#lockholder

[scarecrow-in-a-hatake]

Do you need a hug?

No, thanks.

[homunculus-argument]

I love the thing in fiction where something is established as a rule and everyone treats it as the Absolute Rule which cannot be circumvented in any traditional way, and it's clearly establised that in 99% of the situations It Has To Be Done Like This, and just at the end when things seem hopeless, someone thinks outside the box and sees that this is that one situation out of a hundred where you can break that rule.

Like oh no, it's the Absolute Combat Lockhold, where you can't break yourself free without breaking your collar bone, and since you can't fight with a broken collar bone, that means that the lock is unbreakable. But holy shit, just at the end, when someone would only have needed to throw one last blow to defeat the final enemy, but got caught in the lock a second before they could, just fucking breaks their collar bone to break free and throw that last punch.

Oh shit, this legal dispute has ended in the same checkmate as the characters have ended up in several times before, and you cannot move around it because The Disputed Thing is not in their possession, and every single time this has happened before, it's been very clearly established that the thing cannot be obtained in any fathomable way because it's so well-guarded. So it doesn't even occur to the audience, or any other character except this one, that this time they can literally just steal it from the property without getting caught, and win the case by pure technicality.

Oh fuck, The Rules of Magical Wizard Battle has the hero trapped in place, completely incapable of doing magic. Every single wizard battle before this has been fought over a long distance, usually by combatants who cannot even see each other, but this time, when all seems hopeless, looking right into the gloating villain's eyes, the hero realises they can just whack that bastard with a folding chair.

[thesunrises12]

school is going to put my creativity into a lockhold again for a while but I wanted to give a WIP of my next upcoming art! :) (it’s Wukong trying to playfully steal Macaques ramen but you cant really see that lol)

[cazort]

This post finally put into words the core of why I hate Twilight so much. It is reinforcing, and not at all challenging or subverting, the whole "male sexual desire is poison" trope.

The most frustrating thing about this trope is that it has a lockhold on our society, like social conservative culture is deep in it, and channels its energy into "any sex outside (straight) marriage is wrong" but "progressive" culture can often be just as bad, channeling the same trope instead into unreasonable ideas like "if a man ever makes a woman uncomfortable through an expression of sexual desire then he is wholly and totally wrong and is a disgusting creep and a horrible person and how dare he oh and p.s. men also includes trans women and other transfem people but it also includes trans men and transmasc people they are all creeps whenever they are attracted to women and express it in any way shape or form you all should feel ashamed of yourselves for being such horrible people."

Oh how desperately I wish I were exaggerating with this last paragraph.

I cannot express how jarring it was after being raised by a "Porn Addiction Coach" to get into a relationship with a woman and come face to face with the fact that she did actually want me to sexually desire her.

Like, in Evangelical Purity Culture, male desire was basically poison. It was a threat. It was this constant temptation that would destroy everything. And even after leaving, in the sort of queer, feminist spaces i spend most of my time in that wasn't something that pretty much anyone was spending time actively dissuading me from feeling.

But my desire is good. It's not something that I'm being accepted in spite of. It's a positive thing. It's a bonus. Not even just vanilla stuff, all the stuff I'd convinced myself were these weird terrible desires that were shameful to have.

It honestly took me over a decade to fully accept that. To stop dissociating during sex and confront that I was, in fact, being a massive perv and that was fantastic and preferable and that I could accept that into my self-image without shame or self hatred.

But it's important to do. It's important to leave relationships that don't welcome that part of you. To know that your sexuality is valuable and valid and worth owning and celebrating. Because the alternative is just...not being. Either existing as yourself and repressing the part of your identity that is sexual or allowing that sexuality to exist but turning off your self while it does.

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[solarbird]

@solarbirdy - 1:08 PM · Jul 5, 2022:

The @GOP have used Wisconsin as their test state. It is the model. They CANNOT be voted out, and they DO NOT share power. This thread doesn't even mention 2018, when statewide Democrats outpolled Republicans by 6 points and the @GOP kept a legislative SUPERMAJORITY.

I'm having a particularly hard time today with the fact that the @GOP have set up a "we hold all power forever" test case in Wisconsin - that we have a lite version of Orbán's Hungary right here in a US state - and nobody reacts.

It's not "just gerrymandering," it's a blueprint.

Yeah, I mean, they can theoretically lose the majority in the legislature. If they lose by over 20 points, it just barely becomes possible. Let's call it 60.5-39.5. Get that, and the Democrats could end up with a paper-thin majority.

I was thinking Democrats got 6% more votes for assembly statewide than Republicans. That was wrong.

It was over 8%.

It was a Democratic landslide, and the @GOP had a 64%-36% majority in the legislature as a result.

And we're supposed to be fine with that?

The @GOP can lose 53%-45% and keep a 64%-36% supermajority lockhold on power and that's okay?

No wonder they think they can launch a coup attempt with impunity. They already have, at the state level.

What the fuck, @TheDemocrats?

This is what the @GOP are going to bring everywhere if they can.

When I say Republicans only accept elections they're guaranteed to win, I'm not presenting it as a hypothetical. I'm presenting it as a fact.

If somehow the coup attempt wasn't enough, look at Wisconsin.

[bookmarkbrowse]

Luke Lockhold loses to Paul Costa, says he's done

Luke Lockhold loses to Paul Costa, says he’s done

In Salt Lake City on Saturday, Luke Rockhold may not have a gas tank — but he certainly has a heart. Rockhold (16-6 MMA, 6-5 UFC) lost by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30) to Paul Costa (14- 2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) -27) at Vivint Arena. The bout was bloody and gutsy, and everyone’s heart was on full display. After Costa was named the winner, an emotional Rockhold said the war was likely to be his…

[azcaringdadsblog]

Hopefully, this will be changed as Arizona continues to rebel against what has been a republican lockhold on the state for many years.

Among the 10 states with the highest rates of teen pregnancy among girls 15-19 years old, five are states without mandated sex education: Arizona, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas.

[mto-art]

Redraw of an older BNHA OC. (Lockhold) Wanted to go for anime screencap feel, didn’t entirely succeed but it’s a learning curve.

