#intrigued to know more about her and idk if this is standard but i feel like its pretty rare for there to be a magical girl Predecessor

[cloudbends]

watched 3 eps of heartcatch precure...!!

[fastandcarlos]

Personal Photographer : ̗̀➛ Daniel Ricciardo

summary: when daniel’s feed suddenly becomes much more aesthetic, the fans are intrigued to find out who’s behind the sudden change

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danielricciardo: another great weekend in monza, thanks to my photographer for making sure to capture all my best angles 🏎️🏁

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username1: his account is getting suspiciously aesthetic these days 🤔

oscarpiastri: this is an upgrade even compared to daniel.jpg these days!

username2: tell us rb has hired a new photographer without telling us they’ve hired a new photographer…

georgerussell63: omw to come and steal this photographer asap!

landonorris: as far as I was aware you didn’t actually have any good angles 😳

danielricciardo: @/landonorris no one asked for your opinion here!

username3: such a great race weekend daniel, so proud of you ❤️

alex_albon: that third photo has me in the feels ngl, talk about man of steel 🥺

username4: whoever this photographer is they deserve a pay rise for blessing us with these!!

lewishamilton: great race aside from the fact you knocked me out the points 🙄

danielricciardo: @/lewishamilton I’d love to say sorry…only I’m not 😂

username5: now these photos are serving 🔥

yukitsunoda0511: a great race for the team, let’s keep going for the rest of the season 💪🏻

username6: this high standard better stick around when it comes to the gram daniel!!

maxverstappen1: a match made in heaven daniel in a red bull suit ❤️

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danielricciardo: got told to hire a photographer for the latest enchante shoot, little did they know I had my own photographer already right by my side 🌿💯

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username7: well these photos are enough to convince me to buy enchante ����

alex_albon: bet you’re feeling pretty smug with these photos right now!

danielricciardo: @/alex_albon told you this girl knows all my good sides 😊

username8: idk who this photographer is but I’m begging you to keep her forever daniel

maxverstappen1: saving that third photo to be my new lock screen asap

username9: have you ever seen three photos that scream boyfriend more than these???

georgerussell63: damn these photos should come with a warning or something danny ric 😍

oscarpiastri: did you use enchante as an excuse for your own personal photoshoot???

danielricciardo: @/oscarpiastri don’t reveal all my secrets like this!

username10: apologies to the neighbours for the yell I just let out opening my phone to this 😂😂

charles_leclerc: who knew green was your colour after all!

username11: stop I was not prepared for this in the slightest 😭

landonorris: heartbroken you didn’t invite me to come and be part of this photo shoot too 😭

danielricciardo: @/landonorris the photographer only wanted handsome models 🤷🏻

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danielricciardo: wondering if these photos make me boyfriend material yet…🤔☕️

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username12: can 100% assure you these are the hottest boyfriend material photos I’ve ever seen!!!

lewishamilton: I think that caption alone makes you boyfriend material 🤢

username13: I wonder if these are courtesy of his photographer friend again 🤔

oscarpiastri: there’s a strong it girl vibe coming from that first photo my friend

danielricciardo: @/oscarpiastri grandpa is too old to know what even means 😂

username14: something tells me this photographer might be more than just a photographer…

landonorris: I don’t even recognise you anymore, so cheesy and soft 😂

username15: I knew there must’ve been a reason behind these sudden aesthetic snaps 🙄

sebastianvettel: wondering when you’re going to bother meeting up with me and take me out for coffee too.

username16: I can’t cope with how adorable this man has been recently 💓

maxverstappen1: you’ve always been boyfriend material to me 😘

danielricciardo: @/maxverstappen1 stop flirting with me in public ☺️

username17: boyfriend material and seemingly now a boyfriend too…

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danielricciardo: the perfect weekend off with my favourite human adventuring around yet another new part of the world ☀️🌊

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username18: not the fact daniel even carried her bag around for her 🥺

landonorris: *second favourite human after lando norris

danielricciardo: @/landonorris I cannot stress how untrue that statement is

username19: the cutest surfer in the world 🫠

georgerussell63: you know its love when he carries her bag for her 😂

danielricciardo: @/georgerussell63 who knew that girls needed so many things 🤦🏻

username20: pls don’t tell me this isn’t his photographer and she actually there as a third wheel 😂😂

oscarpiastri: as long as I’m still your favourite aussie idc 🤔

username21: do we need to remind you daniel how much we hate these soft launches???

yukitsunoda0511: does this mean that I don’t have to be the only one to listen to you talk about her anymore??

pierregasly: I bet you didn’t take much persuading to take that photo with your shirt off either 🔥

username22: I’ve already decided that these two are my favourites and I don’t even know who she is yet!!

maxverstappen1: impressed you’ve finally managed to get yourself a girlfriend after all these years ���🏻

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danielricciardo: a dream weekend with my personal photographer giving me enough photos to send the fangirls wild 🔥🍃

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lewishamilton: these posts feel like you’re finally tryna mature or something, this girl must have you pretty in love…

username23: is this the reveal??? is it her??? pls tell me it it’s she’s beautiful???

maxverstappen1: don’t worry about the fangirls, you drive me crazy honey 🫠

danielricciardo: @/maxverstappen1 you always know the right thing to say! ☺️

username24: was she ever a photographer or just a proud girlfriend 🤔

alex_albon: you can’t just pay people to run around after you with a camera in their hands all the time, we’ve talked about this 🤦🏻

danielricciardo: @/alex_albon don’t you start, I was relying on you to be on my side!

username25: damn sleeping with your own photographer daniel 🤨

landonorris: she’s too hot to be your gf, nice try ricciardo 🙄

username26: can confirm that the fangirls are indeed going wild about these updates!!

carlossainz55: these photos remind me why I’m secretly so in love with you 😂

username27: everyone say thank you to her for loving daniel and blessing us with all these photos!

charles_leclerc: look at you with two hands on the wheel 🤨

danielricciardo: @/charles_leclerc definitely not just to make people think I’m safe for a photo!!

username28: a beautiful girlfriend with photography skills, you’re really winning at life ricciardo 👏🏻

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danielricciardo: thought I’d finally share with you my little snapper…keeping me looking fresh on the gram and never found without a camera in her hand 💞📸

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username29: “little snapper” omg they’re just the cutest 🥺

landonorris: wait I thought you were joking about the fact you had a girlfriend 😂😂😂

georgerussell63: you guys look so good together, happy for you my friend!

username30: they’re smiles together they seem so well suited!!

iamrebeccad: vogue are looking for a photographer to shoot me next week, send me her details asap!

ynusername: @/iamrebeccad stfu are you serious!?!?

username31: I’m already obsessed with these two my heart just can’t cope 💕

maxverstappen1: omw to steal your girl and hire her to make my social media look better too 🏃🏻

username32: pls never let her go daniel, for your heart and our satisfied insta scrolling too 😂

oscarpiastri: if yn ever gets bored I will happily pay mclaren to steal her from you and snap us instead!!

mclaren: @/oscarpiastri we’ll take her for free with photos that good 🧡

username33: yn isn’t gonna be out of a job with all the boys wanting to hire her out too 😂

ynusername: I’m not gonna lose that nickname, am I??

danielricciardo: @/ynusername it’s adorable if you ask me 💕

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danielricciardo: take her to play basketball once and look at us now (can we also appreciate the fact that I took that selfie too, see yn, I’m learning 🥺) 🏀

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username34: if yn took that photo we wouldn’t have that lighting in the background 😉

alex_albon: I’ve played basketball with you and refuse to accept someone is worse than you 😂

username35: not the way he’s holding her up on his shoulders so she can score 🥹

lewishamilton: I was at that game too, wish I’d have known and we could’ve hooked up!

ynusername: played basketball once and still better than you at it 🤷🏻‍♀️

danielricciardo: @/ynusername tell that to the slam dunk that dunked straight onto your head!

username36: patiently waiting for the next daniel.jpg update after meeting yn…

username37: have you ever met two people happier with each other in your life???

landonorris: don’t only the cool kids go to the basketball!?

danielricciardo: @/landonorris guess what that makes us then 😎

username38: these two are such couple goals they make me feel single in my own relationship!

liam.lawson: looks like I’ll have to teach you a thing or two as a definite cool kid ⛹🏻

username39: whoever introduced these two together I owe my life to you now ☺️

maxverstappen1: secretly only took that first picture to flex your muscles anyway 😏

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danielricciardo: took my photographer to the zoo for the day, turns out she makes a pretty hot date too 🔥🦥

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ynusername: did I teach you nothing about photography over the past few months?? 🤦🏻‍♀️

danielricciardo: @/ynusername I think these photos are great what are you on about!? 😂

ynusername: @/danielricciardo just gonna look past the sideways head are we?!

username40: maybe let yn stick to being the one behind the camera daniel 😂

landonorris: you belong in the zoo if you ask me 🤫

danielricciardo: @/landonorris don’t worry I said hi to your siblings for you 🐷

username41: the way his head pokes out in the first photo is just typical daniel 🙄

yukitsunoda0511: you guys are too cute!!

kellypiquet: pls bring her back to monaco in one piece 🙏🏻

username42: idk who’s cuter, the animals or daniel 🤔

maxverstappen1: offended that you’ve never taken me on a date to the zoo ngl

oscarpiastri: one of my fave places ever, hope yn enjoyed the zoo!!

username43: pls make sure she stays by your side forever daniel, we adore her ❤️

username44: he took her home that means things must be serious 😅

georgerussell63: still not as hot as you tho ☺️

danielricciardo: @/georgerussell63 stop it you flirt 😍

username45: everyone needs their own personal photographer if they’re as amazing as yn 🥺

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˗ˏˋ 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ! ´ˎ˗

[greyfongschemmenti]

This Is How It Feels | Part 2

Pairing: Regina Mills x reader

Warnings: none?

Word Count: 2k

Part 2

The morning light filtered through the curtains of the room you were given at Granny's, stirring you awake from a restless night's sleep. Dreams of the mayor, Regina, lingered in your mind, intertwining with the unfamiliar surroundings of Storybrooke. Pushing the covers aside, you swung your legs over the edge of the bed, your thoughts still consumed by the chance encounter from the previous evening.

After a quick shower and change of clothes, you made your way downstairs to the diner. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee greeted you as you entered, and you took a seat at the counter, waiting to speak with Granny about your plans for the day.

"Morning, dear," Granny said with a warm smile as she approached. "Sleep well?"

You nodded, returning her smile as you place your jacket on the chair as you take a seat. "Yes, thank you. Granny, do you know when Billy’'s shop will open? I need to get my car looked at." you ask while Granny places an empty mug in front of you and pours some coffee for you. Granny wiped her hands on her apron before replying. "Billy usually opens up around 9. It's not far from here. I called Billy and told him where to get your car. It should be there by the time you’re done eating."

You nodded in agreement, grateful for her hospitality. As you sipped your coffee, your mind wandered back to Regina and the peculiar feeling you had when your eyes met hers. There was something about her, something familiar yet enigmatic, that intrigued you.

Lost in thought, you barely noticed Ruby approach until she spoke. "Morning! Breakfast?"

You looked up, offering her a grateful smile. "Yes, please. Some cinnamon apple crepes….and, Ruby, so how are things in Storybrooke?"

Ruby wrote down your order before responding. "Oh, Storybrooke is a quaint little town. Nothing much to do here."

“Idk sometimes nothing can be everything" you mutter into your cup as you take another sip.

