#mary is smol and angry

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Gellow! Still doing Traditional Doodles!! I got inspired by a Kirby Ask blog featuring these little guys but rightfully feral!

So basically a What-If Mari and the Meta Crew had to deal with 10 Smol MKs who would always remain by her side? I thought it would be cute!

Then here is the even better second What-If inspired by a piece made by a Japanese Artist! They basically made MK Mass Attack! Love to play that!

I even broke down each MK with a piece of his personality (how I write him)!

⚔️ I'll start with the Angry one holding Lvl 1 Galaxia! He's the overprotective part of Caudillo! He will always be by Mari's side no matter what! He will instantly see anyone approaching as a threat, unless they are one of the Crew Members.He's very extreme!

⚔️ The MK clinging to Mari's other hand is, obviously, the Clingy one! The one craving affection from her! He too will be by her side at all times! Though he will try to lead her away from danger! He will cling on to her first before the other MKs could get close!

Start cursing each other in Spanish for being selfish!

⚔️ The MK with his cape flowing, back turned, is the Tsundere! He thinks he's so cool! Definitely "not" trying to impress Mari or anything with his coolness! Will leave secret gifts for her and run away before she sees him via Dimensional Cape!

⚔️ The MK upside-down is the playful one! He's the side of MK that will play flirtatious games with Mari! Even so, he's silly! He's also the one who will snatch her out of nowhere! He's always thinking of many games!

Silly schemer!

⚔️ The MK beside him flying is the more neutral part of MK! He's the more thoughtful and gentlemanly one! Very honest!

⚔️ The MK behind Mari is the Proud one! The Ego of being a Married Man got to him! He's proud to call Mari is wife! He will boast about her, compliment her eveytime!

⚔️ The one behind him is the Fantasizer! He gets lost in his Wife's beauty and imagine so many romantic scenarios with him and her! He just sits in the shadows and stares lovingly! Absolutely distracted!

⚔️ The one above him is the Flirty One! He will romance Mari anytime he sees her! Brings her flowers, pulls her into a dance, bride carries her suddenly, and is the part who came up with the nicknames! He's so lovey dovey romantic, it's down right cheesy! And you can tell MK definitely read Romantic Novels in secret! He's also very poetic and will make up poems on the fly! Sometimes he'll write them down and read them to her! Also easily distracted!

⚔️ The MK behind him revealing his face is the Flustered one! He can be so flustered, he stumbles on his words like a damn fool! But he makes his intention clear as best he can!

He'll chuckle sheepishly and hide behind his mask! Mari loves all of Caudillo Martinez, but the Flustered one makes her giggle from how cute he is!

⚔️ The last one is the Shy one! He is very quiet and sneaky! He'll be in Mari's shadow close to her, but will disappear before she could see him much like the Tsundere and Fantasizer!

💜💛⚔️

I'll make a version for Mari too!!

[prodigal-explorer]

so as someone who is only on chapter one of omori and is obsessed with it here are my thoughts as a new member of the fandom

bear in mind that i haven’t finished the game. i only just got to that one creepy forest place? like the one after the spiders? please don’t spoil!!

but spoilers for everything before that below

1) I HATE BASIL. he’s such a stupid little punk. “uwu im so smol and helpless and i always get bullied and i’m so sweet and innocent” I JUST KNOW THAT FUCKER IS HIDING SOMETHING. everytime i end back in that stupid white room it’s because HES DOING SOME SUSSY SHIT. i also just hate him and everything about him and i know for a damn fact that he’s hiding something horrible behind that sweet little smile and he thinks he’s tricking me but he’s NOT I KNOW HIS GAME.

anyway.

2) i literally cannot decide on a favorite character. i have a least favorite, that’s pretty obvious, but when it comes to a favorite im torn. i LOVE omori, aubrey, kel, and hero all the same! i love mari too but i’m a little salty against her because all her hints for the quests are severely unhelpful 😭 but i still love her tho. i just love the main four so so much and i physically cant choose who i like better. poor little aubrey seems so scared and alone when she has the pink hair and she’s so kind in the little space world thing. hero is a sweetheart and i can’t wait to meet him in the colorful world where i’m moving or whatever. and kel is literally so me 😂 it’s not even funny he just does whatever the fuck he wants and that deserves some respect on his name. and omori is a kickass main character who has a cool thing going for him. but these four characters are sooo well crafted and i love how they work together! it’s a great dynamic balance!

3) i’m either a really bad gamer or the game is super long. i finished the prologue in like seven hours. it took SO LONG. i’m not used to indie games taking that long to play considering that i got through all of undertale in like 10-12 hours my first time. it’s awesome! i love finding all the secrets and talking to all the npcs but DAMNNN.

4) this game has so. much. detail. it’s insane. like the sheer amount of mini games and tiny pockets of lore. it’s like higher than undertale level and i don’t mean to keep going back to undertale but i see a lot of similarities in the game style. i also totally got sucked into playing like 30 rounds of blackjack on omoris computer. it was cool af.

5) the fighting mechanics are super hard. maybe i just suck at strategy but i am so bad at the fights that i just run away whenever i have the opportunity 😭 it’s a problem. i also have no clue how the happy sad angry shit works, i just make omori sad so stab has an attack boost and make aubrey angry so headbutt has an attack boost but other than that i don’t really use it at all and i don’t understand it. maybe that’s why it took me literally 10 tries to get past space ex boyfriend? it’s really fun i just think it’s supposed to be easier than it is and i just missed a memo on strategy.

6) i really love the message so far. the way that mental health is portrayed as something that’s a never ending journey. omori doesn’t just breathe and then everything’s okay, the game highlights realistic coping strategies and makes things like depression, anxiety, and phobias to understandable for any audience through a very creative medium: an indie video game. it’s genius. and i just love how it’s been approached so far, it’s very inspiring!

7) i’m terrified that this fandom is gonna make me mad, i swear to god if i just walk in and see a bunch of basil stan’s i’m turning and walking back out 💀 i mean okay maybe i’ll like basil better later but chances for that seem very low right now. my sister told me that apparently he went through some trauma thing? womp womp don’t care he’s an annoying mf who keeps taking me back to that boring white room where i stab myself, he’s a party pooper and i want a tornado to blow his dumb little flower house down.

[starrbar]

Alright, I was encouraged by the smol family of HeroKel shippers on here, so now that I have my ass in order, here's the Headspace Abuse AU I spawned out of some horny energy last month. xD

CONTENT WARNINGS: Physical abuse, neglect, gaslighting(?), spiders, brocon/incest if you choose to see it ;3 Also spoilers for Omori!

If you stumble across this post as someone who despises this kind of content, I sincerely apologize for that. I don't intend to main-tag this, but I'm not 100% positive how tagging works on Tumblr anymore. The Read More should cover that though. Have a nice day!

In one of the playthroughs of Omori I really like, they have this ongoing joke where Kel is just bullied all the time, especially by Hero and Aubrey.  Every time Kel says anything, Hero says stuff like, "Kel, I'm going to BEAT YOU when we get home" or "Ohh Keeeel, I'm getting the BELT!!" and it's just met with Kel screaming, "NOOOO NOT AGAIN PLEASE!" and everyone's laughing about it and stuff.  And man, I'm REALLY not usually into any kind of incest kinks (just personally not my thing), but I'd lowkey be fine with an rp/fic where Hero just abuses Kel all the time and has him basically trained to obey and cower out of fear. x'D

Adding onto that, I also had so much fun with the Basil deaths in Black Space, so now I just imagine like Basil is the Kenny of the group, and he just dies horrible deaths all the time and comes back later, and no one even bats an eye beyond giggling or saying, "Oh wow, he's gonna feel that in the morning, tee hee!"

