#like seriously i don't blame jessica

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Alias #24

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Way back when it aired I watched True Blood, but I never finished it. And for some reason people around me and online started talking about it again, so when it was recommended on Netflix I decided to start from the beginning :3

This show is something that I can't take seriously at all and regularly kicks me in the feels, because somehow they get me to care very much about some (not all) of the characters. Like Terry and Lafayette 💖

Oops I wanted to write some thoughts in the tags, but it became a tag wall so I might as well just put it below the cut:

Actually I actively dislike most of them 90% of the time lol, but in like an entertaining way? So yeah very mixed feelings about this show bc 1) fuck them for the way they treated Tara. I was yelling ''leave her ALONE'' at my screen by - idk episode 2? Like I really don't care that Sookie found herself in bad situations all the time, because she plunged right into a lot of them all by herself. But Tara just kept getting dragged along by rip currents that she was trying so hard to get away from.

Also 2) I hate hate hate hate Hoyt and I despise that I'm supposed to sympathise with him and that in the end Jessica takes all the blame for what happened between them? That asshole couldn't accept that sometimes people fall out of love with their romantic partner and said the most HORRIBLE things to and about Jess because she was honest about her feelings. Like in the last season he comes back and she's like ''I was young and foolish and not ready.'' As if that justifies how he reacted to her?? He's just one of those ''''''''nice guys'''''''' Like, he doesn't remember so he doesn't have to apologise?? Ugghh Jessica at Jason were like "ahh I'm so comfortable with you, and you always know what I need - we must be really good friends :))))" and then marries the guy who's treated both his girlfriends like shit. WHAT the hell.

(There's more but these two are my main annoyances the day after finishing it and I'm gonna shut up about that now.)

Terry on the other hand was an actual good guy and I love him to bits. Lafayette is not a good guy, but mostly because of his shady businesses I love him to bits as well. I'm sad they didn't have more one-on-one scenes together, because the way they helped each other with their respective trauma was lovely.

It's not a good show, but it's a fun show and it has good touching moments..

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Ohhh I have a headcanon question (...again, lol). If the Bellas were to read fanfiction, what would be their go-to tag be?? (eg. found family, enemies to lovers, hurt/no comfort etc)

ooo i like this one! ty for asking (once again /pos) . this basically turned into a list of every au to exist but. whatever. they like aus okay.

Beca: tbh i feel like she would intentionally find the worst (i, by no means, intend to offend anyone with that) smut fics and laugh at them. on the other hand, her inner teen angst would probably take over and she'd read awfully angsty stuff. like Whump / dd:dne level shit. but also found family fluff?? depends on the day. her top tags are probably Hurt/Comfort, Found Family, Enemies to Lovers (even though she'd never admit to any of them willingly)

Chloe: Fake Dating AU (with no further explanation, sorry). mostly she doesn't necessarily search for specific tags, just scrolls through an entire fandom/ship/character tag and reads whatever's interesting enough. deep deep down she does have a thing for Vampire AUs. lord knows why. also maybe kinda Slowburn?? she absolutely will sit down and read fifty chapters of insanely gut wrenching heart break and then sob over it for days even if it has a happy ending. Aubrey: Canon Divergent AU. or just AUs in general (childhood friends, soulmates.. yk whatever there is) i think. she likes to see authors put their own twists into what actually happened. also maybe because her favourite ships and characters always get ruined by whoever's behind the actual media,,, but that's like. totally unrelated. Stacie: High School AU. do you guys see the vision here?? because i don't know how to explain it in coherent words. but she's all for the teen drama. (later in life) on very random occasions she also reads Family Fluff because it reminds her of Bella and she loves Bella. Amy: she finds the most disturbing, explicit tags known to mankind. Improper Use Of Eyesocket? Creating a New Hole? Watersports? yeah. those. and worse. nobody knows how she's even able to read them. Emily: Found Family, Fluff, Light Angst, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort (which she often mistakes for hurt/no comfort and regrets it for months after). she LOVES fluff and all the mushy gushy stuff. but also kinda similarly to Chloe, she can get lost in an intense Slowburn for a while. and cry about it after she finishes. Flo: she absolutely reads Smut. dirty mf. if not smut then probably Found Family as well (seems to be a common theme with them all). Firefighter AUs are also high up on her list for some reason?? i mean i don't blame her Cynthia Rose: i feel like if i went with how her character is (sadly) portrayed in the movies, then Lesbian Sex would be the obvious answer. but i feel like she'd be more of a Marriage / Wedding kinda girl. she's in love with the idea of making a huge deal out of it to show everyone how much you care about someone and spending your life with them. Lilly: can she read?? does she know the concept of fanfiction??? questions that will forever go unanswered. no, but seriously though she'd read the most odd-yet-normal shit (eg. Fluff with a side of Murder) Ashley: Childhood Friends to Lovers, i don't know how to elaborate further. she just gives off that vibe. if we go deeper into her search history though there are some very intense Hurt/Comfort fics from her early to late teens Jessica: she's absolutely one of those crazy readers who will love the most desperate Whump fics ever on one day, then completely flip to Tooth Rotting Fluff on the other. it very much depends on her mood, mental wellbeing and whether she's angry at the world or not. most of the time not. so she just reads Fluff like 24/7, not that she'd tell anyone. (except Ashley, but that doesn't even count) this was kind of a difficult one because i blacked out the second i tried to think about what tags are out there, but i hope it was up to expectations 🫡

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20 things I love about Ash Lynx. 🌅❤️‍🔥🦁🎂🎉

It's the 12th of August.

Ya know what that means?

It's a big huge loving Happy Birthday to our Ash!!!!!

For his birthday, I wanted to write something, so here's a very appreciative appreciation post for my favourite character of all time.

Here's just 20 reasons I love him with all my heart and soul.

1. His birth name. Aslan Jade Callenreese. His mum (or maybe just Yoshida being Yoshida) even made up "Aslan" to mean dawn/daybreak in hebrew when it actually means lion in turkish. However I like to interperet that, similar to a lion's mane, the sun shimmers with a golden light, and that's what his old lady meant when she named him Aslan to supposedly mean dawn.

2. His hair is also golden and reminds me of a lion's mane! And it's long. I love men with long hair!

3. His inner child. Ash has always been childish at heart and his most treasured memories are his childhood with Griffin. I love that as he opens up to Eiji, he starts showing his childish side more and more too.

4. His fear of pumpkins 🤭 mf is scared of a vegetable for christ sake!!! What a goofy thing to be afraid of. Cute though.

