#just willow shenanigans i guess i love them ok

[biff-adventurer]

FFXIVWRITE 2023 - Prompt 5: Barbarous

“Come on,” said Ivan. “Do it. You know you want to!”

Sophie wrinkled her nose. “I really don’t. Can’t you find someone else to play with?”

“Everyone’s busy!” The fluffy, white Hrothgar shook his mighty fist. “Those who aren’t, aren’t strong enough to keep up!”

Sophie sighed and sank in her chair. Though it was old, Eyrisunn had been right about it. One could sink into its soft cushions forever. She needed a breath of forever to deal with the lunacy of the Willows. Newcomers included.

“You’re thinking about it,” said Ivan, wagging a finger at her. His green-and-blue eyes sparkled. “There haven’t been any exciting marks, and I understand! That is why we must do what we can to exercise both our minds and bodies!”

“I could blow on you and you’d disappear,” said Sophie. Her long, white ears searched the silent house for heavy footsteps. Would no one come to her aid?

“You might think so,” said Ivan, “but a dancer has his tricks!”

“Go find a different partner. Someone else. Anyone else. It’s my day off. I don’t want to spend it touching men in any way.”

“You wound me!” The hrothgar brought his heavy hand to his broad, bared chest and collapsed onto the ground. “She thinks I’m one of those men!”

“If it makes it any better, you don’t smell like them.” She closed her eyes and let out a long, heavy sigh. He had no choice but to buzz off now.

The front door of the FC House opened wide as its mascot jogged into the room. Biff Guy, the Man of Steel. The Stealer of Pants. The Moonwalker, and Hildibrand’s biggest fan! His mentee collapsed at his feet and groaned. 

“Get up,” said Biff, prodding the Xaela boy’s shoulder with his foot. “We ain’t finished yet.”

“AH! Just the man I wanted to see!” Ivan bounced to life and pounced on the sweaty meatslab called Biff. He didn’t seem to mind the stench of sweat nor the wet it spread on that furless skin. Sophie, for one, minded it very much, but it was not in her place to deride a man who only stunk for the sake of exercise. “Remember that game we talked about?”

Biff buried his face in a towel. “Game? What game?”

Ivan lifted Arslang from the cold, wood floor. “The game we discussed not a moon ago! You have time, don’t you? And it’s good exercise!”

“Oh. I know what yer talkin’ about.” He grabbed his mentee by the scruff of his neck and shook him like a naughty kitten. “Hey! Wake up! Ye’ve got another challenge!”

Arslang groaned and waved his long, long limbs. “I’m up, I’m up! I thought we were done for the day!”

Ivan, quick to catch on, began stretching in preparation for the game. Biff dusted Arslang off by waving around his towel in the boy’s general direction. Their audience felt poorly for him, but she was keen to see if he could handle himself. He was being brought up by the greatest warrior in the world, after all.

“Now! Are you ready?” asked Ivan, properly in position.

Arslang stared impassively at the hrothgar. “... Yes?”

What came next was a travesty, much to Sophie’s delight. That large, lion hand of Ivan’s went cutting through the air. The young, green sprout had no idea what would come next and there was no time to ponder it. WHACK! The sound of Ivan’s initiating slap echoed through the house, resonant of a whip’s crack. Sophie blinked and found Arslang lying on the floor, his cheek a loud and accusing red.

“What–was that for!” coughed the boy.

Ivan laughed thunderously. “You didn’t tell him?”

“Tell him what?” Biff tilted his head.

“You should’ve told him,” supplied Sophie, “that this challenge was a slap fight.”

[jess-the-vampire]

Okay I've been lurking in the AROFAM tag (noticed there have been a lot of people asking for a masterpost, sorry I asked again in my prev. ask!) and this is what I've understood so far:

- Caleb runs off into BI with Evie, leaving Philip who thinks he's basically been abducted

- Philip also makes it to the BI years later in an attempt to rescue Caleb, only to find him happy and well

- Caleb makes him Biscuit, who he at first doesn't like because magic

- At some point the stabby fight still happens

- But Philip feels guilty & scared about it and makes a deal with the Collector to give Caleb immortality. Philip decides the Collector is too dangerous to free and backs out of their deal, meaning he doesn't know how to reverse the immortality thing.

- Caleb doesn't know what's going on or why he isn't aging, and his kids try to help him break the curse until they die

- Philip goes on the run as a witch hunter.... Maybe because he stabbed Caleb..?

- At some point Philip consumes a palisman and becomes cursed. He locks Biscuit away in a closet to resist eating him too.

- Caleb stays with his descendents. At some point one of them becomes Royal. Or maybe it starts with Eda, who still gets the Owlbeast curse.

- Caleb uses the CC disguise, no one knows it's been the same guy for centuries.

- Young Luz enters the BI and befriends Eda & King and the gang. Eda accidentally kills her at one point, and tries to make grimwalkers of her. Hunter was one of the initial failed grimwalker attempts using Caleb as a base.. maybe because he's human?

- Eda sends Darius to send baby Hunter to the human realm for. Reasons. It's dangerous for humans?

- Hunter is moved from foster home to foster home. Darius is unable to return to the BI but unable to take Hunter because eventually he'll have to leave, so he just keeps an eye on him.

- Eventually Hunter finds his way to the BI through Belos' portal. At some point Kiki joined Belos.

- They do palace infiltration Shenanigans

- Caleb/CC is sent after the gang but. defects? at some point? and just lives with Philip, Hunter, and Kiki fulltime afterwards.

