#last rucas post

[thecelestialsyzygy]

Lucaya COULD have been endgame, but here's why it wasn't.

To put it simply: Disney.

It's well known that Disney doesn't often allow more than 2-3 seasons and with the complex plot ideas that Girl Meets World wanted to cover... that's not enough time. I believe if the writers had more time, Lucaya could have been pushed, but because it was limited, the writers ultimately decided to go the easy route and just stick with the "original" pairings Rucas and I say this loosely-- Joshaya since they didn't have much time left for build-up and storytelling. The rushed writing really shows on the last episodes of the last season because of how illogically they played Lucaya off (this post hits the nail on the head as to why it was badly done).

When It comes to filtering , Disney does it best and it really showed with Lucaya's campfire scene aka supposed-to-be kiss that was took out because of Disney's one kiss rule. Disney is extremely basic when it comes to romance and they always go for the more simple fairytale type-of love stories like Rucas because of its younger audience and according to Peyton the writers also took the feedback very seriously. Meanwhile Lucaya was more mature, realistic, and complicated. It doesn't help that Girl Meets World was already deemed too mature and unrelatable for Disney's audience at the time which is one of the reasons it was canceled despite its success in ratings.

They could have made Lucaya "endgame" but between the way Riley's character was written, Disney's filtering, and many other things, it would have required too much de-tangling for the short time frame that the writers would have had to work out the kinks. So, the ending would have still felt rushed and left people unsatisfied no matter what due to Disney imo. Had another network picked up Girl Meets World, I think Lucaya would have had a better chance of happening and would have been handled with more care. Although I do believe the writers would have went through with Lucaya had the circumstances been different, I also believe they held themselves back with Riley being the main character and heavily leaning on the nostalgia Boy Meets World by wanting her to have an ending similar to Cory's.

And this is absolutely no hate to Rowan because I believe Riley wasn't a very strong or interesting main character as it is, but Sabrina really stole the spotlight. Peyton even talked about how he and Sabrina had a lot of on-screen chemistry and were the closest out of the cast at the time. In Peyton's words "I think the writers wanted it to be Lucas and Maya" and I definitely agree. There's many theories about why they added a Lucaya romance arc into the show if they were just going to stick to the original plan, but I believe Lucaya could and would have been worked into the show given it was on a different network, had more seasons/episodes, and if the writers were able to make up their mind (because according the Peyton they had a hard time choosing Riley or Maya and chose the safer option lol). Or it simply never would have happened had Sabrina and Peyton not been chosen to play Lucas and Maya.

[toriaurorawriter15]

Cold Stone

A Rucas One Shot

ToriAurora15

Summary:

'I don't want to be cold stone. But God knows I am trying.' Riley Matthews thinks with tears behind her brown eyes while she stares at the love Lucas Friar with her best friend, Maya Hart. Recently, she has decided to step aside because she believes Maya Hart deserves all the happiness in the world. Even if it means she has to sacrifice her love for Lucas. Cold Stone is a Rucas fuse fiction and will be written poorly.

Notes:

If you are following me on Twitter, then you know this story was written when I first began writing fanfiction on Fanfiction.net. I am posting to show that practice does make a difference.

Cold Stone

There they are in front of me; my best friend Maya Hart and my crush Lucas Frair. They have become the two most important people in my life. Maya has been my best friend since she came into my room through my small bedroom window. Meanwhile Lucas has been my first crush since the first day I meet him in seventh grade. No matter what happens, I would do anything for these two, and this is exactly what I do. 

During our stay in Texas; I found out that Maya had a crush on Lucas. It never cross my mind that she would step back for my happiness until we watched Lucas ride on top of Tombstone for thirty minutes. The second that cowboy from Texas got up from the ground,I looked over towards Maya’s direction before noticing the fear inside her blue eyes. Her tensed body started to relax while she gave a relief smile at him. A couple of times my brown eyes looked over Lucas then back at her before realizing her feeling for him. After congratulating Lucas for conquering his fear, I went up to Maya, and I shared a private conversation with her. We were silent at first until I decided to ask her about her reaction from earlier today but she didn’t really say anything. My mouth opens up to tell her what I believe she may feel about Lucas, and Maya just looks away from me with a guilty expression upon her face. The look on it own, is all the response I needed confirmed my suspicion about her feelings, and I felt guilty. 

It has come to my attention that Maya cares for Lucas as more than a friend, and the thoughts from receiving our yearbooks last year started to make sense. She thinks I love Lucas like brother because she wants to believe that nothing could ever happen between Lucas and I. She has finally moved on from chasing my uncle, and I know I should be happy, but I don’t know what to do about knowing her feelings. The silence between us was unbearable, and this situation has gotten to me. I wanted to cry, Instead I hold onto my tears as I told my first lie to Maya. It was a bit hard for me, but I did it. I told her that she was right for using the word brother to describe my relationship with Lucas, because that is what he is to me. My broken friend didn’t say anything about my response and I was okay with letting him go because I believe Maya deserves everything she ever wants in life. And if I have to live my life without happiness then I would. Because her happiness worth more than gaining a cold stone heart. 

A few more seconds later, I see the unofficial couple start to dance under the dark sky. Silently as I can, I watch them at a distance as I tell myself, don’t you cry. This must be done Riles because you can’t afford to be seen as the girl with the cold stone heart. I then slouch down onto one of the many rented white chairs my parents have rented for this night as the similar faces of my classmates become part of the background. 

