nodded, and she headed to the counter. There had been a part of him that thought she wouldnât come, but of course she did. For some reason, unbeknownst to him, she liked talking to him. Even among his closest friends, he was often made to feel self-conscious about his tendency to ramble, but Y/N had literally asked him to. She sought him out, asked him questions, listened intently, and remembered things heâd told her. She was kind and thoughtful and genuine. Of course she came when he called.
She returned with two mugs, carefully setting them down on the tiny table. She unzipped and removed her jacket, hanging it on the back of her chair and revealing a crew neck sweater covered in tiny astronauts and rocket ships. When she sat across from him, her hands wrapped around the mug and her eyes met his.
âHi.â
He couldnât stop his lips from twitching, despite the events of the day. âYou said that already.â
She laughed, and he felt the weight begin to lift. âYeah, well, I havenât seen you in forever, soâ Iâm just making up for lost time.â
âSixty one days.â
âHmm?â
âItâs been sixty one days, eighty eight minutes, and approximately,â he looked at his watch, âfourteen seconds since we saw each other last.â
She laughed again, and his mouth completed its curve. She tucked her hair behind her ear. âI like that youâve been counting.â She let her chin come to rest in her hand, eyes studying his face. âHow are you?â
He wanted to lie, but she was looking at him so earnestly that he mumbled out, âIâm managing.â
She mirrored the way heâd looked at her across this same table nearly three months ago. âDo you want to talk about it?â
âNot really.â That was a lie, too. But asking her to meet him was enough of a burden.
âOkay. Well, if you change your mind at any point, let me know.â She wiggled her eyebrows at him. âUntil then, I can just regale you with all the kindergarten stories youâve missed while you were out saving lives.â
And regale him she did. For almost an hour, he listened to her tales of love (budding crushes were taking over recess time), loss (the class petâ a stuffed zebraâ had accidentally taken a swim in the Atlantic on a vacation to Florida), and lessons learnedâŠ
âSo, in case there was ever any doubt, we are now painfully aware that we shouldnât attempt to flush our underwear.â Y/N let out an exasperated laugh.
Sheâd been talking to him for fifty three minutes, and his heart already felt one thousand times lighter. âIâm really glad I wasnât there for that one.â
âI really wish that was the only poop story I had.â She shook her head. âThere are a lot of things they donât tell you in grad school. I think thereâd be a global teacher shortage if they warned you about the amount of bodily fluid management involved in teaching kindergarten.â
She toyed with the edge of her empty mug. He watched the movement of her fingers.
âDo youââ
âDo youââ
She laughed and gestured for him to speak first.
âDo you want to get out of here?â
âŠ
They ended up in Mitchell Park. The trees were bare and the grass was brown, but he was with her, and so it was beautiful.
Theyâd been walking in comfortable silence, when she asked, âDid you change your mind? About talking about it.â
Spencer put his hands into his pockets. âItâs, umâ itâs kind of a lot.â
She shrugged. âIâve got time.â
âI donât meanâ I mean, it would take some time to get through it all. But itâs alsoâ itâs a lot.â
âWe donât have to.â He could feel her eyes on him. âDo you talk toâ someone about it?â
âI talked with my unit chief today,â he answered.
âOkay. Butâ I mean, have you everâ talked to someone. Like, a professional.â
Spencer bristled slightly. Although he knew she wasnât passing judgement, her question exposed the reality that she thought he could use it. âIâve had some mandated counseling over the years.â
âObviously itâs your choice whether you talk to someone or not,â she mused. âI justâ I know that Iâve benefited a lot from seeing my therapist.â
Spencer was unsure of what to do with that information. Here she was, confessing that she went to therapyâ sweet, lovely Y/N. In comparison, he wasnât sure if even daily meetings with a counselor would be enough to tame the darkness that had grown and festered inside him over the years. That sometimes threatened to swallow him whole.
For a long while, there was only the crunch of the frozen ground beneath their feet. It wasnât uncomfortable, but there was an uncertainty about them that felt uncharacteristically heavy. He was hyper aware of her presence, and so he felt her pace slowing down before she came to a complete stop. He walked a few more paces before it became clear that she wasnât planning to catch up.
He turned and saw that sheâd taken a seat on one of the park benches. He carefully made his way to the bench, sitting beside her quietly. She didnât look at him, but instead studied her fingernails intently. She cracked her knuckles once, twice, and then turned her body slightly toward him on the bench.
âIâm sorry if I overstepped,â she hedged carefully. âI didnât mean to tell you what to do, or like, imply that thereâs anything wrong with you. Thereâs nothing wrong with you at all. I justââ
âItâs fine,â Spencer assured her. The way she looked at him thenâ like he was something fragile, delicateâ made his eyes burn. He kept his voice even. âI know what you meant.â
She smiled, eyes crinkling and filled with something that felt familiar and far away all at once. âGood. I canât have you out here thinking youâre anything less than wonderful.â
He couldnât stop looking at her, attempting to solve the impossible cypher behind her irises. As he failed to decode it, his inability to read her blinded him to what came next. He missed the dilation of her pupils, the way her tongue darted out to wet her lips, the increase of the beats in her carotid. So when she leaned in and pressed her mouth to his, he was momentarily paralyzed.
Her lips were so soft against his slightly chapped ones, pressing with a perfectly gentle pressure. She brought her hand up to cradle his cheek, the pads of her fingers just barely ghosting the curls falling around his ear. She sighed into his mouth and pressed a little closer. He took one peaceful moment to bask in the realization of a desire heâd had for almost four months.
And then she swiped the very tentative tip of her tongue against the seam of his mouth, and his hands involuntarily wound into her hair, dragging her closer. He opened his mouth against hers to swallow her sweet little gasp. His grip on her hair tightened, and she let out the tiniest mewl, and like a switch had flippedâ suddenly his mind was full of the darkness sheâd spent the evening chasing away.
Y/N beneath him in the dark. Maeve in a pool of blood. His hands around Catâs neck. His motherâs slap against his cheek. Max walking away from him. His fingers pressing the plunger on a dirty syringe. The slam of the door behind his father. Y/N calling out his name. A knife at his throat under a canopy of bones. Innumerable sets of lifeless eyes staring up at him. His life being snuffed out on the dirt floor of a shed. The clanging of metal bars and fingers ghosting over old bruises. Y/N looking at him with warm, loving eyes. The violent crack of bone underneath his fists. Y/Nâs face, lovely and perfectâ and then twisted in pain.
He broke away from her, releasing his hold on her hair and pushing her back into the bench. He took a second to gather himself before he dared to look at her. Her hair was tousled from his rough grip; her eyes were half-lidded and focused on him; her lips were red and kiss-bruised and turned up in a small, sweet smile.
And all at once he knew he had to hurt her, and it had to be now. Because what Cat had said about him was true. He might have escaped his motherâs illness, but he hadnât been able to outrun the violenceâ and unlike her, he didnât have the excuse of being sick. He had hurt people, and he had enjoyed it. He would have killed Hurley, and he would have slept soundly. He was no better than the men his team hunted.
Every time he thought heâd moved past it, that wickedness lurking just under the surface would grab him by the throat, choking everything else out. Emilyâs directive rang in his ears. Find that Reid and bring him back to us. He knew who she was talking about. The problem was, he wasnât sure that person still existed.
He was going to hurt Y/N eventually. Better to do it now, before things got too far.
âYouâre Michaelâs teacher,â he said, as evenly as possible.
Her smile faltered, and she pressed her lips together. He could still feel the phantom press of them against his own, and he was sure heâd never forget it. She cleared her throat. âYouâre right, youâre totally right. I, umâ I wonât be in a few months, and maybe thenââ
âYou donât even know me,â he interrupted.
Now there was confusion in her eyes. That much he could read. She huffed out a small laugh. âIâ I donât think thatâs entirely true.â
He looked directly at her. âWhy? Because you read my bio on a university website? Because we got tea a couple times?â His voice sounded harsh, patronizing, and he hated it.
Her confusion shifted into shock, and he ignored the tug on his heart. âAre you serious?â she questioned, genuinely searching for a sign that he was joking.
âDead serious.â He shrugged, and it felt like his bones were breaking. âYou donât really know anything about me, Y/N. If you did, you wouldnât be sitting here right now.â
âWhereâ where is this coming from?â Her voice was small, close to breaking. He lined up the last nail on the lid of the coffin.
âMaybe I gave you the wrong impression. Iâve appreciated talking to you. Volunteering in your classroom was entertaining. But I donâtâ I donât see you that way.â It was a lie, and if he didnât have such a practiced poker face, she might have seen through it. As it was, his poker face had helped get him banned from every casino in Vegas, so he watched her as he hammered the final nail. âYouâre just Michaelâs kindergarten teacher.â
âOh.â The hurt flashed across her featuresâ the furrow of her brow, the tightening of her mouth, the storm clouds in her eyes. âWell, Iâ I really read this wrong, huh?â She laughed, but there was no humor in it.
âYeah.â He put his hands into his pockets to keep himself from reaching for her, the desire to comfort her a strange juxtaposition to the pain he was intentionally inflicting on her. âI guess so.â
She opened and closed her mouth twice before taking a deep breath and nearly whispering, âOkay. Well. Iâmâ Iâm gonna go.â
She brushed some imaginary dust from her pants and then stood. She turned to him, and he waited for her to explodeâ to scream and curse at him. But it didnât come. She didnât look at him at all. âUmâ yeah. Iâm gonna go.â
He didnât say anything, and he knew sheâd take his silence as indifference. But he had to keep his mouth shut, because if he didnât, heâd beg her to stay. Heâd tell her every single random piece of information he had stored in his brain. Heâd tell her that he loved her from the moment he watched her help a child pick a solution from a pencil box. Heâd tell her that he only ever dreamt of two things these daysâ her or the lives he didnât save. Heâd tell her every single one of his deepest, darkest secrets. Heâd tell her that sometimes he was so afraid of himself that he could barely breathe. And if he told her all of that, sheâd walk away anyway.
So instead, he watched her turn and start back up the path, hugging her arms around herself and swiping her cheek against her scarf.
When she disappeared over the slope of the path, he scrubbed his hands over his own damp face and let himself break.
