#it's just if we're talking timeline IT HAD TO BE TODAY OKAY IT HAD TO BE TODAY

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Because qiqi is pedantic we love you all, here's a bonus episode to mark 14th December: Lucy's Resignation Day!

Come listen to us talk about the timeline: How old is everyone at the start, and at the end? Is Margaret a Rotwell baby? How does the show timeline differ? How long was November in The Hollow Boy? Where the hell does the Christmas bonus story fit in?

All these fascinating questions and more will be argued about answered in today's episode on The Timeline: Vibes Only!!

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Quick note: HTN will be releasing episodes on a fortnightly basis, with the odd bonus drop. Our next scheduled release is on 26th December (Boxing Day!) when we'll be talking about Lockwood!

[plutoswritingplanet]

Mortal Kombat 1 Intro Dialogues

a/n: some slightly flirty dialogues for suggested characters from Mortal Kombat 1 (and 11), reader is a blood mage, adjacent to "Unpunishable"

Warnings: Suggestive Language, Obscure References, Poor Attempts at Comedy

Shang Tsung

Shang Tsung: Liu Kang is squandering your potential.

Reader: I trust his judgement completely.

Shang Tsung: You were made for so much more.

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Reader: You want me to make a deal with the Devil.

Shang Tsung: All I ask in return, is your soul.

Reader: It's too high a price!

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Shang Tsung: I lay before you my eternal heart...

Reader: There is no love with you, only ownership.

Shang Tsung: I dearly love all of my possessions.

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Reader: I must believe there's good even in the darkest corners of the world

Shang Tsung: Finding it in me might turn out to be a futile fight

Reader: I don't give up easily, Shang Tsung

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Shang Tsung: Have you ever thought to say "stop"? "If you love me, you would stop?"

Reader: Not in a thousand years.

Shang Tsung: I see now, why we're destined for each other

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Reader: The things you've been doing in your laboratories are vile

Shang Tsung: I've used the same magic, as the one coursing through your veins

Reader: Liar!

Liu Kang

Liu Kang: Empress Sindel has approved your application to study Outworld's medicine.

Reader: I'm honored by her trust.

Liu Kang: You'll do a splendid job as Earthrealm's ambassador.

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Reader: I fear the pull of darkness overpowering me.

Liu Kang: I will guide you, until your mind is at peace.

Reader: What if it never ends?

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Liu Kang: In the previous timeline, you were my close friend and adversary.

Reader: And in this timeline?

Liu Kang: I'm inclined to say the same.

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Reader: Doesn't it get lonely, being a God?

Liu Kang: I'm devoted to protecting Earthrealm and its people.

Reader: You didn't answer my question.

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Liu Kang: Beware Shang Tsung's honeyed words.

Reader: You've said we were destined for each other in all timelines.

Liu Kang: And your union always leads to your suffering.

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Reader: You knew I'd reject Shang Tsung's offer? Fight him every step of the way?

Liu Kang: I had faith, you would make the right choice

Reader: Honestly, do you have music playing in your head when you say garbage like that

Johnny Cage

Johnny: Let me just say, there's no other place I would rather be, than right here with you right now.

Reader: I can change that very easily.

Johnny: Why so serious, sweet cheeks?

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Reader: No, Johnny, I won't be playing in any of your movies, ever.

Johnny: Can I ask why?

Reader: Why I don't want the job that makes your brain explode?

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Johnny: You might wanna reconsider your rendezvous with the Sorcerer.

Reader: Which one?

Johnny: Oh, you are a bad woman.

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Reader: Don't be such a baby, it's just a scrap.

Johnny: And I need a hot nurse to patch it up.

Reader: Why do I even… You're impossible.

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Johnny: You have experience with emotionally fragile men, right?

Reader: You're self-aware today.

Johnny: I was talking about Kung Lao...

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Reader: Okay, Ninja Priest was actually kinda good.

Johnny: YES! I knew you had a thing for the clergy.

Reader: That's not what I... You're such an ass!

Kung Lao

Reader: Do you think Liu Kang has destined us to become friends?

Kung Lao: Obviously, I'd never choose this for myself.

Reader: He could've made you less of twat...

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Kung Lao: It's way too dangerous for you to travel Outworld alone.

Reader: I don't need a babysitter, Kung Lao.

Kung Lao: Prove it, then.

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Reader: If you buy me dinner at Madame Bo's, I'll heal your arm.

Kung Lao: I see your time with Shang Tsung is rubbing off on you.

Reader: See, now I gotta hurt ya.

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Kung Lao: How does it feel, being in the center of the Snake's attention.

Reader: Fuck you man, I didn't ask for this.

Kung Lao: Not good then.

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Reader: Come on, I paid for dinner last time.

Kung Lao: I'll be happy to pay... Once you beat me.

Reader: You can be an ass sometimes, you know that?

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Kung Lao: You know I only meant it as a joke, right?

Reader: Let me show you just how funny I think you are

Kung Lao: Bring it on, Nurse.

Bi-Han

Reader: You betrayed everything your clan stood for.

Bi-Han: You have no moral high-ground here, Healer.

Reader: I don't need it.

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Bi-Han: Join the Lin Kuei, and unleash your true power.

Reader: Not while they're under your command, traitor.

Bi-Han: Your pride will be your downfall.

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Reader: I can feel your blood run cold through your body...

Bi-Han: It will boil while I destroy you.

Reader: You'll freeze to death, then.

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Bi-Han: Your aversion to power is your greatest flaw.

Reader: Should I follow your lead, then, and betray all I love for a promise of greatness?

Bi-Han: Is it wrong to want more?

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Reader: Maybe I can beat some sense into you…

Bi-Han: I will crush you, little girl.

Reader: Great, a quip about my height, so original.

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Bi-Han: We meet again, Blood Mage.

Reader: I knew you couldn't stay away, Bi-Han.

Bi-Han: Let's see if your training has progressed.

Erron Black

(am i the only one devastated he wasn't included in mk1?)

Erron: What's a pretty lookin' thing like you doin' in a place like this?

Reader: Holy shit, you even talk like a cowboy!

Erron: …Nevermind.

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Reader: If I win, I get to wear the hat.

Erron: You'd look mighty fine in it, I'd wager.

Reader: Don't you pull your punches on me now, Black.

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Erron: There's quite the price on your head, sweetheart.

Reader: And you'll do everything to collect it, right?

Erron: I could be persuaded against it, with the right motivation...

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Reader: Do you flirt with all your targets?

Erron: Only pretty little ones, like you, girlie.

Reader: Well then, let's dance, Cowboy.

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Erron: I wouldn't mind giving you a ride around town, little lady.

Reader: I'd rather beat you where you stand.

Erron: Be still, my beating heart.

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Reader: I know who sent you.

Erron: Someone who's eager to get their hands back on you.

Reader: You can both keep them to yourself.

[aeroburning]

Mega Man X is silly (Playful rant)

So I started Mega Man X Command Mission and this opening scene does a good job of setting up the tutorial. Splitting up the party? Makes sense. Keeping it fun and light hearted and some slight foreshadowing that Shadow is bad? I like it.

It doesn't make a lot of sense narratively or in universe though. And that's okay! Mega Man X isn't meant to be super duper serious (even though I try to make it that way :] ) But I just thought this intro sequence was pretty silly. Let's break it down:

You telling me you can't make that jump X? Now gameplay wise, we all KNOW why this is here. It's fine. And to be honest I was in game mode and I didn't care at first too. And you can also argue that they needed to split up to open the gates! They would have had to backtrack anyway. But come on, dude. I could jump that. X could wall jump it, he could do anything, he could slide through the rubble! The gap is right there!

Maybe X didn't want to get his new armor all dirtied up. I get it, you look great man. (Big fan.) But we're past this point. We gotta move on. What else is silly about this scene?

Someone was SHOOTING at them! And NOBODY called attention to this? I know you guys are understaffed these days but isn't that worth investigating?? Ruins don't just have boobytraps that explode! We're not at that part of the timeline yet!!

That door isn't closed yet! Go get them! You don't know what else they're gonna do!

X you're such a nice guy, BUT YOU'RE BEING ATTACKED. Now you could also argue that it's probably NOT a good idea to run out into enemy fire. For all they know there's a sniper out there too. So staying put makes sense. That's not a bad strategy. You should use this time to talk it out with the boys and-

DAMNIT SHADOW THERE'S EVIL AFOOT. Joking aside-- we know Shadow's up to no good after like 15 seconds, and if anything I can kinda give this a little bit of props as an attempt to manipulate X away from the situation. For all we know that was one of Shadow's buds out there and he's trying to keep him alive.

X likes stairs better anyway. Last time he rode an Elevator he almost got stuck on the moon. Hope that doesn't happen to anyone else important in the series. X is a smart guy. Surely he will use his surroundings to properly asses the situation and-

................... Goddamnit X, you doofus.

DONT ENCOURAGE HIM ZERO.

Man I can't wait to have that Shadow guy in my party! That's all for today though. I hope my tone was very clear this was just me teasing and nitpicking a silly tutorial cutscene. I love MMX so much and seeing these guys not knowing how to scale a wall was just really funny. Hope you had a good time reading this as much as I did writing. <3

[a-vibing-potato]

Season 4 of Supernatural is eating me alive. I watched episodes 2 and 3 yesterday, and haven't gotten a chance to watch any yet today but it's killing meeeee.

I didn't realize how different Cas was going to be from the clips and pictures I've seen of him on here and around the Internet, so that's definitely something I'm still adjusting to. I thought he'd be a lot more open I guess for some reason?? Even though that doesn't make sense since he's literally just met Dean. So I had to wrap my head around that change, but then thought, "Oh, he'll probably be like how he is in Lazarus Rising then." and he's not really like that either????

I don't know, in Lazarus Rising I feel like he was so talkative, looked at Dean all the time, etc. and in the last two episodes it's like a 50-50 chance whether he'll even say anything in response to Dean talking to him, and he never looks at Dean. I get that he's like that, but I thought he talked?? And the super vague answers, like I thought he'd be somewhat of an overexplainer, maybe he is later on in the show and I just need to be patient and realize that Season 4 Cas is not like Season 9 Cas lol.

Also very confused about the different "Missions from God" he seems to be sending Dean on and what the goal of them is. In episode 2, Dean and Sam and Bobby had to fight off the witnesses, but they failed and one of the 66 seals was unlocked (that's a whole other problem I'll talk about in a minute lol) and Cas seemed disappointed? At least to me he did, he's not really the most expressive guy lol. But I thought he seemed disappointed like he thought they could defeat the witnesses, and they couldn't and that's literally their first test? Like if they can't pass their first test what are we supposed to do??

But then in the third episode, he sends Dean back in time to "Stop it." AND DOESN'T EVEN SAY WHAT "IT" IS, but Dean assumes it to be the Yellow-Eyed Demon killing his mom (and the whole time I was watching the episode I was like... "Would Cas really want him to do such a history-altering, timeline-changing thing?" and I didn't think so but what else are we to assume when he just tells us to stop "it"?).

But I digress. But then when Dean can't stop the Yellow-Eyed Demon (and the two wolves inside of my were FIGHTING oh my gosh. Half of me was trying to comfort myself and be like "There was actually no way he could have stopped it, there's nothing he could have done. He did everything he possibly could have, there's no way." but the other half of me was like "CRAP... we failed our second test and why can't we pass any of them and are we supposed to be passing them because I don't even know???") But then Cas acts like it's okay that he couldn't stop it. Like. Why did you tell him to go stop it if you KNEW he couldn't and then he couldn't. Which, then he kinda turns it into a lesson about how all roads lead to one and you can't avoid your destiny yada yada yada. And implies that he made him go back in time so that he could "know all that angels know/know as much as they do", so whatever, that's fine.

But I'm just confused on the goal and point and purpose of the missions? Are we supposed to be winning them? Are we winning them? Do we not necessarily need to win them and we're just learning lessons along the way or what is going on? Because I feel like they should be preparing us for the Literal Apocalypse that is coming and we aren't passing them and we aren't ready. But maybe I'm wrong and just feel that way because that's kinda how the last three seasons have been set up and Season 4 is different.

Anyway, the Seals. I'm also scared that we are going to run out of Seals and they're all going to get unlocked (which, I mean Season FIVE spoilers I guess because I've been spoiled, I guess that they do get unlocked because Lucifer gets out at the end of Season 4 or beginning of Season 5, but that doesn't stop me from worrying. I knew that Dean wasn't ACTUALLY going to be stuck in Hell for forever at the end of Season 3 and I still didn't want him to die.) But Cas says that they're fighting all kinds of different wars and tons of angels are dying WEEKLY, so I'm afraid that if we keep failing our tests, more seals are going to get unlocked, and we don't even know what's going on elsewhere. We could already be down to only ten Seals left or something, we aren't in charge of EVERY single Seal. Hence another reason why I'm so worried about us failing our tests from God or Cas or whatever.