My aching heart continues to break as my teary brown eyes continue to silently watch Maya and Lucas share their first slow dance together. My eyes stayed glued on them for a second more before making a choice and find myself looking down towards my lap. I take this time to busy by looking through my phone. My hand stumble upon all of the pictures I have of Maya, Lucas, our other best friend Farkle, his girlfriend Isadora and I on my phone. Steady as I can, I try to keep my emotions hidden. These imagines would usually bring happiness to my eyes, but today I couldn’t look at them without feeling my heart being torn to shreds. 

The voices of my classmates from John Quincy Adams Middle School are coming back to me as we spend our last night together as the new graduating class. Each one of them are talking towards each other about how excitement they are about starting the next school year in high school. I just smile at few times whenever someone acknowledges my existence as my ears listen in to their conversations Some of my classmates, such as Sara, and Darby have come up to me, and they have asked me where I was going to go to high school, but I kindly told them I wasn’t sure where I was going. Which is far from the true. In fact, I have no clue what would happen to the future, if I choose to stay in this world. Hopefully by this summer I will gain something out of life Sara and Darby take my answer into their mind and leave me alone again for the rest of the night. 

As the night goes on, my mind brings back to the day where everything I knew about my life has changed. The one moment where a certain relationship is going to put a strain between either Maya, Lucas, and I. Another painful shot grows inside my cold stone heart as I recall telling Lucas that I loved him like a brother. My memory can still see the pain inside his eyes from my lie, and, I wanted more than anything to tell him the truth, but my mind was only thinking about the broken girl who has always been there for me. As I mention before, Maya happiness is more important than mine, and I thought I was ready to step aside, but I wasn’t. And now, I don’t know how to fix this situation without hurting one of them. So I don’t do anything. Instead I have come to the realization that I may never have Lucas’ heart, and I wanted them to know that I support them with every decision. Everything after that night was going to plan until Farkle decided to tell the truth in front of everyone we know about my feelings for Lucas on New Year’s Day. It was so humiliating to be place in the spot, but I swallowed up all of my emotions, and thought about how I ended up in this position. 

After giving my friends a verbal invitation to my New Year Eve party, my genius best guy friend confronted me about my feelings for Lucas, and I tried to deny his accusations, but he saw right through me when Maya told me about her moment with Lucas the campsite in class. Farkle knew I was lying through my teeth, and there was nothing I could do to prove him wrong. In the end of our conversation, I asked from him was to not say anything about my feelings because I didn’t want Maya or Lucas to see me as some sort of selfish person, and he gave me a few more months without dealing with the situation. New Year’s eve has come along, and Farkle told me that he didn’t want me to start of the year with lies. In that moment of time, I wanted to believe he made the wrong choice of confessing on my behalf, but inside my heart, I knew he made the right choice of telling my friends the truth. 

Before my New Year's party, I had to witness both of Maya and Lucas being affectionate towards one another whenever I was around. I had to push away all of my feelings for Lucas, and it was hard. A few days past by and I still found it hard to look at their direction. Soon the fake smiles I would give them become more fake while I feel myself going numb. I try to encourage Lucas to keep on dating, but sooner than I expected, I wanted to be die, because I felt like I was still in the way of their happiness. A few months later, I told my mother about the situation, before asking her to stay a few hours, and pat me. I don’t remember how long my head was in her lap but I do recall her telling me that she needed to leave for work. My mother stayed with me for a few more seconds more before handing me over to my best friend. In those few moments with Maya, I tried to keep a brave face as she told me all the reason why Lucas needed me. I wanted to smile from what she was telling me, but I didn’t want to be seen as the girl with the cold stone heart. 

“Hey.” Farkle greets me from my left side. 

My head turns to face the tall boy with caring brown eyes, tan skin, and a small smile upon his face. I give him a heart breaking smile as I see him sitting down right next to me. Farkle gives me a comforting side hug before allowing me to lay my head upon his left shoulder as we watched our two friends enjoying the night under the stars. 

“Riles, you gotta stop this. I hate seeing you do this to yourself.” He confronts me in a painful tone. 

My mouth open ups and I confess to him, “I-I-I can’t get in between them Farkle. What will people will think of me? I will tell you! A girl with a cold stone heart because she can’t accept that her best friend is in love with the same guy as her. I don’t want that to happen Farkle. I need take a step back, and be the supportive friend they know I am.” 

“Riles, you do not have a cold stone heart.” He starts of saying with Farkle with sincerity behind each word. “Besides, no one will ever see you like that because everyone cares about you.” 

“Farkle, you don’t get it,” I respond in one breathe “If I take a stand, people are going to say some nasty things to me, and I don’t think I can be able to handle it.”. 

Farkle stays quiet for a second before commenting back, “People are always going to try to find a reason to hate someone Riles. It wouldn’t matter if you are the kindest person alive, or the meanest girl to exist; people are always going to think of another reason to dislike you, and you know it.” 

“What does this have to do with Maya and Lucas?” I ask in a soft tone. 

Farkle lets out a chuckle as he continues on. “Riles… I know a lot of people who want Lucaya to happen.” 

“Lucaya?” I state with confusion upon my face. 

“It is a ship name our classmates use to describe Lucas and Maya.” Farkle confesses. “They use it whenever Maya teases Lucas.” 

“Oh!” I respond back in shock tone. 