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what makes you think the writers want deancas? not trying to be an asshole, i'm just genuinely curious as to why you think that. i know berens' episodes are pretty heavy with subtext so i can see why you'd say that he wants it, but i'm not so sure about the rest of the writers/dabb. it seems like meghan isn't a huge fan either, given her "they twisted it so fast" tweet :/ of course she's a very new writer (think she's only writing one ep this season?) but still
OKAY this is a great question, welcome to my dissertation.
Iâm going to address the end of your question first. Meghan is actually DeanCas positive, she has been for quite a long time. She actually, a few years back, posted a picture of her reading a literal book about Destiel and captioned it âwriting readingâ or something like that.
This whole thing just comes out of a boiling over of tensions because of how nasty fandom twitter can be. Like I said here, I think this has just gotten blown out of proportion, they shouldnât have posted all this randomly disparaging stuff, but also like...can you blame them? The fandom is a lot, we always have been, and theyâre probably also under a gag order not to talk about the finale, and are annoyed that people keep asking.
So nah, Meg is not anti Destiel.
To the first part!! So letâs take a look at the show runners since Cas has been around.
Seasons 4 and 5: Kripke
Seasons 6 and 7: Gamble
Seasons 8-11ish: Carver
Seasons 11ish-15: Dabb
So starting with Kripke. Okay, yes, I will be the first to admit that we have some pretty incredible Destiel moments in these seasons, but itâs less directly written into the plot and much more from Misha and Jensenâs uhhhh ~chemistry~. The only times it was directly written into the script was when the episode was handled by someone like Edlund (âOn The Head Of A Pin,â âThe End,â âMy Bloody Valentineâ). And you have to remember, if in season 5, there are moments here and there where youâre like huh thatâs suspiciously romantic dialogue, remember that Cas took Annaâs place. Anna was supposed to be endgame for Dean, but due to a myriad of issues and Mishaâs general greatness, Anna was replaced with Cas.
Onto 6 and 7. Hmmm. Gamble. 6 and 7 are my two least favorite seasons and thatâs no secret, and thatâs not only due to the plain old weird shit in the overall storyline, but also that homegirl killed off Cas in s7 and then Bobby like four episodes later. (Also it ALWAYS rubbed me the wrong way they couldnât have Baby in that season lol). We still had some great DeanCas moments, but again, it wasnât really written into the overall arc (until they had to change the end of season 7 because of tanking ratings and bring Misha back lol, anyone remember the fact that Dean kept Casâ jacket and would randomly dream of him? Yeah.). But we still had those moments, those distinctly romantic moments, probably the best example in these two seasons is from Edlund again, specifically âThe Man Who Would be King,â I wrote a little about that here.
We move onto Carver, who gave us, at this point, the most overt DeanCas season with season 8 (season gr8 is a better name imo), and this is the first time Dean and Casâ relationship is directly written as an arc of the season. I mean, you have everything in Purgatory, Dean âseeingâ Cas everywhere, the fact that he felt so guilty that Cas stayed in Purgatory that he manipulated his own memories to think that he was the one that failed Cas, because he couldnât comprehend that Cas would want to leave him, and letâs not forget Dean snapping Cas out of Naomiâs hold on him in âGoodbye Stranger.â It was a very obvious shift, not enough to alert the general audience, but more than enough for most of us in fandom.
Itâs also important to note that this is when Andrew stopped co writing with Loflin and started writing his own episodes (âHunter Heroiciâ anyone?)Â I like Loflin fine, but Dabb was able to stretch his legs a little bit more once he stopped co-writing, and we also began to see some DeanCas themes in his solo episodes.
In any case, them and their issues being a big part of the seasons continued with Carver, and Berens entered the scene, his first episode (âHeaven Canât Waitâ) is one of my favorites, with human Cas and the fanfiction gap and Dean and Cas just generally being awkward and funny and sweet. This is Boboâs FIRST episode, remember that. He comes right out of the gate with it.
Also in Season 9, this is when Dean takes the Mark of Cain, and the Cas/Colette mirror is born, so obviously, Dean and Cas are the fabric of the season once again. This is also the season where Metatron says Cas is âin love with humanity,â and then immediately refers to Dean as Humanity so uhhhh yeah.
Onto season 10, Dabb and Berens continue with their greatness (I could write pages on the DeanCas date in âThe Things We Left Behindâ alone). And then we have one of the best scenes in the entire show in âThe Prisonerâ where the Cas/Colette mirror continues and Dean, driven by grief and pain and rage and the Mark, still doesnât kill Cas. He still canât kill Cas.
Season 11 is important because it takes choice away from both Cas and Dean, and shows us, as the audience, how much losing each other takes out of them. We saw in season 10 how much losing Dean takes from Cas, but what about Cas losing Dean? Dean loses his choice with his connection to Amara this season, and loses even more when Lucifer reveals heâs been possessing Cas, and plays on Deanâs connection to Cas like a mockery. Itâs also worth noting that, similarly to season 8, Dean breaks out of the connection with Amara when heâs worried about Cas, and thatâs something that even SHE is surprised by.
But then season 12, the beginning to the Renaissance. This is when we get the writerâs that become important for what Dean and Cas are today, and, truly, why I believe they want canon Destiel as much as we do.
This is the first season with Dabbâs writers: Davy Perez, Meredith Glynn, Steve Yockey, and of course Bobo all come in with their incredible talents and gave us episode after episode of good content. âLily Sunder Has Some Regretsâ is probably my favorite, probably the best example of what Iâm saying. An episode where Dean is called out by an enemy directly, told to âroll the diceâ on Casâ life. And Dean wonât, itâs not even really a hesitation. And this comes from a character that has known Dean for ten seconds. I also wrote more in depth about this episode here. There are also some.....distinctly domestic details we get this season, specifically in âThe Futureâ (written by Berens and Glynn) with the mixtape. The most tropey of tropes mixtape. Yeah, Iâll just leave that one here.
And then season 12 ends with Casâ death, but also with the parallel between Sam and Dean with Jess and Cas. Sam literally has to drag Dean away from Cas, just like Dean had to drag Sam out of his burning apartment in the pilot. The episode drives it home in every way that it can: Dean is the one left kneeling by Casâ body, while Sam goes to find out what is upstairs. Dean is the one who stares at the sky, finally broken. This isnât a random thing, this is Deanâs whole arc, itâs the entirety of the beginning of 13. Deanâs pain, his anguish, his anger.
Season 13 starts with them burning Cas, with Dean, who has begged God to bring him back, who has split his knuckles punching a door, standing, staring at Casâ pyre with brokenness on his face.
I mean.....
Anyway, season 13 is where it gets interesting (well, I think all of this is interesting but Iâm a writer nerd so). So Cas comes back from the Empty in âAdvanced Thanatologyâ written by Steve Yockey, and then a wombo combo of âTombstoneâ by Davy Perez next (âBrokebacknaturalâ as the PR said at the time). Listen. This is the part that SPN crossed a line that they couldnât come back from. With Cas being Deanâs âbig win,â the fact that Dean and Cas watch movies together, âI told you, heâs an angry sleeper. Like a bear.â Talked about it here.
This is where, in my opinion, the network stepped in, but the damage was already done. They had already established that Cas was Deanâs big win, that Deanâs poor coping was not due to Maryâs disappearance, but solely due to Cas, and that Dean and Cas have more married energy than anyone else. The network had nixed blatant canon at this point, and they writing room had been pushing the boundaries of what the network would allow.Â
After these episodes, we see a marked drop off of DeanCas heavy scenes. Theyâre still there, still a part of the fabric of the season, but not as...obvious as it had been in early season 13.
And this continued through season 14, weâre back to scraps of Destiel scenes here and there, but to me it always felt like there was something bubbling under the surface, something distinctly unsaid in the themes of the season, even after the walk back of obvious âDean and Cas are in loveâ scenes.
And then we get to season 15, which, yâall know I talk about all the time. Whatâs important here is that Bobo and Glynn are both executive producers, calling more of the shots than ever before. Additionally, itâs important to note that, though they only co write occasionally, Glynn and Berens refer to each other as âwork husbandâ and âwork wife.â Each episode has just turned up the volume, and, not for the first time, but certainly the most obvious, Dean and Cas ARE the season. Sure, theyâre trying to beat God, theyâre trying to finally find peace, defeat the final big bad, but really? This season has been about Dean, and Deanâs relationship to Cas.
And not only do we have obvious and clear Destiel in nearly every episode, but we have episodes like âLast Callâ which canonize bi!Dean (wrote about that here).
And, maybe most importantly so far, we have âThe Rupture,â the breakup, and âThe Trap,â Deanâs confession (both written by Berens). And hereâs the thing. These episodes feel connected, but also feel like theyâre missing something. Berenâs last episode is 15x18, âThe Truth.â Weâve all specâed about what could happen in this episode, and I think *I* know what itâs leading to. But for it to be leading to that, it means that the network has to have approved what weâve all been waiting for years for.
Who got this change to happen? Who got the network to change their minds? It wasnât us. It was them. I am fully convinced that Dabb and Berens quite literally put their careers on the line for Dean and Cas. They believe in them, theyâve shown that from the beginning, but the only thing standing in the way was the network, never allowing them to take the final step.Â
So, to answer your question: I think the writers want canon DeanCas because theyâve already shown us that they do. Take a look at their episodes, at Dabbâs, at Berenâs, at Glynnâs, at Perezâs, at Yockeyâs. Theyâve been telling us whatâs going on with Dean and Cas for years.
Sure, Iâm not in their heads, I guess I donât know for *sure* that this has been their thought process, but if we put it all together, from the marked shift when Dabb fully took over in s12, to the change right after âTombstone,â to the new shift, the blatantly romantic shift in season 15, what else is there?
Iâve said for a long time that we, the SPN fandom, are beyond lucky to have the writerâs that we do. Theyâre all going to go on to have prolific careers and we were lucky to get them at the end of our little show. I give them a lot of credit for what we have in the show today.
Just remember, theyâve been telling us in all of s15 who Chuck is. He says heâs the writer, right? But a writer who doesnât have control of his characters? A writer who wants to do the same ending over and over because it âworksâ? That doesnât sound like a writer, it sounds like a network exec.
Theyâve been showing us what they want for years, and the way s15 is going? I think they may have convinced the network to let us have it.
#supernatural#destiel#spn#my writing#anyway yeah i love these writers#welcome to my essay lmao#spn writers#anonymous#lilly answers
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My thoughts on Seabound!!! đđđ (1/4)
SPOILERS ALERT!!!