I don't know. I have so many questions about Cas and what he knows and what he's doing when he's not with us. Fighting wars and everything, but I want to know the specifics lol. Also.... when Cas isn't with us, is Jimmy Novak, the vessel, just living his normal life? Or is he dead? I'm so curious about the differences between angels with their vessels and demons with theirs, because there seems to be a lot of similarities, but I would guess there are also some differences. Is Jimmy Novak a "prisoner" (as much as he can be a "prisoner" when he prayed for this) in his own body like Meg said she was in hers and having to watch all the Destiel moments with his own eyes? Because I think that'd be really funny (also a little awkward, but hey).

But I'm adoring the "Dean being special to God and the angels and being an important person to them" and the "Sam being special to the Devil and the demons and being an important person to them" parallel, especially since you would think it'd be the other way around with Sam being with God and Dean with Lucifer. I love it :)

Next episode continues from Sam doing whatever probably evil things with Ruby, so I'm excited to see where that goes and what he's up to now. I feel like they laid the groundwork for that way back in the first episode of the season when he telepathically killed that girl in the diner with his eyes closed, so he's definitely up to something not great. Wondering what he could possibly be working towards or why he's letting out his more murderous, Prince of Hell powers now and why he, I assume, worked on them while Dean was dead and why he stopped trying to control them and forget about them. Crazy how in Season 3 he hadn't had any psychic vision stuff happen for ages, and now in Season 4 he's got more powers than he ever has before. He definitely had to have put some work in, but I'm curious as to why he would do that.

Random end thoughts: Where is Lilith? What is she doing? Probably breaking Seals and everything but she's such a huge ginormous root of our problems problem and also such a forgettable one at the same time somehow for me. Also Bela? Are we ever going to see her again? Probably not, I'm afraid she's going to end up like Ellen and Jo did where we didn't really hear about them after their introduction season, but I started to like her :( and I have questions about what happened to her. She probably just died to the Hell Hounds, but did Dean and her ever see each other in Hell? I have a lot of questions about Dean's time in Hell, actually. What demons did he see? Which demons hurt him? Did he see Bela, or John? Or Mary, if she's down there? What did they do to him? We've only had the flashes of the screaming and his eyes frantically looking back and forth, but there's so much room to put more horrible things that he witnessed and have him mention them later on.

Anyway, I can't wait. I saw a post on here once from someone (I don't know who otherwise I'd definitely tag them!) who said they had to continuously convince their friend to watch/keep watching the first three seasons of Supernatural, but when they got to Season 4 it was "all they thought about" and I think about that post about 27 times a day. Roughly. Lol. Because I loved the first three seasons and thought I was obsessed then, but Season 4?! Absolutely not, Cas being introduced has made my obsession so much worse. I'm literally at the stage of looking up what episodes he is and isn't in (so I know that he's not in the next three episodes :( I'm gonna miss him, but I know they'll be good nonetheless, especially because one of them is Yellow Fever :)). None of my other hobbies, hyperfixations, or interests are appealing to me right now, so that's the vibe lol. Loving my time with this show so much, but in classic hyperfixation style, I wish I didn't have any responsibilities and places I needed to be, and could just sit and watch for 16 hours straight without stopping.

But I might try to watch an episode now if I have time before supper, otherwise I'll watch later tonight. There's no way I'll get to Cas tonight, but maybe in the next day or two.

Love you all and hope you're doing great <3

[lurkingshan]

Things That Have My Attention in 4 Minutes Episode 4

Congrats to the Dome is Tonkla's brother truthers!

Let's talk timelines again. I still think we're working with two timelines, but I no longer think they're cleanly separated. Because if they were, you could not have some of these things happening concurrently. If we only had an Original timeline and a Redo timeline, then everything Great changes should be part of the Redo timeline. But in this episode Great saved Nan in the same timeline where Dome was dead, which we know because Great got Nan's location by getting Korn trashed after Korn fought with Tonkla over his abandonment in the aftermath of Dome's death. These things are all connected, so we can't cleanly sort events into one timeline or the other.

Which means it's most likely that the two timelines are bleeding together, making things unstable. This would explain Great's experience of overlapping moments last week, and Tonkla seeing Dome briefly before things went all weird and he disappeared at the end of today's episode.

By the way, it turns out those cold opens are not of the future--Tonkla has already done the murder in the same timeline where he's messing around with the cop. ETA: @my-rose-tinted-glasses pointed out that this is not necessarily true if the scene of Win getting the fingerprints and the phone call is also in the future. So back to square one on that!

Speaking of, what is up with Win? He is fully engaging in an affair with a murder suspect and doesn't seem to be investigating Tonkla at all. And I cannot let this pass without comment: why on earth did Win not put his pants back on during the long scene of him listening to Tonkla and Korn?! Was this really an appropriate situation to Winnie the Pooh it???

The flashback to Tonkla and Korn's beginning gave good context for why Tonkla thought he might be able to have more with Korn. I appreciated the details there: Korn was giving him money before they even had sex the first time and was lying to him about his intentions from the start, while Tonkla had zero experience when they met and didn't know how to recognize the signs of Korn's lies. Korn basically groomed this kid to be his sidepiece and has strung him along for years.

Tonkla definitely feels like a tragic character heading for a bad end, though perhaps he will also be saved eventually by the timeline shifts. In the timeline where Dome is dead and he's fucking Win, Tonkla is being incredibly reckless. I couldn't believe he just moved a new man into the home Korn pays for, he's gonna get caught.

I was grateful the show did not actually go all the way with Korn assaulting Tonkla, but it was clear he would have if Tonkla had not managed to distract him.

I continue to find the emotional tenor of Great and Tyme's scenes kinda weird. I don't understand why Great is so willing to betray Korn to help Tyme after just meeting him, I don't understand why Tyme revealed his face only to run away and then accused Great of being in on the conspiracy after already confirming he's not, and I don't understand why they were acting all blushy and awkward in that sex scene rather than leaning into the adrenaline high for a more sultry tone. They have been on one (1) date so the emotional investment is not really tracking for me for two experienced adults, but I can't tell if I am supposed to find this all weird and confusing or just go with it. It feels like the show just wants me to accept the shortcuts and buy into them as a serious romance, so okay I guess!

Speaking of betraying Korn, Great's plan was abysmal. He steals the information from Korn's phone (so considerate of him to spell out his criminal conspiracy including names and locations in one convenient text chain), tells Tyme everything without any knowledge of what his brother did, then walks right into an active hostage situation in his designer whites and shows his face to all Korn's goons. Korn is gonna know you did this, bro! Do you care?

It seems that Nan has a friend who was killed in a similar fashion to Tyme's parents, though I'm still curious how they connected and came up with this plan.

I still got nothing on this Lukwa connection. Why are she and Great the only two experiencing this phenomenon, and why did they see each other in this liminal space?

Also noting that there were several sex scenes this episode and no condoms or lube anywhere. I guess this show only depicts safe and realistic sex when they have a sponsor paying them.

[melishade]

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Megatron: Stop forgiving my crimes, I worked so hard on those.

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Jean: They won't just give us that information!

Hanji: Well, that's why were going to break in!

Megatron: And kill anyone who gets in our way!

Optimus: Not kill anyone.

Megatron: Kill a few people.

Optimus: Kill no one, Megatron!

Megatron: Kill one person. One stupid person that no one loves.

Hanji: Now you're just making it sad!

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Megatron picking up the comm link: Hello?

Hanji: What did you do?

Megatron: Alright….but you can’t be mad at me.

Hanji: What did you do?

Megatron: Okay, first!…I was minding my own business.

Levi: BULLSHIT!

Megatron: I was!

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Peaceful Timeline

Optimus: Megatron, why are there little handprints all over the wall?

Megatron: *whispers* Firelight, why are there little handprints all over the wall?

Maria: *whispers* Because I have little hands.

Megatron: *turning back to Optimus* Because she has little hands.

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Levi: You're in danger and need help, who do you call?

Eren: Optimus.

Levi: And if he can't help?

Sasha: If Optimus can't help we're all doomed.

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Optimus: I left instructions for everyone while I'm gone.

Eren: Mine just says "EREN, NO"

Optimus: And I want you to apply that to every possible situation.

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Eren: I hate being a child of divorce.

Zeke: Oh, I didn't know your parents were separated.

Eren: What? No, I'm talking about Optimus and Megatron.

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Hanji gawking at Megatron in chapter 12 as he rips Reiner's heart out: YOU! ME! BEAUTIFUL EGG! NOW!

Megatron: You? Me? crushes heart Fat chance.

Hanji: I HAVE A CHANCE! AND IT'S FAT!

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Optimus, High on pain killers: I hate to tell you this, but one of you is adopted

The 104th: …

Jean: .. only one?

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Hanji dead serious: Wanna get married?

Megatron deciding to bite: Okay, become a Cybertronian.

Hanji: Okay, what do I do? Do I have to sign up or make an account or what do I do? Do I call your god cause I might have him on speed dial?

Megatron: Excuse you?!

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Survey Corps Movie night

Hanji: The real reason Howl kept his castle moving was tax evasion.

Rafael: This sounds like a joke but I read the book. This is the literal reason.

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Revenge Timeline

RID2015 Starscream: It’s illegal to look better than me.

Levi: I guess we’re all going to jail then.

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War Timeline

Ratchet: I’m not a doctor I’m a medic.

Hanji: What’s the difference then?

Ratchet: Well doctors actually save lives, medics just make you feel more comfortable as you die.

Connie: Note to self; never get shot.

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Optimus staring at the spot where he killed Eren: We always think we will have more time. And then time runs out.

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Willy: Is Megatron always like this when he loses?

Armin: Oh, yes. You should’ve been there for the Great Jenga Tantrum of 864.

Megatron: You bumped that table and you know it!

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That headcanon about Megatron's death post AOP

Megatron: Would you still love me, even after years have passed?

Optimus: I would love you until my last atom.

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Optimus: Have you eaten today?

Hanji: ...I had a Monster—

Optimus: Have you drank any water?

Hanji: ...I had a Monster—

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Megatron: Here's some advice.

Armin: I didn't ask for any.

Megatron: Too bad. I'm stuck here with my thoughts and you're the only one who talks to me.

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Regarding Bertholdt's death

Gabi: Marley said we're not to cry.

Megatron: That is because Marley is incapable of human emotion. You are 10. Cry if you feel like it.

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Optimus: What have I told you about making bad decisions?

Hanji: Don’t?

Optimus: Okay, and what did you just do?

Hanji: My best!

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Armin: It sounds really, really dangerous.

Arcee: It could be very dangerous.

Wheeljack: Or it could be a lot of fun.

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Levi: I'm bored, any suggestions?

Arcee: Sleeping is nice.

Levi: I acknowledge your suggestion, and I’m deciding to ignore it.

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Willy: You always believe that everything is going to work out. How do you do it?

Optimus: Well, I'll tell you my secret, Willy... I lie to myself. Every day, when I wake up, I say "Everything's gonna be okay," but I'm lying! And I don't know how much longer I can do it…Have a swell night.

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Optimus to the modern day trio about Ymir (Peaceful Timeline)

Optimus: Everything I ever did, I did for her. Now she's gone, but I’m still here. I wonder what would she would think of me?

Eren, Armin, and Mikasa hugging Optimus: Well, we think you’re pretty great.

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If Optimus and Eren ever got a moment to speak to each other once more.

Optimus: Wait!...You are a suicidal bastard.

Eren: What?!

Optimus: And no matter how many lesson I had given you, you always seemed to ignore every single thing I've taught you. You only come to me when you need something! And it's out of desperation! And you cut off your leg and eye and destroyed the world! I don't care if it was for our sake! You know I don't condone the loss of life! Out of all of the places I could be, why would I want to be here with you?! You are right. It doesn't make sense!

Hanji: Optimus, wait-!

Eren: Let him finish.

Optimus: Maybe it's like you said, maybe there is something out there, some new discovery that'll make us feel like even smaller pieces of scrap. Something that explains why even after seeing everything, and giving up, you still went looking for me through all of this noise. And why no matter what, I still want to be here with you. I will always want to be here with you.

Eren: So… what?! You're just going to ignore everything else? You could be anything, anywhere. Why not go somewhere where your son is more than just… this? Here, all we’ll get are a few specks of time where any of this actually makes sense.

Optimus:...Then I will cherish...these few specks of time.