And then when Basil goes missing, Hero and Aubrey start putting Kel through a lot more shit because even they they don't really notice it, Basil's constant deaths and pained screaming do keep them pretty entertained.

Omori isn't phased by any of it ofc, since he's kiiiind of the one pulling the strings here.

I'm not sure how Mari would respond to everything.  Maybe it would be funny if she just acted like she always does and almost as if the stuff happening is just silly goofy bickering or stubbed toes, and she'll say stuff like, "Awww, don't worry, Basil!  All you have to do for a spider bite is (I don't even know, but like generic advice for a single, non-venonous spider bite)!"  And Basil is just like, "-gross sobbing- O-okay...!" while being devoured alive by a billion spiders or chomped in half by a giant one ahahaha.

Then she'll tell Kel, "Aww, Hero got mad at you?  Well... you did step on his foot after all.  But just apologize and talk it over and I'm sure he'll come around in no time! ^u^" and this is like, what you tell someone if all the angry person did was snap at them or get upset and leave for a bit.  But Hero literally broke a branch off the nearest tree and beat Kel with it until it broke lmao.

It's like... ultra horrific tbh?  But I kind of love soaking in more of that type of freaky shit.  It's almost appealing BECAUSE it's the absolute last thing that should ever be happening??

Kel is an absolute sweetie and deserves the world, Hero is a kind and patient big brother who immediately apologized and improved himself the one time he was ever really mean to Kel, and Aubrey is honestly a very good person despite putting on an edgy face when she got older and trying to push people away.  She's never out to truly hurt anyone.

So it's kinda fun to twist them up in this awful way, especially since the game itself kind of already did most of the work for me and all I did was enjoy that and also take a meme from a video series and run with it.

I mean holy shit, there's legit a whole scene in Black Space where Basil's DW friends all beat him to death and then act like everything is normal and fun. It's CANON, and everything I wrote here is of a similar caliber, just with the invitation to view it as abusive shipping if the reader desires.

Basically I'm roleplaying with myself and enjoying the sadistic story I end up with x'D

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ENTP CRONA DUMP

Not going back on my word, just forgot to post a dump of "ENTP Crona" stuff I planed to just post all at once in a year, but after trying to stop doing stuff like that, I just thought I post what I had and be done with it.

, the thing even I don't really find funny, but I think I have to do it to get it out and book end it. A lot of it isn't really funny, some of it may sound a bit edgy or abrasive, but it's just in good fun, still putting it under the "keep reading thing" because of the amount and shittyness of the "content" Enjoy or yeah...sorry

ENTP Crona experiencing a soul rejection, screaming in agony because of not being able to deal with figuring out if "video games are art" or "video games aren't art" is the more contrarian oppinion at the moment

ENTP Crona reading shizophrenia symptoms on google "Wow, he is literally me"

ENTP Crona fleeing into the desert, going down a hole to cry

Ragnarok "Wait, the cow already killed Medusa a year ago, why we doing this bitch shit again?"

ENTP Crona "I posted a deliberately controversial and edgy meme into the group chat again, when they all see it, I wont be able to deal with how angry everyone will be..."

Soul: "You cant just nonstop spam shit on the internet, people will think you don't have a life"

ENTP Crona: "But I kinda don't..."

Soul: "Still writting on every single subject for 10 hours straight must be tiring and exhaustive, take a break"

ENTP Crona: "But I wrote everything in the last 5 minutes

Soul: "Heh, dont like partys either? Guess reading the room can be stressful even for somebody as cool as me sometimes-"

ENTP Crona "No, I can read it just fine, just then choose to say the thing that sets the roof on fire and regret it five seconds later.

ENTP Crona trying to figure out if Maka subscribes to the theory that Holden is a child abuser himself in "The Catcher in the Rye", only if yes, to arguee that not even the creep teacher was one and it is a misreading, and its actually about idk, read it in school so cant even come up with an explantion.

ENTP Crona trying to cheer up a crying Maka, after she got made fun of for liking bad music by Soul

"No, I like Speeding bullet 2 heaven too! Well except the Beavis and Butthead skits, even I am not that contrarian"

ENTP Crona curled up in the corner of the dark dungeon, not able to face the world, cause liking Ringo Star is to mainstream now but changing to hating him is just too painful...

ENTP Crona after everyone gets confronted with their lives just being fiction

"Well actually I prefere the anime ending"

But after mostly everyone agrees

"But, actually the manga works in a certain way afterall-"

ENTP Crona during the anime only scene where Maka and Crona talk about Maka's mom - its the same scene lol, remember those 4th wall breaking snide comments Crona barely managed to not blabber out loud lol

ENTP Crona "Marvel movies were allways bad"

Marie "Oh you aren't dumb and incompetent!"

ENTP Crona "Why did it took me 8 hours to put together the IKEA table?"

Marie "Oh dont be to hard on yourself, screwing in the table legs upside down could happen to anybody!"

Maka confronting Medusa: I'm here to save ENTP Crona and Mary!

Medusa: Nah, they both are still stuck in the maze going in circles

ENTP Crona after a tourist asks for directions in Death City: "I'll be honest, even though I am living here for years now, I myself cant deal finding my home without google maps"

ENTP Crona "I'm the Joker, baby! (Jared Leto version)"

ENTP Crona "-oh so a glorbo, or smol bean, cinamon bun is a charachter like Paulie from the Sopranos!"

ENTP Crona after trying to read "Finnegans Wake" "Damn, thats how high I still have to climb..."

ENTP Crona watching X:RA "Wow, I actually get 90 percent of the wordplay! This show is great!"

MGMT Patty : "Time to pretend..."

*ENTP Crona visualising all the different ways to take out and kill the people around*

Ragnarok "And I thought I was the psychopath! We aren't even eating souls anymore, whats guipi wrong with you?

ENTP "Grocery shopping is boring and I thought about the 3 different storys I'll never write down enough for one hour..."

ENTP Crona "-and that's why the metodology that is used to diagnose diseases by only relying on a checklist of data points that may have many different origin points is flawed

Stein "I am the doctor with 10 years experience, take your antibiotics prescription and get out!"

Stein, litting a cigarete after ENTP Crona goes out after apologising "Damn, the kid may be right, shit..."

ENTP Crona be like "Actually, I think Epstein is still alive"

ENTP Crona "Yeah Myerrs brigs and Horrorscopes are the same... Because they both actually are describing something and aren't completly wrong, if you know you know...

ENTP Crona actually getting a tatoo even though it is a stupid thing to do in general, because thats the only way to remember Maka's birthday. Cause aint nobody remembering more than 4 digits...

ENTP Crona using all experience and time to reflect, to start a dramatic uplifting speech that leads into Maka defeating the Kishin with a punch- Ah wait thats just what happened in the anime again lol

ENTP Crona: "I wore a dress for most of my life, yet that is not as embarassing as riding on an electric scooter"

ENTP Crona "Oh ofcourse I'm to scatterbrained and lazy to actually finish a webcomic, that's why I included an in universe callout by a charachter, so I will stay motivated out of spite and want of being better than those, proving the mean pixels wrong!"

