#it's always either toad or sam

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✩⁺₊✩☽⋆Kinkmas - 24th of December⋆☾✩⁺₊✩

ᴀ/ɴ: This is it, folks! The last door to open for you in this event. Thank you for sticking around or checking out a story here and there, I appreciate it all! If you celebrate Christmas - merry Christmas! Have some lovely and calm festivities! If you don't - have a lovely day, I hope it is relaxing enough and that you take good care of yourself!

A gentle reminder: when I write "Christmas" here, I am talking about the Feast of The Winterstar. I have to admit, I got a little sloppy after writing "Feast of the winterstar" so often. Please forgive me - and I hope you can enjoy nonetheless!

ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: find out, dolls!

ᴡᴄ: depending how much you read

ᴍᴅɴɪ ✧ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ: hints of sexual content

Sebastian: „The Feast of the Winterstar isn’t really my thing, you know? So many people, so many sounds, and you have to pretend to be…I dunno, a happy a little family, you know? Even though you aren’t really a happy little family, and you feel like an outcast. Look at this, me throwing a pity party for myself. But I promise, it’s going somewhere.  I didn’t usually like it because I felt so misplaced, but this year, I didn’t. This was one of the first years where I looked forward to going, because I knew you would be my family, and I dunno, it felt so good. Okay, I have to admit, maybe that blowjob you gave me before helped. And maybe knowing that you were so full of my cum that you had to squish those thighs together in that little skirt did, too. I wonder how many people saw those hickeys, wonder how many knew you were absolutely pumped full…you took my cock so well, even though you knew we had to go, like you always do…I digress. Look at me, writing this card, trying to be all cute and sweet and even now when you are not even around (you are sleeping on the couch right now, I am going to carry you to bed later, promise) to distract me, you still possess my mind. I sometimes wonder if you know how much I love you. Probably not, because I often suck telling you, but I do. So much. You make this life a lot better, you know? You give me this sort of foundation I have always needed, and you know what? I am so happy to build up on it with you. The realization hit me hard today, when I didn’t feel that pit in my stomach when getting ready to go to the town square. When I didn’t just want to turn around and run for it, when I didn’t want to jump on my bike and just get out of there. It hit me even harder when I looked forward to talking to my family, because I could wrap my arm around you, and I knew I would be safe and appreciated. I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but, uh, thank you. I love you, you little toad. I will put this card under your pillow now and pretend it was Santa who brought you your gift, because you can’t stop me. I love you. -Sebby”

Sam: “I haven’t written a card in aaaaaaaaaaaaagessssssssss, but I decided today was the day it needed to happen. Because I love you, baby, so, so much. You should have seen yourself in the square, holy fuck did you make my heart swell. That Winterstar sweater looked sooooo good on you, and the way your eyes glistened? Holy shit, you were prettier than the tree they put up, and I love that tree. But you know what else I love? You. You were so excited for your present, too, and I am sorry Clint gave you rocks. I hope my present is better. No, I am not talking about fingering you under the table while we ate, but that was fucking hot, right? You were fucking gushing for me, baby, so fucking sloppy. I know you were struggling to stay quiet, but I was struggling, too. Do you know how fucking hard my cock was? Oh, oops, I think I am getting off topic. I wasn’t talking about that present, I am talking about the one that’s under the tree (if you are not letting me open mine before tomorrow, I am not letting you open yours, either. Those are the rules (I am pouting as I write this)). I think you are going to like it, I saw you looking at it for a while now. And here you are thinking I don’t remember much (true), but if my baby likes something, I am sure as hell remembering. I hope it is going to make you happy. It won’t make you as happy as you make me, but at least a fraction of it? I can’t wait to see your face when you open it, I hope your eyes will keep that excitement you always get when you are opening presents, not like when you opened the rocks. I do have admit though, the look you gave Clint was hilarious. He’s a shitty secret Santa, isn’t he? But you aren’t. You don’t know it yet, but you have already given me the biggest gift possible, baby. I am not talking about the one under the tree. The days you spend with me are the sunniest of my life, and I can’t wait to spend more with you. I love you to the moon and back, you know that, right? Because I do. And I can’t wait to love you forever and always. -Love, Sammy”

Shane: “You know I am not the biggest fan of this. To be honest, I still think it’s humbug (I grew to like that word, though), but Jas told me that you give people you care about a card for Christmas, so. Yeah, surprise, I care about you. I hope you have noticed by now. Why do these cards even need so much glitter? I made you one so it wouldn’t look like a fucking unicorn threw up over it, but the glitter from those flimsy store things is still sticking to my hands, like, the fuck?  I pet Charlie earlier and he fucking sparkled, and I don’t know how to get fucking glitter out of feathers. It’s not like I didn’t try. I even fucking googled, and now I get ads about little arms you can put on chickens… Reading back, I think I am trying to avoid getting to the point, but that’s not because of you. No, it’s because of me, because I am scared that if I write down what I feel, realization will kick in for you and have you run for the hills, but I just need you to know. I love you, I really do. I know I have been a little very mean to you in the beginning, so…thank you for persisting and not giving up on me. I honestly don’t think I could have ever gotten so far without you - I wake up and don’t just feel like complete shit. I go through my day without just thinking about getting drunk. When you were sitting across from me at the feast, I noticed that this was the first year I didn’t have some sort of alcohol with me. And when you smiled at me, I knew I wanted it to stay like that. I know I went a little rough with you there when we got home, but I just needed you to know, just needed you to feel how much you mean to me, how thankful I am for you. I don’t know what happened to me there, but it felt so right to just…pound it into you. But hey, the way you have scratched down my back and cried my name, I think you got the message. And if not, don’t you worry, I have enough time to make it stick. But I know you are waiting in bed for me right now, and I really want to join you, so… to cut this shit short (Sam would call it yapping, I think), I love you. A lot. -Shane PS: should we get little arms for our chickens?”

Harvey: “Hello, my love. I have decided that today is the best time to sit down and take some time to write this card for you. After all, winter is the time of consideration and love for others, isn’t it? And I have to say, I have so much love for you. I do not know how to tell you this, but I am simply going to try. You have brought so much new things into my life, it his hard to believe. I have always believed that I didn’t really like change, that’s why I opened my clinic in Pelican Town, after all. It promised me a slow pace and rituals, and, most importantly, rarely any changes. There are barely any people coming, barely any leaving. And then you came along, changing this town completely. And you changed it for the good. Just like you did with me. Hon, you made me leave the comfort of my bubble more than one time and in more times than one. You made me test my abilities, try out new things. I would have never gotten in that hot air balloon without you, for example. Would have never discovered that I love aerobics and dancing, and, to be honest, I wouldn’t know as much sexually about myself as I do know. You have allowed me to explore myself and gave me your safety. I didn’t know I had an oral fixation until I met you, if I am being honest, and I didn’t think I would enjoy going down on a woman as much as I do. Okay, well, maybe that is because of you. Your moans and gasps are just the sweetest, and I love the way you tug at my hair…Hoo, boy, I am blushing just writing this! I just wanted to sincerely thank you for showing me that I do not need to be as scared as I used to be. That it is okay to fall sometimes, to trust in the safety nets. I love you, my love. So, so much. I hope you will never forget this, and I hope you know: although you have shown me that change is okay – my love for you will never change in any other way than that it will grow for you. I love you. Yours truly, Harvey.”

Elliott: “The stars are shining bright upon us tonight, my sweet angel, the air is clear, and so is my head, but my heart? Oh, my heart is full of one of the rawest, strongest and most important emotions – love. And this love, my beautiful little angel, is directed to you. Sometimes I am asking myself how I, a mere commoner, so to speak, is deserving of such a carefully created being as you are. And then my thoughts cease, my tongue ties and my throat closes up out of nothing but the sheer fear that whoever was grateful enough to allow your love to be gifted to me will take this question as an offensive act of ungratefulness and take you away from me. What I am trying to tell you, angel, is, that I love you, wholly and completely, with each atom of my being, with every cell that keeps me alive, with every breath that fills my lungs, with every word I write, with every page I fill – I love you. Not only a day like the Feast of the Winterstar awake these strong feelings within me, no, it could be an ordinary day where I get to wake up next to you, your love-bitten skin just barely covered by a blanket, your hair all tousled, partly because of the sleep that still keeps you wrapped up tightly, partly because you have allowed me to make love to you. An ordinary day where I get to see your smile, get to see you is enough to alight this fire within me. If I am allowing myself to speak freely, even right now, just by writing this, I can feel my the warmth pool inside my stomach, can feel myself craving you in a way that is primal, and I know I could just turn around and please you, distract you from the book you are reading. But my angel, I won’t do so – not just yet. I first need you to know that your love, hopefully just as raw and ready to blossom like mine, is the biggest gift that has been ever gifted to me. No Winterstar could gift me something as dear as you, and I would never even dare to speak out another wish – as long as I have you. Please know, my angel, that you are my everything. My muse, my light, my reason to overcome writer’s block, my safe haven I will always be happy to return to. I love you. -Forever yours and fallen for you, Elliott.”

Alex: "Merry X-mas baby! You prolly know that I really suck at writing but this is our first X-mas together and I wanted to write you a card. because there are a few things I wanted to tell you you know? Like that I fell in love with you the moment you moved here and I fell fucking hard. Cheesy isn't it? But it's true. I don't really know how many nights I spent thinking about you. Okay to be honest, I didn't only think, I also busied my hand a little if you know what I mean ;) Just couldn't resist, you are just so pretty baby. So so pretty. Actually I can't wait to see you wearing that lil gift I got you. I think you are gonna like it but I am SURE you will like what I am going to do to you while you are wearing it. Can't wait to have my cock inside of you again baby it to be honest. I just love the face you make the moment I brush your cunt with my dick. Fuck that I love everything about you baby. Love everything you do when I plow you...  I know I know, we already had our fun today, but I just can’t get enough of those moans. They are like my fucking fuel, you are my fuel.  I dunno if I should tell you this, because I am actually a lil embarrassed about it, but do you know that audio I made of us fuckin? I sometimes listen to it when doin an especially hard workout because it makes me feel like I can do anything. I am drifting off right now right? I can't wait to spend this X-mas with you and many more to come because you actually make me look forward to it again. Christmas and the whole Winterstar season were so hard on me ever since my mom passed away, but you… you lift that gloomy cloud away from me. You make it feel like it’s going to be okay, and I am so thankful for that, baby. Damn, this season make me cheesy doesn't it? But to put it in a nutshell (I actually read that phrase in a book today are you proud of me now?): I love you, baby. ~Alex I actually did it I actually wrote a card can you fucking believe it."

Leah: “My sweet thing! Did I already tell you how cute you look in your little Winterstar sweater? Gives me the Christmas spirit in a way you wouldn’t believe! I absolutely loved how you told Evelyn what wool you were using to make it, even offering her some. You’ve just got the kindest heart in the valley, don’t you? You know I usually get artist’s block during the winter months, but when I saw down and looked at this piece of paper, it was like I just knew what I needed to do. And here we are, now that your Christmas card has dried, I can finally write in it, and I am going to use it to tell you that… I love you! What surprise, huh? Especially since I have given you that sculpture. But it is true, I love you. When we woke up together and slept together once more before getting ready…phew… I don’t know, I think I have never felt like this before. By the way, while we are at it, I definitely need you on my face again. There is just something absolutely breathtaking ( 😉 ) about you grinding against me so desperately while you are trying to eat me out… Look at me, sweet thing, already rambling and drooling over you again. But that is what you do to me… Sweet thing, you make me feel so genuinely happy and welcome here. I have always enjoyed my solitude in a way, fending for myself, being one with the nature, seeking out company only when I truly wanted it. But you showed me that there is another person I can rely on but myself, and for that I am thankful. You have opened your arms and your home for me whenever I needed either or both, and you are always believing in me, even when I had this dumb idea to sculpt a Winterstar tree with just cans. Yes, I will never drink that kinda wine again and yes, I remember that Shane blocked me because I spammed him trying to ask him for cans. But even though it was stupid and I was behaving like a maniac, you just smiled at me and got on your horse, telling me you’d fetch me some more cans. And you did. Thank you, love, for loving me, my art, and being a masterpiece yourself. I love you. -Leah. PS: I MIGHT HAVE AN IDEA HOW THAT TREE MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK OUT."

Maru: “Well, Christmas cards certainly aren’t my usual way of communicating, but I figured why not try out something new for once? You know I am all for trying out new things, especially if they make the world a better place. And if this makes your day a little better, then I am already one step closer to that goal. Was that cheesy? I think it was. I cannot believe what you are doing to me; ME, a clear-minded, well-structured scientist, being cheesy and absolutely whipped for you. It is true – I am. I do not what you did to me, but it did work. Every single day I wake up thankful to have you, and not only because you are such a willing little guinea pig (which you are, may I add. But you are my favourite <3). I remember when we had slept together that first time. It was NOT that I was a virgin, but… you made me feel things I didn’t quite think I could feel. I was actually feeling like you wrapped me up in cotton candy when you whispered these sweet things to me, and I didn’t think that was humanly possible (just to be clear, it is not!). With every kiss that you placed on my skin, with every thrust of your fingers, I was falling deeper, deeper, deeper and I absolutely did not want it to stop. I still do not. Is that greedy? Perchance. Do I mind that much? No, because it is with you. And here we are, just coming back from the Feast of The Winterstar, and I can’t wait to give you your gift. You had told me you had wanted to wait until the morning to exchange them, like you don’t know how impatient I can get. I just cannot wait to see your face when you open it up. You know, I probably have hidden it so well, but I actually am trying to support your farm with my machines. I build most of the farm helpers with you in mind. I am only telling you this because it is Christmas, though! Still. I love you. I love you really, really much, and I truly enjoy loving you. I know I sometimes might have an odd way of showing it, but now it is here, spelled out clearly, and I am happy it is. Because you deserve to now. Merry Christmas. -Your love loving you, Maru. PS: Did you know that the tradition of the Winterstar has a quite interesting origin?”

Emily: “It’s CHRISTMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS! I can’t believe this beautiful time of year is already supposed to be over again ☹. It always moves by so fast, doesn’t it?! Especially now that I have you by my side – it was like it had gone in a blink! One day we were cuddling on the couch watching this sweet little Christmas movie, and the next we were already at the Feast! Thank you for dancing with me, by the way. I enjoyed it a lot, even though we might have put a little show on for everyone 😉. Do you think they saw that I was not just dancing with you, but basically humping that sweet little butt of yours? Do you think they knew we were all over one another as soon as we stepped through the door. Yoba, you were so wet from just a little grinding! Okay, maybe a more than a little grinding, but your panties were drenched! But that’s okay, I was just as wet as you. I always get like this around you; it is like I just can’t get enough. You are so intoxicating! I have always known that, though, I could feel your vibes the first time we met and they were AMAZING! They still are, of course, but they also grew a lot stronger. I hope you know how happy the spirits are with you, my little butterfly! You just wouldn’t believe how happy I am that our spirits get to intertwine like this! I see them in my dreams sometimes, they are a strong unit. I wish I could take you along into that world more often, but it can be hard to channel all these emotions sometimes… Oh, my butterfly, I am just so happy to have you. I love you so much. It feels like colours are brighter with you around, even now in winter! I just can’t wait to see again what the other seasons are going to look like with you. And I can’t wait to spend another winter with you, another Christmas. I know that’s a little early, isn’t it? But with you, the future seems a lot tastier. Albeit now I would like to enjoy the present, because you are smiling at me, telling me we should share some Winterstar cookies. To many more present moments, butterfly. -Hugs and kisses, Emily.”