His powers: Can control the body of anybody who crosses his shadow with either theirs or their body as long as they are crossed. It only works with his shadow so at night he needs to figure out where his shadow is and he has no shadow in a completely dark environment.

[minniemixe]

Beauty And The Beast

Gangster AU

Stray Kids Fanfic

Chan x Reader

Other Appearances: GOT7 BTS

Genre: Smut, Fluff, Angst

Warnings: Violence, Mentions of stabbing, torture, making out

Beauty and the Beast Masterlist

Chapter 5

(A/N: Bold is what’s happening on Stray kids’ side and Italic is what’s going on Moon’s side)

““Mark?” “Yeah, what are you doing here?” he asked helping her stand up “Ow” she hissed grabbing his arm to balance herself “What happened?” “Hyunjin what’s the update?” Chan asked “I don’t know I fled” he answered “I think I twisted my foot” “What were you doing here in the middle of the night” he asked examining her foot “What do you mean you fled? Where’s Moon?” Bree exclaimed “I don’t know. We saw Mark at the entrance and she knew him, she hurt herself and slipped out of the rock an- “YOU LEFT HER UNARMED AND INJURED?!?!?!?!” Chan shouted “I didn’t know what to do, the moment she slipped out , she took out her earpiece and destroyed it” “I wa-” “What’s going on here?” another voice asked. They both looked towards the source. “Who are you?” asked the man looking at Moon up and down “I was lost and saw some lights and started walking towards it” Moon answered “Felix, Minho, Changbin, what’s the status? Any visuals on Moon?” Chan asked the three “Negative, we can’t find a way in” Changbin answered “Chan something doesn’t seem right. The moment she saw Mark, she somehow twisted her foot and when I asked to look she slipped out of the hideout. Then when Mark is coming towards her, she destroys the earpiece” Hyunjin spoke “What were you doing walking on the highway at midnight. Seems suspicious” spoke the man looking around in the grass “There’s no houses or even hotels at least a mile from here” Mark stated “And?” Moon questioned “And, it seems weird you’d be here, this isn’t exactly a neighborhood where you’d take a walk and get lost” Mark answered “I was sta-” Moon started “Look what I found” the man said, holding a destroyed earpiece in his hand. Mark took it from him to inspect it, “Care to explain?” Mark asked Moon looking at her “What do you mean? That’s not mine.” Moon answered “I don’t think so. Let’s go” the man said grabbing her arm “No, I told you. Mark?” she looked at him   “I planted a bug in her hair earlier, Seungmin, connect us” Lee Know said He looked at her with a sorry look before reaching forward and grabbing her, Moon tried fighting back but both men had her in a lockhold, Moon let out a scream trying to get the attention of any of her members but to no avail. “LET ME GO” she shouted, she kicked Mark’s knee and tried running away, but the other man was quicker, he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her towards him "HEL-HHHMMPPHHH"  he covered her nose and mouth with a damp cloth, she tried fighting back but it was all too useless and a few seconds later she passed out. "I have visual, Moon's unconscious and they're taking her in" Woojin spoke "Shoot the men. Get her out" Bree said "NO! Wait, we can't expose ourselves yet, the trade hasn't taken place. We still need to stop it" Hyunjin said "Hurry and decide, I've got one shot, they'll disappear in 2 minutes max" Woojin asked "Shoot, they can't take her inside" El exclaimed "Chan?" Woojin asked “Hold your fire. Changbin,Felix and Minho, the three of you get her out. Everyone else continue with the mission” Chan ordered “Hyunjin, if something happens to her, I swear I’m gonna kill you” Bree spoke through gritted teeth “Why are you coming at me? Does no one find it suspicious that she knew him? On top of that she destroyed her earpiece without hesitation” he asked “Use your brain idiot, just because she knew him doesn’t mean she was with him" El said “But what about the earpiece?” “So she doesn’t get caught” Seungmin answered “How the hell doe-” “You fucking dumbass, no one knows she joined Stray Kids. As far as other gangs know, we only have 13 members. Even if they saw her, they wouldn’t suspect us. Her taking the earpiece out was for her to get out undetected.” Bree cut Hyunjin off “Congrats Hwang, you did it again, except this time, she may not even get out alive” J.One spoke “Shut up Jisung. No one asked for your opinion” Hyunjin spat “Stop it both of you. And Hyunjin, he’s not wrong” Chan said “The building is sealed from all sides and the entrance is guarded. Do you want us to break in?” Changbin asked “If we break in, we’ll need back up, there are too many of them” Freckles said “Felix is right, we can’t go in from the front” Lee Know spoke “Minho, where are you?”Changbin asked “I was circling the building. I’m at the back, I found a way in, but I don’t think I can fit in. Felix, you might be able to get in from here” He answered “I’m on my way” Felix said “Seungmin, track Moon, check which floor she's on and send the coordinates to Felix” Chan ordered “Copy that. Jeongin, take over the drones”  Seungmin spoke “Felix are you in?” Changbin asked “Not yet” he replied