ENTP Crona: -the setting being the aftermath of a nuclear testing site is a brilliant synedoche of our society pre and post world war 2, how the atomic age is nearly unrecognisable, being both so much more advanced that previous incarnations do not even look human in retrospect, while exagerating ourselfs into cartoon versions of ourselfs do to paranoia and stereotypes, shared faster and faster, that we soak up like Sponges, being the perfect worker and consumer in one - in a way thats Rock Bottom, the breakdown of communication, only restored by recognising the humanity of the other, even if they look at us with even more potent disgust than we already do.

Maka: Wait, I thought these iceberg videos were just supposed to list of fun facts and triva about Spongebob

ENTP Crona: What gave you that idea, Maka?

TERF Maka: I STILL hate J K Rowling

EC: "Borat is racist-"

M: "No the joke is that he exposes the prejudices of the common american person-"

EC "against Kazakhstanis"

M: "No no- wait... you are right..."

EC: "If MF Ghost was with the culture, it would have used Phonk instead of Eurobeat"

EC: "Where the fuck is Marioh Judah?"

*EC annoys excalibur into quitting*

EC :"Im like prince, everybody thinks In gay but actually im homophobic-"

EC: "Non-cellular phones actually had their purpose - like if somebody called them, you would either know nobody is home, or the person who answered could either inform you where the one you are calling is if you didnt reach the person or just find them - also the fact it was in the same spot ment nobody lost it and could allways find it when needed and it never ran out of battery, also-"

M: "If you don't like the phonecase I gifted you just say so...

R: "Dude, dont we still use mirrors for comunication"

EC "Think Im constrained by the limitations of canons?"

TRAD Tsubaki "Well they didn't make a sign of the cross in the church, so they kinda deserved being slayn by Ragnarok..."

M "Hey you are looking down, everything ok?

EC "Thanks for caring, but the thing is, to explain it all, all the connections and reasons and evidence would make me just look more weird and whiny, and this all, including the fact that I cant even say why I cant say without being whiny and long winged is part of it...

EC "I used trouble not descending into negative loops of self pity and disgust with myself and the world... But then I just developed a hyperfixation on not-having-hyperfixations"

???? Death: IDK

EC *reading the bible* "It even predicted people obssesing over lolcows with the whole golden calf story, damn...

EC: Rip Kissinger

EC: Slouching? No, I'm just posture-divergent

EC: I do love myself - one has to love even their biggest enemy...

EC in the future:

M: Are you really ready for children?

EC: I accidentally watched a trailer for despicable me 4, and after hearing all the pandering 80s song and repetitive family hinjix humor I just thought "Oh, how cozy would this be to watch with my Kids and Wife!"

So yeah, I CAN deal with it

[daisychainsandbowties]

Okay, okay... this is so exciting, but I will try to order my thoughts...

First of all, Ava with a Kazilik: yes yes yes, absolutely yes. (I am laughing remembering Iskierka's relationship with Temeraire and Ava&Bea somehow mirroring a little bit of that at first.) And it really has to be a Kazilik because it has to be a super important dragon that has its own mind and won't just follow orders from any person or group. I can just imagine the trouble Ava would get up to with her dragon, but also the trouble she would have with him/her at first lmao.

I like the idea of the Kazilik being Shannon's dragon's baby, with Mary cradling the egg in her arms to rescue it. I can imagine Mary returning to their camp, and being super protective of the egg.

And then there's Ava (and yes she loves dragons), but maybe another corps had adopted her (in her home country--I'm thinking Portugal or Brazil) and then she's sent to the international contingent camp to be part of the ground-based crew (because she's good with dragons, so she kind of like got promoted?), and she's the one helping Mary taking care of the egg, but then Mary goes off fighting people (not physically, but maybe also physically) to figure out what had gone so wrong that they'd lost not just one of their most important dragons but also one of their best captains. So Ava is left being the one taking care of the egg, so when it hatches (during the scene you described) Ava is of course the one the baby Kazilik latches on to.

And you know what, you're right, Bea deserves a Celestial. I'm imagining her as being part of Temeraire's crew when she was just going through the ranks, but then she's given the captainship and you know how possessive Temeraire can be. He will moan so much about it, until he learns that they're giving her his baby. He would be so angry when Bea is sent away, and Bea has to be the one to calm him down. And when she comes by to visit, he would not let her out of his sight for one second.

I can imagine Bea's corps in England not caring one bit that she's gay, but her parents do and they want her away to not tarnish their reputation with her just right there, under the watchful eyes of English society, and they're super important so the dragoncorps had no choice but to indulge them to a certain point. (Although I can imagine what her parents really wanted was for her to stop "playing with dragons" because it's also giving her other "strange ideas", plus it's also still not a reputable career for English high society.)

(Oh, unless your idea of where she's sent away from is China and not England?)

And then Bea and her Celestial will just be nerds together reading from old Chinese books.

Lilith and and a Longwing is definitely the perfect combination. I mean, the longest wings? Acid-spitting? That's Lilith right there. And oohhh... I absolutely adore the backstory you've come up for this, with Lil rescuing a Longwing egg. That's adorable!

As cute as Camila would be with a Levi of her own, I kind of like the idea of Cam with a Fecha-del-Fuego? Because then it means she doesn't have to be away from the others for an extended period of time.

Maybe Yasmin can have the courier dragon. Like a very excitable one that she would def take great care of.

And yes, I would love to see Mary with a Regal Copper. Or maybe, is there a heavyweight American dragon? But yes Mary having her own dragon!

I can just imagine how frightening their formation would be, with 3 -- or 4! -- heavy weights. It would probably never be allowed to happen in an English corps, but they're a special international contingent, so yeah... :D

yes! i mean, consider that ava’s dragon will be really smol for a significant period of time (during which, maybe?? ava works on bea’s crew to learn the ropes, and they figure out how to design a harness that will give her the flexibility she needs to move around on dragonback quickly). & you can bet it will be nearly impossible for mary or anyone to stop ava from sleeping down in the courtyard underneath her dragon’s wing (i am already doing research for their names - there are obviously the conventions of the corps which has a tendency towards latin/roman names - lmao the idea of ava calling her dragon Avernus. ‘hi i’m ava and this is my dragon Hell.’) also yeah not only will ava have a fire-breathing drago (bc halo) who will also have a famously tempermental and willfull type of dragon, who is very intelligent but also just unbelievably possessive of ava. (this is eventually something that bea & Avernus are shaking hands emoji over. #1 goal is protect ava)

oh! i LOVE the idea that they are transporting the egg (from America?? to the corps in britain because that’s where lilith is) when they go down over the atlantic (attacked by a demon/demon-possessed dragon) & mary washes up on the irish coast with the egg & is incredibly protective of it. won’t leave the egg, but maybe she knows ava vaguely from travelling back & forth on missions so she asks for her specifically to help look after the egg & ava starts teaching the egg portuguese by talking non-stop around it & avernus inside is LOVING ava’s multi-lingual puns & when he hatches it’s like lilith who?? 