Haley: “Babe, thank you so, so much for encouraging me to take my camera with me today. Me being a summer girlie makes it hard for me to see the appeal in winter, but I actually got some decent shots today. You definitely need to check them out later when I developed them! But I have to say, even though those pics are pretty, they aren’t my favourite. No pictures can beat the ones I have of us, they are my favourite and will always be.  Actually, well, there might be a set of pics that can beat those as well, hehe… Remember when you allowed me to make you my little model? You looked so pretty in that lingerie set. I am looking at one of those pictures right now, and I would be lying if I said that they didn’t do something to me. You just have a way to pose that makes me a little envious. Not much, though, because those pics are for me and me only. But the one where you grin at me with those hooded eyes…you just knew exactly what were you doing, weren’t you? Who knew a dirty little farmer had it in her? 😉 But look at me, rambling about photos again. I actually wanted to write you a Christmassy card, tell you how much I love you. But you know that, right? I know I was a little…judgemental in the beginning, but you know that you have found your way in my heart? Yoba, that was lame. Okay, you see, I struggle a lot putting these feelings into words because they are such…big feelings (jeewhizz, I sound like Emily), but…Let me try this differently. I am with you. I enjoy being with you. I love every day that we are together. You mean more to me than my camera, sunflowers and pink cake combined. There! I said it! And now I expect you to hold this card dear and never lose it, because I will not say this again. So, maybe I will, if you ask me. Or maybe right now, when you are sleeping so sweetly, your hair falling just right. How do you always manage this, getting your hair to fall like you are starring in an advertisement for freaking conditioner? You know what? That’s it. I am getting the camera, and then I am joining you. Merry X-Mas, babe. I love you. -Haley.”

Abigail: “I just don’t get how you do it. Really, I don’t. I watched you all night, and I am pretty sure your smile didn’t falter even once. Not even when my dad told you that stupid joke – “What did Santa pay for his sleigh? Nothing, it was on the house.” Ha ha, dad, really. See, it’s so stupid I even remember it by heart! Hey, I can’t deny that my parents love you, tho. Well done, I think you can sit at our table until the end of time now, sharing my fate. Fine, it wasn’t all that bad. I was having fun. A little. You made it better, you know? I felt like I finally had someone next to me that actually understands me. You always understand me, and I know you do. Speaking of…Yoba, if my parents only knew that you have taken me to the mines already you would lose that hard-earned spot at that damn table again. Especially if they knew what else we were doing down there… Oh, it gets me weak in the knees to just think about it. You were so rough with me… I know it was because you were worried because I wasn’t careful enough, but being choked against a stone wall? That was definitely something…Actually, I still remember that I had been barely able to walk back to the farm after you were done with me. What do you say? Does the handle of your sword still smell like me? I kinda wish it does… But it’s best if we keep this our pretty little secret, right? So you can keep the spot at our table and so that you can still take me to the mines. And perhaps so they can still let us be together with calm minds.  I wish that I could tell you that I look forward to spending many more Christmases with you, but that would be a lie. I do hope to spend many days with you, and that you can make many more Christmases a tolerable experience like today. You know, you mange to make many things that I hate tolerable. So…Thank you. Truly. I know I am a lot sometimes, but please know that I love you. A lot. A crazy lot. And I would do a crazy lot for you. But for now, I am going to crawl in bed with you. See what you say to the present purple-haired Santa will bring you tonight. Good night, bub. -Your Abby. PS: I could have totally beaten that slime myself. PPS: probably.”

Penny: “Do you remember last winter? We weren’t together yet, but we still shared a moment that is still very dear to me, hun. I had dropped my bookmark into the snow, it was a papery one, beige at that, so looking for it was a lost cause. You had come by on your horse and without any hesitation, you had jumped to help me. Of course, we didn’t find that bookmark ever again, and I had been really sad, it had been my favourite. You had told me you were sorry and stroked over my hair oh so gently, as if it had been your fault. Oh, I had already been swooning for you, then! And then the next day you had come by, smiling at me as you held something behind your back. You had told me that Santa had passed by early before you stretched out something, a Poppy, carefully pressed and wrapped in a foil to secure it. I didn’t know how you had done it back then (now I know you like growing flowers in your greenhouse, and I love sitting there), but I kept it dear to me. I like to think that this was the point our relationship got its roots, and that’s why I will always hold that bookmark dear. When I looked at you at the Feast today, the bookmark came back to my mind, and I felt like a realization hit me. Our relationship – it is like a book. A carefully crafted romance by life. The only difference is that, while I love books, I have never been as involved in one as I am in this one. I am here for every single page, and I am eating them all up. No matter if they consist of our little reading ritual in the evenings, our date nights, the things you have taught me about living on the farming, our fights and… the spicier parts of our relationship, hi hi. I haven’t told this anyone, and I trust you keep this secret, but I did actually read some more…passionate books, but it never quite resonated with me. Until I met you. I don’t know what’s happening to me when we are naked, I am usually well composed, I think, but when you let me sit on your thigh, or when you guide our…ehe…you know, to grind against one another, something happens in my brain. It’s like a short-circuit, and I find myself wanting more, more, more. Ever since I have met you, I have also been feeling a lot more…lustful. But only for you! I tried to replicate these feelings you give me by reading books a few times, but I have never managed to do it. Weird, isn’t it? However! This isn’t y main point – my main point is that I love you. I love you more than a library of a million books holds words. I hope our personal book will fill more and more. I hope we will be able to fill our own personal library. I just want you to know: You are my favourite; book, topic, genre. It doesn’t matter. You are my favourite. ~With purest love, Penny.”

[evilcokito]

[ Luna - Middle Trio 27 ]

"I have friends on the other side! and she definitely has a lot of influence ON THIS side."

Remember, Sam won't tell you everything that easy. Ah, maybe he crossed off some things for protection, you know how he is: "Curiosity ███████████ the cat"

[ Curiosities - Past ]

About Her past...

She is the middle sister between Aya and Marissa. Grandma and Sandra took care of her as soon as they were babies. She was always the calmest of the three, Grandma used to compare her to a doll. While Aya broke a jar or Marissa ran off into the yard, she would sit still and smile in her little chair.

According to Sandra, she felt a little more accompanied when she met me. I don't remember and neither does she, but it's not a lie that we spent a lot of time together when we were little.

Grandma used to read a lot of fairy tales and Luna was always delighted with them, to the point of thinking she was a princess and walking around wearing a dress that Sandra sewed for her. Over time, Luna became convinced that if she kissed a frog, she would soon become her Prince Charming. “Either you kiss millions, or you wait long enough for the toad to stop being shy with you. Can you imagine? The prince jumps happily and suddenly a princess kisses him!” No one knows exactly how many toads she kissed.

Over time Sandra realized that her calm was a small part of her. Luna disappeared quite often: she ran away to town, or disappeared with ██████████ magic books that were very advanced for her age. That wasn't the problem, but that he was immune to Grandma's challenges or punishments. As if she feared nothing: not the world, not magic, not Grandma. Sandra remembers Luna's phrase: "How boring, almost 15 minutes have passed." It persisted until at some point ██████████████████████████████████████ ██████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████ ██████████████████████████ should not have approached the coast of Port O'Bliss at that time. She swears that a mermaid saved her.

Luna began attending a wizarding school along with Aya and Marissa, on Sandra's recommendation to Abuela. Apparently her attitude led her to many fights and conflicts, she never allowed herself to be influenced by any of the other students. “No need to worry, she's in full control. The other students aren't going to do anything to her with those dark ██████████ dogs after her” Sandra said. Luna's unique magic was already well known by that time.

Shadow dogs began to follow her incessantly between her 17 / 18 years. She was never worried about this, quite the opposite. The dogs obey her without complaint. At school she ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████ ████ and went so far as to be selected to be Group Head of a dormitory, but Luna always rejected this.

As soon as she graduated from school, she began working as a waitress at a well-known restaurant in Port O' Bliss, where she met many important people █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████���██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ██████████ ██████████████████████████.

The Club is something recent, from 1 year ago. Apparently one of her many many boyfriends or girlfriends gave it to her. Why don't i name Luna couples? She was always in a relationship, many times, I guess she doesn't know or like to be alone... or she's looking for someone.

Curiosities...

She looks at the calendar and her watch quite often.

She can tell schedules just by looking at the sky, or in other strange ways.

She's really good at magic in the Tarot. Sam asks her to throw the cards at him, though she refuses.

Use magic stealthily, with a simple and smooth movement of the hands. They will never know where the blow came from... and who would suspect someone so pretty and cute?

Although she fights quite often with Sam for who is prettier (and envy him for being 2 years younger), she believes that no one else can understand her like him.

Luna and Sam's shadows often rotate places. Sam has a dog shadow of Luna and she has a few of Sam's.

During her school years she was in a martial arts club, you shouldn't mess with her…she still has her medals.

She has many wrist watches, hates and loves them at the same time. It also has many calendars, agendas, alarms.

As of her majority, she decided never again to have a partner younger than her or of the same age.

She usually calls the dogs of his unique magic: "Chucho and Cuquito".

She tends to prefer dresses and likes to be fashionable.

Cats hate her. She didn't used to care until she met Trein and Lucius. "PUT A CHARM ON ME SO THAT CAT WORSHIPS ME SAM"

Luna doesn't usually get close to sea. She likes the beach, but hardly gets into the water.

[paulinawoodpecker]

Tad the lost explorer and the spear of blood and tears chapter 28

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The queen warriors and everyone else was watching them.

“Alright guys! Let’s do this!” “Miracle! Rainbow blast!!!” They attacked zulo with their powers and zulo fell with the gauntlet loose. “I’m sorry zulo. Rules are rules…” tad said as he breaks the gauntlet. “NO!” All the powers return back to the opponents and everyone cheered for the triple team!

“Sara…I guess you’re right.” “joya! You’re glowing” “yeah. I finally got my power back. and it’s all thanks to your husband.”

“I decided to stay with you guys.” “really?” “yes.”

“im very sorry to you, my daughters Rina and Tiffany and their friends the mean queen bees.” Joya apologized to her. “but I would say: the nice queen bees.” “either way, they’re still the same.” Andrea said to her. “And I forgive you, will you be my best friend?” “I would love to.”

“promise me you’ll keep an eye on them, okay?” “I promise.”

Max walks by Ramirez and Victoria and said “you two.” “max?” “Jack?”

“we’re very sorry about what we did to you two.” Jack apologized. “wait you’re finally apologizing to us?” “yeah. also…” Max and Jack began to hug Ramirez and Victoria

“we forgive you” “yeah, and we always will.” Said Victoria as she and Ramirez hugs them.

Pickles noticed tad and asked “hey…stones?” “huh?” “I’m sorry…” “sorry?”

“Ramirez was right…you’re not the culprit after all…I’m sorry for arresting you, I had to do it. It was my job besides, I should’ve listened to you and everyone else but.” He began to hug tad.

“you did the right thing…and I’m proud of you. If ramirez made you this way, then I’m proud of the both of you too.” That made tad feel emotional and replied with a hug.

“hey toad?” “huh?” “we’re so sorry for what we did to you.” “I promise it won’t happen again.”

“and we did regret all of it.” Jack said as tad happily gets teary and hugs max and Jack. “of course I forgive you! And I always will!” “oh why are you so emotional at times these days?” Tad began to chuckle. “I don’t know we just do. I’m just glad that you all forgave me so much.” Tad said as he sheds happy tears. Jack wipes Tad’s tears and said “there you go. All better now.”

“Victoria?” “listen pickle. I know you have been mean to us. but zulo was right. I guess you took this father thing too far…and Lukas is officially mine now. and I can keep him safe just like you did a long time ago.” “oh Victoria.” Pickles runs up to her and hugs her.

“I’m sorry.” “sorry?” “I’m sorry that I kept hurting your feelings. the reason why I did it is…not only I can be mean…but to protect you… I sensed that those twins would come back and they might kill me, my friends, Lukas, even you and the gang…I didn’t want the same for you.” Victoria places a hand on his shoulder and said

“Sam. It’s okay. I forgive you. And you’re gonna regret hurting people’s feelings like ever.” “I guess I did took it a bit too far right?” “of course I did…

“you and I met the same person. And we know everything about her. And we might do the same as Lukas.” “I understand.” Pickles wipes tears and sniffles “promise me that you’ll protect him from any harm and keep him safe.” “alright. I promise.”

Pickles and Victoria hugs each other as they forgive each other

“Lukas?” “dad?” “listen son. I’m very sorry for being such an idiot. I should’ve raised you instead of Victoria. and it will never happen again.”

“to be honest…” he hugs Lukas which made him surprised. “you…you…” “after all…when I’m gone…you’ll still be my son, right?” Lukas became teary eyed and hugs him back. “I forgive you.”

Suddenly Teal Glow appears. “what is that?” Asked Clive. “my bravest hero energy! It’s back!”

“that’s my old enemy.” “this time I have some new energy: The Fiercest Leader!”

“I knew that I have to choose the next The Bravest Hero as a successor. And I choose you Dagenia.” “I’m really proud of you. umfowethu omncane.” The Triple Team began to hug Dagenia but all she could answer was a thank you.

“So what can I do?” “All you got to do is save the world and put us safe.” “Yeah. But what happened to Jaiden?”

“Well he cracked into the crystal ball.” “Well what did it feel with the crystal ball?” Tad explained with her with chibi flashbacks “so I swallowed the crystal ball and then I sacrificed myself, then I got to carry the crystal ball and you know what I hated the most? He wouldn’t stop kicking me!” Dagenia began to chuckle. “He was kicking tad nonstop.” Said Victoria. “And then he stopped but kicked and moved around him.” Ramirez told her. “Well I’m sorry you had to go through all of that.”

“But what are you gonna do?” “I’m just gonna be the fiercest leader and I don’t know. I’ll figure something out.”

“well I guess this is goodbye.” “I know. I’ll miss you.” Joya and max kisses each other while Jack enters with a anime crying face. “no! I don’t want to say goodbye!” “I’m going to miss you joya.” “me too Sam.” “well goodbye joya! I’ll miss you!”

“goodbye joya.” Max said as the impossible three walks to tad. “I guess that Zula was right about you tad.” Tad gave him a confused look and The impossible three bows downs to him while everyone cheers for them. “I guess it’s time you send us all home toad.”

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Same person who ask about the other cast being possible descendants of Disney characters. I wonder how they Disney characters feel about their twisted versions.

Trein and Treimaine - those two wouldn't like each other. I mean Trein loves his children even his adopted children like Sacha and Yuu whereas Treimaine never loves them even to her biological daughters as nothing but tools (with how Treimaine wanted to have her daughters marry a prince or a wealthy noble and not a common folk like the baker despite Anastasia's love of him and how Treimaine use the magic wand to turn Anastasia into Cinderella not caring about her feelings of her wanted to be love as herself. Even attempt on turning Anastasia into a toad for disobeying). It's good thing Disney didn't use the Grimm version or that would be too much. Trein even cares about the students' well-being especially during GlosMas. (He literally cried when the students didn't care about other school despite his rivalry towards them). He is even the best staff among all staff without resorting to lying and cheating always being fair. Realize he's kinda the Minerva McGonagall of the series.

Gaston and Vargas - Maybe a bit friendly that's all since they kinda are similar with the only exception of their views and magic. Gaston only cares about himself while Vargas at least care about the students and their training to be the best. Also, I don't think Vargas like how Gaston create a mob and against magic and non-humans.

Crewel and Cruella - the only thing they don't like is how they treated animals. Otherwise they would be a bit friendly with the love of fashion. I'm sure those two appreciate suffering others a bit.

Sam and Facilier - Eh, not sure since they kinda similar except Sam being more friendly while Facilier doesn't. I'm sure they would likely get along with voodoo and spells but those two are unlikely to meet even if Facilier is a ghost since well...Facilier's soul is suffering.

Frollo and Rollo - rather Rollo is an descendant or not, I'm sure Frollo would absolutely hate that guy for many reasons. His magic being the bigger reasons not liking him and even consider him a warlock or witch that he wouldn't mind burning him. Since Frollo is a major hypocrite, he will likely despise him more for using the flowers for destruction. If Rollo founds out who he truly is, then he would likely be disgusted as Jamil figuring out it was Jafar all along. Even if Rollo appreciate his dislike of magic, he wouldn't like how creepy Frollo is.

Fellow Honest and Gidel with the Honest John and Gideon (is that his name?) - Not sure but I can see them have mutual agreement on their boss. I mean at least Honest John and Gideon didn't like the idea of pleasure Island. I can picture them spending with Gidel like a little sibling.