Moon jolted awake as someone splashed cold water on her face. She tried to move but as she looked down she saw that she was tied to a chair. “What the hell?” she stared at Mark who was standing in front of her with an empty water bottle “Please don’t make this harder for me” Mark pleaded “I’m the one tied to a chair, how is it hard for you” she asked “Just tell me who you’re here with and you won’t get hurt” he said “You’re going to hurt me?” she looked at him with a broken expression “He touches her and I swear I’ll break every bone in his body” Chan gritted “Felix I sent the coordinates, how far is she” Seungmin asked “Fuck! She’s on the top floor” Felix cursed “Snipers, what are your positions?” Chan asked “Jisung and I are on the ground, Bree and Woojin found two trees on opposite corners of the building” El answered “I won’t but someone else will. So cooperate” Mark said “I told you, I got lost, saw the lights and started walking towards it.” she answered “IT’S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHAT WERE YOU DOING WALKING ON A HIGHWAY. FOR FUCKS SAKE JUST TELL ME THE TRUTH” he shouted shaking her shoulders “I AM TELL-” she started when the door opened and the man from before walked in “She’s not going to talk like that” he spoke “Give me some time, I’ll get her to talk” Mark said “And do what with that time, you have to get physical in order for her to talk, you should know that better than me” the man said “Woojin, Bree, can either of you see Moon?” Chan questioned “Negative. No visual from here” Woojin answered “I see a window, but it’s covered. Thermal aim is picking up something, but there are too many people inside” Bree told “Felix what is your status?” “I’m by the stairs, there are at least 2 men stationed at each floor. I need another person” he answered “I’m coming” Chan said “There’s no use of you coming Chan, the entrance is too small for you to fit in” Felix said “I’ll go” Anna spoke. Chan looked at her before sighing and agreeing “Minho are you still at the back?” Anna asked “Yeah I’m here. Come on I’ll help you in” Minho answered “We’re not even sure if she’s a spy, I’m not hitting an innocent person” Mark answered “We found a communication device from beside her, she’s not innocent” Moon suddenly laughed, causing both men to look her way “What’s so funny bitch” the man asked “No wonder you’re in a gang. Must’ve been too dumb to graduate highschool so you decided to become an outlaw” she spoke “Was that supposed to be an insult for all of us or just the two who are with her?” Hyunjin laughed “Not sure about all of us but definitely for you” Jisung snorted “Just you wait Han” Hyunjin said “This is an abandoned building you dumbass. I may not know how this gang shit works but I’m sure plenty of gangs use this place. That device could’ve belonged to anyone who used it before.” “This woman is not afraid of anything is she.” Liv said “No wonder Chan likes her” Minho butted in “This isn’t a moment for jokes” Chan said “He’s right. This is a serious situation, his girlfriend is in danger” Woojin said, making everyone laugh, even causing Chan to chuckle “Chan look on the bright side, you don’t have competition anymore” Bree laughed “What competition?” he asked confused “See, Mark is her childhood crush, and seeing how he’s not helping her. She’ll hate him after this” Bree answered “When did you find out so much about her?” Chan asked “Wait Chan she has a point. If you save her right now, you’d be her hero” Jisung spoke “What is this? A Disney film?” Chan said sarcastically “It may not be a Disney film, but it could be your Disney moment” Seungmin laughed “Tangled” Hyunjin said abruptly “Dude! Tangled? Have you even watched the movie?” Jisung exclaimed “Yeah I have seen the movie. And I’m just saying. It makes sense. Flyn Rider was a criminal, but he still saved Rapunzel.” Hyunjin explained “He didn’t save her, she wanted to- just stop talking Hwang, you’re not making any sense” Jisung replied “Watch your mouth little bitch” the man said grabbing her jaw “Let her go, I’ll talk to her” Mark said moving forward “Oh no Mark, you’ve done your talking, it’s time for her to talk” the man said slapping Moon across the face. Moon started struggling against the restraints “I FUCKING TOLD YOU, IT’S NOT MINE” she shouted “Wrong answer!” he said punching her this time “Mark!!! Help me. Are you just going to watch him beat me up” Moon asked with tears running down her cheeks “Just tell him the truth, please” Mark pleaded “Fucking bastard. Is he really not going to do anything???” Chan shouted in frustration “Guys, we have a problem.” Anna said “What’s going on?" El asked “We’re on the third floor. And the fourth floor is swarming with guards” she answered “Where’s Felix?” Chanbin and El asked at the same time “He’s looking for a way past them” “No luck, we have to hide. They’re coming our way” Felix said grabbing Anna’s hand and dragging her away “Which floor is Moon on?” Chan asked “7th, 5th room on the left” Seungmin answered “Woojin, Bree, any way in from outside?” "No, all windows are sealed from the outside. Even if one of us were to reach the window, they'd shoot before we'd have the chance to get inside" Woojin answered The man took out a pocket knife before speaking "you see this, with every wrong answer I'll peel one nail off from your finger". Moon looked at Mark silently asking for help. Mark clenched his jaw thinking about his next move "Stop it" he said "If you can't watch then feel free to leave" the man answered "You've already hit her so much, and she keeps saying the same thing. Just let it go, I'll take care of her" Mark spoke "One more try, let's see what she has to say." The man laughed like a maniac "Put the knife away, you've hurt her enough" said Mark "Don't go all soft just because you have an attachment" he said before turning back to Moon "Now sweetheart, I suggest you tell me who you're here with or there are going to be consequences" he said stabbing the knife in her hand. Moon screamed in pain, struggling against the restraints "STOP IT. STOP IT" she kept on screaming. Mark shoved the man away from her "What the hell" he shouted "I told you, if you can't watch, just leave" the man said, pushing him away. "Start talking" the man gritted, grabbing Moon's jaw and squeezing it, she let out a muffled scream. "Fuck this. I'm going in. God knows what they're doing to her right now" Chan said walking towards the building. Liv grabbed on to his arm trying to pull him back. "Stop thinking irrationally. You'll blow the entire mission" she said "It doesn't matter. I have to get her out" "Chan stop. She's right, you can't go in. The mission may not be important right now, but the only choice we have is to wait out here" Woojin spoke "FUCK FUCK FUCK" Chan shouted in frustration "There's a small hotel, few miles or I don't know maybe km from here. I was staying with a friend there-" she sniffed trying to calm her breathing down "-we were talking about something and then suddenly we had a disagreement and we started fighting. I got really angry and