Farkle and I lean back into our chairs as he continues on, “Riles, what I am trying to say is… people are always going to find a reason to say something nasty about you. It doesn’t matter if you get in between Lucas and Maya, or change your personality; people are always going to have something bad to say about you. Besides, sometimes a selfless person like yourself has to be selfish once in a while, or else you will never be happy. Remember what Miss. Harper said in class? Pure Intellect, and never following your heart. It is a life unlived. So go over there, tell them how you feel and fight for the man you love.” 

My mouth opens up a bit while I try to take in everything he just said. Farkle is right. No matter what I do, someone is always going to dislike me. Plus, they don’t know me. So their comment about having a cold stone heart shouldn’t matter to me because everyone I love knows I am always thinking of others before myself. Miss. Harper is also right. I should live life to the fullest. And yet another part of me doesn’t think I deserve Lucas. 

“Farkle, I still can’t do it.” I firmly state in pain. 

Farkle turns his body to look at me, and I remove my head from his shoulder before my head could end up on his lap. I than turn to face him, and soon a pair of brown eyes looking my own pair of eyes. 

“Why?” He asks while he grabs onto one of my hands. 

“I just want them to know I am happy for them.” I respond back as I feel a few tears coming down my eyes. 

“Riles. They may never be happy.” Farkle replies back truthfully. 

I pull my hand away from him as I state in a harsh tone, “Don’t you say that Farkle. They are happy, and we both know it.” 

A few sobs come out of lips, and Farkle takes me into his arms. The second I am in his arms, I hear a pair of footsteps coming our way before hearing Maya and Lucas voices. 

“What is wrong with Riley?” Maya asks Farkle from behind me. 

“Riles what is wrong? Are you okay?” Lucas asks with concern behind each word. 

My head leans closer to Farkle’s shoulder before painfully whispering to him, “Please don’t let them see me like this, Farkle. I am begging you.” 

Farkle hold me closer to him as he states back in a calm tone, “She isn’t feeling well. So I am going to take her back home.” 

Once he finishes his statement, I feel Farkle putting me into a bride style position, and I accept his actions as I continued to listen in to their conversation without saying a word. 

“Maybe I should take it from here.” Maya states in concern tone. 

Lucas agrees with Maya by adding on, “Farkle, can you please let me take her?” 

My hands hold tighter onto Farkle, before feeling him getting up from our seats. I then feel us move away from them, and I find myself relief with the situation. Farkle doesn’t say anything for a second while he turns us around. I hide my head into his chest as I wait for him to say goodbye. 

“No Guys. Riley asked me to take her. So I will but please don’t follow us.” He states in a soft tone. 

“Alright.” Maya comments back. “I will let it go this time, but tomorrow I hope to get a answer from you guys.” 

Instantly, I find my heart speeding up as I wait for Lucas to say something, But he doesn’t, and I become numb. Slowly my heart breaks into pieces, and soon I find myself sobbing into Farkle chest again. The strong arms of childhood best friend keeps me secure in his warmth as he moves us towards the door. His feet walk down the emergency stairway before hearing him confess towards me in painful tone. “Riles, you don’t have a cold stone heart because you are everything we all need to survive everyday hardships. Your parents, Augie, your extending family, Maya, Lucas, and I love you. Please don’t ever allow this one hardship cause you from wanting to disappear We won’t be able to handle life without you.” 

After hearing Farkle’s confession, he lets out a broken sob, and we just try to comfort each other in any way we could. For the whole night, we talk about everything and we were able to make sense of the world. By midnight, I came to realize, I didn’t have a cold stone heart. Instead Farkle taught me to be selfless. He made it possible for me to learn how to put myself before others, and over the past years, he was always there to remind me that I must fight for Lucas’ love. As for the love story I had with Lucas… it became a distant bittersweet tragedy story when he went back to Austin, Texas. 

I don’t regret any of my actions from the high school because it brought me closer to my best friends. Maya and I are still the best friends. It isn’t as strong as before, but hopefully our relationship as friends can grow strong in the future. Farkle and I still make time to talk to each other by having a lunch at Topanga’s after college. But as for Lucas…I never heard from him again. 

[spearzreloaded]

NXT Heatwave 2k24 #CVReview

Even though Kelani had a hiccup when she hit the splits on her intro into the ring, Kelani didn't have any other visible mistakes throughout the match where she retained against Sol Ruca.

The hype package prior to the match expertly delivered a story about two gymnasts (I had no idea Sol Ruca was a gymnast before this or that Jordan was All-American at Michigan State) who are strong NXT prospects vieing for the N.A. title.

The angle of Jordan's "Battleground" where her ladder tipped when she grabbed the belt I thought was telling. Thankfully it wasn't.

The match started off evenly, Until Ruca missed her finisher and Kelani landed a crossbody off the top then missed her finisher that has her rolling through the air like Sonic The Hedgehog.

Kelani easily broke out of two holds from Sol - one full body, the other a grounded claw.

Other than that there wasn't really too many other memorable spots in the match up as Sol did her job to enhance the champ as much as possible while not dousing her fire as she continued to blaze her trail through NXT Heatwave.

***

The NXT Women's title defense between Perez and Vice was a sloppy one. Perez retained off of pure chance, absorbing the enchancement blows of Vice - primarily from her legs and feet.

Vice's mid-match twerk taunts have become incredibly annoying. The match did not turn around when Vice performed a running hip attack, the match turned around when Vice accidentally backhanded the outside ring post.

The whole match was designed around Perez watching out for Vice's MMA-trained backhand, which was a weak gimmick.

Perez rolled out from the backhand attack once and got rolled out the ring forcefully once it connected.

