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DBZ KakaVege AO3 (Kakarot x Vegeta) Stories - Constantly Updating List.

My own AO3 account, @ RaditzsLittleNerd. I'm working on one story, I bookmarks stories and I may write more stories in the future as well! (Slow updates.)

__BDSM__

Rose created by schloprecetacle

Son Goku/Vegeta, Son Goku, Goku Black, Vegeta (Dragon Ball), kakavege week

Warnings - Rough Sex, BDSM themes, Explicit Sexual Content, Violent Sex, Face Slapping, Choking

Summary

Goku indulges Vegeta's fantasy about their newest enemy. Kakavege Week Prompt #9: Goku Black.

Language: English Words: 1,664 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 2 Comments: 20 Kudos: 395 Bookmarks: 51 Hits: 5901

Wild created by schloprecetacle

Son Goku/Vegeta, Uke Goku, Super Saiyan Sex

Warning - Graphic Depictions Of Violence, BDSM, Spanking

Summary

Vegeta sees something wild inside Goku and decides to give him what he craves. Graphic sex, violence and some BDSM themes. Kakavege Week Prompt #15: Uke Goku.

Series

Part 1 of Wild

Language: English Words: 3,660 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 2 Comments: 20 Kudos: 445 Bookmarks: 69 Hits: 9024

Topped created by Yammy_kooki

Bulma Briefs/Vegeta, Bulma Briefs, Vegeta (Dragon Ball), i just wanted bulma to call vegetas ass a boy pussy, heres a 8k+ fic on good kink practice, and vegeta discovering his kink kjasdk

Warning - Pegging, Anal Fingering, Sex Toys, Feminization, Kink Discovery, Kink Negotiation, anal prep, Blow Jobs, Dom/sub Undertones, Lingerie, Rimming, Cunnilingus, Dry Orgasm

Summary

Vegeta baulked. His face flushed. "You...what?!" Bulma blushed as well, struggling to maintain her usual haughty, confident front. "I want to try pegging you. It's when I wear a fake cock -a strap-on- and fuck your-" "I know what pegging is!" Vegeta felt like he could faint. "Why would you want to do that?!"

Language: English Words: 13,463 Chapters: 2/2 Comments: 43 Kudos: 64 Bookmarks: 22 Hits: 628

Non-Professional created by Yammy_kooki

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Raditz (Dragon Ball), Turles (Dragon Ball), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Saiyans Still Have Tails, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags, Flirting, Surprising Amount of Fluff, Smart Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

Warning - BDSM, Dom/sub, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Kink Exploration, Kink Discovery, Collars, Master/Pet, Rope Bondage, Cock Warming, Rough Sex, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Sex Toys, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Multiple Orgasms, Temperature Play, Exhibitionism, Anal Fingering, Masturbation, Urethral Play, Whipping

Summary

Vegeta keeps getting dumped because of his boring sex life. To help him out, Raditz gives him the phone number of a...Saiyan sex consultant?! Join Vegeta as he discovers his kinks and try(and fail) to not fall in love with said consultant.

Language: English Words: 40,961 Chapters: 8/8 Comments: 71 Kudos: 207 Bookmarks: 31 Hits: 3786

Feel You In My Bones created by TeamDamon

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Bulma Briefs/Vegeta, Chi-Chi/Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Bulma Briefs, Bulma is a good bro, the best wife really, she’s just lookin out for her veggie, idk how else to tag this, Goku is a himbo, Vegeta is a tad sexually frustrated but he doesn’t know it, Bulma has a solution, Bottom Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Bottom Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Top Son Goku (Dragon Ball), veggie’s a power bottom tho really, there’s some consensual punching/fighting when things start heating up, don’t know how to tag that but yeah it’s there, mildly drunk veggie, bribery of smol children, this story has officially gotten away from me and will prob be 388282 chapters, RIP me, its all consensual, thats right my dudes, they’re switching

Warning - Explicit Sexual Content, Choking, Voyeurism, Face Slapping, Bondage, some light BDSM happening, ki cuffs, Safewords, Spanking, Cave sex, Butt Plugs, Tail Sex

Summary

“I will not, nor will I ever, fuck Kakarot.” “Fine,” Bulma shrugged, reaching over to grab her sleep mask from her nightstand. “Don’t. It was just a suggestion, not a command.” Vegeta crossed his arms and stared angrily at the back of her head as she turned off the light and laid down, her back to him as she let out a long yawn. “Besides,” she muttered casually, “I figured Goku would be the one doing the fucking anyway.” Vegeta’s jaw dropped. — Aka where Bulma knows what her husband needs and makes sure that he gets it. Formerly titled “Just Wanna Taste It”.