“What do you mean?” Ruby looks at you with confusion on her face. You look at her embarrassed that she heard you before letting out a small cough, “life in a big city with everything at your disposal and so many people. You never feel at peace. Everything is always fast paced and you always feel like you can’t catch a breath. Even though there’s so much. It still feels lonely because it’s a bunch of strangers. Here everyone knows each other. Simplicity can be a gift sometimes” you kindly explain with a tiny hint of sadness behind your eyes. 

“Well there's more to this town than meets the eye. Just keep your wits about you." Ruby gives you a mischievous smile before putting down a plate of your breakfast.

Before you could inquire further, the door to the diner swung open, and in walked Regina, looking as composed and regal as ever. Your heart skipped a beat at the sight of her, and you couldn't help but feel drawn to her presence once again.

"Good morning, Mayor," Granny greeted, her tone respectful yet tinged with familiarity.

Regina offered a polite nod in return before taking a seat at the counter, her gaze briefly meeting yours before she turned her attention to Granny. "The usual, please."

As Granny went to prepare Regina's order, you hesitated for a moment before gathering the courage to speak. "Good morning, Regina."

Regina glanced at you, her expression unreadable for a moment before softening into a small smile. "Good morning, y/n. How did you sleep?"

You returned her smile, feeling a sense of ease wash over you in her presence. "Better than expected, thank you. And yourself?"

Regina's smile widened slightly. "Quite well, thanks." She glanced down to your breakfast “Apples? My favorite” she softly commented then meets your eyes which you meet with a warm smile. “Is that so? Well hopefully these crepes are up to your standard”

The exchange was brief, but it left you with a lingering sense of warmth and curiosity. As Regina's order arrived, the both of you ate in a comfortable silence. After paying for the service you bid Regina and Granny farewell before taking your coffee to go and heading out the door, walking out with a fluttering heart and a multitude of questions swirling in your mind.

The quaint town of Storybrooke was unlike any place you had encountered before. Its streets seemed to hum with an air of mystery, and its inhabitants carried themselves with a sense of quiet knowing. As you finished your coffee and waited for Billy’s shop to open, you couldn't help but observe the unique charm of the town.

Finally, you arrived at Billy’s shop, a quaint little garage. The sign above the door creaked gently in the breeze, and the scent of oil and gasoline filled the air. Pushing open the door, you stepped inside, the bell above jingling softly to announce your arrival.

The interior of the shop was cluttered yet cozy, with tools hanging from the walls and cars in various states of repair scattered throughout. At the center of it all stood Billy, the town's resident mechanic, his grease-stained overalls a testament to his expertise.

"Morning," Billy greeted you with a friendly smile, wiping his hands on a rag as he approached. "What can I do for you today?"

You explained how your car had broken down at the entrance of town and how you were in need of repairs. Billy listened attentively, nodding along as you spoke.

"Right, Granny told me about your car," he said with a grin. "I'll take a look at it for you, see what's going on."

As Billy got to work inspecting your car, you couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude towards the people of Storybrooke. Despite being a stranger in their midst, they had welcomed you with open arms, offering their help without hesitation.

As you waited for the repairs to be completed, you found yourself struck by the sense of community that permeated the town. From Granny's diner to Billy's mechanic shop, it seemed like each person played a vital role in the fabric of Storybrooke.

Before long, Billy emerged from beneath the hood of your car, a satisfied smile on his face.

"Looks like it's a transmission issue," he said, wiping his hands on his overalls. "Unfortunately I don’t have the part. It'll take two weeks."

“Two weeks?!” you exclaimed as your eyes widened.

“I’m sorry but we have limited supply here at the shop, but I promise to fix it as fast as possible” he gave you a sympathetic smile. 

You nod appreciatively “I appreciate the help, thanks Billy. Here's my contact in case there's an update”

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The morning sun cast long shadows across the cobblestone streets as you strolled leisurely, taking in the sights and sounds around you. The buildings, though modest, exuded a timeless elegance, each one telling a story of its own. From the bustling market square to the quiet alleyways, Storybrooke seemed to hold secrets in every corner. It seems like it was stuck in time. 

Lost in thought, you rounded a corner and nearly collided with a young boy who was engrossed in a comic book. You stumbled back, apologizing profusely, only to realize that the boy's eyes were still glued to the pages of his comic, seemingly unfazed by the near miss.

"Sorry about that," you said, offering a sheepish smile.

The boy finally looked up, his eyes widening in recognition. "Hey, you're new here, right?" he asked, a spark of curiosity lighting up his features.

You nodded, relieved that the encounter hadn't ended in disaster. "Yeah, I just arrived in town last night."

The boy introduced himself as Henry, and as you struck up a conversation, you couldn't help but be charmed by his enthusiasm for the town and its quirks. He seemed to know everyone and everything about Storybrooke, his knowledge rivaling that of a seasoned historian.

“Huh so what’s special about Storybrooke, Henry?” you smile as you look around at the scenery before looking back at the boy. 

“It’s special, it's full of magic.Do you believe in magic” he says brightly 

“Well…yeah. What’s not to believe” you give a small laugh and can't help but smile at his enthusiasm. 

As you chatted, a woman approached, her stride confident and purposeful. Henry's face lit up at the sight of her, and he quickly introduced you to his mother, Emma Swan.

Emma's warm smile put you at ease as she rested her hand on Henry’s shoulder, and as the three of you continued to talk, The conversation flowed easily, and before you knew it, you found yourself discussing your shared love of comics. Henry's eyes sparkled with excitement as he eagerly showed you his collection, his favorite being a series about the mighty Thor.

You couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm, reminiscing about your own childhood days spent lost in the pages of comic books. As you and Henry bonded over your mutual admiration for superheroes.

As the conversation flowed effortlessly between you, Henry, and Emma, the sun climbed higher in the sky, signaling the approach of lunchtime. Emma suggested grabbing a bite to eat at Granny's diner, and you readily agreed, eager to continue the newfound camaraderie.

Entering the diner, you were greeted by the comforting aroma of home-cooked meals and the friendly chatter of the locals. Finding a cozy booth by the window, you settled in as Granny herself bustled over to take your orders.

As plates of hearty comfort food arrived at the table, the conversation picked up where it left off, with Henry excitedly recounting his favorite moments from his beloved comic books. You listened intently, occasionally interjecting with your own memories and insights, as Emma smiled on fondly, turns her attention to you “so what’s got here in storybrooke?”

“Honestly I'm not sure. I just remember driving then all of a sudden a storm came and my car hydroplaned then broke down right outside of town." As you continue with the story midway through the meal, the door to the diner swung open, and a regal figure stepped inside. It was Regina and watched as she walked straight towards your table. 

"Hello, Henry," Regina greeted her son with a soft smile, her gaze briefly flickering to meet yours before returning to Henry. "It's time to head home."

“Is Henry your son?” you look at Regina then briefly at Emma and see their grief glance before Emma answers “yes… he’s both our sons…it’s a long story…” Henry's face fell slightly at the prospect of leaving, but he nodded obediently, knowing better than to argue with his mother. As he gathered his things and prepared to leave, you couldn't help but notice the subtle tension that lingered in the air between Regina and Emma.

“Oh no worries. It’s not my business” you offer and give her a smile. 

With a polite nod, Regina turned to leave, her hand on Henry’s back as she held his bookbag. Her heels clicked against the floor as she made her exit. But before she disappeared from sight, she glanced back over her shoulder, locking eyes with you in a brief yet charged moment that sent a shiver down your spine. It was only for a heartbeat, but in that fleeting exchange, you sensed a spark of something more.

As Regina disappeared from view, you turned back to Emma, the memory of that shared moment lingering in the air like an echo of possibility. And as you resumed your lunchtime conversation, as Emma kindly explained her unique shared custody of Henry with Regina. You kindly nod in understanding. “That’s quite the story” you let out a small laugh and rub the back of your neck. 

“Everyone has a story” Emma offered and you nod agreeing “it’s just waiting to be written” you joined in and smiled. You can already feel something special here and eager to learn more. 

[spaceorphan18]

Okay, I just watched the second episode of Severance

I'll put some thoughts under the cut for spoilers

So, I didn't do this for episode 1, and I should have, but I kind of have the same reaction to both?

These two episodes are the kind of standard -- back from hiatus, reacting to the previous season finale and setting up for season 2. Not a whole lot goes on in either episode, but this is a show built on slowness and details, so I'm okay with the storytelling here.

Alright, so let's talk about Mark. There is one really big thing that was revealed in Ep 2. That Mark is kind of the key for whatever Lumon is doing. I kind of wondered about that -- especially in this episode when everyone else was getting fired but Lumon had no intentions of letting Mark go.

Also, I don't think Gemma is alive. I think she is/was either a robot or a simulation or something -- but she was used to manipulate Mark, even if it was subconsciously. I do think that's one mystery we're getting into this season.

Also, also I really hope Mark's sister continues to be a force. She often seems like one of the smartest people on the show, so I'm curious as to how she'll be a key in all of this.

Meanwhile -- let's talk about Dylan and Irving. We did get to see more of Dylan's outside life. Did we know his last name was George? Is that important? Why is Dylan's life being played up as a mystery - is there something there? Or just another secret to toy the audience with?

Irving's story is going to be really pushing in on the romance with Burt (as it should!) so I'm not surprised we didn't get much of him. I do think he's going to be a driving force behind a lot of the action, though. He's definitely going to become the chaos player of the group.

So. Helly/Helen. I saw/read some speculation that Helly is not back, and it's Helen going in. I really do believe that -- between the lie and the fact that when she walked in that elevator at the end and they didn't show her change -- I think she's going undercover.

I actually wonder if we're going to see more of the inner workings of Lumon with Helen being at the forefront. It's a good way to unravel some of the mysteries around the company. We did already get to see a little of that in ep. 2.

I also bet, five bucks, that we won't see Helly return until the very end. A weird love triangle between Mark/Helly/Helen? Maybe? Helen was definitely fascinated by that kiss -- though I suspect she's doing it as a way towards manipulation.

Wtf is going on with Ms. Cobel/Selvig? I have no idea -- she is unhinged and I do think she was right in that Lumon fears her, and wants to keep her under control. She's going to be another chaos agent of the season.

One small detail I noticed -- for a show that has such crazy technology, there's a lot of old tech. I noticed the cars in the parking lot of Lumon all look like cars from the 80s/90s. Despite the fact that there are cell phones - Irving uses a payphone. That door company Dylan applies to feels... old school.

I wonder if that's just an atmospheric thing they're doing, or... what? Idk, it just seems interesting.

Oh, and speaking of atmosphere -- the scoring continues to be one of the best things of the show. It should get all the awards. The music is on point. Between the scoring and the brilliant set design, the show is incredibly intriguing.

I'm still plenty curious to see where all of this is going...

[saltyr3mix]

I haven't watched outsiders smp however maze au intrigues me SO!

Either take this opportunity to freely ramble or tell me about Carly if you need a more specific topic.

As much as I would absolutely love to ramble about the maze au, it's very unfinished. I've been rejecting working on it because I know that if i do i may actually never recover. So I don't have a lot to say on it.....carly on the other hand.....

To learn from the tragedies: she's doing her best. She's been through a lot but won't let that drag her down at all. She becomes a little more relevant in book two where there's a a whole massive B plot about her and Ridley. The plot of tlfft was written before season two, so she and Ridley have a very different dynamic, that is to say she absolutely despises him. Hates everything to do with him. So she starts to try and understand and like hear him out and befriend him at some point. And is also like a good like pillar of hope? Doesn't let anyone else get stressed or panicked about the past. She and Alyssa make a plan of like all the things that trigger people and how to avoid them and how to help if if to occurs anyway.