- Unclear on if Caleb and Philip had reconciled before this

- Caleb and Hunter get very close, despite Belos being his first mentor, and Caleb adopts Hunter

- Hunter let's Biscuit out of the closet

- Eventually the truth comes out that Hunter is kind of Caleb's bio son

- Hunter. Leaves? And has adventures with Willow?

- Caleb wants to cure Belos, Belos wants to return to the human realm, Eda also wants to go to the human realm because? Reasons?

- Eda teams up with the Collector

- Lilith is. Maybe a double agent / spy throughout all this?

- Caleb and Philip sneak into the palace, Collector spills the beans about the immortality thing and Caleb is understandably mad

- I guess Collector is freed, befriends king and imprisons Philip (and cures him?? turns him back into bearded pre-curse Philip at least) while the rest escape to the human wold where Caleb experiences culture shock and guilt and Camilla is also there mourning Luz and wondering about this weird new kid who looks like her missing daughter.

Did I get that right?

This is such a cool, detailed AU thanks for making it!!

currently trying to start updating the archive blog : @areverseoffeathersandmud-archive

but yeah!, you picked up on a lot!

there's some stuff that's not completely right, but that's just because i haven't talked about some of those topics yet, like how collector was freed by king this time around so that's not on you but more on me needing to touch on it and how it happened in this au.

And there are things that I have tackled that you're only slightly off on.

like philip is not cured by collector and he has a beard because of how much time has passed since arofam KT, but that's ok because you did a great job still getting most of everything else

if you guys have questions, just ask~

I'll get to whatever you wanna know with time

and thanks, i'm glad you love it!

[colemacgrathtkz]

Buying time

Previously. Next

Fair warning: This one is long.

A few days after her return, Noceda made her way into the Blight manor. She hadn't seen anyone else from the "good old days".

Today, Amity should be finished moving back into her old room. Now that the "empress" had returned, Luz needed a place to stay.

The Owl house didn't seem like it would be accepting new tenants. Amity said she could stay at the "New Coven" HQ. Belos's former castle might as well be put to good use.

Stepping through the front door, she expected to be greeted by either stuffy parents or mischievous siblings. Neither seemed to be home. Just a familiar face waiting to report her news.

Luz: "Good afternoon, my lovely gf! I'm ready for my homecoming party!"

Amity: "I've already updated Willow and Augustus. They should be ready to speak with you after some time."

Luz(folding her arms): "Why so formal, Blight? Is it the house? Maybe we should get our own-".

Amity: "Everyone's going to need time to take all this in, even me. But what about you? Any trouble moving back into your old castle?"

Luz (sarcastically): " You mean Belos's hand-me-downs? You know, after I killed him. Not so bad once you get passed the stares and constant reminders of who I was."

Amity: "Sorry."

Wait, why was she apologizing?

Luz nonchalantly shrugged.

Luz: "Meh, there was vacancy."

Speaking of vacancy, even for a big house, this was unusually quiet.

Luz( jokingly): "So, when's the party? I want to see everyone. Where are they?"

Amity: "That's going to have to wait. My family's already on their way to a conference. We'll be gone for four days."

Luz: "Sounds like high class stuff. Perfect for a romantic getaway, like in the movies. Ok, I'm in!"

Amity: "You can't come."

Luz( pouting): "Huh, why not? I was technically at the top of this food chain. What could possibly stop this empress from returning to high class society?"

Amity: "Me. Remember, everyone was afraid of you. You're supposed to be a secret. Everyone at HQ has orders not to mention you being back."

Sticking her hands in her pockets, the sulking latina turned to leave.

Luz: "Fine! I'll just hang out with Willow and Gus."

Amity: "Those two are busy. Willow has official coven business. Augustus works with his father. They can't drop everything just because you're back."

Stopping mid step, she glanced back to hear about the others.

Luz: "Eda? King?"

Amity dodged her gaze.

Amity: "We haven't been able to reach them. They left Bonesborough to cure the curse... with Lilth."

For a brief moment, red flickered in Luz's eyes. Unfortunately, Amity caught glimpse of that. She made her way to the staircase.

Amity: "Enjoy the alone time."

Being left alone wasn't a fun thought.

Luz: "Hold on, you sure there's no way I could tag along?"

Amity: "Not without some assurances."

Luz: "Like a certain glowing circle floating in midair?"

Got her...

Amity: "The everlasting oath will only work if we're both on board with this. If you're willing to promise give up your magic, it could work. Just for four days, ok? I want to breathe easy. "

Luz: "Ok, but on one condition. We don't tell anyone else about this. There's probably a line of witches who want to take a shot at me."

A purple halo was spawned before them. Amity held her hand out, ready to begin. But just as Luz held out hers, it crackled. A burst of red in its hue, it zapped both their wrists before dissolving. The slight scorch marks seemed to send a clear message.

Amity( disappointed): "I knew this wouldn't work."

Luz: "Hang on, one more time. Close your eyes."

If you looked up "suspicious" in the dictionary, you'd see this moment.

Amity's narrowed eyes tried to read Luz's intentions. The suspect raised her right hand and put the other one on her chest.

Luz: "No tricks, I swear."

Complying with her request, Amity didn't peek.

Luz's eyes darted for the closest reflective object. Settling on a mirror, she knew who else was staring back.

Luz( mouthing the words): "Come on, help me out here."

Trying once more, two hands joined together without fail.

Luz: "See? No sweat. Now, when do we leave?"

Amity: "Tonight, I'm almost done packing. But there's something else I've got to say. My family's arranged for all of us to have our own rooms, for privacy. So..."

Amity brought a hand to Luz's face, smiling.

Amity( patting Luz's cheek): "Good luck finding a last minute vacancy."