ran out. I kept running and when I stopped I was in the middle of the highway. I didn't really know where I was so I kept walking. I don't know how long I was walking for until I saw the building, as I got nearer to the building I saw lights, I was about to shout for help when I slipped and sprained my ankle, that's when Mark saw me" Moon finished looking at the man "Why the hell isn't she telling the truth?" El said repeatedly hitting her head on the ground "A month back when she got her tattoo made, she asked me if she was fit to be in stray kids. If we think of her as worthy. She's not going to tell, even if she doesn't know we can hear her, she's not going to" Bree answered "I guess no need for phase 4” Hyunjin said "I fucking told you. She's not the type to be involved in such shit" Mark gritted at the man. The man laughed at his face before moving towards Moon. “But too bad for you, you’ve seen us. So we can’t just let you go.” he said “Leave that to me, I’ll take care of it” Mark said. The man caressed her face as she tried to back away from his touch. Suddenly another man came inside “they’re here” he said “You’re not all bad to look at, I’m sure my dealer’s going to love you. Darek, put her with the others” the moment those words left his mouth, Darek moved forward as Moon’s and Mark’s eyes went wide. “This was a fucking weapon trade” Mark said “Get her out. NOW!!!” El screamed Mark lunged forward and attacked Darek. The two men fought as Moon kept screaming for help while struggling against restraints, she grabbed the knife with her teeth slowly pulling it out of her hand, groaning in pain, she successfully pulled the knife out. While the two men were busy fighting each other, Moon tried using the knife between her teeth to cut the duct tape around her uninjured hand. After a few attempts she released her hand from the restraint. Taking the knife in her hand now, she released herself. Stumbling towards the two men, she stabbed the knife in Darek’s side who fell groaning. Mark took the opportunity and took the knife out from his side and stabbed his neck, killing him. “Felix, Anna, what’s your status?” Chan asked “Still hiding, more people are coming inside” Anna answered “Stay back” Moon said crawling away from Mark who was trying to get near her “Hey, hey, calm down I’m not going to hurt you” he said extending his hand. “I don’t believe you, please, just please” she said curling into a ball in the corner “Look at me” he said kneeling down in front of her “Please kill me” she whispered “What?!” Mark exclaimed grabbing her shoulders “I SAID KILL ME. JUST FUCKING KILL ME ALREADY” she sobbed pushing him away “B-”  he started “NO. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT. NOBODY BELIEVES ME, NO MATTER WHAT I SAY. IT’S NOTHING BUT TORTURE. IT’S ALL JUST STABBING ME, HITTING ME AND NEVER BELIEVING WHAT I SAY. PLEASE, PLEASE JUST END IT, I’M BEGGING YOU. I DON’T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE. NOBODY WANTS ME ANYWAY, YOU’LL BE DOING THE WORLD A FAVOR.” she screamed thrashing around, the pain in her wounds long forgotten. Mark grabbed her forcefully and hugged her trying to calm her down, she struggled against him but he didn’t budge. After several tries she gave up and buried her head in his chest, crying loudly. He gently stroked her back holding her close whispering a gentle “I’m sorry” every now and then. “So now he cares” Chan spoke sarcastically “At least we know he won’t hurt her” I.N said “Yeah but they’re outnumbered. Moon’s injured and he’s just one person, how many people is he going to fight off. We have to move now” Chan said “I don’t know the whole situation, but my guess is that the trade was supposed to be between 3 gangs. And Mark was one of the representatives from his gang, but he didn’t know this was sex trafficking. Apart from Mark I caught one more familiar face, he’s the one who arrived a few minutes ago. He’s a member of Bad Boys” Seungmin told (A/N: So much for originality but I couldn’t think of another gang name) “That makes so much sense now. Bad Boys are known for sex and drug traficking. In the past they've been doing their drug trades with the Yakuza through us due to their broken connections. Last time, they asked us if we could smuggle women, I refused. We never intervened with their trade but it was busted anyway and a lot of their men were jailed. They must’ve thought it was us, that’s why they’re trying to get us” Chan deduced “Seungmin send me the picture of this guy” El said. “Chan that’s not the only reason they’re after us” El said looking at the picture “What do you mean?” Woojin asked “Because he’s the same guy from 5 years ago” she answered "Bity, look at me" Mark said gently stroking her arms, Moon just shook her head and snuggled closer into his chest. "C'mon, what happened to the Bity I know, the one who's always sassing around, the one who always has something smart and witty to say" Mark asked kissing the top of her head. "Stop acting like you care" she said glaring at him "Bity I do ca-" "Don't call me that" Moon said sharply "I know you don’t trust me right now, and you have every right to. But plea-" "Please what Mark? You just threw away a 20 years of relationship over a mere suspicion. You of all people should have believed me". Moon kept throwing insults at him and he just listened knowing he deserved it. "Bity, Bity please, please just listen to me" Mark pleaded, taking her hands in his own. Moon looked at him with pure sorrow. "I know I deserve every word you're saying right now. But please, please don't say you hate me, or that this is the last time I'll ever see you. I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry, and I know saying sorry will never be enough. Hit me, shout and scream at me but please don't say you'll leave, I'll never forgive myself if I lose you. I'll do anything, just don't say that"  his voice cracking as he said that. "God, I wanna hate you, I wanna hate you so bad" she said repeatedly punching his chest causing him to let out a small chuckle. "Let's get outta here" he said picking her up "What are you doing, put me down" Moon said "You're injured, you can't get out of here on foot" he simply shrugged "And you plan to fight every guard out there while carrying me. Sounds like a plan" she said sarcastically. "They're bringing out the women" Bree said "Shoot the men, kill every single one. No one gets out alive, they can't know we were here" Chan ordered "We're going in" Changbin said "Me too" Hyunjin added, running towards the building. Woojin and Bree started firing at the men who were bringing out the women as Hyunjin, Changbin and Minho entered the building. "Felix, Anna. How close are you?" Changbin asked "4th floor. Where are you guys?" Felix answered "3rd, almost there" Minho said, shooting the men coming at them "We have to come up wi-" Mark stopped mid sentence hearing the gunshots outside. "We have a problem. Stay here, I'll go check" Mark said cracking open the door to check. Seeing Felix and Hyunjin he immediately closed the door, locking it.