Language: English Words: 62,042 Chapters: 9/9 Collections: 3 Comments: 197 Kudos: 1428 Bookmarks: 314 Hits: 26394

__HEAT__

Side Effects created by cosmicmewtwo

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku, Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Sex Pollen, Weird Alien Physiology, kakavege week prompt: Poison, ... this is a godless amalgamation of every trope I said I'd never write, .......and we're never speaking of it again

Warning - Mating Cycles/In Heat, Mating Bites, irresponsible handling of questionable pharmaceuticals

Summary

Vegeta accidentally exposes himself to a strange chemical in Bulma's lab.

Language: English Words: 4,779 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 2 Comments: 21 Kudos: 952 Bookmarks: 128 Hits: 8454

Kuvusa created by orphan_account

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Top Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Bottom Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Hyperbolic Time Chamber | The Room of Spirit and Time, Saiyan Biology, Saiyan Instincts, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, I am a ridiculous sappy sap, Warning: too much sweetness teeth will rot, Can’t write smut without love it’s how I roll

Warning - Mating Cycles/In Heat, Anal Sex, Tail Sex, Self-Lubrication, Double Penetration in One Hole, Multiple Orgasms

Summary

Every Saiyan went through it, their version of puberty. It usually occurred around the age of sixteen, sometimes fifteen, very occasionally fourteen, and it wasn’t a big deal. One day of self-care—in all senses of the word—and a Saiyan was over it the next day. Vegeta went through it himself and was fine. Goku, though, had his tail cut off too early. Vegeta found this out first hand, a year into training inside the Room of Spirit and Time.

Language: English Words: 7,967 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 37 Kudos: 401 Bookmarks: 78 Hits: 5095

__Romantic/Comfort Sex__

Take Care created by orphan_account

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Top Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Bottom Vegeta (Dragon Ball)

Warning - Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Rimming, Blood and Injury

Summary

Goku knew when Vegeta wasn’t okay, and he knew what to do when that happened.

Language: English Words: 2,051 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 7 Kudos: 154 Bookmarks: 29 Hits: 2224

22 Years, 5 Months, 20 Days created by zuzallove

Son Goku/Vegeta, Kakarot. Vegeta, Bulma Briefs, King Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Bardock (Dragon Ball), Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Raditz (Dragon Ball), Freeza | Frieza, Freeza's Army | Frieza's Army, Nappa (Dragon Ball), Saiyan Culture, kakavege, Saiyan AU, Planet Vegeta, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Goku is smart, Vegeta is emotionally constipated, Eventual Happy Ending, One Shot, Canon-Typical Violence, h/c, Mating Bond

Warning - Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Mpreg, Anal Sex, Tail Sex, Mating Bites, Smut, Explicit Language

Summary

Kakarot is Vegeta's assigned sparring partner when they are 4 and 6 years-old. Vegeta absolutely hates him. But as the years go by, Bardock's brat seems to be the only one who can hold Vegeta's attention for more than a minute. He hates him, but he can't live without him. Only two problems with that: there's a war on, and Vegeta has to mate whomever his father picks out for him. Saiyan!AU.

Language: English Words: 19,026 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 1 Comments: 99 Kudos: 1551 Bookmarks: 284 Hits: 15957

Unfinished Business created by Vakaara

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Room of Spirit and Time, bad memories, sort of skirting hurt comfort, baths and awkwardness, Vegeta has Issues, Goku is actually pretty clueless sometimes, Canon Typical Violence, Nightmares, a lot of tension, I just wanted to write about these two interacting more when they were still ‘enemies’, like a lot, Pre-Slash, more or less

Warning - Major Character Death, Masturbation, Dirty Dreams, canon present character death

Summary

What if Vegeta and Goku had taken a day or a year to train in the Room of Spirit and Time, before fighting Cell?

Series

Part 1 of Under My Skin

Language: English Words: 14,719 Chapters: 8/8 Comments: 52 Kudos: 280 Bookmarks: 40 Hits: 3663

__True Love (No Smut)__

Love is Blind created by TrishML

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku, Vegeta, Angst, Old Age, True Love, Sad

Warning - Death

Summary

Goku and Vegeta grow old together...

