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agirlnamedbone · 1 year ago
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KATHY ACKER ph. Jo Mazelis ca. 1980s
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incorrectqsmp · 10 months ago
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Slimecicle: Guess what number I'm thinking of
Tubbo: 420
Slimecicle: No. It's not fucking 420. Please take this seriously
Roier: 69?
Slimecicle: Yeah it was 69
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bellzsad · 1 year ago
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my favorite quotes from my favorite characters/shows/movies (part 1):
"you and me against the world, m'lady." - chat noir, miraculous
"great, we're all bloody inspired." - newt, maze runner
"TWENTY-EIGHT STAB WOUNDS." - connor, detroit: become human
"but from the moment you ran into that maze, i knew i would follow you anywhere. and i have. we all have." - newt, maze runner
"who cares if im pretty if i fail my finals?" - rory, gilmore girls
“for a second there, i thought you had the chops to be a runner. till you face planted.” - newt, maze runner
"statistically speaking, there's always a chance for unlikely events to take place." - connor, detroit: become human
"you, you are, you're a great deal too good for me, and i'm so grateful to you, and so proud and fond of you, i don't know why i can't love you as you want me to." - jo, little women
"i'm loved now, but when i wasn't, it didn't mean i wasn't worthy of it." - anne, anne with an e
-> part 2 -> part 3
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mazerunnersecretsanta · 16 days ago
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Merry Christmas @jo-the-unknowable
Title: where light once was
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: gore, violence
Wordcount: 13,175
Summary: When Sonya’s wife, Harriet, fades into thin air on their anniversary hike, her life turns dark. Seven months of never-ending grief tear her to pieces but when Harriet returns safe and sound, she trusts her to put her back together. Drawn curtains, unspoken soliloquies and a coldness that stings in her bones make Sonya wish, she never begged for Harriet’s resurgence, and pray for this nightmare to stay in her dreams. Once love-filled eyes now unmoving fuel the unsettling idea that the person Sonya welcomed back into their home, might not be a person at all. 
Message to giftee: hi!! thank you so much for your inspiring prompts! horror is my favourite genre to read, so all of your ideas made my head spin with excitement! have a lovely time reading and happy holidays! <3
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thelikesoffinn · 7 months ago
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At this point, I'm convinced that people who ship Thomas x Teresa are the very same people who ship Laurie x Jo.
Advocates for the classic epic romance.
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lilacerull0 · 1 year ago
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*talking about genetics to someone*
them: wow you turned it into a novel somehow
me: THAT'S BECAUSE IT IIIIIIIS A NOVEL đŸ€© it's also a doctor who episode 😁
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newtness532 · 7 months ago
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thinking about the dont lie to me scene again
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xcarveoutmyheart · 2 years ago
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What's your favorite movie? -🧁Anon
Difficult question! I have quite a few across a lot of genres, mainly animated films, horror, romance, among others, but I think I’ll focus on specifically Disney movies to at least keep this concise and sort of together hehe. I love a LOT of Disney movies, especially the classics, so this is gonna be a bit of a difficult question to answer.
The Hunchback of Notredame, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Sleeping Beauty, Tangled, and The Lion King take the cake for most rewatched on my end. I just love them so much??? I relate with a lot of Disney protagonists, but especially the protagonists in at the very least MOST of these. Especially Quasi, Ariel, Belle, Rapunzel, and Herc! We have
 similar experiences? Motives? Difficult to really explain in detail hehe. Aurora is also someone I identify with but for different reasons in comparison to the previous four (mainly sleeping habits honestly, but to the extreme.)
The Lion King was my first favorite though, and is one I hold close to my heart, so I think I can say that one is my favorite movie?
They also have like, the best villains by the way. Another thing I’m honestly so in love with when it comes to these movies. Scar is my favorite in this regard, if you’re curious. Also??? The music??? Hello??? Bangers, all of the songs are bangers.
Special mentions: Cinderella (but specifically Cinderella III, but the other two are okay also), Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Aladdin, and 101 Dalmatians.