Still, Vice's backhand was not at full strength given the ring post spot and Perez became more and more unhinged throughout the match, trying to further injure Vice's hands and wrists while delivering Pop Rocks in and out the ring - the better spot being with the finisher being hit on the announce table

while the worse spot was the last Pop Rocks which was halfway delivered while Lola Vice visibly took her leg off the rope with force.

No mistake behind that, Vice gave up the match and it did not look convincing. Just sloppy. And that's how you end a weekend in Canada where the WWE Universe will now rethink if they should ever return that far up North of the Border again.

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C.V.R. The Bard

7th/Jul.2k24

[may-grant]

some of yall have not been invested in longform shows or top secret movies and it shows

[brettdaltonaf]

rucas + upgrade.jpg  #rucas man #RUCAS #we may not have seen them together as much as we hoped #but they sure as hell showed us that couples don’t need to show pda to know that they #as a couple #are developing #(✿ ♥‿♥)

+ BONUS; Props to Lucas Friar and Riley Matthews for knowing all along the vulnerability of being in relationship. They always knew, Farkle. They always had feelings for each other.

[pethrisart]

The poor Courier stuck in the Sierra Madre in the last post, Ruca the Raider

She's been on the up-and-up after some bad choices, but there's always worse choices to make

[miissmr]

Secrets and More Secrets

Summary: What if Lucas had one more index card when he talked to Riley and Maya at the bay window, but he was too scared to read what he had written. And, what happens when someone accidentally sees it? Will it change anything, or will everything stay the same?

Word Count: 1, 881

Lucas had stayed up all night writing exactly what he was going to say on a set of index cards, and he’ll admit it sounded ridiculous as he read over it. He still couldn’t fathom how he was in this situation because he knew how he felt, but he couldn’t face them with no map of what to say, especially, not in the presence of her.

Whenever Lucas Friar was around Riley Matthews, he sometimes got a little nervous. She was the only person that caused his heart to fasten, that caused the flutter in his stomach, that made him stop in his track at the sight of her. So, he couldn’t understand how he was in this mess because he thought he made it as clear as day who his feelings are for…but apparently not.

Which led to the situation that he is in now—in Riley’s room, with her and Maya, reading the index card that he had written the night before. He was able to predict what was going to be said between the girls making his index cards fit in perfectly.

When Lucas has one more card left, he returns to his spot in between the girls; however, what neither one of the girls knew was that Lucas had one more card hidden away in his pocket. He wasn’t sure why he had it tucked away, but it was a last minute thought before he climbed through the bay window.

But, after he gets done reading what the girls thought was his last card, the three of them sit there in an awkward silence. He thinks about pulling out the card from his pocket, but with the silence that fills the air, he doesn’t think it’s the right time. So, the three of them sit there until Mr. Matthews yells it’s time for school.

After school, Lucas decided to stop at Topanga’s before going home. The friends didn’t have plans to meet today, but Lucas didn’t feel like being home. When he gets there, he takes the seat he would have taken if Riley and Maya were there and he would be sandwiched between the two of them. He pulls out his last card that he never got to read, but the first card that he wrote.

I choose Riley.

It was three simple words, but it was the first three words that came to him when he thought about talking to Riley and Maya about this stupid triangle. Because to Lucas, it was a simple decision. Of course, he didn’t want to lose his friendship with Maya, but if he had to choose (which he did), he would gladly choose Riley time and time again.

Lucas hears someone call out his name, and he hurriedly shoves the notecard in his front pocket. He turns towards the door and sees Smackle smiling at him.

“Hello, Lucas. I can’t get rid of my third wheel, can I?” Smackle and Lucas laugh.

“What are you doing here?”

Smackle walks over to Lucas and takes a seat in her usual spot on the bench next to the door. “Waiting for Farkle, and you?”

Lucas sighs. “Just thinking.” Lucas feels his phone vibrating, and he pulls it out seeing it’s just a notification from one of his apps. He doesn’t put his phone in his pocket, and maybe if he did he would have noticed the notecard that he tried to hide was now sticking out.  

Smackle nods knowingly. “About a certain predicament that you are in I assume.” Lucas nods. “Have you figured out a solution?”

Lucas shakes his head. “I haven’t.”

“Wouldn’t the simple solution to be to just choose?” Smackle didn’t necessarily understand feelings, and when Farkle tried to explain the situation to her, she tried her best to grasp at what she could but understanding feelings were never in her forte and having friends that spoke about them was something new to her—and sometimes a little uncomfortable for her as well.

Lucas understood that Smackle was different, and he wished the situation was simple the way Smackle had viewed it because it should be. Lucas knew who he wanted to be with, but there was still the matter of Maya. Even though Riley was the one he wanted to be with, Maya’s feelings mattered—especially to Riley, and that’s what scared him more.

“I wish it was simple,” Lucas whispers.

“Can I be honest with you, Lucas?” Smackle asks timidly.

“Please.”

“I think you know who want to choose, but you are afraid of what will happen once you do. Am I correct?” Lucas' eyes widen. How would Smackle know that he made a choice? Did he make it obvious about who his true feelings are for?

But, if he did, why was he in this stupid triangle?

“By your facial expression, I’m going to guess I’m correct.” Lucas nods not being able to find words. “I know feelings are new to me, and it’s okay if you don’t want to take anything I say into consideration, but if you made a choice, you are just putting off the inevitable, right? Well, I don’t see any reason to wait. Your decision is made. Is there a probability of it changing?”