Shattered dreams: typical standard Carly. I don't think there's anything really important to say here. I really like her dynamic with the triplets here. I think that was my favorite part with her in it.

One shots/you'll live until I die: I feel like Carly is such a strong character you can really put her anywhere and she'd act the same. In most of these fics she's either not around a lot or plays a sort of role model, guiding role. Some how always coming off as a sister to like almost everyone she interacts with.

I'd like to take a moment to call out Roller Gays Carly for a minute. She's awesome. Best I've ever written her think. Idk something about whatever Danger put in to Vivian Dawn just- their dynamic is amazing and it helps me write Carly better I can't explain it but yeah. Viv is like.....cannon to most of my fics unless stated otherwise. She's not always mentioned and sometimes never even is important to plot or Cary but she exists in nearly every universe.

I will make them create my world: girl has blood lust<3 cursed with violence and rage<3 killed so many people<3 anyway she's a girlboss and deserves your respect. She died to some unknown cause by the forest that he had mistreated as a child. If there's one thing I wish I would have down for that fic, it would be to include more magical or like absurd and wacky elements. I was a little too focused on the war aspect to describe the wonderland bit.

Buried masks: finally! A fighter! Despite being like theeeeeee second to last person to be brought down (they arrive in the order they died in cannon if that helps you), she makes the biggest impact. Both because at this point Sara is so tired of the waiting period and knows that Carly is very very stubborn and more importantly, rebellious. She takes matters into her own hands and jumpstarts some things to do with cheer a little early.

This isn't an entirely bad decision, as Carly would have reacted the same either way, and now Sara's made it to where she can't be a physical problem for at least a few weeks. The real issue lies in the rest of the group, but mainly Eric going like what the fuck Sara! You can't judo that to a person!

"oh but it was a gift!"

And then they realize all their 'gifts' they've collected over the years are actually terrible and weird. Which like they knew but it got blocked out over time with familiarty.

Even after Carly recovers and with Eric's help finishes Sara's whole introduction thing, she's not going down easy. This girl is a menace she gets on Sara's nerves more than anyone else and will not be sitting around and playing doll. Nope not her.

It takes some pretty intense lash back from Sara for Carly to get more in line with everybody else. I think one of the darkest moments in the fic that I keep referencing, is Carly doing something to her mask and that being Sara's sort of final straw with her.

But you'll have to keep reading to figure out what that leads into.

skating in silence/swap au: I really liked the idea of giving Carly a broken soul that represents the opposite of her in the sense that it's insecure and quiet and a little bit more compassionate over Combative. I wish more people played around with swap aus in this fandom lol, I have like 3 but broken Carly is so fun. I've been calling the "cheer" aspect of her either Cherry or Cassy and she is very sweet. Yeah the Cheer animatronic has a tendency to whatch a kid fall and skate over and slowly help them up gently with positive reinforcement only to blink and then throw them on the rink and see if they sink or swim, with no in-between.

Superhero au: She goes fast!!!! Super speed!!! She's the Vigilante Derby! She was left on the hero towers door step as a baby and Eric not knowing the correct protocol at the time took her in and just adopted her. Any way she grew up around heros and promptly hated every single one of them. She joined the training program but dropped out because of the stress it gave her. She wanted to help people but she didn't want re-ward for it. And she didn't want to deal all of the vague rules and policies that the organization had. So she talked to her father about it and he allowed her to partake in vigilantism! (She would have done it with or with out his approval but this just makes things easier) of course he has his own set of rules for her but there a lot easier to understand. Plus he helps sneak her old hero technology to use.

Ridley enters the picture at some point as a younger brother who is the exact opposite of her and absolutely adored everything hero related and went on to be one. Carly and Ridley become pretty good friends with Ben while he's there in the program.

That's all of her backstory. She appears every now and then for fighting reasons or to cause Eric stress but she's mostly ok! She teams up with Damien, Oliver and Ben later for their mission because she's in pretty good standings with all the other vigilante s in the area and after everything the organization did to Eric and Ridley she's more than happy to take it down.

Steven universe au: she's a Corrupted carnelian. I like to think her corrupted traits have like green and yellow coloring. How does she go from monster to semi-normal gem with out a bunch of diamond magic????? I- just uhhhhhh.... Idk? It happened. Well figure it out.

Anyway she hates Ridley and is super jealous of him because Eric is her guy! Eric's all excited to see her again and Ridley had no clue who she is. And it just sucks for all parties. But they get over it. Likely through celio and Wiatt stepping in.

Because Carly is corrupted she's prone to lashing out and getting agitated easily. Meaning the rest of the gems have trouble connecting with her. She is also very very anti-homeworld and completely pro-crystal gems. This causes problems with people like the triplets and Ben and sometimes even Damien tho he'd never dare admit it.

She also doesn't know lewis was a diamond. So. That's not great.

All of that will sort itself out over time. Right now where I'm currently writing and working on the plot she is in a bit of an interesting situation. After flying to home world to Save lewis and minimum wage trio because the Sara can't go five minutes with out doing unethical sciences. The crystal gems land on homeworld and begin to be chased. Unfortunately, Carly and Mask get taken by their pursuers and are Rejuvenated (memory wiped)

Now everyone is freaking out! And I don't know how I'm going to fix it yet so for the time being she's just like that!

Maze au: HALF DEMON CARLY MY BELOVED!!! She's so silly. Got sentenced to death maze for speeding/hj. I don't know why yet but that's what I've been telling myself cause it's funny. Anyway she's definitely a runner. Best one they have if I'm honest. She thrives in the maze and running helps her blow if steam so she doesnt loose it at her clearing mates. Eric wasn't her father before the maze, in fact they come from different districts but in the maze she looks up to him and respects him more than anyone else and he feels a large sense of pride in her and they are just very sweet.

Oc au: so Carly is Alive!!! And is with Winnie in his old arcade! A lot of her character has been explained through other posts already when it comes to that subject so I'm going to on a quick ramble about earlier Carly in this au.

I think one of the first scenes we ever did was Twins vrs Roller gays race? Right after everything with lewis. Anyway imagine this, your doing your average routine if spreading ghost stories about the caves beneath the facility. (I full heartily believe all of the rummers in that video tape were the twins fault.) Anyway your doing your thing and these two decked out lesbians appear behind you and ruin your story with logic! How dare they!

And then! They have the audacity to challenge you to race, in your own turf. On the rink you may have been beat but their taking you on in your grounds, they want to race you through the maze. You laugh and say easy you could beat them blind folded.

And so they hand you a set of blind folds. And yeah this race just becomes more absurd until both sets are bind folded and have their hands tied together.

Ready set go!

Twins take off! Roller gays immediately toss off the blind folds and put on skates. Their plan? Follow the twins but faster and then just lie at the end and put the blindfolds back on.

As you can see, every party involved is very mature and responsible and nothing bad happens during this race at all what do ever. No one gets injured :3

(ok so maybe the twins also cheated a little and decided to use the employee short cuts, which aren't as safety regulated as the rest of the maze, and maybe one of the mad house employees forgot to shut the plot convenient electrical hazards box And maybe they ran right into it on accident and roller gays had to take them To Oliver to help first aid with the electrical burns.)

I love the oc au so much it's so silly.

Anyway hope you enjoyed the Carly Head cannons!!! I would recommend outsiders but I'm not entirely sure if it for everyone, its 21 hours long! But if your thinking about getting into it but not wanting to make that commitment, I forced Theater to whatch it with me over the sumer with a very speedran version of the series the cut out everything that wasn't a major plot point. If your interested you can ask them for the link to that playlist!

[blackjackkent]

The guards inside the creche entrance round on them with startling rapidity the moment they show their faces.

"Sentries! To arms!" one of them snaps. Her eyes fix on Rakha in a sharp glare like that which she has often seen in Lae'zel's expression. "Istik. State your purpose - quickly."

"Stand down, gish," Lae'zel snaps back, equally sharp. "Is it not Vlaakith's command to welcome her faithful?"

"I expected no visitors, faithful or otherwise," the guard says coolly. "Why have you come?"

Rakha's eyes narrow warily. The antagonistic tone sends a flicker of irritation through her, something that could easily spiral into something more. But for Lae'zel's sake, she keeps her tone even with an effort of will. "I was infected by an illithid," she says. Little point in dancing around the subject; Lae'zel has made it clear that this is something the gith know of already - along with how to deal with it. "And was told to seek a githyanki creche."

She waits for the gish to direct them - but instead, the other woman's eyes widen and her mouth sets in a thin line.

"You are infected?" She spits the word out like a curse. "A ghaik thrall is something to eradicate, not reason with."

Her hand is already going towards her sword, and Rakha feels her pulse start to thump in her temple with the sense of impending battle. But Lae'zel's voice cuts across the moment, shattering it.

"The faithful may be purified!" she snaps. "This is Vlaakith's protocol!"

(A/N: I remember being a little baffled by this on my first playthrough - that Lae'zel seems so confident about this while it seems like literally every other githyanki clearly already knows the score. It makes sense for Voss to be like 'nah actually you're gonna die' - he's already rebelling against Vlaakith - but even this random guard goes straight past the cleansing concept and straight to 'time to eradicate this thrall.'

I find it kind of interesting tbh.

On the one hand - clearly this is partly a manifestation of how young Lae'zel is under all that confidence. The implication seems to be that yeah, it's hammered into you in your training that you need to report to a ghustil and get "purified" if you're ever infected, but that once you're actually out on duty it becomes an open secret that "purification" is just another word for death; Lae'zel just didn't happen to get that far before the nautiloid picked her up.

However - this leads to other questions. How are there not more rebels, if it's common to reach a point where you realize the purification lie is nonsense? What is the party line within these more adult units? Alternatively - is K'liir unique (and uniquely cruel) in framing it as a salvation, and every other creche treats it like a necessary sacrifice on behalf of the greater group?

IDK, I'm getting rambly here but it's intriguing to ponder. The whole creche sequence, if I'm honest, isn't always entirely clear in its writing, but if some of the minor holes are extrapolated I think it gets kind of interesting. :D )

The guard stares at Lae'zel for a long moment, reading her expression very carefully. Then she nods slowly, her lip curling with evident disdain. "Chk. Fine. Let the ghustil carry out your fate. Report to the infirmary at once."

Her eyes move over Rakha and the others briefly, then back to Lae'zel. "And step carefully. Creche Y'llek watches you."

-----

"She did not expect us to request purification," Rakha mutters matter-of-factly as they walk on further into the creche.

"I know," Lae'zel says curtly.

"You said it was a protocol. A standard procedure."

"It is," Lae'zel hisses. "That she did not honor it is no fault of mine."

"Voss also did not."

"Voss is a traitor. Should I find him again, I shall feed him pieces of his own skull."

Rakha tries hard to ignore the way the beast in her head shivers at this mental image. "But why do they deny it?"

"I don't know!" Lae'zel snaps at her; her voice whips out like a weapon, sharp as the blade on her back. "These inane questions serve nothing. Let us find the ghustil and finish matters."

[skuntank]

Seriously Hunter J is just. Absolutely fascinating. Like especially in the context of Pokemon, and her being an anime-only character.

In the anime we're so used to the standard of villainy being team rocket (I've never been a fan of theirs) (and no of course I'm not saying there aren't more villainous and dangerous characters than them in the anime, I'm just saying they're much fewer and far between) so like Hunter J just popping up abruptly and being an actual, legitimate threat, being an ACTUALLY CAPABLE VILLAIN makes a huge fucking impact.