Some non-Disney movies in the tag ig~ What movies do you like? :)
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ravenwind-75 · 10 days ago
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HAHAHA 😂
Johanna: “He will be fine! Plus Seb has been getting through to him. Maybe he’ll just come by invite this time
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Magnolia: “Hmmm
I’m watching you..” *fingers to eyes*

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Thank you! Have a lovely New Year!
NICE THOUGHTS TO YOU!
hope you are doing well!
ps: i will gladly have Jo kidnap Ashton for Magnolia any time again just lemme know.
Hope you have a good start to a new year.
Oh, helloooo!
Awn, thank you so much! đŸ„č Hope you’re doing well too, my friend 💕😊🙏
đŸ©·âœšA very nice New Year to you and your family!!âœšđŸ©·
And, about that

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Johanna: “So, do you want me to tie him with red or yellow ribbons?”
Magnolia: “JOHANNA!!😡”
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tavolgisvist · 30 days ago
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'I look in the mirror'
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At the Cavern, 1963, photo by Michael Ward
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Photo by Mike McCartney
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August 13, 1966, photo by Bob Bonis
We wrote with two guitars, John and I. And, as I’ve mentioned previously, the joy of that was that I was left-handed while he was right handed, so I was looking in a mirror and he was looking in a mirror. We would always tune up, have a ciggie, drink a cup of tea, start playing some stuff, look for an idea. Normally, one or the other of us would arrive with a fragment of a song. ‘Please Please Me’ was a John idea. John liked the double meaning of ‘please’. Yeah, ‘please’ is, you know, pretty please. ‘Please have intercourse with me. So, pretty please, have intercourse with me, I beg you to have intercourse with me.’ He liked that, and I liked that he liked that. This was the kind of thing we’d see in each other, the kind of thing in which we were matched up. We were in sync.
(Paul McCartney, about Please Please Me in The Lyrics, 2021)
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A lot of what we had going for us was that we were both good at noticing the stuff that just pops up, and grabbing it. And the other thing is that John and I had each other. If he was sort of stuck for a line, I could finish it. If I was stuck for somewhere to go, he could make a suggestion. We could suggest the way out of the maze to each other, which was a very handy thing to have. We inspired each other.
(Paul McCartney, about Eight Days A Week in The Lyrics, 2021)
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When John and I met, the first year of our friendship was spent talking about these cover versions, the records we loved, and then playing them again and again. As we got to know each other, we practised these various covers until one day the conversation went, ‘You know, I’ve written one or two songs.’ And he said, ‘Yeah, so have I.’ That gave us something in common that was itself wholly uncommon. I went to a school of a thousand boys and I’d never met anyone who said he’d written a song. Mine were just in my head. So were John’s. We took each other by surprise. And then the logical extension was, ‘Well, maybe we could write one together.’ So that’s how we started. And we became versions of each other.
(Paul McCartney, about The Other Me in The Lyrics, 2021)
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Q: "Can I ask you about Lewis Carroll?" A: "Oh, Lewis Carroll. I always admit to that because I love 'Alice In Wonderland' and 'Alice Through The Looking Glass.' But I didn't even know he'd written anything else. I was that ignorant. I just happened to get those for birthday presents as a child and liked them. And I usually read those two about once a year, because I still like them."
(John Lennon, June 16, 1965, interview for BBC)
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Paul McCartney in his garden at Cavendish Avenue, 7; photo by Barry Lategan (for Observer 'What Makes A Man Stylish?', July 1968)
I think of the imagined world of Lewis Carroll [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There] that John and I both loved so much.
(Paul McCartney, about I’ll Get You in The Lyrics, 2021)
We’d been together so much that if you had a question, we would both pretty much come up with the same answer. [about their hitchhike to Spain by way of Paris] <
> It’s a bit crude, but it’s fair to say that, in general, I’d had a good life and John hadn’t. His life had been tougher, and he had to develop a harder shell than I did. He was quite a cynical guy but, as they say, with a heart of gold. A big softy, but his shield was hard. So that was very good for the two of us. Opposites attract. I could calm him down, and he could fire me up. We could see things in each other that the other needed to be complete.