5. His jokes. Shit like telling Eiji to go watch Sesame Street, or being given an inkblot test at the hospital, the researcher asking what the inkblot sheet looks like, and he responds "Your wife". Countless examples of this cheeky fucker's one liners!

6. Speaking of which, that attitude he has. He's brutally honest, never backs down, says it like it is, and is unfiltered. He's smart whilst cutting the bullshit.

7. He knows how to lead, he sets goals clearly and he's strong and unwavering whilst not being outright cruel.

8. His fiery energy, especially being a Leo (more lion theming hehe) he's sucha a passionate person and that's a trait I both relate to and admire.

9. He remains loyal to his friends, through thick and thin, and even tries to understand people he has a bias against (Max for example, before they became like father and son.)

10. Despite being a gang leader, he does genuinely care for human life and doesn't like people dying for no good reason. Man's got morals.

11. His perseverance. Despite the cruel world trying to tear him apart time and time again in every possible way, he carried on with his investigation and his fight because he knew it was the right thing.

12. His intelligence! The dude can write advanced essays on politics and science and he does so for actual useful research reasons, not just to be a smartass.

13. He's the kind of person who drinks milk straight out of the jug. No, seriously. Look at this:

Absolute madlad.

14. His fashion sense! I love his denim jackets, his hoodies, his ripped jeans, even that plain boring ass white shirt he loves to wear so much!

15. He agrees with me that beans are fucking gross. I don't blame him at all for being so petty about natto!

16. He's canonically bisexual. (This isn't debatable, his two canon crushes are Eiji and a girl he liked when he was 14. If you insist he's gay or straight you can get your biphobic ass outta here.) It means a lot to me as a bi person to have that sort of representation, plus it explains a lot of things, like the aforementioned hoodies and denim jackets (big same!).

17. He's the kinda guy who sits to read a good book. I'm kinda envious of his habit to read things that aren't just from a screen, but I also really want him to read to me. Storytelling podcast with Ash Lynx anyone?

18. His relationship with Eiji. They bring out the best in each other. Eiji helps Ash open up and express the emotions, good and bad, within him, whilst Ash inspires and helps out Eiji to get stronger, more independent, and more confident in himself and his abilities. Easily my favourite relationship of all time. They compliment each other perfectly and are so lucky to have each other.

19. His kindness and protectiveness towards children. He of course had a lot of respect and fondness towards Skip, and inspired Max and Jessica to become better parents to little Michael. He knows how vulnerable kids can be, and wants to protect them from violence and abuse. I love that he refuses to let these vicious cycles of parental neglect and child abuse continue.

20. His ability to love beyond all else. Love is what motivated him to save his friends and allies, take revenge for his brother and others he lost, and protect people from atrocities. Despite everything he went through Ash was, is and always will be that loving playful, childish at heart boy who cares for his loved ones beyond all comprehension. His love for Eiji and his friends expands beyond the universe.

And that folks, is just 20 reasons why I love Ash from the deepest part of my spirit. He has inspired me in so many ways that I cannot even begin to go into right now, but just know thar he is an absolutely incredible character with such an important impact.

Thank you, Aslan. I love you so so much and I hope you have an amazing day in Japan with your husband. 💕💖💞💗

[letoscrawls]

I've never read any of Brian or Kevin's books so I can't really give an opinion about them, but do we really need all those prequels? I don't mind if they're about Irulan or Chani before they met Paul (because they need more fleshing out beyond him), but do we really need a book detailing Leto's life with his boring dead wife, Kailea, especially when we know that him and Jessica are endgame? Honestly, I blame all those unnecessary prequels as to why we don't have a Heretics graphic novel yet.

honestly i don't know much about prequels but i know there's a TON of them around and i seriously wonder if they are all based on frank's notes like his son said at this point lmao

but yeah i remember when the book about leto came out i was so pissed, i don't really like the idea of him cheating/replacing his old wife with jessica, it's so unnecessary. the entire plot of dune is based on jessica and leto's love, probably one of the very few pure things in the story, and it's so stupid to trash on it with some fanon nonsense. like i'm sorry i know brian is frank's herbert son but leto and jessica are too special to me :(

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Supernatural Rewatch Liveblog S1E5 Bloody Mary

These guys really just park and sleep anywhere huh.

I'm so fond of Dean. You kind of expect him to be the "bury your emotions" manly man type at first but even this early, he keeps checking on Sam's mental and emotional state. The caretaking is so strong with this boy. man. god he starts the series at 26, I keep forgetting because Jensen's so baby-faced compared to later.

(brief side note, Jensen Ackles played Dean Winchester for so damn long he rolled out of bed forgetting he wasn't the character and has lines on his face from Dean's expressions instead of his own. You really cannot blame him for wanting out at the end of the series, even if it meant a shitty ending.)

Sam was actually pretty good with Lily (the little girl) when they talked at her dad's wake, and I'm just really soft because he was doing the same thing with her that Dean did with the kid from episode 3.

You know it really hits sometimes that these men are seriously psychopaths, standing around listening to people talk about these horrific deaths and murders and just not even twitching about it.

Why did they tear off the paper on the back of the painting? It. There's pegs on those. they could just remove it like normal humans and leave less of a trace.

Why the hell is Sam like "same handprint" about the bloody handprint? It's. A smeared bloody handprint? of course it looks the fucking same.

I love the effects of them driving with the fake background. The lighting isn't even right. Does it stay this bad?? I don't remember it being this bad.

It hurts me that Dean was so willing to be just like do it, blame me, hate me, make it my fault, just don't blame yourself about the Jessica shit.

Why didn't they just steal the mirror? So there wouldn't be other ones for Mary to hide in? And they wouldn't be hanging around for the security to come find?

Dean getting that action hero punch to the mirror got me though, fuck I love him.

Can we also talk about Sam being all maudlin, oh I have to do this, I'm the one with a secret where someone died, it's all about Jessica. And Dean too, Dean believed this! You idiots. You literally live in secrets where so many people died. Dean cannot have told every single story of every single hunt where someone died while Sam was away. Literally either of you could have done this, it is not a surprise she could target both of you.

They smashed so much glass for this episode.

"This gotta be like what, 600 years bad luck?" about 15 and then you die.

They should have been pulled over so much for sheer bad driving.

"There's some things I need to keep to myself." Sam says, thus condemning them to like three more seasons of insanity with him and his fucking curse when they could have started dealing with it right now.