"What's going on?" Moon asked. "It's stray kids" he replied "Another gang?" She pretended "I'm not gonna let them hurt you" he smiled at her pulling out his gun. Her eyes widened, seeing the gun. 'He's gonna hurt them' she thought. "Do you really have to use a gun? Maybe we can quietly wait in here. I don't wanna see any more dead bodies. One is enough for tonight, or a lifetime" she tried to stall him. Suddenly a bullet shot through the door handle "shit" she cursed. "Stay behind me" Mark instructed. The door opened to reveal Hyunjin, Changbin and Felix, Mark raised his gun towards Hyunjin who had his weapon drawn at Mark. The second Mark pulled the trigger Moon pushed his arm, causing the bullet to hit the wall. Hyunjin ran right towards Moon and pulled her in his embrace surprising Moon, "What's this?" She asked confused "An apology. I'm so so sorry for leaving you like that. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions" he whispered in her hair "Well that's a first, HH apologizing to me" she said still shook "It's Hyunjin" he said tightening his hold "Woah there big guy, I'm not a weakling, I'm fine and I'm not dying that easily" she said patting his back "Really? Because 10 minutes ago you were screaming at Mark to kill you" he said pulling away "How'd you kno-what are you doing?" She asked as he was patting her head repeatedly "There it is" he said pulling out the little device "I'm not even gonna ask" she said taking the bug from his hand "So you lied to me?" Mark said looking at the two "Not really. You asked me about the device and I said it wasn't mine, which was true. I first threw mine in the grass but then realized I could get caught so I picked it up and put it in my pocket. The device you found was actually not mine" she said taking out the crushed earpiece from her back pocket and showing it to him "What about the whole fight with the friend story?" "In my defense I wasn't talking to you, so it doesn't really count as lying to you" she defended herself "Oh, so were you also pretending with the whole 'kill me' act as well?" He said raising his voice "Oh no, I was very serious about that, I didn't think anyone was going to come for me and I was- actually still am mad at you for what happened" she screamed back at him "Guys as much as I'd like to watch the two of you argue, we’re not alone, we need to leave quickly" Felix interrupted the two. "How bad is your foot?" Changbin asked Moon "Not too bad, I can walk but I can't run" she answered "Felix, take her to the back where you came in from and get her out, we'll clear the way" Hyunjin said looking at the shorter male "She can't get out on her own, not with her injured like that, it's a small tunnel under the building leading outside and someone will have to pull her out from the outside, otherwise she'll get stuck there. Even if I push her from behind there is only a little possibility of her getting out" Felix explained "And my foot isn't the only thing injured, my hand hurts like hell as well, so I think I should wait here" she said raising her bleeding hand "Let me see" Changbin moved forward grabbing her hand to examine it "How bad is it?" Hyunjin asked "She needs to get treated right now or it'll get infected" Changbin answered   "Minho, I need you to go to the back entrance" Changbin spoke into his earpiece "I'm a little busy here, I'll need a few minutes" he groaned back "I'll come" Chan told Changbin "Perfect" he answered "Okay here's the plan. Mark and Hyunjin you're with me, we'll be clearing the path. Felix, you stay behind us with Moon, and as soon as we get to the ground floor, take her to the back, Chan is waiting on the other side, he'll pull her out. Moon, here take this" Changbin explained handing Moon a gun. "Moon?" Mark raised his brow "Long story, will explain later. Let's go" she said, stumbling towards Felix. He grabbed on to her waist “Ready?” he asked looking at her, “Yeah” she replied sucking in a sharp breath. “Wait, Moon put this on your hand for now” Hyunjin said, taking off his leather glove and handing it to her. “Thanks” she said, taking it from him and putting it on slowly, groaning in pain. Luckily there wasn’t anyone on the floor they were on. “Get on my back, it’ll take too much time otherwise” Felix said kneeling in front of her when they reached the stairs. Doing as told Moon wrapped her legs around Felix’s waist and arms around his shoulders. “Hold tight” he said running down the stairs. “Alright, you’ll have to crawl in. I know your hand hurts but you’ll have to bear it for just a little longer, Chan is on the other side, he’ll pull you out. You’ll be safe with him, I promise” Felix told putting Moon down. Moon slowly got in, flinching due to the pain when she put pressure on her hand. “Ahh I’m stuck” she shouted lying on her stomach. “You have to push a little more, your legs aren’t in” Felix said from behind “Just a bit more princess and then grab my hand” Chan said reaching his hand inside. Moon tried reaching for it but she wasn’t near enough. She inhaled sharply and pushed forward, screaming in pain. Reaching forward with her uninjured hand she grabbed Chan’s hand “That’s it” he said slowly pulling her towards himself. With much effort he successfully pulled her out, falling on his back with her on top. “It’s okay. I got you” he whispered, one arm around her waist, the hand caressing her head. Moon took a deep breath, his scent calming her down. “Let’s get you back” he said, sitting up, with her straddling his waist. Moon nodded her head, too overwhelmed by the events to speak. Reaching the van, Chan opened the van door and put Moon inside, “Jeongin, Elivia, one of you treat her wound, I’m going back to them, you all wait here” Chan instructed and took off after closing the van door. Liv moved beside Moon with the First aid kit and took her hand to treat it. “Jeongin, could you please check her foot” she said, removing the glove from Moon’s hand. Jeongin moved in front of Moon and took her leg to inspect it . “It’s nothing major, you just have to rest and let it heal, try not to walk too much for a while. We’ll put some ice on it when we get back” Jeongin said gently twisting her foot right to left to check her movements. “Felix is your brother right?" Moon asked Elivia trying to strike a conversation "Yep that would be correct, Felix and Elexana are my older siblings" she answered "Elexana?" Moon asked confused "El. Short for Elexana" the younger answered "And Liv, short for Elivia" Moon asked "Ding ding ding" Elivia laughed "But no one really uses real names around that much, maybe in serious situations" Seungmin said "So like you all use code names all the time" Moon questioned "Not really, we have nicknames for each other, like my name is Jeongin but most of the time everyone calls me Innie" Jeongin answered "Oh I see" Moon said "Can I hug you?" Liv suddenly asked "Pretty random, but sure" Moon laughed. The younger girl leaped at her and wrapped her arms tightly around her. Moon hugged her back smiling, thinking about her sister. "I'm so glad you're okay" Liv said pulling back "You guys were really worried huh" Moon smiled "If Minho hadn't planted that bug in your hair, it would've taken twice the time to find you and would've been more dangerous"  Seungmin said "I guess you guys still didn't trust me" Moon said awkwardly "Not really, it was probably so that if you ran away we'd find you" Jeongin said teasingly looking at Liv who was glaring at him. Moon looked between the two, confusion laced on her face "I was 15 when I joined, more like, had to join, and I often tried to run away. Seeing you took your father's place, we often thought that you'd run away to be with your family. That's why he planted the bug" Liv explained "I'm not really mad though, it's quite understandable" Moon shrugged "I think they're here." Seungmin said looking out the window. A few seconds later the van door opened revealing all the boys and Mark with cuts and blood all over. "So? What happened" Liv asked "What happened is, two people got away. Two most problematic ones" Jisung answered. "Oh my God, we were worried sick about you" El said, throwing herself at Moon, hugging her tightly, Moon just grinned sheepishly at her and did a peace sign when the two pulled apart. Bree went straight to Mark and punched him right in the face. "What was that for?" He asked, holding his jaw. "You should know that" she simply replied, moving to Moon and hugging her next. "I'm fine guys, alive and breathing, no need to get all worked up" Moon laughed "You were just tortured!!" Woojin exclaimed "Eh, nothing out of the ordinary" she shrugged "Are you real?" Jisung asked "I grew up in an abusive household, this wasn't something new. Not gonna lie though, the knife in the hand caught me off guard, but I figured this wasn't something I should make a big deal about, considering I was held by a gangster" she explained "You were crying the whole time" Mark said "Emotional pain. I couldn't believe the fact that you just stood there while he did as he pleased" she answered looking straight into his eyes. Mark hung his head low, sighing deeply "I'm really sorry, I know no matter how many times I say that, it's not going to be enough and there are no excuses for my actions because what I did was very low" he said. Moon stood up from her seat and stumbled towards him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head in his chest. The sudden move surprised him but nonetheless he hugged back. "I'm still mad at you. But I forgive you. It'll take time for me to trust you again but I'll try" she told him "I know, and I'll do anything to gain it" he replied, kissing the top of her head. Chan's heart felt uneasy looking at the whole interaction, he felt jealous and touched at the same time. Jealous that he might never have what Mark has with her and touched about how she forgave him so easily, knowing that if it was him in her place, he would've chosen differently. "Are you going to come with us?" Woojin asked Mark, who was helping Moon back in her seat. "Thank you for the offer, but I've called Jinyoung, he'll be here in a while" Mark answered "Please tell me you don't tell him about me" Moon said, eyes wide "Too bad for you Bity, you have a lot of explaining to do" he said patting her head. Moon groaned burying her head in her palms "I'm so dead" "How'd she get the nickname Bity?" Anna asked "Well for me, I've known her since the day she was born, and we used to play a lot hide and seek until she was 13, it was her favourite game, since she could win easily seeing how tiny she was and could fit everywhere. I once found her in a storage drawer" he said, making everyone laugh "And so I started calling her Itsy Bitsy first and as we grew older she'd always complain that the name was childish, but since she is still very tiny I call her Bity, we all do" Mark explained pinching Moon's cheeks. "I'll break off your arm" she said swatting his hand away, causing everyone to laugh. Chan couldn't help but feel tense at the interaction between the two. After 30 minutes of conversing with each other, a car pulled up behind the two vans. Two guys came out of it and Moon's color drained out of her face "Great, he brought Jaebum" she groaned "I never knew you were afraid of someone" Hyunjin nudged her "That's mom and dad right there and this right here is my older brother, now watch the two go at me. This is going to be so embarrassing" Moon said "Good luck" Mark said Before Moon could say anything Jinyoung lunged forward and punched Mark. Moon screamed getting up to stop the two but Jaebum grabbed her arm and pulled her back “Let them” he said “But he’s gonna kill him. MARK WHY AREN’T YOU DEFENDING YOURSELF” Moon screamed “Because he knows he deserves it.” Jinyoung answered, attacking Mark. “Let me go!” Moon forcefully removed herself from Jaebum’s hold and ran between the two. She stood in front of Mark shielding him, Jinyoung’s fist stopped mid air, “Move, I don’t want to hurt you” Jinyoung gritted. “No, he’s hurt enough, he’s learned his lesson. He may not have helped me but if it weren’t for him I may not even be standing here. So please stop. You know how much I hate it when someone fights because of me” Moon looked at Jinyoung with a stern yet soft expression. He lowered his fist and sighed deeply. “You have shitload of explaining to do as well young lady” Jaebum spoke “There it is” Moon mumbled “What?” Jinyoung asked   “Nothing” she said looking at him innocently “Doing a job huh? Related to computers huh?” Jaebum said “Hey! I didn’t lie, it is a job and I am the tech person” Moon defended herself “Tech person is supposed to be in the van, why were you outside?” Jinyoung questioned “Van is too boring, wanted some action so decided why not try the field, tonight was supposed to be my training” she shrugged “You will never learn, will you?” Jaebum shook his head “We can’t stop you, but, please be careful, next time you may not get lucky” Jinyoung said sighing. Jaebum turned towards Stray Kids who were just awkwardly watching the whole interaction. “You’re the leader right?” he asked pointing towards Chan “Yeah” Chan answered “You take care of her alright.” Jaebum said “I sure will” Chan answered “Thanks Dad, but don’t worry, I’m in good hands” Moon spoke sarcastically    