And then on top of that, the ambiguity of what happens to her is just so intriguing, because of course 95% of you wants to be like. HOW DO YOU ESCAPE AN UNDERWATER EXPLOSION??? YOU DONT!!!! And you would be absolutely within your rights to assume she's dead and you just fucking watched it happen which is SHOCKING for the anime. But also like.... Being the kind of person she is, sharp as a fucking tack and like I said before, STARTLINGLY capable, the remaining 5% of you is like..... But what if she somehow survived that?? Because if anyone could, it would be her!!! But you never see her again so like!!!! WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!! IT STILL FUCKS ME UP ALL THIS TIME LATER

and I don't know if it would have the same impact if it wasn't in the Pokemon anime?? Absolutely she'd still be an amazing character outside of it but like with how .... Idk. Fucking lame??? The anime is???? She feels like she is LEAGUES above anything else going on in the anime like you just fucking plopped a blood thirsty lion into a pen of baby lambs. It's like kind of jarring almost but also absolutely THRILLING

Also her being anime exclusive is like. Another layer to it all in a way, bc her presence is so brief and so contained and there is NOTHING about her anywhere else in the franchise and it leaves her with almost this like. Legendary status in a way. Like. Did that actually happen?? Was she a real character that existed?? Yes the fuck she was and she scrambled my brains!!!! Her screentime is so brief and her presence is so serious that it almost seems out of character for the anime that it leaves your head spinning a little bit

Also. Design-wise she fucking whips ass. God she is just so. So so so. SO so so so. Fucking hot.

[arcplaysgames]

These kids have a very high opinion of canvassing for information, which as far as data collection goes is about on par with opening a random manhole and inspecting the walls for the scrawlings of subterranean prophets. But we do what we must to hit story flags.

People are completely cracking up about the fog. Which, in a world that has now experienced COVID is dryly humorous. Yeah, Junes and CVS are working with Verizon to beam the virus into us via the 5G towers, uh huh.

There's a recurring thing with Chie that's very amusing, that she keeps accidentally saying the quiet part out loud, like the writers are trying to keep a lot of these elements subtextual and inferred but just in case, they also have Chie say things outright.

Also, I hate to swerve into more Thoughts On Yosuke again but it's really interesting how much he respects Naoto. I think.... [stand by, checking my mental footage] Yeah, Yosuke encourages Kanji to flirt with her and tries to wingman for them

(which, if both Naoto and Kanji are queer and Yosuke isn't, the dynamic is so funny to me) (i don't think yosuke is cishet but ask me about that later)

by Yosuke is pretty adamant about not... aiming his Horny Comphet Bullshit in his direction? I think Yosuke called Naoto cute once in passing and otherwise defers to him in moments like this for guidance and intelligence and actionable insight. I'm not going to go so far to say that Yosuke sees Naoto most as their nebulous non-girl gender...... uh

except. Shit. I think I am saying that. Oh my god. Yes, from what I have seen in P4G as of 12/06, Yosuke respects Naoto's gender the most.

At some point i need someone to ask me about Yosuke Hanamura because I could be here all fucking day analyzing this dude. He's not by any means my favorite character in P4G but.... I think he might be the most interesting one. In that way, he's like Yukari, a character that sometimes makes me uncomfortable or annoyed but has the most depth and most shit going on.

ANYWAY. Yosuke respects Naoto more than I do frankly because sometimes Naoto makes me go "DUDE WHAT."

Yosuke, Naoto, and Reverie go outside and I get to pick the killer and this wasn't even a question to me.

BUT THEN, SOMETHING INTRIGUING HAPPENS.

OOH LA LA

NOTE TO SELF: SAVE SLOT 1, DON'T OVERWRITE.

Should I explore that before or after getting a standard ending? I am so tempted to just go and do it immediately, but I dunno if I should save it as a little treat later.

ANYWAY yes obviously it's Adachi. I know it, you know it, but what has killed me is the Why/How of it.

................... holy shit i fucking remember that. oh my god. i feel like Yukiko just shoved a key into my brain and unlocked something, YEAH IT WAS MENTIONED LIKE FUCKING ONCE THAT YAMANO WAS STAYING AT THE AMAGI INN AND THERE WAS POLICE PRESENCE, oh my god.

Saki is easy, she was questioned about the body, that could have easily been Adachi (I think Adachi mentions idly in a cutscene with just him and Dojima that Saki didn't know much, establishing that they probably talked)

I always thought there was nothing behind those eyes. Now we know it's not that. He's just put up mirrors in there. Goddamn fucking bitch in sheep's clothing.

if adachi has ever given even 30% to anything in his life, I'll be stunned. There is some level of swanning gracefully and heedlessly through life to him. He's one of those guys that you can blindfold him and ask him to walk through a minefield and he'll be fine. His SPECIAL stats favor Luck.

Which is the build I also tend to go for but we ain't talkin' about that today!

Anyway, you get the options to ask him about Yamano ("idk i don't remember it's all hazy lmao") and Saki ("uhhh yeah she saw a dead body, so we questioned her") and then the warning letters

Kanji, I need you to do me a favor, big guy. I need you to sprint directly to the Yasoinaba PD, punch whoever you need to get through, and find that fucking letter STAT. Like, seriously, anyone you want, punch 'em.

whoopsie-daisy!

Naoto I hope you have a LIST

/sucks on teeth

Man. I missed that one. I caught the moment when Adachi lied about the Namatame-Saki thing but not that. They're right, they literally weren't attempted murders, they were short-term missing persons cases. goddammit.

Okay Naoto I'll give you that one.

Adachi bolts, and he's gone.

SLAMS FISTS ON TABLE

WHY DO ADACHI, REVERIE, AND NAMATAME HAVE THIS POWER? Does Adachi have a fucking persona? Where did this ability come from! At the start it was like Reverie was a patient zero giving other people their persona, but turns out people just HAVE this power!

Boy but it sure is Interesting that the game implies there's an ending where you, what, you don't turn Adachi in? Where you help him? Reverie and Adachi are inversions of each other in a lot of ways. The magic trick moment really seeds the idea and it's a fucking compelling concept.

'Cause... how to explain. Like, the MC of the game seems...

I just played P3P, right? I can tell you things about FeMC, like concrete stuff. She's bubbly and a little manic and is fast the become chummy with people, she's got a very sharp sense of humor, she doesn't mind looking like an idiot for a joke, and she is Weird. Everyone finds her just a little weird. She's like if the popular girl in your school also collected skulls and did taxidermy. It's nothing bad but everyone knows she's Odd.

In P4G, the MC is a blank to me. There are some fun Chaos Options in the game but otherwise there is a deficit to personality to most of the possible responses, and it seems like Reverie's dominant character trait is "really calm." Which works really well for a person who is supposed to be the "Wild Card" character, who can stand in for anything and anyone.

Adachi, as the Jester, feels like an interesting inversion of that. He's good at everything he does, he's self-professed to be very smart and did really well in school (even if he resented it) but rather than acting like a skeleton key to the people around him, he's... the lock. He's this void of connection. Boundless potential and nothing for it to catch on.

My friend Tree nudged me earlier today about if I figured out who else JYB voices in the game, and I was like "oh yeah, the MC. I dunno if that's relevant?" Because it could have been as simple as resource conservation-- why hire another VA when you can have one of them do some voice lines for a mostly-unvoiced MC? But now, okay, I see it. Why it might be significant.

GAH I'M BABBLING! WHO CARES, TEDDIE'S IN THE NEXT BIT AND THAT'S WAY MORE IMPORTANT. BRB.

[ellaa-writes]

This has been stuck on my mind since forever. I really need to stop starting series and instead finishing them. But idk if this will go anywhere or if I'll just write it for myself in private. Just throwing this idea out there. I guess this is like an OC? Background of said OC. Idk, please leave feed back or something. (in the cod universe) TW for torture, blood, war stuff

Main character is afab, a young recruit, new to the service. First time being shipped off out east. Never seen a day of hardship in her life. Her and her squad get sent out on an easy mission. Just scouting, nothing difficult about it. Some old and very outdated intel, just checking up on it. But soon as they arrive at their way point, ambushed. The whole 8 member squad gets taken hostage, it was a set up. Their captain was the first to go, decapitated in front of everyone and god. Chained up like animals, bags over their heads and hands tied behind their backs. Barely given food to survive but enough to prolong their starvation. Then the touturing came, one by one they were shuffled into the room. It reeked of shit and piss, it started out slow. Nail and teeth pulling, electric shock, water boarding. Twice a day for the first 3 weeks until finally one of the squad members cracks, yelling out a lie to end the torture. After a day of fact checking he was dragged back into that room and never returned, dead. After that the torture progressed, fingers and toes chopped right off. Ears and noses sliced clean from the body, teeth kicked in... etc. Until a few more die and then it's just her and another. Unfortunately for her, being the only female on the squad, they liked to see her struggle, to fight. Stapling a blindfold to her head, throwing her into a big empty room and telling her she can leave if she finds the prize. They watch and laugh as she stumbled around, missing toes and fingers as she searches the big room but comes up empty handed. But their was no prize, never was. They got small pieces of info out of them all but not enough to be worth anything. Then finally she was the last one left, the last one to die. Until the big one decided to amp it up, say the wrong thing and bam her foots gone. Screaming and crying, thrashing around in her seat. At least they were kind enough to treat the wound, not letting it fester. She was resilient, took everything they threw at her with ease. It pissed them off but also intrigued them. Week after week they played their fucked up game, leaving her amputated from below the knee. Getting bored they decided to switch it up again, strapping her stomach first down on a rickety gurney. At least they used a sharp knife, hell they even sterilized it for her. It started with a small piece of her back, about the same size as a American quarter. Then the size of a standard business card, a hand, a notebook and so on. Until they flayed her whole back. She swore she died a few times, going in and out of consciousness. Desperate for death but it kept evading her. Until the day she got rescued. She went to sleep that night, laying in a puddle of her own blood and piss, waking a month later in a hospital bed hooked up to machines. She needed time to heal the doctors recommended. That time came and went, sitting in an interrogation room. Watching the clock tick by, answering the same questions over and over again. Breaking down and being picked back up just to do it all over again. Forced to relive the torture, day in, day out. They ruled her out, call her a victim of war and sent her off to get help. To readjust her for duty if she wanted or civilian life. She didn't know how to live after eveything she went through, she didn't feel alive. Like a part of her died back in that room and never left. A part of her still stuck back in that room, listening to the screams of her comrads knowing she was next. She got healed, cleared for duty. Getting sent off to a private organization, terror control, they called it. She was a walking wraith, a reminder of a failure, a mutt that should be taken out back and put down. But she's resilient. Rising the ranks until she found herself to be a Colonel. But her mission wasn't done, not until everyone involved in the kidnap, torture and death of her squad was dust to the wind. Not even hell wanted these men.

Debated on posting this, been in my drafts for a while.

[marciabrady]

The Little Mermaid 2 and 3 (bring it on!)