[somuchyoudontknow]

I'll share my personal opinion, I don't think he'll ever cohabitate with a partner. No marriage, no children. Eternal bachelor but plays up wanting a wife & children to placate the public from thinking he's gay or anything else. I think he wants to be left alone, in his own space with nobody dependent on him or wanting to know his where, what, when, why & how's. /// I think this anon forgot Chris (only if they are referring to him) and Jessica Biel had the longest love story and it was 💯% serious he wanted to marry her, unfortunately she broke up with him first and that's why he start developing issues in trusting people (I don't blame him) So no anon, he isn't gay sorry to burst your bubble that is his brother. also I'd like to add my personal opinion which is he has one of the strongest masculine energies I've ever "encountered".

Sorry to disagree with you Anon, I think you need to read TIFF Anon's opinion correctly and with more focus. TIFF Anon never claimed he was gay, they only said in their opinion he would keep playing up the narrative of wanting a wife and kids. The real reason in their opinion is he might want to live alone like Octavia and Nathan.

And lastly, "encountered", seriously? Sorry, I don't entertain these kinds of claims that are made without providing any proof on anon.

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Apropros of nothing I wandered into the New Polyamorous Netflix Show I Liked (The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself) tag, and one of the first things I saw was a little essay about how this person doesn't like Jessica as an antagonist bc they think it's unrealistic and I quote "Like they're only a year apart, it doesn't make any sense why she hates him so much"

To me, Jessica is the most realistic villain in the show, Lol, because there are real Jessicas in the world, let me tell you.

Warning for detailed discussion of sibling-on-sibling violence, abuse, etc.

I gotta say. As a person with a real life sibling who hates me and has tried to literally, no joke, physically end my life: Jessica is the best villain I've seen in years because nothing, nothing can top the completely unreasonable, baffling cruelty of a literal blood family member that just decides they need an enemy, someone to blame for anything and everything bad that happens to them, and then them deciding you're it.

My sister's 4 years younger than me, so no one ever even took me seriously and kept talking about power dynamics. Lol. Power dynamics don't mean shit when someone is so unhinged that they will literally POISON (i am not kidding or making light or exaggerating) your boyfriend because they found him cringe and annoying, only to tell you about it later after you've broken up like it was a cute thing to do. The things I can tell you this person did to me not only left multiple very obvious permanent physical scars on my body, but traumatized me and how I go about romantic relationships for the rest of my life. She wouldn't let me HAVE a boyfriend, or a crush growing up. She would do ANYTHING to ruin it. Anything. And often succeeded. Sometimes she'd sabotage my friendships too, and if I had a falling out with someone, immediately take their side to feed them gossip and 'dirt' on me.

Any time she didn't get what she wanted, she resorted to violence. She would lash out with her nails, and even when she was little, I'm talking a tiny little waif of a like, 7 year old once managed to scratch my face so badly I had to have my eye bandaged for weeks in the HOPES it would heal. I have those scars down my face to this day, though they're faint. The ones on my arms and hands however, will never go away.

When she was little at least my mother could hold her down and cut her fingernails short (she still managed to use them to maim let me tell you) lol.

But as soon as she hit puberty, she ended up just short of 6 ft tall. Takes after our dad who was 6'5'' or smth like that, and she loved it. She became literally impossible to physically control. She'd never try to hit my parents, and my parents never hit her. But she'd hit me. She took it out on me any time she didn't get what she wanted. When my mother told her no, or told her she had to do something, she'd look her right in the eye and tell her: You can't make me.

My parents eventually just gave up trying to control her. She ran everything on her time. Dropped out of high school without finishing a year. A year or two later, got pregnant on purpose and I quote "Because having kids meant she'd have someone who would have to love her no matter what"

She now has complete control over my mother's life because my mother lets her live off of her without a job with three kids because my mom is too afraid she'll 'never get to see' her grandkids again if the truth gets out how bad they're off and how deadbeat their parents are. Yeah.

And all of this shit isn't even the worst she's done to me, personally. I have, at this point, repeatedly chosen actual literal full service sex work and homelessness over having to 'go live at home' with her and my mom. I was afraid for years that she'd find out where I live after I moved back to town because in my first apartment-- a little duplex in the old side of town, she had people literally leave creepy, mob style 'markers' on my door to scare me. Maybe with more intentions than that. She confirmed it eventually.

And she maintains her constant story: that I got everything handed to me and was the favorite. Which is basically her interpretation of me literally working myself into bedrest in my senior year so I could afford to go with my AP Japanese class on our exchange trip that summer. Her version of the story is always that my parents paid my way which is. Literally proveably not true.

I worked so hard to be able to do that, because my family is poor as fuck, that it made me sick. I came down with mono around the same time and it was so severe I was on bedrest for nearly six months in my senior year, desperately trying to do whatever my teachers would send home for me to do to keep up. The case was so severe that I never fully recovered which hell, I didn't even know was a thing that can happen until a few months ago. It was the 'major disabling' event of my life, when I was eighteen damn years old. I worked my parttime job cleaning a nursing home kitchen until I literally passed out and blacked out, having already been at school 8-9 hours every day involved in my club activities before I'd go into a shift.

And she hated me for it!

In my late teens and twenties I lived in constant terror, covered in bruises and bloody cuts and shit from defending myself against her outbursts and my mom was so cowed that she wouldn't, and still to this day, has never protected me from her. All my sister has to do is threaten to hurt herself and my mom shuts up.

I could not own anything special or precious that I didn't wear on my body (and even then, she stole my favorite ring-- which I never saw again-- while I left it in the pocket of my cooking apron in the kitchen so it wouldn't get dirty. I was making food for the whole family. lol)

It didn't matter how explicitly it was something of mine. She'd 'borrow' it or take it and keep it around so that when I asked for it back my mom, who was often in a haze from pain medication she needed for her back, would just agree with her and tell us to stop fighting. It was always like that. I learned that I could never cherish anything. She WOULD take it.

This continued even up unto her not letting me have anything of my dad's when he passed away a few years ago. My current partner who I live with literally watched her attempt to fight me physically in front of the family lol. because I wouldn't hit her back for fear of HER calling the cops on ME, that didn't go well either. I got a bunch of scratches all over my hand from that too. My mom apologized, but could do nothing.

So.