& yeah you’re right ava is adopted by the portuguese corps & sent to the ocs because she propoerly STUDIES these dragons (& the ocs specifically needs people who understand dragon anatomy, & can help with injured dragons, but the army is loathe to lend them any of their specialists). & yes. mary leaves ava with the egg and goes off (basically commandeering a dragon captain & crew, to scour the ocean for any sign of Halo’s remains or the dragons that attacked them) and meanwhile the egg is suddenly ready & there’s a scramble to get lilith down to the corps because they thought it would be several weeks and she arrives breathless, brushing ava off, only to be usurped by this wise-cracking girl who probably never had even the most remote chance of getting a dragon. 

i’m thinking Bea’s parents are diplomats in england, & tem insists on letting her try to harness on of his hatchlings so she gets the captaincy basically for nepotism reasons (tem moaning for days and days) even though she actually fully deserves it (bea has been on a dragon-crew since she was seven & has worked her ass off to become a competent sharpshooter and fencer and also is a dab hand with munitions and strategy and Everything). she’s all set to join the army when Thing Happen and her parents instead decide she has to go to the ocs, where at least she won’t be publicly court martialed for her ‘proclivities’. but yeah, there’s a lot of ‘this rich kid has probably the best dragon in european service because she’s a rich kid’ & bea fighting against that perception. being just perfect. & then ava throwing a wrench in that. wrecking the flow of their formation. making her stumble in her steady denial of her queerness. fuck yeah! also tem meeting ava!!! they would be so cute together omg. bea and her dragon would be SUCH nerds she’d have a whole travel-box (bc she learned how to pack like a navy-officer from tem) of books for them in like 8 different languages, including several of tem’s. (much more research needed even for an attempt at naming bea’s dragon. it’d be Deep Lore you just know it)

lilith and longwing are a match made in heaven. i like the idea of her rescuing it but maybe something happens to the egg so that the longwing has a weakness in one of its wings and ava ends up being really helpful (bc she gets disability and she knows dragon anatomy & it’s kind of a thing that makes them become grudging allies because they both care immensely for dragons) & this is why we can have a formation with so many A+ dragons, aside from the ocs being strictly non-military, though it’s organised pretty much the same, because lil’s dragon can’t stay in the air for as long as the others and it struggles with some of the more intricate formations & i just think it’d be a cool arc for them, lil who just fucking loves her dragon so much & learns that being strong isn’t the only thing there is. 

i think cam should get her fire-spitting spanish dragon. & it’s still a lightweight so it’s strengths are quick-attacks. god i kind of wanted to give someone a Fleur-de-Nuit simply because they are wicked cool, but i think a dragon whose name means ‘fire-arrow’ just suits cam down to the ground. but she would probably the most adaptable in terms of positioning in formations, & do a lot of work covering lil’s dragon & being the balance for when they need to rest her or let her fall back. i think yas would do well with a courier, because she’s not really combat-trained. she specialises in research and recon, so she’d have something like a Winchester or a Greyling (i’d love to give her an African dragon, but there aren’t really named breeds. i could probably look into it and sort of make one up though)

for mary there are def a few heavyweight american dragons. (her having a feathered dragon would be so cool!) but i also think a regal copper would suit her personality, & it’s always a case of dragon hatchlings being available so it’s reasonable to assume that the ocs collects them from everywhere & people just get whichever one they get.

this au!!!!! their formation would be so cool, & the dynamics are amazing what with buttoned-up bea (as usual) and ava who is just… god i’m in love with ava whose dragon is so fond of her, camping out together, reading the worst serialised novels & making dumb puns together. ava trying to use it’s dragon breath to toast marshmallows. the one time they try to make a really big marshmallow for avernus because the little ones ‘are very sad, ava’. cam & lil who are this support system for her longwing & cam who is also occasionally just a menace in a skirmish with her fire-spitter. 

i love this i love all these ideas!!

[sanguishqsgossip]

hottest guys and gals in mckinley?

My type of question, how about we go with a top 5?

HOTTEST GUYS:

Orion Kugler, we blame the tattoos paired with the puppy energy. A weird combo we never knew we needed. @ofsalemfate

Markos, a new face to McKinley, but one that definitely isn't going by unnoticed, I assure you. @travlerschampion

Lucien Castle, come on, we hate to admit it, but he makes being an egocentric psycho look so hot. @ofkingmakers

Alfonso Delgado, you're telling me you would say no? 'cause I'm calling your bluff on this one. He has the Katherine Pierce energy in male form, what's not to enjoy? @hoaxwings

Jeremy Gilbert, come on, when he's older, and hopefully rocking that beard, how can we possibly say no to that? No wonder he's got 29 kids running around. Nadia couldn't control herself. @griefbuilt

HOTTEST GALS:

Caitrin Silva, whilst she may be wildly angry and smol, she's definitely making up for it in the looks department. Well done Tyler, for knocking her up, that's all we've got to say. @longroadhcme

Nova Lockwood, seems fitting these two are top of the list, y'know, given the mother and daughter status we have here. Thank your mama for what she gave you Nova. @ofchaoticminds

Rose-Marie Ortega, have you seen her? I feel like I dribble a little every time she walks into a room. No wonder Damon was quick to lock that down when she came back as a literal angel. @longroadhcme

Qetsiyah, if she wants to send me into limbo, or desiccate me for two thousand years, I'm inclined to let her, to be honest. With a face like that. @queenotdamned

Noelle Bennett, honestly, how did she and the number one spot give into Tyler Lockwood? How did he knock them both up? Someone please explain this to me. Noelle, you've got it going on baby, flaunt it. @ofxpressicns

HONOURARY MENTIONS: You didn't quite make the top five, but honestly, you're looking damn fine, so thank you for your service.

Hope Mikaelson, @tribrvd, Lamai Bennett, @rxgclity, Levi Mikaelson, @ofxlittlextribrid, Fallon De Martel, @ofbrokenfaith, Katherine Pierce, @longroadhcme, Casandra Santos @rxgclity.

[thatangstyfeminist-blog]

John: So, the thing is, small creatures are much more vicious than larger animals because they’re so small that they have to have all their anger bottled up.

Burr: Bull. Give me an example.

Hercules: Spiders.

Lafayette: Wasps.

John: Alexander. 

[batwake]

deep in my uwus for mike wheeler tonight

[archduchessofnowhere]

I'm back from my vacations! As I mentioned, during my time away home I read the memoirs of the English governess of Archduchess Elisabeth Marie aka "Erzsi", the only child of Crown Prince Rudolf and his wife Princess Stephanie of Belgium. The memoirs itself are a bit dull at times and honestly I wouldn't recommend them unless you really want to learn more about the young Archduchess specifically, since they don't even go that much into the life at the Austrian court. Still, I did find some interesting anecdotes that I thought you might also find interesting. I decided to start with the one thing that stressed the governess the most: Erzsi couldn't spell in English at all.

From the memoirs:

On the 19th I received the following postcard, dated from Munich:

" I am vel, it es beutiful, mach perfier dan en Wienna. Wienna es in comparesor hored. —ELISABETH."

Erzsi to her governess circa 1897:

The governess was very angry that Erzsi wrote like that since she had had another English governess for four years before her arrival "and yet she could write and spell no better than a child of six, and she was fourteen". The governess lamented "Poor little neglected thing!".

She also provided us with other letters to illustrate Erzsi's particular spelling. I'll share these two that the Archduchess wrote while her governess was in England visiting her family, (spoiler: Empress Elisabeth mention!)

Karersee Hotel, Tirol, July 25th, 1897.

Dearest M.,

I rit to tell you the good nious that my dear ant Isabell has a little boyi. I am so happe I kant tell you how. You know how we spok tugeter over it and we hopt alwes it will be a sonne and now it is. Her it is after Laseenburg Abbazia and Miramar the nicest place I know I kenn onley tell you I loev it. All ar plest with it. I am kwid brown and it (manger) how I navee did it and slep evrey day as long as I wisch. It is rally a splandit life. The heles ar loevley the wetter alwis sins we ar her kit beautiful and in the day verry warm, wit evning and morning kul. The rums ar smol beut verry nice and cosey — the iting verry good. Sins to days there is not wone (1) nuage sur le ciele. Splendid. There was wone after non un arage with grèle it was aful on the hils all was whit. When chell I goet a letter from my god old Pig ? . . . I hop soon. We ar all verry well. Madame is making verry lairge pramenads and is so well that I kant belev it, I fink sch is better than in Laxenburg. I know nafing from ouer dear Roza I hop sche es well. I fink sche is so sad sche kant rit.