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It had been two weeks since the event, Moon’s bruises had almost faded out. Over this time she had gotten a lot closer to all the members. Moon was currently roaming the mansion, bored with nothing to do. Having nothing better to do, she decided to watch television. Grabbing herself some snacks from the kitchen Moon got comfortable on the couch. As she was scrolling through the channels El came and sat down beside her, “Watchu watching?” she asked “Nothing, there’s nothing good” Moon replied turning off the television and turned towards El “Gosh I’m so bored, any recommendation on what I should do, I’m this close to pulling my hair out due to boredom” Moon said, showing her her fingers almost touching. “I’d say get a boyfriend, they’re good entertainment, trust me, I’m speaking from experience” El winked at the younger girl “Well, since I don’t have a boyfriend, any other suggestions” Moon asked “What about Chan? You’ve been eyeing him lately” El wiggled her brows. Moon just threw a cushion at her hiding her red face. “What are you girls talking about?” Chan spoke, suddenly taking a seat beside Moon. “I was ju-” El started “She was just telling me about how she and Woojin got together” Moon said glaring at the older girl “Come to the infirmary when she’s done, I’ll treat your ears when they start bleeding” Chan laughed getting up, El took the same cushion and threw it at Chan who caught it with ease and stuck his tongue out. “Reminds you too much of your single life” El called out to Chan’s disappearing figure “I can’t hear you” he shouted back waving his hands “Honestly, just ask him to be your boyfriend already, you’d be having mercy on his poor soul” El laughed “Can I ask you a question? It’s been bothering me for a while now” Moon asked changing the topic “Go for it” El said “Who was the guy, the one you said from 5 years ago. When we were coming back 2 weeks ago, Jisung was saying something about a guy who got away and you said he was the same one from 5 years ago” Moon questioned “It’s a long story. You sure you're up for it?” El asked “Yeah, I haven’t got anything to do so why not” Moon shrugged “6 years back, Elivia and I moved back from Australia. Felix had already been here before us and had joined a gang. I didn’t know that, and when I found out, I gave him a good piece of my mind, especially because he had told our parents that he got a stable job here as a manager at a company. Anyways long story short he promised not to get the two of us involved, mainly because Elivia was only 14. I wasn’t involved with any of their activities or anything, but I did meet up with them. I started working at a cafe so I could afford an apartment of my own. My parents were already sending a lot of money for us sisters and I wanted to make things easier for them. Felix often came to visit the cafe time to time, sometimes alone, sometimes with one of the members. Everything was going pretty smoothly until someone found out about me. I asked Felix to stop visiting for a while for Elivia's safety. But that didn’t work. Felix asked me to join the gang, but I didn’t want to put Elivia through that so I refused and the inevitable happened. I was working late one night and I asked Elivia to stay with me as I didn't want her to be alone at night. When I was closing up, a few men came out of nowhere and attacked, since we were alone and couldn’t fight back, they took us. I didn’t see anyone’s face except one’s, and that was the same guy who was at the trade 2 weeks ago” El explained “Oh, so you and Liv joined the gang after Felix got you out” Moon said “It was for the best, our parents still don’t know” El answered “What about your mom? What does she know and do you have any siblings?” El asked “I have a younger sister, we’re two years apart. My mom thinks one of my clients offered me a job and I’m doing that” Moon answered “What about your sister?” she asked “She knows the same as my mom. But since she owns her own clothing line, she’s away most of the time so I didn’t really have to worry about explaining to her” Moon answered “Do you miss them?” “Yeah I do.” “Even you’re dad?” “It’s quite complicated, but yeah I do” Moon answered “Where are you going?” El asked Chan who was all dressed up walking towards the door “Just some work” he answered and walked away only to stop midway “Moon you wanna come with me? You can meet your parents while I run my errand. I’m going to that area” Chan asked walking back to the girls “Really?” Moon asked, her face lit up with excitement. Chan’s heart softened at the sight “Of Course. It’s been so long, hasn’t it” Chan said “Please just wait two minutes, I’ll just change my shirt and be back quickly.” Moon said, jumping up from the couch and running to her room. “She’s so pure, I love her” El smiled “I know” Chan said, reciprocating the smile Moon came running back in a white tee and black skinnies with her hair up in a high ponytail. “Let’s go” she said

