#its some of my better writing i think tbh. but alas. i cropped out about half of it and just left enough to Get The Point Across

[rai-knightshade]

Not me going back through my Mentions and realizing I never reblogged this with a new sentence from my one main WIP like I meant to 😱😱😱 thanks for the Tag though Dean, sorry I'm late! 😅😅 So to make up for it... Have waaaayyyy more than a sentence cause I want y'all to have Context™.

From Chapter 2 of the Big Damn Jeca Fic:

As the silence stretches on, it feels.... Awkward. It's an honest-to-god Awkward Silence™. And you hate it.

(...)

(...there were some days when just sitting with Jesse in complete silence was the most comfortable you'd felt all day. Somewhere along the way, you just... Assumed it would always be that way, and you forgot how awkward silence could be. But now Jesse's a stranger (he was always strange, but never a stranger), because it's been two and a half years, and you don't know how to break this suffocating silence because you don't know Jesse, even as a friend, and you just-- It sucks. And you hate it.)

And now, for some no-pressure tagging of my own: @lizartgurl @wanderingnightingale @samblerambles @umbreonwolfy and anyone else currently writing literally anything! Consider yourself tagged!

Last Sentence Tag Game

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Thanks to @missflufffanfics for tagging me!

This is for a Gale x Gwen (Single Mom!Tav) one shot I'm chipping away at.

"Honestly, the amount of running he had grown accustomed to since the crash would have been frightful even a month before."

Tagging: @kittttycakes, @leighsartworks216, @any59, @can-of-pringles, @interwebseriesfan24, @auroramagpie, @jo-harrington, and anyone else who wants to join in.

[isagrimorie]

[January Meme] - ‘If you could what would you change about the last season of POI’

“If you could, what would you change about the last season of POI (or another series)?” for @aurumcalendula

For season 5, I really think they needed a stronger villain and the team going up against Van Gogh wasn’t personal enough. Somehow Greer was declawed. If Team Machine went up with the Greer from season 3, things would have been a lot more interesting.

If Claire was the one to pull the trigger (I know broadcast TV wouldn’t stand for it) but, imagine if Claire— the one they were setting up as a mirror for Root, was the one who shot Root? Samaritan positioning Claire into becoming its own ‘Root’.

It would have been more personal and maybe even some thematic resonance.

(Although TBH, I wish they hadn’t killed Martine off in season 4 — sure it was cathartic then but can you imagine how much more cathartic it would’ve been if she died in season 5?).

I would seed the virus in a lot earlier, flag it for the viewers.

And then tie in Shaw’s return to the team with the realization Samaritan has truly gone global and their scope of work is even more terrible: Genetic testing, crop manipulations, etc.,

It turns out Shaw learned a lot more about Samaritan’s plans than it intended — Samaritan!Greer is talkative and Shaw used that to its advantage.

I would also extend the season up to at least, 16 to 18 episodes, and then change the AU episode into a true ‘There But For the Grace of God’ episode ala The Wish. Really explore what it’s like if things had gone differently.

I would also re-write the episodes where Harold ran away, I know it’s crucial for the Machine and Harold to bond but man it was so repetitive and didn’t add much to the story: ‘Let’s find Harold, Oh We Can’t Look For Him Yet. Oh Wait, He’s in the NSA, Oh Wait He’s Not — JK, He’ll come back on his own in the finale.’

I wanted them to do the ending as a team, I didn’t want any of the we’re going separate ways! For me, the best Team Machine vs Samaritan thing was in Symbolic Constant by Lithium Doll:

“I’m really … quite comfortable,” Harold lied. “It barely hurts now. And - and I must confess, I’m not entirely sure why you’re making such an effort. Clearly, things are not going as well as we’d hoped, it’s unlikely to matter in the end.”

She scowled, glaring as if he’d offended her.

And he had, he realized, by asking a question she hadn’t been given the tools to answer. He suddenly felt he’d been unspeakably cruel and opened his mouth to retract the question.

“Because I’m an idiot,” she snapped, before he could. “Because you and your ridiculous machine made me an idiot. Trying to make things better. Things will never get better - they’ll never letthem get better.

“And now I’m a dead idiot. And, worse, I’m okay with that, which just proves … I don’t know what it proves. You and Cole...” She was staring down at him, but whatever she was looking at was far away. Her eyes glinted.