[sweetdispatch]

Thanks for being there for me - N. Hischier

When Two Sports Collide | previous chapter timeline: June 2023 - April 2024 summary: After summer full of love, Lisa and Nico have to face bad moments in their careers warning: swear words note: the fact that we're already in 2024 in this story is insane, i feel like i started this story yesterday haha

Lisa and Nico lived in their bubble. After they became a couple, they started feeling even more comfortable around each other. Lottie was all the time joking that she’s third wheeling them, especially when they were walking around holding hands and sharing little kisses. She also joked that it’s all thanks to her which was true because she was the one to force them to admit feelings to each other. Two weeks after they started dating, Lisa got a phone call from her manager.

“Lisa, you’ve got a team” He said excitedly.

“No way! Where?” 

“Gyor Audi ETO KC. You’re moving to Hungary” Lisa was starstrucked. Gyor was always her dream team to play in and couldn’t believe that she’s got the chance now.

“I- I don’t even know what to say. Thank you for pushing them to sign me” Tears started going down her face.

“That’s my job right?" He joked. "On Friday you have to go and sign the contract to make it official. Everything’s ready, you just need to put the signature” 

“Yeah, of course. Gosh, I can’t believe it… For how long is the contract?” 

“1+3. If they decided to keep you after the season, the clause will be activated and you’ll be there till 2027” 

“Great, thanks!”

Lisa ran and shared the news with Nico. When he heard it, he pulled her into a tight hug. He knew she’s gonna find a team for next season but hearing that it’s her dream team made him feel even more proud of her. Lisa sent a quick message to Lottie, who was currently at work, that they’re celebrating today because she has a new club to compete next season. 

Nico decided to go with Lisa to Hungary and this whole time he acted like a proud parent. His phone gallery was full of her photos while signing the contract and taking a photoshoot to announce her arrival to the team. He couldn’t believe that he could witness this as her boyfriend and not just find out like a friend. He truly loved the change of their dynamic and hoped this will survive their long distance.

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lisa.pedersen Hello Gyor👋🇭🇺 Can't wait to start the season in new colors💚

charlotteolsen So excited for the new chapter!!!!

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1 July 2023

The rest of summer was full of love for both of them. They tried to spend every single moment with each other to have great memories while they’ll be separated due to their work. Nico took Lisa to his home to introduce her to his family and they immediately loved her. 

“You better don’t mess it up. She’s a keeper” Nina - his sister said to Nico.

“And she’s way better than Maya” Luca - his brother added.

“I’ll try my best but I don’t know what we’re gonna do when we leave to play” Nico sighed.

“You two will be fine, just be honest with each other and talk as much as you can. Even when you’ll be in different timezones, text her and don’t wait for a phone call” Nina advised him. 

The day of separation came. Lisa was going to Hungary because the doctor gave her a green light to start trainings with the team and Nico was leaving to start preparations for the new season in New Jersey. He drove her to the airport because she had a flight the day before him.

“Call me when you land okay?” Nico said while hugging Lisa.

“Of course” Lisa kissed his cheek. “You also call me when you land. I know you have a flight tomorrow but I’m telling you this now” Nico laughed.

“Sure thing babe, I’m gonna miss you like crazy” He admitted.

“Yup, me too, but we got this right?”

“We got this” Nico kissed her. “I know it might be too early to say but I want to tell you this face to face. I love you” Lisa smiled at his words.

“I love you too” She pulled him to another kiss.

The next months went quickly for them. Despite the distance, their lives were full of love and happiness like never before. Lisa was telling him about her life in Hungary and how she’s doing, especially that she finally returned to playing. Nico was keeping her updated with his life and constant trips around the United States and Canada. They have never been better than in these months. 

Their happy life was interrupted in December. Lisa went on to the World Championship to defend the title from 2021. It was a special tournament because Norway was one of the host countries. Her team barely won in the semifinal. Extra time was needed to set the winner. When they reached the final, Norway lost against France. Silver was all they could get and she felt disappointment. Even the MVP didn’t make her happy. 

“Don’t cry, I hate hearing you crying” Nico pleaded. 

“But I fucking lost. We should win this. We should make Norway proud of us” Lisa sobbed.

“You made Norway proud. You and your whole team. You're the vice champion and that’s huge” Nico tried to cheer her up.

“We were defending the title and we lost. There’s nothing to be proud of. I can’t even look at the MVP award. I would exchange it for gold” 

“Lisa, stop. Don’t let this hang around your head. You might lose now but every loss will teach you something. In two years, you’ll get the gold” 

“You think?” 

“I’m sure of it. You're a great player and you have a great team. Plus, I just want to remind you that you got back to playing two months ago and you’ve been named an MVP. This is a huge achievement after serious injury. You missed 8 months and still managed to be the best” 

“You know what? You’re right. I’m a great player. I got the award thanks to my determination. I’ll come back stronger in 2025 to get the gold again” Lisa said proudly. “I love you Nico”

“I love you too, now go to sleep, you need a rest” Nico said and hung up. 

During Christmas time, Lisa still tried to move on from the loss. It was a tough pill to swallow for her. She got so used to winning everything that silver medal felt odd. Thankfully for her, Nico was always there to give her pep talk and remind her worth. Right after New Year's Eve, Nico had birthday. She decided to soft launch their relationship after her first game in 2024.

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lisa.pedersen I want to dedicate this win to the special boy who has birthday today💚

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4 January 2024

Months went by and they started feeling homesick. Lisa missed having him by her side and Nico missed her by his side. She started questioning their relationship. She loved him deeply but the long distance was killing her. With Sander, she was in the same position but only one hour flight was keeping them apart. Now, it was couple hours. For Nico it was easier. With Maya, he learned how to deal with the timezone but he felt that Lisa is his true love and wanted to have her here. 

In April, they reunited but it wasn’t a pleasant meeting. New Jersey Devils didn’t make the playoffs and now, he was back in Europe. It wasn’t the ideal scenario for him and Lisa knew it. He decided to fly to her place since she still had two months of playing. She picked him up from the airport but Nico hadn’t said a word until they arrived in her apartment. 

“I feel like I failed the whole club” He sighed laying on the couch.

“Don’t say it. You didn’t fail anyone” She sat next to him and ran her hand through his hair.

“Yet I’m here instead of fighting for the Stanley Cup. They shouldn’t pick me the captain” 

“Nico, I love you but shut up. You’re talking nonsense. You deserve to be a captain and you proved this plenty of times on the ice carrying the team. Hockey is a team sport, not a one person sport” Lisa said.

“But I’m a captain. I should do more” He fought back.

“You did as much as you could. You’re not the one to blame. You know, I remember one person told me very smart words: You might lose now but every loss will teach you something” Nico chuckled. “Next season is yours. I’m telling you” 

“Thanks Lisa. I guess I need to stop analysing what I should have done more”

“You should. Start focusing on the World Championship that is coming. At least try to bring the gold home” Lisa joked. 

“You’re unbelievable” Nico sat up and pecked her lips.  

Despite their tough season and long distance, Lisa and Nico could rely on each other.

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[neverchecking]

I have a brain rot for sage, hes challenging the chain for their time with player/reader, he basically wants all His/Her/Them's attention, of course none of the chain and sage are going to "play" fair their going to cheat no matter what. the only ones he might not win against is time, FD and maybe twilight. wind, four, Hyrule, and sky would do sad puppy eyes to get cuddle time, twilight and legend turn into their animal form to get pettings, sage and wild would cook food to get points for being delicious. (etc.etc.) just some yandere shenanigans for attention. the challenges he did were sword fighting, bow and arrow targeting, sparing, arm wrestling, and so forth.

-Eevee

Okay, last one for the night! I figured since this isn't really a request, I could spitball some more of my headcanons for our beloved Sage.

Jk it delted itself so I gave up and went to bed bc last time I tried to push through I wasn't happy with the end product, so sorry for the delay!

For those of you who don't know, Sage is another name for the Tears of the Kingdom Link--dubbed Hero of the Zonai-- should we decide he is not in fact Wild.

For the Wild and Facesitting request, it's in progress I promise! I try to go in order with my requests, but like I said, this is more headcanons versus a scenario. It should be out tomorrow later today so look out for that ;)

ANYWAY-

Y'all. The amount of Sage requests in my inbox right now? You guys are feral for this man and I love it. So I'm here to feed you guys.

TotK spoilers below!

・❥・Okay, so lemme start this off by saying. I have done you all wrong. And for that I apologize.

・❥・Because our wonderful @wayfayrr has opened my eyes to new possibilities that I would've never even thought of. So everyone say thank you rn >:(

・❥・So let's make some amendments!

・❥・First off, let's talk about nicknames. I love the idea that Reader, and only Reader, can call him anything other than Sage. And calling him other herb-related nicknames? Kills me. He is a flushing red mess the first time it happens. You had deemed him worthy of a nickname? You considered him person enough to have a moniker that wasn't also a title? If he was down bad before, it's so much worse now. Because you see him as a person. He's sure the others just see him as a means to the end. The second one of them, maybe save Wind, try it, he's shooting them daggers and snarling at them for even daring to try and impeach your privilege. (I also love the Calm, Wild and Feral thing, I thought that was so freaking clever.)

・❥・And you know how each of the hero's have their own 'sword' right? Well, what if Sage's was the Master Sword Remastered? Like Sky's (Like most of their Master Swords actually) but now it's been boosted by ten thousand years worth of direct light magic. (Does the Zonai time fall before Skyward Sword or after? I have no idea where they fall on the timeline tbh.). Just a thought. It could also be a gloom sword which probably wouldn't effect him as hard in other timelines because there's no demon king to power it, but it probably does hurt the others if they try to touch it.

・❥・Now, the juicy part. Let's retouch on Wild's and Sage's relationship. I originally said that Sage was okay with him? I lied. Wayfayrr has opened my eyes.

・❥・Sage probably can't fucking stand Wild. As they said, this is a version of him that didn't have this second adventure. Got to rest and distant himself from the Hero Title. And that just pisses him off. Why did he get the shittier hand? Why did he have to do it all over again? Why when this failure got to get off easy? Why couldn't he have the same grace, huh? What made them so different?

・❥・And if we're using the past oneshot (Here!) as they're 'canon' meeting, this filth let you get hurt. You were hurt before meeting him, which means that they can't be trusted with you. Especially Wild. So Sage cannot stand you being near Wild. At all. It eats at him and he doesn't last long before splitting the two of you up.

・❥・Calamity is even worse. There is probably an active hate towards Calamity (In this Yandere world, in a normal, not toxic world? They probably work out their differences a little better). This was a version of him who didn't even have to die to complete his quest. And this just shows that Fraud has favorites and it's not him.

・❥・You know who else he probably doesn't like? Twilight. Now, hear me out. This is purely me just spitting this out, but Sage has to be aware. He listens when they don't think he does, he's awake when they think he's not, he's watching when they don't even know he's there.

・❥・So he probably picks up on all of their little secrets. Meaning he knows Twilight is Wolfie. And (I think this is Canon is LU but I'm not sure) Wild had Wolfie as a guide. Which means Sage had Wolfie as a guide. The difference? When he needed him the second time, left stumbling around like a newborn fawn crawling out of the shrine all over again, he was left alone. He was fighting robots with a fucking Stick. He fused a mushroom to a shield just to buy himself more time. At one point, he was fusing a long stick to another long stick just to fight from a distance to save his battered body. Rauru did as much as he could, but there were some times he wished he was left for dead.

・❥・Not anymore as that means he would've never met you, but then? different story.

・❥・They also brought up that Sage probably doesn't stop at just cooking your food and I agree. When on the road, he for sure goes straight to the source. If he doesn't know exactly where it came from, it's not going anywhere near his Goddess. Nope. Not a chance in the gloomy depths from hell.

・❥・He's going to farmers themselves rather than merchants for produce, hunting any protein himself, climbing trees for eggs, he probably even makes his own butter. Now, because he's also cooking savy this for sure makes the rivalry between him and Wild widen. Wild is set in his cook for the chain, not you. Sage can't trust them to not hurt you again. Whose to say they don't over spice the food? Or undercook the fish? Or drop shells into the egg?

・❥・He can't trust them and may force you to pick one of the other. Depending on who you chose, he'll either hold his victory up high or work even harder to separate you from the chain. Can't you see, Reader? They aren't good for you.

・❥・When it comes to the Gloom, he for sure uses to his advantage. You know he's been infected, but you don't know how much light he's gathered to dispel it. At this point, he's probably gotten most, if not all of it, out, but you don't know that. And he preys on that fact.

・❥・Oh, the Traveler wants to down to the river with you? But, Reader, there's something rotten in his chest and he's stumbling against trees, exaggerating his steady steps just in case to really sell it. He needs you by his side, can't you see?

・❥・Oh, the captain is trying to get you to settle with him for the night? But, Reader, he's tossing and turning, feigning sleep and acting just enough to catch your attention. He's listening, ears pricked, just to hear you swiftly apologize before your gently hands are laying on his shoulders and he's won again.