That's all for now. I did want to add Amzy and Kandu but not sure since they are ocs but if you want here:

Kandu and Kronk - they click well either way. They are kinda copy so they get along well more than the rest.

Amzy and Yzma - I'm sure it's like having an annoying twin and they likely argue against each other since those two are likely self-centered and also funny.

Tremaine was not a good step mother, and to be honest she wasn't a great mom either. Trein would find her absolutely unlikeable and would be offended for any comparison between the two of them. You brought out McGonagall (rip Maggie Smith) and well, you did well because I can see them interact a bit like how she interacts with Snape or Umbridge. So I perfectly agree with your assessment here.

I think the difference between Gaston and Vargas is that Gaston only aims to be seen as the best and keep others down, while Vargas aims to be the best he can be and want to bring others to the same level as himself. They're two different kind of gym bros. Gaston would push you out of the machine you're using and tell you to scram you twerp, (or be a creep and aggressively flirt with you if you're a woman) while Vargas is the slightly over eager hype man that will get on your case for skipping leg day. Gaston would avoid Vargas because he can actually stand up to him, and Vargas would leave him alone unless he caught him harassing someone, but we all know its only question of time before one tries to punch the other.

With Crewel and Cruella it depends on the version. If we're talking about the og version or the first two movie they would have an instinctive and immediate dislike of one another. They would admire each other's style but to Crewel this Cruella is a crazy old bitch and Cruella would see Crewel as an impudent brat. If we're talking about the version of the 2021 movie that's a different story. Those two would get along splendidly. Crewel would even offer his help with anything chemistry related that she might need and she would definitely gift him high end clothes she'd come up with. And if anyone gets on the wrong end of their nerves, god help the poor sod.

The relation between Sam and Facilier would be tricky. They're both in the business of giving other what they want but Sam pride himself in actually getting his hands on anything and everything and making a profit out of it while Facilier is a con man whose aim is to gain power and control. Sam craves rare items, Facilier seeks control. Facilier would probably want to try to manipulate Sam while Sam would probably want to get his hands on the artifact he possess. So the idea that the shadow of Facilier (or spirit) might come across Sam isn't out of the realm of the possibility. Sam could have purchased one of the mask of the 'friends on the other side' or something similar. Somehow this lead Facilier to make contact with him and try to manipulate him into freeing him. Sam obviously would caught on but he would want Facilier's knowledge of the artifact linked to the shadow demons he used. And let the mind games begins.

Frollo and Rollo would quickly go toxic. Rollo would be blinded by the goal of erasing magic and his own self hatred so he wouldn't caught on Frollo manipulating him. And oh boy the asshole would go full Belos on him. However I think Rollo would start to see the light once he learns about the real story of Quasimodo. I feel like Frollo trying to murder a baby would hit harder than what he tried to do to Esmeralda. Especially since Frollo wouldn't admit to the sexual harassment bit, but I can see him say something in the lines of 'I should have drowned that hideous monster while it was still small.'

Funny story, in the Victor Hugo's version Frollo adopts Quasimodo without any coercion. He hadn't even murder his mother. No, Quasimodo was four and had been abandoned on Notre-Dame's parvis. Frollo, 19 and recently orphaned, adopted him and raised him as well as his newborn baby brother Jehan Frollo. His brother would be killed in self defense by the end of the story by Quasimodo. However by that time Frollo is past caring as he completely fell to madness due to his feelings towards Esmeralda. Quasimodo would murder him after her execution and let himself die in her tomb.

I feel like those details are important since some had been definitely carried over Rollo's concept. in the Disney version, Frollo had always been a monster of a man. In the novel he was a man who grew up too quickly and too strictly. Though he was hateful of the Roma population before meeting Esmeralda. But he fell on the dark side after getting obsess with her and only then did he grew to be the abusive monster we know him as. And it's similar with Rollo, though it's not sexual desire that turned him to a dark path but the pain of trauma, and instead of Esmeralda it's Malleus that became the object of his obsession. Esmeralda was seen as the epitome of debauchery and Sex appeal while Malleus is often referred to as one of the greatest mages alive and what people associated with great magic. However from the way the NPC talks about Rollo it's showed that he inspired great loyalty and not through fear, cementing the fact that he's closer to the novel version rather than the movie. But their obsession is their downfall, and that obsession is fueled by something both character rejected about themselves : sexual desire and magic respectively.

This is getting long but I needed this to make my point. I feel that unlike the book and movie version Rollo is still redeemable somewhat. I don't think he'll ever be 100% accepting of magic, but he can be turned away from the path of self destruction and I think that would start with being confronted with someone completely unredeemable like Frollo and getting first hand experienced being hurt by them. And if his brother really is the twst version of Jehan and Quasimodo like I suspect, then Frollo's words about Quasimodo would be the first red flag.

This post has just turned into a Rollo's character analysis, I'm so sorry about this, anyway to the next one!

On a way lighter note, Fellow and Gidel would definitely be on a scam off with Honest John and Gideon. They would either try to fool more people than them, try to pin the blame on each other and of course, try to scam the other and get them in trouble. Think a bit like the dynamics between the Flim Flam brothers and Gladmane in the Viva las Pegasus in season six of MLP gen 4. But yes, the only thing they can agree on is that their bosses sucks.

Kandu, Amzy, Yzma and Kronk would actually get along splendidly. Amzy and Yzma would bitch about everyone else with each other and besides a few occasions were their egos get in the way they don't have any friction between them. As for Kandu and Kronk well, let just say the infirmary meals had never been better.

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Operation Stumpy Re-Read

ASOS: Samwell III (Chapter 46)

Night was coming on, and it would be good to sleep beneath a roof for once. He was so tired. It seemed as though he had been walking half his life. His boots were falling to pieces, and all the blisters on his feet had burst and turned to callus, but now he had new blisters under the callus, and his toes were getting frostbitten.

But it was either walk or die, Sam knew. Gilly was still weak from childbirth and carrying the babe besides; she needed the horse more than he did. 

Aw.

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Sam heard a rustling of rats from a dark corner, but otherwise there was nothing in any of them but old straw, old smells, and some ashes beneath the smoke hole.

I'm now programmed to include every mention of rats.

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"Old gods, hear my prayer. The Seven were my father's gods but I said my words to you when I joined the Watch. Help us now. I fear we might be lost. We're hungry too, and so cold. I don't know what gods I believe in now, but . . . please, if you're there, help us. Gilly has a little son." That was all that he could think to say. The dusk was deepening, the leaves of the weirwood rustling softly, waving like a thousand blood-red hands. Whether Jon's gods had heard him or not he could not say.

Samwell prays three times in this chapter.

Gods don't hear prayers in this story, but someone else might.

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Sam blushed. "I . . . I know some songs. When I was little I liked to sing. I danced too, but my lord father never liked me to. He said if I wanted to prance around I should do it in the yard with a sword in my hand."

"Could you sing some southron song? For the babe?"

"If you like." Sam thought for a moment. "There's a song our septon used to sing to me and my sisters, when we were little and it was time for us to go to sleep. 'The Song of the Seven,' it's called." He cleared his throat and softly sang:

[...]

The Seven Gods who made us all,

are listening if we should call.

So close your eyes, you shall not fall,

they see you, little children,

Just close your eyes, you shall not fall,

they see you, little children.

I'm not going to include the entire song, because tumblr is still broken. The Maiden part is cute.

Samwell's now singing a hymn about a different set of gods. Gods don't hear hymns in this story, but I can't help but notice little children are listening.

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Gilly gave him a puzzled look. "Did you only sing of six gods? Craster always told us you southrons had seven."

"Seven," he agreed, "but no one sings of the Stranger." The Stranger's face was the face of death. Even talking of him made Sam uncomfortable.

I bet she does.

Arya IX ->

Stranger, the Hound called him. Arya had tried to steal him once, when Clegane was taking a piss against a tree, thinking she could ride off before he could catch her. Stranger had almost bitten her face off. 

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After they had finished, Sam begged her pardon and went out to relieve himself and look after the horse. A biting wind was blowing from the north, and the leaves in the trees rattled at him as he passed.

Can't a man get a little privacy?

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She kept saying how she'd be his wife if he wanted, but black brothers didn't keep wives; besides, he was a Tarly of Horn Hill, he could never wed a wildling. 

[...]

His cloak was big enough to cover all three of them and keep in the warmth of their bodies.

Sam covers Gilly in his cloak almost immediately after thinking he can't wed her.

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He liked sleeping next to her. It made him remember times long past, when he had shared a huge bed at Horn Hill with two of his sisters. 

While cuddled next to Gilly, under his cloak, Sam thinks of his sisters.

If that doesn't make you laugh, nothing will.

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His dreams were strange that night. He was back at Horn Hill, at the castle, but his father was not there. It was Sam's castle now. Jon Snow was with him. Lord Mormont too, the Old Bear, and Grenn and Dolorous Edd and Pyp and Toad and all his other brothers from the Watch, but they wore bright colors instead of black. Sam sat at the high table and feasted them all, cutting thick slices off a roast with his father's greatsword Heartsbane. There were sweet cakes to eat and honeyed wine to drink, there was singing and dancing, and everyone was warm. When the feast was done he went up to sleep; not to the lord's bedchamber where his mother and father lived but to the room he had once shared with his sisters. Only instead of his sisters it was Gilly waiting in the huge soft bed, wearing nothing but a big shaggy fur, milk leaking from her breasts.

I know Heartsbane has to be important in the future, I just don't know how yet. The show bungled it.

More laughs: Sam finds Gilly in a state of undress, in the bedchamber he shares with his sisters.

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Then, by the door, one of the shadows moved. A big one.

This is still a dream, Sam prayed. Oh, make it that I'm still asleep, make it a nightmare. He's dead, he's dead, I saw him die. "He's come for the babe," Gilly wept. "He smells him. A babe fresh-born stinks o' life. He's come for the life."

The huge dark shape stooped under the lintel, into the hall, and shambled toward them. In the dim light of the fire, the shadow became Small Paul.

"Go away," Sam croaked. "We don't want you here." Paul's hands were coal, his face was milk, his eyes shone a bitter blue. Hoarfrost whitened his beard, and on one shoulder hunched a raven, pecking at his cheek, eating the dead white flesh.

My first reaction was that I was happy to see Small Paul finally get a raven.

Is that Mormont's raven? That seems impossible. I'll go with no.

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"Small Paul. Do you know me? I'm Sam, fat Sam, Sam the Scared, you saved me in the woods. You carried me when I couldn't walk another step. No one else could have done that, but you did." Sam backed away, knife in hand, sniveling. I am such a coward. "Don't hurt us, Paul. Please. Why would you want to hurt us?"

It's kind of sweet his first instinct is to reason with it. Hey, you never know, it could work in the future.

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Across the longhall, Gilly reached the garron. Gods give me courage, Sam prayed. For once, give me a little courage. Just long enough for her to get away.

There's Sam praying to the gods one final time. Gods don't give you courage Sam, you have that all on your own.

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He clutched the dagger with both hands to hold it steady. The wight did not seem to fear the dragonglass. Perhaps he did not know what it was. 

Yeah, I bet that's it.

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There was no time to think or pray or be afraid. Samwell Tarly threw himself forward and plunged the dagger down into Small Paul's back. Half-turned, the wight never saw him coming. The raven gave a shriek and took to the air. "You're dead!" Sam screamed as he stabbed. "You're dead, you're dead." He stabbed and screamed, again and again, tearing huge rents in Paul's heavy black cloak. Shards of dragonglass flew everywhere as the blade shattered on the iron mail beneath the wool.

Sam's wail made a white mist in the black air. He dropped the useless hilt and took a hasty step backwards as Small Paul twisted around. 

Oops, there's that dragonglass being completely useless against wights. A fact that's well established in these books.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

Stupid.

The children of the forest used to give the Night's Watch 100 obsidian weapons a year. One hundred. For the White Walkers, not wights.

Now suddenly the show needs you to believe the largest army ever needs to be equipped with these useless fucking weapons to battle a wight army.

Stupid.

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Sam wrenched himself sideways, pulling Paul with him . . . his arms flailed against the dirt floor, groping, reaching, scattering the ashes, until at last they found something hot . . . a chunk of charred wood, smouldering red and orange within the black . . . his fingers closed around it, and he smashed it into Paul's mouth, so hard he felt teeth shatter.

[...]

The wight was burning, hoarfrost dripping from his beard as the flesh beneath blackened. Sam heard the raven shriek, but Paul himself made no sound. When his mouth opened, only flames came out. 

Wights/White Walkers keep getting the dragon treatment in Samwell's chapters, and it's not subtle.

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He ducked from the long hall. "Gilly?" he called. "Gilly, I killed it. Gil—"

She stood with her back against the weirwood, the boy in her arms. The wights were all around her. 

[...]

Sam made a whimpery sound. "It's not fair . . ."

"Fair." The raven landed on his shoulder. "Fair, far, fear."

Fair, far, fear? Help?

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It flapped its wings, and screamed along with Gilly. The wights were almost on her. He heard the dark red leaves of the weirwood rustling, whispering to one another in a tongue he did not know. The starlight itself seemed to stir, and all around them the trees groaned and creaked. 

SAVE THEM BRAN.

Tongue he did not know? True Tongue? Wait, is it the children of the forest?

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Sam Tarly turned the color of curdled milk, and his eyes went wide as plates. Ravens! They were in the weirwood, hundreds of them, thousands, perched on the bone-white branches, peering between the leaves. He saw their beaks open as they screamed, saw them spread their black wings. Shrieking, flapping, they descended on the wights in angry clouds. They swarmed round Chett's face and pecked at his blue eyes, they covered the Sisterman like flies, they plucked gobbets from inside Hake's shattered head. There were so many that when Sam looked up, he could not see the moon.

The gods may not answer prayers, but Bran sure does!

Or the children? Or Bloodraven?

Oh no, I'm second guessing myself.

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"Go," said the bird on his shoulder. "Go, go, go."

There's a theory that every talking raven in the story is Bloodraven, but isn't it well established the children of the forest use ravens to communicate?

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"But where?" Gilly hurried after him, holding her baby. "They killed our horse, how will we . . ."

"Brother!" The shout cut through the night, through the shrieks of a thousand ravens. Beneath the trees, a man muffled head to heels in mottled blacks and greys sat astride an elk. "Here," the rider called. A hood shadowed his face.

He's wearing blacks. Sam urged Gilly toward him. The elk was huge, a great elk, ten feet tall at the shoulder, with a rack of antlers near as wide. The creature sank to his knees to let them mount. "Here," the rider said, reaching down with a gloved hand to pull Gilly up behind him. Then it was Sam's turn. "My thanks," he puffed. Only when he grasped the offered hand did he realize that the rider wore no glove. His hand was black and cold, with fingers hard as stone.

Coldhands aka Not Benjen Stark, welcome to the story.

This is what's throwing me off. Coldhands will guide Bran to Bloodraven, giving me the impression he's assisting Bloodraven. So maybe Bloodraven sent Coldhands to save Samwell?

I know, I know, why would Bloodraven care about saving Samwell? Well, Coldhands instructs Samwell to bring Bran to the Black Gate, so there's that to consider.

So is it Bloodraven? Or is Coldhands helping the children? Maybe he's helping the children. The chapter seems to be pointing to the children.

Or is it Bran? Bran's been interfering for three books now.

Ughhh, my brain. Help. It's getting harder.

Final thoughts:

Many people pointed it out last Samwell chapter, but it's such a fantastic point, it's worth repeating:

If Samwell is to write A Song of Ice and Fire, all of these clashes with wights and White Walkers will have to mirrored with dragons.

Samwell's lost a lot of brothers to the White Walkers.

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Chapter One

A/N: No real triggers this time!!  WC: 1.9k Chapter 1:

“So every person in this book is a fairy tale character?” Emma Swan says to her ten-year-old son. 

The boy had introduced himself as Henry, had brought his mother to Storybrooke. Of course, Emma had given Henry up for adoption when she gave birth to him.  But to have her son seek her out made Emma uncomfortable. He had come to her claiming to be the savior of the storybook world. Henry spun a tale about a curse and how all of the characters of the Enchanted Forest were stuck in a town called Storybrooke, Maine.