(Paul McCartney about Ticket To Ride in The Lyrics, 2021)
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Sometimes I look in the mirror Is nobody there? But I just keep on staring and staring No Can it be? Can it be? Can it be? And if I look in the mirror And nobodyÂŽs there But I just keep on staring, and staring No Is it me? Is it me? Is it me?
(John Lennon, circa 1977)
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book--brackets · 3 months ago
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Summaries under the cut
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.
By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.
But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
At the age of twelve, Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly utopian, futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pain of life.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter.
The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.
Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.
Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want--but what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Everything is going to change.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.
Remember. Survive. Run.
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive.
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.
With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.
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angmarenthusiast · 7 months ago
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More Total Drama Incorrect Quotes
Duncan: What's your greatest fear? Heather: Being forgotten. Duncan: ... Duncan: Damn, that's deep. Duncan: Mine is the Kool Aid man, but I feel kinda stupid about it now...
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Scott: ‘Technically legal’, the two best words in the the English language, right before ‘cowboy spectacular.
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*During a game of Hangman* Courtney: Nope, there’s no Q. You lose. Heather: Are you kidding me?! You can still add something! Courtney: I already added a belt, four earrings and an extra arm! YOU LOSE!
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Noah: I just wanted to say that over the years, I have come to regard you as
 people I met.
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Justin: Yesterday, I watched Cody try to eat a decorative rock from Harold's potted plant. Trent caught them and told them they can't eat rocks. Cody started whining something about no food being in the house before walking away.
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Jo: All in all, a 100% successful trip. Brick: But we lost Anne Maria. Jo: All in all, a 100% successful trip!
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Mike: Lol. Heads up if you try to make a candle with food coloring, the food coloring will just sink to the bottom of the glass, and when the flame eventually reaches the bottom all the food coloring will catch fire and become one giant tall flame that you cannot possibly blow out and the glass will start to crack and then you’ll throw your tea on it in a panic and then the extremely hot food coloring will boil and sizzle horribly and then the glass will shatter. Please take my word on this. Cameron: What did you do Mike? Mike: a Mistake.
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Brick: *eating a cinnamon roll* Anne Maria: Cannibalism. Brick: *confused chewing noises*
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Sierra: I know what you're up to. Izzy: Really? Because I barely know.
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Cody: *is visibly upset* Tyler: Cody, what happened? I haven't seen you like this since you found out candyland wasn't an actual country.
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Izzy, in Eva’s window: I thought I’d find you here! Noah, climbing past Izzy: WE COULD HAVE USED THE DOOR-
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Cody: Could you guys at least try to see this from my perspective? Harold: *crouches down* Justin: *kneels down* Trent: *sits on the floor* Cody: Cody: I hate all of you.
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Sam: Without ugly, there would be no beauty in this world. Dawn: Thank you for your sacrifice, Scott.
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Sam: Pick a card, any card. Scott: Fine. Sam: Wait, that's my credit card! Scott: You said any card.
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*Beth and Lindsay are in a mirror maze* Beth, seeing Lindsay: C'mon, you got it! Almost through! Lindsay: I see you! *runs straight into a mirror, shattering it* Beth: *screams*
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Heather: Gwen- Gwen: *sighs* Courtney used to call me Gwen... Heather: ...Because it's your fucking name.
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Zoey: Hey bro, what do you want to eat? Mal: The souls of the innocent! Mike: A bagel. Mal: No! Mike: Two bagels.
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jolalibrary · 3 months ago
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welcome to jolabrew + withcheese coffee house's 'brews & bits giftshop,' where you can find trinkets, tokens, and treats* (aka, the masterlist).