・❥・And because his Hyrule is one of, if not the most dangerous Hyrules, he's given so much ammo to keep you tethered to him. You can't trust anyone, don't you know? The Yiga uptake has skyrocketed and they are everywhere, along with Ganon's new ability to make puppets? Can't you see how you can't trust any of them?

・❥・He even entertains you when you come up with the idea to have a secret saying between just the two of you as a fail safe. (It's probably something like 'Deforestation Enthusiast' because of how the two of you met.) Anything to have you pulling further away from the Chain and into his arms.

・❥・If it begins to take longer than expected, Sage is not above letting you wander just enough in his Hyrule. Maybe you set off a bit of Gloom hands (Or maybe he nudges them in your direction, hard to tell, really) and they go charging at you. The others don't know how to deal with them, but he does. He saves your life before the others even know what hit them. He's cooing into your ear, reassuring that where the others fail, he would never dream of it. He's whispering that he knows how scary the feeling of those hands are. He knows how freezing the feeling of sudden restriction, only accompanied by the burning sizzle of malice, is. He knows and he understands, but he's right here. He'd never let anything happen to you. Not like the other frauds.

・❥・Now, all that being said, Sage for sure does not play fair. Oh no. He does challenge them in his own ways, but does it in a way that can only reflect badly on them should they call him out on it.

・❥・He's fighting (Picking apart) with Wars and Calamity on their sparring routines, angling it in just a way that should they snap back he can turn on the innocent little look with a 'But I'm just trying to protect you. I don't know how any of you fight, I'm still learning.' Just in time for you to catch them barking at him to 'Learn faster' and it just falls perfectly into place.

・❥・He's calling out Twi and Four every time they try to wander off (Probably to bring out Wolfie or split to relieve a headache of sorts) because 'The woods are dangerous, what are they doing going off alone?' and now they can't leave because all eyes are on them and he's restricting their movement without even really trying. They wanna go foraging? But he and ...Wild were their best foragers and they were busy with dinner (That was something bitter to get out).

・❥・And wow, Time, Legend and Fierce have so many secrets, can you really trust them? Sage has laid down his entire adventure to you, and regardless if Reader is a LoZ player and knows of them regardless, Sage told you. Those two are trying to hide from you. He would never.

・❥・Wind, Hyrule and that filthy disgrace want to drag you along to go Shield surfing? Reader, do you know how dangerous that is? Especially with someone's track record. Here, you wanna go riding on this motorized wagon he just happens to have on hand? (Between the Zonite in his Purah pad, he can build any component necessary.)

・❥・Not even Sky and First are safe as he uses carefully laid words to sully their once golden image towards you. Afterall, they're so close to Hylia, whose to say they aren't behind all of this?

・❥・Now, you said that the only ones he may not win against are Time, Fierce and Twilight, but like I said, I can imagine him loathing Twilight, so instead, may I suggest First.

・❥・Time and Fierce are both pretty burly dudes that demand some semblance of respect and while Sage has muscles, he's not overly tall. So while he doesn't bow, he may just back off from their forefront for a while.

・❥・Now, First. He's probably the only one who can put Sage back in his place of the hierarchy. It's the first in the timeline, versus the last (As of right now). And it's not pretty. They probably go to blows a few times when you're out of ear shot.

・❥・The problem is that First can only push him back when you're out of ear shot and Sage makes it a point to keep you as close as humanly possible.

・❥・And while yes, some of them may use puppy eyes, Sage is not above using pity to get what he wants because he just hurts so badly don't you know?

・❥・He unfortunately can't do anything about wolves or rabbits. If they manage to disappear before he can call them out on it, he's left bitterly sulking as Wolfie laps at your cheeks or dumb rabbits nose at your hand. He may know who they are, but not even he's cruel enough to call them out (Yet) because that would just pit you against him. They weren't his secrets to tell, you would scold, and he just couldn't handle that possibility.

・❥・The biggest difference between Sage and Wild, one that the chain will fail to realize right away, is that Sage is much more experienced. He is on his second, THIRD if you count the pre-calamity, adventure. He knows everything Wild does, and more. Wild knows how to improvise and adapt, Sage can do it faster. Wild knows how to forage and concoct incredibly potent elixirs? Sage can do it tenfold with half the ingredients. He knows all the little tips and tricks and is not only backed up by the champion's gifts-- should they have remained-- but now he has the sages with him.

・❥・Like imagine their mid-battle, they had forced you away from Sage just to create some distance (At long last) and mans comes rolling in a giant fucking robot. He's using Sidon's sage to shield you over and over again and decimating a battle field using nothing but Riju and an arrow. Hell, the bigger enemies are struck down by Yunobo crashing into them. Sage alone is enough to cut the enemy hordes in half through recall and sending their own attacks back at them or fusing together weapons they wouldn't have ever dreamed of with new abilities. Even his outfits give him benefits far beyond anything they could think.

・❥・You saw him as someone more than just Link. He wasn't just the Swordsman to you when that was who he was to everyone else. You dubbed him something far beyond what a damned sword made him.

・❥・And he would have to be four days dead before letting you go.

・❥・And as he's proven before, Not even death could truly kill him.

I am so glad I waited bc I like this one so much more than the one that was deleted.

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Just wanna bewitch you in the moonlight. Pt 10.

[Fred Weasley x Reader x George Weasley]

Part 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Title: Just wanna bewitch you in the moonlight.

Pairing: Fred Weasley x Reader x George Weasley

Timeline: Predominately set between GOF and OOTP (some canon has been altered to fit the story)

Summary: Both twins like Gryffindor!reader. Reader likes both twins. How will she decide who to chose in the end? Amortentia might be able to help, or not.

Warnings: Smut, oral sex, p in v sex, established relationships, threesomes, friends to lovers, all the good stuff. NO Twincest. Mentions of illness, Brief mentions of vomiting. Tiny bit of angst, possessiveness, talk of kids. Mentions of dominant behaviour. Snape has a soft spot for reader. Love potions? But none are actually used. Not beta-read nor spell checked, we die like Sirius ❤️

Okay this one is admittedly a necessary filler so the reader can work out her feelings, but I promise we’re moving into the good stuff next chapter 🤍

You tuck your letter away under your placemat as you eat, not wanting to open it up in the middle of lunch, even though the others had done so.

Truthfully, you were dreading whatever news your dad had for you and you would rather read it in private, knowing he rarely wrote to you so it must be some form of news, most likely bad.

George kept flicking his gaze to you at he ate, clearly checking on your well-being but you simply pretended that you were fine even though you could feel the pit on anxiety building up inside.

After lunch, you'd all decided not to go back to the lake but to shower and chill in the house as the sun was at its peak and quite frankly, you couldn't sit in it much longer. Hermione had packed already and had everything ready for her leaving later that afternoon, so you took some time to just spend her last few hours all together.

You were all sat around in the lounge, the coolest room in the house, some of you reading, some playing exploding snap and others just chatting. It was nice just to all spend time together even if you weren't all interacting as you escaped the heat in the coolest room.

"Wanna play a game? Like truth or would you rather or something?" Ginny asks after winning another round of exploding snap. "I'm not doing dares with these two here," she says, nodding towards the twins.

"What's that?" Ron says, confused.

"It was on a muggle movie we watched, they take turns and ask each other questions," she shrugs, not really able to elaborate further. "Sometimes it's like would you rather chose A or B."

"We're in," the twins say in unison, moving to sit closer around the coffee table.

You, Hermione and Harry were sat on the sofa, Ron in the armchair and Ginny and the twins were sat around the table on the floor, padded out with cushions.

"Yeah sounds good to me," you say, placing your bookmark into your book and placing it down next to you on the floor.

Everyone mutually agreed and you all began huddling round, deciding on the rules.

"Okay youngest to oldest," Ginny says, hearing immediate protest from the twins. "You chose first yesterday and today, time for a switch up." You laugh at her bossiness, having to sometimes remind yourself that she was the youngest but the twins, Fred especially, had a soft spot for her and actually didn't protest further.

"Right, Harry, truth or would you rather?"

"Umm, would you rather," he says, touching his glasses nervously.

"Would you rather spend the entire day with Draco or Dudley?" She asks, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. He huffs out a little nervous laugh as he thinks before answering Dudley.

"Ron, truth or would you rather?"

"Would you rather," he says confidently.

"Would you rather, er, throw up slugs again or dance with Snape at the yule ball," Harry says with a devious grin. You had to admit the last one was good but it was much tamer than you originally had thought it would be.

"Vomit slugs, easy," Ron says, brushing his hair out of his face. "Hermione?"

"Um, truth?" She says, unsure of herself.

"Oh erm, ughr," Ron mumbles, not knowing what to ask. Immediately the twins begin to mock him and you even inwardly groan, finding the game boring already. "How many books have you read this summer?"

You roll your eyes and openly groan along with the twins, all three of you finding the questions too boring.

"I'll answer that for her, too many," Fred says, jumping in. "Right I'm switching things up." He immediately stands and walks off, coming back a few minutes later bringing an empty bottle with him, necking the last of the drink before he puts it on the coffee table.

"Whoever it lands on has to answer the question, then they get to ask the next question," He says, spinning the bottle until it lands on Ron.

"Ronald, still a virgin?"

You have to hold back a little chuckle at the sudden shift in tone at Fred's brash words and even without looking you know that Ron is beet red.

Ron manages to huff and puff, squirming in his seat as he does indeed turn bright red.

You found yourself dissociating away from the game as others answered, trying to squirm away from the harsher questions the twins were coming out with. You excused yourself and walked to the kitchen, feigning getting a drink as you sat at the table, pulling out your letter, unable to wait any longer.

"Dear y/n,

Your friend has written you a letter but did not know the address of the friend you were staying with; so please find their letter inside. Hope school is going well and you are staying out of trouble. Best wishes, dad.

You almost rolled your eyes at the bluntness of the note, feeling overwhelmingly relieved that it wasn't a true letter from your father. Casting the note to the side, you pulled out the second letter, written on both sides of regular notebook paper that had been folded somewhat neatly, the girly but messy writing already making you smile.

"My dear y/n,

We miss you so much, when are you coming back to see us? You've not really missed much, apart from Johnny has a girlfriend now! Weird right? It's actually kind of disgustingly cute. School is shit, just like normal but only one term left before college. Everyone misses you, the band just isn't the same without our rock chick.Dad's taking me to London after work on Friday, remember that coffee shop we found last time? I've made him promise to take me and he said that he'd eat the banana bread that you loved so it would feel like you were there with me! Hope to hear from you again soon. Love you! Val, Still your best friend x

You reread the letter multiple times, perfectly envisioning her voice as you read it. You missed her terribly, along with all of your friends, but Val had always been you're closest friend back home.

You sensed a presence behind you and turned to see George watching you with concern. You smiled at him and he looked instantly a little relieved, moving forward to stand behind you, placing his hand on your shoulder.

"Is everything okay with your dad?" He asks cautiously, knowing that the relationship was rocky and sometimes a sore spot for you. You snorted a laugh and nodded in reply.

"He was just forwarding a letter from my friend," you explained.

The beginnings of an idea were forming in your head as you looked at George, a rising hopefulness gathering in your belly.

"What time are your parents taking Hermione to the train station?" You asked, looking up at him questioningly, before craning your neck to look at the clock near the staircase.

"Um about two I reckon, why?" George asks, moving to sit beside you at the table in Arthur's usual spot.

"Do you think they'd let me go with them?" You asked and George immediately looked bewildered, "not to catch a train, I wanted to nip into London."

"I don't see why not, why do you want to go to London though?" He asked, thoroughly confused.

"My friends going to be there, I was hoping to surprise her and to be honest I could do with some new stationary before we get back to school," you explained, "maybe a new textbook or two."

"I don't like the idea of you going alone angel, can Fred and I join you?" He asks, warming your heart a little more at his concern. You burst into a smile and nod enthusiastically, it would be nice for you to go with the twins.

"I'd like to meet my friend alone though, no offence," you said, treading carefully. He smiled in understanding.

"Of course angel, you can meet me and Fred after, it would make me feel a lot more comfortable that way," he says nervously and you immediately reach over to kiss his cheek at his sweetness.

"Oi! Fred!" George bellows suddenly as you pull away. Fred walks out not a minute later after hearing his twin calling for him.

"Wanna go to London this afternoon? Y/n wants to go," George says, nodding towards you.

"I'm in," he shrugs, sitting down next to you at the table.

And that is exactly how you found yourself in the centre of a bustling and muggy Diagon Alley on a Friday afternoon with most of the Weasleys. Molly had jumped at the chance to go shopping and Arthur had gone along with it for the sake of his family. You knew where Val would be later that afternoon and hoped to be able to catch her but until then you strolled around Diagon Alley with the twins, having dropped Hermione off at the station and then broken away from the others as you weaved in and out of the stores.