“Because you paid me,” she finished, focusing on him again. “I already cashed this month’s check.”

“I see,” he said, oddly breathless now. “Well. I should probably arrange a raise. Or perhaps a small bonus. In the meantime…” He closed his hand over hers, stilling her work. “Find Ms. Gro – find Root. If you can. I’m sure she would appreciate your company.”

The nimble fingers that had been trying to stem the inevitable fell away. A blissful relief. And it wasn’t so bad, he thought. Not so bad really.

“Harold –“

“It has been … my great, great honor to work with you. Goodbye, Sameen.”

From inside her jacket, she drew his glasses. Huffed on one lens and then the other, then carefully as she’d ever cleaned her weapon, wiped the glass with her sleeve. He blinked when she settled them over his eyes; the world that had been blurred with indistinguishable shapes was now only scratched and distorted at the edges.

“It’s been fun,” she said as she hauled herself to her feet. “I’ll see you around, Harold.”

——

See— that’s what I wanted! For the team to be together, the sense of the tragic as they fell of one by one. I ended up liking the Angel of Death Machine!Root but man, can you imagine such an epic finale like this

[beowulfs-booty-call]

Beowulf for the character list!

Ohhhh gosh Jordi! How are ya pal!!! (I still have to finish the other ask you gave me! I’m making it super long and detailed just for you!)

AND GOD YES, THE FAVE BABE OKAY HERE GOES

Favorite thing about them:

Beowulf’s motif and his huge ass muscles because they’re goals. Also, the wolf pelt, definitely. Oh! Oh! And his happy-go-lucky attitude because my ass be having it too omfg.

His bravery is another thing, tbh, because he just straight up tells everyone on tv that his match was rigged because he knows he’s not really a hero. He’s the people’s hero. That was the reason in the first place why he got famous! To go in front of people and explain the situation knowing full well you might get back? That takes guts.

Least favorite thing about them:

The “Wrestler Bro” attitude sometimes. It’s fine, but the dudes at Lab Zero gave him a split “Does he think wrestling is real or…?” and “He says things you don’t expect in whispers.” in fights and it’s a wasted Easter egg Imo. The game makes him act and behave as though he’s rather dim-witted, which, cool because he’s a simple guy, but they also shoehorned Annie in to save his butt time to time and I dislike the sort of relationship they gave them both. 

It’s also been said behind the scenes Beowulf did take part of the nationalistic effort in the war. Now, granted, if that was the case? Why didn’t they expand upon this? If he was a soldier, I feel he should obviously be referenced too, if not, as it already seems Parasoul knew he was merely a political pawn, I feel Beowulf’s love of the Canopy Kingdom really should have been broadened on because it’s bad writing Imo that they left out these things in favor of highlighting Annie in his story mode.

Personally in my essay I wrote, I really am big on the Annie inclusion, but I feel that it took away from Beowulf’s true personality and potential. Why add in Beowulf being saved by Annie, if he was meant to destroy Grendel anyway via suplex? I feel if such was the case, have Annie take on Double in the first place after she swallows Beowulf into Gehenna and he takes on Marie Ala Squigly and Filia.

That said, the dimwittedness is rather bland to me. It’s obvious Beowulf’s intellect shouldn’t be the brunt of the joke, and the fanbase was even worse with his treatment, outright ignoring him or treating him as the butt-monkey of the cast because Annie or Minette wasn’t voted in and it really does tick me off. We could have really shown how Beowulf was obviously using the wrestler persona to grieve for Grendel. We really could have had Beowulf figuring out just how big the Medici Mafia is and him going after those who wronged him after beating Marie. 

We really lost out. And that’s my biggest pet peeve.

Favorite line:

I am two hundred, eighty seven pounds of FOLDED STEEL, AND SEX APPEAL.

brOTP:

Beowulf and Adam

Beowulf and Big Band (After their fighting in the story mode and I imagine him coming back to right wrongs)

Beowulf and Annie (I feel like she should have been much more better friends with him. And of course I feel like she’d be so goddamn dirty with him in making censored jokes because he GETS it but he... He can’t man. The kid’s got him. And he can't curse because how would that look!!! You can't call out a kid who referenced how your ex was “all up on your blood sausage.”!