Henry had with him a brown leather storybook that was thick but didn’t appear to be heavy. Henry seemed to carry around with no problem. One thing Emma found off when they arrived into town was the clock tower. As she observed it, she couldn’t help take note of how it never seemed to move. She led Henry back to his mother’s house. Henry’s adoptive mother, Regina Mills, was the mayor of the town. Henry claimed she was the Evil Queen from the story Snow White. Emma found this silly. Then again, Emma wasn’t one for fairytales anyway. Fairytales are for kids. 

Inside Granny’s Diner, Sam Winchester sat inside waiting for his brother Dean. Granny’s was usually closed at night since Granny went to work at her bed and breakfast in the mornings, but Ruby was always there at night to serve the night owls who couldn’t sleep. 

Ruby wasn’t the only one working the night shift. She worked with Y/N Y/L/N. Hardly anyone saw  Y/N working in the morning. This usually led to rumors that Y/N was hiding something.  The story was Y/N stayed locked in Rowena’s shop.

Rowena MacLeod was a private woman. However, she was a businesswoman, a loan shark, if you will. Rowena was very good at getting what she wanted through these tactics. She would let her client borrow money with the promise of paying it back fairly and on time. However, many clients don’t read the fine print in her contract.  Resulting in them having to pay double or triple what they borrowed. Rowena had helped Sam and Dean’s parents with a large sum of money to keep their business, Winchester Mechanics, afloat. Leaving their two sons, Sam and Dean, to foot the bill. Dean paid her as much as he could, but with not many people coming or going from Storybrooke, business was slow. 

This left Sam to find a way to help Dean find a way to help pay Rowena back too. But he wasn’t having great success either. Sam had started working in Mr. Gold’s Pawn shop until he found himself interested in Law. Under Mr. Gold’s tutelage, Sam had become well versed in the laws created by the town council. This led him to also find work in the Sheriff's office as a prosecutor. Often being a rival for his own boss at the Pawn Shop. It only made Mr. Gold admire Sam more.  

“Ruby, can you please help them?” Y/N begged, trying to hold back an eye-roll at the two men that walked in together, sitting across from one another. Having a conversation amongst themselves and trying to not get in an argument, again, over the amount of money they owed to Rowena. Their next payment was due within the week, and they didn’t have the funds. 

“Sorry, Duckling, it's your turn. I helped them the other day.” She says, giving her a sentimental look. 

Ruby had been watching Y/N and Sam’s exchanges cringing internally whenever they walked in the door, knowing Y/N would try and pass her along to either herself or Granny. Ruby heard rumors about why Y/N and Sam had disagreements, but their arguments were getting harsher with each passing day.

Y/N scoffed, rolling her eyes, grabbing her order pad, heading over to greet Sam and Dean. 

“Evening, Y/N,” Dean says pleasantly. 

Sam muttered under his breath a greeting, and it sounded like he muttered a nickname only her friends gave her, earning a glare from Y/N in Sam’s direction. 

“What is it now, brains?” Y/N says. “Too buried in your debt to Rowena to speak louder and call me a name in front of my face?”

Dean sighed. Here they go again. “Just our usual if you would please,” he says, trying to cut the tension between the two. 

Y/N nods glaring at Sam before she heads back to the kitchen. 

“You didn’t need to butt in like that,” Sam scoffed. “I had it completely under control.”

“Oh sure, that’s why you and Y/N seem to fight or have some sort of disagreement every time we come in here?” Dean huffed,  “Who knows whatever the hell happens when you bump into her while she’s alone at Rowena’s,” Dean sassed,  “Oh wait, you’re too busy working at Gold’s shop, fighting for a chance to work a case in his place, or at the jail with Graham,” the elder brother snapped calmly. 

“Says the man who works in a shop with no cars to work on,” Sam snapped back, “How’s Amaya? Did you ever fulfill your promise to help her out?

“You keep that bitch out of this,” Dean growled. “I’ll figure something out. For now, I’m gonna see if I can get a second job somewhere.” 

“What do you mean? What other job could you get here? Think Granny can hire you as a short-order cook? At least she gets business!”  

“It’s something to get the debt paid back to Rowena, Sam,” Dean muttered as Y/N brought out their meals. Both were polite, and their bickering died down, and they went back to talking about their days. As uneventful as they were, they had a lot to talk about. 

Y/N sighed as she went back behind the counter, “Ruby, I’m gonna head to bed. Dawn wake-up call comes early.” She says with an eye roll. 

“Goodnight, Duckling,” Ruby says, smiling kindly to her, “I’ll clean up.”

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Enchanted Forest

“Dean, is target practice really necessary?” Sam says, looking at him. “I need to be looking for Odette, not shooting powdered arrows over at the servants’ asses.” 

“And what are you gonna do when you can’t hit your mark?” Dean questioned, “What of Odette needs saving from some Ogres, and you miss?” 

“Is that before or after the fact that you're catching fireflies at all hours of the night?” Sam asks, crossing his arms in front of his chest. “Are they for you or to feed the frog that follows you around and hides on your dresser?”  he snaps, glaring at the older brother.

“I do not go out at night to catch fireflies for Amaya,” Dean scoffs, “besides, she goes out and catches her own meals.”

Rolling his eyes, Sam grabbed his red powdered covered arrows, game face on. Assuming the probability that Dean would let him win, again. Sam took an arrow from his quiver, sliding it into place. Pulling back the string once he nocked it, aiming it at his first mark, the butler, Crowley. Whom the brothers affectionately dressed up as a brown moose. The arrow left the nocking point, hitting its destined target in the center of his rounded ass. 

“Hey!” Crowley muttered, rolling his eyes. He brushed off the powder as he glared at both of the brothers. 

Dean was finding this amusing. The exercise was primarily for Sam. Why couldn’t he have fun too?

Just as Dean was about to take his shot, Castiel, the head advisor to his father, walked out onto the grounds. He intended to stop the game before it fully began. “Your Highness?”

Startled by the sudden interruption, Dean whipped around,  the arrow released from where it was nocked, hitting Castiel square into his chest. Before he could even react, a second followed by a third engulfed Cas in a powder of blue.

“If you children are quite finished,” he huffed, dusting the powder off himself, “my liege, you have a visitor. Something about a poisonous toad needing collecting?”

Dean fired one more arrow before stalking towards Castiel, “it better not be a waste of my time. My brother and I are training.” 

“Training for a lost cause if you ask me, Sir,” Crowley says, observing the body language of his employer. “For all, we know the Princess is dead as well, just like her father. God rest his soul.” He adds, making the sign of the cross. 

Sam’s head turned quickly at the Butler’s words echoed in his ear. Eyes flashed in anger, rushing over towards the pair. “Take it back! You don’t get to talk about Odette like that!”

“Forgive me, Samuel. However, I truly believe this to be a fool's errand,” Crowley says, standing closer to the trio gathered in the middle of the courtyard.

“I will find her, Crowley,” the younger prince declared, “I have to find her.”

Shaking his head, Dean followed Castiel inside to handle the visitor.

Needing an actual outlet for his anger, Sam walked with a fast pace over to the stables. The staff tended to the horses, but Sam usually liked taking care of his mare. It gave him a sense of responsibility. 

Sam’s mare, Onyx, was a beautiful black Friesian. Her height was just above 18 hands, given his six foot four stature, she was just as tall as he was. Sam was okay with that though. Grabbing a body brush, Sam slowly brushed out her black coat. It had become dirty from the loose dirt flying around.

Meanwhile, as the sun set on the edge of the trees in the forest, a beautiful white swan flew across the canopy. Odette had grown accustomed to the dawn and the dusk. Knowing she had to be on the lake’s surface as the moon touched it before she would become a woman again. 

As per her usual routine, Odette flew over Winchester Castle. Wondering if Sam would be looking for her. Who was she kidding? Sam only wanted to marry her for her beauty. Prince Samuel Winchester didn’t care about her.

Dusk approached, the swan moving to make her graceful descent down into the crystal colored water. “Was wondering if you were gonna be on time tonight dearie.” Rowena says, hands placed on her hips. Odette gave Rowena as much of a glare as a swan possibly could. The princess was always on time and never late. The other party that was never late was Rowena’s incompetant son Crowley. 

“Evening Mother, Odette,” he greets, giving his mother a nod of acknowledgement. Crowley’s appearances had begun to be a routine over the past week. Rowena’s son came every evening, giving Rowena the opportunity to ask her the same proposition in order to remove the curse. Marrying her son. 

Much to the annoyance of Rowena, Odette answered her the same as she had every single time she’d asked. One single word was her reply, but not the one the sorceress was looking for. 

“No.”

“Oh for the love of Dagda” She scoffed, rolling her eyes skyward. Eyes focused back on the maiden that stood before her. Hair glowing in the shimmering moonlight. “Need I remind you, I placed this curse on you, and I can just as easily reverse it. All you need to do, is agree to marry my dear Fergus. Once you're wed, I can give you all the riches a Princess could ask for.” 

“Far better than the Winchester’s that's for sure.” Crowley adds as a comment. 

“I’d rather be a swan over marrying your childish, pathetic son.” Odette snapped. 

“That can be arranged.” Rowena snapped, allowing the princess to mull over her choices.

[brideofcthulhu10]

Hope no one get offended, but I always thought David was kind of a douche! But that's part of his charm I guess. I still can't help but like him tho...

I think a major part of that has to do with our perspective. Majority of the focus, unfortunately, is on Michael and Sam. Don't get me wrong I love our brotherly duo, but let's be honest, our fang baby boys are the stars of this picture.

In fact, the name Michael is actually the most said word in the entire film. That also means we're almost looking at the boys through this himbo's perspective. Yeah, I said himbo. Now I'm not saying Michael's a bad person- far from it. But, c'mon guys, he was a grade A dumbass. If you watch the film closely or even not I'm sure you've noticed 70% of his facial expressions and behavior is utter confusion, even angry confusion. It kind of cracks me up tbh. I think David is just enjoying it. Yeah he's a bit of an ass, but let's be fair; if you met some teen guy uber-stalking your friend(ish) on the boardwalk (and ladies, let's be honest with ourselves, if a guy awkwardly stared at you intensely from afar then FOLLOWED you all the way through the boardwalk no matter how far you walked, you'd kind of be creeped out) you'd probably be tempted to fuck around with him too, especially he shows up AGAIN the next several nights. Michael always just jumps into things, in all honesty he's thinking with his dick. Hear me out. He stared at Star the entire concert, then he followed Star for probably several blocks until she finally left, he came back the next night to find Star, he rides with the guys to impress Star, he hangs with them because it's around Star.

I've said before that if Michael had absolutely no significance to Max they probably would have killed him when Star failed to. Since David was told he couldn't, he just fucked around and pissed him off instead. Frankly, it was way too easy. I love David's cocky attitude like he knows more than Michael. I think the idea of him being this intellectual James Bond-type villain who's always two steps ahead is a crock of shit. That's the front he puts up. I mean of course Michael would see him that way, he thinks he's this monster who's trapped Star. Sam and the Frog's think that way because, well he's a vampire. Enough said. But I really don't think he's the mastermind he's portrayed as. Why? Because if he was, then he would have already known they had things like holy water or stakes ready when they attacked, he would've tried to sneakily be invited in rather than just dive head first. Remember, Max doesn't say "don't ever invite a HEAD vampire into your home", he says "don't ever invite a vampire into your home". Period. Meaning it's more than likely it's a fully encompassed vampire law, so if the boys had just gone the stealth route they might've survived. Maybe gotten Sam to join them too and killed any hunters, self proclaimed or otherwise. One could argue that they didn't know about the Frog brothers being "hunters" but c'mon now. If they tried to warn some random kid that shows up to their parent's comic shop, you really think they haven't said that to half the damn town? I bet at school they'es known as the "Crazy Toad Kids" or something, because I guarantee they'd either be intensely glaring at you, or spouting nonsense about vampires 24/7 the moment you speak to them.

So I don't exactly see David as this conniving, evil, brilliant puppet master. That's more Max's schtick. I think he just knows how to play to people's emotions, he knows how to manipulate and hypnotize until you don't know what's up and what's down. Not to be an ass, but I think if one were to target someone easy to take advantage of who's overly emotional, I'd probably go after people like Star and Michael as well. I agree though, its definitely a part of his charm. Remember these guys are the same age as when they were turned, and in the prequel script Joel Schumacher confirms that they were all turned at the same time, so they still have the mindset of teenagers allowed to run hog wild for 81 years. He was already a pretty suave motherfucker when he was alive, throw in some night time charm and you've got a vampire who thinks he's the hottest thing since the sun. So I wouldn't say "douche" per say, more so a very cocky and arrogant teenager who has been invincible and practically unchallenged for the better half of a century being confronted by this clueless horn dog too busy trying to get up Star's skirt to realize he just chugged a bottle of blood. But, even still, we can't resist that snowy-haired bastard! I know I certainly can't.

[youralternantpersonality]

Dreams

Seth x Reader: Wanting you

Warning: Breaking fourth wall. Let me know if you catch it 😉 and gender-neutral parental names

Part 1: “Dreams” by Ella Eyre

Part 2: “You’ve Got It Bad” by Usher

Part 3: “Never Give Up on Love” by Bobby Tinsley

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Y/n POV

“Will that be all for you?” I say, finishing up writing down the order.

“Well, I could get your number, beautiful.” One thing that is horrible about being a waitress is dealing with the harassment that comes with it. The best way to deal with verbal harassment (like in this situation) is by giving them the “AS,” as my friends would call it. The Awkward Stare. Now, this stare isn’t having ME become awkward; oh no, this is to make sure THEY do. Essentially, you would look at the predator straight in the eyes and give a resting bitch face until they become uncomfortable and silent. To the point where the whole table is uncomfortable. Kind of like your high school teacher would look at the student when no one would shut up. Once they were fully engaged in avoiding my eyes, I gave a final smile and went put in their order at the counter.

“You know, you could be a little less cute and more intimidating?” said Orion, my now lifetime best friend since I had started this job a couple of months ago. I turn to look at him and give him the finger as he walked around me to bring his tables their food.

“He does have a point. Straighten up your back more, pull your shoulders back, and clock your head to the side just a little. That way, you’ll really knock them.” Emily said. She was a regular here. Every Wednesday at 4 pm and Sunday at 12:30 pm, she would come in, go to her usual spot at the counter, and either order the chiefs salad with a side of a sliced pickle, the garden burger with seasoned fries, or 5 stack pancake with orange/apple juice. Her husband Sam or another kid named Jared and his girlfriend Kim come on Sunday morning, grabbing a crap ton of food (so Emily doesn’t have to cook) and leave. Polite men, scary—at least Sam can be, but polite. Jared is just a child, and I can do nothing but pray for Kim.

“You mean like that ugly pink toad lady from-”

“Don’t say it!” I roll my eyes. Ever since KJ Bowling expressed her feelings towards the LGBTQA+ community, she refuses to acknowledge it. The disbelief and sadness that took over for the love of Henry Planter she had were wild, yet kind of crazy to watch.

“Look, it could be worse. You could love the Dawn saga by Tephanie Neyer and find out that she is horrid in disguise. But hey! Once it hit 2 years, you’ll start realizing all the fucked-up shit in the series and slowly be okay. Dawn fans know Tephanie is fucked up, we know the series is fucked up, we acknowledge it all and take full responsibility for liking it, but some still like it. We don’t support it, but we like it.” I tell her, shrugging my shoulders. I have to remember, she’s a rookie in this game.

“That’s true. Why are the best authors the most fucked up?” she says, playing with her fries I just placed down in front of her.

“Because they hate us and know what the population likes. Just like politics.” I say, stealing one of her fries.

“I don’t know how you guys like that series! Wasn’t there racism, classism with the Ghoul’s and Werecats, hyper-sexualization on the prides where the cats came from, misinformed information, plagiarism, and too, I don’t know, squishy and fluffy in them?” Orion asked.