And with that, a slack jawed girl was left to wait at the door.

Luz: "Fine, I don't need magic. I've got a dangerous rep!"

[The morning after Luz's return, at New Coven HQ]

Gus: "We've got to drop everything and deal with this!"

Amity: "No, we need to focus. How did she even get here?"

Willow(sarcastically): "Maybe you can find the answer at your next book club meeting? Spoiler alert! Luz's pages ahead of us."

Gus has been working with his father. Though, keeping his finger on the town's pulse was definitely a useful thing. From hearing rumors to reading reports, Gus was the group's ears.

He'd barged into Amity's briefing. Reports of crystal balls disappearing overnight. That definitely seemed like New Coven business.

Of course, it seemed like a good time to inform them of last night's visitor.

Gus: "This can't a coincidence. First, she shows up. Then, robberies happen all over town, overnight! What next? The town gets knee deep in a potion flood?"

Willow: "That doesn't sound that bad, all things considered."

Gus(hysterical): "Oh, sure! Why don't we just ask our former dictator? Hey, Luz, how bad are things going to get?"

They took the news about as well as could be expected.

Gus: "We can't just ask her. She'd probably get scary and wipe out the town."

Willow( putting a hand on Gus's shoulder): " Come on, Gus, this is Luz we're talking about. She's got a big imagination. She'd probably come up with something way worse."

Ok, that's enough panicking.

Amity: "She's not going to wipe out Bonesborough... today. Look, right now we've got questions that need answers. And each of us still have jobs to do. Augustus, I want you to keep up to date on the investigations. Willow, I need you to go to the tree. The portal's gone, but there might be something left behind. Anything that could give us a hint.

Get to it!"

This was normally the part where everyone's dismissed. But Willow waited to shut the door behind Gus.

Willow: "Now that he's gone, we need to clear the air."

Amity just sat down, resting her head on her arms.

Willow: "Do you know why I became your personal assistant?"

Amity(sheepish): "Because you're that nice of a witch and couldn't let me fall apart?"

Willow: "Luz meant alot to us. But she meant a whole lot to you. If anyone was going to get her back, it was you. You were the key to seeing her again. And I wanted to be there to see my friend again.

...

Guess I dropped the ball on that one, huh?"

These two might not be friends, but they had each other's backs.

Willow: "So, do you trust her?"

Amity: "I don't know."

Smirking, Willow wrapped one arm around Amity's shoulder.

Willow: "Well, maybe we can do something about that? See, while you were obviously crushing on her from afar..."

Amity(slightly blushing): " Obviously?!"

Willow(smug): " I was learning up close about schemes, plots, and ruses from a master of shenanigans."

Willow's confidence had improved.

Willow: "I've got a plan. If everything goes well, you might get everything you hoped for.

Twoo wuv's kiss saves Luz and both of you get a happy ending."

She took jabs at her new boss when she could. Payback for the years of bullying.

While Amity became beet red, Willow continued.

Willow(whispering): "Here's what you need to do..."

[Bonus]

The afternoon after the conference, at the Blight manor.

The "undercover" duo knocked at the Blight manor entrance.

The family should be back, by now.

They were met by the twins, Emira and Edric.

Willow: "We need to talk to Amity."

Emira: "She's sleeping."

Gus: "It's four in the afternoon."

Edric: "She didn't get a wink, last night."

A smiles appeared on Amity's siblings.

Edric: "Want to see why?"

Not even waiting for an answer, he brought up a scroll. The footage was ready to go.

Edric: "We had a ball to cap off the night."

Emira: "But Luz wanted to do something special."

There, on the screen, Luz stood in the spotlight. Holding the mic and a spanish guitar, she broadcasted for the dance hall.

Luz: "This one goes out to a special someone here tonight. It's called, 'You're in my heart'."

Amity could be seen hiding her face, as she tried to excuse herself.

Emira: "We told her, Amity left during her performance."

Edric: "So, she asked for our help in finding mitten's window."

Pulling up another recording, this one seemed to take place outside.

Luz: "I saw this in a movie, once."

As the shot panned out, the eyes of these two detectives nearly popped out at the screen. What they saw could only be described as an army of Luz clones. The one up front, holding the guitar, began to play. The rest of them sang behind her.

Luz army(echoing): "Love of my life, you've hurt me.

You've broken my heart, and now you leave me."

The Blight twins collapsed from laughter.

The two guests looked at each other.

Gus(confused): "Are we... sure that's not the real Luz?"

Willow: "I thought Luz wasn't supposed to do magic?"

Edric(astounded): "That's why she asked for our help!"

Emira: "I just thought she was trying to get in good with her future in laws. Those powers glyphs weren't a bad start."

Before Willow could ask about that, Gus had his own question.

Gus: "When did you even learn this song?"

Blight twins(in unison): "Last night."

Willow: "No one tried to stop her during any of this?"

Emira: "People were too sacred they'd set her off. I mean, even we had trouble believing she wasn't going to start... you know."

Edric: "That is, until she wanted to pull something over on Amity. And really, who are we to try and stop her from redeeming herself?"

Emira: "Yeah, shame she made Luz walk home."

Slowly, Willow pieced together a realization.

Willow: "Time's not up yet and she's walking back alone.

Wait, did you post this on Penstagram?!"

Author's note:

Admittedly, the bonus was inspired by this moment in the show

and a song on the radio.

[queerdrow]

Friday’s motives were still good and I’m not above cheating so I sent her on another date.

This time it’s with Summer Holiday, who for some reason wore her formal wear to meet Friday for a date at the dive bar in Oasis Springs.