OTP:

Beowulf and Me aofhiefsjfa[

I’m actually okay with Beowulf and Ms. Victoria actually! I think they’d be so cute together, if anything because I use to think of me and my ex like that, hilariously enough. I.E: Beo is the sort of guy who would waste like 50$ on you at a carnival because he wants to get you the huge ass prize, but then on his last dollar, you take the shot, win it, and you give it to him and his eyes literally are just hearts.

nOTP:

Beowulf and Eliza (Realistically, she’s only gonna use him for his blood to get stronger. I feel like if anything, there’s nothing left of Eliza. So, at this point, you’re dealing with a real monster.)

Beowulf and any underage cast member - I mean C’mon. Really.

Beowulf and Annie - See above

random headcanon(s)

- Beowulf actually is really literate, and writes poetry time to time. However, no one would pay to see him go “To be or not to be… SUPLEXED”

- He likes to wear suede and you can find him walking and going about in his scarf and puffy jacket drinking hot tea and lattes because just loves winter months

- The Hurting actually is a sentient being and was given to Beowulf via his old sleazy manager Unferth (In the original tale, Unferth gives Beowulf the Hrunting, but beowulf is so strong, he breaks it.) yet it stays strong to this day. When Beowulf is alone, or when he’s really in a pinch, the Hurting opens up its maws and has long sharp fangs and monstrous tongue used to grapple opponents. Only Beowulf speaking to it can calm it down and turn back to an original chair. No one realizes a thing.

- Grendel’s arm hears EVERYTHING beowulf says, as Grendel is still alive through the arm. However, all it hears is Beowulf screaming his quotes so instead of coherent sentences its: “ALL’S CHAIR. RUNNING WILD. AWOO. I AM TWO HUNDRED–”

- Beowulf actually is a secret musical / Opera critic and is a big benefactor of the arts. He also shouts insults and screams very helpful messages to the actors. 

- When out of a job, Beowulf once took up a librarian job working in Filia’s school. Cue Ms. Victoria having to attend to students and him riding on the Janitor mobile and D. Violet secretly having a crush on him. He also bench pressed many a book case. I would know. I was one of the book cases. The kids later were the first ones to see him back in action with Ms. Victoria after he got back in the game, and they gave him a crude letter to him about being a hero and boy oh boy do I love Beowulf being kids’ hero like he was to me.

Unpopular opinion:

As the only male dude besides Big Band I feel he was purposefully thrown under the bus and really, there’s not enough porn or love for him. Much less, everyone seems to have like 2 intro animations, Beo has 1. I call favoritism but, anyway:

I think he doesn’t need a paring to shine as a hero. I think he needs to be shown more so people can realize just how awesome he really is, not with Annie saving his butt all the time so he can tout about wrestling being real.

Had he not shown up, we only would know about him via Peacock’s story mode with Andy Anvil saying he came out of retirement.

Give him love! He’s earned it!

And also like, I think he is as smart, if not, smarter than the rest of the cast, he just hides it under a veneer of being a pro wrestler. No one pays for WWE style entertainment in new meridian, they want real emotion, and that’s what Beowulf’s so used to. Because of that, he whispers and talks about things, but when you really think about them, they all have some meaning behind them, like when he calls Eliza the Crimson Scourge. I hate the idea that people think he’s a dumb dude because he’s not. Y’all just sleeping on a good character.

Song(s) i associate with them:

Space Jam’s Let’s Get Ready to Rumble

Dudley’s remix: Dudley Blew My Mind

Alex and Ken’s theme from Street Fighter 3: Third Strike

Major Lazer and Ariana Grande - All My Love

Because he liked 80′s songs and because I love funk music:

Bite the Apple - Rainbow Team

The Limit: She’s so Divine (In this case, he: “When I got here in July…”)

Let’s Get Physical: Olivia Newton AKA SIDE TO SIDE BEFORE IT WAS EVER SIDE TO SIDE

Reminder: I gotta draw him in that outfit afjnlsfgs

Also!!!

Side to Side + Let’s Get Physical MIX:

Dua Lipa: New Rules 80′S MIX (Totally something he’d listen to for the gym)

favorite picture of them

Wow it’s super nsfw but I’ll crop it for the benefit of all.

Here’s my fave sprites too

Look at him, majestic creature, no?

BICEP GRAB

Ass a palooza

And finally…

( I don’t recall the source rn for this pic, but I’ll be sure to update it asap when I get a chance!)