“Not at all.” After letting Smackle’s words sink in, a grin spreads over his lips. “You’re right. I have to go. Thank you, Smackle.” Lucas stands up and takes a step to the door, and Smackle sees the index card fall from his pocket but Lucas doesn’t. Without thinking, she picks it up and she couldn’t stop herself from reading what was written on it.

“It’s Riley.” Lucas turns around confused at first, but then he sees the notecard in her hand. “You choose Riley.”

Lucas nervously runs his hand through his hair. “I do, but-“

“I won’t say anything until you make your choice.”

Smackle holds out the card, and Lucas takes it. “Thank you.” Smackle nods and Lucas turns to leave before Farkle can get there.

When he reaches the stop of the stairs, Smackle’s words are playing in his head. She was right. His choice wasn’t going to change, so why wait? It was always Riley. It was always going to be Riley. So, instead of going home, he goes to the one place, the one person, he has always found comfort in. Riley.

Riley’s sitting at her bay window with her phone pressed to her ear. She had made up an excuse as to why she had to be home. Truth be told, after the morning speech from Lucas she wanted to be alone. But, that wasn’t going to last long considering Maya was going to be over any minute for dinner.

But, in Riley’s time alone, she needed someone to talk to and since she felt like she couldn’t talk to the two people she would typically turn to, she turned to her Uncle Josh.

“So, has Lucas made a choice yet?” Josh asks from the other end of the phone.

“Not yet.” Riley laughs softly, almost forced.  

“And what if he did choose? And, let’s say he chose you.”

Riley lets the idea play in her head, and she can’t help the smile that falls on her lips. But, she knows it isn’t real, and she’s a little upset that Josh made her imagine such a thing. “I don’t think I could be happy knowing Maya was hurt.” Riley sighs, “Whoever he chooses it’s going to change everything. All I know is I’m scared that no matter who he chooses I’m going to lose a friend.”

“How, so?”

“If he chooses me and it hurts Maya, I wouldn’t be able to be happy. And, what if she doesn’t want to be friends anymore. She said that nothing is going to change between us but people make promises sometimes that they can’t keep.”

“Whoa. That’s pretty dark thinking for the mayor of Rileytown,” Josh jokes.

“I’m serious, Josh.”

Josh sighs. “Okay, okay. Well, what if he picks Maya?”

Riley didn’t want to think about that possibility. He didn’t want to think about her best friend with the only boy she has had feelings for. She didn’t want to think about the possibility of them holding hands, them kissing. He didn’t want to think about them together, but it was a real possibility (at least that’s what she thought) that it might happen.

“I think I would lose two friends,” Riley says so quietly that Josh almost misses it. She clears her throat, “No matter what happens, I’m scared I’m going to lose a friend.” It’s the one thing Riley feels sure about it. “I…I just want it to stop, Josh, all of this,” Riley says defeatedly.

Before Riley can say anything else, she hears her mother call her down for dinner. “I have to go, Uncle Josh, but I’ll call you if anything changes. Thank you for listening to me.”

“What else are uncles for. Bye, Riley.”

Riley hangs up her phone and leaves it at her window, but she was unaware that Lucas was just outside her window listening to everything she said. And the words that Smackle told him just moments ago were replaced with Riley’s. She wanted it to stop.

Lucas starts to walk down the fire escape. He came here to tell her his choice but that changed. He wanted to give Riley what she wanted no matter how much it hurt him. She was scared, and he didn’t want her to be scared anymore, so everything had to stop.

It’s been hours since Smackle talked to Lucas at Topanga’s, and the entire time she was with Farkle she did want to tell him what happened, but she promised Lucas. And, although friendships were new to her, she knew she couldn’t break that promise. Not before Lucas was ready.

Farkle was walking Smackle home when Farkle’s phone goes off. He pulls it out to look at and sighs when he reads the message, and Smackle notices the distress on his face. “Who is it?”

“It’s Riley. She said that Lucas decided that they were going to stop.” Farkle looks up from his phone to meet his girlfriend’s eyes. “This isn’t going to be good.”

“He didn’t choose?”

Farkle shakes his head. “I guess not.”

Smackle didn’t know what could have happened between the time she had spoken to Lucas until now to make Lucas change his mind. She knew Lucas chose Riley, so what happened?

She stares at Farkle, and Smackle thinks about telling Farkle about what happened with Lucas today—the conversation she had with him, and the notecard she saw—but she doesn’t. Smackle saw what happened with Farkle when he told Riley’s secret on the rooftop, and how his three best friends gave him the cold shoulder for days. She knows she couldn’t handle that with them, especially, since they were all still becoming accustomed to one another. This was one secret that was going to stay a secret until it came out from the person it belonged to.

[spookysmujer]

Hood Love, O. Diaz

Summary: As high school sweethearts, Oscar being in prison never changed the way you felt about him. You’re known for being a brat with him, so it’s only fair to uphold the attitude and make him jealous behind the steel curtain.

warnings: jealous/toxic!Oscar  

word count: 1.2K

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“You better not hang up.” Oscar sounds through the receiver of your phone which is pressed between your ear and shoulder as you make lunch. You roll your eyes and close the jar of mayo not saying anything.

You don’t need to hear him speak to know what kind of look he has on his face. A small grin spreads across your face as you remind quiet, “Mami? Babe? Babe?” He repeats over and over again, the laughter not being able to be contained any longer.