I rod you a enof log letter. I hop! . . . I wisch to becom wone how is as long as that won.

I embrasse You My Dear Good Masie of all my hart and hope you lik swed home.

Your loeving

Erzsi.

There ar mamy nice Engitsch her and 2 aful wons gust lik Missis W . I hat t rit that nam. Say my loeve ta mother and Lilly. The Imperatrisse af Autriche is komming here to Karersee.

The Governess actually felt the need (and was right) to provide a translation from Erzsish to English:

Karersee, July 25th, 1897.

Dearest M., I write to tell you the good news that my dear Aunt Isabelle has a little boy. I am so happy I can't tell you how. You know how we spoke together over it and we hoped always it would be a son, and now it is. Here it is, after Laxenburg, Abbazia and Miramar, the nicest place I know. I can only tell you I love it. All are pleased with it. I am quite brown and eat — as I never did, and sleep every day as long as I wish. It is really a splendid life. The hills are lovely, the weather since we are here quite beautiful, and in the day very warm with evening and morning cool. The rooms are small, but very nice and cosy. The eating very good. Since two days there is not one cloud in the sky. Splendid. There was one afternoon a thunderstorm with hail. It was awful. On the hills all was white. When shall I get a letter from my good old Pig? I hope soon. We are all very well.

Madame is taking very long walks, and is so well that I cannot believe it. I think she is better than in Laxenburg. I know nothing from our dear Rosa. I hope she is well. I think she is so sad she cannot write. I have written you a long enough letter, I hope. I wish to receive one from you, as long as this. I embrace you, my dear, good M., of all my heart, and hope you like sweet home.

Your loving

Erzsi.

There are many nice English here and some awful ones, just like Mrs. W . I hate to write that name. Give my love to your mother and Lilly [the Governess' sister]. The Empress of Austria is coming here to Karersee.

Sadly for Erzsi her summer vacations at Karersee aka Carezza came to a sudden end because Empress Elisabeth basically kicked her out (this one is mainly in French, translation below):

Karersee Hotel,

Tirol,

August Third, 1897.

My dear M.,

Tenk you very much for yor god letters. I meest tell you a very sad neuse (nouvelle). Nous partons le 5 dici pour Trafoi. Nous sommes touse desolee surtou pour la resons qui nous chasse dici. Je ne tous dit pas plus ceulment que sa Majestat le 'Imperatrise viens ici ! Je suis sur que vous comprenez et que vous aurez la grande bonte de ne pas en parlez. N'est ce-pas ces terrible ? Nous allons le 6 a Meran, la nous retrouvons Maman et nous partons de la a Trafoi. C'est 8 heures en voitur de Meran. Je vous pries de penser un peu a nous ! Vous esperons de retournez I'annee prochaine ici dans ce chere chere Karersee. Le temps est superbes, croit warm. Nous jouons au Tennis and we, make large work. I rit in frensch becouse it gose cwiker.

I embresse You.

Your loeving

Erzsi.

Translation provided by the governess:

My dear M.,

Thank you very much for your good letters. I must tell you some very sad news. We must leave here on the 5th for Trafoi. We are all desolated, above all because of reason which drives us from here. I cannot tell you more, except that Her Majesty, the Empress, comes here. I am sure that you understand, and that you will have the great kindness not to mention it. Isn't it terrible ? We go the 6th to Meran. There we shall find Mama, and from there we go to Trafoi. It is eight hours by carriage from Meran ! I beg you will think a little of us. We hope to return here next year, to this dear, dear Karersee. The weather is superb, nearly warm. We play tennis and take long walks. I write in French because it goes quicker.

I embrace you.

Your loving

Erzsi.

Why did the Empress made her granddaughter and her retinue leave? The very few times Elisabeth is brought up in the memoirs, the governess always remarks on how cold and distant she was towards Erzsi, and she attributes this basically to her dislike towards Crown Princess Stephanie being extended to Erzsi. The Archduchess, in turn, was afraid of her grandmother. I will write on this in more detail later, but this could really be the only reason for the Empress to not want her granddaughter around. However, the governess notes that the reason may be other, and here is where I raise my eyebrow and ask are you sure about this one? Long story short: there was a woman that claimed to be Elisabeth's illegitimate daughter for years. Many of Sisi's biographers don't even mention her because that's how little credibility her claims have. This woman, Countess Zanardi Landi, wrote a book about her life and provided stories about meeting her alleged mother and her relatives. Going back to the governess, she double crossed the dates of Erzsi's letters and one of the Countess alleged meetings with the Empress, and apparently the dates match. I haven't double checked this myself, so I can't say if it's true. Personally I don't buy it lol. It is either a total coincidence, or someone is lying.

As for Erzsi's spelling, it got a bit better later on, but she did continued writing in English with a mix of German and French spelling. As someone whose first language is spelled "as it sounds", I can understand Erzsi looking at English spelling and going "this makes absolutely no sense I'll write however I like". If you read until here, thank you for sticking around! I don't know how many people will actually find the info about an Archduchess from the late 19th century spelling interesting or useful, but I thought it was a fun anecdote and also, one that 90% of books would skip.

[thesoulbonder]

R.I.P. C.o.A

Smol Meme for you all!

Somebody posted this meme on Discord, so I figured I’d draw it :D

The angry girl on the left is supposed to be Mary (Catherine’s daughter) BTW

[murderrobins]

Surprise?

I decided to try writing a small notefic for the au prompt I posted the other day! I may end up writing the actual fic later, but here we go!

A secret relationship au where Talia kidnaps Damian and Mari to get them married to merge the order and the league, but they’re just like “we’re already married though?” And Mari just really wants to punch his mom and finally has the chance

·         Marinette is the guardian in training under her grandpa Fu

·         Her parents think that she visits him often to help him around the house and do tai chi together

·         Marinette meets Damian when he is injured on a mission

·         Marinette heals him

·         Damian is shocked by her kindness

·         The two bond over their mutual stresses as heirs to ancient organizations

·         The two meet whenever he has a mission in Paris

·         The League falls and Damian is sent to Gotham

·         Damian immediately contacts Marinette, but hides her from his family

·         Marinette helps him transition to living outside of the League

·         When they turn 13 Hawkmoth strikes

·         Marinette is a true ladybug and knows Damian is her soulmate and black cat

·         She uses Kaalki to give him the ring while Master Fu chooses other wielders to help her in battle

·         Bee!Chloe! is Golden Stinger

·         She and Marinette are friends because she saw the same scared kid as Damian in Chloe as kids and knew how to reach out

·         They have been inseparable ever since

·         Fox!Adrien is Swiper, because he’s going to swipe Hawkmoth’s miraculous!