“First off, they were shapeshifters. Secondly, only in Dawn, Dusk, and Night were squishy. But only because Bethany and Elliot were on their honeymoon in the last one. Daytime didn’t have it because Elliot broke up with Bethany.” I nod in agreement while grabbing the food for my tables.

“I thought their name was Ben and Evy?”

“No, that’s the gender swap version,” I say, walking away with the food. I place the food down at one table and refill drinks to another; some of the reservation guys come in. Seth, Embry, Jake, and Quil. I look over to Orion to call him for his table, but it looks like he and Emily are in a heated discussion about the book series. So, I take over for him. As I walked over to the table, I made eye contact with Seth, and my stomach flipped.

Why you in my dreams? Don't know much about you But I heard about you for the longest time And I see you 'round whenever I go out With some friends of mine And I remember when I saw you standing in a different light It's funny where my mind goes when I'm in my bed at night though

As I lay in bed, I notice that my feelings become stronger and stronger for him almost every time I see him. He was a few inches shorter than me, cheerier, and lanky. I always saw Seth and his friends, but out of nowhere, these…flutters? Feelings? Emotions I don’t like started eating me up every time I see him. I know it might be a crush, I won’t even deny that, but…why?

I toss and turn that night and eventually give up on trying to sleep and just stare at the ceiling, thinking of him. Confused and resistant to even wanting to think about it. The last thing I need is to be in a relationship while in my fucked situation as is. I don’t need my guardians knowing anything about Seth either.

But then again, just like evil authors, life fucks us all over, and you can help but go along with it. Well, unless you sue them. Then that’s different.

'Cause I push you away in real life You ain't even close to my type But when I'm sleeping Everything's upside down, upside down, yeah I saw you last night in my, my dreams It felt so beautiful, I almost believed We were a thing and I liked it I never looked at you like this Till I saw you last night in my, my dreams Why you in my dreams? (Why you in my? Why you in my?) Why you in my dreams? (Why you in my? Why you in my mind?) Seth POV

I saw her again today. She was walking down the hallway with Orion and Kayla to gym class, and we made slight eye contact before Jake decided to take my attention away from her. I look at him, but I don’t really pay attention to him. I don’t know when it happened, but I have always loved Y/n. When she transferred here in middle school, she was cute, shy, and had (and still has) a babyface.

I could never talk to her. Every time I was around her, I’d get so scared and freeze up. And although we’re in high school, I still can’t control it. Lately, my feelings have been getting stronger. Not just with her, but in general. I don’t know what it is, but it’s taking a lot more of my energy trying to control myself. Leah and mom have noticed it too. But Embry was the worst. Speaking of which,

“Hey, where’s Embry?” Quil and Jake looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

“But did you hear a word I said?”

“Obviously not. He was too busy gawking at Y/n.” Quil said, laughing. I rolled my eyes and walked away. Ass-whores.

After school, we head to the diner and, like always and on cue, Jake and Quil make fun of me because Y/n works there. I roll my eyes at them and attempt to push them off me without smiling, but I can’t help it; they’re stupid. It’s not their fault.

Fell asleep at nine And once I closed my eyes, girl, you were so, so mine We laid in the dark, you left in morning light But, girl, it felt so right And if it's in our minds then we should make it life Girl, I mean real, real life Nothing's never for ya We were all and over for ya 'Cause I push you away in real life You ain't even close to my type But when I'm sleeping Everything's upside down, upside down, yeah I saw you last night in my, my dreams It felt so beautiful, I almost believed We were a thing and I liked it I never looked at you like this Till I saw you last night in my, my dreams

That night I quickly dreamed of her without even having to try to at this point. Every time I want to or attempt to talk, I freeze. Thinking about her just makes me feel…warm. Her beautiful y/e/c eyes are captivating. They’ll draw you in, and once you’re in, you’re stuck. Her y/h/(L/C/T) hair embraces and defines her facial features.

The dream always starts out the same. I’m running through the forest at a high fast pace towards a place that always ends up being her home. I follow around the house to her room on the left side of the house towards the forest. As I look at her window, I see her sitting at the window seal and we instantly make eye contact. My heart stops for a second—she smiles and I walk up to her window to come inside. She doesn’t open the window. She places her hand on the window and my much larger now hands cover hers. We look at one another and smile.

I’m not bothered by her not opening the window. I’m just happy she isn’t freaked out about my presence. Unfortunately, every time she goes to open the window, my alarm wakes me up. And when I mean alarm, I mean Leah.

I groan and curse her and the need to wake me up so early. As I get ready, I think of Y/n and I can’t help but smile. Today’s going be a good day.

Why you in my dreams? (Why you in my? Why you in my?) Why you in my dreams? (Why you in my? Why you in my mind?) Y/n POV

The weekend comes and I’m heading in for my shift Sunday morning. I usually wouldn’t work weekends, but that was before I met Emily. I have Friday and Saturday off instead. It’s eight in the morning and Kayla, two of the cooks, and I all pile in before we open at nine. By 9:30, a few families start piling in and by 10, we have the food catered to Sam or Jared ready.

“Hey, Kim!” I wave to her as she walks into the diner. She waves back and heads to the counter. After setting up my table, I head over to the food and help her pack it up in the truck.

“I see you guys ordered more food than usual. Did more family members move into the area?” I say, passing her the multiple trays from the cart to the car.

“Yeah…something like that,” she laughs it off, “but rest assure, this will be gone within the next 45 minutes…maybe sooner.” I laugh with her. I believe her 100 percent. After seeing Jared and Sam, I already know their family that Kim describes them to be, is just as big, if not larger, then this food should hold them off for 2 hours. Maybe.

“Well, that’s all of them: drive safe, Hun. And stop by sometime after school. You’ll miss the adventures of Orion and Emily arguing over pink and rose gold.”

“Aren’t they different?” I nod my head. “But they’ll argue over that?” I nod my head again. She shakes her head and smiles. “Em usually starts it?”

“Sometimes. Only when she needs a good laugh or when she just feels like fucking with him. Last week they were in a heated discussion about the Dusk saga.”

“Oh, dear god! She told me about that. I can’t believe she went that deep into it with him.” Kim laughs.

“I know. That’s probably the only time they’re not being repelling off the same topic. Normally one would disagree for the fuck of it, but they put their fuckery aside and agreed to agree on that topic.” We both laugh. I finish up my conversation with Kim and head inside.

If I gotta fall asleep, sleep to see ya Then I'm gonna fall asleep, sleep to see ya It's different in the daylight Miss you, I dunno know why If I gotta fall asleep, sleep to see ya Let me fall, fall deep, deep to see ya It's different in the daylight See you in a new light 'Cause I push you away in real life You ain't even close to my type But when I'm sleeping Everything's upside down, upside down, yeah

I wave bye to Em, and Orion comes in. I clock out for my break and go sit in one of the booths in the back. As I am prepping my garden burger with ketchup, I think back to my dream I had last night. This one was recently new, confusing, but knew. I take a much-needed bite of my food and relax for the next 15 minutes.

I just got done with my daily nighttime routine, unable to sleep due to Taylor and Kennedy arguing, I go to my window and look outside. I look up at the sky and just drift off into a world of daydreaming until something catches my eye in the bestrew of trees next to my house. As I continue to look, I see big brown eyes of an animal. I smile and the animal walks out of the trees slowly and morphs into Seth. I smile brighter as he comes closer and closer to me. By the time he reaches me, I can feel myself become excited and full of glow, happiness, and this sensation of warmth.

He steps up to the window and smiles down at me. I place my hand on the cold glass and he looks down at my hand and does the same. I can feel the heat radiating from his skin, which only makes me smile more. I unlock the window and just as I am about to open it, my alarm wakes me up.

I’ve been stuck on this for so long that Orion had to shake me out of my daydream. I put my food aside for later and went back to work. I’ll just deal with the dream another time.

I saw you last night in my, my dreams It felt so beautiful, I almost believed We were a thing and I liked it I never looked at you like this Till I saw you last night in my, my dreams Why you in my dreams? (Why you in my? Why you in my?) Why you in my dreams? (Why you in my? Why you in my mind?)

MasterList

[1908jmd]

Hi ! Have you been asked before? Rank Kurt’s ships: Klaine, Kadam, Kelliott, Kurtbastian, Hevans. Then rank Blaine’s: Klaine, Blam, Blainofsky, Seblaine

I may have been asked before but happy to respond again. Plus opinions change, and feelings get stronger.

Kurt: it always surprises me that he has so many more potential ships than Blaine. Anyway, more of that later.

5 Kurtbastian. I absolutely hate the thought of this. Kurt and Sebastian hated each other, they didn’t have a civil word to say to each other - their only conversations were jealous bitching about Blaine. Seb had the hots for Blaine, not Kurt: I just feel to have it the other way round is to imply Blaine couldn’t possible have anyone after him, just Kurt. And I know most Sebastian fans here hate the idea of Kurtbastian too.

4 Hevans. This was a sweet friendship that lasted one episode? Yes Sam was charming to Kurt in Duets and wasn’t homophobic. But then we saw very little interaction again, until maybe season 5 when Sam was Kurt’s boyfriend’s best friend. Even Sam said in Makeover to Blaine that he never really understood Kurt. That’s how I always think of him: he’ll come and visit and take up too much time on the sofa, and eat everything, and watch stupid movies, and sport, and play video games with Blaine - but he’s not a love interest for Kurt. Don’t deprive Blaine of his best friend.

3 Kadam - well that never really went anywhere, we never really saw them as a couple, there didn’t seem much passion about their relationship. In the three episodes we saw Adam, Kurt was either talking about Blaine, dreaming of Blaine or crying over Blaine. It’s hard to judge this as a good relationship.

2 Kelliott . Yes they were great friends, and had a great rapport and Elliott seemed to be one of the most sensible people to appear on Glee. If he’d been in season 4, a mid game would have made sense. But I’m not sure overall how that would fit into the Kurt story and Klaine dynamic. And in 5, Kurt was so much in love with Blaine, Kelliott wasn’t a possibility.

1 Klaine. Well look at my blog, and you’ll see this was my obvious choice.

Blaine: so as I say he had less ships? Yet he’s highly popular with girls and boys, handsome and fun. I guess you could count Tina as a possible ship, if he wasn’t 100% gay.

4 Blainofsky. Whoever thought of this was clearly taking the piss. It seems somewhat ridiculous that Dave had pushed Blaine around in season 2, plus sexually abused the love of his life, and no matter how redeemed , I still don’t think this was a plausible relationship. However, he was there when Blaine was rock bottom, and the relationship seemed to help Blaine’s recovery, but he was always Blaine’s rebound, whilst his head adjusted to letting Kurt in again.

3 Seblaine. Well. Sebastian was brought in to be the evil witch who tried to drive a wedge between Kurt and Blaine. Or as some Seb shippers say, brought in to love Blaine!! There’s just something not right about liking Sebastian, because he’s a toad. Grant is handsome and funny and talented, all credit to him. People think Blaine would have been manipulated by Seb, I’m not sure. I’ve yet to be won over by Seblaine.

2 Blam. How in love Blam! I rate it the best friendship on the show because it’s realistic - they have so much fun together, they help each other through tough times, one does have a little bit of a crush in the other. I love all the scenes they do together. But to me, Blaine is gay and Sam is straight, and I want them to stay that way.

1 Klaine - so no surprise I’m sticking with this as the best ship for Blaine.

[mousieorshrew]

What is your name? “Hunter Summers, but hopefully one day soon I’ll be a Wells.”

Do you know why you were named that? “My parents liked the name, it was that or Luke, I think.”

Single or taken? A grin splits across their features; “Taken! And happily so, he’s my.. everything.”

Stop being a mary sue! “I’’m not a mary sue, I’m not all that interesting, really.”

What’s your eye colour? “Green, but Sam tells me there are flecks of yellow and brown, I never knew that before.”

How about hair colour? “I guess you’d call it mousey brown? But it has a little red in it too. I’d love it to be pink, but I’m too scared if I bleach it that it’ll all fall out.”

Have you any family members? A momentary pause before they nod and open their mouth to answer; “I have an auntie and lots of foster cousins, my brother Matty, uncle Bray and Joel, and there’s Theo and Donnie too, now. Oh! Marty is technically Sam’s brother, and we aren’t married yet but, I love him a lot, too.”

Oh, how about pets? “We used to have a chicken called Clara -- well, she lived where Sam used to live, but now we’re looking to get ferrets or frogs!” There’s a stream of rambling for a moment as they gush over wild creatures and how many they’d like to own, before a soft blush catches their cheeks and they apologise.

Now tell me something you don’t like. “My parents.” It comes out stiff, and their eyes drop away, brows dropping into a frown.

Do you have any activities / hobbies that you like to do? “I’m an actor, I love theatre, and singing! Sometimes I can sit for hours and read over playscripts, or sometimes I paint, but I don’t think i'm very good at that.”

Have you ever hurt anyone in any way before? The frown is back again, and Hunter looks uncomfortable before they answer. “Yeah, I hurt my parents a lot. I don’t like hurting people, but sometimes you -- have to, y'know?”

Ever...killed anyone before? “No! God-- Go, no.”

What kind of animal are you ? “I always thought it would be nice to be a bird, just pick up and fly away. But Sam say’s I’m like a mouse or a shrew. Guess it’s because he wishes he could put me in his pocket and take me everywhere.”

Name your worst weaknesses Hunter narrows their eyes for a moment, tucking a long strand of hair behind their ear. “Why would you want to know that? Uhm, I’m not very good at handling strong personalities.”

Do you look up to anyone at all? “Joel. I wish I could be half as strong as him. He means an awful lot to me, if I could just be a little more like him I’d be so proud.”

Are you straight, gay or bisexual? “I’ve never given it much thought -- honestly! I don't think I could look at anyone else at the moment.” A hand squeezes at the small heart shaped glass around their neck, hollow and filled with crimson.

Do you go to school? “I go to college, hoping to graduate with an acting degree. Wish me luck!”

Ever want to marry and have kids one day? “Oh, I’d love that. I really would. The thought of three or four little toads running around, I’d love to be a mom.” Their lips quirk down in sadness. “I don’t think that will happen though, unfortunately.”

Do you have fangirls/fanboys? “My biggest fanboy is Sam, he’s always taking photos. That’s how we met!”

What are you most afraid of? “I don't like to think about that.” Hunter has lost enough people they care about, they could barely even consider losing Sam without making themselves sick.

What do you usually wear? “I never take off my denim vest, it’s covered in patches and badges now, and I guess I keep things pretty casual. I like to think I’m trendy, but Donnie says that everyone thinks they have style, and not many people do.”

What’s one food that tempts you? “Dessert. I have such a sweet tooth, I can’t stay away from ice cream or baked goods. Ohhh, I didn’t even think about sour patch kids.”

Am i annoying you? “No! Not at all!”

Well, it’s not over! A quick nod and a cheery smile.

What class are you? (Low class, middle class, high class?) “I’m not sure, I guess middle? Maybe low now, money isn’t so good.”

How many friends do you have? “I’m blessed to have just the right amount of good friends.”

What are your thoughts on pie? “Well, there’s pecan and pumpkin, or apple, cherry, key lime, oh and--” The tangent continues for a while, accompanied by dreamy eyes and content sighs.

Favourite drink? “Call me stereotypical, but I love sweet tea.”

What’s your favourite place? “My picnic spot, underneath the oak tree, surrounded by pretty flowers and wild grass, quiet and peaceful. Always sunny.”

Are you interested in anyone? “Sam.” Without a moments hesitation.

That was a stupid question… “Oh, I don’t think so!”

Would you rather swim in a lake or an ocean? “I don’t mind either, but I don’t swim very much anymore, Sam doesn’t like deep water, so we sit on the shore and eat sandwiches.”

What’s your type? “Dark hair, big dreamy eyes, quiet and patient. I like someone with soul, with passion, someone who likes cuddles and watching documentaries. Like my toad.”

Any fetishes? Their face flushes red, like a tomato, and they cover it with their hands, letting out a squeak. “Don’t ask me that!”

