#its been 3 days since the book was released and yall are complaining give me a break.

[sabu123098]

Rebecca gives you one book without Violet and Xaden miscommunicating and you guys call it cringey? Are you all ok? No seriously what was cringey about this book please tell me cause I don't get it.

Also, halden wasn't there to cause conflict between xaden and Violet. He was there to show Navarrian leadership's actual part in killing the venin which was 0. It was also to show the possible future of Navarre.

[descendantswrites-blog]

Deal // Part 2

 Harry Hook x Reader

request: So like one night the reader sees a cockroach crawling under a furniture and starts a wild hunt - like, legit, I see a cockroach I'll move all my furniture till I find it so I'm just picturing hook daydreaming when he's awaken from it by the reader screaming for him to come to her room now and not even like a normal person, just straight up jump through the window, and after a few minutes of finding, killing, and disposing of the cockroach, they start putting the furniture back in its place and talking about themselves, and sharing things would work as a kind of setup to a idea I have in mind for them getting together on a part 3

read part one here

requested by @nitakali (this one’s for you fam you’re fantastic)

notes: so this is the second part to Deal and it’s NOT OVER YET YALL THERE’S GON BE PART 3 HANG ON TO YOUR HATS

Ever since the fateful night where you had embarrassed yourself in front of your crush, Harry Hook, you swear you’d been seeing him more than usual.

It started out small at first. You’d occasionally catch a glimpse of a red jacket out of the corner of your eye, then brush it off as someone who also liked the colour red. It was a nice colour.

Then you’d actually start to see the pirate lingering around your usual route. He’d never be looking at you directly- he’d have his back turned to you, talking to Gil.

After that, you had actually started to see him staring at you. Whenever you’d look up from one of your books or from talking to your friends, he’d be there to catch your eye. Within a second of eye contact, you had turned away, cheeks blazing red.

Harry started to visit his usual spot outside your dorm window more often. What started out as once a week eventually developed into every other day. He’d sit on the bench, with his legs crossed in front of him and head placed in his hand. He would sit there for hours on end, just thinking. It only happened at night when no one was around. The silence of the night calmed him, almost as much as the lapping of waves used to.

You’d be in your dorm, working on schoolwork or dancing around carelessly to music. Harry would glance up and see your silhouette twirling behind your curtains. A smile would unknowingly creep onto his lips as he shook his head, falling back into his thoughts.

Occasionally, you’d peek out from behind your curtains and gaze at the pirate outside your window. You’d been harbouring a small crush on him, and it certainly didn’t hurt anyone to look for a while.

Harry knew you were staring. That only fueled the fire, as he would look up straight at you with his signature smirk that would only widen when you retreated into your dorm, blushing.

It was another one of those nights where you were splayed across your bed surrounded by stationery and colourful notes, cramming for your upcoming test. You told yourself every time that you’d start studying in advance, but you always ended up here.

You had just made it to your last chapter when you saw something move out of the corner of your eye. You ignored it, going back to your reading when you noticed the black spot kept moving across your carpet. You set your book aside, getting off the bed to inspect the movement.

The brown little thing had legs and an antenna. Your mouth went dry as you screamed loudly, jumping onto your bed to evade the little creature. You flailed your arms around, trying to find something to defend yourself with. Besides your study materials, you didn’t have much around you, and you didn’t want to get cockroach juice on your textbook.

You groaned, pacing in tiny steps around your bed with a hand clapped against your forehead. “Harry!”

You thanked the gods for leaving your windows open, otherwise you’d just be screaming a pirate’s name in your room like a weirdo.

Said pirate heard your bloodcurdling shrieks. Who couldn’t? It was like something out of a horror movie. He stood, edging slowly to your window. “What is it, Y/N?”

He could barely see you crouched on your bed, curling into yourself as you rocked back and forth. You couldn’t see him from your spot on the bed, but you knew he was there.

“Come in, please!” You pleaded, eyes wide. You saw his shadow back away and you scrambled to stop him. “No, forget the door, that’ll take too long! This is a life or death situation! Just come in through the window!”

Harry was silent as he stood still outside your window. This was the second time he had found you screaming in the middle of the night, and he was starting to wonder if what he was doing was a good idea.