·         This name is promptly vetoed by the rest of the team

·         Adrien then goes with Kitsune because he is our smol weeb boy

·         They all immediately know who each other is because they are true wielders, making them platonic soulmates

·         The team is brutal and efficient with Shadow monitoring the battle and running their coms from Gotham

·         Lila still happens, but is more effective in icing Marinette out because she is friends with Chloe

·         Marinette doesn’t care as much as she does in the show because she’s not as close with them

·         Adrien doesn’t bother with trying to appease Lila, he will not abandon Mari or Chloe

·         Lila doesn’t like this and turns her parents against her, so they begin neglecting her

·         Marinette is disappointed, but not surprised since they didn’t spend a lot of time with her anyways

·         Miracle Queen happens, but with Alya instead of Chloe

·         Marinette starts to crack when she is handed guardianship

·         She moves in with Chloe at Le Grand Paris

·         They start building a fashion brand together, Mari as designer and Chloe on the business side

·         Honey Blossom Designs quickly gains traction internationally due to the one and only Jagged Stone promoting “his rockin’ nieces!” every chance he can get

·         Chloe and Adrien are also main models, but wear masks to remain anonymous and to keep off of Gabriel’s radar

·         Hawkmoth is defeated when they are 16

·         Damian and Marinette officially start dating

·         He’s gotten this far without his family finding out about Marinette

·         He finally feels comfortable enough with them to trust them, but at the same time he wants to see how long he can keep the secrecy up

·         There was a close call when the trio portaled over to the manor for a movie night and got a bit too rambunctious

·         Damian proposes during one of their date nights in Paris when they are 17

·         She says yes!

·         The class wins the Wayne Enterprises trip and comes to Gotham during their senior year

·         The miraculous squad are all 18

·         The class tends to ignore them, so it was easy enough for them to slip away for an evening

·         Damian and Mari elope with Adrien and Chloe as their witnesses and the blessing of the kwamis

·         A week passes

·         Somehow with only three rogue attacks, which is truly shocking considering Lila is on the trip

·         Mari and Damian feel something is off and are both on high alert

·         Suddenly they feel a sting on their necks and then nothing

·         They wake up in a League of Assassins base in wedding robes

·         Damian looks around scowling until he notices their clothes

·         Marinette immediately notices their outfits and looks up at him confused

·         “Well it looks like mother approves of us”

·         Marinette just laughs upon realizing what is happening

·         She is unsure whether to be more incredulous or amused

·         Damian just raises his eyebrows, he has decided to be amused

·         Talia comes in with a speech prepared about how they must marry for the good of both of their organizations, she will kill their families if they don’t comply, etc.

·         She is surprised at what she sees when she actually looks at them

·         “Do you two know each other?”

·         “We got married last week.”

·         Now Talia is incredulous

·         Marinette sees her opening and takes it

·         She breaks Talia’s nose

·         “That’s for everything you did to him as a child!”

·         Talia is shocked and angry and is about to lunge until Damian steps between them

·         “So can we go now that we’ve cleared up the fact that we are already married?”

·         Talia just glares at them and leaves them there for the Bats to find later

·         A few hours later

·         The bats burst into the room and are relieved to find both Damian and the missing girl from the Paris class

·         Jason just stares at them until blurting out “Why the fuck are you dressed for a wedding?!”

·         “We will explain later, can we go now?”

·         The bats reluctantly agree to wait until they’re on the batplane to ask about what happened

·         The plane is filled with tense silence until Batman takes a deep breath

·         Lord give him the strength to deal with whatever bullshit Talia just pulled

·         “Talk.”

·         ”Father, meet my wife, Marinette Wayne. Marinette, this is my father Bruce Wayne, and these are my… brothers, Grayson, Todd, and Drake.”

·         “It’s so wonderful to finally meet you all! Dami has told me so much about you!”

·         The entire family just bluescreens

·         Jason is the first one to snap out of it

·         “TALIA MADE YOU GET MARRIED?”

·         “Tt. She tried, but we’ve already been married for a whole week.”

·         “Surprise?”

·         Jason, Dick and Tim are now yelling over each other and rapidly asking questions

·         Bruce may be broken

·         Damian and Marinette just enjoy the chaos

[twisted-tales-told]

How tall do you think the Marauders + the girls were?

Hehe I have thought about this a lot. JUST TO PREFACE: Apparently this fandom really cares about height. You can disagree with me, but you legally cannot tell me I'm wrong.

Pandora: she is either Smol or very Tol. Like either 5'2 or 5'9 (I don't think she's over six feet it just isn't her vibe)

Lily: That gal is an average height queen. 5'4/5'5

Mary: 5'3 at the most and Owns It

Marlene: 5'6 she's tall enough to put her head on Mary's and then some and she loves it

Dorcas: 6'0 LOVES to make Marlene feel short

Alice: 5'2 she's short for the same reason Regulus is short I don't have a further explanation for that I'm sorry BUT I also love the headcanon of her being 6'2 and Frank being her short king boyfriend

James 6'2 BUT my secret favourite Jegulus HC is short king James who's 5'3

Sirius: 5'8 He's tall and brags about it, that being said...

Peter 5'9 loves the fact that he's an inch taller than Sirius. Peter is the definition of tall & soft and I love it

Remus: 6'4 Tall, very tall. Always complains about low ceilings

Regulus: 5'4/5'5 UNLESS it's my secret Jegulus HC here he's 6'0

Barty: that man is 5'3 at the most. Small and angry.

Evan: 5'6/5'7 pretty average. He's an average guy what can I say

Frank: Either 6'3 or 5'7 no other options.

My brain is at like 30% capacity. If I forgot one tell me and I'll add them 😊

[binch-i-might-be]

Has Alex ever met his grandmother before? Aka guilt tripping step mom Mary ball Washington, i mean i think she can be seen as a huge factor to Washington's guilt issues (in thin ice verse i mean)

Idk i was sorta thinking about her in your au

zooli you goddamn mindreader-

I’ve been thinking about this on and off for the past few weeks!

also you don’t know how giddy it makes me that you’re just out there, thinking about fucking Mary Ball Washington in the context of my series, like- ;-;

he has indeed met her! once! (or maybe twice hehe I haven’t entirely made up my mind yet)

so, to start at the beginning: her and George had multiple falling outs over the years, the last of which around the time of Lawrence’s death, and well. he still hasn’t entirely forgiven that.

George just cut most communication with her, only informing her of the really important stuff, like his marriage and acquisition of two children lmao

she was kinda pissy about that tho, not about the marriage (because Martha was rich af after her first husband perished under mysterious circumstances), but about the fact that George adopted the kids, which “may cause issues with the inheritance for any future real heirs”

soooo George very quickly noped out and slammed that small window of communication shut again lol

when he brought Alex home, he didn’t even tell her.

she found out through the grapevine that her son had recently collected a bastard from the West Indies, and she was fuming

like. not the good family name!!!!

anyway. George blocked any and all attempts of hers to meet Alex, because he was fully aware of what meeting his demon mother would do to a severly traumatised eight year old :)

so. the first time Alex met her was when he was around thirteen/fourteen, when she dropped by completely unannounced after years of radio silence, and he happened to open the door when she knocked.

to make an already too long story short: Alex, obviously not knowing who she was, went and got his father for her, George got Immediately berated for various offenses once he’d set one (1) foot into the fronthall, she called Alex a bastard like three times and insinuated he wasn’t worth anything because of that, called his mother a whore, insulted Martha by questioning why she hadn’t managed to give him an actual legitimate child yet, and when she tried to launch into a spiel about how Lawrence would hate to see the bloodline end like that, George fucking snapped and forcibly removed her wrinkly ass from his house.

unfortunately, he did so with a lot of yelling, and Alex was still doing really, really bad with any kind of aggression from any male, so the poor boy straight up had a panic attack (also, this was the first time he'd ever seen his father that angry and it really scared him, because Pa was supposed to be safe)

yeah. it was all a bit much for smol Alex :/

took a while to get him to calm again.

ok phew this is so long; I got carried away lmao, I was just so swept up in the euphoria someone asked something relating to this, I suppose! I’ve been having some Thoughts about it lmao <3

[moghedien]

Could you recommend some adult sff? Love your blog btw!