Your first stop was Gringotts to exchange a muggle cheque your father had sent at the start of term for your school supplies before heading to Flourish and Botts for some new supplies.

"Wonder if they still sell Lockhart's shit?" You laugh as George opens the door for you.

"Doubt it, though fiction books always sell better," he laughs, following you towards the textbook area with Fred lingering behind.

Seeing a potion book you didn't own, you briefly flicked through it before putting it back on the shelf, realising it was utter trash. You briefly wondered if Professor Snape would let you borrow any of his own books this year, knowing that though they were much more advanced, they were immeasurably more informative.

You picked up a new textbook that you needed for your defence against the dark arts class and began wandering towards the back section when an overly excited Fred ran up to you and George, wielding a book.

"Twelve fail-safe ways to charm witches!" He says excitedly, laughing whilst flicking through the pages to show you a few diagrams and read out a couple of passages.

"And you need that why?" You asked defensively with a frown, not finding the underlying meaning very funny. He immediately senses your displeasure and his eyes bug out as he stumbles over his words as he tries to explain.

"Not for me princess, obviously, merlin, I meant for us to give it to Ron!" George immediately laughs at the plan and you absently nod, feeling a little off from the whole thing. You begin wandering away from them, making your way back to the potions area as they excitedly flick through the book.

"Professor?" You say smiling, spotting a familiar face within the potions section, his characteristic black hair and flowing capes always recognisable.

"Miss y/l/n," he says, turning in surprise at your voice, an almost smile tugging at his lips in recognition as he looks down into your basket. "I would have thought you already owned a copy of the necessary textbook for my class," he says with a hard but familiar tone, as if there's humour buried deep within it.

"I do sir, I was hoping to find something more advanced but they're all utter drivel," you said honestly, gesturing to the green book you'd looked at earlier. He huffs out a little puff of laughter though he tries to hide it before turning away to look up at the shelf. "Yes," he says, drawing out the syllable of the word before reaching up to the top shelf and pulling down a small, leather bound book that was hidden between two much larger books. He checks the spine and briefly flips it over before handing it to you with an almost smile, "this should be of use to you, it is well beyond the ability of a typical sixth or seventh year but you've exceeded all of my previous expectations, what's one more."

"Thank you Professor," you say as you reach for the book, trying desperately not to blush at his praise.

"Angel- oh, Um, Professor Snape," George says as he bounds around the corner, coming to an immediate holt as he spots the Potion master. Fred, clearly not anticipating his brother's sudden stop, barrels into George from behind as they both look up to see you and Snape conversing.

"Anyway," Snape says, his tone and features immediately hardening as he looks at the troublesome twins before looking back at you, "good day."

You follow him with your eyes, looking down at the book he'd given you before looking up again, just in time to see him cast one last glance at you before exiting the store.

"What did old Snapey want?" Fred said, throwing his arm around your shoulders.

"He recommended a book for me, said it would help me with my NEWTS," you shrugged, not directly trying to knock Fred's arm off of you but also not actively trying to keep it around you, still feeling a little uneasy about the misunderstanding with the book from earlier.

You walked and paid for the two books before shoving them into your little crochet shopping bag and walked over to Quality Quidditch supplies with the twins so that they could fawn over the new brooms and array of merchandise.

Checking the time, you briefly wondered when you should set off for the little muggle coffee shop just outside of Diagon alley that you knew Val would be visiting and decided to have another thirty minutes with the twins before going.

You ran into Molly and Arthur who were sat outside one of the tea shops sharing a pot of tea. They waved excitedly at you all and carried on with their little date that mainly consisted of people-watching and laughing.

You nipped to fetch a new quill and some parchment before eyeing up a new school skirt in Madam Malkin's but couldn't justify spending the money when you're old one would do, at least for the rest of this year. Fred, true to form, had quietly muttered some sexual innuendos about never having enough skirts and how much he liked you in them but you ignored him and instead left without the skirt.

"Okay, I'm going to meet my friend, not sure how long I'll be, where will I find you?" You turned, addressing the twins.

"Take all the time you want. We'll probably be in Gambol and Japes, if not we'll meet outside Ollivanders or come to you?" George said, pointing towards the joke shop on the corner. You nodded and reached out to subtly grab his other hand as you said goodbye. You turned to Fred and he subtly leaned in, looking like he was whispering in your ear and kissed the side of your head gently.

George then reached up and grabbed your shopping bag off your shoulder with a smile, "don't want her seeing any of this do you?" He slung it over his own shoulder and you had to bite your lip at seeing the 6 foot 3 Weasley boy lugging around a rose patterned crochet bag, but it didn't even faze him after wearing a lifetime of Molly's knitted creations.

Walking towards the coffee shop, your nerves were all over the place, firstly hoping that you could catch her and secondly that she would respond well to the surprise if you had your timings right.

Walking in, the little bell above the door chimed and you took a moment to look around at the customers, not seeing her signature blond hair anywhere.

"What can I get you love?" The barista asks and you ordered a caramel macchiato, something that you would never be able to find in the wizarding world. You reached for your little coin purse of muggle money and paid with the change, waiting to collect your drink at the end of the bar. When your drink was ready, you walked over to a table near the window and were immediately thankful that you'd bought along your book so that you'd have something to distract you and that the coffee shop had working air conditioning. Each time the bell chimed, you looked up in hope but then went straight back to reading your book, waiting for the next time.

"You have to get the banana bread!" You heard as the bell chimed and it immediately alerted you to the voice. You grinned as you spotted a shirt female with familiar blonde hair stood beside her absurdly tall dad who had dark brown nearly jet black hair.

They ordered their drinks and cakes, paid and then moved to wait by the end of the bar just as you had. Seeking an opportunity, you stood and walked over to them discreetly before putting on a voice, "excuse me?"

They both turned around with polite but confused smiles on their faces and you couldn't help but laugh at the reaction as waves of recognition passed over them.

"Oh my god!" Val squealed as she threw her arms around you, not a single care in the world about her absurd volume. You beamed and laughed as she rocked you in her arms, thankful you were able to see her again. "What are you doing here?! I thought you were in school? Did you get my letter?" She began to say frantically as she pulled away to look at you. You simply laughed and nodded, not even knowing where to start. She pulled you in for another hug and you held her just as tightly; only realising now how much you'd missed her.

You looked over her shoulder to Adam, her dad, seeing him smile widely at you both. When you pulled apart, he held out the plate of banana bread towards you, gesturing for you to take it as he pulled you into a side hug, having been close since you were five years old.

"No I can't, you have it," you said, trying to protest. He chuckled and ran his hand through his hair, "I don't even like it, I was just doing it to shut her up. It's really good to see you, kid."

He walked off with his drink to sit down near the table where your stuff was, happy to give you both space and to flick through his mobile phone for a while, something you hadn't seen in a long time.

You were desperate for a catch-up with your best girl friend and truthfully, you needed some one to talk through your problems with, someone with an unbiased, outsiders perspective; someone who didn't know the twins at all. The whole Amortentia incident was still fresh in your mind, only worsened by smelling the whizzbang smoke the other night and you were more conflicted than ever about your feelings for both of them. Val was the only one who wouldn't judge you for what you were doing, who you knew you could trust to talk openly to, at least without mentioning the magic.

Val grabbed her drink from the counter and moved over to your original table so that you could chat. She went first, immediately telling you about how she was seeing a guy at school and that her dad didn't know so you had to be cool about it. She told you more about what college she had picked and how the rest of your friends were doing and some chatter about new muggle movies and music you needed to experience

"So, what about you?" She asks, picking the last little bits of her cake off the plate. You huffed out a sigh and placed your drink back down on the table. "Oh no, what happened with Fred?"

You'd told her all about your crush on Fred a few years ago but had never mentioned much about his twin, though you'd spoken about him in a friend way. You figured there was no time like the present to offload all of your complicated feelings.

"It's, complicated," you say, picking at the lid of your coffee, "did I tell you that Fred told me he had feelings for me?"

Judging by her almighty gasp, you assumed not. "Problem is, so did his twin brother." Another almost comical gasp.

"Then I realised that I might also have feelings for you George and things are now a little complicated, to say the least." You were quiet now, just a little above a whisper to avoid someone overbearing.

"So what did you do?" She asks attentively, giving you her full attention. You sighed and looked up at her as you replied.

"I'm kind of dating both? For now, please don't judge me."

"I would never!" She says reaching her hand towards yours, "so you have to decide eventually?"

You nod. "That's the problem. Every time I feel like I'm starting to decide, something tips the scale and I'm right back to the beginning."

You rub your hands over your face trying to relieve some of the tension but of course it doesn't work.

"Who do you see a future with?" She asks, keeping her tone even as she takes a sip of her coffee.

"Well that's the thing, I've been staying with them this week and both of them have said the cutest things about the future and it's got me even more confused. We had separate dates earlier this week and I had a night with George first, well kind of the day and night because Fred was sick and we talked about what we were doing after school and how we both wanted one or two kids etc, and it was such a nice thought. Then the other morning I came downstairs and he was in the kitchen reading the newspaper, shirtless and looking hot as fuck and it made me think that it could be my future you know, husband in the kitchen making breakfast blah blah blah." You took a breath and carried on explaining as she listened to you, "but then with Fred, the other night, he was saying about how we'd live together and he's hold me every night and bring me cups of tea in a morning and god the constant marriage references," you took another breath, trying to remember not to overload her and forcing yourself not to mention the Amortentia outright.

"The thing is, I love them both but in different ways. George brings me comfort, he's gentler and more sensitive, real proper husband material. I can see our future completely and I'd be happy but then there's Fred. We'd have a happy, fun filled life, it would never be boring and I'd be happy with him. But now I know what it's like to be loved by both of them and I can't even bare to think of choosing one and losing the other."

Silence lingers around you both as you finish offloading your thoughts. The weight of your words hangs in the air and you have to shoot a look at Val to check that she's still with you, and then around to check no one was listening.

"What about quick fire questions? We write out the answers or tally them and you can see who you favour?" She asks and to be honest, it sounds like a good plan.

"At this point I'd do anything."

She immediately scoots over to sit beside you rather than across from you and leans down to pull a notebook and pen from her bag. She flicks it open to a blank page and draws a little tally chart with their names at the top.

"So I'll ask you a bunch of different questions and scenarios and you have to say the first one that comes to your mind," she explains as you enthusiastically nod along with her. She suddenly leans in to whisper in your ear. "Quick one, have you slept with them both?"

You nod slowly, feeling as if she would judge you but she simply nods with a neutral expression, as if it was just a regular thing to ask someone.

"Okay, who's messier?"

"Fred."

"Who's grumpier?"

"Fred."

"Who's the most romantic?"

"George."

"Who's funnier?"

"Fred."

"Who's more sensitive?"

"George."

"Who hugs you more?"

"George."

"Who kisses you more?

"Fred."

"Who's hornier?"

"Fred."

"Who gives better head?"

"George."

"Who has a bigger dick?"

"Fred," you say, quickly adding, "only by a fraction though." She nods, then begins changing tactics.

"Does Fred want kids?"

"Yeah, but he wants more than George."

"Who's more attractive?"

"They're identical twins," you say blankly but she reaches out and flicks you on the arm.

"And you can tell them apart so there must be differences," she reasons and you can't fault her logic.

"Um Fred? George's nose is a little bigger and his features are a little sharper I guess."

"Okay next set of questions," she says, looking up from her notes, "If you did chose one, who would take the rejection worse?"

"George," you reply, your heart doing a little twang of sadness at the very thought.

"Okay, fast forward five years, it's a Saturday morning, no work, no plans, explain what it would look like with George," she says, preparing to make notes again.

The memory of him in the kitchen the other morning, shirtless and reading the newspaper flashes into your mind.

"I wake up and he's not in bed but there's a hot cup of tea on the bedside table. He's in the kitchen, sat shirtless at the little table, reading the newspaper and sipping his tea. He pulls me into his lap, rests his head on my shoulder and reads the sport scores out to me and any news bits he knows I'd like. I make breakfast for us and we sit and eat at the little table laughing and chatting until we inevitably end up back in bed," you say, listing out each part of your little dream.

Val let's out a little 'aww' as she makes her notes before looking back up to you with a smile, "same scenario but with Fred."

"I wake up and he's sleeping next to me, still holding me from the night before. He wakes up and we don't leave the bed for another hour at least. He makes me tea and we make breakfast together and then we sit watching terrible tv, mocking the actors and awful storylines. He pulls me closer to him to cuddle on the couch and we spend the day just like that."

"Okay different tactic again, I want you to give me the pros for dating Fred or listing his best qualities," she says, flipping over the page and starting a new one entirely.

