#island detective

[romances-not-tragedies]

Last Line Tag

Thank you @chauceryfairytales for the tag!

From the Perfect 'Verse fanfic:

The lieutenant calmed down enough to answer, "Then we must work together. For Miguel Chua's sake. Then we go back to enmity once this is over." "I dare say we will, Lieutenant," Jo Gar responded as amicably as he could. Jo desperately hoped, Please let us go back where we have been since we met. Please, please, please, please...

Tagging: @bookish-karina, @avoidingcertaindoom, @winterandwords, @thewriteflame, @satohqbanana + open tag to those who want to join the tag game.

Happy writing!

[wait-a-minute-lassie]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Jo Gar Series - Ramon Decolta Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Jo Gar - Character, Sadi Ratan Additional Tags: Original Character(s), The Magician Murder, The Magician Murder AU, Abuse of Authority, not-quite accurate depiction of legal processes in pre-Revised Penal Code era, mixed opinions on American-era occupation, it's set during the American occupation of the Philippines (duh!), no beta we die like every murder victim of every Jo Gar story ever, sadi sounds more like a spurned lover fight me Summary:

“And you will be brought to trial for lying to me, a police officer!” Edilberto heard Lieutenant Ratan fiercely threaten Jo Gar. “‘Lying to me?’” he repeated the words mockingly as a greeting to the lieutenant. He closed the door behind him a little too strongly and raised a brow at the lieutenant. “Who the fuck do you think Jo Gar is, your wayward husband?”

When a chat about the case of the murdered magician goes ugly, one of Jo Gar's longtime acquaintances walks up into the scene and chooses figurative violence against the lieutenant of the Manila Police Station who thinks he is right in accusing an innocent man of a murder he may not commit. Or "The Magician Murder" AU in which someone puts Sadi Ratan in his place. Title from Taylor Swift's "Karma".

[wait-a-minute-lassie]

Yes, I’ve done the work analyzing this relationship’s problematic traits and I’ve come to the educated conclusion that I still want them to fuck

[lucabyte]

On autonomy, and what it means to be Obliged to Help.

Bonus:

[cuwalli]

bonus points if they're absolutely pathetic

[davidanderson121]

Talk to friends, family, and colleagues who have used private detectives in the past and ask what they thought of the experience. Look online for ratings and reviews of private detective agencies before choosing one. They will likely be familiar with the services provided by their personal favorite private detective agency, and they may have had positive experiences working with them in the past. Visit https://www.krypteia.gr/en/

[fluffyartbl0g]

Everytime I go into the Zosopp tag, I just see people SCREAMING CRYING SOBBING about the lack of posts IN the Zosopp tag. THE ZOSOPP ECONOMY IS IN SHAMBLES

[pipwasreal]

Day 16: knives + mind control

Characters: Charles Rowland, Edwin Payne

Content warnings: betrayal (sort of), mind control, mental confusion, knife violence, injury, iron burns

Now with a comic by technically-human!

"Charles look ou-" Edwin yells.

But it's too late, the unfamiliar spell hits him right in the face and ripples through him, locking each limb rigid, then releasing them one by one. Charles sways and shivers, then drops back into his ready stance. He draws his iron knife, then turns to Edwin.

"Are you alright?" Edwin asks quickly, glancing between Charles and the fairy. She's keeping her distance, but grimacing in concentration, her gaze locked on Charles.

Charles doesn't answer, but starts moving slowly toward Edwin. His expression is... strange. Not at all how he normally looks. Edwin frowns in confusion.

"Charles, what are you..." he begins, then trails off.

It occurs to him that perhaps the reason he has never seen this look of grim determination before is because whenever they are in danger Edwin freezes, and Charles plants himself squarely between Edwin and whatever means them harm. He faces it down, he does whatever is necessary to keep them safe.

It's... disconcerting, being on the receiving end of that expression, that wary advance. He ought to run, he supposes, but it's Charles. He does not know how to be afraid of Charles.

"What have you done to him?" He asks the fairy.

She glances at Edwin, fear and anger warring in her wide grey eyes, then whistles a rapid five-note trill.

"Oi!" Charles says, drawing Edwin's attention back. "She hasn't done anything to me. She's my best mate and I won't let you drag her back to Hell."

Ah.

Charles lunges at Edwin, slashing out at chest height with the iron knife. Edwin stumbles backward just in time, but the tip still catches his lapel, leaving a long scorchmark across it. It smarts, of course, but he has more pressing concerns.

His mind races, trying to remember how to draw someone out of magical confusion... and also trying to remember anything Charles had shown him over the years, about blocks and binds and generally avoiding being stabbed.

"Listen to me," he says, circling away from Charles while keeping the fairy in his line of sight. "You are under an enchantment. I do not mean you any harm. Please put the knife away."

Charles laughs, and it's an ugly, bitter thing.

"Nice try. Don't lie to me. I don't want to hurt you, but I will if you don't leave us alone."

He slashes as Edwin again, but this time Edwin puts out a hand and catches the blade through his palm. It blackens and smokes something awful, but at least he can wrench the knife out of Charles' grip.

"Right. That is quite enough of that," he says, turning to the fairy. "Kindly release my friend, and we shall leave you in peace."

"What the fuck are you?" She breathes.

Edwin sighs. "Not a threat to you. We apologise for trespassing."

She nods warily. With a whirl of her grey cloak, she disappears.

Charles shivers again. Then he sees his knife in Edwin's hand and loses his mind.

[vgadvisor]

[bishopsbelova]

Dominick Carisi and Olivia Benson Law & Order SVU 26.07

[romances-not-tragedies]

Lt. Sadi Ratan: And you will be brought to trial for lying to me, a police officer!

Atty. Edilberto Alcantara: (bursting into Jo Gar's office) "Lying to me"? Who the fuck do you think Jo Gar is, your wayward husband?

[wait-a-minute-lassie]

It had to be done.

[frogskelton]

The detective: Noah

Noah: I didn’t think I’d see your face again round here.

???: Yes, well… I must cash in an old favour

Noah: A favour? For you? Forget it.

???: I’m sure I can get you to reconsider. After all, we used to friends back in the day.

Noah: Way back. Before I found out your little scheme… Alejandro

[marosii]

More detective au pariging. Pariston definitely knows who the killer is but fails to mention it throughout the entire investigation

[scholarofgloom]

[a-forbidden-detective]

Curious add-ons and why RonToto is sailing, Episode 7 (Part 4)

I can’t decide the meaning of these additional scenes. I have two options. Either Ron asks Toto if he’d like to have a taste of his food covered in sugarcane syrup. And Toto smiles softly, shakes his head declining Ron’s offer. Or, Toto is shaking his head by way of scolding Ron because of his extra wishes being fulfilled. It must be both. Or, it’d be like this:

Ron: Oh well, this is me. What can I do? (That head turn thing)

Toto: Tsk, tsk, tsk…

This precedes Toto’s thoughts that he doesn’t know much about Ron’s past.

Toto rushing to Ron’s side at the dome crying out his name upon seeing the dead Onodera the photographer and is immediately relieved by releasing a loud sigh, grateful that Ron is alive upon hearing his friend’s soft breathing.

It is interesting that the anime version is limiting Ron’s asshole tendencies by being softer and kinder to Toto. In the anime, he’s really convinced that Toto will one day become a very capable detective.

Must be the English translator or the anime writers’ choice to change some wordings that immediately transform these manga panels an altogether new experience for me to view Ron and Toto’s relationship in a manner that is soft built in trust and dependency.

Apologies, I really love these scenes.