Pls don't come in here saying all of the things my parents should have done. Keep in mind my mother is queer and my father was native american and no, they do not call the cops, the cops have never helped us and never will. The cops were never an option, though there are times even I, the most ACAB fucker you'll ever meet, thought maybe, just maybe she needed to be snatched and beat. I dunno. Yeah, and all this because someone made a comment about a fictional thing that seemed unrealistic LOL it just bothered me so much. The show was great and cathartic for me, because I do know what it's like to be terrorized your whole life just for trying your best to be good and turn out okay by someone who sees you as worse than dirt on the bottom of their shoe even though they're supposed to be your closest family. It was real as fuck to me. Just because someone doesn't have a point of reference to it doesn't make it unrealistic. If anything, I resented Nathan's good sense to steer clear of her instead of the mistake I made over and over by telling myself "But she's my sister" and trusting her only to have her move the football at the end every time in classic fashion. Only in my adult life did I finally stop letting my mom talk me into 'trying to make up with her' and basically refuse any and all contact. I do not see my family because she will be there. I do not do or go to anything she might show up at. I barely get to see my nieces and nephew, but that's just what I have to do for my health.

Jessica Byrne is a cool as fuck villain to me for that reason. I've never felt seen before in that way. Hey maybe having a spawn of satan sibling that wants you dead just makes you turn out poly, I dunno ask my two lovely partners who I would do anything for who are my real family now and forever. sgkjaskj

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* sibling dynamics .

this is part ii of my sibling dynamics . first one i did was benji & cleo . i was gonna do the bailey siblings right after but i completely forgot for some reason that .... yori & jessica are also siblings ??? okay brain . doing this instead of doing my homework because i alr hate this class . so while benji & cleo have a loving sibling relationship , these two don't have one . at all . yori and jessica explore siblings who chose diverging paths . one went into crime , to further the legacy of their father . while the other followed his dreams , refusing to be a part of that infamous crime faction in japan .

neither jessie or yori are biological children of itsuo takemura . they were both " adopted " .

jessie's father had sadly passed from a car accident . with no living relatives , she had nowhere else to go until itsuo found her in one of the " ramen " shops he owns .

yori's mother had a turbulent life . she was not the greatest mother and unfortunately succumbed to a drug vice . he does not remember this at all . only bits and pieces .

the takemura siblings have eerily similar circumstances which begs the question : why is their relationship non - existent ?

first of all , the blame could be entirely put on itsuo . he wanted his children to be at the forefront of the empire , ruling together but mainly yori ( no surprise there ) . jessie felt cheated of this because she actually wanted it and yori had no desire to be anything like his sister or father . jessie was cold to yori right off the bat . they had their moments where they enjoyed playing with each other as children , but jessie wanted yori out of the picture . she wanted to be the sole heir . both of them were trained to kill . however , jessie took it more seriously and became her father's assassin -- exactly what she is today .

yori's name is not yori hayakawa . in fact , it was entirely changed . his name , at the beginning , was koji takemura .

jessica's name is simply an alias . her real name is nozomi takemura .

despite nozomi's coldness , koji still regards her as his sister . he sympathizes with her because they were both brought up with hardship .

nozomi does not care for koji . however , her actions say differently . she constantly keeps an eye out for him once in a while and supports him at his swimming races . from afar , of course .

koji finally managed to convince his father that nozomi should be his heir at the age of sixteen . he stayed until he was eighteen , finally leaving itsuo and nozomi in the past .

his father was immensely disappointed but eventually came to peace with nozomi's rise . at first , he was apprehensive and dismissive but learned to grow fond of her cruelness , just like his .

nozomi could have killed koji when they were first training but their shared nanny stopped her . " do not kill him now for he may prove valuable against your father " .

this shared nanny , named haruka , was the closest thing they had to a mother . however , neither of them felt like she was their mother . only in a figure / spirit - like way she was .

their relationship simply does not exist because jessica takemura and yori hayakawa do not exist to each other . however , koji and nozomi takemura's relationship does exist and it relies on being kept apart from each other should their father ever decide something must happen to the other . he has ordered them both to do horrible things . whether to each other or to strangers or to enemies of their father . nozomi embraced the brutality , koji escaped from it . they only keep in contact by meeting at yushima shrine once a year .

[iluvsumbucky]

I loved this!! It was terrific!! The rest of my comments are under the break so I don't spoil anything!

I'm not surprised that the Martins have kept in touch with Ryan or that he's been going to their house for the past few Christmas Eves. It's understandable how she's feeling since she's never met them. I mean who wouldn't feel a bit odd having Christmas Eve dinner with some people they don't know. I love how Ryan reassures her & hopefully he's right about the Martins liking her. I don't blame her for not wanting to go home to an empty house & spend Christmas alone & I have no doubt that she & Ryan are in love & are excited about spending the holidays with each other & their families. When Ryan calls Ricky 'squirt' & Ricky says dude I'm fifteen & Ryan tells him he's still a squirt, it made me smile but I can't blame her for her thoughts after she meets Jessica. Yeah, considering how Jessica acts towards Ryan after a few drinks, I think the name 'Mrs. Robinson' fits her quite well. I have to agree with her, I don't know what's worse Ryan playing dumb or him being dumb about Jessica's flirting. And it's understandable that's she glad when it's time for her & Ryan to leave & when 'Mrs. Robinson', aka Jessica, rubbed her hands up & down Ryan's back, I give her credit for not giving the stink eye. I'm not sure all of us would have been able to do the same.

As they are driving away, I don't blame her for asking, “So you ever get some one on one time with Mrs. Robinson?” & when she elaborates “Have you and Jessica ever…” Ryan's reply, “No!” “What the… why the fuck would you even think that? She’s old enough to be my mom!” has me snickering. She has a point as she says, “Just asking. She’s a little friendly with you after a few drinks. Sorta touchier than I expected, I didn’t mean anything by it. Sorry.” As Ryan asks, “you think I got a Stiffler’s mom thing going on?” & she says, “no, absolutely not. That said, I do have a thing for older women, otherwise I wouldn’t be with you.” especially as she slaps his arm, saying, “Two months you jerk!” When he pulls over into a parking lot at the bottom of the hill, saying, “Making a point.” I'm smiling as he pulls her face to his & kisses her & then pulls her onto his lap. Then when she asks, “Seriously, Ry, what are you doing?“ my smile grows as he says, “You know, for someone with a first class college degree you’re mighty dumb at times.” “what does it look like I’m doing?” & she asks, "Now? Here?” And what happens next has me

Damn!!! Afterward, the song she hears on the radio, ’So here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson…'  has me smiling even more. This made my day & I love it!! It was fantastic!!

25 Days Of Chris-Mas

Day 3: Here’s To You, Mrs Robinson

Summary: Ryan takes you with him to meet the Martins.