*this will be updated by @jolapeno periodically with the latest bits and bobs (aka when @goodwithcheese prods her with the milk steamer)
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LATEST ARRIVALS
· megan's flower bush - limited stock · marcus's brown-eyed coffee beans - limited stock · jo's salt + pepper cookies (x6) - limited stock · javi g's paddington notebook - limited stock · a solid beskar flask - limited stock · mortimer's knitted hats - limited stock
out of stock items are at the end of the menu
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ART & INKS
@galway-girlatwork - morales mocha moodboard
@veryinactivewriter - when this isn't the way moodboard, como la flor con tanto amor moodboard + based on a true story
@yopossum - apple picking with javi p
@wordywarriorwrites - bonfire with frankie
@almostfoxglove - frankie + autumn stroll
@jolapeno - din + fall walk
@secretelephanttattoo - marcus p fall'in for you
@saradika - modern!din + fall market
@morallyinept - pumpkin patch + joel
@whocaresstillthelouvre - javi + autumn (new fic coming)
@604to647 - bonfire hangout with frankie (edit)
@mrsmando - a fall walk with joel
@veryinactivewriter - my silver moon ft santiago
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PAGE TURNERS
@just-mj-or-not - favourite things in the world husband frankie x wife female reader
@myownwholewildworld - when the moon howls + when the grief howls javier peña x f!reader, 6.8k
@punkshort - when seasons change javier peña x f!reader, 3.2k
@cuppajoel - couple's costume javier peña x f!reader, 1.7k
@inept-the-magnificent - the apple of his eye frankie morales x f!reader, 683
@butterphii - autumn joel miller x f!reader, <1k
@whocaresstillthelouvre - close encounters of the corn dieter bravo x f!reader, 1.4k
@glowingxeyes - fall festivities joel miller x f!reader, 1.4k
@milla-frenchy - october javier peña x f!reader, 2.3k
@yxtkiwiyxt - sangria javier peña x f!reader, 12k
@oliveksmoked - the best halloween friendship: tommy and joel miller, 2k
@dilf-din - two favors joel miller x f!reader, 1.2k
@alwritey-aphrodite - the coffee shop frankie morales x f!reader, 1.2k
@toomanystoriessolittletime - a masked surprise frankie morales x f!reader, 1.5k
@maggiemayhemnj - happy tuesday joel miller x f!reader, <1k
@thischarmingmandalorian - what a big heart i have dad!joel x reader, 1.6k
@bluestar22x - maze find frankie morales x reader, 600
@baronessvonglitter - forever's going to start tonight max p x reader, 1.7k
@rulexofxnines - fall walk + ezra ezra x reader, 500
@whocaresstillthelouvre - the harvest festival frankie morales x reader, 3.9k
@thelightsandtheroses - sweater weather joel miller x reader, 2k
@sawymredfox - mocha frankie morales x reader, 1.5k
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VINYLS & TAPES
jolabrew + withcheese vinyl: the sound of cheese and pepper
@80ssong + @sunshinehaze1 - MaxP Halloweenie/Spooky Mix
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· miller & co's spoons - out of stock · jolabrew + withcheese tote bag - out of stock · megan's 20oz takeaway cup - out of stock
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deancas-stabfest · 1 year ago
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Stab me senseless by MalicMalic Art by hexentaenzerin Rated E đŸ”Ș 1,587 Pairing: Meg/Anna Milton
Finding Another Way by arlington-chamber-of-gay Art by keikakudom Rated M đŸ”Ș 3,816 Pairing:Castiel/Dean Winchester
This Blade for Hire by friendofcarlotta Art by xfancyfranart Rated E đŸ”Ș 20,011 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Primordial Bond by hexentaenzerin Art by kayliemalinza Rated M đŸ”Ș 1,892 Pairing: Eve/Amara
Silver knives and blood stains by Pyro29k Art by neversleepuntilfive Rated M đŸ”Ș 5,636 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
he’s gonna take my files by autisticandroids Art by coydahlia Rated E đŸ”Ș 6,191 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Am I Standing Still? by doctorprofessorsong Art by free-to-be-impaled Rated E đŸ”Ș 11,208 Pairing: Pamela Barnes/Tessa