He was shaken out of his thoughts by the small whimpers you were releasing. He sighed, but hoisted himself up and into your room with a low grunt. You let out a breath at the sight of him, feeling slightly safer with him in your room.

“What’s wrong?” He asked, worry evident in his voice. You shook your head quickly and squeaked out, “Cockroach.”

Harry blinked, his shoulders relaxing. He’d jumped in, yet again, thinking you were in genuine danger, but no, it was only a bug. Again. The pirate ran a hand over his face. “Are you serious? You screamed bloody murder for a cockroach?”

You narrowed your eyes at him, tossing a pillow his way. “Hey! Those things are evil, and foul, and dirty!” You spoke exasperatedly when he dodged your throw.

“Darlin’, you seem to have a thing for bugs.” He chuckled, leaning against your bed post. You retaliated almost immediately with a deadpan, “if that ‘thing’ is a genuine deathly fear of them, then yes, you are correct.”

Harry’s playful demeanor softened when he saw how actually scared you were, huddled up on your bed with your knees tucked to your chest.

“Don’t worry, I’m here now.” He spoke quietly, patting your hand softly. You looked up from your hands to him with a smile. “Thank you.”

“Now, tell me where this little monster is.” He clapped his hands, hopping off your bed with a ‘thud’. You raised a shaky hand to point to the floor, but your heart sank when all you saw was the normal white shag carpet.

“Oh no.” You squeaked. Harry, on the other hand, grinned victoriously. “Problem solved.”

You gaped at him, eyes wide. “No, problem not solved! That thing’s still in here!” Harry only shrugged, blue eyes scanning across your room for any sight of the bug. “It’s probably gone, love.”

You shook your head with a groan. “Harry, please. Help me find it?”

He contemplated his options. It was going to be a hard ‘no’, but when the pirate looked at you, that ‘no’ turned into a ‘yes’. Something about you managed to make him cave and he sighed, throwing his hands in the air. “Fine.”

You grinned, despite the harrowing situation you were in. You wasted no time in pulling furniture away from walls, pulling out your bed sheets and pillowcases and checking the tiny nooks and crannies in your dorm. Harry did the same, only with less effort. He was still convinced the thing had left your room long ago.

After minutes of hard convincing on Harry’s part, you’d finally relented and agreed that the god-forsaken cockroach had long gone. The two of you had moved to put things back in their place, with Harry doing most of the heavy-lifting.

Not that you were complaining as you sat on your bed with new pillowcases in hand, staring at Harry push your heavy furniture back into place. The shirt he was wearing did little to conceal the movements of his prominent muscles.

You couldn’t deny Harry Hook was hot.

You looked away, biting your lip as heat flooded your cheeks. You cleared your throat, tossing a pillow back in its place. “So how are you liking Auradon so far?”

Harry turned with a hum. He looked at you, sitting cross-legged with your hair thrown into a very messy bun, and he couldn’t help but give you a genuine smile. “It’s been getting better.”

“How so?” You smile back. You started to work on tucking your other pillow into its cotton case. You raised your head to look at Harry who shrugged.

“At first I hated this place. I wasn’t used to all the... y’know, buzz?” He ended his remark like a question and you nodded, understanding.

“then I met you. And things got more interesting.” He finished with a smirk. You raised your eyebrows. “Interesting, huh?”

He chuckled, situating himself on the spot next to you. “It’s nice seeing you around.” 

You scoffed teasingly. “Hook, you do know that if you wanted to ‘see’ me you could’ve just asked?” This made the pirate look away, and you swore you could see a faint tinge of pink creep up his neck.

You grinned cheekily at his reaction. He recovered soon enough, to lean closer until his face was mere inches from yours. Your eyes couldn’t leave his as you swallowed hard, trying to think of some snarky remark.

“How ‘bout you, Y/N? How’ve you been?”

You leaned back, blinking quickly. “I’ve been good?” You answered, but it only sounded like a question when the words left your mouth.

“So, tell me about yourself.” 

“What do you want to know?”

Harry shrugged, head tilting up in thought. “Anything.”