Summer is cute in her own eaxis way, I can definitely work with this.

Not great but I’ll take it I guess

Who the fuck is that creeper in the background??

Having dates on lots with couches is great because you can do THIS

Summer isn’t going to know what hit her.

Um

this does not seem good

Go the fuck away, Bjorn Bjergsen or whatever the fuck your name is.

Ah yes good

Despite Summer’s confused faces, which I put down to her sexual awakening and discovering she does like women, she was totally into this.

HELL YES

THANK YOU SUMMER

Now we switch back to Friday’s house (good old Crick Cabana in Willow Creek) to observe Mr. Darcy staring at a wall and then...well...doing whatever that is.

Mr. Darcy: but not handsome enough to tempt me into not staring at this wall/

Great, buddy. Good talk. 

I guess this is maybe the next day? Friday invited Summer over after work. Friday is in the criminal career btw. As if there was any other choice for her.

Friday wastes no time putting a ring on it. Forgive the plumb bob, I forgot the turn it off

Of course they got married immediately. That’s how I roll with the sims. At least they aren’t in their underwear like every goddamn couple I married in my ts2 legacies.

Their marriage has the Mr. Darcy seal of approval!!!

Summer got a makeover. She’s making a face in this, but I really like her makeover. She still looks somewhat preppy, yet fits into my game.

OMFG LOOK HOW SMUG HE LOOKS WHILE SCRATCHING THE BED

Say what you will about the sims 4, they got the cats and their behavior 100% correct.

Friday’s aspiration (wow its taken me so long not to refer to them as LTWs. ALSO the fact that you can just change them at will? I call shenanigans) is to be the Public Enemy so she has to prank a lot of people. So I sent her out to do just that.

It went ok but like...sims liked her afterwards which is not conducive to me needing 2 sims to dislike her

Meanwhile, at home...

Don Lathario stood and knocked on their door for like 5 fucking hours. I’m not even kidding. He eventually gave up by my god man. Are you that desperate? Where are the Calientes? Thank fuck that I’m not allowed to control Summer so there was no inviting him in.

Oh NOOOOOO I HATE Active sims. I cheated and changed “active” to “neat” after this. Yeah I’m the worst cheater whatever.

Nice Nice

I mean really

That’s fantastic, Friday. Keep up the good work.

yeah ok Summer

Yes YES give Mr. Darcy all the love that he rightfully deserves.

[wrestlezon]

aew rampage 10/21/22 liveblog containment zone

laughing my ass off at excalibur's reference (the attempt of trademarking the word "edge" for video games) he is truly The Gamer's Commentator

the acclaimed vs varsity... guys. tony nese and josh(?) woods. i forgot their title

oh no! billy gunn is ousted from ringside by the ref. golly! im unfocused. sorry acclaimed im trying my best to pay attention to your match its been a while since ive seen daily's place wood's fireman's carry into knee move...? bowens on the offense! they win!

cock and ball destruction ........caster thats obscene. dont fuck the belt on live tv!

backstage with tony schiavone and jade cargill

oh no! penelope ford... injured and out... i heard them mention this earlier but still :( i wanted to watch her fight willow!! wahhhh man jade is super mad! golly i do hope she fights nyla rose i wanna see nyla rose !!!!

watching the show Actually Live for the first time in a while means i can actually keep up with liveblogging it lmao... i need these commercial breaks to put words together

backstage with eddie and ortiz and death triangle

omg lmao ortiz put together an intervention for eddie. "eddie youre out of control" the lucha bros are here with encouraging words and eddie is just like :/? omg pac setting up pac vs eddie??? lmao poor eddie tho ;o; hes so blindsided

hook vs ari devari

those are some crisp printed hundreds i wonder how much it is to get fake film prop money whoa hook's getting beaten up classic threatening chin grab. love to see it whoa another pin break. will they actually make hook lose (no, but theyre not making it look easy!) oh theres redrum lol

haha vsk trying to fan him awake with the money redrum 2!!!! nooo dont put the money in his mouth you dont know where those crisp bills have been

backstage with the firm! ethan page and stokely

theyre bullying matt hardy ............ is he trying to outcringe them "by the time im done, you wont want me on your team"

willow nightingale vs leila gray

yay willow i wish penelope were here but ok... fighting! tackle! big scoop! big slam! theyre giving willow a lot of lore on commentary. which is funny because i know so little about leila gray in comparison ringside shenanigans! this match seems slightly awkward in its flow and pacing...? maybe im just looking too hard. or maybe leila is new? i dont know much about her so thatd check out "she aint no baddie! im the baddie" is that what was said there lol weird... match... maybe that penelope ford thing was a real last minute development. did they do dark matches before this show

OH!!!!!! WILLOW HIRED!!! yay!!!! i just uh... wish it wasnt after such a... weird match... oh... jade hijacking willow's celebration... i mean.. i guess thats heel behavior omg nyla and crew stole her car lol jade cargill killing every security guard

video segment with 10 and rush (and orange cassidy!)

oh lol theyre playing this on tv? nice. it was really good. i do think its funny that all the good segments they put on social media that i end up watching they also play on tv. better not to waste good segments to be lost in the social media oh they cut out the tony khan part of it lol he made a promise he wouldnt become an onscreen character after all

backstage pre-match with 10 and rush and orange

orange why are you with mark henry-- lmao why ARE you getting between these two guys' conflict jose i recognize your threat to orange but. i think punk has the honor of the shortest title run. twice over (😭) lmao orange has his own branded microphone... please tell me this is going to be a recurring thing stealing mark henry's bit again!!