Pairing: Ryan Ackerman (Cellular) x Reader

Warnings: Bad Language, Adult situations, Alcohol, Smut (NSFW, 18+)

W/C: 1.6k

Disclaimer: This is a pure work of fiction, any likeness to any persons or events in real life are purely co-incidental. I do not own any characters contained herein bar the reader and/or any original characters. I do not give consent for my work to be copied and posted/translated onto any other sites. If you see this fiction anywhere other than Tumblr, it has been taken without permission.By reading beyond this point you understand and accept the terms of this disclaimer and ALL warnings posted here.

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Spooky Season Special: Until Dawn (Male!Reader x Chris)

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Chapter 5: Prey

- Six Hours Until Dawn -

"Locked? How the hell?" Matt growls, trying to pull open the gate behind you all, which suddenly locked.

You wouldn't blame yourself for being a little distracted. What happened back there?

You had been perfectly willing to give yourself up, but... had Chris accepted your wishes, or had he chosen to kill his best friend instead? He swore he hadn't, but... there's something going on here, but it's just out of reach of your shock-addled mind. It doesn't matter anyway - it's time to get help.

"There's some seriously uncool shit going down here." Matt scowls.

You glance down at yourself, still spattered in Josh's blood. "Yeah, you think, Matt?"

Matt winces. "Oh. Sorry."

You reach the cable car station, only to find an axe embedded in the door. "Look, an axe!" Matt grins. "I feel safer with an axe."

You're about to point out that maybe he ought to be more worried about the scary man who likely put the axe there and left a big shiny bruise on your face, but the moment passes, and Matt convinces Emily to slide through the small window beside the locked door. She complains the whole way, but a moment later opens it.

"Wow. I did it." Em smiles softly, sounding surprised.

Matt hugs her. "Good job, Em. You rock."

"Yeah, you're okay too. We did good."

The celebration is short-lived, as when the lights go on you realize the cable car station has been vandalized, and worse - sabotaged. And the keys are nowhere to be found.

"This.. this is bad." Em says, but you admire that her voice has stopped wavering. "Guys, we need another plan. We can't just sit around and do nothing!"

You nod. "Okay, uh..."

Hopeful - "Should we climb down?" Calm - "The fire tower..."

"There's an old firewatcher tower around here somewhere. It probably has a direct line to the ranger station we can use!" you say with delight.

Matt and Em glance at you, before Emily nods. "Good idea. I mean, the radio tower's probably ages old by now and might not have a signal-"

"It's the only plan we've got, unless we wanna climb down and break our necks." Matt adds, and Em gives him a sharp look.

You let them take the lead as you follow them around the outside of the cable car station, Emily sniping angrily at Matt for not moving fast enough and for not catching her.

"What if this doesn't work?" Emily suddenly whimpers, as you all trek up towards the fire tower.

"It has to." Matt grunts.

Pragmatic - "We should have a backup. Hopeful - "It's going to work."

"We need to make a plan just in case. I don't want to be stuck up there freaking out if it doesn't." you say, shuddering.

"Exactly." Em agrees.

"Maybe we just... find a place to hole up with the others? Safety in numbers." Matt muses.

"As long as it's not back at the lodge." Em mutters. "It's where that psycho would suspect."

You consider this. "Maybe. But... worse comes to worst, we can overwhelm him this time."

Before Emily can tell you that this is probably the worst idea you've ever had, Matt trips a little over a loose floorboard, and leans down to find a pink cell phone.

"Is that... Beth's?" Emily asks.

"I thought the police swept, like, the whole area." Matt frowns.

You shrug. "Guess they missed this. Maybe the twins didn't stay put, and they moved through the area."

In silence, you all continue moving up the mountain.

"Watch your step, Em." Matt says carefully, causing her to scoff.

"Yes, Matt, unless you plan on catching me this time, I'd rather not spend my evening plummeting to my death off a snowy cliff top."

You roll your eyes at her sniping. Even you are starting to get a little tired of her constant complaining. But you remember taking her side over Jessica, and you figure it's best not to alienate anyone else.

There's a loud, haunting sound from behind you, and the three of you whirl, slowly backing up.

There's a horde of deer approaching, and they don't seem particularly friendly...

NEW Butterfly Effect: Y/N sided with Emily; Jessica felt insecure AND Mike failed to impress; Mike stumbled when chasing after Jessica; Mike was too late: Jessica was dead!

Butterfly Effect: Y/N kept his cool in the Masked Man’s trap; and Chris admired Y/N’s clarity of thought…

Butterfly Effect: Josh teased Chris about Ashley; but Chris was not baited; AND Josh was impressed with Y/N’s personality…

Butterfly Effect: Emily and Jessica fought; Y/N sided with Emily; Y/N felt guilty...

The Soul of Discretion: Ashley discouraged Matt from using the telescope; Y/N did not expose Ashley; Matt didn’t see Mike and Emily flirting; SO Matt did not confront Mike; AND Emily and Jessica fought.

Be His Hero: Y/N was caught by the Masked Man; AND used in his trap, so Chris chose to save Y/N and Ashley, AND Chris confessed his feelings for Y/N.

[eveblanchard]

So, uh, for months now, I’ve wanted to make a post that’s essentially:

Unstoppable force meets an immovable object: My desire to avoid the “Doomed to end up like your parents” trope versus my desire to see Ainsley Whitly just snap.”

Anyway, how about that finale?

[perry-flynn]

Of course, given that for Jessica the research had a personal slant, perhaps she'd have an easier time of it than Perry, who as far as those he'd talked to so far were concerned was nothing more than a researcher or collector of rare books and such. But it was up to her if she was even comfortable divulging that, of course, and given how things had unfolded even in town he wouldn't blame her for keeping those cards close.

Perry was the same, afterall, careful with things like his curse and his sexuality, even stories of his work on the force. "And seriously, if you hit a wall or need a hand, you know where I am." He didn't want to be overbearing or anything, but he did want to help, and he didn't want Jessica loosing out on information she deserved to have access to over something that he could solve.

"Ah." He shrugged, fingers tapping against the mug as he lifted it for a sip of tea, "I'm up way later than my opening hours would have you believe." But was there anything else? "Oh! Don't trust photos as proof of anything, ask for video footage. Harder to doctor. And any meetings in public places, obviously. I did dig a little into Constance and as far as I can tell she's legit so shouldn't be an issue, but if you come across anyone you're not sure of I can help with that too."