The Little Mermaid 2 and 3:

my all-time ultimate fave character: we all know it's ariel lbr but...again not to be too predictable, andrina! she's SO much funny in every incarnation i read of her and she's the only character that seems to make it with a semblance of character integrity (even more so than ariel who does NOT fare well with these sequels)

a character I didn’t used to like but now do: king triton maybe? i still think he has abusive tendencies and certain things frustrate me about him to no end but i think he's realistic and there's a weight to him that's intriguing to me

a character I used to like but now don’t: queen athena. i thought she was pretty as a kid and i liked her whole voice/singing to the kids plot thing but i just think she's so uninspired and lazy and her voice isn't even that good, her design is blah, and i don't think ariel's mom is that lady lol sorry

a character I’m indifferent about: hm. benjamin??? i guess it's fine that they kinda gay-coded him and it's some representation but he's marina's sidekick, and marina is the ultimate ick, and idk he's just so bland anyway that it's hard to feel anything for him outside of what he is

a character who deserved better: andrina! she deserved WAY more lines and screentime. i wish they got the original andrina back but tara did her best, i guess

a ship I’ve never been able to get into: carlotta and grimsby. like i get they're both side characters that are a man and a woman but obligatory hetero ships that have no chemistry aren't my thing (this is directed at the fandom, the movie doesn't really put them together)

a ship I’ve never been able to get over: i think aquata and that boy they put her with in the third movie are cute i guess? again i'm actively trying not to say ariel/eric

a cute, low-key ship: um. melody and that blonde boy??? i guess

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it: ??? there aren't really any other ships in these movies, they honestly don't offer much

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened: melody and that guy she danced with in the beginning of the second movie, but that was the point so

my favourite storyline/moment: hm...uh. um. uhhh OH WAIT i do love ariel singing in that hazy room in the beginning of the second movie. the animation is like rugrats level bad BUT jodi's singing carries it

a storyline that never should have been written: THE THIRD MOVIE. i will go to my grave standing by the fact that i think the banishment of music is the DUMBEST plot i've ever heard of/seen in all of hollywood and the fact that disney is SUCH a difficult company to break into and it's so competitive and it's supposed to hold the highest standards for its craft and THAT plot wasn't ridiculed in its initial pitch in the writer's room and how that plot not only contradicts THE FIRST SCENE we see of ariel missing the concert in her original movie but doesn't even make any sense, given that she gives her voice up to be human so clearly she doesn't care about music THAT much is baffling like the minimum wage character performers in the parks get better training on integrity than the writers from that movie

my first thoughts on the show: i honestly never cared about either movie but i think i disliked the third movie less when i first saw it because tlm2 made melody the main character and that really irritated me as a child because i didn't want to see her and her walrus and penguin, i wanted more ariel who was delegated as a side character bc i guess older women or moms just aren't interesting/worthy of being main characters???

my thoughts now: for as much as i personally dislike the second movie, i'm still glad we have it because i think some of jodi benson's singing is superior to any of her other recordings and i'm genuinely astounded by her talent in some songs. the third movie though is painful and i hate it and it makes me resent disney lol

[kinetic-elaboration]

January 14: The Expanse 3x02

Back after another break. This was a good ep overall, I think.

First off, I was happy to get some kind of answer, somewhere. I mean not a huge answer, not all the answers, but like something that didn’t feel like taking one step forward and an equal step back. Do I know what it means that the kids can be command and control for the hybrid monsters? No, but that’s decidedly more than I knew before about their purpose. I’m not sure if I can truly say that none of the kids are in the hybrids—I mean if not, what is the other half of the monster?—but we’ve established Mei isn’t, which I suspected obviously but it took long enough. And I’m intrigued to know more, you know. About the mechanism. I also did like the line about understanding the Protomolecule doesn’t work as previously thought although it’s also frustrating because, first, well how does it work???? and second, this s a great time for exposition on how you thought it worked before, as I forgot. But no. Alas.

The Roci crew stuff was pretty neutral… I can see where the polycule allegations are coming from as it’s certainly more fun to read them that way and I’ve decided I’ll just personally be reading Alex/Amos/Prax as a triad for my own personal enjoyment. This story line was the repository of the obligatory action/adventure scene, which I zoned out for, except I did like that in my little fantasy world, Amos saving Prax was pretty hot, and acknowledged as such by both.

Chrisjen and Bobbie continue to be a fun duo and I hope that they get more scenes together and aren’t split up forever now that they’ve found the Roci. In particular I liked the expression on Bobbie’s face at the idea that she might be hitting on Chrisjen—like is she making a joke that’s not landing or is this lady serious? Also while I don’t really care about the realism of my sci fi, I appreciate that they, like, deal with the gravity related unpleasantness of this type of space travel. And the ship is very cute in its design.

I feel like this show has moved quite far away from the world-building that was so striking in its early episodes, and I miss it. I miss the Belt in particular (very ironic that a show that started so clearly focused on the downtrodden underclass has pretty well abandoned their stories for a narrative focused on the elite members of the most powerful society….hmmmm). But I liked seeing a little bit more development of Earth here: the protests, the start of the war (though again, only what it looks from above), and hints of background into idk whatever his name is, Secretary-General Generic Man.

I also liked Anna, even if I can see the manipulation that got me there (oh she’s helping an injured protestor!)—clues about proper sympathies can be obvious and still effective. Looking forward to more on her and her backstory.

Then I looked up the actress because I couldn’t remember where I knew her, and I ended up on her character wiki page and now I’m annoyed at the inability of people to, like, do basic research and I’m going down a rabbit hole about it. Watching the ep itself didn’t bother me: Anna doesn’t have an accent so I assumed she was Russian-descended American, but seeing that her “affiliation” is St. Petersburg (idk if this means birthplace but I sort of assumed so) changes the game. Why is her name using the masculine form? Where is the patronymic? And most glaringly of all and this really infuriates me, in WHAT fucking universe is “Anna” a nickname for Annushka? The universe of ‘I don’t care to get things right about Slavs because it isn’t important to me’ I guess. Perhaps you might consider fucking yourself instead idk??

It just really reeks of ‘what if we added some Exoticism and Spice’ but in such a disrespectful way and honestly such an unnecessary way. Lots of Americans are descended from other cultures and those cultures have become bowdlerized with time (hello, I am like this!!! My last name is pronounced by English standards, not the standards of its country of origin and that’s fine!!). So—same with her. I did not question it. Why add in all this half-assed backstory that you’re not even going to use, like fucked up distorted trivia you couldn’t even properly think through? UGH.

But anyway, yeah, the episode itself—pretty good!!

[willowish]

So I watched all 4 series/seasons of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and I'm gonna map out my thoughts on all of them and rank them on the Weeb Ass Shit scale

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: 8.5/10 overall

Weeb 2/10 - Other than being a magical girl anime, there's not much you need to know about Japan or anime, and magical girls are more common in western cartoons now, so it ranks low imo

Ass 4/10 - There are panty shots and, unfortunately, a hot spring episode, both of which are made worse by the main character being 9, but the worst part imo is the magical girl sequence going out of its way to show her regular clothes coming off before the new outfit goes on. Lots of magical girl anime have Vague Nudity during the transformations, but this feels extra weird

Shit 2/10 - I would say there aren't many major plot holes or instances of bad writing, I really enjoyed the story, and it used the 13 episodes it had wisely, getting straight to the point. Not telling the viewer Nanoha's fake, non-magic explanation of why she's going away is the only thing that jumps out as lazy writing, but it doesn't really matter anyway since she explains for real in the end. There are a few one-off remarks about Nanoha's family that I initially was like "ok, not gonna explain that?" but then I remembered this is technically a spinoff of Triangle Heart, so those were probably added for Triangle Heart fans, not new viewers

Season 1 was an intriguing story that drew me in pretty quickly and one that could honestly stand on its own. I remember finishing episode 13 and thinking "what could possibly come after this, that seemed like a solid story to me!" It may seem odd to think "I don't really need a follow up season on this good anime," but the alternative comes up later. I think this was my favorite season, partly because Yuuno was a main character and he's my favorite. Pity me.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's: 8/10 overall

Weeb 3/10 - I don't have many specific examples, but I feel like this season had more anime tropes/Japanese culture in it. The only example I can really think of is Hayate bathing with Shamal and Vita, but I made a mental note after watching that the weeb ranking was higher

Ass 4.5/10 - Same panty shots and weird transformation sequences as before, as well ad aforementioned bathing. There was also another scene where a monster with tendrils or whatever grabbed Signum and her boobs got squished by it. You know what I mean.

Shit 3/10 - This was another really solid plot, and again it used its allotted episodes well, but I feel like it wasn't quite as good as season 1. Plus it had Hayate's paralysis heal after the Book of Darkness was destroyed, which is a dumb trope, but I don't dock more points for it because the book was causing the paralysis to begin with, and it didn't vanish overnight at least.

I didn't like this one as much, especially at first, but I really liked Nanoha getting more involved with the Bureau and official magic business, and I somehow didn't see the twist at the end of Graham and the Liese twins being part of the problem. Loved the peak 6 years ahead at the end where everyone's older, and Yuuno getting teased about "making process" with Nanoha was cute (and painful in retrospect, RIP Yuuno idk why the writers shoved you aside so hard). I once again thought "that was a great story with a solid wrap-up, what more could there be?" and yet there was more.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS: 7/10 overall

Weeb 3/10 - Anime battles, power levels, pupils aiming to surpass their mentors, pretty standard anime fare that's easy to understand, if you saw Dragonball as a kid you get it pretty much, and we're not in Japan anymore Toto, so don't worry about that

Ass 5/10 - Same stuff as before, including a weird, OOC scene where Subaru wakes Teana up by... groping her boobs. It was so out of place I almost had to make sure it was the same anime. Also, a 6 year old girl transforms into an adult woman à la Black Lady, and watching a grown woman in a vacuum sealed bodysuit with boob socks cry and act like a 6 year old is SUPER weird. At least Black Lady didn't act like Chibiusa...

Shit 4.5/10 - Wouldn't it be dumb if you named an anime after the main character, then divided focus between her and a new cast of characters so she's barely the main character anymore? Yeah, it was dumb. I like the idea of showing how Nanoha has matured by having her become a mentor to a new generation, but removing the focus from her so much was... idk, not what people were watching for? Also taking the really cool sci-fi magical girl anime to a more politic/bureaucratic place with power struggles in the Bureau was A Choice, but there were still plenty of cool fights, so it's fine

Remember Yuuno? The writers did for 2 whole lines of dialogue. Anyway, petty grievances aside, this season grew on me slowly. I didn't like Subaru and Teana much at first (loved the episode where Nanoha blasted Teana with a huge magic beam then Signum punched her later lol) but they moved up to Fine by the end. I passively wondered why all of the combat cyborgs were women, then they dropped the "all of us have a genetic copy of our creator in our wombs in case he dies" shit and I wished I was dead. Weird shit aside, I liked it overall, and, ONCE AGAIN thought "yeah, this would be a satisfying place to end this tale!" and I was right that time.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid: 3.5/10 overall

Weeb 5/10 - This is An Anime alright. Training camps, hot springs, sports tournaments, we've got some prime examples of Anime here

Ass 6/10 - I'm tempted to rate this higher, but I feel like if 10 is hentai then any higher than this is too much. But there's a lot more sexualized bullshit here. I was literally 28 seconds into an episode and Fate's clothing got shredded, SPECIFICALLY on her chest, during a mock battle. We've got double the kid-to-adult boobification sequences, and we've got a 14 year old nun with battle underboob. Can't forget sexual harassment of a 10 year old at the hot spring!