Language: English Words: 2,022 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 17 Kudos: 60 Bookmarks: 6 Hits: 459

__THREESOMES / ORGY__

The Proportion created by GoldenMama

Bulma Briefs/Vegeta, Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Bulma Briefs/Son Goku/Vegeta, Bulma Briefs/Son Goku, Bulma Briefs, Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku (Dragon Ball),

Warning - Explicit Sexual Content, Birthday Sex, Threesome - F/M/M, Sexual Fantasy, Tail Sex, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism, Light Bondage, Roleplay

Summary

The Saiyans have their tails back, and Bulma’s questions are relentless. She asks the boys to enlighten her (for the sake of science, of course). Will they satisfy more than just her thirst for knowledge?

Series

Part 1 of No I in Threesome

Language: English Words: 10,154 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 17 Kudos: 86 Bookmarks: 28 Hits: 2314

Sensation created by gutterbunnyx

Chi-Chi/Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Bulma Briefs & Son Goku, Bulma Briefs & Chi-Chi, Bulma Briefs/Chi-Chi, Chi-Chi/Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku, Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball), Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Trunks Briefs, Bulma Briefs, Lingerie, Minor Original Character(s), Bottom Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Men Crying, Mommy Chi-Chi, Lipstick, Bulma and Chi-Chi totally do it offscreen, Bulma likes to watch, Bathing, Shopping

Warning - Public Humiliation, Crossdressing, Nipple Play, Humiliation Dirty Talk, Feminization, Breast Fucking, Rough Sex, Rough Oral Sex, Breeding, Unsafe Sex, Goku in lingerie, Aftercare

Summary

Goku indulges in a guilty pleasure.

Language: English Words: 9,279 Chapters: 6/6 Collections: 1 Comments: 32 Kudos: 148 Bookmarks: 12 Hits: 2848

__DARK CONTENT__

Sex Addicts Anonymous created by herpb4uderp

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball), Human AU, no powers, Alternate Universe - No Powers, sex addicts anon, Addicts Anonymous, Compulsive sexual behavior, mature thematic content, Adult Language, adult topics, Angst, Denial, psychopathy at its finest, Interventions, Psychosis, did i already say bad coping mechanisms?, Bad coping mechanisms, the worst, unconventional forms of rehab, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Drama, S L O W B U R N

Warning - Graphic Violence, Manipulation, Withdrawal, Cravings, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Dark, psychotic character

Summary

Vegeta did not show up here because he needed "help." He showed up because he knew it would be... easy. But help often finds us in the ways we least expect it. And sometimes it even finds us in the ways... we wish it didn't.

Language: English Words: 53,365 Chapters: 21/21 Comments: 312 Kudos: 317 Bookmarks: 51 Hits: 5485

Liminal Spaces created by Iced_Sympathy

Son Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Hyperbolic Time Chamber | The Room of Spirit and Time, Infidelity, Naive Son Goku (Dragon Ball), Canon Compliant, Dubious Consent, Porn With Plot

Warning - Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Sexual Violence, Dark, Sadism, Masochism, Bloodlust, Edging, Prostate Milking, Somnophilia, Marathon Sex, Breathplay

Summary

To prepare for the Tournament of Destroyers, Vegeta and Goku spend three years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber training. Vegeta suggests exploiting the Saiyan ability to recover stronger after being beaten to near-death. It was supposed to keep them focused, but instead Vegeta is forced to confront the not-so-friendly feelings he has for his rival. [Hiatus until my Death Note kick calms down]

Language: English Words: 22,818 Chapters: 8/15 Comments: 158 Kudos: 208 Bookmarks: 33 Hits: 4006

Home Alone created by schlopreceptacle

Son Goku/Vegeta, Raditz/Son Goku, Raditz/Son Goku/Vegeta,

Warning - Masturbation, Mpreg, Sibling Incest, Sexual Fantasy

Summary

A pregnant and horny Vegeta gets some alone time to explore a deep, dark fantasy. Kakavege Week Prompt #30: Mpreg. Content warning for graphic sexual content and brief incest.

Language: English Words: 1,199 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 1 Comments: 14 Kudos: 231 Bookmarks: 26 Hits: 4701

#dbz #dbs #goku #vegeta #dbz ao3 #dbs ao3 #ao3 #goku x vegeta #kakageta

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oceangenasi · 2 years ago

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I posted 5,529 times in 2022

17 posts created (0%)

5,512 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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@givelizardsswords

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@vaspider

I tagged 5,033 of my posts in 2022

Only 9% of my posts had no tags

#bbc merlin - 613 posts

#q - 476 posts

#locked tomb - 344 posts

#crit role - 309 posts

#kenobi series - 278 posts

#ofmd - 249 posts

#kenobi spoilers - 207 posts

#cats - 150 posts

#wwdits - 144 posts

#campaign inspo - 138 posts

Longest Tag: 132 characters

#i’m 2% mad that the first lyric is missing a word but that’s bc i’m a cranky bastard who obsesses over lyrics to an unhealthy degree

My Top Posts in 2022 below the cut lol

I started thinking about this on Twitter and had to elaborate: People are interpreting the "you didn't kill Anakin Skywalker" line as Anakin seeing Obi-Wan sad and summoning a shred of his former self to absolve Obi-Wan of guilt. But while that was its EFFECT, I don’t think that was Anakin’s INTENTION. I think he was still trying to hurt Obi-Wan.