Seme or uke? “Ohh, sorry, I don’t watch anime!”

Camping or indoors? “I like both! With the right company, anything is fun.”

Who asked me to interview you? “Theo! He said I liked things like this. Not to sound pigheaded but, I think everyone likes talking about themselves a little. It’s nice to have such a good listener!” ( @gghoulish )

Who would you like to send me to? @summerslashermovie

[readbythestarlight]

c2e72

#Liamforpresident

Sorry Sam I just want to see how you react if Liam wins

Honestly Taliesin is the best part of Sam’s ads cause he just makes the best faces

My face hurts from cracking up so much

Matt’s just like "*clapclap* CHILDREN. Pay attention."

MAP MAP MAP

[[MORE]]

Cad: "I’m gonna lick the air"

Cad: I’m just gonna gently remind everyone that we are expecting to meet someone so please just don’t hit these people

Cad: they were close

J: maybe they were LOVERS

Cad: er... maybe... okay, I mean...

J: just a big old ORGY of STONE and DUST and CLAY

Cad: *pats her arm* okay....

Sam rolls for stealth: "not great. 21."

"It’s probably fine." - "I cast mage armor."

I’m not sure I trust the figure in the mist

Travis: "why this campaign?? Can’t it be some brutish ogre instead of this scary shit??"

Mmmm don’t like the mist ghost

I’m having Concerns™️

Dozens and dozens. Great. Ghosts just... following them. You guys remember the last time ghosts followed them? They fought a sea witch.

"And it was real deep."

I’m not saying they’re gonna fight a witch I’m just saying I have concerns

Keep Nott away from it

Also keep Caleb away from it we don’t want any lost toes

Beauuuuuu!

Why’d they decide to fly into a snowstorm exactly

Oooo chains and pools of lava aaaaaand... a person? A dwarf.

SMOL TOL HUG AWWWWW

Jeremis Dust

I love her

SHE’S SEEN MORE??

Constance and Corrin?

Mom?? and aunt??

Coltan?

All the C names

"You’re not all Clays?" that lends to the idea that the family isn’t all firbolgs

Tyler Dust

Caduceus is worried about his family I’m a bit emotional he must miss them so much

Has Nott just been carrying around something Caduceus clearly needs?

"What is alchemical...?"

I can’t remember where they found this

OH the shop right

Oh jeeze Cad please don’t burn yourself

"Who reads—I READ DWARVISH" she’s so cute I adore her

....okay so this has very little do with what they’re actually talking about

But did the demon toad from the circus come from these rifts? Like they never did figure out how he got there

Anyway I like how we have these mostly normal Dust people and the M9 are just being all weird

oh SHIT

GONNA SEND VANDRIN A MESSAGE YO

"Ask him, tell him that I’m... okay, and if... I don’t know, I wanna know how he’s doing, but..." oh my god I’m gonna have the most intense feelings

I... don’t trust his voice.

Something felt sketch.

Don’t like.

Oh thank god he’s finally telling someone about when his magic vanished

Jester is just the best kind of friend

I love the way she and Fjord’s relationship has developed

Oh don’t like

RUN FJORD RUN

fuuuck don’t hurt him don’t hurt him don’t hurt him

"Don’t run"

"Find"

"Take"

"Consume" (this sounds more like a threat than a command now)

FUUUUCK YEP

"Return or consume"

FUCK YOU U’KOTOA YOURE NOT HIS DAD ANYMORE

oh god oh god poor Fjord it’s okay sweetie it’s okay

ooooo the Real Fjord Voice

Fuck there goes his magic again

Oh shit

Oh my god is he gonna

Is he gonna??

IS HE GONNA???

Wait

Fjord

Fjord

Babe

"You need me more than I need you. Give it back." DAAAMN BOY.

Oh come on

FJORD

FJORD

FJORD

STOP

WHAT THE FUCK BABE

FJORD

STOP PLEASE

oh god

I originally thought he was just gonna throw the sword is as a big "fuck you" but nooooo let’s just go hardcore

Mom? Wildmom? He’s in her place after all.

YES

YES

THROW IT

FUCK YOU U’KOTOA

YEEEEEEESSSSSSS

And he went to Cad for help and used his real voice I cry

God that’s either gonna be an amazing thing or a really bad thing and idk which like the sword is a sign of their pact right so like... what does this mean?

Boy all these random Fjord feels out of the blue tonight

Fjord and Cad bonding is maKING ME CRY

He was really hoping it was over and now Cad’s just told him he doesn’t think it’s over and he’s sad again

Fjord’s just gonna talk in his actual voice now??

This is gonna take some getting used to

I’m gonna miss the Southern thing

Okay well he’s got no powers either so that’s not good

Cad being the voice of positivity "no he’s not powerless he’s just found a new power"

Just gonna give Fjord all the random weapons. Blasting glove, whip, axe. Good luck figuring this all out, Travis.

I love how they’re trying to make sure Fjord knows he had and has always had worth outside of his powers (except Nott who’s being a pest per usual).

F: "if you make a comment about my strength I might throw you in the lava."

N: "well, you — you couldn’t — but..."

N: "if you could say the word spells E L D R I T C H B L A S T"

F in posh voice: "Eldritch blast"

N: "NOOO"

Wow an early night

RIP Fjord’s southern accent

RIP eldritch blaaayyyyst

You will be missed

So goodbye warlock Fjord... hello Paladin Fjord?

Amazing job there Travis really 10/10

Lol oh Matt. Such a nerd. I love him so much.

[lorentibbs-blog]

Manic Depressive

Manic Depressive.

Every morning he makes me a cup of tea.

Once he even delivered a Harry Spesh- one-part espresso, one- part hot water and one- part steamed milk, to me in the shower. I wondered whether Espresso Cartel could offer this service during alert level 3 in the current pandemic.

“I do not want a relationship”. He looked at me with eyes verging on panic. Our conversation before that had also put me on edge. I had introduced myself and he said ‘I know who you are. We are friends on Facebook’. It had made me feel uncomfortable to have been connected on social media with someone who I did not recognize in real life. He had even come to my flat to collect a costume from my flatmate before the party we were at and I did not recognize him then or now.

 A party on top of a mountain. Well because my life had become rather progressive and trendy from the outside looking in. My flatmates had introduced me into a world of polyamory, sophisticated and successful people who cared about the environment, radical self-acceptance ( I only understood it as a concept at this point), and drug use that took me to places I’d never imagined. Inside however, I was in absolute turmoil. I was very unwell and did not know how sick I was at that point.

We had laughed as he explained that we had matched on Tinder and I had insisted on communicating on Facebook. We had arranged to meet at Toad Hall for coffee but 10 minutes beforehand I had decided it was all too much for me. When I looked back on that conversation, Sebastian had responded eloquently to my crazed blow off message and even said that he had had a lovely morning at the market instead. He has this way of understanding and making you feel human for your flaws rather than an insane nut job. The jury is still out for me on that one

The party itself was too much for me. I had climbed a mountain on LSD with two amazing wahine and then stepped into the lodge which was full of equally astounding people. I was terrified. I made my way to a bunk and clung on to my safety duo, Clara, and Tess. We went through the motions, the costumes, dinner (more vegan options than not), excruciating anxiety, the drugs, the fashion show, and the sex pile. The fashion show had ended with my flatmate Ngairi, whose birthday it was, atop a human pyramid. I dropped some MDMA like most of the party goers had. I had hoped this would curb my anxiety and fatigue. It helped but I did find myself going back and forth between the main room and my bunk all night. At one stage I had been led onto another bunk by my other flatmate Ryan, who was Ngairi’s partner. They are polyamorous you see, and he had asked me if I had wanted to hook up.

I always feel so good the next day after MDMA. I should probably explore why this is. I guess when I am on the drug, I have all these revelations and then the next morning potentially I feel lighter?

So, after 12 hours of stepping into the lodge I was finally ready to introduce myself to someone. 

Sebastian was by himself pretending to look busy with a broom. I enthusiastically (probably the most energetic and social I had felt the whole time) introduced myself and the conversation flowed around depression, anxiety, and Sebastian’s house build. I had suggested that we go for coffee at Toad Hall like we had initially planned to 2 years before. This is where I was taken back with his response of “I don’t want a relationship” it was like he had seen my brain ticking off all the characteristics I was valuing as we spoke. “sensitive, understanding of depression, attractive, a Colgate worthy smile, built his own house, older than me, mutual friends and blue eyes that saw right through me”. Later I would tease him about his panicked response as if I were ‘just’ asking him to go for coffee

Getting to know Sebastian has been a remarkably interesting journey since then and has been the catalyst for much introspection.

As I walked down the mountain that afternoon, I did a lot of self-reflection. I was thankful that one of our trio had left us early and I was left just walking down with Clara Keel. I found it so easy to talk to Clara. I think she found it easy to talk to me too. Even in a manic-depressive episode I was able to make beautiful connections with admirable people. Her girlfriend suffered from major depression and anxiety and was on Venlafaxine. It was very enlightening to hear from Clara as a partner with someone with depression. Clara invited me to go snowboarding with her and her friends over the winter and we promised to see each other very soon. I did not see her again for a long time. Turns out she is outrageously hard to pin down. I am stoked about that though because Clara keeps herself busy with a lot of incredible environmental and political work. We stopped and chatted to various people from the party down the mountain. Our ride Mikey Clementine was running down the mountain and said he was happy to wait for us at the carpark.  We caught up with Sebastian and a crew he was walking with. We walked down with him and I was very aware of him positionally to me. I did not really talk too much. Id taken a mushroom and weed coconut concoction that my ex had made me and I was vibing with the trees and my surroundings. I was very appreciative of the conversation Sebastian and Clara were having and was happy just witnessing it

On the ride back, my mushroom trip was really kicking in. Mikey blew my mind when he described his interest in the dominant and submissive scene. He made a point I have never forgotten and in that moment a switch flicked in my head. He explained that with every sexual session all participants would sit down before hand and have a discussion around their expectations, wants, limits, and fetishes. If either party felt uncomfortable or did not feel like their sexual style matched, then nothing would go ahead. I felt like these conversations should be happening around any kind of sex. It would save so much miscommunication and boundaries being crossed. In the history of my sexual life these conversations were really lacking and had there been space for them that may have saved a lot of suffering. Interesting that this style of sex is viewed in quite a dark and risky light by most but could potentially be the safest kind in terms of discussion, boundaries and consent. Purely because a discussion is expected and is compulsory beforehand.

Ngairi was absolutely filled with joy after her birthday party. We chatted in the kitchen and she was fizzing about the weekend’s events. I began to tell her the story about Sam and I and our failed tinder meet up. She paused me mid-way through and vomited rainbows and unicorns over her experience of Sebastian that weekend. She described their rendezvous in the pile of costumed MDMA cuddle puddle participants. Ngairi was on top of Sebastian in the cuddle puddle.  “Ryan bounced up to me in his bunny costume and I was so happy to see him” she described their embrace as she disclosed into Ryan’s ear “Sebastian has a boner!”. Ryan and Ngairi both giggled and shared a cheeky grin as he bounced away. Sebastian was fingering Ngairi the whole time the interaction took place. As it turned out, Ngairi and Sebastian had fooled around in the cuddle puddle and had intercourse before Ngairi returned to her bunk with Ryan. Later Sebastian would tell me he thought I had known that him and Ngairi had slept together the night before when I asked him if he wanted to go for a coffee. ‘yeah I thought you knew and were still asking me out. I thought wow this polyamory thing is real eye-opening stuff

Ryan in turn had hooked up with a large percentage of the party, me included. When Ryan and I had hooked up I was taken back when he stopped our encounter and told me he was going back to the party. It was interesting to initially feel rejected he did not want to take things further like I thought we were going to. I am thankful for the experience of having someone stop me in my tracks sexually. Anyone can stop any sexual encounter at any time. I guess I was just flabbergasted momentarily as I have never had any male stop me before. I stayed in the bunk and rested after this. Ryan came back to check if I was okay. I was so exhausted, and my brain was very fuzzy at this stage.

I will not deny that I was disappointed when Ngairi had told me about her encounter with Sebastian. In fact, I will go as far as to say I thought “fuck you Ngairi, you have the best boyfriend can’t you be happy with that”. I reflected on this thought process and by the end of the week I was disappointed in myself for thinking this way.

Ngairi Newton chose to live her life this way. She was in a committed polyamorous relationship with Ryan Mcgregor This relationship allowed her to explore any other relationship in any way she liked and vice versa. I had found her perspective on relationships so exciting initially.  Polyamory was a new concept for me, and I had found myself in the household of the most exceptional and liberating relationship id ever heard of.

So how did I find myself in the position I was in? Unemployed, depressed, anxiety ridden and barely coping, living with two of the most inspirational and functional people I have ever met?

I was living with Ngairi and Ryan for the second time. The first time was only a three week stay while I was in between places. I am always in between places as you will find out. I am in between places right now as we speak. And will be 5 times over by the time this story is done.

Emilie my flatmate at the time had invited me to a Halloween party. Emilie was a very bizarre and unnerving woman but one that was difficult to say no to. I remember feeling instantly connected to her when I first viewed the room. We engaged in deep conversation incredibly early on, I mean I do not believe I was there longer than half an hour. We both identified our fathers as the cause of all the turmoil in our lives.  She did not hear me when I first knocked on the door even though I was bang-on on time (sat outside in the car for 20 minutes because I was early). She was on her kitchen floor pulling all the contents out of the cupboard. Her current flatmate had told her about a book that was about de cluttering your life (literally). She had just flown back from a disastrous 3-month trip in France and was experiencing some severe jet lag. She had just cleaned out her wardrobe and I left in a state of glee with all the gorgeous garments this exciting woman no longer wanted. Two weeks into moving in with Emilie I knew I had made a mistake. We found ourselves in a very messy situation in the end that was further complicated by my close friends taking the room I was not quite ready to give up.

 I had realized that I could not live with her. She had taken it to heart when I told her this and somehow my telling her I was thinking about looking for a new room turned into me giving her two weeks’ notice. I guess there may have been a miscommunication. Little did I know how scarce accommodation in Nelson was at this point.  Anyway, through all of this we managed to stay civil and she invited me, like the Gemini she is, to a party the weekend before I was to move out.  We found it difficult to find the party and when we did it was really humming. Turned out to be a party of a woman who I had met before. Again, on the path to finding the right accommodation.  Chrissie and I had met at Claudia’s house. Claudia owned a house I had fallen in love with, the room available was Christie’s room. I did not get the room. This party was a housewarming for Chrissie’s new place. I had enquired about this place as well.  Chrissie had told me over text that she was looking for a new house because she wanted to take drugs over the summer and have more of a party living environment. She then said that she thought it would not really suit me as at that point I had intense social anxiety. Since then I have befriended several people in a circle of friends that Chrissie and I now share. We have encountered each other a few times. Each of those times I have been unwell. She is beautiful, funny, Canadian and she is an engineer. Its hard not to be starstruck by her. I imagine Chrissie and I would get on like a house on fire if I were at my best when I ran into her, I always seem to be unwell though. Emilie is gone within moments of us entering the sea of costumed people. I make a bee line to the table of snacks. And I start munching on chips and dip as if my life depended on it. I am not sure how it happened but I found myself in a conversation with a woman in an amazing shiny pants suit, the blazer atop a sequined bikini top, her face was painted in a Mexican skull design and she had a platinum blonde bob. What a bad bitch. (id never actually say that in real life. Real hero behind a keyboard type stuff)

When Mel, a fellow volunteer from the Wellness Movement, suggested asking her if she would rent out her spare room, I was not picturing Ngairi as the woman in from of me.

I had imagined a 40 + year old slightly chubby Maori woman with a couple of cats. As it turned out Ngairi only had one cat named Espresso. I am fairly sure Espresso wouldn’t have had me if she had had a choice in the matter. Fair enough too as it turns out.

[thecorteztwins]

razzle-dazzle-13 replied to your post “What characters would YOU have liked to see in X-Men Evolution? Send...”

Have you done Fabian Cortez, because I WANT EVO VERSE FABIAN CORTEZ. If yes how about Catseye?