rush vs 10 vs orange cassidy

andrade seamlessly deleted from the storyline i have such bad memory i have to keep reminding myself. *touches the earth* there was a guy here, once. i do this for punk and the elite as well i hope the elite and omega come back soon... yay!!! the best friends are here too!!!!!! :)c i love getting glimpses of my favorite guys in the background. imagine if i got to saw them wrestle :OOOO (theres plenty of non-conspiracy reasons for them to not have bookings. i understand. also they DID just wrestle in a trios match) (but that wasnt about them! it was about oc and pac!) (ok enough of that, its time for the main event!!!) he kept those glasses on for longer than i thought aoughh!! rush throwing beverage around! sticky cable choking! hm. its ok. i like the lime color watching 10 and rush fight, it makes me think that maybe oc turning this into a threeway gives 10 an out to lose but not lose his mask to rush thats a very charitable interpretation of the situation though. he also could just be being a funny little rascal oof!! solid table... unbreaking... 10 is so beefy. beef guy. real ooo i love me a good spear oh! orange is back in the ring the old nelson into pockets bit wow what a smooth beach break lmao why is open in-ring meddling legal in a three way i seriously love danhausen's curse-into-dickpunch manuever very mp100 reigan hypnosis punch energy rush trying to mess with 10's mask! are they going to reveal 10's canonically pretty face no! it will not occur. orange wins!

10 standing in the ring looking at orange... 10 looking at rush... lmao orange looking at rush like hes a weirdo

aww sad in memoriam bit at the end :(

the fite feed kept going but is glitched frozen. im missing out on the best friends being in the ring "theyre probably hugging right now" my friend does nothing but directly wound me

[ageekyreader]

AU Tuesday - Unexpected Superheroes

Guess what - I broke through my writing block! Apparently the solution was to write silly fanfic for my writing-partner-in-crime @merigreenleaf This is a one shot AU of her series Unexpected Inspiration. I did do a little bit of editing, but I’m not going to agonize over this one. 

I know some of my writeblr friends will tag people when they put up new writing. I haven’t been active enough lately to make my own list of people, but there are a few of you I’ve talked to enough that I’m pretty confident you’ll be interested in being tagged. If you don’t want to be on my list, or if you want to be added to my tag list for future shenanigans, just let me know! No pressure. I promise I won’t be upset if you don’t want to be tagged and you don’t have to give me a reason.  @lynnafred, @princeofmagick, @elliot-orion, @the-gay-hufflepuff, @enasroterfaden

Unexpected Superheroes

Adair bustled around the kitchen putting the finishing touches on the treats he’d made for the night. It had been almost a year since they had ended up on Earth after a magical mishap that somehow led to traveling across dimensions. They had no clue what had actually gone wrong, and since they didn’t seem to have magic in this world, the were effectively stuck for the time being.

Everyone missed Concordia but at least they still had each other. Adair didn’t even want to think of what it would have been like if any one of his family had been left behind. That would be much worse than losing magic.

Their introduction to Earth had not gone especially smoothly, but they met some people who saved the day like real life superheroes. Nikki and Alejandro had gotten them out of a sticky situation and then stuck around. Which was good - a world without magic could be really confusing. Adair didn’t think he’d ever understand the US government, but he was starting to get the hang of all the day to day life things. They all were more or less.

Tonight was Halloween and they had all embraced the idea wholeheartedly. Costumes were second nature to all the former carnies, and even Adair had dressed up in one a time or two. It had been much easier when he could still weave illusions, but that was ok. He’d still come up with an idea that he thought the others would love.

One of the things their new friends had done was introduce them to the world of comics. Adair loved some of the art work and was thinking about trying to get a job as a comic book artist. It was a far cry from the maps that were his specialty back home, but that wasn’t going to happen here. He might as well adapt.

It had become a tradition that every week they had a movie night and Nikki and Alejandro had been showing them all the different superhero movies. There were a lot, and they hadn’t gotten through all of them yet, but they knew enough that everyone agreed that it was the perfect theme for the party.

The stove beeped and Adair pulled out a berry pie. He grinned when he saw that the silly face he’d made with the crust on top had come out perfectly. That was the last thing he needed to do other than his costume. Which he better get into. Everyone would be here soon.

Sol had insisted they should all work with their new Earth-friends to make their costumes and that way the five of them could surprise each other. Adair was pretty sure Sol was going to show up as Thor. It just seemed like a natural fit. He had no idea what the other’s were going to pick though.

It had taken Adair awhile to figure out his costume. He was also in charge of the costume for Willow, their cat, but that one had been easy. Well, deciding on a character had been easy. The actual costume was a bit more challenging because Willow was brown and Blythe wouldn’t let him dye the cat black. In the end he’d fashioned a kind of fitted hood that he could slip on over Willow that left her eyes and mouth free. It looked a little silly but paired with a collar that was designed to look like T’Challa’s claw necklace she made a decent Black Panther.

Adair took one more look in the mirror to check the hair pieces he had applied then swooped Willow up into his arms and hurried for the living room. Their guests would be here soon and he could hardly wait to see what everyone else was wearing.The party was both a way to have some fun after all the stress of adjusting and a way to say thank you to all the people who had helped them in recent months. He knew that Alejandro was going to be Spider-man, but that was because he had been Adair’s costume buddy. It had taken some planning to make sure they all had a place to get ready where the other’s wouldn’t see their transformation but Blythe had taken charge of organizing that and it had worked out pretty well.