You sighed, getting off your bed to tidy the pile of clothes littered across your floor. “Well...” you started, uncertain. “My parents are Tarzan and Jane, that’s why it’s really weird for me to be afraid of bugs, since I was practically raised in the jungle.”

Harry nodded in realisation. That explained a lot, from your choice of practical clothing to the abundance of potted plants in your room.

“I dunno... I kind of miss the jungle sometimes,” you sighed, fiddling with the leaf of one of your plants, “it used to be my home and now I can barely remember how the air smelled or how it felt to swing from the vines.” 

You chuckled sheepishly, “yeah, I was a wild kid. Literally.”

Harry laughs at your silly attempt of a joke. “It sounds nice.”

You shake your head free of the memories, focusing on the pirate in front of you. “What about you?”

He didn’t know what to say, so he shrugged again. “What about me?” He didn’t think he was that interesting for you to keep asking for more about him.

“Anything!” You say with a giggle, plopping your head into your hands, looking up at him with wide eyes, “everything.”

He tried to hold back a smile at your innocence and curiosity. He sighed, relenting to give you more information. “Alright, well... I know I shouldn’t say this, but I miss the Isle sometimes.”

You tilted your head, silently asking for more. He continued, “I know that this place is a thousand times better than there, but it’s just like you said. It’s my home. I have family there, just like you.”

You nod. “I get that, but hey,” you placed a warm hand on his, “you’ve got me now to keep you company.”

Harry can’t help but smile. He’s been doing that a lot lately, mostly around you. He knows what’s happening, and he hates it, but at the same time loves it.

He opened his mouth to say something, but closed it soon after. You let out a light giggle, “what is it?”

He speaks quietly, uncertain. “Could I maybe ‘see’ you sometime? Away from the midnight bug attacks?”

He’s instantly reassured by your sweet laugh filling his ears. 

“I’d love to.”

[thiswebsiteisbooty]

On the EVO donation drive

If you’re reading this on Tumblr and still following me you probably know that I pretty much only come around to post about EVO and then peace out a few days later. I’m not sure how many of you that is because Im not 100% on how the new dashboard works but if you are here then you know I’m around a little early. But I’m posting *about* EVO anyway so there ya go.

If you’re reading this on Facebook then I know a lot of you guys probably only have at best a passing knowledge of what EVO is but you’ve seen me post about it, particularly Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 a lot, so I’m just gonna ask if you guys have any spare money please consider donating here:

https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/evo-2017-player-vote-ultimate-marvel-vs-capcom-3

Your money goes to the Make-a-Wish foundation, and you make a guy you know personally really happy as well.

And as a final pretense before I really get into this I’m just gonna be honest this is gonna be pretty rant-y, so it might not be a super focused read and will probably contain a few expletives so just be pre-warned.

Originally I was gonna come here and I was going to break down the poll game by game, essentially breaking down why I felt like each game shouldn’t be voted for and why Marvel should. But as it stands right now the winner is going to be either Marvel or Pokken, so this is mostly going to be centered around why I think Marvel is the most deserving game, and why I feel Pokken just might be the least deserving, or at least one of the least deserving.

And every time I look at that generosity page my stomach does flips because it’s literally like a best/worst case scenario. But the funny part about this entire situation is I feel like Marvel shouldn’t even be on this poll. Marvel absolutely *should* already have its spot. Regardless of how you the individual might feel about Marvel 3 in particular, Marvel vs. Capcom has been practically synonymous with EVO. Up until only last year Marvel, be it 2, 3, or Ultimate 3, has always been sort of the penultimate game for EVO, only behind whatever Street Fighter was out at the time. I don’t know if I agree with IFC Yipes in that Marvel made EVO (mostly because I haven’t been around *that* long), but I do agree that without it EVO never would have reached the point that it has. And you look at Marvel 3 specifically, and that game has been a staple of EVO through damn near every iteration of Street Fighter 4, even lasting long enough to share the stage with Street Fighter 5, outlived who knows how many Netherrealms games, Soul Caliburs, Tekkens, Personas, you name it. And that’s not to knock (most) of those games but to make a point that not even taking into account 2, Marvel 3 specifically has been a prefixture of this event for a long ass time

And never mind the countless moments that the game has given us. Back in 2013 what was one of the top things people talked about when EVO was over? Justin’s absolutely incredible run, beating odds on favorite Chris G and going on to nearly defeat Floker to win his first Marvel 3 EVO. Then there was the following year when he clutched it out against F Champ and beat Chris G once more to finally actually do it.