Thank you! 

And ok, I could give you better personalized recs if you give me some idea of what you’re looking for or what you like, but I’m gonna give you some general recommendations. Also I only really feel comfortable recommending books that I have personally read, and there are tons more out there than what I have read. If you want to find more, looking at recent Hugo nominations over the past few years might be helpful. Also one of the reasons why I know anything at all about the SFF world is that I’ve been listening to the Sword and Laser podcast for like, a decade. I never really mention that podcast, but its literally why I started reading at all and also they have a pretty active goodreads group as well. 

So recommendations: 

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie: 

This is one of my favorite books period. This is a far future space opera about an artificial intelligence who used to be a spaceship and now is only one human body, and she is ANGRY ABOUT that. I don’t really want to say more than that, but if you like AI shenanigans and being sorta confused as to what is going on the entire time, then this is the book for you! It’s the first book in a completed trilogy.

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan: 

Obviously I’m gonna recommend the Wheel of Time. This is the first book in a 14 (actually 15) book series and if you need something to do with the next 1-5 years of your life *motions toward EoTW*. 

So the Eye of the World, I think is uniquely good as a book if you kinda want to get into adult fantasy for a few reasons. For one thing, its kinda considered to be one of those “classics” of the genre but its not too old to be offputting to some readers. It’s a 30 year old book, so its not reflective of the genre now, but you can definitely see its influence all the place, even outside of just books. The Eye of the World specifically, also goes out of its way to make readers comfortable. It leans heavy on Tolkien references and tropes at first without being a straight up copy of Lord of the Rings like some classic fantasy books are. Its done very purposefully, in my opinion, to make the reader feel like they have some idea of what’s going on, and the series quickly drops the Tolkien references as soon as its established itself enough. 

Also the Gandalf parallel for the series is a smol bi lady and there is 24 year old rage healer who wants to fight everyone with her own two fists.So many women to stan. 

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

This is the first book of the Expanse, which is a nearish future space opera that takes place in our solar system. Mars has long ago been colonized and is a completely separate government entity than Earth, and conflict between the two planets has been stirring. The Asteroid Belt has also been colonized and have long been little more than tools of corporations that run their colonies. A group of ice haulers working in the outer planets get in the middle of one of the biggest secrets in the solar system and find themselves in all kinds of trouble. 

I don’t really want to say more than this, but this is probably the only SF series that I actively keep up on when a new book comes out. There are 8 books our currently, and the 9th and final book will be out sometime in the near future. There are also several short stories and novellas set in the world, and there’s a TV show that I really like though I need to catch up on it. 

The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Hello, this book comes with content warnings for literally everything, but it is such a good book/trilogy. This is book about a woman trying to find her daughter again in the middle of the apocalypse. Definitely a heavy read but absolutely brilliant. The world has a magic system based on geology and the people that can use that magic....saying they’re discriminated against is an understatement. I don’t want to say much more about it, but if you have any kind of content you can’t read for whatever reason, I’d check before picking this up. This is the first book in a completed trilogy

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

So this isn’t really super SF heavy and is actually sold as a literary book, but it takes place after a flu pandemic has wiped out a large portion of the population...so maybe this is a bad time to read this book, OR its the best time to read it. Depends on how you’re dealing with *motions at the world*

The book flashes back to before and during the pandemic a lot, but is largely about art’s importance and is actually quite optimistic in its messaging, and this is another of my favorite books ever. But yeah, might be a bad time for you to read it of you can’t deal with the content now. 

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 

I just remembered that this book also has a plague, but its a subplot and not the major thing. So this is a big ol’ chonky standalone book that is high fantasy, deals with multiple cultures having to interact and work together, and has dragons. Also there’s a genunine slow burn f/f romance and *chef’s kiss*. I can’t really say much else, mostly because I struggle to explain this book, but its very good and probably my favorite book from last year. 

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal 

In this house we stan Mary Robinette Kowal, ok? 

So this is a science fiction that is more an alternate history that poses the question, hey, what would have happened if an asteroid slammed into the east coast in 1952 and the world had to scramble to colonize Mars so that everyone didn’t die on earth when the climate got catastrophic, because that’s the inciting action of the book. The main character is a Jewish woman who was a WASP pilot in WW2 and is a computer for the space program when all this happens. The book deals with sexism, and racism, and xenophobia, and all the social issues that are gonna come up with it being set in 1952, but Mary Robinette doesn’t flinch away from addressing social issues in any of her books, even when it makes her main characters look bad. (Also if you like Pride and Prejudice, she has a series that is just Pride and Prejudice with magic and like, yeah, its good). 

A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

This is a book which poses a question, what if dragons were like weird animals that were real and an eccentric woman spent her entire life traveling the world to study them and then told the stories of that in her memoirs when she was too old to care about the consequences of publishing all her scandals. That’s what the book is about. This one is probably actually the weakest in the series, just because it deals with so much set up. It’s a great series to get on audio because Kate Reading is a fantastic narrator, and the prose works so well as audio, because it’s just someone telling you her life story. There are five books in the series. 

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

So this is a novella and is the first in the murderbot series. Basically a killer robot gets addicted to television shows and accidentally became sentient. I haven’t read the others in the series, but I really need to reread this one and get to the others. 

Jade City by Fonda Lee

This is a fantasy set in world sorta inspired by the early 1900s but is in a fantasy world. It’s like a mafia movie and kung fu movie had a baby and it was this book. The sequel is out currently, but the third book is set to release next year.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon 

This is another heavy read. This is a SF story set on a generation ship that has a society very heavily inspired by the antebellum south. There’s class issues, race issues, gender issues, mental health issues. All kinds of things intersecting here. Its fantastic, but a heavy read.

Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

This is another fantasy classic, and is the first of the Farseer Trilogy. The title is sort of also a description of the book, so like. I’m not sure what else I can say. I haven’t read further into the series, but people I trust love it, and honestly I need to reread this and read more of the books. 

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

So if you think that Station Eleven might be a bad book to read at the time, then this is THE WORST POSSIBLE BOOK TO READ RIGHT NOW. Or, maybe the best. Depends on how you cope. This is a book about time travelers based in Oxford and the main character accidentally gets stranded in the past right as the Black Plague is about to hit. And it hits. The book is horrific. The second book in the series is much funnier. This one ain’t funny, but is good. Just, oof. 

Mistborn or Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

So if you want to get into the Cosmere, which is a series of series that interconnect and will ruin your life, then then my personal opinion is to either start with Mistborn or Warbreaker. People might not agree with me, but that’s my personal opinion. 

Warbreaker is currently a standalone (a sequel will come out eventually but its not set up for a sequel so you can 100% read it as a standalone). The magic in this world is based on colors, and the story revolves around two sisters. One of them is betrothed to the horrific God King of their neighboring kingdom. The other sister ends up being sent in her place because their dad hates her. I adore Warbreaker so much. It has it all. Two women discovering their true places on the prep/goth spectrum. Talking swords. Vivenna. Everything you can need right there. 

Mistborn is a trilogy that is very emo and will ruin you. Its about people who swallow metal to get magic powers and live in world where the dark lord won already, so they’re all emo. And that was the worst description of Mistborn I ever could have written, but I find it too funny to change. 

So if you’re interested in the Cosmere, but are afraid to commit long term, pick up Warbreaker. If you want to get into a series right away, pick up Mistborn. 