The eruption of laughter causes him to Oscar click his tongue and sigh. Meanwhile on his side, he’s leaned against the wall with a stoic expression. He’s had a long day of dealing with unnecessary shit. The last thing he wants is his ruca adding to the long list of bullshit.

“Y/N.” 

First names were never used between the two of you, since the first day you spoke to each other freshmen year. It’s been nicknames of all sorts, it wasn’t like you never used your legal names with each other but to go from mami to Y/N means that he isn’t in the mood.

The seriousness in his voice causes you to roll your eyes and sigh. “I’m still here, you always trip on me. Go run some shit or something, I got to eat my lunch then head out anyways.”

Oscar hated when you had to cut the calls short, he already has a limited time with talking to you, he missed his ruca bad. “Fine, I’ll hit you up later, low. You better not have plans then.”

“Mhm, we’ll see. Bye, papas.” He retorts back his farewell and the call ends. Oscar had meant the phone call later would be through a smuggled phone, every once in a while you’ll get a call that’s not through the prison system and you love it. He is at ease and more calm, not to mention the sexy time with get with you man who is all those mile away.

You spend the day getting things done around the house. Buzzing with excitement to hear his voice, though the excitement began to fade when you think back on how he was in a bit of a mood. You roll your eyes at his demands. An idea popping in your head.

After finishing dinner, you shower up and wait for the phone to ring. When it does, a mischievous smile forming on your lips. You watch the phone for a few seconds, clearing you throat and laying back, “Hi babe.”

“The fuck it took you so long to answer?” He asks you, the irritation prominent in his voice, you smile as you get under the covers comfortably. “It rang like 3 seconds longer, calmate. I’m getting ready though, what you doing papas?” 

The silence after your silence proves the plan in effect is working, you try your best to not laugh, “I thought I asked you not to have plans, you knew I was calling.” You roll your eyes, turning over the under the covers.

“You told me to not have plans, not asked, mister. Plus, just going out for a drink with the girls.... At Santana’s place.” You add in at the end of the sentence, you could hear Oscar release a breath at the beginning of your sentence and when you say where you are heading out to, the exhalation of his breath comes to an abrupt stop.

Before he got sent back in, you were like a leech to him. Stuck to him whenever he went out. He liked it though he never admitted it. One of the places he tried to avoid going to with you is one of his homie’s, Santana. Before Oscar asked you to be his ruca, Santana use to hit on you big time. He hated bringing you around to his place.

You lay in silence for moment, “Babe?”

Oscar doesn’t reply right away, he clears his throat and remains silence. Every single thought that Santana will be thinking about is what’s currently running through Oscar’s mind. How the puto will be eyeing you up and down since you don’t got him wrapped on you. 

He sighs, “Go have your fun. I’ma bounce.”

“Babe, chill. Why can’t I go?” You ask, the irritation heavy in the silence alone,

“Why do you ask dumb questions? Hm? Since when do you go to place’s like Santana’s without me? What makes you think I’d be okay that? You gonna bounce to go act stupid, then go.” He says angrily. 

You roll your eyes, the idea to get Oscar jealous is in full effect. You can hear him getting worked up. A part of you is loving it, the sinister part of you wants to keep going. But the loving part of you feels bad. He’s already dealing with all that shit in there and you are suppose to be his support/solace. 

Oscar is fuming on the other side. Losing his shit silently that you want to hit up Santana’s place. The insecurities begin to eat at him about the two of you and your relationship that had been broken down and rebuilt over the years. You feel that he is quickly overthinking.

“Papi, I’m not going anywhere. Especially not to his place. I’m just fucking with you. You gotta chill, I knew you were calling so why would I make plans, hm?” You smile to yourself as you reach over to grab the framed picture of you and Oscar that sits on your bedside table.

It’s the two of you on his front porch. He’s sat on the stairs and you are one below him, between his legs. You’re leaned back into him and he’s sporting the mean muggin’ Spooky look. Meanwhile you’re cheesy like a kid in a candy shop. You gleam at the picture, immediately missing him a lot more than you just were.

He scoffs, “Because you acting like puta. you loving acting like that with me. Cool though, be someone else’s hyna you gonna fuckin’ act like that.” He spits.

“Yeah, like you would let me be with someone else.”

Oscar smiles but remains authoritative in his tone, “You better know that. No one gonna get you even if you could get got. Cause if I get got mamas, you comin’ with.” The smile that spreads on your lips begin to hurt your cheeks. 

“No place I’d rather be, baby.”

The conversation goes on about how shit’s been stressful. Running complexes has Oscar feeling a whole decade older than he really is. His ranks moving up in the Santos exponentially. But if it’s one thing that can get him through the next few years is the promise of you waiting for him when he comes home.

[clary-jace]

riley matthews in every episode ☆ girl meets sneak attack [1x03] 

[grow up] not...yet. 

[gryffinwall]

Why Riley and Lucas Needed to Get Together (So They Could Break Up)

The short version:

Riley and Lucas don’t see each other and their relationship for what it truly is. They have both built it up to be this perfect fairytale romance and needed to date to figure out that’s not exactly how it is. If they hadn’t, this idealized fantasy relationship and all of the “what ifs?” would have destroyed any chance for both of them to move on.

The long version:

To be blunt, Riley and Lucas idealize the hell out of each other and their relationship. From day one, Riley thinks Lucas is her true love, romantic lead, the Topanga to her Cory. She doesn’t want to hear about his past, doesn’t really acknowledge his flaws and gets outright mad when Lucas’s Texas past come to light.