There were two people in the living room when Adair walked in. He started laughing right away. Nikki was dressed as Harley Quinn, no surprise there, and Dray was in a long red leather coat and thigh high boots. “Ok, tell me the truth, did you pick the Scarlet Witch just as an excuse to buy the coat?”

Dray grinned back at him, “Actually it was the boots I found first, but yes, I will casually be cosplaying as the Scarlet Witch on a regular basis because I make her look fabulous.”

“Dray - you make everything you wear look fabulous.”

“Damn right I do.”

Blythe and Alejandro walked into the living room at the same time from opposite directions. Adair only had eyes for Blythe. He always thought she was pretty, and tonight was no exception. She was wearing a green tank top, asymmetrical green skirt, and had ivy coiling everywhere. She made an amazing Poison Ivy and he hurried over to give her a hug and tell her so.

“Thanks. You make a surprisingly good old man.”

Adair felt himself blush. After all this time and she could still make him blush with every little compliment she gave. He was hopeless. “Yeah, I figured Stan Lee had to make an appearance so… here I am.”

Alejandro came over and added, “You have no idea how many different ideas we went through before we settled on that. Problem #1 - so many superheroes can fly or like to jump from buildings. Adair just couldn’t make himself do it. I suggested he do Captain America and, I kid you not, he turned green and told me all he’d be able to think about was jumping out of planes without a parachute.”

Adair shrugged and gave a little grin. He was glad they’d had a hard time finding a superhero that he felt comfortable dressing up as. He liked that this way he was still an artist. It felt right. Well, other than the mustache itching.

Feeling a draft Adair turned to figure out where it was coming from. He couldn’t imagine that any of them had opened a window. At least not yet. It was too cold outside and there weren’t that many bodies in here yet.

He found the open window just in time to see a graceful figure in all black with a dramatic, full length, black cloak slip in from outside.

“I’m Batman.” The voice was deeper and more gravelly but still obviously Etri. Adair had no idea how he had opened that window from the outside, but if anyone could it would be Etri.

Adair hurried over to give the other love of his life a hug. Well, and to make sure the window got closed. Before he could say anything to Etri he heard Dray give a high pitched, “What?!”

Etri had gone for a dramatic entrance but Sol had managed to one up him. Adair had a feeling that Sol’s costume would be the talk of the night. It wasn’t every day you saw a six foot six man with broad shoulders wearing a Wonder Woman costume. Looking at him it occurred to Adair that, once again, Sol had managed to forgo wearing pants.

Not that Dray seemed to mind. After their initial shocked exclamation Dray had gotten a dreamy look on their face. Obviously they didn’t mind the way Sol’s legs looked in the skimpy outfit.

Adair found himself wishing for his illusion magic again just so he could make it look like Sol was wearing pants.

[christinewatchestvshows]

The Royals 4x04: Black As His Purpose…

We are three badass bitches. Four if you count Sara Alice...without the bitch part.

Last week’s episode left us with a blackout, Robert suspiciously counting down to the lights going off, and Jasper in an ambulance on the way back to the palace. Naturally, I think Robert is trying to kill Jasper part 2, but I think it was more of a power move to gain the public’s trust and twist the Prime Minister’s arm. I’ll give him brownie points for going to find Jasper. 

Who’s the shady skeeze breaking into the ambulance? Oh, it’s Jasper’s dad! How the plot thickens...!

What’s ol’ Papa Frost doing here in London? He just wants to see his son. Or he saw his son on TV and thought he could cash in on a royal fat paycheck.

Queen Helena and Cyrus wind up in their fav place -- the wine cellar. But so does Helena’s mom??

I forgot she poisoned a girl’s horse to get Helena next in line to be queen. It’s almost as if the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

They play truth or truth and I guess the characters gain some closure from it. Like 2% closure. 

Cyrus’s phone call was about his cancer. He’s in remission! Happy Easter, loyals. Cyrus is risen...and he hates it.

Look, if you have to force a city-wide blackout to look the knight in shining armor...u tryin too hard

But it worked ok. OKAY ROB? I ate it up like cake. Maybe it was the leather jacket and your motorcycle...but you look damn good as the people’s king.

I’M STILL ONTO YOU THO

The gals hold down the fort and invite the public in! Because that’s what the new Len does. Doing good and opening herself up to love. Yaaas bitch

Let them eat champagne and cavier! It’s a blackout partay!

This is me melting as Jaspenor get reunited and don’t care that 100 commoners witnessed it. I’m sure they all signed a clause afterwards and were paid a lump sum for their discretion.

Robert also gets the girl! Willow realizes her true feelings for Robert and wants back on the list. God, he’s so calculating and sneaky...a 3 for 1 deal. R u a capricorn, Robbie?

Her royal grand-highness is having a love affair with the Count of Italy. 

BUT IT’S JASPER’S DAD. HE’S THE COUNT. HE KNOWS LITERALLY 3 ITALIAN WORDS. 

Not the best con man, but I guess her royal grand-highness was mucho desperado.

Oh, and Greta found out about Liam’s undercover shenanigans and drowns herself in wine and self-pity. Totally forgot that was a side plot in this ep. That’s how much of a snooze Greta is. 

QUESTIONS

Soo...did Liam take off his tin foil hat? Will he stop with the crazy yet?

How is Jasper going to explain his dad to everyone lol

Does Robert even bother with the list now that his #1 choice is down to be his bride?

When is Robert’s 15 minutes of heroism up? Abort being normal, Liam...need you to be crazy on this new scheme.