Shit 7/10 - Don't watch this. You know how I praised the others for being complete stories that used their 13 episodes well? NOT VIVID!!! The first half of the show was just putzing around and introducing Einhart, a convoluted character with a dumb concept and confusing motives (she explained them many times and I still don't know wtf she wanted). The second half got into the only thing that was kind of interesting, the magic/martial arts sports tournament thing, and THEY DIDN'T FINISH BECAUSE THEY RAN OUT OF EPISODES!!! They got to episode 12, didn't even try to finish, and used the 13th 23 minute slot as a RECAP EPISODE to, idk try to drum up interest for a season 2? Didn't happen, because the show was ASS, so if you cared (I don't, I considered not finishing after every single episode) you can just read the manga I guess I'll say it again, don't watch this. First of all, if Nanoha being the protagonist only part of the time annoyed me, imagine how much I loved her being a background character. Also, you know how magical girl anime are about fighting to save the world and stuff? And how one of Lyrical Nanoha's draws was the really cool sci-fi magic battles and the repeated reminder that Nanoha was putting her life on the line as a 9 year old, making the show somewhat darker than other magical girl shows with protagonists that young? What if we made it a slice of life sports anime where a group of kids tries to get stronger and win the sports tournament against tough foes! Fucking yawn. When you go from a kid learning how to output strong magic without killing herself to a bunch of kids playing the water and practicing "cutting water" you have to wonder where you went wrong

Unrelated overall thoughts:

It's probably not intentional, at least in the way I'm interpreting it, but the gender in this show is pretty delicious sometimes. LOVE when Intelligent Devices refer to their female users as sir, specifically Bardiche calling Fate sir is very good to me. Also a big fan of Olivie being called a king instead of a queen. A lot of girls in ViVid have typically male names, like Einhart, Harry, and Victor. Also Otto is a trans man, he told me himself.

As you know, Nanoha is well known for having two hands- one for Yuuno, and one for Fate. The show directly implies Yuuno likes Nanoha and less directly implies she also likes him. The show also makes Nanoha and Fate really gay, but not "overtly" (other than both being Vivio's moms) because homophobia. Which is more canon? Both. Why? Here's a diagram.

As we can see, Vivio, Nanoha's child (I know she's adopted, that's not important here shhh) represents both Yuuno and Fate. We can also see that Nanoha loves blonde people.

As for the movies, I think season 1 was the better telling, but I honestly preferred the 2nd movie's telling of A's plot. Something I HATED!!! about both movies was the WEIRD lighting/shading choice for Nanoha's/Fate's chests that emphasized their nipples??? SO weird, I literally did a fucking double take every time that showed up.

TL;DR Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is good! Ignore ViVid

[fourteentrout]

Thank you for the tag @yaralulu !

What should we call you?

I respond to any variation of my username--trout, fourteen, fourteentrout--or you can call me Liam!

How long have you been a Tamlin fan?

Oh boy I'd say a little under a year at this point! I read the books last year starting over the summer, and I loved him in the first book, but I did the classic What? He's an Asshole? Time To Hate Him Now for ACOMAF and ACOWAR. However, I think it may have been DURING acowar that I started to turn back to my original sentiments. Regardless, it's been less than a year!

What drew you to Tamlin?

In the first book I loved that he was kind of awkward. The fact that he was very clearly a capable, sympathetic leader that held a lot of strong values and had a really distinct moral compass, but still wasn't really good at talking to people or being suave was very compelling to me. I also just love his whole schtick--shapeshifter beast man who grew up a warrior but loves things like music and writes dirty limericks, is super observant and always fights for the good of the people, and has a tragic backstory? Come on.

Do you have a favorite headcanon for our Spring Lord?

Ooh that's a tough one. I love anything regarding his shapeshifting--I believe @highlordofkrypton mentioned him shapeshifting in combat, and it's just really stuck with me. Thinking about all the dynamic things he can do on a battlefield as a shapeshifter. Yeah. So, the headcanon that he can rapidly shift while fighting.

Who's your favorite pairing (platonic or romantic) with Tamlin?

1000% Tamsand. Love seeing them in any context. Friends. Lovers. Enemies even. Enemies AND lovers. Give me it all.

Have you named Tamlin's family? What are their names? (Give us your headcanons too!)

I have never named them in a fic but in my head his father is called Eamonn, his eldest brother is Thane and the middle brother is Declan. I have not thought of a name for his mom--i was originally thinking of her as Bronwyn, because I thought the ballad of tam lin was Welsh for some reason, but upon realizing it was not I figured I should probably go with something less distinctly Welsh. It's not that the father's and brothers' names are Scottish, per se, but that I want them all to still phonetically fit together, and I feel like now that ive decided upon their names, Bronwyn just doesn't really mesh the way i want it to.

If you were transported to the Spring Court right now, what would be your role? (Sentry, Gardener, etc.)

Ooh ha maybe something social but without a lot of crazy responsibility, like an Official Greeter or something like that. Doorman. Assistant to the Emissary, something like that. If Tamlin needs someone to do the talking and Lucien isn't there, I will gladly step up.

While we wait for Tamlin week, do you have any fic recommendations?

You bet your ass I do.

borrowed time by ipona is like. Everything I could ask for in a pre-canon tamsand fic

Lay Me on the Cold Dark Earth by @witch-and-her-witcher. First monsterfucking fic I've ever read. Set a very high standard, idk if anything could match up to it.

To have, to hold by Flowerflamestars. The vibes are off the charts with this one, I've read it twice so far (I first read it before reading silver flames and was left confused but incredibly intrigued). It's sort of Rhysta but the tamsand vibes are strong, and the depiction of Tamlin within the fic is just. Incredible.

At The Stroke of Midnight by @achaotichuman , one of the earlier tamsand fics I read when I was first getting into the ship. It stuck with me! Shapeshifting shenanigans, fairytale au, gay panic. What more could you want

And anything by @praetorqueenreyna

Man I never know who to tag for these things, I feel like everyone is always already tagged! Just in case I'll tag @nightzspring @tamlinsnailtech and @msbrownwithacrown

In the coming months, weeks and days leading up to Tamlin Week, we'll be dropping some fun community activities. Feel free to participate as much or as little as you like!

Now that we've got the prompts out of the way, it's time to get to the heart of Tamlin Week. Everyone knows our High Lord Tamlin, and you’ve met our mods, but it’s time to meet you!

Introduce yourself through the questions below, and if you know someone who’d like to participate in Tamlin week, feel free to tag them.

What should we call you? How long have you been a Tamlin fan? What drew you to Tamlin? Do you have a favourite headcanon for our Spring Lord? Who’s your favourite pairing (platonic or romantic) with Tamlin? Have you named Tamlin’s family? What are their names? (Give us your headcanons too!) If you were transported into the Spring Court right now, what would be your role? (Sentry, Gardener, etc.) While we wait for Tamlin week, do you have any fic recommendations?

Tags: (add your friends here!)

We encourage you to check the notes to say hi to old friends, and welcome new names to our community!

[free-pool-trash]

happiness - peter maximoff

yay a new peter fic <3 i was feeling a little unmotivated for a few days (since our boy wasn’t in episode 8 at all :/) but im back 😎 although im back in school so i might be on and off for a while 😩✋🏻

!!!it’s not a songfic those lyrics at the start are just my inspo!!!

word count: 5k <3 😳

warnings: maybe swearing but i dont think so i cant remember, peter being sad, angst, but mostly fluff, WandaVision spoilers maybe??? I pretty much made up this plot so idk, endgame spoilers, reader was an avenger, kissing but it’s not graphic😽 probably some mistakes yk how it is

feedback is appreciated <3

tagging: @enchantedcruelsummer (should i make a peter maximoff taglist? let me know and I’ll do it)

masterlist

haunted by the look in my eyes that would’ve loved you for a lifetime

leave it all behind

& there is happiness

Loneliness had always been something that plagued him. That and a plethora of other negative emotions.

There wasn’t a day that went by where Peter Maximoff wasn’t made to feel like a loser. Admittedly, he’d never held himself to a high standard, he grew up thinking that he’d never fit in anywhere and eventually that thought mutated into a lifestyle as he began isolating himself from the world around him, either far too good or heartbreakingly not enough to be a part of that crowd.

He liked spending time with himself. Nobody else knew him the way he knew him, and still, he found nothing but an overwhelming hollow space where his deepest most important hopes, aspirations, dreams and self discoveries should have resided.

Peter had always put this feeling of exile down to the fact that he was a mutant, it was the most likely explanation, right?

It was only when he’d decided to join the X-Men that he finally came to the conclusion that maybe the rest of the world wasn’t the problem, nor was his mutation the problem, but that he himself was the problem. For even in a school full of people exactly like him he was still the same loser that he was in his mother’s basement.

And he was under no illusions that that was exactly what his teammates saw in him; nothing. No potential. Just a space holder to bring the numbers up.

Super speed was incredible. That’s how Peter acknowledged jobs well done, he praised his speed but never himself. He just saved Charles and Erik from a room full of armed guards? No that wasn’t him, that was simply his speed. He saved an entire mansion full of people from a potentially fatal explosion? Nothing special, Kurt probably could’ve done the same.

Forget all of the good deeds and saved lives because the bottom line of it all, to him at least, was that all he was good for was cheeky one liners and hopeless kleptomania.

His life took a turn for the worse when he found himself being mind controlled in an alternate universe. And even then, he was playing the part of someone that wasn’t him, the thought humbled him, reconnected him to his roots and reintroduced him to his life long philosophy that he’d never be anything more than a social pariah. Not even an alternate reality could accept him for who he was. There wasn’t a warm welcome and despite not knowing what was going on, the definition of “imposter” or the weirder, “recast”, still shot to kill.

He settled on the notion that he was an inter dimensional waste of space. At least in WestView he could be blissfully ignorant, let the real him be drowned mercilessly in favour of being an integral part of someone’s life- to feel important, even if it wasn’t real.

When WestView fell apart he was completely lost. In every sense of the word. In a new world with no way home and as it turned out, nobody was looking for him. Although he didn’t expect anyone to care, it still stung that nobody did. He always hoped that one day Erik would step up as a father figure for him, this; getting kidnapped and smuggled into a different dimension, seemed like the perfect moment for that epic father son moment, but it wouldn’t surprise Peter if his father has yet to notice his disappearance.

But then, seemingly out of nowhere, he came into contact with a beacon of hope. A guiding star that might possibly lead him to an existence consisting of something other than misery and self loathing.

It offered him a choice; return to being the self proclaimed loser he was known as or start fresh as someone new and mysterious, with first impressions yet to be made and conclusions about him yet to be drawn. Peter had known himself to be rash in the past, when it came to making decisions he had the tendency to act impulsively, never putting too much thought into how his decisions would affect his life in the long term. The choice before him now is no different, he knew exactly what he wanted going forward, however selfish the choice may have been, the second he realised it was an option his heart was set on it.

That previously mentioned beacon of hope arrived to him in the form of a girl, in the form of you. An ex-avenger and close friend of Wanda’s, you were hired by S.W.O.R.D to help them clean up the more ‘sensitive’ fallout that the fall of WestView brought about. Obviously, they were sticking you- the only other avenger with magik- on babysitting and rehabilitation rather than letting you go after your best friend who had gone completely off the rails. Having said that though, you didn’t want anyone else handling him.

You hadn’t watched WandaVision, nor were you even aware that any of it was going on until it had reached a boiling point and you got a call from Monica Rambeau, she’d begged you to come and wait on the edge of town while she went in and act as her eyes on the outside along with Jimmy Woo.

That’s where you stayed until the hex broke down.

As soon as the barrier came down the base you manned was overrun by an armada of terribly confused and distressed citizens, Monica and Wanda were not among them but in their places stumbled in Darcy and the man playing the role of Pietro.

Jimmy appointed himself to Darcy, who in all honesty seemed relatively unscathed by the situation while you made a beeline for the dirty blonde charading as your former, dead teammate.

Peter was, to put it simply, completely enthralled by you as soon as you’d strolled over to him and in the moment he’d put his almost magnetic attraction to you down to the fact that you were the first friendly face he’d seen upon breaking free of Agatha’s possession.