Anakin can’t STAND the pity and regret -- it makes him furious. It reminds him of how far he’s fallen and what he’s become. In claiming responsibility for his own corruption, he's trying to hammer home that he isn't a traumatized young adult who was trapped by the trauma of a global war and manipulated by one of the only people who showed they cared about him -- even if he absolutely is that person. But he's TRYING to be his evilest version of himself, to say that he's a monster and he made himself that way and he WANTS to be one.

He’s lashing out in an attempt to reject Obi-Wan's compassion -- that last bit of his past, his "feelings" for his former master -- and, by accident, stumbling into exactly what Obi-Wan needed to hear.

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you'll wish she didn't!

For science, I collected what each of the Houses hears when Gideon speaks to them for the first time.

Seventh: "Yo. Step off." (when Cytherea faints)

Sixth: "Then get off your ass and help me."

Fifth: never got to hear her talk :(

Fourth: thee line of all time, which is to say, "Did you know that if you put the first three letters of your last name with the first three letters of your first name, you get 'Sex Pal'?"

Eighth: "They had names, you lily-livered, tooth-coloured asshole, and if you want to make a thing about it, I warn you that I'm in the kind of mood that can only be alleviated by walloping you."

Corona: "No. I thought their arms would all flop around." (in response to Corona asking if she's seen a necro hold a sword before)

Ianthe/Babs, probably also the Second: "Why?" (after they gather to confront Cyth about Pro's head)

24 notes - Posted October 17, 2022

is anyone else here talking about the foil/parallel of a vampire who's supposedly being manipulated by his familiar and the familiar just believes he's taking care of his master bc idk that also gave me Nandermo Foreshadowing Vibes

26 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

the fact that the Nandermo tag on ao3 is already listing several new E-rated fics and they are very literally canon-compliant.... I cannot even

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My #1 post of 2022

The symbolism of Obi being weak and out of practice but being saved through the kindness of others while Vader is strong but alone in every way that matters

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Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#year in review #yeah this all tracks lol #I'm a good tagger I guess #my top ten tags are cracking me up #tumblr

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florasearlethirdyear · 1 year ago

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Unwell Women By Elinor Cleghorn

Late Nineteenth Century-1940's

Chapter 9:

Page 166: 'Suffragettes were fighting against the conditions and circumstances that limited women's lives and freedoms'. This page discusses impact on women's health.

Page 172: WSPU overview

Page 174: Ogston's self defence illustration in Illustrated London News-'The Woman with the Whip'

Page 175: 'Antis connection between suffrage and women's health was vague and abstracted'

Chapter 10:

Page 191: June 1914 'Painless Childbirth in McClute's

Page 192: The New York Times-'Twilight Sleep'

Page 194: Twilight Sleep Association

Page 198: 1915, Mary Ware Dennett formed National Birth Control League, first US organisation to campaign to legalise contraception

Page 199: The Woman Rebel 'No Gods, No Masters' By Margaret Sanger

Page 200: Family Limitation, a pamphlet by Margaret Sanger

The Sex Side of Life: An Explanation for Young People By Mary Ware Dennett

Page 203: '100,000 'criminal' abortions were taking place in the US'-look into ads against abortion in 1913

Page 204: The Birth Control Review 1917 By Margaret Sanger

Page 205: 'in Britain these abelist, classist and racist ideologies underpinned birth control campaigns'

Page 207: 'Stopes thought medicines promotion of sexual impulses in women as depraved and diseased has instilled such state in young women that, came the marriage night, they were not only completely ignorant, but utterly shocked about what it involved'.

Page 206: Married Love or Love in Marriage book

Page 207: 'condoms and diaphragms made of sheep guts and vulcanised rubber had been available from specialist shops since the 1800's'-ads for these?

Page 212: Buck V Bell-forced sterilisation

Page 213: Love Songs for Young Lovers - Stopes

Page 215: 'Women's minds were still being policed in reproductive propaganda'

Chapter 11:

Page 218: 'for Gamble, this proved that most nervous illnesses were social symptoms'

Page 219: 'a woman is only a woman on account of her generative glands'-Rudoy Virchow (1848)

Page 220: 'physiologists had been suggesting that it wasn't the ovary itself that determined 'femininity', but the substances secreted by it'.