Finally Nya's season! Our queen, our water goddess, our amazing girl gets what she deserves! đđđ
What I know about the season beforehand is that Nya's powers apparently are getting problematic for some reasons? Which is a pretty common topic in other shows but it's a first in Ninjago, usually the elemental powers don't have focus and I LOVE that we now get to see stuff like that đđđ
I know there should be Wojira involved, trusting The Island to deliver that little foreshadowing at the end of the episode đ€·ââïž Also Maya is back... MAYA IS FINALLY BACK AFTER SEVEN SEASONS YES!!! đđđ
I have nothing else to say, I have no idea what this will bring, hopefully something as good as Master of the Mountain! đ€
Alright, here we go!
GENERAL THOUGHTS
Warning reader, I might be fangirling to an extreme because I love mah girl Nya and I've been wanting Kai and Nya's parents to be back ever since Hands of Time ended. So yeah... screaming alert đ
At this point I don't doubt that the intro is great, we reached such a level of animation and we got The Fold đđ Love the marine vibe and how it's similar to The Island, because it's a great intro đ
NOW I like the writing! Maybe they rushed the dialogue's quality for The Island to get here? It's just fun and in character, maybe it's just me but I'm enjoying it a lot for now
How many episodes are in this? Wiki says ten, then I checked again and it's sixteen like with Master of Mountain... eh, it looks good so far so it's fine whatever happens đ€·ââïž
A BIG SPLASH
Oohhh, new villain! One that uses... flames... huh, does she know there's literally a master of fire in the ninja team? Eh whatever she looks cute, give it up for Miss Demeanor!! đđ
Wait... OMG IS THAT ERIN MATTHEWS??? WE GOT MACY!! â€â€â€
Whoa, we're finding out where did the order of the vengestone from season 13 come from?? YAS! CONTINUITY!
Yep, there it is, Nya lost control... her attacks look so cool đ
Lol that kid trying to be a nindroid and Zane being offended đđ Sorry hun, you're that popular
Aaahhh, thank you Ninjago! You gave me back Nya the perfectionist đ I was worried her reaction to her powers wasn't going to be in character but it looks fair so far. Brings me back to Possession, my favorite season đđđ
WE GOT BACK THE FACT THAT SHE CAN MAKE IT RAIN!!! YAS!!! I might be easy to please but I love these details đ€©
đ€Żđ€Żđ€Ż Okay they are definitely going somewhere this time and I LOVE IT, because wow. WOW. Are we actually addressing the forever questioned fact that wind and water weren't elements that Chen needed at the Tournament? Are we giving a reason for them to exist outside the main set of elements and the elemental masters?? Duuuude, season 15 don't let me stop you, keep going đ
Mm, so water and wind are connected to Wojira (now I see the connection with the special). Are we setting the ground for a new master of wind? đđ It's risky going for a Morro replacement but it's a super intriguing idea! Oooor Edgy Boy TM might come back? WHO KNOWS I'M CURIOUS ANYWAY đ€©
Love how it is universal knowledge that Nya is super indipendent đ
YES YES FINALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYA!!! đđđ Is it too much hoping into a Ray cameo as well?? Pleaaaase? Also addressing Krux after so many seasons, this feels exciting!! đ
This is what I'm talking about, training, fighting scenes, show me everything that water goddess can do! đđđ
Aaahhh, Nya flexing her mightiness through anger, just to remind us that she is the descendant of a water master as much as of a fire master đ
YES YES YES YES IT'S HAPPENING FINALLY AFTER SEVEN SEASON THE FIRE WATER PARENTS ARE FINALLY BACK!!! đ„đđ„đđ„đ I'M SO HAPPY I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG!!! đ
RAY IS THERE TOO HECK YES!!!! đđđđđđđđ I shouldn't get this excited at only the first episode... WHO CARES RAY IS BAAAAACK!!! â€â€â€
Omg Maya is definitely different from what I expected, turns out Kai's enthusiasm came from her đ
Oh look at my flame babe đ


He's so happy his parents are here, he's a total family man â€â€â€
Nya is maaaaad... đ
THERE SHE IS

WELCOME BACK JILLIAN I MISSED YOU đđđ Would it be too much having a "Your voice sounds familiar" moment with Maya and Lloyd? đ
I'm so stoked for this! I want all the interactions I've missed for all of this time, asap!! HECK yes!! đđđđ
Oh, are we looking over the Miss Demeanor, vengestone situation? Mm... for now at least... WHO CARES FIRE WATER PARENTS!! đ„đđ„đđ„đ
THE CALL OF THE DEEP
Imma just slow clap for The Fold because this is another amazing intro, one of those things in this show that stays awesome no matter what happens đđ
So Maya gave Nya her discipline and perfectionism, but not the passion behind it đ I like this, it's not your conventional master of water, although I'd say it's different from the impression she gave me back in HoT. Maybe this is how she is when she's not trapped for fifty years? đ
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Is it too much asking for Kai and Ray bonding while the water women get the work done? đ
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Is this the sequel of Green Eggs and Ham?

Green Pancakes and Ham? đ
Oh it's seaweed nevermind... at breakfast? I'm all for sushi rolls but this is a little đ
Although since Maya missed their childhood she probably never cooked meals for them... how did I get myself sad đą
Whoa, Maya is a strict teacher! I got flashbacks from my first and only dance lesson, teachers nitpicking every single pose, uuurrrggg I feel ya waterlily đĄ
Again, not a fan of Misako, but coming from her the whole speech about wanting to be there for her child makes a lot of sense
Yes. YES.

YEEEEESSSS KAI AND RAY FAMILY BONDING THIS IS EVERYTHING I'VE EVER WANTED I'M GETTING ALL OF MY WISHES GRANTED FOR THIS ONE â€đ„â€đ„â€đ„â€đ„â€đ„â€
AND MY FLAME BABE IS SO GLAD HE GOT HIS PARENTS!!! đđđ
Lol with Kai's new hair they look even more related đ€Ł
Ray also sounds so happy he gets to have his moment with his son đą I feel so blessed in this moment đ
Also this scene makes a lot of sense. Nya grew up to be indipendent, one that succeed in most of stuff without problems, she built her life without any help and doesn't look for it. Kai grew up more insecure, he got some walls up but loves to take care of others and be taken care of. With a childhood lost he looks forward to a bit of softness â€â€
Did Maya make real bacon for that sandwich? Do I smell some favoritism? đ
Or maybe she really wants Nya to get onto the water mind setting idk đ€·ââïž
Little tiny complain, why isn't Jay doing the fixing? Did he give up mechanics completely? It feels like we haven't seen him do tech stuff in so long, I miss techy boy in action đ
And no, having to check on the bathroom doesn't count đ
Aww robot date đđ€đđ€
AAAHH ROBOT DISASTER đ±đ±đ± ZANE DANG IT YOU WERE DOING SO GOOD NOT TRYING TO DIE IN THE LAST TWO SEASONS!!
Oh that was weird, weird magic purple wave thingie?
I DID NOT ASK FOR A SEASON WITH A BEST GIRL AT THE EXPENCE OF ANOTHER BEST GIRL PIX DON'T YOU DARE DO THIS TO ME đ±đ±đ±đ±đ±
"Well this is troubling." I love this samurai so freaking much đđđ
GUYS THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND EPISODE, I'M A LITTLE SCARED NOW đą
Okay Nya admitting that something's wrong looking so apologetic, girl you don't need to do that you already own my heart đ
Alright, I'm guessing this is Wojira's power or something, and they will have to go down below and find out why... just throwing this in, maybe Maya did something? Because she wanted to finally be with her family and needed an excuse? JUST A THEORY WITH NO BASE I REALLY HOPE I'M WRONG!!!
Okay, two episodes and I'm BEYOND engaged, let's keep it up! đ
UNSINKABLE
Getting an idea how this episode might end already đđ
Look, I love best girl Pixal, but I'm kinda sad that she seems to be the only one tinkering at this point. Like, I saw Nya fix little stuff, while Jay dropped engineering altogether, I miss my engineers team đ
Aww, the guys didn't want to crush Pixal's dream of an unsinkable boat đ But honestly yeah, I agree with Cole, this might end badly đ
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Thank goodness

I was worried they forgot about Jaya â€đâ€đ Jay is such a cutie omg
Nya: Mm, going on a potentially dangerous mission with unstable powers in the heart of my element or... mom's tofu pancakes... *yeets herself over the ship*
I'm making too many screenshots of the Smith family... WHO CARES THEY ARE BACK AND THEY ALL LOOK SO GOOD!!! đđđđ
Aww Ray wants to play with his son and his friends so CUTE â€â€â€ Still can't believe they play Prime Empire after everything that went down đđ
Whoa whoa whoa, Kai and Cole are sitting this one out? That's actually interesting, I'm pretty sure I saw Cole's scuba suit in the sets though so I didn't expect it... lol it's actually kinda fair that the two that used to be afraid of water aren't going đđ
Bet Kai is happy to stay behind because he gets to spend time with his dad đ
Also studying the fire elementals?? Uhm, yes please?? TELL ME EVERYTHING ABOUT MY FLAME BABE!!! đđđđ
I'm sure this one scene...

... made so many lavashippers happy â€đ€â€đ€ Cole you got Ray's blessing
Ninja team acting cool while Jay is being Jay, it's how it always goes, it's the entire show's description and I absolutely love it đ That wink though đ
PIRATE ZANE IS BACK đđđ Haven't seen him since Possession, and this time he's not even malfunctioning đ Pixal is so done with his dorky boyfriend đ
Of course Jay already has a ghost butler theory going on đ
OF COURSE IT'S MAYA đđ
To be honest muffins would sold me too đ
Not sure if she will make them out of tofu again though...
It's actually really interesting that we still haven't met the actual enemies, it does build up excitment! Very curious about these squid guys đ
Well what do you know, the Unsinkable sank. Who would have thought?