Lucas isn’t much better: he loves the goofy, silly side of Riley and with the exception of GM High School (and kiiiiinda GM The Other Side/Sassy Halter Top/Whatever else this episode was called at one point), he doesn’t see her relentless optimism and, yes, stunted growth as a bad thing.

The way they see their relationship, however, is even more problematic. They both see it as this great, big, written in the stars romance when the reality of it is painfully different. They act more like friends than a couple. They constantly refer to the library conversation as this great, big, defining moment in their story, yet it was presented in the episode (GM Boy, if you’re interested) as a friendship moment. Even Lucas’s “I choose you” moment in Ski Lodge wasn’t all that sweet or romantic when you really read between the lines. Yet neither see any of this.

Riley and Lucas needed to date. They needed to see that they weren’t acting like a couple, that their library moment was actually the start of their friendship. They needed to see that they don’t really have any romantic chemistry. They needed to come to the conclusion, on their own, that this great big romance they’d idealized wasn’t the reality of the situation. They needed to figure out these things so they could be free of the the fantasies they’ve both lived in for a long time, and start living in reality.

Had Lucas tried dating Maya at this point instead, it wouldn’t have lasted. They big “What If?” of Riley and Lucas would have killed the relationship. Lucas always would have wondered what it would have been like with Riley, always idealized this fantasy relationship with her, and it would have destroyed his relationship with Maya.

I truly believe that had we gotten season 4, this would have gone down in some way or another. I don’t think for a second Lucas and Riley’s lack of intimacy, even lack of scenes/plot lines together was a result of bad writing or simply because it’s a G-rated show. Farkle and Smackle acted like a couple, so why didn’t Riley and Lucas? I think this was the writers building up to the reveal that the two of them act more like friends for a reason. It was their chance to essentially get the Rucas ship out of the way so they could give Riarkle and Lucaya a fair shake down the road; too bad we didn’t get to see this pan out.

If there’s a topic you want me to write about, please let me know! I’ve opened up the option to submit questions and posts, so feel free to request away! The upside to this whole awful Coronavirus thing is that I have more time to blog, yay!

[atlafan]

jordan what r u telling me that u started writing Harry fics about a year ago?!?!?!? omg ur master list is so long (in a good way I’ve literally read all of ti) but omg I thought u started years ago lmaoooo

I technically started writing fic about him back in like January??? I was writing this weird fanfic about FRIENDS where I was rewriting it and then I fancasted him as a minor character sddfghfgpmp

I hadn’t really posted fic here in a while. I was in the gmw fandom for a couple of years so I was writing a lot of rucas fic, and before that it was strictly atla/zutara fic. I had never written about a real person before, I always thought it was weird (I still do sorta that’s why I write so many au’s about him). 

One Direction was really big when I was in high school, I’m like a year and a half younger than Harry just to put it into perspective. I had friends that were obsessed, and I truthfully could have cared less at the time. I was more into Big Time Rush and the Jonas Brothers, and that was also when Awkward, Teen Wolf, and Glee were on TV and those three shows ran my fucking life lmao 

Then when I went to college, I went out of state, and never listened to the radio because half of the stations up here are country and I couldn’t stand it, so I wouldn’t even hear their new singles come out because I was listening to music on FUCKING PANDORA!!! 

My love for Harry has been a slippery slope. It started with me liking Lights Up, because honestly I wasn’t a a fan of SOTT (don’t come for me). Then After came out and I was like THIS WAS BASED OFF A FANFICTION??? and of course I had to go fucking read it because I have no self control (and there’s a lot of things wrong with hessa but I can’t get into it right now) but that sort of brought me back into the world of fic. I never had a wattpad, I didn’t even know what it was, honestly. I had a deviantart where I would publish my atla fics, and then eventually I made the shift to tumblr. I think it got really bad when Adore You came out, and then SNL and him hosting for James Corden, and then when he was on Ellen, I found myself going into his tag to see what new gifs or videos people may have posted. I WASN’T EVEN FOLLOWING HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNTIL MY FRIEND AND I BOUGHT CONCERT TICKETS ASDFGFNOSANFO

Then one night I read a fic, and I was....well it turned my stomach, honestly. And I noticed a lot of the fics out there just weren’t my cup of tea, so I started writing the things I wanted to read, and here we are now. Typically my hyperfixiations don’t last thing long, and I think COVID just elevated everything because I had way more time to write, and writing helped me cope. 

IN THE MIX OF ALL THIS I then went to YouTube and watched probably every interview with the boys that I could. I’m someone that like to do their research. There were things I remembered from when I was younger, and it was pretty nostalgic. My best friend and I sat down and listened to all of their albums (check out my youtube channel if you wanna see our reactions to them) because there were songs I had just never heard before. I didn’t like their singles so I was like why would I go listen to their albums?? I was fun to go back and listen to everything.

Truthfully, I always thought Harry was attractive, but I just couldn’t read him. He scared me. I’m also not a fan of long hair on guys (depending on the guy), so I was like yeah that’s a no from me. Now I see him for the baby that he truly is. I didn’t realize how intense this fandom could be, especially on other platforms. So I just admire him from afar on here. 