Hell even last year, Chris G, despite being the odds on favorite to win several years in a row, *finally* went ahead and took the one tournament that had alluded him for years. And the year before that when KBR (even though I dont much care for him) became the first non-American to win Marvel at EVO.

People have known for a minute with MvCI on the horizon that this was probably going to be Marvel 3′s last year at EVO, and so people were gearing up for it’s proper final sendoff and now you’re telling me that Marvel might not even be *at* EVO?

And I know there’s a lot of people who agree with me on this because every where I go, even from people who voted for different games, even for people who voted for Pokken, I keep hearing the same thing: “I’m voting for Pokken, but Marvel absolutely deserves to be there”

“Marvel shouldn’t even be a part of the poll”

“There shouldn’t even be a poll, Marvel should take that 9th slot”

And don’t even get me started on how tight I am that there are not one but TWO Smash games, games that barely even qualify as fighting games, games that a good chunk of the FGC never wanted around in the first place, at EVO, but Marvel might not. Especially since y’all are a good chunk of the people pushing for Pokken (which we’ll get to trust me). If I hear one more Melee player complain about Melee being on Saturday and not Sunday while Marvel might not even *be* at EVO I honestly might lose my shit.

And I mean no disrespect to my Smash 4 community, particularly the local Nebraska scene cuz y’all know I have nothing but respect for you guys. My problem really mostly is with Melee, that relic of a game that people just cant seem to let go of. But it’s so funny to me at how often the Smash crowd, particularly Melee, talks about how much they don’t need the FGC and yet they won’t leave.

But it isn’t even really about that. I could sit here and talk shit about Melee all day long but you know whatever. They have there spot and that’s fine. But suffice to say that if it were up to me, Melee would get booted in favor of Marvel in a heartbeat.

But let’s talk about this poll for an honest minute though. If you remember the donation drive they did a while ago and compare it to this one, the last one blows this one way out of the water. Every single game on that list was at least, you know, a fighting game, with actual communities that would absolutely show up to play. I mean there was Melee and Brawl of course but again shit, at least those two games are closer to fighting games than shit like Windjammers, and Nidhogg. There wasn’t goofy meme-y shit like those two, and ARMS. And dont get me wrong I’m excited to play ARMS but THAT GAMES NOT EVEN OUT YET (and before anyone brings up “Injustice 2 isn’t out either” just know that in my book that game can go fuck itself for about the same reason. BUT EVEN THEN, that game at least has a known community that will come out and play it). We don’t even know what community, if any, is gonna come out for ARMS, by that point, since it’ll be coming out 1-3 months before EVO (I’d remind you that ARMS doesn’t even have a set release date. Just “Spring 2017″), that game isn’t even gonna have any real advanced tech discovered yet, if there even is any to discover. Not that any of those stand a chance at winning at this point but the fact that they were included kinda pisses me off. I can kind of see Windjammers since a lot of the FGC likes that game but Nidhogg? Do most of yall even remember that game? And ARMS? REally?

I know someone’s gonna be like, “Well the last donation drive had Divekick, and Fighting is Magic”. And I was one of the first people to say that FiM was probably the weakest, meme-ist option put up there but you know, that was happened because the FGC is filled with trolls. If you remember, the only games that made the donation drive were games that got at least 500 votes on the Facebook poll and I’m pretty confident that 490 of FiM’s votes were trolls being trolls. And at least in Divekick’s defense, that game was made by a dude from that community, for the community. Divekick is basically one massive FGC in joke anyway so if Divekick had made it, it basically would’ve been a big thank you to one of the FGC’s own.

But I think what makes me the most upset about the whole situation isn’t even just that Marvel might not get the proper sendoff that it deserves, but that it’s Swan Song stands a strong chance of being snatched away by Pokken. And just, let’s review Pokken for a sec.

First off, this was the game that was being removed from Japanese arcades in droves because nobody gave enough of a shit to play it. And we’re talking about a culture that loves both Pokemon AND fighting games, and they wanted absolutely nothing to do with that game.