[fuckblizzardbearlover]

(St:discovery spoilers)

Not to like... Trigger anyone by asking you to think of this....so by all means pass on by.. if you are having a good or bad day and dont want to think some bad thoughts maybe you shouldnt read this. And i’m only @ ing a few people because i know they would have a good opinion IF they are in the mood to share. if you dont want to then dont. I dont want to make you feel bad.

but like... at Discount Tires the tv was showing Horns (Daniel Radcliffe....horns, ect) and it was near the end and i had to purposefully avoid watching because of this one moment i hated.

It reminded of what happened with Star Trek Discovery. I’m glad i didnt watch it but apparently in their mid season premier they violently murdered the black gay doctor. and like ...most star trek time shenanigans usually happen in the same episode. IDK if there was a cut away or if they violently murdered him on screen (based on the show i’d guess the latter)

Naturally of course, based on an article covering interviews with the director and actors, apparently they think this isnt ‘bury your gays” because there was a reason for it?  “He wasnt murdered because he was gay he was murdered because he was the smartest one on the ship and figured something out”

Oh shit well i guess us never ever in any tv show not explicitely made by us, being able to have a happy ending is ok so long as there is a Good reason for it.

Like there was a reason for WIllow’s love to be killed, there are reasons everywhere. Thats never been the issue.

and anyways, I guess i’m pissed because.....these fuckos almost got me. They had me doubting myself, gaslighting me into thinking it was acceptable. even got the actors who played the gay characters to support it to the point i thought i was wrong.

Then i see this Horns and i remember. I remember the part when daniel’s character is getting harrassed. because everyone thinks he murdered his girlfriend and the horns is bringing out peoples deepest desires. and for some police officers in his small town that includes violently taking out murderers. but the two of them get distracted when one says he’s going to jack off later thinking about the other  strangling daniel’s character. And this leads to him getting away while they make out.

And i was at first a bit pleased. Yea there was some heavy sin imagery in this movie but it was deconstructing that. the horns didnt MAKE people sin it just brought out their truth and amplified it a bit. So while it was an awkward way to come about i thought that this happy accident might lead to in the background of this story of two closeted men finding each other.

and then it gets to the climax of the story and the officer feels bad for how he’s acted and is in on the truth, that it was Daniel’s FRIEND who killed her and he’s going to help him take him out. and in the ensuing fight in the forest a struggle happens and the officer’s shotgun is aimed at his head and his entire face is blown off.

Just....abrubtly ...on screen...I LITERALLY see a closeted man who through magical help came out to himself a day or two before literally have his existence bloodily snuffed out, having only a half second to comprehend the gun in his face before his body is turned into meat and he’s doomed to a closed casket funeral because he literally doesnt have a head anymore. not because its decapitated but because its in a thousand little bloody chunky brainy boney pieces all over the forest.

And thats why i’m renewed in my anger. These FUCKING neo liberal assholes who think they are SO progressive like creators like True Blood and American Horror story. thinking NOT “lets have a diverse liberal cast” but instead “Hey you know how fucked up gays are? how about we CELEBRATE how fucked up they are by having some of our characters be these fucking QU*ers. We’ll get such good ratings due to our Progressive points and beign Edgy cus of our Gays and the only thing that will make our show edgier? lots of death. Death and gays. The only thing better is Death, gays, and black people. Yep Killing people. violent sex murders against women, violently killing our MULTIPLE black cast and having our sweet summer child gays violently killed despite how much of a precious bean they are”

These fuckos got me and others like me doubting myself. “well maybe it isnt that bad” but I REMEMBER how i felt. I remember how happy i was to think that even as a non main character that there was a gay man who was going to be happy cus he had another gay man to be with and then his BRAINS WERE SPATTERED ALL OVER THE FOREST!

And I’m SO glad now i didnt watch that episode. I can just imagine my apprehension at the suspicioun. my concern as the doctor sees something is weird. The realization that  the Arab trauma survivor Is indeed a klingon sleeper agent. The anxiety i get when he confronts him about it instead of going immediately to the captain. The fear as he doesnt realize how much danger he’s in and the Revulsion and horror as i literally watch a gay mans life snuffed out with a 1 second action  by another man

Anyways so I was just wondering if anyone else would be interested in telling about how they got suckered in and utterly betrayed by fucking faking progressive show makers who not only queerbait but seem to have no idea how harmful, prevelant and universal Bury Your Gays, is.

@pastaspoon @fitzefitcher @nintendette

[writtenbymonarch]

Stampede

Imagine: Fred having a crush on you and once he finally asks you out he takes you on a cliché date. 