But one thing in particular struck him; you’d asked him his name. You hadn’t immediately assumed him to be some knock off Pietro, as everyone else had. You acknowledged that he had his own personal identity and despite how often he caught himself hating the person he was, he found that when it was torn away from him that he wanted it back. The simple question you posed gave him the opportunity to regain his identity.

“Peter. My name is Peter.” He answered you, almost unsure of himself and you found your interest in the man piqued even further.

He remembered with perfect clarity the way you’d offered him a grin, tilted your hand, extended your hand and said, “Well it’s nice to meet you, Peter. Come on, I’ll be your babysitter for the next while.” There was something about the way you’d laughed after saying the words and the slight, yet unmistakable, glint of mischief in your eyes that had him captivated from the get go.

With you came a whirlwind of new emotions. After only a few weeks of knowing you, Peter noticed he wasn’t as lonely as he had been back home. He didn’t hate himself half as much either, he wasn’t entirely free of self deprovative tendencies and maybe he never would be, but undoubtedly, he likes himself more in this world than he ever had in his last. He thanked you and your determination to make him “a functioning member of society” for that.

It didn’t feel belittling, the way you helped him. You hadn’t dragged him to your favourite mall every weekend just to taunt him about how he couldn’t stop himself from stealing something. Even the very first time, when he’d sped away from you and returned within a second adoring a pair of freshly stolen sunglasses. Your only reaction had been to laugh and casually place your hands on both sides of his face.

“At least remember to take the tag off next time, speedy.” You’d muttered, subtly pulling the tacky stickers off the arms of his shades. No, you weren’t dragging him sight seeing or forcing him to help you go clothes shopping because you thought he was a loser who needed reforming you were doing it because you were a true friend who wanted him to succeed.

The pair of you seemed like two peas in a pod. Which to be fair, you were. Peter Maximoff intrigued you in every sense of the word. He was new, quite literally other worldly, he was kind, he was funny, he was perfectly mischievous and completely wonderful.

What caught your eye the most was the way he held himself, as if he wasn’t entirely comfortable in his own skin. It became apparent to you that he lacked confidence with the phrases he usually tacked onto the ends of his sentences. When you’d invite him to hang out in the beginning his response would always be something along the lines of, “Sure. If you want me to.” But the excitable puppy dog eyes told you that he was dying for someone to want him to tag along some place.

There was a certain understanding between you. You were both more than accustomed with the harrowing feeling of being alone and even though you’d never exactly voiced those thoughts with each other, you couldn’t deny that his was a spirit kindred to your own and he felt it too.

Since the Avengers has disbanded, one of your best friends, Natasha, was dead and your other best friend, Wanda, was gone completely off the rails and the people chasing her wouldn’t let you anywhere near her or even attempt to help pull her out of her darkness. You were being kept as a wildcard in case they needed her taken down. Peter was no stranger to the feeling of being cast aside and so he quickly responded to your frustrations, and in doing so, forced himself out of his comfort zone to be there for you. To his complete shock though, you’d been so appreciative of his efforts.

You never failed to thank him for the little things he did for you, always complimenting his mutation when he’d use it and giving him the recognition he never received at home. The friendship he formed with you was so… two sided, again, something he wasn’t accustomed to before. It didn’t involve him giving everything he had to offer and receiving nothing in return, you matched his energy meticulously and never left him hanging.

In a series of firsts, he didn’t wonder whether or not you genuinely liked him, never feeling the need or want to question it as you’d left him with no reason to doubt.

As he walked around the mall with you now, his mind brought his attention back to the question you’d asked him rather casually a few nights ago. You were both lounging on your couch, watching some ridiculous reality show (a favourite of yours and Peter’s) when you’d turned your head to look at him, a thoughtful look on your face. “Do you think when S.W.O.R.D figures the technology out to crack into other realities, you’ll go back to yours?”

The question had taken him aback for a second, in all honesty, he hadn’t thought about going home, not when he was with you at least and considering he’d become your roommate about three weeks after he got out of WestView, the thought of returning to his old life had barely crossed his mind.

Being an ex-Avenger you were fairly well off, you lived alone in a two bedroom apartment in New York that you’d bought to be closer to Stark tower. Peter had nowhere to go and aside from having a spare room to offer you’d also been sort of lost in the current of the busy city with everyone you once loved in the area either dead, on the run or busy elsewhere.

While the question hadn’t crossed Peter’s mind, it had crossed yours on several occasions. He’d been staying with you for six months and the moment you realised that he was becoming one of the most important people in your life, the thought of him leaving you too weighed on your mind but at the end of the day you wanted him to feel happy. He deserved to feel happy and if going back to his reality brought him that happiness then you’d support him.

“Dunno,” he’d replied, turning to face you, chucking a handful of popcorn at you when you looked incredulous at his response, “To be honest I haven’t really thought about it, m’way too busy babysitting you anyway.” He joked, effortlessly dodging the few pieces of popcorn you attempted to throw at him.

For the last few nights, the question haunted him, but it wasn’t just the question that was bothering him. You were at the forefront of his mind as he replayed the past six months of his life which also happened to be the best six months of his life. WestView put him through hell but coming out the other side of it and meeting you felt like heaven.

He weighed up the pros and cons of returning to his native timeline. The cons: he’d have to leave you behind, he’d go back to being the loser who nobody took seriously, his talents would be downplayed and disregarded and he’d inevitably end up revisiting his lifestyle of solitude. Then there was the pros: he’d get to reunite with his pac man machine. He couldn’t manage to think up anything else.

If he stayed he’d have everything he ever wanted and needed. You’d be there and he knew you always would be, besides he couldn’t leave you knowing that you needed him. If he left who would wake you up when you had night terrors about the catastrophe that your reality was still recovering from? There would be nobody there to comfort you when you woke up from the nightmares, reliving the deaths of Natasha, Tony or Vision and the experience of being snapped out of existence? If he wasn’t there to make you laugh when you were about to cry then who would be? In his heart of hearts he knew you had a huge support system at your disposal, he’d met most of them. Even though he was well aware that Sam visited you as often as he could, that Bucky wrote you letters on a monthly basis and sometimes tagged along with Sam on his visits, that Stephen Strange appeared in your apartment whenever the urge struck him, that the literal god of thunder invited you out for beer whenever he was visiting Earth, that the little spider-kid, also named Peter, swung by your apartment at least once a week to tell you all about school and his good deeds. Despite knowing all of this and knowing all of these people loved you dearly, Peter wanted to be your main source of support, he didn’t want to be someone who came and went, who’d love you then leave you. He wanted to be with you through anything and everything and the feeling that you’d love him for a lifetime had him satisfied with the decision he was about to make.

If leaving his old life meant he could stay here, with you, and experience happiness for more than a fleeting moment then he’d simply; leave it all behind.

“I’ve been thinking about what you asked me the other night.” He spoke through a mouthful of curly fries. You were sitting in the food court of the mall when he decided to let you in on his desire to stay with you indefinitely.

You raised your eyebrow, “You? Putting thought into an answer? Peter, I think I’m starting to become a bad influence on you.” You told him teasingly, taking a long sip of your drink as he rolled his eyes humorously.

“You’re a terrible influence which is exactly why I’ve decided to stay here and put you on the straight and narrow.” The glee you felt at his statement was undeniable, your eyes lit up and your lips curled upwards.

“You’re staying? Really staying?” Your smile was contagious, Peter’s face now painted with a wide grin as he nodded his head.

In a moment of weakness he frantically added, “Y’know only if you want me to though. If you don’t that’s completely cool.” He rushed through the words, feeling more embarrassed when the fond look on your face never faded.

“Of course I want you to stay. You mean a lot to me.” You reassured him, a gentle smile on your lips as you reached across the metal table, intertwining your fingers with his.

Peter squeezed your hand gratefully, holding it in his grasp securely and allowing his smile to return to his face, “I know. You mean a lot to me too.” It was somewhat of an understatement, he was starting to understand that you didn’t just mean a lot, but that you meant everything.

His resolution lifted a huge weight off your shoulders that you wouldn’t be losing yet another best friend. You were glad he’d be with you when everything blew over with Wanda, the two of them definitely had the potential to develop a beautiful sibling relationship and they both deserved that. Of course, Peter would never replace Pietro and having known them both it was obvious just how different the two men were, the only thing they had in common being their powers and last name. Still, he and Wanda would still be able to work on it. He didn’t hate her after WestView and you knew Wanda well enough to know that she was kind hearted and she’d be more than willing to give him a chance. When she eventually comes back to her senses, that it.

As the months went on, life with you and Peter seemed to only get better. You never stopped laughing, your nightmares died down and Peter had taken on a whole new lease of life. Yourself and Peter were the perfect example of meeting the right person at the right time, you balanced each other out and accentuated the other’s good qualities.

Peter could now say with complete confidence that he was happy and what’s more is that he was finally sure that he was making someone happy.

Up until nearly eleven months of living together your relationship had been purely platonic, save for the constant flirting but flirtation pretty much ran in yours and Peter’s blood. Peter wasn’t going to lie to himself, he’d fallen for you the second you’d peeled the security tags off his stolen sunglasses.

You, on the other hand, had been fighting with yourself because yes, you love Peter but you couldn’t have told him when there was the possibility he’d eventually leave and now so much time has passed and you’ve got such a good thing going you didn’t have it in you to ruin it.

However, all of that changed when your original Maximoff best friend came knocking on your door.

Wanda was on the run. She’d caused an amazing amount of chaos but Stephen Strange and S.W.O.R.D were hot on her trail and now she needed a place to lay low with the twins. She figured there was no place more reliable to go than to the always open arms of her best friend, who conveniently had a divinity for earth magik and could muster up a protective barrier without raising suspicions. And that’s exactly where she found herself; outside your door.

You’d been chasing Peter around the apartment when you heard the knock on the door. Peter was on the opposite end of the kitchen to you, using the bar as a shield from you. “You better get that.”

“Oh you’d like that wouldn’t you?” You glared as you spoke, it was his own fault really. What sort of idiot jumpscares a witch while she’s mid-meditation? He’d frightened you so badly you accidentally blasted a ball of your signature green energy and ruined your favourite couch throw pillow. When you were ready to pounce on the scared speedster the knocks sounded again, more frantic this time.

With one last glare towards Peter you stomped towards the door. Your anger melted away completely when you saw her. Her hood was up and she looked completely exhausted, two small hooded little boys by her side.

“Wanda…” You breathed out, relief flooding your system at the sight of her alive. She didn’t get a chance to speak before your arms were pulling her against you tightly, hugging her as if your life depended on it. Wanda returned in your embrace, allowing herself to relax for the first time in nearly a year, she sniffled against your shoulder, holding back tears as she realised how much she’d truly missed you.

Billy and Tommy watched in confusion as their mother cried into your shoulder. They didn’t know who you were, all their mother had told them was that they were going somewhere safe.

It was the yell of one of the boys that caused you and Wanda to separate, “Uncle P!” With that you felt a familiar rush of air across your leg but instead of Peter appearing one of the kids was gone.

You shared a perplexed look with Wanda, although your confusion was for different reasons.

“Hey hell raisers!” Peter responded, catching the mini speedster who all but threw himself at him barely regaining his balance before the other child had flung himself into the hug.

“Wanda? Those two… are they...?” You started, at a loss for words Wanda cut you off quietly, her tone as disbelieving as yours.

“My children? Yes. Is that…?” You nodded your head numbly, anticipating the end of her question.

“Your fake brother? Yeah.” Quickly, you realised you and a wanted woman catching up with the door wide open wasn’t ideal and you ushered Wanda inside, shutting the door when she walked in.