And then, when it came stateside, those of yall that watched tournaments saw that pretty much ever ad breakthere was a little vingette for Pokken. They tried their hardest to get people to actually care about this game, and yet... you pratically had to dig through the Twitch trenches just to find Pokken tournaments. People weren’t watching, and people weren’t entering. Then it got to EVO because Nintendo money, and it had one of the lowest entrants and viewer rates of any of the games there.

Then post EVO, a lot of majors didn’t even run the game because people weren’t entering or watching. And speaking of Nintendo, I would remind you that Nintendo themselves have since dropped Pokken from their Pokemon Championship Series. So not even the parent company gives a fuck about the game at this point.

So with all that being said, never in a million years did I think that Marvel would be neck and neck with Pokken. KI, maybe. MKX, maybe. Shit I figured even Windjammers had a better shot than Pokken and yet here we are.

And you might wonder where the fuck the money is coming from if nobody gives a shit about Pokken. Simple, its coming from Smashers (and you can go check smash websites, most of them are advocating super hard for Pokken), and people who are just fans of Pokemon and will throw money at anything Pokemon. And look I love Pokemon too. It’s top 3 favorite Nintendo franchise and might be top 5 favorite franchises of all time. But I have no doubt in my mind that a lot of the people throwing money at this, barely know what EVO is, probably don’t even know the dates of EVO, and have 0 intentions of watching that game at EVO much less showing up to play the game. Case in point, Shofu is out here on Twitter advocating and donating to this game, and you would think that Shofu, who runs one of the biggest Pokemon related YouTube channels, would probably have a lot of Pokken content right? Well guess when the last time he even posted a video about the game was. I’ll save you the search, it was 6 months ago. One of these videos were, ironically enough, entitled “time to come back”. And then there were two more videos within the same time span, and he hasn’t touched the game since.

And this is kind of the additude that I’m talking about. I read a tweet earlier that summed it up perfectly. About how people never want to watch or come out to support Pokken, and then want to wonder why there aren’t any Pokken tournaments. That game died forever ago. You might even argue that that game was dead on arrival but even if you don’t, then you have to agree that there hasn’t been a game that died out quicker than Pokken did. For all the shit people gave SFxT at least that game lasted a couple of years as opposed to about 3 months. And at least that game had some potential at release, instead of being booted from Japanese arcades Y’all are throwing money at this game and I have no doubt in my mind that it’s going to once again have abyssmal turnout/viewership.

And that’s to me, is the most upsetting thing. That Marvel stands a shot of being robbed by a game that people don’t actually care about, but has a fanbase that will throw money at anything with Pikachu’s face on it. If it were KI, I wouldn’t be super happy, but it would be ok. MKX, kinda upset because I hate that game but you know what, fine. Or even Skullgirls which to me would be best case scenario, if your top two games were SG and Marvel because easily and measurably those two deserve it. Skullgirls is a fantastic game with an ultra dedicated community that only got treated like shit by EVO. I have no doubt in my mind that had SG’s won the last donation drive that game would be one of the biggest in the FGC right now and might even still to this day be a mainstay at EVO. And so if *any* game was gonna be Marvel, I’d wish it to be Skullgirls. But at least I can say of any of the games I mentioned above, people would come out to play it, and support it. In the example of MKX, it would be the exact same people that would be playing Injustice but fuck, at least it’s *someone*.

And I know someone’s gonna be like “well what did you ever do for Marvel?” and yeah, I’ve never been to a major, because I don’t have money like that. But at least every time there is something local for the game, I go out and play. I took time off of work and drove an hour out one time just to get 0-2���d in Marvel on a couple of occasions, but at least I went out there. And I’m out here watching the streams, watching the VoDs; 90% of my “watch later” playlist is Marvel shit that I didn’t get to watch live.

And with that said, yeah I’ll admit that a bit of it is personal for me. Marvel is absolutely my favorite game out there right now. Without Marvel 3 I probably would not care about EVO and the FGC as a whole. But that’s why I don’t want to see it get robbed of a proper sendoff by a game that’s just gonna die out again the minute EVO is over.