"He's funny and mischievous, kind to me, very protective. Hot obviously, like little stupid things like running his fingers through his hair or rolling up his sleeves. We're best friends so there's no weirdness and most people think we're dating anyway."

"Okay now George."

"Funny, sensitive and sweet, more considerate than Fred and more likely to notice somethings wrong. More likely to think ahead, and to apologise. He's comfort for me."

"And now worst qualities of Fred."

"Doesn't always think things through, can be impulsive and not think of the consequences. He can be a little mean, to his brothers and stuff, just a little more brutal than George is. He can be a little grumpy sometimes, usually about other guys or whatever like he's a little possessive. Not always the most responsible and can be a little unreliable."

"And George?"

"Follows Fred diligently, a little insecure, not as confident in himself, same as Fred that he doesn't always think of consequences."

"Okay last one, what are the pros and cons of being in a relationship with them in general?"

"Pros; wonderful family, great parents in law, I get along really well with their other siblings, share the same friends. I'd be happy."

"Cons?"

"Um well I guess there family isn't rich or anything, not that it bothers me, but for some maybe that's a thing? The only con is hurting the other brother."

"Right, your conclusion," she says, adding up the tally before looking back at you.

“You’re screwed.”

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Puppies

My first Kung Fu Panda ONE-SHOT!! So yeah this was my first time writing Kung Fu Panda fanfic, so please do correct me if I mistaken a character or timeline, and others. For PBWC fan, don't worry, I'll be back in the game soon, I already have a prompt given by my friend ;)

Summary :

On the cold, winter mountain, where his Lord's factory now resided, Boss Wolf found a heartwarming time with his pack..or specifically, the young little wolves.

So it's true. That someone would have a reminiscence of their loved ones and life, before they left the world behind.

-- The winter's winds were quite deadly these past few weeks. Since he often had to drag the amount of sick soldiers, in which few of them had to die unfortunately. Lord Shen had made the factory as warm as it could be. But it was both a knife for his pack. They either died of cold weather outside, or died of chemical reactions and the pollution inside. To add, they might would have died of having a non-stop work schedule. This was all because the Lord was never sleep.

Boss Wolf did. He did sleep at some point. But it was no comfortable at all. A 30 minutes dream was nothing, compared to rest with the rest of his pack. He didn't know how long he'd been staying at this factory. How much times he wasted only to breathe smokes and coughed numerously. But he was strong, and such a pity for the fellow wolves, who couldn't hold a day without food or drinks. Now that they often got shifted into the infirmary.

Though he lied. His stomach growled in hunger each 5 minutes today. His head was about to spin from exhaustion. Still, he walked around the factory, supervising the improvement, although with weary eyes. On the inside, he was afraid to collapse.

That was until a Wolf guard ran to him. He straightened his back, avoid looking tired in front of his pack. As the world guard got closer, he noticed few pups of his pack behind. This was not good. "Boss!" "What is it?! What are these kids doing?!" He asked firmly. "They ran away." Boss Wolf's eye started to fire in anger. This was expected, but it was the first time he experienced it. For his pups who had been trained and protected to replace the old soldiers, now attempting to leave. He knew they would do it at some point. But now? He was not mentally ready to calm down.

The kids tried to defend back, "We're not running away! We, in fact, come back-" "WHO GAVE YOU THE PERMISSION TO TALK BACK?!" The little pups was silent. Other was looking down, but few were still dare to glance back at the elder wolf. Boss Wolf turned to the guard. "Leave. Stay at your spot." "Yes, Sir."

With now, it was only these kids, and their leader. It was silent for a moment, while he noticed some of them are glancing in each other. They were not looking so scared at all with him. And why was it? "What was attracting you brats, that made you decide leaving this factory was worth it?!" He asked them, but was met with silence. "TALK!" "THERE IS A FESTIVAL OUTSIDE-"

Boss Wolf narrowed his eyes. "The nearby town was holding a winter festival. So we..thought we could grab some things for our pack." They showed him a bag full of desserts, drinks, and even some warm fabrics. But Boss Wolf was not moved at all, yet. "No, you were just trying to have fun." He strictly stated. "No we were not." Boss Wolf raised one of his eyebrows. "..okay we did." He sighed, facepalming and thought for a second. "You're grounded. For a month full. And I'll stricten your training." "Yes, Sir." These pups surprisingly took his words. He turned, was about to head back to where these kids should be, "Now--"

"..would you at least, took a bite?"

He stopped on his tracks. Glancing back at the pups, in which one of them held a fresh-looking bread. And just now, as he observed, these kids were no different than other wolves who worked in the factory. Starved, looking a little sickly, while he was thinking that they had a better life at their quarters. And the fact that they were still able to walk from here, to the town, and back, by feet. Well..that's….

--

The sun rose through the mountains, the air started to warm a bit. The old Wolf sat down on the roof, beside these young wolves. All of them, munching their own foods, as they watched the sunrise. Boss Wolf's eyes caught the town's view afar. The festival was still a little bit crowded. And he could tell, how much it reminded him of his past home; Gongmen City.

"..it was so silly of you to come back." He muttered to the kids. "Why? Why wouldn't we come back?" They responded. "Well, why did you come back?" "Because the pack need us." Boss Wolf widened his eyes for a second. He did not believe, and was questioning if they were being genuine. The reason they left, because they cared. Okay, he was not stupid enough to not realize that. "Oh.." he muttered, looking at his half-shaped bread. "We apologize." Boss Wolf sighed. "Where did you get this food anyway? Neither of you have money." None of them answered. "..YOU STEAL?!" "Boss, we all steal metals. What's the difference? At least we were doing this for you, not..him." Oh, that was touching. But Boss Wolf could sense the hint of dislike to their Lord. "You don't refer to our Lord like that." He scolded.

"..Boss?" "Yes." He glanced back at these kids. "We have a question." "As long as it won't involve running away again." "No, no, it is not."

"..So, since you partake in an attempt to maintain our pack's existence by producing new generations, does that mean you are also our father?"

A father. That was a name that had gone long ago, since he started to lead his own pack. He looked at these..kids. His sons? His daughters? Well, since they were gathered after their births, with no information which parents they belonged to..he guessed few of these kids were indeed his own children. "Can we call you Dad-" "No." The look of upset from their faces confused the old Wolf. Why would calling someone like him their "Dad" makes them happy? He was no fun guy at all. Was he?

"Why not?" They asked once again as he sighed. But before he could responded, another Wolf guard approached him. "The situation is not going well." The guard informed. Boss Wolf was taken aback. He glanced back and forth between the guard and the kids. He had not yet finished his bread as well. "I'm-I'm still-" "WHERE IS THE SUPERVISOR?! HAD HE BEEN SO CARELESS TO NOTICE THIS?!" The anger from their Lord echoed throughout of the factory. Okay, now they were all in trouble. "Fine, fine." He muttered, was about to hurry away from his kids. But he stopped on his track for a second, looking at them. "You're still grounded!" He said, before running inside, accidentally dropped the first breakfast he had after these exhausting works.

-- He was very proud. These kids grew up to be competent soldiers. One that was now, able to stand with Lord Shen's ship, unfortunately.

He was quite capable of shooting now. The torch he held in his hands, and beside him laid the perfect inventions of Lord Shen. At last, he would destroy the panda he despised.

But he was holding back. Fighting his loyalty. "Fire." His eyes looking at them in guilt, who were all defeated by these Kung Fu Masters. If he would act stupid to ruin their plan, he would jump into the fight to defend them, not sure why. But he couldn't. This was his job. To shoot. Even if in front of him was his own pups.

"I SAID FIRE AT THEM." Was a single bread that day worthless? It was just a bread. However..it saved his life, even if it was just a day. Even if he could actually survived.

"FIRE." "No."

Oh how he wished they called him "Dad" instead of "Boss" just now.

--

I'm sorry, this is too long isn't it ? :") Yeah, Gongmen people (Lord Shen, Boss Wolf, Soothsayer) are my favourite. But I was afraid to publish or write about them since I thought I might be mischaractized them. They were more complex than I thought. So, thoughts ^^ ?

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Love in a hopeles Place 22

Synopsis: She was barely grown up, when she stepped into the bar that was the center of Zaun's resistance. The people she met there would forever change her life, and one of them especially. Silco x reader/OC; first-person POV; overall rating: E for Explicit; canon-compliant (though I might make a stretch on the timeline here and there to make things fit my symbolism); age gap! (younger female, older male); 9 chapters; 45k; cis female reader/POV; no beta-reader; completed Chapter ratings/warnings: T for Teen. Strong language, mentions of drugs abuse Wordcount: <1k Author's note: I won't go into detail today. It's the finale of act II so, maybe someone needs a hankie? (Probably not) Comments would be appreciated!

Today's music recommendation: Woodkid - Guns for Hire

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Act II

Chapter III

Part 9/9

They say, curiosity killed the cat. And so curiosity also got the worst out of me.

On my day off, I was doing what had to be done around the house, while Silco was out getting something important done (as he called it). I was dusting off all kinds of surfaces. Usually I only touched his desk, when there was really nothing lying around it.

But his books had cluttered the surface for weeks now, and the dark wood started to really look ugly.

Maybe that was just an excuse for me to touch his things. Maybe I wanted to make sure he wasn't doing anything dangerous again.

Cleaning the desk, I "accidentally" dropped his notebook, and it landed, back down, open pages up, on the floor. As I reached for it, my eyes roamed his notes, and I couldn't believe what I read. I plopped onto the desk chair and turned page after page, losing track of time and the danger of being caught completely. In fact, I couldn't wait for Silco to return, so I could confront him.

Finally, the door was locked open, and I instantly got on my feet. The second he saw me at his desk, he knew. His jaw clenched, and he clicked his tongue at me.

"What the fuck is this?", I yelled.

"Are you satisfied now, knowing what I'm up to? I brought your favorite snack. You were tormenting me with how much you wanted it the other day."

I lashed at him and shoved his notebook into his chest. "I asked you what the fuck is this?"

He held my hand against the book and his chest. "This could be the solution to our problems, kid." He took the book away, placed it on the counter, and looked me straight in the eye. "An old... friend of mine has made an interesting discovery recently. A root that greatly increases the life-force of individuals. If we're able to extract the agent, we might be able to create a substance that basically creates a super-solider with one injection. Do you understand what that could mean? We would finally have the military force to make Piltover listen to us. This is the way to a free, independent Zaun!"

"I already got that from your notes. I might not be as book smart as you are, but I'm not dumb either. But you let out an important detail. Your "friend" noticed, that the test subjects needed more and more of that root for the effect to last. Was it deprived of it, his condition quickly worsened. This stuff is highly addictive, Silco. You're not talking about one injection to make a super-solider. You're talking about creating another motherfucking drug. And those streets truly don't need more junkies, as we already have."

He clicked his tongue again. "We're trying to get rid of this. We've just started our research, okay? Despite, one substance more or less, what's the difference? Aren't we all addicted to anything already?"

"I can't tolerate this, Silco. Please drop this project. Do it for me, okay? My mother became a junkie, that's why she left us."

"It's not all about you, kid," Silco pointed his long finger right into my face. "This will change the course of history for Zaun."

I felt my eyes go wet, but I refused to let a single tear out. "I'm sorry, Silco, but this is a path I can't follow you on."

His face smoothed out for a second, before getting darker than before. "Blood on my hands, lying, killing, being disfigured and cast out of our friend group. All that was no dealbreaker for you. But you draw a line on drugs?"

I saw in his eyes, that he already had made his decision. So I slowly nodded. "Yes, I have my principles, as well as you seem to have yours." My lips trembled as his face got emotionless.

He straightened his back, took a deep breath, and nodded. "Fine," he said, blankly. "I wanted a change of scenery anyway. I'll come pick up my stuff tomorrow while you're at work. You can keep the apartment if you want it. I'll find something new."

I couldn't believe he really stayed that calm, dealing me off, like I was some sort of employee to him.

As he turned his back to me and slipped through the door, a single tear fell out of my eye.

[dragonydreams]

Fic: Kisses & Confessions - BuckTommy

Title: Kisses & Confessions Fandom: 9-1-1 Rating: Teen Audiences and Up Pairings/Characters: Evan "Buck" Buckley/Tommy Kinard Additional Tags: BuckTommy, Kissing, Confessions Summary: Buck and Tommy spend the day together after meeting for coffee. Timeline: Post 7x05 Word Count: 1,000 Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over these characters. I am merely borrowing them from Reamworks, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Television, and 20th Television. Betas: Thank you to @medieshanachie for looking this over for me. Author's Note: Just a fun little scene that came to me.

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Coffee led to a walk, which led to lunch, which led to Tommy walking Buck home, which led to Buck inviting Tommy up.