[ursuladecayart]

What's "Mermaid Motel"?

an old broke down mermaid themed motel from the 50′s-60′s that Olly and Ruca used to live out of. The last picture of Ruca I posted is a cropping of this big illustration of them hanging out in their room after robbing a store, never finished it

[yuniesan]

I just opened up Glitter and Stardust for the first time in nearly a year

all because when I was editing my Steve/Tony College AU I kept thinking back to Riley and Lucas, their story in Glitter and Stardust, and how it didn’t feel right to leave it as it was.... Except I started thinking about when I was editing When you Smile, and how I ended up adding and changing things... and now I want to edit Glitter and Stardust so that it would not only read better, but also have a lot more details than what it has now. I know it’s crazy, especially since that story is well over 100K, so editing it could add another 20-30 thousand words, but I want to do it. Though I doubt that this version will be posted anytime soon, but I’m hoping to get it done before I move at the end of the year. 

Why you might as? Well, I was watching Girl Meets World the other day, cause I got Disney+ (I only pay for three streaming services, I don’t need all the other ones) and I thought that maybe if I go to where I started, back to that first fic I wrote, that I’ll find my way back to writing Rucas stories again. I think about why I haven’t written anything for them in nearly a year, about why I stopped, it had a lot to do with that whole plagiarism thing that happened last year, and of course certain shippers who hate on Rucas as a couple (which sadly still exists). But now I want to go back to them and finish what I started, and maybe write a few more stories along the way.

[waterstribe]

Official Ambition Q&A: Post S1 Edition

The last time we did a Q&A we had just posted the synopsis for each s1 episode. Now, all of those episodes are out. (If you haven’t read them, which.... why..... you can go through this tag and find them all!) Quite a lot has gone down in the halls of AAA, and some of you may have questions. All us on the creative side of the show are also dying to talk to you all more and go off some more. 

Speaking of, if you want some lil descriptions of the people you can ask questions to, look no further. Actually, do look further. Under this read more (where there’s also a link to where you can ask and a couple more details and stuff like that). 

Esther (tianasnaveen) || Co-creator || When Esther decided to randomly watch Victorious one night, the idea hit her: a girl meets world performing arts au. What started off as a simple spin on the sitcom spiralled into a Glee-esque show with drama, musical numbers, and romance to boot. It’s a wild ride, but she wouldn’t change a single moment of it. She’s happy to talk about anything and everything – the show, what’s it been like creating it, and of course all of the incredible characters.

Maggie (friarlucas) || Co-creator || Known for excessive, elaborate, and unnecessary AUs, Maggie jumped on board with vigor after Es pitched the original idea. Now, it’s a rabbit hole that she never wants to climb out of. She’s happy to talk story, the writing process, or cry about Lucas James Friar. You know, whatever works.

Katie (farklelucas) || Beta (Diva Division) || Katie is no stranger to fun GMW au antics, so when Maggie asked her to be a beta on her new project, she jumped at the chance. As a Charlie Gardner enthusiast and overall fan of the performing arts, she has now found her new favorite show in Ambition. She will openly gush about any and all aspects of the project, but with a special concentration in the Diva Trio.

When asked about Ambition: “I honestly didn’t think I would be this excited about a show that doesn’t exist, but here I am, finding something new to cry about every day.”

Rachel (punkxjunker) || Beta (Faculty Division) || Rachel is the big sister of the Betas and is far too obsessed with characters from the 90s. This is her first time being a beta for anything and she’s thrilled that it’s for such an exciting project! She is more than happy to answer questions about anything because frankly, she just loves to talk.

When asked about Ambition: “Buckle up, Ambition is about to take you on an emotional rollercoaster with an amazing soundtrack.”

Divine (nicolajboyle) || Beta (Rucas Division) || Divine (aka lil div/doc) is the baby beta and is still obsessed with these kiddos from a cancelled show. She loves supporting mom and dad with all their remix ideas and is so happy to have met her big sister betas through this. She’s happy and excited to answer questions about the show we all wish was real, especially the softest pairing in the world.

When asked about Ambition: “This show is the best, most unexpected thing I’ve ever participated in and I hope you feel the exact same.”​

(this is an exact copy and paste from the previous q&a post hope that’s ok with you all)

Now... ask away!!! We’re so so grateful for all of your support and lovely comments on the series, so feel free to get as weird or specific or random as you want. For real, you could even ask us what Haley has for breakfast each day and what Wyatt’s favourite kind of juice is (it’s evil flavour juice, fyi). 

Remember that you can direct to any or all of us. Can’t wait to answer them! The answering will start at 3:30pm est and 8:30pm gmt. 

[brettdaltonaf]

How do we do [last forever]? By finding out that friends who know who you are is the most real thing there is.

lucas friar + unintentionally showing that he knows riley matthews (◡‿◡✿)

[kahokubo]

There’s a minute sequence I did with Miya’s little sister as a storyboarding thing last year. It’s on Instagram in the #summerwiththeyanagis tag and I personally really like it.

88/365 Finally trying to do some stuff with Milo’s original counterpart Miya. On Instagram, Shuji and Wendy were the longest running original concept, and Miya’s concept is second longest. The general rundown was that Miya’s part of a family that’s cursed to be able to see ghosts, and Miya is the one that can take the spirits and the ghosts to the afterlife. So the family takes it on themselves to help the citizens of their town from supernatural beings. If you look for the tag #summerwiththeyanagis on Instagram, you’ll see me slowly doodling them before the 365 started. There’s a girl with a red hoodie that I drew a lot before the 365 started and she’s also part of this world. I have some old photobash stuff i was working on with photos I took in Japan a couple of years ago with these characters, so I may post those soon as a 365. There’s a couple I need to finish.