... yeah same, sorry Pix đ
FIVE THOUSANDS FATHOMS DOWN
Aaaahhh, Nya fixing stuff! That's more like it!! đđ
Oww, that one speech, I've been waiting for so long for that! Maya just wants to catch up with her daughter and it's not her fault she was separated from her children, but Nya did everything on her own with Kai. Only fair she isn't seeking for her help right now... still sad đą
Pff, with this ninja team there's not a moment of privacy đđ
Maya cleaning his future son-in-law's laundry what the HECK đđđ To be fair Jay has a bit of a history of having to change underwears during sea travels đ
Zane was attached to a battery? When?... are you talking about that one scene in Prime Empire? Cause that's not really a flashback I wanna ha- whoops never mind got the flashback đ±
Maya looks more calm now, I think she's trying to act more reasonable and she's got good points đ I know people were a little weirded out by how more cheerful she looks in comparison to Hands of Time, but I think she gets the most serious and rational when time needs. That's actually fascinating of her đ€
CALLING OUT AN ATTEMPTED MURDER

THIS GIRL IS TOO GORGEOUS MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT đ€©đ€©đ€© Like my gosh that smirk, what the heck Pix đđđ
Okay but Jay looking at Nya until the doors are completely closed?? CAN YOU FEEL MY JAYA HEART BEATING?? â€đâ€đ
Whoa green gas I thought this was Nya's season đ
MAYA WHY ARE YOU SAYING THIS STUFF YOU'RE SCARING ME đ±đ±đ± I SWEAR LEGO IF YOU BROUGHT BACK WATER MOM JUST TO KILL HER OFF I'M GONNA SUE YOU đđđ
I really REALLY like the atmosphere of the entrante of the temple! Super sealike and ancient! đđđ
Maya: off we go, into the spooky old temple! (Why does it feel like something Kai would say? đ)
Oh gee, someone sleeping in the deep, who could that be? Coff Wojira coff
Whoa the jellyfishes look pretty lifelike!
HERE HE COMES

WELCOME BACK GILES!!! ONCE AGAIN ON A LEGO SHOW I MISSED YOU SO MUCH YOU AND YOUR GODLIKE VOICE!!! đđđđ Gosh he's a villain but he's got Clay's voice, how can I even try to hate him?? đ
Alright, knocking down my water girls, that is pretty hateful material... BUT CLAAAYYY đđđ
So they need the two amulets to wake up Wojira? Isn't one on the island? Fire dad and son coming to the rescue? WHO KNOWS BUT I'M ENJOYING THIS A LOT SO FAR KEEP GOING SEABOUND đđđ
#ninjago#ninjago season 15#ninjago spoilers#ninjago seabound#ninjago nya#nya smith#ninjago kai#kai smith#ninjago jay#jay walker#ninjago cole#cole brookstone#ninjago zane#zane julien#ninjago pixal#pixal borg#ninjago maya#maya smith#ninjago ray#ray smith#spoilers#wojira#ninjago misako
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In recognition of 200 followers.....
I composed a list of 200 hero x villain dialogue prompts for you guys to ask me or reblog it and ask your own followers or if you take inspiration.
Thank you so much! It means a whole lot!
1. "I wish I had longer to love you."
2. "Sometimes being the greatest is being the worse."
3. "I will kill you if you die on me."
4. "Bury me... under a willow tree... with tulips and lilies to blossom in the spring and a small stream to keep me company."
5. "Villains aren't capable of love; yet, here I am crying over your grave."
6. "The kitten's name is Max."
7. "I'm going to get a beer."
8. "There is only one way to kill me, but you could never muster the strength to pull through."
9. "I'm dizzy with love for you."
10. "Hero, you are drunk not a toddler."
11. "I pledge to serve you willingly, butthead."
12. "Ride the waves with me." "You are a mermaid, no thanks."
13. "Stay awake for me; it's only a little farther."
14. "I can't carry you!"
15. "He isn't much, but we'll make do."
16. "I WANT TO SEE HER! LET ME SEE HER PLEASE. Please..."
17. "George Washington never told a fib, and I am greater than him, so trust me, Hero, when I say I am telling the truth."
18. "Eggs and butter make dough, knives and guns make death."
19. "You are insane."
20. "The bomb is going off in twenty seconds, Hero. Run now. I-I'm going to stop it."
21. "What is love?"
22. "I don't get the function of hugs."
23. "Mentally I'm good, but physically..."
24. "I only wished for happiness from that genie. I guess it was evil."
25. "Break him, shatter him, destroy him."
26. "Sing with me."
27. "Villain you are touch starved, not dying."
28. "What the heck did you do to your hair." "What? You don't like it?" "It looks like my cat's litterbox."
29. "Don't give me hope."
30. "I am not a disease or a parasite. I am a human. I am one of those millions you swore to protect."
31. "Kiss, marry, kill?" "Kill, kill, kill."
32. "You created me."
33. "Villain don't you dare pass out."
34. "I like the look of blood on you, compliments your eyes."
35. "I kinda dropped Hero through space."
36. "Power exhaustion sucks."
37. "Time to save the world. Yay!" *says in sarcasm*
38. "Let me feed you Hero."
39. "You do not have AC?!"
40. "Villain you have a fever."
41. "Am I drunk?"
42. "Movies. Nine o'clock. Don't be late."
43. "Lemme grab a beer and we are good to go."
44. "Don't. Look. At. Me."
45. "He just had his wisdom teeth out sooo." "How bad can it be? Villain has been shot with twenty tranq darts at one and didn't pass out... immediately anyway, took a good twenty minutes." "Well, you see-" "THE KITTEN IS TRYING TO KILL ME!!!!!"
46. "She needs surgery."
47. "It's a panic attack..." "KISS HIM!"
48. "Blood, gore, madness... this was made for me."
49. "Quit drooling on me and sit up."
50. "There's only one bed."
51. "He looks so cute when he sleeps."
52. "Of all the places to live, you had to choose a heavily fortified medieval castle two thousand years in the past?"
53. "You are a peacock Hero."
54. "Let's see who will drown first. You or me. One, two, three... let's go!"
55. "I wasn't always like this."
56. "Madness is for geniuses, not for me."
57. "It's just a sedative that's going to make you nice and docile."
58. "He's out." "Good, let him rest, villainy is hardwork."
59. "I love her, but she doesn't love me."
60. "If I had a choice to save you or me, I'd pick me."
61. "Gag her."
62. "They aren't made for this, give them mercy."
63. "Talk now or she dies."
64. "Broken ribs, broken jaw, broken arm... are you sure you want me to continue." "No." "Then tell me your name."
65. "Get me some thread and a needle. Just don't touch me."
66. "The police are coming."
67. "Tell me where she is. TELL ME WHERE IS SHE OR I WILL SLASH YOUR THROAT AND TOSS YOU IN THE SEWER!!!!!"
68. "I love you." "I don't."
69. "Hug me just one last time."
70. "Villain hey hey hey. Calm down. You've been in a pretty bad accident."
71. "They won't be able to walk again."
72. "Tell me... just tell if they made it."
73. "Can't you just poof me another arm?"
74. "If you saved all of them, you can save me."
75. "I'm really tired..."
76. "Sleep. I will stay with you."
77. "She is sixteen years old." "All musicians start young." "This isn't a concert, this is life. Stop ruining it."
78. "He"s been in an accident." "Where?" "Five minutes away from your place."
79. "I wish he wasn't unconscious, so I could talk to him. So I could thank him."
80. "It's been four months now. I have came everyday and, uh, I dunno what to say. Hero, I need you to wake up. I can't function knowing you are right here."
81. "I have a date." "Hmm with who?" "Supervillain." "When and where honey?"
82. "Shhhhhhh. Be quiet. We are still being hunted."
83. "Desert?" "What are you trying to do? Kill me?"
84. "I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you." "I know, I know dear and I so sorry, but I need you to help me. I need you to help them."
85. "Villain just sleep. Allow the drugs to take you under. Don't fight it, don't resist... just sleep. In the morning, we will be safe."
86. "Being lost in the woods isn't ideal."
87. "An injection of valium will do it."
88. "There's no anesthesia."
89. "Wouldn't it be great if we never met each other?"
90. "Bless you." "I didn't sneeze." "Yeah right. Now go sit down, you're sick."
91. "It's called insomnia you dim-wit."
92. "Join me and we can be great."
93. "You didn't bring me here for the cake." "No, dear, but you are so gullible. I brought you here for a sacrifice." "My life?" "Why yes."
94. "I don't know. I never had someone collapse on my doorstep before."
95. "I have nothing to lose. No family, no friends, just my meaningless life."
96. "That's my daughter, not the villain's... so give me her back before I rip your eyes out."
97. "How long was I out for?!" "Ten minutes, but you were drifting. I don't think you had that good of rest." "Oh, I thought I was asleep for hours."
98. "I know, I know you are going to hate me after this, but trust me when I say it's for the best."
99. "I know everything about you."
100. "I think narcissism is contagious because after watching you for a couple hours, I think I may have developed a little crush on the mirror..."
101. "What did you give me?"
102. "Is she screams, I'm going to scream, and then we are going to die."
103. "No fighting today, my cat just died."
104. "How hard did you punch me?"
105. "Not gonna lie, being delirious was epic."
106. "I am cooking for you. You aren't my servant, so stop thinking it."
107. "My old masters made me into a weapon and called me Villain, but if you desire a lapdog I am going to need to be refurnished to fit your needs."
108. "What is his deal?" "I think he's just crazy."
109. "Love is not what I had in mind when I agreed to go on a date with you."
110. "Hugs are overrated."
111. "Are you too hot or too cold?" "Both."
112. "I wish we could turn back time."
113. "I lost the game." "What do you mean? Hero is dead." "Precisely."
114. "Make a wish." "That you live."
115. "Villain has been acting exceptional! Today we granted them a break from the machine. Go ahead Hero and take him for some ice cream."
116. (Sleepy murmurs) "Don't go. I neeeed you." "Yeah yeah I know Villain."
117. "Villain was the one who hurt me, not Hero."
118. "Supervillain is in danger!"
119. "If everyone is scared of me, I might as well be alone."
120. "My head is killing me."
121. "Don't call an ambulance. Just... hold me."
122. "You don't have to do this. It's going to hurt you more than me." "Anything for you dearest, anything at all."
123. "Hero, go wash your hands before dinner."
124. "You have PTSD?" "I don't know?"
125. "I have soap in my eyes!' "Rinse it out." "Mm no I'm permanently mortally blinded." "Uh huh."
126. "We need to cuddle to keep warm."
127. "Take care of them for me, will you?"
128. "When I'm gone, promise to tell my mother, please."
129. "Drug him and then bring him to me."
130. "Superheroes are for children. In all honesty, we are all villains."