"Do you miss your parents?" Moon asked, trying to strike a conversation as Chan drove silently. In all honesty, she was just trying to distract herself from the handsome man sitting in the driver's seat beside her. With his hands on the steering wheel, the veins in his arms popped out. His jaw was tight as he focused on the road ahead, making him look absolutely hot. Moon was practically drooling over the sight. “Yeah I do. But knowing that they’re safe now, it’s a lot easier to deal with being away from them” he answered “Safe now?” Moon questioned “Well, the Gang originally belonged to my grandfather, maybe went generations back” Chan answered “So you basically inherited the gang” Moon stated “Technically yes and no at the same time” Chan said “What’s that supposed to mean?” she laughed “Boy you ask a lot of questions” Chan smiled at her “Sorry” she sheepishly grinned “When my grandfather was managing the gang, from the stories I’ve heard, things used to be very violent and gruesome. My dad didn’t like it and he wanted to leave, he often tried to run away, but connections were very strong so he never succeeded. Dad met mom during an important trade, she was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. The other gang members wanted to kill her because she was a witness. But my dad didn’t want to hurt an innocent. So he told the others that he’d kill her and took her away. He hid her away and told everyone he killed her and disposed of the body so no one would question it. Time to time he’d visit her to check up on her, and in that time they fell in love, it was inevitable to be honest. They had a court marriage and ran away, claimed asylum in Australia and started their life there. Dad became a swimming instructor for special people and opened his own swimming club and mom helped dad with all the work. They had me and Anessa and things were going good until my brother was born. I was 15, Anessa was 9 and my brother was 3 years old when the gang members attacked our house. No one died, but dad was badly injured. Things had gone downhill for the gang and my grandfather thought that my father had something to do with it so they attacked him. My dad tried telling him that he had nothing to do with it but his father didn’t believe him, especially seeing that my mother was the woman my dad had claimed to have killed years ago. Eventually, my dad made a deal to go back to the gang given that his family stayed safe. My grandfather agreed on the terms that we all left Australia and went back with him. A year after that, my grandfather passed away and the gang was in my dad’s hand. My dad had the chance of leaving but it wasn’t easy. Slowly one by one, he started asking the members to leave, many of them declined and tried to kill my father, others my dad paid, so they left quietly. By this time, Anessa and I had started going to school and started our life. I met the boys in high school. Jisung and Seungmin were family friends, seeing that their older brothers were also in a gang. I turned 18 and dad was almost done finishing the gang, but life is funny and he had made a lot of enemies so he couldn’t leave again. So I intervened, told him that I could take over and he could leave and live his life the way he wanted. It was hard to convince him but eventually he agreed. From there, I asked the boys if they were willing to join and one by one, they came by. Took me a year to build up the reputation. It wasn't easy. I had to kill a lot of people, buy I was taught to never hurt an innocent, so I tracked down people who ploted against my father and killed them. Any potential threath I had that could harm my family or the ones I love, I started removing them. To the world I’m a monster who ruthlessly kills anything in my way, and I like it that way. That way people know not to mess with the ones I love. Now my parents are happily living in Australia without having to worry about anyone attacking them.” Chan told his story as he drove on the busy roads. “And I thought I had it rough” Moon whispered “It’s okay to think that, you said it yourself, everyone has a story” Chan said smiling softly at her “So to the world you’re the beast when in reality you’re just a prince looking out for his kingdom” Moon said “What’s with everyone comparing life to disney movies lately” Chan laughed “No I was just saying, kinda makes sense tho. Don’t you think?” she replied “If I’m the beast, does that make you my Beauty?” he asked smirking “Wh-why-what?” she stuttered “Because it makes sense. Ironic though, how you came looking for your father and in order to save him you took his place” he said “Let’s go” He said stopping in front of a bakery “Where are we?” she asked confused “Are you going to meet your parents after a year empty handed?” he asked getting off the car Moon looked at him weirdly before exiting and following him inside the bakery.