@notbad-justsungthatway

Constance Cross' Diary | Perry & Jessica

[multiversxwhore]

Pairings: Eddie Brock x Black!oc

Genre: Drama

Warnings: none

Chapter 1

Eddie Brock: Chocolate Covered Kisses

Chapter 4 The Truth

Edeth had been in the hospital for some days, almost two weeks to be exact. Eddie felt like he’d been sitting there longer than that, holding Edeth’s hand the whole time. They sat in scilence till he would come up with something to say to her, rather it was a stupid joke, or his progress on his journalism work. Venom was quiet the whole time, which was unlike them, Eddie seriously underestimated how much Vee liked Edeth.

Of course I like Edeth! She’s way better than Anne, Edeth is kind, and funny, she smells good, and she likes to eat junkfood.” Venom confessed that's the softest Eddie has ever heard Venom speak about anyone, Eddie hummed thoughtfully.

“Wow, sounds like you're smitten buddy. I don’t blame you, Edeth is all those things, and more.” Venom made grumbling noises from inside their host body, Venom was still a bit disappointed he wasn’t able to stop that piece of shit that shot Edeth.

“It’s not your fault Vee, don’t beat yourself up.” Eddie said softly, he placed his unoccupied hand over his chest as if to pet the symbiote inside him. The door to Edeth’s room clicked open, he knew it was Jessica, he was familiar with her boozy scent by now.

“Who ya talking to? The alien symbiote inside your body? Or is there another reason for you talking to yourself 98% of your day?” Jess dropped a stack of evidence she had on Eddie in his lap, this was the first time he let go of Edeth since she got back from surgery.

“There’s a lot going on, not even you know about Jessica Jones, that’s right I know about you too. You can’t stay out of the news to save your life, what’s a woman with super strength doing being a PI anyway? Shouldn’t you be saving cats from a tree or something?” Eddie countered, Jess rolled her eyes, she really hated this idiot. For the most part he is a decent guy, aside from the alien thing. That’s why Jesse hated him so much, there’s nothing wrong with him, personality wise. This whole time she thought Killgrave sent him, which is odd because Killgrave had his finger on the pulse when it came to people with special abilities.

“People with super strength don’t save cats from trees dumb ass. You know what, why are you even here, you just met her, don't act like you’re all in love.” Jessica stepped forward, can I eat her, she’s extremely mean, Venom cut in.

“She’s not mean Vee, Jessica is a bitch, and I don't usually use that word on women, but I bet Jessica wouldn’t refer to herself as such.” Eddie said standing up from his seat, he dumped the files in the uncomfortable chair behind him.

“Yes, because my dick is definitely bigger than yours.” Jessica smirked, folding her arms.

“I bet that’s what you think, look I don’t need to satisfy my ego like you do; therefore, I’m not gonna do the dick measuring thing. I like Edeth a lot. Sometimes that’s just how it happens, you’re having a shitty night, so you go to the corner store to drown yourself in junk food. Next thing you know…you’re meeting this amazing, beautiful, caring woman. Then some bastard shoots her, and now you’re sitting in the hospital holding her hand hoping she subconsciously knows you’re there.” Eddie’s voice dropped to a whisper, his nostrils flared in an attempt to keep his tears back.

“Damn it, you really do like her.” Jessica came to sit on the edge of Edeth’s hospital bed, this was a bad time to bring Killgrave up, but Eddie had to know what he was possibly bringing himself into.

“Killgrave is some freak of nature that likes pretty girls, especially ones with special abilities. He’s the one that sent that pervert after Edeth, but he’s not using his power on him. He’s just doing it willingly, I haven’t had enough time to find out his name, nor was I able ti find out any background information. But I will.” Jessica looks up at the EKG machine, Edeth’s heart is calm so hopefully that means she’s still unconscious. It’s best she doesn’t hear this right after being attacked, Jessica turns back to Eddie.

“Yea, what does that have to do with Edeth? You think Killgrave will attacked her himself next time?” Eddie asked, it would make sense if this Killgrave was after Edeth because of her close relationship to Jessica.

“No, he would never put himself in harm's way despite his own powers. Did he say anything specific to you, any hidden messages?” Jessica asked.

“No, but it doesn’t make sense for him to be after Edeth in such a manner just because she knows you. I went back to her apartment after she was admitted, apparently she had several photographs, and files on him. Maybe that’s why she was the target, because she had information that could expose him?” Eddie questioned, which in his head made perfect sense, but Jessica knew better. She had no idea Edeth was trailing him though, Jessica herself is not able to get that close to him without having an anxiety attack. Fortunately for Edeth that wasn’t the case, Jessica promised herself to never speak of this out loud just in case Killgrave was ever listening in. She couldn’t hold back the truth anymore.

“I wish that was the reason, that would make my life less of a living hell. There’s something else, which I’m sure is the main reason, Killgrave is after Edeth. He’s after her because she has the power to change people's emotions. I wish I could have stopped him, in my head I told myself he wouldn’t ruin another woman’s life, but he did. Just stood by as he treated her like another Barbie doll, the night I was somehow able to escape him, I took Edeth with me. In the midst of our fight, I slammed her head into a wall trying to knock her unconscious. I also ended up ruining a handful of her memories, knowing Killgrave he probably knew the whole time she was trailing him. He wants her back again, and I have to stop him, for good this time.” Jessica stood up from the bed, when she looked up, Eddie wasn’t looking at her, but at Edeth. When Jessica turned around, Edeth’s eyes were open, tears flowing down her cheeks.

“So, it took near death for you to tell me the truth? You just thought it was okay to lie to me because I lost my memory?” Edeth asked, her heart rate jumping, Eddie grabbed onto her hand.

“Ed-

“No, what's my real name Jessica?” She asked, Jessica couldn’t look at Edeth, she knew this was going to be the reaction.

“Actually I never found out, Killgrave never asked, at least not around me…he’s probably the only one who knows. I just made up the name Edeth on the fly.” She let her hair fall in front of her face wishing the ground would just swallow her whole.

“Well I like it, it’s one of the things that’s made me really interested in you, so it can’t be all that bad.” Eddie spoke up, she turned to him with her face pinched up.

“I don’t like that someone who lied to me about my whole life is the reason for me falling in love, but I guess it’ll have to do for now.” Edeth complained, he breathed out through her nose, she really wanted to be angry, and she was for a moment. Then she realized that between the two of them she got the shorter end of the stick. Jess had to deal with the ptsd, anxiety, and depression from the after effects of Killgrave. Meanwhile, Edeth is falling in love with some stranger in a convenient store. Even though it was an accident, erasing Edeth’s memories of Killgrave was the best thing Jessica could have ever done for a victim of his.