“Hey.” Peter greeted her simply, as if he hadn’t been used as a meat puppet in her altered reality. It wasn’t in his nature to hold any grudges.

“Hi?” Wanda replied, her voice still twinged with confusion.

“Peter, will you keep an eye on the kids for a bit? Wanda and I have some catching up to do.” You asked him with a nervous laugh, just thankful that Wanda was too tired to argue with your suggestion.

Peter ruffled the boys’ hair and gave you a grin, “Only if you stop trying to kill me.”

You rolled your eyes as you began to lead Wanda into your bedroom, “You’re on probation, jerk.” You called over your shoulder.

Once you were securely in your bedroom, the door locked and sitting comfortably you fixed Wanda with an amused look, “I’d ask you what’s new but I’m not sure I even wanna know.”

Wanda gave you a sad smile while she shook her head, “No, you probably don’t. I will tell you tomorrow, I don’t want to get into it tonight. I’m so tired.” She admitted, her voice overcome with sadness.

“I’ll pump up the air mattress and you and the boys can sleep in here for however long you need. I’d offer you the spare room but that’s where Peter’s been staying and I don’t think empty food containers are the kind of decor you’d be into.” Wanda nodded, squeezing your hand gratefully.

“So his name is Peter?” She asked, curious about the man Agatha had used to trick her in WestView.

You nodded in confirmation, “Yeah. Peter Maximoff, actually.”

Wanda’s brows came to a furrow at that, “Maximoff? So he’s a relation?”

“Yes and no. Peter is from a different reality but he’s still a Maximoff and he’s got super speed. So, and this is just my theory, while you’re not directly related he could still be your brother- if you wanted him to.” You explained, as gently as you could, not trying to push her too far but to nudge the idea in her direction.

Wanda, to your surprise, didn't seem to hate the suggestion, “What is he like?”

A genuine smile made it onto your face then, as you shot into your description of your roommate, “He’s caring, funny, a little bit of a kleptomaniac but he’s working on it. He’s understanding and moronically selfless, moronic in the sense that he doesn’t even realise he’s being selfless. Huge pain in the ass too.” Wanda had a soft smile on her face by the time you’d finished.

“You like him.” Was all she said and you let out a laugh in disbelief, standing up and opening the door.

“Go grab a shower. I’ll have Peter blow up the air mattress while I go introduce myself to my god sons.”

“I thought you’d at least wait until I actually asked you.” Wanda laughed as you walked out of the room.

Things moved fairly quickly after that. As promised you introduced yourself to Billy and Tommy as their god mother, which they seemed more than thrilled about and you assumed that excitement had to do with whatever description of you Peter had given them. Wanda and the twins were all cleaned and fed and had all but collapsed into bed, foregoing the air mattress and huddling together in your double bed instead.

“Where are you sleeping, mother Teresa?” Peter teased as he noticed your eyes drooping where you stood.

“On the couch probably. Or the air mattress.” You mumbled, cutting yourself off with a yawn.

Peter, unimpressed with your options, scoffed, “No way. Come on, you can bunk with me.”

Much like Wanda, you were too tired to argue and you let Peter pull you to his, surprisingly clean, room by the hand.

You both crawled into the bed, lying close together despite the amount of empty space on the mattress.

“How are you feeling about all of this?” Your soft voice broke through the silence and Peter turned his head to look at you.

“About Wanda?” You nodded your head, watching him intently as he rolled onto his side, facing you more comfortably.

Peter shrugged lightly, “I’m feeling ok. Just glad the twins still see me as their cool uncle.” You let out a small laugh at his response.

“Wanda was asking about you. Seemed interested in getting to know the real you.” You informed him, your heartwarming as you watched a hopeful look fall across his face.

A lull settled over the room once again and Peter caught himself staring at you. His eyes drifted over every visible part of you, reminding him of most of the points on his pros list for staying in your universe; your eyes, your lashes, your nose, your lips, you.

“What’re you thinking about?” The sound of your tired voice pulled him out of his thoughts and ultimately pushed him to bite the bullet and tell you how he’s feeling. With you curled up beside him, in his bed, fighting sleep just to stay in his company for as long as you could; he knew there would be no better time.

“Just about how happy I am to be here with you.” He answered you honestly, the butterflies in both of your stomachs fluttering in sync at his words.

You trailed a hand under the duvet and onto the bedsheets between your bodies, feeling around until you found his hand and gently intertwined your fingers. “I’m happy you decided to stay.”

“What you’ve all gone through in this timeline sucks- don’t get me wrong-“ Peter started sincerely, scooting closer to you and dropping his head back down on the edge of your pillow, leaving the pair of you practically nose to nose as he went on.

“And I hate that Wanda had to go through so much… but I’m really glad that it led me to you.” Peter swore in that moment, right after the confession left his mouth, that he could die right now and be completely content knowing that you now knew how he felt.

His heart stopped, and he thought that maybe he was about to die, when you gave him the softest, sweetest smile he’d ever been on the receiving end of and whispered, “I feel the same.”

Time moved in slow motion as he felt you moving your intertwined hands towards your lips, your lips pressed gently against the back of Peter’s hand before you brought them to rest against your chest.

It was a fact to say that Peter Maximoff had never felt intimacy quite like this before. But, experiencing it now, with you, led him to wonder how he’d ever survived without it. He wasn’t sure whether it was natural to crave more, especially when the affection you were showing him was so gentle, but he didn’t care as he let the impulsive side of him take over.

Not sparing another word, Peter closed the small distance between your lips and his. His free hand cupped your jaw while yours wasted no time in getting tangled in his silver hair.

His lips moved softly and surprisingly slowly over yours and he savoured the feeling of your hand holding his while your other got lost in his hair, your body pressed up against him, the way your jaw moved against his palm as you reciprocated the movement of his lips and the taste of your lips, promising himself he’d never let the memory slip from his mind for as long as he lived.

With complete clarity, Peter could say he had felt true, genuine happiness and he had no doubt in his mind that there was absolutely nothing Charles, Hank, Scott or anyone else from his original timeline could say to make him leave this happiness behind. Because in the process of forgetting his old life, he couldn’t deny that he has undoubtedly found himself in the position of a man who had so much more to live for.

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Minthara for the character meme!

(Character questions meme)

How I feel about this character

Ahhhh, Minthara! I love her. :D Full disclosure, of course - I haven't yet finished Rakha's run so I don't know everything that happens with her in Act 3. But what I have seen of her in Act 2 so far fascinates me. c:

Minthara has a lot of layers. She's got the capacity for incredible, methodical cruelty and she has survived what sounds like an incredibly harsh upbringing in drow noble society. She's also extremely observant, articulate, and has a very strong sense of her own philosophy and beliefs.

She's also terrified, which I find fascinating. The discussion about Orin in the Act 2 denouement threw me for such a loop. (Props to Emma Gregory for her VA on that speech, as well as whoever animated her Big Sad Wet Eyes, which were at their biggest, saddest, and wettest.) I feel like it's relatively rare to show the Tough Stoic Evil-Coded Warrior so overtly frightened, but she is SCARED of Orin, as well she should be because Orin is terrifying.

IDK I just really enjoy the dichotomies that Minthara has going on and I'm excited to see what happens with her in Act 3.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

I haven't really actively shipped her with anyone at this point but I could see there being potentially interesting dynamics with basically any of the origin characters.

I also gather that she and Orin have some sort of history? Which is obviously a TERRIBLE match for everyone involved, so I don't ship it as like a happy/good/healthy relationship, but I am intrigued to learn about the clusterfuck.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

As I mentioned before, I really like the idea of her and Lae'zel getting kind of a mentorship relationship going on. I'm not entirely sure Minthara would make Lae'zel a better person, but Lae'zel is very young and could benefit from Minthara's comparatively steady approach. And both of them share a fear of insignificance.

Also my standard answer, Karlach, because Karlach should be friends with everyone. Minthara speaks very highly of her right from the beginning, to a greater degree than she does of any other companion; she points out that Karlach lives in the moment and isn't afraid of mortality ("perhaps because she cannot afford to") and compares it positively to her own fear of all becoming dust and bone in the end.

My unpopular opinion about this character

Once again, I'm not quite plugged in enough to know exactly what qualifies as popular/unpopular.

I've seen discussion about the possibility that Larian will reintroduce, in the final major patch, the exclusion between Halsin and Minthara - i.e. that they will retain the ability to recruit Minthara on a good run which was officially added in a previous patch, but you will stop being able to keep both her and Halsin at the same time regardless. And I've seen a lot of arguments about whether that is a good thing or not.

Personally I'm on board with them adding it. I do like that we're able to recruit Minthara without being evil ourselves, but I also think it makes a certain amount of sense that there might be interpersonal fallout from making that decision, given the conditions under which we initially meet her.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I think Minthara should have the opportunity to comment more on all the nonsense you got up to in Act 1. XD For example when the gith jump you near the road to Baldur's Gate. She wasn't even there for all the creche craziness but she still has to deal with the fallout and I feel like she would have something to say about that. :P

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ep 2 did not dissapoint, already counting down the days for ep 3 😩😩😩

First of, I am so enamored with Diao and Kuea's friendship, they are so cute!! Their first meeting was so funny lmao, poor boy couldn't even cook instant ramen XD also nice subtele way to show just how rich his family is..

Loved the interactions with Auntie as well. As much as he was born into old money, his family has clearly raised him to be a kind soul. Home girl was so worried tho! Love her o3o

Diao is such a great friend, supporting his bestir through his troubles, following along his crazy claims; while still knowing well enough to know its all a process: Kuea hasnt stoped loving Lian, even when claiming otherwise.

Obligatory Jay/Perth simping, he is so fine y'all im-😫😫 also I feel like Lian knew Smth, I have a feeling Jay knew Lian somehow, and that table reservation was for Gemini which explains his giving him the go to take drunk AF Kuea.

Side note - I'm so intrigued by Hi Yian and Diao's relationship. I think their not engaged like the other two; by the way Kuea talks about it when Diao leaves.

I do wonder why he lies in the first place, I would assume because he doesn't approve of such things maybe? In their fight outside of the bar, he says he's not allowed to go to the bar Lian owns (wether its just Kuea or both of them idk)

(lian u snitch for telling him he eas there mans was just leaving😤😤)

Also diao bby dont cry!!!😭😭🤧i wanna protecc him so bad...#relatable bc I also cry when confronted - very exited to see how this dynamic exist between them.

Now, let's talk about Lian this episode...omg..when he told that dude touching Kuea to fuck off...I died...

FIRTY LIAN? HELLO? Zee smirk is actually lethal - That whole convo against the wall was both smexy (with a tease kiss) and funny as hell since Kuea is so UNBELIEVABLY drunk😂mans was like "u smell like Hia Lian" Yeah genius its him *face palm*

That car scene broke me tho... Drunk Kuea just spilling his heart out, clearly insecure he just wants Lian by his side even if he is unlovable by Lian's standards - I was so close to crying y'all

AND A KISS? EP2?? WHAT DIMENSION IS THIS? I do guess the mystery of them kissing will be revealed in ep 3 since the whole Kirin mystery was solved relatively quick - shenanigans to get Kuea to rember what he did drunk are gonna kill me with laughter XD

Also Kirin name meanings coming from Lian is ultimate Simp™ move next to THE FUCKING SHIRNE?? the badly photoshoped couples pained me XD

ALSO THE SONG - BANGER AND HOW HE ACTED IT OUT WITH ALMOST CRYING THE SENTIMENT NUNEW KING SHIT OMLAWRD

Tldr; I am in love with this show, Lian just needs to flirt more and I WILL KILL FOR DIAO, thankyew