131. "Oh my gosh, Hero, what happened?" "Poisoned."
132. "Wouldn't it be nice?" "I don't fancy prosthetics."
133. "Just shut up and listen!"
134. "There is a memorial parade for Hero tomorrow. They asked you to lead it."
135. "She turned it around... at the end."
136. "I wish that he understood how much I care for him."
137. "Civilian! He fell asleep in my lap last night, like totally zooted. It was so cute, but also very tempting. I stuck a french fry up his nose." "Wow. Did he wake up then?" "Yeah, I am sorta kidnapped right now..."
138. "The book, the sword... all pieces of the puzzle huh." "No, darling, all pieces of my game."
139. "Their death is my fault! Not your's, but mine, so quit trying to make me feel better."
140. "Once upon a time-" "Oh please, not another fairytale."
141. "If only it was that easy."
142. "We are stuck in a maze, how can you be so joyful?"
143. "Celebrate Hero, eat your cake, party into the night... but just know, I will be back."
144. "Call 911!" "Why?" "I stubbed my toe."
145. "Your jawline looks like it was gauzed over in lard." "It looks better than your hay for hair."
146. "You're my best friend." "Villain? Are you on drugs?"
147. "Lay him there and leave him. Let the rats dine on him."
148. "The point of the cow suit?" "Oh, uh, I was at a Halloween parade. You know, for children."
149. "I-i never wanted to hurt you." "I know, I wanted you to, so I allowed it."
150. "Favorite movie?" "Your death." "Ooo never heard of it, let's watch it." "*groans* Oh my gosh, you are stupid."
151. "Being a flutist is my only superpower. And being modest apparently."
152. "Your head will join my collection if yoi don't watch out."
153. "Hey, hey! Wake up, buddy. It's just a nightmare."
154. "Meh head hurts." "Yeah, you hit it pretty hard."
155. "Let's go for a ride." "On that yellow miniature school bus?" "It's a ranger you idiot."
156. "No painkillers, no bandages, perfect environment for infection to settle... I'm just gonna leave you here Villain."
157. "I save you and this is how you repay me? A prison?"
158. "What are you doing?" "Climbing a tree? No Hero, I am breaking into your house to kidnap you."
159. "I formally apologize."
160. "Of all places, Hero, you had to teleport us to a desert. A DESERT."
161. "Supervillain won't stop unless we team up." "I don't think our alliance will stop them, I think it'll just make them angrier."
162. "Stop singing or I will blow this place until even the last atom is broken into itty-bitty molecules!" "That... that is scientifically impossible."
163. "I'm a genius! Yippee!"
164. "Life isn't perfect and nor is your morals."
165. "Control yourself before you kill everyone around you."
166. "Say your goodbyes."
167. "Of all the ways I've died, drowning was by far the nicest."
168. "Love the collar. Is it for fashion purposes?" "Uh, um, uh, er, no?"
169. "You look lonely. Want some hot coco?"
170. "It is negative million out there and you expect me to come in toasty warm after fixing your power?"
171. "Are you sick?" "Yeh." "Come on in then."
172. "Civilian, don't even bother trying to save him."
173. "We have a breach!"
174. "What makes a villain's life less important than your's?"
175. "Enjoy your soup." "You poisoned it." "And you're delusional, eat up."
176. "I hate 99% of the population." "According to a meme I found, you are therefore a cat."
177. "Don't overuse your powers."
178. "This is just an unfortunate event."
179. "You look so cute when you are sleepy and barely conscious."
180. "His fever is rising."
181. "Save her, leave me. I'll-i'll get out of this somehow."
182. "Sometimes self-sacrifice isn't noble, it's selfish."
183. "You are so funny that I need my inhaler to kill you with." "That sentence was so discombobulated that I am leaving."
184. "Just for your information, I hate oranges but love grapes."
185. "Walking down the stairs shouldn't be a momental effort." "You broke both your legs."
186. "You just destroyed my life's work, don't expect me to give you a huge bear hug."
187. "Is it true that you have telekinesis?" "Yes, why?" "Go steal me a donut."
188. "You are so incredibly touch starved, Villain." "Mmm." "Tired? Go ahead and sleep, I'm here."
189. "This is for your own good, I promise."
190. "I'm cold."
191. "I don't want to move and you can't make me."
192. "I AM RETIRED! YOU DON'T NEED TO CONTINUE TO SEND ME PAMPHLETS OF THE HOTTEST HERO OF THE YEAR!"
193. "He's unconscious." "That tired, huh." "No, he passed out from blood loss."
194. "I want a kitten."
195. "I'm no scared of you, so stop acting like I am."
196. "He isn't dangerous, just scared."
197. "They won't be going anywhere for a long, long time."
198. "Hero? Hero? Oh my goodness, please wake up."
199. "Life is too short for pleasures."
200. "I hope you are happy, in the end."
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JBBarnesNNoble's 2nd Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Challenge 2021
Hello lovely people! And welcome to the 2nd Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Writing Challenge. The aim of this challenge is to shine a light on mental health, medical conditions, and the things that can have impacts on us. This started out initially being a PCOS Awareness challenge last year but through conversations with other writers over Discord, it evolved into a Mental Health Awareness Month Writing Challenge last year. Iâm reusing some of the unused prompts from last yearâs challenge and adding in some new ones!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The goal of this challenge is to lift each other up, and show that itâs okay not to be okay. Spread some love and light during a challenging time in the world to those who struggle with chronic illness, depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, grief, PCOS, acceptance from their families and communities for being LGBT+, and anyone struggling with insecurity.
This challenge will run through July 31st, 2021. It will run through Mental Health Awareness Month, Pride Month, and the month of July to give people time to write. You can submit it at any time. I probably have too many prompts, but I wanted to ensure that there was a wide array to choose from. Please donât hesitate to message me if I havenât interacted with your fic after a few days! Sometimes the tag system doesnât work and I miss things!
The Rules:
1. Utilize resources available online if youâre dealing with subject matter youâre not that familiar with. Iâm not going to go all âcite sourcesâ on yâall, but please do make sure to do your research. Writing about some of these issues can be hard if you donât have first hand knowledge of how it can affect you. The goal of this challenge is to write about topics that we tend to shy away from, that many of us struggle with, from mental health struggles to chronic illnesses to low-self esteem. A gentle reminder that if you think writing about a subject will be triggering for you, please look after yourself first.
2. Use #JBBNNMHAM21 to tag your fic
3. Dark!Fic- Due to the subject matter involved in this challenge, please donât submit dark!fic. I enjoy dark fics, but this challenge isnât the place for them.
4. Smut- Smut is welcome! Make sure you tag it appropriately.
5. No inc*st, dubcon/noncon, underage, etc
6. Ships- I prefer reader inserts, but show me what ya got.
7. NO JOHN WALKER FICS. Please. Please no. I beg of you.
8. Selecting Prompts: Just let me know which one you want to do! 2 people per prompt! The song prompts have a line from them under it. You DO NOT need to use the line in your submission! Itâs mostly to help you decide if youâre interested in a song before you take a listen to it.
You also can alter the sentence and dialogue prompts as needed for grammar, be it altering the pronouns used or changing the pluralization of a word.
9. Trigger Warnings: Use warnings as needed. Fics dealing with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, or other mental health issues should be tagged appropriately to ensure that readers that may be triggered by the subject matter can avoid the fic. Trigger warnings are non-negotiable
The prompts are under the cut!
Prompts:
Dialogue Prompts:
âI feel like if I let go, if I move on, Iâll only be proving them right.â
âI donât know. Am I? Because from where Iâm standing itâs pretty damn clear thatâs how you see me.â
âYou donât believe that do you? Tell me you donât. Please.â
âItâd probably be easier if you leftâ
âPlease leave me aloneâ
âEveryoneâs got broken pieces. Some have more, some have less. It doesnât make you less of a person to have those broken pieces.â @nekoannie-chan
âIf itâs okay with you, Iâll take that shake now.â
âWhatâs the point if Iâm going to end up breaking that promise too?â
âYou sure about that, moonman?â
âIt made you smile though. And that will always be a win in my book.â
âThatâs not true. And I will tell you that every day of your life until you believe me.â
Sentence Prompts:
Feel free to adjust the pronouns as needed
It was a day. It was the only way it could be described.
Summer had a smell that reminded her of innocence and a time long since past.
In that moment, the world stopped spinning on its axis as it all shattered down around her.
Some things, there would never be a way to understand. @justrunamok
Like shattered glass, in that moment the illusion was broken.
Forever was a lie, just like everything else.
If you had another condescending doctor tell you your problem wasnât a problem you were going to scream.
Theyâd say it was easy, like riding a bike. Except, you never learned how to ride a bike in the first place.
Today was going to be good. It had to be.
It didnât take a genius to figure out that this was going south.