"I still owe you a beer," Buck said on the steps to his building, looking up at Tommy through his eyelashes. (And wasn't that a new sensation; to be looking up at someone he had a crush on?)

Tommy smiled at Buck and agreed, "One beer," before following him inside. 

Buck fidgeted with his keys on the elevator ride up, if only to keep his hands to himself and not on Tommy. He really wanted to get his hands on Tommy.

Once inside his apartment, he beelined for the fridge and took out two beers. He removed the tops before offering one to Tommy.

"You know, I hadn't realized you weren't out when I kissed you," Tommy said, accepting the beer Buck handed him.

Buck huffed out a laugh and admitted, "I hadn't realized I liked men until you kissed me."

Tommy nearly choked on the sip of beer he'd just taken. Buck rubbed his back as Tommy coughed. 

"I'm sorry, say that again," Tommy said between coughs.

Buck flushed. "I, um, hadn't actually been aware that I liked men before you kissed me."

"But I saw you checking out Eddie's ass," Tommy said. 

"Eddie has a great ass," Buck pointed out. 

"Agreed, but that's not something straight men usually notice."

"I knew Maddie was lying when she said it wasn't abnormal to check out a hot guy's ass!" Buck exclaimed.

"You talked to Maddie about checking out guys' asses?" Tommy asked, amused.

"I didn't mean to. But I was talking to her about Saturday and I let your pronoun slip and she had questions."

"I'm sure. While our kiss was nice, I hadn't expected it to be life altering," Tommy said.

"I really liked that kiss," Buck said, eyes dropping to Tommy's mouth. "I-I was kinda hoping to do it again."

"Ah, I see I was lured up here under false pretenses," Tommy said, setting his beer on the kitchen counter behind them.

"N-not false," Buck said, eyes darkening at the sudden look of hunger on Tommy's face as Tommy took the beer from his loose fingers and set it on the counter as well. "There was beer."

"I don't really care about the beer," Tommy said, stepping closer to Buck.

"Oh, thank God," Buck said, moments before Tommy's lips pressed against his. 

Buck couldn't suppress the whimper that escaped him to feel Tommy's stubbled jaw against his again. 

This time he did not hesitate to grab onto Tommy's shoulder the way he'd wanted to the last time. He moaned as he felt the solid muscle under his hand. Well, almost. His arms circled Tommy, sliding under his hoodie, relishing in the power of Tommy's back muscles, even as Tommy's hands slid into his hair, holding him in place. 

"Is that what you had in mind?" Tommy asked when he finally pulled back a few inches. 

Buck met Tommy's eyes, fingers flexing against Tommy's back. "Y-yeah, that's a good start."

Buck forced himself to relinquish his hold on Tommy to slide his hands around to Tommy's chest, but he didn't let himself linger there. He grabbed the edges of Tommy's hoodie and pushed it off his shoulders and down his arms, letting it drop to the ground behind them. Then he boldly grasped Tommy's ass. Tommy merely smirked at him.

"We're not having sex today," Tommy said, his fingers going back to toying with Buck's hair.

"That's good, because I'm not quite ready for that," Buck said.

"It's okay if you never are," Tommy quickly said.

Buck smirked. "Oh, it won't be my first time having anal sex, a few of my exes liked to peg me."

Tommy blinked at the easy confession. "And you enjoyed it?" Tommy checked.

"Oh, yeah," Buck agreed, his voice deepening.

The hunger returned to Tommy's eyes. "That is very good to know."

"I thought it might be," Buck said. Dropping his eyes to Tommy's mouth again, he asked, "When does your shift start?"

Tommy pulled an arm back to look at his watch. "I have to be there in three hours."

"Wanna make out on my couch until you have to go?" Buck innocently suggested.

"Sounds perfect to me," Tommy agreed.

Buck led Tommy to the couch, gestured for him to sit, then slid onto his lap as his mouth found Tommy's. 

After a few minutes, Tommy pushed Buck back a bit. "Hang on one sec," he said, reaching for his pocket and pulling out his phone. He set an alarm and tossed the phone on the cushion next to him. "Okay, go."

Buck was grinning as their mouths crashed together again. And again.

And again.

Until the alarm startled them apart, both somewhat dazed and flushed, lips swollen. 

"Are you as hard as I am?" Buck found himself asking. 

"Yes, but there's no time to do anything about that now," he said.

Tommy braced his hands on Buck's hips and pushed him to stand, ignoring the evidence of Buck's arousal at eye level until he was able to stand himself. 

"You sure you don't want me to help with that before you have to go?" Buck offered, hands reaching out.

Tommy stepped back out of reach. "As much as I'd love that, I've got to go."

Buck pouted as he followed Tommy to the door. Petulantly, he said, "If you're sure."

"Maybe next time," Tommy said, leaning in for one last peck on Buck's lips. 

Buck was all smiles again. "Until next time, then. Have a good shift."

"Thanks. We'll talk soon," Tommy promised. 

Buck leaned in for another kiss. "We'll do more of that soon, too."

"Damn straight we will," Tommy growled and wrenched the door open before he could fall back into temptation. 

Buck laughed as he closed the door behind Tommy and collapsed against it. Happier than he'd been in a very long time.

The End

[dailydemonspotlight]

Hecatoncheires - Day 165

Race: Jaki Arcana: Hanged Man Alignment: Dark-Neutral Requested by @/WakaWakaWaka February 28th, 2025

To celebrate the release of Monster Hunter Wilds, @kiyyunkaiwan (@/WakaWakaWaka on Discord) has requested that I cover a specific demon corresponding to a specific monster in Monster Hunter for each day this week! Today, we're going to be covering Hecatoncheires, who corresponds to Arkveld.

Okay, up front, I hope you all don't mind if I just refer to these things as Hecatons or 'hundred-handers' from here on out, because spelling Hecatoncheires consistently is going to make me have an aneurysm. Anyway, back on topic- Greek mythology has a lot of giants, oddly enough. Cyclopses, Titans, actual Giants, and the several miscellaneous massive monsters that are pretty much just bigger versions of regular animals are absolutely everywhere, and this isn't even mentioning the gods themselves. Of course, this could be seen as being due to how a bigger thing is generally seen as greater and more 'epic,' as one would definitely find a mountain more impressive than a molehill, even if that molehill was made with more work. However, among their more popular contemporaries, a certain kind of beast is tragically forgotten in the depths of Tartarus- today's Demon of the Day, the Heka- Hecatonkharries- Hekatoncharees- Heckatonkaries??? Whatever. The Hundred-Handed Ones, the Hecatoncher- HECATONCHEIRES. GOD.

In Greek Mythology, the creation myth is one of the most well known and retold ones- more specifically, though, the myth of the Olympians versus the Titans. However, to get started talking about the Hecatons, we actually need to go back in the mythological timeline to the start of the universe itself and the birth of the titans. There were only three of these beings born, each bared as the children of Uranus and Gaia, and they had a hundred arms and fifty heads each. Each one had a specific name- Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges- and were conceived as the siblings of the 12 Titans and 3 Cyclopses. To quote the Theogany,

Then from Earth and Sky came forth three more sons, great and strong, unspeakable, Cottus and Briareus and Gyges, presumptuous children. A hundred arms sprang forth from their shoulders, unapproachable, and upon their massive limbs grew fifty heads out of each one’s shoulders; and the mighty strength in their great forms was immense.

However, right away, Uranus went 'what the fuck are those things' and immediately banished them deep within Gaia alongside the rest of his children. In response to this, Gaia devised a plan alongside the Titans, and the Titans, led by Chronos ended up castrating Uranus. Why is it always castration... leave these people's balls alone... Anyway, rather famously, the Titans grew to become the supreme rulers of the world after they successfully un-balls'd Uranus, and as Chronos ended up marrying and having children with... his sister (but I give him a pass because, admittedly, there was literally no other option) they left the poor Hecaton's abandoned deep below. There the three giants sat within the bowels of Gaia, until one day, Zeus arrived inside as he always does. Zeus, having escaped from Chronos for reasons that you probably already know but I'll go over in his own analysis, was in the midst of a war with the titans, described famously as the Titanomachy. Gaia had told Zeus that his three giant uncles would prove invaluable in the war, and so he went down to rescue them.

The three Hecatons, thankful for Zeus's mercy in freeing them, ended up banding with the Olympians to battle with the Titans, proving vital due to their overwhelming strength and also their ability to throw boulders, apparently. The three giants eventually helped bind the Titans in Tartarus, and went on to live relatively peaceful lives. At least, as peaceful a life one can live in Ancient Greece when you're a hundred-handed, fifty-headed being. Not much else to go over here, as they're a rather open and shut case, so let's get into the design.

In SMT, they had to tone down the amount of heads and arms for rather obvious reasons, as many other artists have done the same, but the general concept is still there. The lock and chain around the shoulders is a rather obvious allusion to the fact they were locked up in Gaia, and the many heads and arms are because, well, that's pretty much what the Hecatons were all about. No real notes, it's a pretty solid design for a pretty solid and simple demon.

[rhiandoesfandom]

Ficlet- Get Up

Based on art by @mferret9

Notes: Sorry it's only a ficlet and not a full one shot. I haven't had a lot of energy lately. Hope you still enjoy!

Timeline: Season 3, Blitz and Stolas are dating. Currently on a date.

"Stols look! It's that coffee place I wanted to take you to. They're finally open!", I yell and grab his lanky as fuck arm, pulling him toward the door. He chuckles in that hooting way that makes my lips crack a smile and I flash one back.

There aren't many decent coffee places in Pride, and I think I've been to almost all of them. But Stolas hasn't. And it's fall. I want to get him some seasonal shit. That's what couples do, right? Seasonal shit?

Stolas ponders the menu as he does. He ponders a lot. Is that just a bird thing? Or do all Goetia ponder? I don't think I ponder. I think, of course. But never ponder.

"Darling?" He asks, snapping me out of my racing thoughts. I blink and look up at him, "uh yeah?" He chuckles again, "I'm not sure what to get".

I pretend to ponder. My hand rubbing my chin.

"Ya like pumpkin spice?" I ask him. Of course he does. He's kind of a basic bitch.

"Uhm well, I don't know. I've never had it", he replies and I squeeze his hand and scoff,

"A basic bitch that's never had a pumpkin spice?" I say, then look to the cashier, "One medium pumpkin spice and an extra spicy medium iced chai", I tell her.

She rings us up and I slam down my card before Stolas can even get out his wallet and he blushes. I love seeing him flustered.

"Don't worry, I got it", I tell him and rub the top of his hand, kissing it as my other hand slides the card to the cashier. Ignoring the cashier's looks, she slides it and hands it back as I'm enamored with Stolas's red as fuck face.

"Sir. You can wait for your drinks over there", she points. Stolas giggles and I shoot her a look then pull him over to a table in the corner. Ever since we got together every single little drop of affection I give to this bird in public drives him wild. And I lap it all up like a horse at a drinking hole.

Once we sit I can feel one of his long ass legs shaking under the table against mine and I rub his hand again.

"Something bothering you?" I ask, smug. Stolas squeaks adorably, "You know what you're doing", he replies and I smile wide as he pouts, crossing his arms.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. Hold that thought-", I stand up and grab our drinks. Placing them back on the table and sitting back down, He clenches my shirt and gestures to one of those non gendered family bathrooms in the cafe and I chuckle.

I put my hand over his and unclench his hand.

"Lemme just get a sip in first", I say as I put the straw to my lip agonizingly slow. Stolas sighs and stands up. I barely get one sip and am able to put the coffee down when he grabs my arm and pulls me into the bathroom. Locking the door.

I smile and chuckle again, running my hands through the back of his feathered head. Damn he is so pretty. Since it's autumn he's changed to a wardrobe of all sweaters. Today's with cut outs for his shoulders and chest. It's so fucking sexy.

He picks me up and pushes me against the door. Our tongues meet and it's like feeling alive again since we did this two hours ago. I don't know if his magic is stored in his fucking tongue and beak or what but it damn feels like it. His free hand wanders under my shirt and traces along my back spikes and a moan escapes. Fuck why is he the only one that can do that?

His tongue is moving behind my teeth and down my mouth and I'm getting so hard but-

I pull back for a breath, a heavy one.

"Hehe, sorry to interrupt but uh, not really up for bathroom sex right now", I tell him. He bites his beak and nods,

"Okay I-I can conjure a portal in here and we can go home", he replies. Home. He's been calling the palace that when we're together. He didn't used to.

I rub the back of my neck, he puts me down.

"Unless that's-unless you don't want-", He stutters. I bite my lip, say something you idiot.

"Nah Stols I just wanna finish our date okay? We got coffee for a reason let's...go to the park. Get fresh air", I tell him, grabbing his hand.