Parking the car in front of Moon's house, Chan took out his phone to check the time. "Alright, that's my que to leave" he said "When will you pick me up" Moon asked, fixing her hair. Chan looked at her mesmerized. Instead of answering, he unbuckled his seat belt and pulled Moon towards him. Putting a hand on her cheek he slowly leaned in "Can I?" He whispered, their lips only centimeters apart. Moon slowly nodded her head giving him consent. Chan leaned forward and removed the space between them, gently working his mouth on hers, his hands made their way to her waist and held her tight. One of Moon's hand went to his head and her fingers threaded in his soft locks, gently pulling on them, evoking a deep groan from him,her other hand on his neck pulling him closer. A few moments later Chan pulled back to catch his breath, both their faces red and lips swollen. "I'll be back in two to three hours." He whispered, pecking her lips again. Moon nodded her head, not trusting her voice and exited the car taking with her the cake she bought for her parents. Feeling light headed and giddy she started walking towards her house to surprise her parents

[penig]

Actually I’m pretty sure the conga line was just as effective as the orgies. It certainly pulled everybody together at the crucial time. But I think they needed all of it to break the lockhold of asceticism.

There’s an essay somewhere, which she wrote for a fanzine, in which she discussed being contracted to write an adult book and found herself feeling more constrained than she ever had writing for children, and having to stop herself from overexplaining, because she knew kids would accept what she told them and figure out what they needed to understand, but had to keep reminding herself that (despite what it sometimes feels like) her audience’s brains didn’t atrophy when they hit 15.

I feel like this constant freeing herself from artificial restraint may have influenced how the plot goes.

Diana Wynne Jones after writing a whole bunch of books for children and teens: Hmmm, maybe I should write for adults for a change! Been a while since I did that. Wonder what adults like these days? Probably the same things as kids. A spaceship made from a bus! That's great, they're going to love that. But there's got to be SOMETHING you would have in an adult book that you wouldn't have in a children's book. Oh! I know! Orgies!

[scarabia-assassin]

3) 2) 13) 20) Damon and Phil 1) 7) Henry and Zariza

Phil and Damom:

2. They both probably say it equally, but probably Phil due to being antsy thinking shes boring him

3. Probably Damon due to finding a cure for the virus even Phil being near him doesn't help his paranoia

13. Damon and thats on programming "Giving amazing compliments to s/o"

20. Phil, she won't admit it, but shes very touched starve and im sure Damon doesn't mind unless he's working

Zariza and Henry:

1. Zariza though she does find it adorable when Henry gets a bitc

7. Probably Henry, though he doesn't mean to when he's awake, but he does notice she does get him into a lockhold and probably a bit antsy waking her up

[dilldaydreamer-blog]

birdhole replied to your post: do you have black teeth or are you a cheap copy...

if anything your teeth oughta be green to keep the pickle theme goin

I think the Felt have a lockhold on the green teeth motif. I wouldn’t want to infringe on their trademark.

[mysoulismylighthouse]

I didn’t choose the Swift life, the Swift life crawled from the depths of hell, grabbed my tiny pubescent head in lockhold and dragged me into satan’s fire of doom and tbh it’s so fun down here

[sohannabarberaesque]

[Mise en scene: Conversation at the Rex Beach cabin bivouac of Huckleberry Hound, where he and Peter Potamus are sitting on the porch in conversation, sipping on iced coffee all the while.]

PETER POTAMUS, with that certain degree of fascination inherent to his sort: Have I ever mentioned where many of my dives in Polynesia Uncharted have been of a pearl-diving sort?

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, somewhat surprised in a way: I never knew you were much into pearl diving, let alone diving just for the experience of it.

PETER POTAMUS: On quite a few occasions in my adventures across those uncharted parts of Polynesia that few like myself seem but to know, some of the dives I've had included finding pearls in clam or oyster shells on the bottom. Usually with the help of native divers in their nakedness, who can't resist the experience!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: Which, I swear, must have been a fascinating experience, especially when you two managed to find some rather beautiful pearls in the depths!

PETER POTAMUS: And I assume you know about those giant clams that can trap an innocent diver unaware if they try to extract pearls? I myself was able to learn a few secrets from some old Polynesian divers some years back to actually disable the lockhold just enough to extract the pearl and be on the way ... rather fascinating and yet unbelievable!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: And what exactly does that entail, Peter?

PETER POTAMUS: I've been asked to keep it secret. But I can assure you that me and my Polynesian diver buddies have managed to find plenty of pearls in such wonderfully coral-strewn waters, some of the better such kept by the local chirftains for the sake of tribute and me getting many of the pearls collected as gifts--which I manage to sell to jewellers on the side, and get decent prices for them in the bargain!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: About on average, what would your typical Polynesian-type pearls look like in size?

PETER POTAMUS: In general, they're your typical peral necklace size, that of a small pea, but we've found a couple about the size of tennis balls during these dives ... such usually kept as tribute by the local chieftains.

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: And what sort of persons might these diver-type fellows be?

PETER POTAMUS: Many, I will admit, being quite young, in their teens and well into their 20's, although one time, an eight-year-old girl guided me to some pearl beds admidst a rather beautiful coral reef about 20 feet down ... and boy, what pearls and what mother-of-pearl shell we managed to find that afternoon! Between us, we found some 60 shells and found as many pearls in the process ... not to mention "seeding" many of these same shells so they could generate new pearls on their own over time!

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: I sure have to admit where those Polynesians certainly look beautiful underwater in their nakedness!

PETER POTAMUS: And no doubt fascinating as well, whether the dive is for pearls or for the fun of it ... and to dive just wearing yourself can't help but feel oh so wonderful! (If, at times, a little funny between the legs, which they accept as pretty much natural!)

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND: I can certainly believe that!

[sarkari-update-com]

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