AU and Trope Prompts:
Soulmate @samsgoddess
College
Childhood Friends @tellmealovestory
Friends to Lovers
Enemies to Lovers
Musicians
Writer
Professional Athlete
Teacher
Coffee Shop
Fake Dating
Accidental Marriage
Royal
Librarian
Doctor
Song Prompts:
1. Nobody Ever Told You - Carrie Underwood
Lyric Snippet: âWish you could see yourself the way I do. Nobody ever told you, nobody ever told you. Shine like a diamond, glitter like gold, and you need to know what nobody ever told youâ
2. Missing You - All Time Low
Lyric Snippet: âAnd if you need a friend, Iâll help you stitch up your wounds. I heard that youâve been, having some trouble finding your place in the world. I know how much that hurts. But if you need a friend, then please just say the word.â
3. Barefoot and Bruised - Jamestown Story
Lyric Snippet: âMaybe when your sky comes crashing down, I can be your angel on the ground. If you get tired and canât go on, I will carry you along, when the rocks below your feet wear out your shoes, when youâre barefoot and bruisedâ
4. Hold On Till May- Pierce the Veil
Lyric Snippet: âIf were you, Iâd put that away. See youâre just wasted and thinking about the past again. Darling, youâll be okay.â
5. If I Surrender - Citizen Soldier
Lyric Snippet: âIf I surrender, surrender, to the monsters in me, will it set me free?â
6. Home - Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors, Beba Rexha
Lyric Snippet: âAll these miles, feet, inches, they canât add up to the distance that I have been through just to get to a place where even if thereâs no closure Iâm still safe. I still ache from trying to keep pace. Somebody give me a sign, Iâm starting to lose faithâ
7. Broken Arrows - Daughtry
Lyric Snippet: âThe best of intentions I lay at your feet. And I need you to see past the worst part of me.â
8. Used - Serious Matters
Lyric Snippet: âThe wounds are gone and the pain still lingers. But this time I wonât stand by, I donât need you in my lifeâ
9. According to You - Orianthi
Lyric Snippet: âAccording to you, Iâm stupid, Iâm useless, I canât do anything rightâ
10. Let It Land - Tonight Alive
Lyric Snippet: âAnd everything we hate is something we just bought along the lineâ
11. Cold As You - Taylor Swift
Lyric Snippet: âYou put up walls and paint them all a shade of grey. And I stood there loving you and wished them all away. And you come away with a great little story, of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore youâ
12. Tied Together with a Smile - Taylor Swift
Lyric Snippet: âHold on, baby youâre losing it. The waterâs high, youâre jumping into it, and letting go, and no one knows. That you cry but you donât tell anyone that you might not be the golden one. And youâre tied together with a smile, but youâre coming undone.â
13. Human Interaction - Tonight Alive
Lyric Snippet: âI donât know love. I donât know hate. I am numb. Wish I could find the words to say. Asking please, as colors fade. I need to breathe. Before I turn the world to grey.â
14. Therapy - All Time Low
Lyric Snippet: âGive me therapy, Iâm a walking travesty, but Iâm smiling at everything. Therapy you were never a friend to me, and you can keep all your miseryâ
15. Scars - Alison Iraheta
Lyric Snippet: âDo you know how hard Iâve tried to become what you want me to be. Take me, this is all that Iâve got, this is all that Iâm not, all that Iâll ever be. I got flaws, I got faults, keep searching for your perfect heart. It doesnât matter who you are, weâve all got our scarsâ
16. Hurts to Know - 1551
Lyric Snippet: âI canât remember what I did to earn you by my side. I canât surrender. Iâll fight as long as youâre in my lifeâ
17. Spinning Bottles - Carrie Underwood
Lyric Snippet: âHeâs in a hotel room, with the tv on. Getting lost in the static with the curtains drawn, knowing this could be the time that gets her gone for good, heâd quit if he could. But one down, two down, three down, four, canât even recognize the man in the mirror anymoreâ
18. Praying - Kesha
Lyric Snippet: âWell you were wrong and now the best is yet to come. âCause I can make it on my own. And I donât need you, I found a strength Iâve never known.â
19. Jersey On the Wall (Iâm Just Asking) - Tenille Townes
Lyric Snippet: âIf I ever get to heaven, you know I got a long list of questions. Like how do you make a snowflake, are you angry when the earth quakes? How does the sky change in a minutes, how do you keep this big rock spinning? Why canât you stop a car from crashing? Forgive me, Iâm just askingâ
20. Five More Minutes - Scotty McCreery
Lyric Snippet: âTime rolls by, the clock donât stop. I wish I had a few more drops of the good stuff, the good times. Oh, but they just keep on flying right on by like it ainât nothing, wish I had me a, a pause button. Moments like those, Lord knows Iâd hit it. Give myself five more minutesâ
21. Dadâs Old Number - Cole Swindell
Lyric Snippet: âSometimes I forget, these ten digits ainât my lifeline anymore. Every now and then I dial them up when life gets tough or when the Braves score. Sorry about the one ring hang ups, early morning and late night wake ups. It was just me. In case you wondered, youâve got dadâs old number.â
22. The Other Side - Lauren Alaina
Lyric Snippet: âThereâs gonna be a lot of sadness on a lot of happy days, Iâll try to think of this moment, this placeâ
23. I Was Here - Beyonce
Lyric Snippet: âSo they wonât forget I was here. I lived. I loved. I was here. I did, Iâve done, everything that I wanted and it was more than I thought it would be. I will leave my mark so everyone will know I was here.â
24. Gone Too Soon - Simple Plan
Lyric Snippet: âLike a shooting star, flying across the room. So fast, so far, you were gone too soon. Youâre a part of me. And Iâll never be the same here without you. You were gone too soon.â
25. Amelia - Tonight Alive
Lyric Snippet: âAnd you will always be perfect, youâll always be beautiful, our hearts, will never forget you. You didnât belong here, and itâs become so clear why heaven called your name.â
26. Heaven Right Now - Thomas Rhett
Lyric Snippet: âWhen the whole crew gets together, memory lane goes on forever. We twist a top and pour a little Jack D out.â
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THE TVDU TIMELINE (AND HOPEâS AGE)
Okay, so I know this is like the most controversial topic of the TVD wiki, but during our rewatch of the show, Iâm realizing that the timeline on the show (particularly Legacies) is just... super compacted, so here is my take on how the events of the show play out over time and how that might affect the ages of various roles. If anyone hasnât watched Legacies or actually cares about spoilers... beware.
If you pay attention to the words and the dialogue in the show, they actually drop a fair number of hints as to the passage of time on the show. In the past, I always assumed that it followed the same timeline as most shows, where each season is equivalent to one year with episode air dates matching with whatâs happening canonically on the show, but itâs actually not the case in Legacies, where, between the pandemic and general wonky primetime airing schedules, the timeline is a little more difficult to follow.Â
Examples of the above include early S1 where the first few episodes are literally happening over the course of several days, maybe two weeks. Thereâs a few times the characters say things like âyesterdayâ or âa few days agoâ or âlast weekâ in their dialogue. Obviously, this might change as I keep rewatching (like a fool because this is a damn hyperfixation), but hereâs what the timeline is like in my head.
Starting from the top, S5 tells us that Hope is 15 at the time that all of that plays out, and thereâs an unknown time jump between the end of TO and the beginning of Legacies. Weâll come back to this later.Â
Like I mentioned above, the first few episodes of S1 happen very quickly (going to find Raf and Landon, Landon stealing the knife, the dragon, the football game, the discovery of the monsters, the twinsâ birthday). These all happen in a matter of days, maybe two weeks at the most. When the Honor Council stuff is happening, Lizzie asks Raf to the twinsâ birthday âon Fridayâ, so we know itâs coming up quick. And the twinsâ birthday is the first real date that we have confirmed on the show. So 1x06 is occurring on March 15. The next real âdateâ we have is in 1x12, where we know the school is on spring break. Now idk about yâall but in the states and when I was in school, the latest spring break ever seemed to be was like early/mid-April? So it sounds like the gap between 1x06 and 1x12 is a handful of weeks at most, which makes sense. During this time is the whole part where Hope goes and gets Landon back, the djinni episode, and the slug debacle. As far as the passage of time goes, there isnât a lot of it during these plot points.Â
Then we hit the end of the season and summer break. So S1 has happened over the course of like... three months, and S2 picks back up at the beginning of the next school year. Unfortunately, events like the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant and Founders Day donât actually have set dates in canon so itâs difficult to tell what the passage of time is supposed to be like. However, we do know that 2x08 (the Santa episode) occurs in October. So the first half of S2 takes place over the course of a month or so? After that, the next hint of time that we get is the culmination of the season, where Dark Josie intends to push up the Merge timeline and do it on the twinsâ birthday of that year. So weâre back to March 15 of the next year, and two seasons have passed in the span of one in-canon year.Â
Now this is where the timeline gets even MORE messed up because of the pandemic and the weird airing schedules. But 3x01-3x04 were always supposed to be part of S2, so thatâs where Iâm putting it. Given the reactions by Alyssa and the rest of the witches in 3x01, not that much time has passed since Dark Josie was banished, there is again urgency with Rafâs problem, the musical, and then the confrontation with the Necromancer.Â
It feels like there is another time jump after 3x04, because Kaleb references Sheriff Mac moving to Savannah with Maya, and Josie is working on her transfer over to MFHS. Iâm guessing that most public schools arenât going to handle transfer requests at the end of the school year, so it sounds like weâre back to the end of the summer again by the time 3x05 happens. This also makes sense in context of whatâs happening in the A plot, where Hope is losing herself in her search for Landon, which probably would actually take months. However, once she finds the Monkeyâs Paw and Cleo enters the picture, things begin to pick up again.Â
Now Iâll be perfectly frank, I only sat through S3 once (and Iâm not looking forward to doing it again) so Iâm not as in tune with that season as much as I am with the others, but again, it does feel like time moves quickly. With the monsters constantly coming and the appearance of golem Landon to push along the narrative, I can believe that this happens over the course of a few months, taking us to maybe November or December of that year, approximately a year and a half since S1 began. And of course, once Mali-Landon leaves, everything kicks up a notch. Like with S2, 4x01-4x04 were meant to be part of S3, and thatâs where it makes sense narratively.Â
Hope makes the realization that she needs to become the tribrid in the Star Wars episode, and everything from that point on shoehorns her into that point. Again, we donât have direct dates or events to mark the passage of time, but just going off what happens in canon, from the time they wake up from the vision quest to the end of 4x04, I donât think there are any days where the Squad is just taking a break and lounging around (with the exception of 4x03, but I wouldnât call that lounging around).Â
Now we know that there is no timeskip between 4x04 and 4x05 because Lizzie directly alludes to the night before in her opener, so everything thatâs happened since the beginning of the show has now occurred within something like two years (not the four I was assuming up until now). Again, with the urgency of the plot, Hope is not just sitting around and twiddling her fingers once the threat of Triad comes up, and the Squad is not waiting for Hope to come back. Hopeâs actions include learning about Triad, having her misadventures with Clarke, Salvatore Idol at the school, her confrontation with actual Triad and Aurora, and her confrontations with Lizzie. Similarly, there is no time jump between 4x09 and 4x10, as the episode tells us. All of this is happening in a span of weeks, not months.Â
All that said, it feels like about two years have passed since S1 began. Hope was 17 at the time (having just turned 15 when S5 of TO happens and taking a little over a year off to grieve, thus setting her back one school year and putting her in the same grade as the twins, and half a school year where sheâs just in her room watching Cutthroat Kitchen by herself). She is just about to turn 18 by the time she jumps into Malivore (Iâm keeping the May birthday even though I just wrote this entire meta on why air dates ainât shit), and is a few months shy of her 19th when she has her first death in 4x03.Â
#[ meta. ]#[ lore. ]#this is why i shouldn't fall asleep at 7:30pm#also laying all of this out and seeing what these children go through#my god......#GIVE THE SQUAD A BREAK 2KFOREVER
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60 Dialogue Prompts
If you want me to write something using these prompts, just send me the number and the character/person you want it to be written about!