[ofstarsandvibranium]

Good Business: Part 6

Fandom: Marvel (Mob AU)

Pairing: Chubby!Bucky x Reader

Summary: Bucky Barnes is a ruthless mobster. He’s also referred to as Big Buck due to his towering strong frame as well as his round stomach. You’re the owner of a small diner, a place that Big Buck decides to visit. Based off this drabble.

Bucky dropped Dot off at her place with empty promises of calling her soon and his wheels screeching along the pavement. His fingers were nervously tapping against the steering wheel as he was making his way back to your diner. He needed to talk to you, apologize. Fuck, he needed to fix this!

He drove carelessly through the streets, heading back to the side of town where you diner was located. He swerved into a parking spot, not caring about the state of his parking, and hopped out of the car. 

He barged into the place with intensity, eyes searching for you to only come face to face with a very angry looking Sharon.

“Leave.”

“Sharon-”

“No. You’re not welcome here. Turn around and get your ass outta here.”

“Come on! I just need to talk to Y/N-”

“She doesn’t wanna see you, Barnes. She doesn’t even wanna look at you! You’re a dick and Y/N can’t believe she became friends with someone like you.”

That last part was a slap to the voice for Bucky. No. It was a knife to the heart, a knife that continuously stabbed him over and over again. He could physically feel his heart shattering.

“I just-I fucked up,” his voice broke, “I wanna make it better, please, Sharon.”

“Leave before I call the cops, Barnes,” Sharon sneered. She had this angry look in her eyes telling him that if he didn’t leave soon, she’s personally tear his head off.

Regretfully, he left. He didn’t want to start any more trouble, but his heart was aching to see you and apologize!

After Bucky left, you came out from the kitchen, eyes red and hiccuping. Scott had his arms around you protectively. Sure, he probably wasn’t as strong as Big Buck, but if it came to it, Scott was willing to go down swinging. 

“It’s alright, Y/N. He’s gone.”

You took a shaky deep breath and a small, appreciative smile, “Thanks, Shar. Really appreciate it.”

“You may be my boss, but you’re also my friend. I’ll kill and go to jail for you.”

You snort, “Thanks.” you then let out a sigh, “I think I’m gonna go home for the rest of the day. I’ll call-”

“It’s okay, sweetie. I’ll people in. Just go home, rest, stuff your face with ice cream. Do what you gotta do. Barnes is an ass and you don’t deserve a friend like him.”

“Yeah,” you mumble, “Thanks, guys. Really. And sorry for being so unprofessional.”

Luis waved you off, “Don’t sweat it, boss. We’re family. We take care of each other. Plus, worse things have happened at diners. Like one time, my cousin Julio-”

“Not now, Luis,” Sharon hissed. 

“Right. Sorry,” he gave a shrug, “Anyway, go get some rest, Y/N. We got the place,” he walked over to you and gave you a hug, followed by Scott, Peter, then Sharon.

“I’m so happy I hired you guys,” you say through a watery smile. After gathering your things, you waved goodbye. You needed to be in the comfort of your own home. 

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WHACK!

Bucky stumbled back, cupping his cheek and looking wide-eyed at Sam, whom was shaking his fist off, the fist he used to punch Bucky.

“What the fuck!” Bucky cried out. 

“You deserve more than that you fucking piece of shit!” Sam was ready to charge at his boss, but was held back by Steve. 

“Easy, Sam!”

He looks over his shoulder and glares at the blonde, “You know he deserves it, Steve! Y/N was nothing but nice to him and he treated her like shit! She doesn’t deserve that!”

“Violence isn’t the answer, Sam.”

Sam scoffed and pushed Steve off him, “Says the guy who does all of Barnes’ killing!” he then focused back on Bucky, who looked so broken hearted and guilty, “Y/N is my friend. I don’t care that you’re my boss. I love that girl like she’s my own family and you hurt her.” without another word, Sam stormed out of Bucky’s office and out of the Barnes’ residence. 

Steve let out a deep sigh, stuffing his hands into his pockets, “You really did fuck up, Bucky.”

“I know, Steve!” Bucky snapped at him. He then took his glass of whiskey, holding it to his cheek. Hopefully, it’ll prevent him from swelling. 

“So what’re you going to do about?” he asked, sitting in one of the two chairs on the other side of Bucky’s desk. 

“I don’t know,” Bucky replied defeatedly. His eyes downcasted, “She doesn’t wanna speak to me, look at me. Sharon was ready to chop my head off if I didn’t listen to her and leave.” 

Steve snorted, “Good.”

“I guess, I’ll just give her time? I don’t wanna make things worse by constantly asking to see and talk to her. Maybe if I’ll wait long enough, she’ll come to see me? It’s wishful thinkin’ and all, but,” he sighed, “It seems like my only option.”

Steve nodded in agreeance. 

They say time allows one to heal. Maybe with time, it’ll allow you to give Bucky a chance.

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As soon as you got home, you changed out of your uniform and into some sweats and a tshirt. You turned on Netflix, grabbed a carton of ice cream, and just curled up on your couch watching FRIENDS. You can’t help but roll your eyes at Ross. He’s so stupid and treats women like crap. Reminds you of a certain someone. Immediately, you take your remote and switch to The Great British Bake Off. Yeah. Nothing harmful about that show. Plus, you adore Mary Berry. 

However, as much as you’re trying to distract yourself from the thought of Bucky, that’s all you could think about. 

You think about how during the short time you’ve known him, you’ve opened yourself up to him more than anyone else you’ve befriended. It’s a peculiar thing. Why him? Out of all people, why was he the one you felt so comfortable with? 

He was flirtatious, and witty, and smart, and funny, and understanding, and sexy-

“UUUGGGHHH!!!” you groan, taking a pillow and screaming into it. 

You tried to fight these feelings ever since Big Buck started coming to your diner daily. But he just wormed his way into your heart with his smile, his laugh, and his words. All of it was a lie. He was an ass and he broke your heart. Sure, he doesn’t know about your feelings for him, but it doesn’t matter now. 

Fuck Bucky Barnes and fuck feelings.

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La fille du régiment (Met, 2008): Reactions, Part I

I may have just done reactions to the other Met HD of this production a few weeks ago, but guess what? I don’t really care.

yes because we all know that the best thing to do when potentially under attack by the French army is to build a makeshift barricade

aww

I love her so much

not about you, sweetheart

we all love a good line dance

mood

THERE SHE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS

give ‘em the old razzle-dazzle with a side of laundry lessons

just gonna leave this here

someone help my poor child

‘no no PLEASE don’t make me sing’

but she gets into it

everyone loves her

I mean, how could you not love Natalie Dessay as Marie?

not your spotlight moment yet

‘hey, uh, could you help me a bit here?’

Angry Smol

I mean, he’s a tenor what did you expect

she’s just doing all this wacky stage business like it’s the easiest thing in the world

tenors...

power couple in every way

aww I love how she’s kept it all this time

TOO CUTE

bahaha

mood

‘let me use pictures and small words so you can understand’

nice save

awkward reunion

‘this is how you curtsy right?’

the obligatory French-opera-soldier rataplan

oh honey (here we go...)

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I mean, how could this guy not win you over?)

‘POOOOOOOOOOOOOOUR MOOOOOOOON AAAAAAAAAAME QUEEEEL DESTIIIIIIIIIIIIN’

GO GET THOSE HIGH CS

BRAVISSIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (seriously this is what made me fall in love with him)

worst timing of all time

poor Marie deserves so much better

hey STOP IT