there’s a danger in lovin’ somebody too much by pregstiel Art by kingdumbass Rated E đŸ”Ș 1,890 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Soulmate At First Stab by hexentaenzerin Art by hectatess Rated E đŸ”Ș 10,811 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Give In To No Man by Arlington Art by kayliemalinza Rated M đŸ”Ș 2,001 Pairing: Rowena MacLeod/Mary Winchester
Everlasting by entropic-saudade Art by golby-moon Rated M đŸ”Ș 10,227 Pairing: Kaia Nieves/Claire Novak
This Tainted Love You’ve Given by lazarus-rose Art by xfancyfranart Rated E đŸ”Ș 17,100 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
to wound as sharpened swords by duckkin Art by hexentaenzerin Rated M đŸ”Ș 3,737 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Angels, Demons and Dogs by mbqnoyolo Art by kayliemalinza Rated M đŸ”Ș 4,764 Pairing: Anael/Ruby
the starving faithfuls by pluto Art by sidewinder Rated M đŸ”Ș 8,972 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
You’re In My Blood by follows-the-bees Art by hexentaenzerin Rated E đŸ”Ș 8,576 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Laughter in a Corn Maze by castielafflicted Art by hectatess Rated M đŸ”Ș 5,804 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
The Man in the Rock by friendofcarlotta Art by kayliemalinza Rated E đŸ”Ș 7,331 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Frightland by melancholictearz Art by neversleepuntilfive Rated T đŸ”Ș 7,404 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
900 Days by howldean Art by kayliemalinza Rated M đŸ”Ș 4,005 Pairing: Castiel/Dean Winchester
Revenge for Dummies by Ola Art by Kazi Rated M đŸ”Ș 10,060 Pairing: Jo Harvelle/Meg Masters
Desire (i want to turn into you) by an_ardent_rain Rated E đŸ”Ș 10,100 Pairing: Dean Winchester/Castiel
Tourbillon Dreams by kayliemalinza Art by coydahlia Rated M đŸ”Ș 40,402 Pairing: Dean Winchester/Castiel
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mazerunnersecretsanta · 1 year ago
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Merry Christmas @jo-the-unknowable
Title: Promise to Try
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: Depictions of Depression
Wordcount: 34150
Summary: High bar gold medalist Newt decides to try his luck on GLADEiator, a TV show not unlike Ninja Warrior. He doesn't know at this point that this decision will change his life forever.
Message to giftee: Jo, you have given me absolutely perfect prompts and I truely hope that you will enjoy this story! i wish you wonderful holidays and lots of fun reading this year's other works! <3
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saiyanwitcher · 2 months ago
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Prince of Death chapter 29 inspo images:
Young Max gets me in the feels every time 😭
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“I was ten years old, Charles. Ten,” he interrupted, words a painful whisper.
He let his gaze fall, eyes tracing the cold floor beneath them, unable to meet the compassion he knew was in Charles’ eyes. “I’d been in that damned prison cell for three years by then, practically my whole life, it felt like. When I wasn’t alone, I was surrounded by soldiers, guards, and—and Jos. I hated it—everything about that place. They kept Carlos away from me, dangling my best friend like a reward, letting me see him only if I completed my training goals. But even then, I got maybe a few minutes a day. That was my entire world.”
The words spilled out, dredged from some dark, hidden part of himself that he’d buried long ago. He almost wished he could keep them there, but there was no going back now. The memories swarmed his mind, flashing images of cold, gray walls, the relentless drills, experiments, mazes, the sneering faces of soldiers who’d remind him he was nothing, that Jos could snuff him out as easily as a flickering candle.
That he was a prince of nothing. 
A prince to no one.
For years, Max carried that loneliness, that relentless ache for connection, for something more than what he’d been given. He hadn’t known anything else, and when he’d finally tried to escape, when he’d dared to hope for something beyond that iron prison . . . that's when everything had truly gone wrong.
The words hung in the air, each one clawing at his throat as he forced them out. “They made me this before I even knew what I was, what I could be.”
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