1. "I'm trying to have a serious conversation with you!" "And I'm trying to subtly avoid it!"
2. "Did you get my note?" "Of course I got your note, you taped it to my forehead when i was sleeping."
3. "Do you believe in love at first sight?" "No but i do believe in hating people who do."
4. "Well someone thought it would be a good idea to throw our back up plan of the bridge." "It was on FIRE!"
5. "Can you hit me with your knife?" "I do believe the technical term is 'stab'!"
6. "I'm not a thief I'm just really good at acquiring things that aren't mine."
7. "Your not my favorite person today!" "I'm not your favorite person ever!"Â
8. "Security, schmecurity. I want to see what is behind that door!"
9. "I feel life I'm getting stabbed." "How do you even know what getting stabbed feels like?"
10. "If we die here, I'm going to follow you around in the afterlife, reminding you it's your fault we died."
11. "I assume IÂ deserve this, but could you tell me why you want to kill me?"
12. "On a scale of 1-10 how bad do you think it would be if I-" "At least a twenty."
13. "None of you got date?!"
14. "You would be surprised at how much you can screw up in twenty-four hours, all it takes is a little motivation and a hammer."
15. "I regret a lot of things, but this conversation makes the top of the list."
16. "What happened to me last night?" "You thought you developed magic powers and could talk to squirrels." "Kind of glad I don't remember any of that." "Don't worry I got it all on video."
17. "Sorry, I spout out random facts when I'm nervous."
18. "Anger makes you stupid, and stupid gets you killed."
19. "If you don't apologize, I'm going to tell mom." "Please I'm an adult, i can do what I want." "Okay, MOM!" "No, wait! I'm sorry!"
20. "Are you clinically insane or just really annoying?" "I don't know, probably both."
21. "How many times do I have to tell you? I'm not her!"
22. "Right now I don't know if I want to kiss you or push you of a bridge." "Can I pick?"
23. "I had an idea!" "Oh God..." "I swear it's a good one this time."
24."You say 'potato' I say 'damn it, put the gun down'!"
25. "You're a dragon tamer, and your scared of spiders?"
26. âI have something to tell you.â  âOooh~ Are you about to profess your undying love for me?â âYes, I am.â â.....What?â
27. "Itâs nice to be wanted, you know?" "Not by the law!"
28. âCan you stop making jokes for one fucking minute?â âThe other option is I cry and face my feelings, so no.â
29. âIâm sorry, you dropped this!â âDropped what?â âYour common sense, you moron, what the hell are you thinking?â
30. â...What the fuck is that?â âA cat.â âThat is clearly a dragon wearing a cat ear headband.â âNo itâs not, itâs a cat.â âThat breathes fire?â â.....Itâs a very rare breed.â
31. âYour concerns have been noted, but not entertained.â
32. âHow are you not fucking terrified right now?â âCompared to the family get-togethers Iâm forced to attend twice a year, this is actually rather tame.âÂ
33. âWhat? No witty one-liners today?â âI havenât slept in, like, thirty-six hours so words arenât very good for me right now.â
34. âWell, there goes the fucking plan.â âWait, we had a plan?â
35. âYou love him!â âYes, I know.â âThen why donât you just confess already?!â âBecause heâd brag about me being the first one to confess for the rest of our lives. That bitch is gonna confess to me first!â
36. âI canât even begin to explain what Iâd do for you. How far Iâd go. How many lines Iâd cross without a second thought, if you asked me to.â
37. âBy the way, Iâm sorry.â âSorry for what? You didnât do anything?â âItâs a preemptive apology. I can guarantee itâll come in handy later.â
38. â....You think theyâll notice?â âI think theyâd be fucking stupid not to.â
39. âHey, um, quick question. When the hell were you going to tell me you have your archnemesis kidnapped and locked up in the bathroom?â âOh, yeah. Thatâs right! They broke in right before I had to go to work, and things were so crazy there I nearly forgot. Sorry about that!â
40. "Yeah, I'll probably die alone." " I asked if you were dining alone." " Oh, that too."
41. â.....Well this is awkward.â âTo be fair, you look like a completely different person when youâre wearing civilian clothes.â âI mean, thatâs kinda the whole point of a secret identity.â
42. âCocoa for your troubles?â âI was thinking a couple of shots would be more like it.â âWell, you see, I already made the cocoa, so...â
43. âWait, are you crying? Oh no, oh, please donât cry! I didnât mean to...Iâm sorry, I was trying to make you laugh...â
44. âHey, do you know if potions expire?â âI think it depends on the potion. Why?â âWell, I was really hungover this morning and grabbed the wrong glass and I feel super weird right now.â
45. âThatâs twice that youâve killed me now. Shall we go for round three?â
46. âYou donât understand. I had to! I was -- â âIf you dare say you were just trying to protect me, Iâm going to break your jaw.â
47. âThe text said you brought in one stray cat! A singular cat!â âDid I? Mustâve been a typo. I found this whole box and I couldnât just leave them there! Besides, whatâs wrong with four little kittens anyway?â
48. âYou know I wouldnât do that to you, right?â â....â âRight...? W-Why wonât you answer me?â
49. Â âHow good of a mood are you in right now?â â.....What did you do?â
50. " I wish you could block people in real life" " Restraining order" " Murder."
51.  "You trust this man?" " I absolutely trust him." " Heâs not some kind of mad man then?" "I absolutely trust him"
52. "What did you do?!" "I did my bestpacito..." "Get the fuck out of my car."
53. "One of these days i'm going to murder you!" "Well that's not very comforting."
54. âYeah all I learned was how to say âsorry I broke thatâ in twelve different languages.â
55. "I always wanted a pet!" "You realize we can't keep this, right?" "Why not? It's cute!" "It's a dragon!"
56. "I know your secret!" "Your going to have to be more specific, there bud. I have a lot of skeletons in my closet."
57. "Where is your shoe?" "The giant mud puddle down the road demanded a sacrifice."
58. "Be careful who you trust, salt and sugar look the same."
59. "Surprise! I'm back from the dead! Isn't that exciting?!"
60. "Go to hell!" "And leave you here all alone?"
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4, 8, 11, 15, 21, 40 and 43 for the fanfic writer asks :)
Thanks^^
4) What is your favourite genre to write for?
Hm, basically what I like to read as well which is fantasy and mystery/crime with some other things sprinkled in it here and there, but fantasy and mystery are the main ones.
(Though I am realising that mystery is an absolute pain to write.)
8) Where do you take your inspiration from?
Uh.
Uhm.
I don't know? I guess it's just I take in as much as I can from music/books/movies/shows/posts/etc. and then it gets all shaken up and I end up with something at some point? I can't think of anything more specific ._.
11) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms youâve received after posting it?
Yes, though most of the time it's less "criticisms" and more "friendly point-outs" I think? Just last chapter, someone told me that Catholic priests actually don't marry and have children. I had actually looked that up and decided that Marcel's simply a convert and was married and had a child beforehand because that's okay - well, nowadays, yes, but I didn't check any dates and was a hundred years off with this^^' They are now all Protestants.^^' (I'm not Christian and not very religious or very versed in religion-related things ._. Was a bit embarrassing...)
I can't think of much else. I was once told that the Frankenstein joke from Ch9 is too long and maybe I should cut or omit it, but that's an answer for the reverse of the question because I didn't amend it.
Most amendments I think are because I want to change things. I don't change too much though so that I am not throwing people off too much. I want to make larger changes, but I guess it's better that I don't (I may rewrite too much).
15) If you write OCâs, how do you decide on their names?
It's a mix of "using the first name that came to my mind", "going on Behind the Name or another name site and looking at the lists until I find a name I like", "using random name generators until I get a name I like", "naming a character after another character", and "carefully picking a name." (The last two often intertwine.) Or: "naming a character after someone I know."
Basically, I do everything hah.
For example:
"Kristopher" is the first name that came to my mind that starts with a "K". (I low-key wish I had picked something else.) "Cecelia" was just a name I thought was pretty.
"AurÚle" is the product of a Behind the Name hunt. So are "Arnaud", "Jacques", and "Gérard".
Most Nanteuil residents got a randomly generated name hah.
Anais is named after Anais from The Amazing World of Gumball.
Marcel is named after a former history teacher of mine that looked like Jesus đ
The Disaster Trio's names are a bit more complicated...
They are named after characters from KHR and based on them as well :)
Hayato ("haya" is falcon, "to" is person) Gokudera --> Falk Hermann ("mann" is man, so it's also person)
Takeshi ("Takeshi" means military in this case) Yamamoto ("yama" is mountain) --> Cadell (means battle) Beaumont ("mont" is mountain)
Ryohei (no idea what the right meaning for his kanji is, but the name can, i.a., mean peace) Sasagawa --> Geoffrey ("frey" --> "frid" means peace) Bentley (the first part means "bent grass"; Ryohei is nicknamed Grass Head)
"Disaster Trio" is something from an old KHR FF of mine^^ Though that trio consisted of 3 other characters.
(EDIT: Minutes after hitting "publish", I realised I've been listening to the three singing "Familia" while writing this XD)
21) Tell me about another writer(s) who you admire? What is it about them that you admire?
I admire many! I could go on and on, but I'll just pick my favourite ones :)
(I'm not quite sure if the question refers to published writers or writers of fanfiction, so let's do both.)
Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant) - I'm terrible at fight scenes. His? Great. I love them. His dialogues are also so much fun. It's all fun and games and then he hits you with a brick of devastation :')
V. E. Schwab (Shades of Magic, Monsters of Verity...) - She also has lovely fight scenes and her writing style is so, so pretty.
Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles) - She's SO good with multiple POVs. The POVs keep adding up in the Lunar Chronicles and by "Winter", there are like 10 different ones and they are all distinct and easily distinguishable. Also, I've never been so anxious reading anything like I read the last parts of Cinder/Scarlet/Winter (and I got a genuine shudder reading the last bit of Heartless). If she ever writes a thriller, maybe it will finally be one that will actually "thrill" me.
All three are also genuinely nice people^^
I have to say: I don't actually read much fanfiction...^^' I used to read a bunch a few years ago. I only got back into reading more FFs in the last few months...