He nods hesitantly, "O...Kay.." he looks at me skeptically. Probably because I've never backed out of a make out sesh with him ever. But I'm just...not feeling it right now. I don't know. Which is weird for me. I'm never not feeling it. (Except Ozzies but we don't talk about that night).

We walk back to our table, cheeks flushed and of course the whole cafe staring at us now. I grab our drinks and hand him his as we walk out the door.

We walk a good few blocks, sipping our coffees and feeling the crisp air. While it's not like fall on Earth where there's trees with falling leaves, it does get fucking cold. I huddle closer to Stolas at one point and he puts his hand on my shoulder blades.

Then we get to the park and he-stops. I turn around, "What's up?" I ask him. He fiddles with his hands, his nervous tick. Next he's going to hug himself. He does.

"Blitz I just...wanted to tell you....", he starts. I hate confessions. They're always too fucking long drawn out and always more emotional than they need to be. But Stolas is a fan.

"Spit it out sweety bird", I say. Hoping the endearing words lessen the blow.

"Blitz I...I think I've fallen for you", he says. What is this a fall pun? I laugh, "So get up", I tell him.

"What?!" He asks, frowning and his eyes turning sad. Oh no. Not a fall pun. Why is everything puns??? Not everything is puns, Blitz!!!

I put out my hands to hold his but he pulls them away. Fuck.

"Stolas i- I thought you were making a pun. I thought you were being funny", I said. Mistake again.

"You think that me loving you is funny?!" He replies. FUCK.

"NO! I just-AGH!" I stomp away and throw my coffee in a trash can and take a deep breath. Then I take more deep breaths. And more. We've been through this. I can do this differently. I can change.

I turn back and he looks too fucking sad holding himself. I want to hold him. He should be in my arms.

I walk slowly back over to him, he takes a step back and my eyes widen.

"Stolas...I'm sorry. Can we please not misunderstand this again", I plead, reaching out my hand again.

He walks towards me and takes my hand softly, I hold it tight with both of mine and kiss the top.

"I'm an idiot", I start. He nods, I chuckle.

"You're my idiot", he mumbles and I smile, "I am".

"You thought I was joking?" He asks. I nod.

"I wasn't", he looks at me with...fear? He continues, "What...do you think about that?" He asks.

I stay silent a moment. What do I think about that? That you love me?

I think it's amazing, I think there's no one I would rather be with. I think, I love you.

"It's Aight", I smile and he hits my back, "Blitz!"

"Okay okay I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I put my hands up in defeat. "Stolas we've been dating for two years of course I love you", I tell him, staring up at him. Hoping he can see the adoration in my eyes.

His eyes spurt into hearts, I love it when they do that.

"You do?!" He asks again.

"Of course I do, you silly owl", I pull him close and squeeze him tight.

"Then why didn't you say it?" He asks. "Why didn't you?" I reply. He chuckles, "Touche".

We hug for little while longer then walk back to my apartment. I still had a whole fanfic to read to him of my new horse OC that I made named Mooncake. Named after Stolas, of course. (And the time he made me mooncakes for a solstice).

Stolas loves Mooncake (I knew he would) and we end the night with a Rom com he licked I mean picked, and cuddles (initiated completely by Stolas and not at all by me).

Okay byeeeeeeeeeeee.

[misc-obeyme]

I didn't realize Lesson 19 was happening today, but as soon as I figured it out you can be sure all my other plans for the evening got tossed out the window.

I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I had more to say than I thought I did. And I'd already wrote the whole thing, so I was like I don't wanna break it up into multiple posts now!

Spoilers below the cut as always.

I'm going to lose my whole mind. There is no way that this isn't the "visiting and kissing every brother" scenario that happens before the end of a season. And yet I still have SO MANY QUESTIONS.

I am very much under the impression that we are not going to be leaving the past by the end of season one. Which is ANNOYING. I keep thinking about the brothers in our present timeline. I might have to write some angty story about it to make myself feel better.

But also, what're they gonna do? Send MC back to the human world? I mean, every other season has ended that way...??? Maybe it's different because we're in ~Nightbringer~ now. We'll see I guess!

Anyway, this lesson certainly wasn't bad and there were a lot of interesting things happening to these past versions of our bros.

AUGH THE BROTHERLY LOVE IN THIS LESSON THOUGH.

Okay, so this is not really the same as how they were in the OG, but I think this makes sense considering how much time has supposedly passed between the two timelines. I mean, think about how siblings are when nothing's wrong and they're all just getting on each other's nerves most of the time. Then think about how those same siblings might band together when things get dicey. That seems to be the family dynamic we have going on here.

Leviathan, my sweet boy, I really loved how he reassured all his little bros that everything was going to be okay. He was so confident and firm in his decision in this lesson, too.

And then the way they were all surprised about it was so cute, too.

I just loved this whole moment.

Okay. And obviously we have to talk about Mammon.

This whole part really showcases Mammon and Lucifer's relationship, I think. To me, it seems like Lucifer is very much going to lock himself away, not talk to anybody about his feelings, and possibly prepare to do something drastic because he thinks it's what's best for his brothers without actually asking them. But Mammon knows this. He knows exactly what's going on with Lucifer. He doesn't have to talk to him to know. And he also knows what's going to help Lucifer. Not just the pudding, but sending MC with it, too.

Honestly, Lucifer does not give Mammon enough credit in general. Mammon is always doing stuff like this. And then throughout the rest of the lesson, he's being the big brother, too. It's like Mammon thinks that Lucifer is the one who carries all the weight on his own, but really Mammon is the one keeping that family together, I swear.

The thing about it is, none of them will do anything without Lucifer being on board. And Mammon knows that, too. So he's like okay I'm gonna send this human with some pudding to talk to Lucifer and because those are two things that Lucifer really likes, he will probably get it together enough to make the decision we all want him to.

And I think Levi understands this, too, to a lesser extent. He's over here trying to make the younger bros feel better while Mammon is trying to make Lucifer feel better.

Okay now we have to talk about Satan.

First they hit us with the Satan telling everybody to leave him behind and go back if they want to.

And then this part where they all call him out on saying he's not their brother.

And then when he finally admits he wants to be their bro and Asmo hits him with the I'm so proud of you... when I tell you I was tearing up...

I want to point out how Asmodeus and Beelzebub are the two who chimed in with these lines after Satan says he wants to be their brother. Because I think these two are the most open with their feelings in general. While Belphie will be quick to call someone out if he's annoyed with them, both Asmo and Beel are quick to praise someone. It isn't just that they're happy he finally said it, they understand that he needs their reassurance in that moment and they have no problem giving it.

And all of this was so good! It was such an excellent culmination of all the stuff that had been leading up to this point regarding Satan and his relationship with his brothers. This is exactly the kind of understanding and closure I want to have for all the other weird junk that we have no answers for yet! I should be grateful we at least got this, I suppose!

And then Lucifer makes it all crazy with an explanation I thought we'd never get about what it was like when Satan was "born."

I think it's pretty clear that they're saying exactly what some people were pointing out in the vampire event. Because Satan got vampiritis even though it only affected fallen angels. And I was definitely like that doesn't make sense! But some people said well considering he came from Lucifer, Satan probably has angel in him. And you guys were right! Because I'm pretty sure that's what Lucifer is saying here.

He may have never lived as himself in the Celestial Realm, but Satan has that same angelic power in him.

Lucifer's relationship with him is really quite interesting. I know he says he thinks of him as his brother, but... the way he talks about him... to me, it still sounds like he thinks of Satan more as his son. But I think it's easier for the game if he's one of the seven brothers lol. I personally headcanon it as Lucifer just doesn't want Satan to feel any more out of place than he already does. Also, that's kind of the familial relationship that all the former angels have in mind when it comes to each other, since they have a collective Father figure and I know Lucifer doesn't want to be seen as anything close to that entity.

And then Lucifer talks about how his decisions have caused the others to suffer. And I think this comes back to what I was saying when I was talking about Mammon - the rest won't do anything unless Lucifer makes the decision. Mammon knows this and Lucifer does, too. He talks about how he almost made a huge mistake because he was thinking about sending the others back to the Celestial Realm.

And I have two things to say about this:

One: Lucifer shouldn't have made any decision without talking to his brothers first. He needs to stop shouldering all the responsibility himself.

Two: If he really thought they would have wanted that, he really hasn't been paying attention. Sure, they've had some conflicting feelings about being in the Devildom. But they've all said they made their own choice to follow Lucifer. Does he really think they would want to leave him now? And everybody says Mammon is the idiot.

But then he surprised me by admitting that he was ashamed for almost doing that. And he apologized to them all. I couldn't believe it!

And one of my favorite parts of the whole thing:

PFFFF if that isn't the Satan we know and love!

Anyway, all in all, this lesson gave us some things that I have been wanting. Very specifically, Lucifer told us what he remembered about falling and Satan's "birth." And I can't believe we got Lucifer finally being open and talking to his bros at the end. It makes me annoyed because why hasn't present timeline Lucifer done anything like that, huh?? But yeah, it's because a billion years have passed or whatever and he's older and crankier in the present lol.

[memberment]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE

So the Trinitarians brain worm is back and Morning Glory is now longer and biting the dust as far as my focus goes.

But like, I genuinely want to talk to anyone who's invested in what's to come as far as part two goes. SO PLEASE. I IMPLORE THE FOUR OF YOU WHO PERPETUALLY TAKE NOTICE OF MY SCREAMS INTO THE VOID.

We're all aware that Trin is a time loop fic. That is confirmed.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS HOW I'M GOING ABOUT DOING THAT. AND I NEED INPUT FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ME AS FAR AS PLEASES AND SPARKLES GO, YES?

Because like sure I'm writing it and like fuck everything else, let me tell my story. But it's the how of it all like if I'm gonna throw another 200 give or take hours into this I would at least like one person to be having a wonderful time drinking and driving (I have since remembered this is not a common phrase, I do not mean this in a literal sense, it's an expression) with me right?

Part two is going to be 50 chapters, give or take. (Part one is about 37 for reference.)

So the plan for part 2 rn is (ROGUHLY):

(1-10) is the second timeline. There are a lot of importants and I cannot just glaze over it all more than that. But we're also working in a bit of a shorter time period than the original events of the story and introductions do not need to happen again, right?

(11-40)ish would be me running through the next timelines in a set up structure -> what changes -> the results of said changes and then inevitably what sends our looper backwards. It wouldn't be running through all the timelines but the more notable ones in kind of a four chapter structure, I am not fully sold on four, but rough estimate yk.

And then 41-50 would be the finale of part two. It's literally the last timeline in its glory and then the epilogue which kicks off part three.

COULD AT LEAST ONE OF Y'ALL SIT THROUGH THAT OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY NOTES AT ALL BECAUSE LIKE

I personally kinda like it but if not a soul is reading this I am throwing myself on the curb with the rest of the garbage LMFAOOO.

I NEED THOUGHTS. OPINIONS. COMMENTS. CONCERNS. ANYTHING.

Anyways, I'm going to work. I have off tomorrow and I broke the ff investment seal for today so insanity and updates will be here tonight and homework will be tomorrow.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD DAY <3

(9:30) I am literally falling asleep as I lazily write this angel based on Danse Macabre. Expect all of maybe one more update tonight if the tacos I am abt to receive don't wake me up LMFAO.

Also, I am almost saddened by not having something to post tm. Anyone want an early chapter of something that isn't Genesis/Desolation bc they're both on Monday?????? (I am feeling like a menace rn)

(10:19) tacos and the absolute yap session I just had did wake me up a bit. MAAAYBE might write some more. Idk I slept like three hours last night and went to work I'm kinda dead. But we're at 98.2k!!!!!!🥳

(11:06) okay we made it to 99.6k everything besides the flashback for 31 is done. I'm about to relax and watch something and figure out mechanics of some of this because god this series is A BEAST. Like, I still have six planned chapters left.

Pure insanity. I love it here. I hate it here.

Holy shit wait I just came to the realization that I started this fic exactly one month ago. I have belted out 99.6k for THIS FIC ALONE. (Moreso if we're including future shit that hasn't happened yet)

IN ONE MONTH.

THAT IS FUCKING CRAZY WHAT HTE FUCK LMFAOOOO

I may or may not be cooking we’ll find out in 6-26 business hours

(5:28) So I just had a very interesting past few business hours. I read a fic I've been waiting ever so patiently to finish. That's cool, right. I go for a walk at 4 in the morning because I'm insane. Fantastic. I get home at five and I'm like ohhhh well what do I do now it's not sleep time yet. Oh write I'm supposed to be drawing.

Nope I reread the epilogue of morning glory and realized Tweek's first address is for my morning glory and Craig's last sign off is your morning glory and now I'm ready to throw myself on the curb with the garbage as I sob. Someone call a trusted adult for me thanks.