Both coming right up! Under a cut for length because I have LOTS OF IDEAS!!

CATSEYE So I have a concept for the Evo version of the Hellions HERE but if we wanted to just do Catseye and not the whole Hellions team, I have another idea too! There start being reports of a big cat on the loose in a major city, assumed to be an escaped zoo animal or illegal pet. The X-Men are aware of it, but don’t consider it to have anything to do with them, until a photo of emerges of the beast transforming into a werecat-type form. Obviously this is mutant business now, so they fly out and go on a hunt for the creature, to find her before human authorities do! They succeed and, of course, it’s indeed a mutant, it’s Catseye! Rather than being unable to speak when they find her, I’d say she already has her sing-song broken syntax speech, suggesting she was abandoned as a child rather than a baby and thus retained language, she just hasn’t used it in a LONG time because she stayed in feline form most of her life, til said form got too big to be taken for a normal cat anymore. Rahne is obviously her bestie, they’re FREQUENTLY seen together, and Rahne really enjoys having someone she can run around in animal form with (Evo Rahne doesn’t seem to have the same issues/upbringing as 616, though she also didn’t get much spotlight in Evo either so I think we can hint at some slightly similiar stuff) They definitely get into LOADS of trouble, and there should absolutely be whole episodes dedicated to that! But another character she ends up being close to is X-23, who is a New Mutant by that time (and still going only by that name) A lot of people call X-23 “feral” but like...she’s not? Her entire existence is defined by captivity. She doesn’t act like a wild animal at all, not really, she acts like an ABUSED animal. Catseye, by contrast, is the truly free one. Everyone else wants to teach X-23 to be a person, which is definitely super important, but only Catseye shows her how to be an animal, beholden to nothing but her own natural desires and instincts. And Catseye isn’t doing this DELIBERATELY, it’s just her being herself. She also doesn’t look at X-23 as different from any other human, because she has no frame of reference for what a “normal” human is anyway, and that ends up meaning a lot to X-23 even if Catseye never knows it. Catseye also never calls her X-23. Catseye doesn’t call ANYONE by their actual name. She may call them by their codenames, but mostly she gives them nicknames based on their traits. She says this is because human names like Kurt or Sam don’t tell you anything about who that person is, but some codenames do (and some don’t, like Shadowcat, she’s not a cat, Catseye is a cat!) And...that gets X-23 thinking...she doesn’t want to be X-23 forever. She’s actually wanted to be called something else for a LONG time now, but she could never think of what. Because she doesn’t have an identity besides a weapon. But...maybe a new codename could be a good start? That’s how she starts going by Talon. She won’t start going by Laura until she meets Gabby. Catseye really frustrates and flusters Scott, as he really just has no idea how to deal with her? Deliberate troublemakers or the other kids being stupid are one thing, he’s mastered that, but Catseye just this entirely NEW thing. Jean is a bit more patient with her, but she can probably afford to be thanks to her powers letting her deal with Sharon easier (telekinetically stopping her, telepathically showing her something that she can’t verbally understand, etc) She also scares and upsets Amara, who is supposedly the “princess” of the bunch according to source material, and Amara’s reactions just make her keep going. She also has made it a game to try and catch Kurt (especially his tail, it moves around and she HAS to catch it!) because his powers make it such a challenge. She LOVES pouncing Multiple because of how he splits into duplicates when she does. A lot of people get fed up with her, and for good reason. Rahne will gently try to correct her in private, but in front of others, she ALWAYS defends Catseye----she didn’t hurt anyone, she doesn’t understand, etc. It’s expected by everyone that Beast will be her favorite teacher, that they’ll relate, etc., but in fact Beast shies away from her. It turns out that she reminds him of his own “beastliness” too much, his fear of becoming an animal on the INSIDE as well as in appearance, and it makes him uncomfortable to be around her, and then THAT makes him feel guilty because she’s just a child and he should be helping her. He gets this whole arc of coming to terms with this, with his fears, and then trying to connect with her...only for her to be totally disinterested in having him for a mentor, because their interests are totally different. Much like how Hellions!Catseye didn’t understand that the New Mutants were her enemies, Evo!Catseye doesn’t understand that the Brotherhood are the bad guys either. I can see her developing friendships with all them except Pietro. I think Wanda and Lance end up letting their walls down with her because she’s more like an animal than a person, so they don’t feel uncomfortably vulnerable being nice with her like they would with most people. With Blob, she’s not put off by his simple nature or intimidating size or his lack of social skills, since, as with X-23, she doesn’t know that these things aren’t “normal” or have any frame of reference to judge him by. And though she’s VERY intelligent, she’s also pretty simple too. And with Toad, again, she can’t judge that he’s “weird” and I don’t think his odor puts her off like it does other people. Cats are very clean creatures, of course, but their standards of what smells good and bad are different than humans. Like cats LOVE stinky socks! Pietro I think though would just not have any patience with her and not see any use in being pals with her. There has definitely been an AWKWARD AS HELL moment where she, in full human form, jumped into Prof X’s lap in front of guests/visiting parents. FABIAN Okay so LOTS of versions/ideas here! When I first made this blog, my idea for Evo Fabian was just...Duncan Matthews as a mutant. If you don’t remember who that is, he’s the jerkass blond football jock that Jean dates for a few seasons. He’d be a cocky, athletic asshole who hits on all the girls and is unbearable to EVERYONE. Total bully, total creep, gets recruited into the Brotherhood as a baby budding mutant supremacist with his sister, everything you’d expect. Then I actually started writing him and...it went differently than that? He ended up not being so much a Jerk Jock cliche as just a...pretty NORMAL guy? He’s simultaneously a little full of himself and a little unsure at the same time, in the typical fashion of teen boys, and he gets more unsure as he begins meeting other mutants and realizing how outclassed his powers are, which prompts him to try to be competitive with them, especially the other boys, which makes him come off as kind of an ass, especially when butting heads with guys who are already kind of prickly, like Lance. But he’s also like...he’s not CRUEL either, he can be nice and friendly and nervous too, and he actually actively looks out for Anne Marie. He’ll call her stupid and stuff, but he’s always got her back, and he sticks up for her when someone else calls her the same stuff or upsets her. He’s like...not so much “Fabian but a teen” as he is “Fabian BEFORE he actually became Fabian”? So less over-the-top delightfully fun asshole, but also more well-rounded and human. I also started thinking...would he be Brotherhood? Because a common factor of all the Bhood kids is that they seem to come from lower-class backgrounds and broken homes. Pietro and Wanda were abused and abandoned by their shit dad, Lance was in foster care when Mystique found him, Fred was in a truck show with no parents/guardians in sight and doesn’t seem to have ever attended school before, and Toad...we don’t really know, but I think it’s safe to say that any adults in his life either aren’t there or don’t care that he’s living in this shitty boarding house with no adult supervision half the time. Whereas I see the Evo Cortez twins as coming from a nice middle class suburban nuclear family, with good parents and a good support system and all. And I think that would make them harder for Mystique to exploit. She seems to prey primarily on kids with nowhere else to go, who no one else cares about. So maybe Fabian and Anne Marie might very well end up with the New Mutants/X-Men, which could be a lot of fun too! Just because teen Fabian is a human being and not GIANT IRREDEEMABLE ASSHOLE 616 FABIAN doesn’t mean he still can’t act cocky during training and get his ass handed to him, or try to flirt with every girl in his class (I think he’d like Amara best, she seems most his type, which makes me want to see Tabitha either try to keep him away from her or try to push Amara to “go have fun with the new hunk!” though tbh I ship Tabby/Amara SOOOO) But the difference is we could get DEVELOPMENT with that! Like maybe the reason he’s such a cocky asshole in training is that he’s embarrassed about his benign/passive/”useless” powers not being suited to combat, and feeling emasculated by it compared to the other guys. And the obnoxious hitting on the girls coming from not actually knowing how to talk to them normally, because the only girl he knows is Anne Marie, who is definitely not a mode for normalcy, and who only responds to/understands TOTALLY BLUNT BLUNTNESS Anne Marie should also get EVO’S FIRST SAME-SEX ROMANCE! So like...I feel like we could totally get a cute, human Fabian while still keeping his funny traits? And he’s A TOTAL JERK to the Brotherhood BIG TIME of course, like he considers them TOTAL TRASH, so there’s definitely still some “bully” there too! BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! So, obviously the allure of Evo is it’s a canon high school au, we get all our faves as teens. But, some are still adults! Beast, Storm, Pro f X, Mystique, Magneto...what if Fabian was one of those? So, we see that in the future, Magneto himself will change sides and become a teacher to the New Mutants. That’s going to leave a big power vacuum, both in the universe and in the plot. So who steps up to fill it but...FABIAN CORTEZ? Which follows comics canon of him trying to usurp Magneto’s place as the leader of the radical mutant supremacy movement, just in this version he (probably?) didn’t try to murder him to do it, he just picked up where Magneto left behind, and uses the anger of Magneto’s former followers at Magneto “abandoning” them to his advantage. He basically gets to be the new Big Bad on the “evil mutants” side (and unlike the Brotherhood, he and his Acolytes will live up to the term!) and be the evil, over-the-top, over-dramatic Fabian Cortez we all know and...er, kinda love? And he can still be creepy too, just he only hits on the adults like Storm (and maybe Jean, who might be in college at that point) and probably his own lieutenants, as he’s doubtlessly recruited some new Acolytes. He’ll be 2D, sure, but Evo Magneto was a pretty irredeemable bastard too most of the time. Also, remember how the Brotherhood is shown to join up with SHIELD as adults? I wrote a fic last year in which FABIAN WAS ON THEIR TEAM

[weirdmarioenemies]

It’s another Wario’s Woods masterpost!

Yeah! The one I kinda sorta hinted at an entire year ago! So we’ve already gone over the wonderful little basic monsters that Toad can pick up and toss around and tragically blow up with bombs. And the bosses in the NES version are, for the most part... generic. Disappointing. Not worth mentioning.

But then we have the SNES version! There is a whole cast of wacky opponents for Toad to face in his quest to defeat Wario. Let’s waste no time looking at each and every one!

Katsini

Starting off strong! Katsini is a very well-dressed purple fellow who looks a lot like Tatanga, the villain of Super Mario Land, who we have really not covered yet for some reason, wow. He is full of charm, but also kindness! Unlike most of the bosses, he encourages Toad. How nice!

Galrog

Galrog’s mouth doesn’t always hang open like this, but I’m glad it’s the image the Wiki uses. As you can see, he is some sort of cyclops/ogre type thing, but this shocked face is really the main attraction. He’s still in training, and asks Toad to go easy on him. I bet you were judging him based on his appearance until you read that! Shame on you.

Harley Q

Wowee! This is a fun one! Harley Q is certainly designed with a jester or harlequin in mind, but clearly not just someone in a suit. Could this be... a wild, natural jester? Not the domesticated kind we’re so used to seeing? Her dress thingy is constantly spinning, too! Fun! And sort of reminds me of Dimentio... another important villain we haven’t covered yet for some reason! Because we have our priorities in order covering silly stuff like this!

SamSpook

A very bold decision to give ol’ Sam a green pumpkin head instead of orange, and I’ll give them bonus points for that! His body is suspiciously similar to that of the plumbers... but the combination of overalls and pumpkin immediately makes me think “farmer”! But not just any farmer, of course. If he were to grow pumpkins, they would be his children! I don’t know how that would work! So it’s time for the next one.

Sven

The thing that immediately strikes me about Sven is his art style! A bit different from the others, don’t you think? More dynamic and Looney Tunes-like! A scrappy little furball. Like Wild Mike from Barnyard. Remember that? I do. I remember them claiming that the official website revealed Mike’s species. It didn’t. Don’t believe the media. Wait, this is supposed to be about Sven, isn’t it? Well, he’s got a viking helmet and boxing gloves! That’s a neat combination I’ve never seen before!

Parrotor

Parrotor is apparently a mix between a parrot and a monitor lizard, but is really basically a parrot with a lizard tail. But there’s nothing wrong with that! This is a very Funny Bird we see before us.

Mssr Boo

This is the good stuff right here! A slightly French ghost! A very simple ghost, but I love simple ghosts! And I love simple things wearing hats! It’s the best thing for them to wear!

Aqualea

Aqualea is a mermaid. An angry mermaid. That just so happens to be exactly like one of the bosses in the NES version! That mermaid’s name is Mad, and I don’t know if she’s actually angry, but we can assume so. Since her name is Mad.

Razor

And we go right from one kind of fish person to the other kind! As recent film has shown us, Razor is the sexy kind of fish person. Has anyone ever found mermaids sexy? Probably not. That would be weird! Despite Razor’s appearance, he is very philosophical. I guess unexpected personality traits is a theme here!

Tad Rock

OH YEAH!!!!! Tad Rock calls himself the coolest player around, and while something like that is usually a very pompous thing to say, you can tell by Tad’s name and fashion sense that he is telling the truth! 

Thak

Hm. Sorry, Thak, Galrog already fills the niche of “ogre thing”, and does a better job if you ask me... but your teeth are cool! Very sharp! I’m sure you’re great at eating meat!

Lizardon

In case you didn’t know, Lizardon is the Japanese name of Charizard! This is likely no surprise at all, but I’ll take this pudgy purple goof over a Cool Dragon any day. Lizardon is also hilariously full of himself, claiming that he’ll crush Toad’s dreams of fame and be the star of the next game! I’d play it, honestly.

Sarissa

Sarissa really nails that “cute girl” type of design that’s so popular, I think. If this game was more well known, she’d probably be the most popular opponent! Along with Harley Q, because people REALLY love wacky jesters, and... I want to say Tad Rock. People love things that are radical! Anyway, I never got all the cute girl hype, but I am digging Sarissa’s fashion choices.

Mangylox

Now this is a real classic “monster”! A big ol’ hulking figure completely covered in hair, wearing shoes... wow! Even more Looney Tunes vibes! I think this is a good time to talk about what the character dialogue is like in this game. Behold Mangylox’s mighty lexicon!

“I've been waiting for you. You have been impressive, but now it begins. Instantaneous decisions will be necessary. Know this--my abilities are unmatched!”

Dedar

Goblin time! We got a goblin! Or maybe more? Dedar is like a combination of goblin, imp, elf, all that good stuff, and I think the result is pretty great! She doesn’t even have a nose or a mouth, and we all know that the fewer facial features, the cuter a design is!

Carlton

Carlton sure is a knight, I guess. Or maybe a sentient suit of armor. That would be more interesting. Either way, he may be the least interesting character here. But that’s okay! Because next up is the penultimate opponent! What could possibly be even more imposing than an iron-clad warrior? Tremble in fear before...

Harry H

Harry the Hare! Yup, the final opponent before Wario himself is a smartly-dressed hare named Harry. You might expect that he’s well-mannered, too, and he even refers to Toad as a “woodlands hero”! I think he’s probably quite a nice fellow who’s really here to make sure Toad is ready for the final battle. Don’t you just love Harry Hare? I do!

...and then there’s Wario! We’ve talked about him in depth, though, so there’s not much to say here.

With that... I guess we’re done with Wario’s Woods... I don’t want it to end! I want more funny creatures running around and stacking smaller funny creatures! Please, Nintendo... acknowledge this game... make weird Wario games again...

But let’s not end on a sad note. Which one is your favorite, besides  Wario, of course? Vote now!

https://strawpoll.com/3re4411p

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Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Review

This game has been out for years now so if you haven't played it, you either don't have a Switch or don't have enough interest in it. So I will try and give you reasons why to play this game and spoil some gameplay details along the way but will save what the bosses are.

This game doesn't appeal to me, "Mario and Rabbids: Battle Kingdom", I mean Rabbids are basically the original Minions. I've heard it called a "Baby's first XCOM" and I, for one, am not about strategy or turn based combat. So, then why is it that when I got my Switch, this was the first thing that came to mind that I wanted to get? 