“You’re in love with us?” Eddie asked, his neck turning a tinge of red, maybe things were moving fast, but when you finally grab onto good things you don’t let go.

“I- wait, us?” Edeth asked.

“Well this is awkward.” Jessica jokes as she pulls up a seat at the foot of Edeth hospital bed.

“Uh yes, us, and by that I mean I currently have an alien symbiote…living inside me.” Eddie explains sheepishly, he lets go of Edeth’s hand standing up.

Suddenly Venom’s head pops out of the side of Eddie’s neck, Edeth jumps back a bit in shock, her heart rate starts to climb. Jessica rolls her eyes, she wasn’t that impressed, during her time with Matt Murdock she’s seen freakier shit than this.

“No need to be alarmed Edeth, I only eat assholes.” Venom said, his teeth sharp, and his grin wide, Eddie shook his head.

“You outta teach your pet not line up the word eat right before asshole dipshit.” Jessica mentioned from the end of the bed. She flipped through Edeth’s hospital papers that she snatched from her chart outside the door.

“I really don’t like her Eddie, she’s a cun-” Venom started, but Edeth cut them off before they could finish.

“Hey! Watch your mouth, we don’t talk to women that way, seriously Eddie. This is what was touching me underneath the table?” Edeth’s voice faltered, her eyes flickered over to Jessica who was busy reading some papers.

“Your thighs smell delicious, I for one enjoyed them very much.” Venom chimes in, Eddie quickly pushes Venom's head back inside him before they could get another word out, Edeth’s mouth pinched up in effort to stop the grin from spreading across her face.

“Sorry.” Eddie apologized for Venom's loose lipped behavior.

“You guys are disgusting, anyway what are we going to do about Killgrave, since he didn’t decide to kill you, he must be thinking of a way to get you back.” Jessica stood up from her seat pacing the room running through all the possibilities.

“Edeth just woke up from a surgery, shouldn’t this conversation wait a while?” Eddie asked, the Doctors said her recovery has been quick physically, but emotionally they said it might be some after shock trauma. Not to mention Jess just dropped a bombshell on her, who knows how much of her memory is gone, and Edeth has powers she needs to get back in order. Already Jessica is trying to whisk Edeth away, and that may be how she did things. However, Eddie liked to take his time to get his ducks in a row.

“Killgrave is out there, and he can control anyone, he'll even control you.” Jessica argued

“Can he control Venom? There’s no way this guy knows the brain of a symbiotic alien.” Eddie said

“He’s telepathic, nothing is off limits.” Edeth chimes in.

“Well, let’s slow it down here, how about this. Edeth can stay at my place while we look for Killgrave.” Eddie suggested, Jessica rolled her eyes, of course he’d want that.

“What part of he can control anyone, don't you understand?” Jessica questions, she was getting tired of the third party suggestions, this would be way less complicated if that tool wasn’t in the picture.

“I mean, if that’s the case, then I mine as well go back home. If nowhere is safe, where can I really go? I don’t want to spend the rest of my life ducking, and dodging someone who won’t even physically face me.” Edeth said she could feel her frustration bubbling, a deep dark hatred for this man surfacing.

“So we make him come get you himself.” Eddie said he didn’t like the idea of some weirdo sending other weirdos to attack his girl.

Our girl. Venom spoke, Eddie chuckled a bit.

“If you want something done you have to do it yourself.” Edeth said, catching onto Eddie's suggestion.

“I don’t know guys, when Killgrave is mad he’s like a fat kid in a candy store. You tell a man with telepathic powers no, and he might just knock the whole world over. The man is a total Sociopath, he cares nothing about the lives of other people, and consequences mean nothing to him.” Jessica could feel her head spinning from just thinking about him, they had already said his name too many times for her liking.

“What other choices do we have? Because it’s looking slim Jess, we have to bait him, trap him, and kill him. That’s it.” Edeth said, her hand was gripping Eddie’s large warm hands with anger. Eddie felt himself getting hot, actually now that he thought about it, he was pissed.

“Edeth is right, that bitch has to die, I mean how many more people are going to suffer?” Eddie all but shot out of his seat, even Venom was starting to stir in agitation.

“Okay…the first thing we have to figure out is how Edeth’s powers work because…” Jessica trailed off, her eyes watching Edeth’s and Eddie’s hands connected, suddenly Edeth let go of Eddie.

“I’m sorry.” Both Eddie, and Edeth said at the same time. Her pouty lips stretched into a small smile, Eddie lifted Edeth’s small brown hands to his lips kissing the backside softly. He too now feeling light hearted, and easy going.

“Please don’t make me throw up all over the both of you, because that’s how disgusted I feel.” Jessica expressed, though in all honesty, she was really happy for Edeth. At least someone was finding happiness after Killgrave, and Jessica wholeheartedly believes that even if Edeth didn’t lose her memories, Eddie would have still been able to make Edeth happy. But she would never say any of that out loud.

“Alright, I’m hungry, the last meal I ate was technically two weeks ago.” Edeth said, speaking of last week's dinner, she couldn’t wait to get out of this damn hospital to pick up where her, and Eddie left off.

After Jessica made Eddie run and get them dinner, the three spent the rest of the night discussing their plans, and bantering. This was the first time in a while Jessica felt genuine happiness, still slightly on edge as always, but the sight of Edeth’s smile wrapped around her like a warm knitted blanket. That’s why she would fight to keep it, that’s what Killgrave wasn’t banking on, Jessica’s selflessness.

From the other end of the hospital door, a nurse stood with her phone out speaking in a hushed tone to someone on the other end of the call.

“Yes Jessica is here as well, now they’re just talking and laughing…no I’m not sure what they’re talking about. Yes I understand, I’ll tell them to stand by.” The nurse hung up the phone, shoving the device back in her pocket she carried on with her nightly duties moving around without a thought in her head. Meanwhile somewhere not too far from the hospital, in a hotel suite sat Killgrave in his silk pajamas, a glass of water in hand. The chair he relaxed into was facing a window that overlooked the city, and conveniently enough faced the hospital Edeth was checked into.