Based on: this

Words: 1,600 __________ 

"I get it, I get it, Y/N is amazing, Y/N is beautiful, Y/N is better than anyone else. Why not go tell her that straight to her face than repeatedly mentioning all of this to me? I mean ya, I can see where you’re coming from but come on." George complained to Fred. To George, it seemed like every waking moment of Fred's life is based on Y/N.   "Ok, ok, I'll try to stop but, this is the last time. How many glances has she taken over here?" Fred question. "Ugh. She's coming over here right now in fact." This caused Fred to go rigid.   "Hey guys, good luck at the game today. I'll be cheering you on." It was as if Y/N was trying to provoke something out of him.   All Fred could muster up for a reply was a small laugh, while George answered with something like a 'thank you'. "Well, there's your encouragement, better not screw up because then your crush will see it and always remember your embarrassing moment." George teased. "A) Could you say that any louder, and B) Shut up, I don’t want to think about that." Fred tidied up his area and walked to his room, not up for his twins shenanigans currently.   The game had gone well so far, but Y/N was no where in Fred's sight. She was caught up in finishing some homework in the library and didn’t realize what the time was. Concerned, Fred's head wasn't in the game, until finally he saw her walk to a seat in the Y/H stands. Y/N waved at him, collecting even more of his attention. He eventually took his off of her, but not before he could stop a bludger from almost hitting Harry. Luckily, Harry swerved away just in the nick of time, unfortunately, this meant travelling further away from the golden snitch, almost in the palm of his hands. Fred was going to hear a word from him later. All in all, the Gryffindor team won, just barely, although it was enough to impress Y/N.   Fred caught up with Y/N after the winners party. By this time, it was late at night, but he had found her sitting near the beating willow, of course, she was far enough away from it to want it to go after her.   "What are you doing out here, Y/N? It’s freezing! Here, take my coat." He draped the extra fabric over her cold body. She didn't want to say it out loud but, the smell of him on the coat was infatuating.   "I just like to watch the night sky sometimes, you know?"   "I understand. It is super peaceful out here. Now that I think about it, I'm sorry for being so loud." "It's ok, sometimes I like the company out here. This is one of the times." Y/N tried to some what flirt with him. Y/N looked up at Fred and caught his stare, although he was the one to break it, him turning away quickly. "Sure is pretty out here." 'Because you're beside me' he finished his words off as a thought. After building up his confidence thinking 'what's the worse that could happen?', he actually said what he was thinking. "What was that?" Y/N smiled, hoping she heard him correctly. "You're beautiful." He repeated. "Everything about you." Now Y/N couldn't hold back her smile at all. "Why, thank you. You aren't too bad yourself." By this time, the two of them were cuddling in the cold. Fred starting telling her a story about how he pranked someone to fill up the silence. His giggling chest rattling Y/N  was possibly the best feeling ever. Once, he finished the story, Y/N had fallen asleep. He picked her up and started walking to her room. Throughout, he was murmuring little compliments about her he would only say as if no one could hear him. What he didn't know was that she had waken up in the middle of him saying all those cute things and could barely hold her smile back, not wanting him to know that she's listening to all of it. The two of them both had the greatest sleep that night, not in the same bed of course, but just thinking about the little things each other said kept them dreaming. The both of them getting up with a grin on their face. "Ugh, it would be great if you were a girl." This set him back a little. This morning Y/N decided to sit next to Fred and his gang. Y/N saw the glimmer of confusion in his mind. "No, no, no, I didn't mean it that way, I meant so I could have some girl talk to you." Fred 'ohh'ed. "Invite me over later and I'll be whatever you want me to be." He added a wink. Now it was the tables turn to 'ohh'. "I'm just playing," He added softly after the commotion died down." "Too bad, I would've invited you." Y/N added. He sat there with his mouth slightly open. "You'll catch flies." She took his chin in her chilly hand and pushed it up, furthering then to pinch his cheeks and shake his head, making him pucker his lips. He didn’t want her to know that any contact between them could get his heart racing. It was mutual though.   Later that day, after classes, he kept to his word. "Hello, I am here for the 'girl talk'. Sorry that I don't have an invitation, it was verbal." He greeted once you opened your door. "Don't worry, they are only preferred, not needed." Y/N tagged along to his gimmick "Oh, thank gosh. So, when should we start?" He walked further into her room. That night they stayed up until the sun rose. They chatted about how some rude girl and the latest break ups. Y/N braided his hair and he attempted to paint her nails, that didn’t work too well. They even did a little bit of yoga to try something out.   "Wow, you're better than my actual girlfriends." Y/N said closing her eyes, laying on her bed. "That's what they all say." He put an arm around her. "Next time we hang out, I'm gonna need help with potions." "Sounds like a plan, Stan."  She mumbled. "My name's Fred." "I defiantly know that." You guys stayed in silence for another 5 minutes before Y/N's pal barged in. "Time to get up, love birds! If you both don’t show up for the classes then it will be suspicious." Y/F/N said. The two of you groaned. Your friend eventually walked out once it got awkward. “Fred, do you fancy me?” You said out of the blue. “WHAAAT? FANCY YOU? HAHAHA…. Why, do you fancy me? My answer is going to depend on what you say.” "I guess you haven't been receiving the hints I'm sending out then because my answer is pretty obvious." Y/N said. "Well then, would you like to go out with me, Y/N Y/L/N?" They looked into each others eyes.   "That will be a yes from me." They were defiantly not going to class today, no matter what any one else thinks.   They had split some where through the day, getting ready for that night. He had said that he would like to take Y/N as soon as possible so he wanted to do it that night, although he needed extra time to ready the perfect date. He persuaded the elves in the kitchen to make extra food for a perfect picnic he was setting up. He bargained for some levitating candles and decided to use his own comforter as the blanket. Making sure he had set everything up in the perfect location, ones with lots of flowers and a perfect view of a field of fireflies, he ventured to bring Y/N. "Oh my, this is amazing. Really! I cant believe you went all out like this. Defiantly didn't see you as the hopeless romantic." Y/N gawked. "There's always more to learn about me." Fred flirted. "I'll take that as an invitation." She winked.   The two feasted and joked all through the dinner. Both enjoying every last bit of it. Y/N yawned loudly. "Looks like someone's bedtime is near." "That’s what you get for keeping me up all night." Fred rolled his eyes at what Y/N said. "It won't be the last time that happens." Y/N raised her eyebrows. "How bout you give me a kiss and I'll let you get to sleep." They were at Y/N's room by then. She didn't even answer before she leaned in and gave him a passionate kiss. "Goodnight." She said. Fred stood there in awe at his new beautiful girlfriend.

A/N

This isn’t very much like him but I liked writing it. I found a lot of good gifs for this. I should be working on homework. Hmm with requests.

~Monarch