FollowTheMagpie is after all these years still one of my favourites. Dropped an amazing piece of writing and then dipped. Never uploaded anything again. Such an icon.
40) Do people know you write fanfiction?
Yes, some.
In real life, it's just my sister (my brother's suspicious haha). A bunch of my internet friends know too^^
43) Has anyone ever guessed the plot twist of one of your fics before you posted it?
YES, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD ASK THIS.
Yes, some things were guessed^^ đ€
(The age-old dilemma: Can't say what though ._. (But I really want to.))
(A bunch of stuff hasn't been noticed yet though đ)
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[Cover: GREG WILLIAMS/AUGUST IMAGES]
Tom Hardy interview and exclusive David Bailey shot
Tom Hardy interview and exclusive David Bailey shot

By DANIELLE DE WOLFE
02 September 2015
ShortList meets the British actor who took on the Kray twins and won. Plus an exclusive image of the actor taken by the inimitable David Bailey.
Interviewing Tom Hardy is not like interviewing other film stars. From the moment he arrives â alone, dressed down in hiking trousers and black T-shirt, puffing away on a complex-looking digital e-cigarette â it is immediately clear this is not someone who will be exhibiting any kind of on-promotional-duties polish. He is very, very nice (I get a hug at the end of the interview), but there is unmistakably a wired edginess about him. When we sit down, it starts like this:
Me: Iâm going to start with an obvious question, which is⊠Hardy: Have you seen the film? Me: Yes. I⊠Hardy: Right, well thatâs the first question, then. The second one is, âWhat did you think?â I tell him I loved it, and why, and he is pleased (âThatâs a f*cking result!â). When we move on to me asking him questions, his answers â again, in contrast to other film stars, with whom the game is to get them to veer slightly away from prepared, succinct monologues â are smart and eloquent, but long, drawn-out and enjoyably all over the place, veering off into tangents prompted by thoughts that have clearly just formulated. At the end of our allotted time, we are told to wind it up not once but twice, and even then he is still going, launching into theories about American versus British gangster films and life and humanity and such things (âSorry man, I can talk for f*cking ever!â he laughs). He will be talking with a seriousness and sincerity (âAll the risk was taken by [writer and director] Brian [Helgeland], to be fairâŠâ), then will switch without warning into a piercing, mock-hysterical falsetto (ââŠletting me PLAY BOTH F*CKING ROLES, MAN!â).
In fact, briefly, while weâre on the subject of the way he speaksâŠ
Tom Hardyâs normal speaking voice is not something we have been privy to onscreen. Since he delivered â whatever your opinion of it â the most imitated cinematic voice of the decade in The Dark Knight Rises, we havenât come close. That thick Welsh accent in Locke, The Dropâs quiet Brooklyn drawl, the Russian twang in Child 44: we just never hear it. And this might be because it doesnât exist. Itâs five years ago, but if you watch his Jonathan Ross appearance in 2010, where he is very well spoken, he confesses he âsometimes picks up accents, and sometimes I donât know how Iâm going to sound until I start speakingâ. If you then watch another video of a feature on GMTV, dated just a month previous, while addressing some young people from troubled backgrounds as part of his charity work with the Princeâs Trust, he is speaking to them in a south London street kid drawl. Today, in the flesh, he is about halfway between these two.
A natural-born chameleon.

Tom Hardy shot by David Bailey for ShortList
BEING DOUBLE
The role we are here to discuss today does not, by Tom Hardyâs own standards at least, involve a huge stretch accent-wise. But it is âthe hardest thing that Iâve ever done, technicallyâ. This is because, as mentioned, he plays not one role, but two. In the same film. You will likely have seen the posters for Legend by now, depicting Hardy as both of the Kray twins. Which seems an ambitious, almost foolhardy undertaking.
Hardy agrees. âIt is one of them situations,â he says. âYou get an actor to play two characters, and immediately, itâs pony. Itâs gonna be rubbish. Just: no. Itâs a bad idea.â
This particular âbad ideaâ came to him when he first met writer and director Brian Helgeland (who had previously written screenplays for â no biggie â LA Confidential and Mystic River) for dinner. Brian wanted Hardy to play Reggie (the hetero, alpha male, more-straight-down-the-line Kray). Hardy, though, had read the script, and of course, being Tom Hardy, was drawn to the more complex character. âI was like, âWell, I feel Ronnie,ââ he says. âSo which actor am I gonna give up Ronnie to, if I play Reggie? ErrrrrgghâŠ. I canât have that. âCos thatâs all the fun there! And Reggieâs so straight! But there was a moment when I could have come away just playing Reggie. We could have gone and found a superlative character actor to play Ronnie, and that would have been the best of everything."
But Helgeland sensed the dissatisfaction in his potential leading man. âIâm sitting there thinking, âOh, he wants to play Ron,ââ he tells me. âAnd the paraphrased version is that by the end of the dinner, I said, âIâll give you Ron if you give me Reg.ââ
And so began their quest to turn a risky, potentially disastrous idea into something special (as Brian puts it to me, âthe movieâs either gone right or gone wrong before anyone even starts working on itâ). Hardy found some comfort in Sam Rockwellâs two-interacting-characters performance in Moon. âIâm a big fan of Sam,â he says.

âAnd Moon gave me reason to go, âI know itâs possible to hustle with self, to create a genuine dialogue with self.â So then itâs the technical minefield: can you authentically create two characters within a piece at all? So that the audience can look past that and engage in the film? It is what it is: itâs two characters played by the same actor. But I think we got to a point where people forget that and are genuinely watching the story."
This was the âwhy I liked the filmâ reasoning I gave to him at the beginning of the interview. And it is a remarkable performance, or pair of performances, or triumph of technical direction. The opening shot features both Tom Hardy Krays sitting in the back of a car, and feels strange, but very quickly, within about 10 or 15 minutes, you settle into it, and forget that it is actually the same guy. This was made possible, in part, by Hardyâs stunt double from Mad Max: a New Zealander named Jacob Tomuri.
âHe inherited the hardest job of my career,â Hardy grins. âI put on a pair of glasses, played every scene with Ron, then took âem off and played Reg. And we went through every scene in the film, recording it on the iPhone. So heâs got every scene of me doing both characters, on his iPhone. He actually played both brothers, had to learn all of the lines. He was paying attention twice as hard to keep up. But he superseded that, and was eventually ad-libbing. Thereâs a line that ended up in the film, where Ronnie goes, âI bent him up like a pretzel, I hurt him really f*cking badly.ââ âWhere did that come from?!â Hardy shrieks, in that falsetto again. âIt came from New Zealand."
The wifeâs tale
The other big potential pitfall, as Hardy sees it, was contributing to the ongoing glamorisation and eulogising of two brothers who were, to say the least, not very nice. Somehow they have become almost as iconic a piece of the Sixties puzzle as the Beatles or the Stones. But this was not something that Legend would be setting out to reinforce. âOne has to approach these things thinking about the families of the victims who were involved in the other end of it,â he says. âBefore you find the heart to like somebody, youâve gotta look at their track record as best as possible: the people whoâve been hurt, the bodies, the suffering, people who were bullied, who lived in terror, who lost significant parts of their lives in the wake of these two men. Thereâs a lot of sh*t to wade through. And a lot of people who do not, quite rightly, want to see anything to do with these two men. And if I were them, I wouldnât want to be involved myself, but thereâs also part of me that wants to know. That wants to get under the skin.â
So how do you go about doing that? About humanising, to any extent, such people?
âI think the first port of call is, âWouldnât it be nice to be able to do and say whatever you wanted to do and say in the world, regardless of the ramifications and the consequences?â Ultimately, when I â we â go to the cinema or read a book or we go to escape, we respond to certain types of characters that go, âF*ck it: Iâm gonna do whatever I want.'
And thatâs because we canât. Because most people would feel a responsibility.â
The answer to how Legend would do this came in the shape of a person who did feel some responsibility, namely Frances Shea: the troubled wife of Reggie, who died in 1967. Played by Emily Browning, she became the centre of the film when Helgeland met Krays associate Chris Lambrianou, who told him that âFrances was the reason we all went to prisonâ.
âWe could have put more of the carnage and the crimes in that film,â says Hardy. âNot to say that it is not there, but what you do see, really, is Reggie, Ronnie and Frances. Thatâs the dynamic we focused on, that space, which hasnât been seen before. What was that dynamic like? I donât know if we came anywhere near the truth, because we werenât there. But that was the playing field, if you like: Frances Shea, future ahead of her, caught up in something, and no one with her, the suicide. That sits with me in a way as the lead. Sheâs who we forgot. Ronnie, Reggie, theyâve done their bit. Frances was forgotten. And that kind of all ties it together for me."
FUTURE LEGENDS
The initial praise for Legend has been plentiful, but the mindset of Tom Hardy right now is such that he does not have the time to bask in it. There are other quite ludicrously challenging projects to be pressing ahead with. Coming in autumn is The Revenant, starring his good friend Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Alejandro GonzĂĄlez Iñårritu of Birdman fame. Its trailer, as well as doing the not-going-anywhere trend for big beards no harm whatsoever, suggests that it will also match Mad Max in terms of an unrelenting barrage of intensity. Further into the future thereâs the Elton John biopic Rocketman (initial challenge? Hardy âcanât singâ) and another foray into comic-book adaptation with 100 Bullets (news of which broke just after our interview).
And right now, as in this week, heâs working on a BBC series called Taboo, which is set in 1813 and stars Hardy as an adventurer who comes back from Africa and builds a shipping empire. The story has been developed by his production company Hardy Son & Baker (formed with his father, Chips) and has been written and directed by Locke/Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, with Ridley Scott also exec producing.
âWeâre sat on something really awesome,â says Hardy. âAnd itâs trying to piece it together. Iâve never produced anything before, so I basically donât know what Iâm doing. But Iâve got some options and solutions: if you say something is not working, you better come up with at least four other options. But itâs good. Itâs just different.â
Another day, another big challenge. Another chance to do something different. It isnât an easy life being Tom Hardy. But neither will it ever a boring one, and thatâs good news for us.
Legend is at cinemas from 9 September
Words: Hamish MacBain. Images: David Bailey, Studio Canal
You can also read the Hardy interview in this week's ShortList Magazine. It'd be a crime to miss it.
Source:Â https://www.shortlist.com/news/tom-hardy-interview-and-exclusive-david-bailey-shot
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