“Have your fun Jessica, but a game this is not. Even if it was, I play for keeps you, and Malia shall be mine again.” Killgrave spoke his thoughts out loud, the night continued to roll on, and as Edeth slept soundly in her bed, she had no idea of what lurked in the shadows…

[facepalming-since-chernobyl]

Harley Quinn anon here; It's seems they were both targeting both the writer and the bi person around the same time the whole 'Ivy is a lesbian' discourse started, it just happens the bi person was at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just one of those thing that got blown out of proportion (as always on the internet). I guess the people angry at the writer maybe got too involved with the DC alternate universe comic DC Bombshells where they made a few characters lesbian instead of their current canon sexuality? (I'm trying to figure out why a bi character existing isn't the right type of 'gay' for some so called fans) I do agree with you on the Winn side of things In regards to the Supercorp thing; The other shows made by CW are absolutely terrible at writing romances for both het couples and lgbt couples (Riverdale). And in general their overall storytelling is rushed and rarely consistent with with their characters (*coughs* Kara being capable of kicking her cousin's arse *coughs*). So as much as I love Supercorp, I know the CW would just make it shit as the show is now (thank god for fanfics) Lar Gand aka Mon El and tv Mon El aren't the same person in a lot of ways. Same with Maggie Sawyer; in the comics she's a divorced lesbian with a kid. They've kept some of his hot headedness but really, as someone commented on the previous ask, he is Superman's Dick Grayson.... up until the rebirth canon... they did the Legions real dirty including my boy Lar Hell even in the recent comic canon (not rebirth) on Prime Earth Lena Luthor is a decent person (she hasn't committed crimes unlike her alt earth), though I think she has cancer or something? I'll double check that Anyway, I guess I'm just annoyed about the petty bullshit and just how the CW has handled all of their DC content. It's an unnecessary shit show during a pandemic :/

We love cancel culture... It's beautiful, how people take htings out of context and blow thing out of proportion to hate on the others and even don't give them space to learn things or dunno, change their minds or simply having different opinion that still can be correct.

I remember the Bombshells and them making some version of Kara lesbian and dating Lois and that was used as a proof sc endgame. That were the easy years.

I don't watch other shows, so I don't know. Sometimes i see Avalance on my dash and most people are happy about them, but some complain. You can't make everyone happy, I guess. But I have zero knwoledge about other CW shows (minus SPN, LOOOL)

But you know, CW in general sucks in the shipping and couples department. Is there a show that made them right?

As for the storytelling, especially in SG, I blame Jessica and Rowner (Rovner? too lazy to check). They both had zero knowledge or LOVE for comic books and it shows. Gossip Girl Woman should have not have been involved in a show based on comic books, end of story. They seriously have no idea what to do with KARA, not only every other charcter.

On the other hand Kara kicking Kal's ass was in AK's era (fuck him very much). Am I the only one annoyed how Kara's biggest strenght is her personality, compassion etc? And that her physical strenght is important and yay for kickng asses, but that's not the core of her strenght???

Yeah, I know they fucked up Mon Mon and he is not like his comic book selves, but I still I enjoyed him very much. Still annoyed how they erased his allergy easily, because him struggling with health is one of his nice flaws in the comic, ignored the Daxam - Krypton issues and made it "Daxam bad, Krypton good" thingy and erased his historian-engineering kinks? Plus, Imra???? I can't imagine being a comic book fan and not breathing fire.

The worst thing is Chris would absoulutely NAILED that Mon-El TT

Somewhere she was decent but on wheelchair, I think and of course we could have not gotten that.

I think you are not teh only one.

It did, and I feel you. Also, it's super nice to exchange thoughts with not typically butthurt sc stan here, so thanks :D

[akastartatthebeginning]

drfcstrs

"Yeah,” Jane echoed, knowing she had a similar look on her face. “I could write you a novel on why I hate their dad right now and I’ve never even met the guy.” She stopped at that, wrinkling her nose a bit, before continuing, “I don’t know if now is a good or bad time to tell you he doesn’t approve of me and Thor because I’m from Earth, so heads up. The Queen’s an actual angel, though. And I’m pretty sure she’d start an intergalactic war for them.”

Once they got to the cafe, Jane settled into their table. “Thank you,” she said, with a smile, taking the coffee Jane brought over for her. Her expression softened as Jessica spoke, laughing at the nickname for Thor. “No, honey. You’re fine. Honestly, if you hadn’t figured out what I was doing before, I was a few seconds away from telling you. Like I said, I told Thor I would do it to spare you from having him follow you around like an actual puppy all day. I can tell you guys mesh well together. You definitely have the same aesthetic going on.” She smirked, though it faded just a second later. After a brief pause, Jane shook her head, “I’m not sure how much Loki told you about what happened during the battle, but it got really bad. For a second there, we weren’t sure if he was coming out of it. Thor was with him when it happened and it’s been hard on him. So, if he ever seems overbearing or anything like that, that’s why. I think Thor just needs that extra reassurance that Loki is okay sometimes.”

"I think I could pen a few chapters of that. As long as you're cool with every other word being go screw yourself, asshole," Jessica replied, smirking lightly. "Or some variation thereof." Apart from that one conversation in her office, they hadn't seriously broached the topic of family. But it was enough for her to know it was a complicated subject. "Somehow I'm not shocked," she deadpanned. "But I'm not really big on getting anyone's approval in the first place." Her expression softened a bit as the conversation shifted. "Moms are like that. Most of them anyway." Her own had been willing to kill for her. To die for her.

Jessica shook her head. "Yeah, I'm not big on being followed around." Loki (and the three agents before him) had learned that one the hard way. "Puppy boy might've ended up flying out a window. Wait -- can he fly?" she asked, furrowing her brow for a moment. She rolled her eyes, but there was a playful undertone to it. This whole conversation was a nice distraction from what had brought her here to SHIELD, from her tiny little breakdown in Carter's office. "The difference is, my version of the aesthetic costs about two dollars to his two-thousand," she quipped.

She took a sip of her coffee, setting it down slowly as Jane went on. "He talked about it a little. Didn't really get into specifics," she said carefully, cautiously. The trust they were building between them was so new. It felt like it was spun out of sugar and could break so easily if she wasn't careful. "I don't blame him," Jessica said softly. She thought about the bond between siblings, how strong it could be, how much it could hurt, and all the things she'd been trying to forget flooded to the forefront of her mind. "I know what it's like. My brother died when he was ten, so yeah, I... I get it." She took a long sip of coffee to steady herself, wished more than a little that it was stronger. "It's good for Loki too," she said quietly. "To be reminded that people care. He'll never admit it, and if he knew I told you, he'd probably pout for an hour, so let's keep it between us, okay?" she said, smiling gently Jane.