I haven't played many games on the Switch yet but I can tell that there are games that are best played on the TV, best played on tablet, and best played with the Joycons loose, some fall under all of the above such as Super Mario Odyssey. This falls under the best kind of tablet game, it's like it was meant to be played port-ably and is something you can play a level here and there, casually, or seriously and play a whole chapter's worth.

This is pretty much as clever as it gets, it's no wonder they got Grant Kirkhope to compose it, it has the humor of Banjo Kazooie, it's not even Minions-like humor, it's charming to the max.

There are times where you'll play a stage and just go guns blazing but you need to be careful because sometimes there will be a gauntlet of levels and you will either have to find a mushroom or just go straight to another level before it heals you again. Of course later in the game you can switch up the characters (that have more health) but you shouldn't always assume it as a fail-safe, especially for a boss, so if you're low on health and haven't found a mushroom, change BEFORE you get to the level, that is if you keep your other character's stats and weapons, good and balanced.

Ok, I hear this and that about how everybody loves Rabbid Peach and while her gameplay has a lot of perks, Rabbid Luigi was instantly my favorite and I tried to use him for every battle, I mean he has a Yo-Yo and his hat is on sideways, how can you not love him? I made him a beast with his 'Vampire' ability which allows you to slide into enemies and take some of their health to add it to yours. There is a Fridge boss that it's strongly recommended not to use him but I sure as heck tried. So you will more than likely get attached to a certain character but it's up to you who it will be towards and remember that you might not be able to use them EVERY time. You can choose to have 3 different characters at a time but one of them has to be Mario, he's a default and you can't exchange him. There have been multiple times where all my other characters have died and all I have left is Rabbid Luigi and I pull a clutch with that Vampire ability, making a clean sweep and finishing the level alone, I wasn't really able to do that with any other characters (though I valued Rabbid Luigi more so maybe I didn't try hard enough). And don't worry, even if you don't have a character in your current party, they still obtain skill points for the skill tree so you won't have to grind for a character once you unlock them or anything.

So, how do you make your character stronger if every level is right in front of you and not really an RPG style of sidequests? Well, there are little puzzles you can go around, collect coins, hidden chests, some cannons that you can shoot out of that take you to a Red Coin type level (except blue coins) and you get a new weapon out of it. Also you can go back to worlds you've completed and complete challenges, I usually hate doing stuff like that but it's all good in this game. And it's not required, this game is pretty balanced, it's not too hard but not too easy either, there's no difficulty setting so that's good to hear. Sometimes I would play a boss just to kind of test them out and see what they did and then adjust for my second playthrough for them when I inevitably failed. There are definitely some levels I would spend a few days on, usually those bosses and I would lay in bed thinking of different strategies to beat them, some of those were the most satisfying after beating. Now that may sound like a lot of thinking and seem repetitive but it doesn't force you to come up with a strategy, do you think I actually did stuff intentionally? Not really, I used trial and error and it never even got tired, I usually fail the same level of a game just a few times before putting it down and say "I can't do this." because yeah, I am kind of a baby when it comes to some of these games but I feel accomplished when I beat stuff like this. This is where the 'Baby's first XCOM' comes into play, if you're not into that genre, this is the right game for you but if you are into the genre, you're experienced and it may seem a bit more tame but it's still a good play, Win-Win.

Given that topic, if you feel "too challenged" then it will offer you extra health for a level so it will heal your party up and add some extra, but I like to think of it as the chicken hat in MGS5, only use it if you need it, and even if you do need it, it's not ridiculously easy once you have it. I HAVE failed using the extra health before, sometimes you're just not using the right characters or weapons or need something from the skill tree, it's not a bail out free card, it's just a boost. I've played the ending gauntlet many times and each time it was different, some times I would do great until the third wave, sometimes it's just left up to chance whether your shot hits or not because if they're hiding behind a wall, it may not hit and are you hitting the enemy with the right character? Maybe you need a different order for maximum damage. It's a lot to process but you're not forced to think about it too hard, you have time, that's why it's turn based, I am describing it in a lot of detail but don't think that it's overly complicated or anything, if it was, as I mentioned, I wouldn't play it, it wouldn't seem so darn good of a game to me if it was.

And before you think that enemies get too easy or anything because you just upgraded everyone, they're constantly introducing new ones so it's always even with where you are in the game. Some of these enemies need to be handled differently because of how they attack such as the big ones without guns, they usually have a big stone or log or something and if they get close to you then they'll do a hefty amount of damage so it's always entertaining, keeps you on your toes, and brings me to my next topic.

I suppose it's easy to think that they all just have similar blasters but that's wrong. Most weapons come with a status effect such as honey which prevents them from moving on the next turn, ink which does the opposite and prevents weapons from being used, flame which catches them on fire and and makes them run around until they are extinguished, this ability is especially cool because if they hit another enemy, he will also be on fire, that doubles for you though so be careful with placement. There are also some other abilities but I'll get back to this topic in a minute. Not only are there different variations, which really just fit your preference, but there are also shotgun types which only have a short range but a higher amount of damage, rubber-duck grenades, yes you heard me right, and they're even decorated, there's even a Sam (King)Fisher one from Splinter Cell, not even joking. There are hammers which can get multiple enemies at once if you're within range, and these things that are called sentries but don't shoot anything, they're more like rolling bombs, they can be used to divert an enemy's attention away or can be used similar to a grenade but with more power, and then there are rocket launchers which can fire farther and machine guns which are a bit of an odd ball because you shoot a bunch of weaker bullets vs one big blast but you have more of a chance of hitting due to it's ability to instantly break a wall that an enemy may be hiding behind, leaving them open for the next person. I also wanted to mention that before you attack, aiming at an enemy shows you how much damage you'll do, I guess that's easy to look past or expect but given I haven't played a tactical game of this nature, I want to be thorough.

It tosses it up with a few different types of missions, rather than just walking from area to area to fight the next battle, you actually get some landscape to look at, some puzzles which are actually quite fun, I like a good puzzle and it makes me want to try Captain Toad, but there are also escort missions. Most players dread escort missions in games because they take forever to follow you, this is in a different genre though. It will give you a goal and all you have to do is get that character (most of the time it's Toad) to the goal, sure they can't attack or anything and you have to rely on your other characters to defend but you don't have to defeat all the enemies like most stages, just get to the goal and you control the escort just like you would any other character so they don't drag behind. My only slight complaint with this is that Toad or whoever, isn't be able to use a teammate to bounce like everyone else but it's still fine. Same with the bosses, the only requirement is to just beat the boss, there will be other enemies too though. Before you think you can cheese it that way, most bosses have multiple health bars so you may take out their first form tanking hits with guns blazing but will you have enough to last the second and third form? Probably not so you need to take out those side enemies first because for one, they make it harder, and two, once the second form comes, the boss will bring a second wave of enemies and if you don't have the first wave beat yet then it will stack.

Ok, so easily the best thing about this game is the atmosphere, every little detail feels so good to just walk around in, they didn't have to make the world so good but they did, this accompanied with Grant Kirkhope's music is splendid even the different versions of classic Mario tracks. My favorite one would have to be "Exploring the Mine". With that, the designs for characters, enemies, and such will be added as collectible models throughout the worlds, it's a fun little thing to look for if you're into that sort of thing, I made sure to get a few for the bosses I liked the most. This goes double for the music tracks, you can collect them and go back and play them in the museum. But back to the way it looks, it looks so good that there will be points where Beep-O (who is kind of the guide and serves as a reason this tactical map exists) will have a magnifying glass option and if you press it, he will bring attention to certain landscapes and sights such as a Rabbid in a hot tub burning himself or a Bullet Bill with Underpants on his head, it's all in good fun and really makes you see the vibe they're going for with this fusion between worlds. The landscape for battles includes these pipes that you can travel between to slide kick enemies easier and get a better piece of ground to defend, it's really cool when you get a chain of attacks for example: With Mario, you can stomp on top of enemies, so you slide kick an enemy, bounce off of a teammate to get farther, land by stomping on another enemy then finally make your destination where you want to shoot, so much damage can come from just one turn if you really know what you're doing. And about those effects like flame, there will be different boxes around the stage where if an enemy is stationed behind them and you can't see them good enough to get a hit in, you can fire anyway and hit the box, making the effect hit the enemy so it wasn't a wasted shot and may even make them vulnerable enough for another character to shoot.

Some characters have something like "Hero-Sight" or "Steely-Stare", this is amazing, it's up there with the Vampire ability for me. This comes in handy for those bulkier enemies with the stones and if you have a weapon that has "bounce" it's so freaking satisfying because you can use the ability, fire at the enemy and if they make an attempt to get closer then your character will shoot a few more times.

There is a bit of a problem when you don't properly close the game however because sometimes I would just leave it open on the home screen then shut the console off and come back to it later. Yeah only do that once or twice, don't leave it on standby every time because what will start happening is that the models for some of the items and characters will glitch and turn into blocks, it's not a performance based issue, just visual but it was my fault in the first place for not closing the game for so long so I can't really complain.

There is a bit of DLC that I'm actually considering getting (if it wasn't as much as the base game, crimeny!)because it expands off the story and revolves around Donkey Kong, so that's cool. Speaking of after the game, there is end game content. Throughout you unlock puzzle abilities such as moving crates, picking up totems to put them on pedestals so you can unlock new areas, break blocks, and drill a hole. You can go back to each of the worlds and finish some puzzles you weren't able to before because you didn't have one of those unlocked, if you're going for 100% that is or even if you're just trying to make some extra moolah during the game.

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Thoughts about Spn 15x02

SPOILERS AHEAD! BEWARE!

So, round two. And we are still not any closer how to get rid of all the ghosts. All the solutions so far have been temporary, and while the episode moved the plot along it also felt kind of redundant. If anything the episode raised a couple of questions, which will probably become more relevant once the season moves along. And as usually with Bucklemming episodes I felt the episode had at least 2 or 3 characters too much, that again kind of felt redundant as well. All in all it felt like one of those “you can skip this one”-episodes, once we all will start our rewatch.

But, as always, let’s take a closer look.

Ghostapocalypse: The Return

See, I’m still not invested in the whole ghost storyline and now we will get 3 episodes dealing with it. While last week’s ghosts were somehow connected to the Winchesters, I don’t see this pattern in this week’s episode. The ghost that is featured most prominently is the one of Francis Tumblety aka ‘jack the Ripper’. The name would suggest a connection to our Jack, though I don’t see why. However he is quite literally connected to Rowena: they used to date back in the day. More so all of Francis’s victims were women. It seems like they both even back then were aware of each’s other dark secret: that Rowena is a witch and Francis a serial killer. But unlike Francis Rowena has changed and works together with hunters now. Will she be the key to get all the ghosts back to hell? Will she sacrifice herself in order to do so? (The promo for next week suggests so)

It was also Francis who brought up the theme of the episode (perhaps the season?): doors. The warding is a door and door can be opened. Some of the town’s people sneaked into that door, despite being told not to (and died because of it). Last episode we learned that all the doors have been opened in hell, including the cage, so Michael will (possibly) be free as well. The (temporary) solution to deal with ghosts is to trap them again. Belphegor creates a door inside the warding so Kevin can leave. Kevin himself is not free to go where he wants: he can only stay on earth or return to hell. He is trapped as well.  And there is of course the return of Amara, who once has been sealed away by Chuck, who is now facing the same fate: he is trapped inside our world because he is too weak to leave. So yeah, doors/being trapped will be a big theme this season I guess.

And speaking of Kevin: why would Chuck make an exception for both John and Bobby but would then send Kevin to hell? What did he gain in that? Or was there some sort of risk in sending Kevin to heaven? Unless this plot development becomes relevant again I feel Kevin’s return was… useless. He could not help the Winchesters and we only learned that Chuck broke his promise and is a dick, which we already knew before, and now Kevin’s fate is to wander the earth as a ghost. I get it, it is the last season and they probably try to bring back as many guest stars as they can, but it should be relevant to the plot you know. The only thing we learned is that there isn’t a solution to every problem and sometimes you have to accept that, which might be a bit of foretelling of what is to come for the Winchesters. (Also, both Sam and Dean have been to hell, so does that mean they can’t go to heaven as well?)

Cogito, ergo sum

Let’s get philosophical (trust me, it’s fun). In the perhaps best scene of the episode Dean and Cas have a short conversation, showing us that Dean is still angry at Cas for what happened with Jack and Mary and that he is in an existential crisis. After he learned the truth about Chuck Dean questions everything. To him his entire life has been a lie and none of his choices are his own. Cas however sees the entire situation different. While Chuck might have designed the obstacles of their lives, their choices, their feelings are very much their own. To Dean’s question what is real his answer is ‘We are’. Of course the ‘we’ might refer to all of Team Free Will, but in that very moment only Cas and Dean are present. The subtext of that scene is Dean asking whether his feelings for Cas are real or yet another manipulation by Chuck, and Cas reassuring him that they are real, that everything between them, their bond, their feelings, are real.

Personally I do believe Cas is right. It is true that Chuck has designed the story, the life of Sam and Dean Winchesters, and that he did manipulate them to act in a certain way. However he has no control over their feelings. Otherwise he could have forced Dean to kill Jack. Dean acted on his own, against Chuck’s intention. While Dean has no control over what is happening to him he has control over how he feels about it. His feelings and his choices are still his own. Which is pretty much how life works: we can’t control what is happening to us but we can control how we react to it.

But speaking about things that are not what they seem: what is the deal with Belphegor? After last week everyone agreed that there is more to him, and that he might not be who he says he is. Though I’m not sure he is indeed someone else, there is definitely something sketchy about him. We learn that another demon named Ardat is after him and that apparently he is a terrible threat to humanity. Dean doesn’t seem to trust him either and if we can trust anything than it is Dean’s bullshit sensor. Also Belphegor claims he is just a good soldier, the same way Dean once said he is a good son (which given the way John raised his sons means the same as being a good soldier), the same way Michael once said he is a good son. Along with Belphegor admiring Dean’s work as a torturer there is definitely a connection between these two.

You are the yin to my yang

This episode also marks the return of Amara. Yeah. She is living her best life, mostly because she got rid of her brother. While these two made their peace it is not like they are friends. Amara has neither forget nor forgiven what her brother has done to her. She sees right through him, realizing that he only wants to spend time with her because he needs her. We learn that Sam was right in his assumption that now that the Winchesters know the truth Chuck got bored and wants to leave this world, however he is too weak to do so. He needs Amara’s help, who in return has no intention to help him, leaving him trapped the way he had sealed her away for so long. Amara says Chuck can only do parlor tricks and has no real power. While Chuck is weakened I think he is still a threat to the Winchesters. And perhaps the only one who can defeat him is still Amara, who might become an ally to the Winchesters.  

On a meta level we had chuck calling the Game of Trones ending ‘great’. Personal feelings aside in general most people would not agree with Chuck. This is yet another sign that Chuck is not a good writer. Most people criticized that the ending of GoT felt too rushed, with the characters acting out-of-character. Which is exactly what Chuck wanted: to see the ending he wanted despite having characters acting against their nature. If Chuck would have understood Dean as a character he would have known that Dean could never kill Jack, despite manipulating the story in every way for that to occur. Whenever you write a story you have to accept that stories create a life of their own and as you move on what you had planned to happen might not feel right anymore.

In that regard I think it is quite interesting what Andrew Dabb said about Chuck in a recent interview:

And the type of writer he is, I don’t think that’s a very good type of writer … A good writer will tell you that if you write good enough characters they’ll go their own way and talk to you themselves. And we’ve seen that on Supernatural with Sam and Dean over the years.  I think Chuck is the kind of writer who just wants his characters to do what he wants them to do and he gets frustrated when they – because they have a little bit of agency – kind of refuse.

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The other odd couple we had this episode were Rowena and Ketch. Which I think was another Bucklemming thing, because they like to bring back the characters they invented and they love some sexy times I guess. I still don’t get why Ketch was there at all and why in the world Rowena would be attracted to him. I mean he tortured her, reason enough to transform him into a toad or something.

Also, why couldn’t Cas heal Ketch? He had no problem healing Sam last episode. Is Cas getting weaker or has this something to do with Ketch? Is he hiding something as well?

Guess we will find out eventually. Til next week <3