Our Bodies, Ourselves-1970, revolutionary book of health feminism

Page 231: 'menopausal women had, historically been vilified'

Page 233: 'Menopause, today, is under-researched, misunderstood and still shrouded in myths and misconceptions'

Page 234: 'stereotypes about 'the change' making women sad, mad and even dangerous, are woven into the culture of stigmatisation'.

Page 236: Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound-'Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was promoted all over ladies publications. During the late nineteenths century, ads claimed it could cure all the bizarre women's illnesses'. It appeared in a California newspaper in 1912 including reviews from women.

Page 243: 'In early adverting campaigns. Premarin was touted as a relief fro husbands burdened by moody, quarrelsome wives'.

Page 244: 'centuries-old adage that the healthiest women were the most pleasingly feminine'

Chapter 12:

Page 250: Women's Physical Freedom 1923

Mosher: 'Health is the birthright of every woman as well as of every man, but until we rid ourselves of some of the hampering traditions...the average woman will not attain this birthright'.

'She knew that education and knowledge free of superstition and prejudice were ket to imprint women's health'.

Page 251: 'Gynaecology's historical obsession with menstruation had made periods the 'central idea' of women's lives'.

Page 252: 'Since the early 1900s, gynaecologists had been trying to fathom the cause of dysmenorrhea'.

Page 256: 'By failing to address it ignorance and by prioritising profit, tradition and convince over real care for women's bodies and lives, gynaecological medicine is still, woefully, failing women with fibroids'.

Medical Women’s Federation in 1924-page 258

Page 258: ‘in 1928, the comforts launched a public appeal to fund a hospital ‘for the radiological treatment of women suffering from cancer and allied diseases’

Page 259: Medical Research Council and British Empire Cancer Campaign

Page 259: ‘They revolutionised the care of some of the most devastating disease of the female body. And they achieved this as feminist activists committed to reforming the medical care and treatment of women”.

Page 260: ‘In Britain in the 1920s the need to educate women about their bodies and health became especially urgent”.

“The 1918 Education Act raised the school leaving age to fourteen, and the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 meant that middle-class women had more opportunities to pursue university education and professions”.

“Until menstruation was normalised, women would always be discriminated against. For the Medical Women’s Federation, dismantling punitive falsehoods that threatened women’s educational and professional ambitions was a vital cause. They spread the word that periods were neither an illness nor a disability through pamphlets distributed to schoolgirls and factory workers, talks at women’s clubs and adverts in newsletters”.

Page 266: ‘In the mid-1930s, a revolutionary tampon with a cardboard applicator, sold under the now famous brand name Tampax, became available through drug stores, chemists and mail order.”

Page 267: “Tampax was the first commercially available form of internal sanitary protection. An American newspaper ad from 1936 welcomed women ‘To This New Day for Womanhood!’ Tampax was pitched to modern, active, energetic women whose lives shouldn’t be constrained by bulky pads. Advertisements lauded Tampax’s ability to transform periods into a modest celebration of the B wondrous possibilities of being a woman. Being able to buy a box of five or ten that could fit in a small purse for thirty five cents in the US was a watershed moment for menstrual health and hygiene. As well as being wholly more convenient than pads, Tampax promised women a discreet and hygienic menstrual experience; a major selling point was that Tampax helped keep periods a secret and made them ‘invisible’.

Page 268: ‘But advertisers were not sleeping on the fact that medical men objected to tampons. Tampax understood that allaying medical anxiety had to be front and centre in marketing campaigns. 'Your doctor will be able to tell you that Tampax is the most natural and most hygienic method of sanitary protection,' explained a 1936 ad; 'EVERY DOCTOR should know about Tampax’ proclaimed another ad, which also announced that the tampon was 'designed by a physician' and was highly useful to gynaecologists’. On the one hand, advertising emphasised how Tampax freed women to dance, swim, partake in sports and enjoy 'holiday freedom'. But on the other, its messaging evoked the attitude of paternalistic protection that surrounded women's bodies in the 1930s. If women wanted fulfilled and productive lives, they better be sure medicine had granted them permission.

In the early years of World War Two, as women entered the workforce in huge numbers, Tampax was pitched as a means for women to serve their countries unimpaired by their 'natural disabilities’. One British newspaper ad from 1942 claimed that, without Tampax, it would be impossible for women to partake in 'the strenuous struggle for freedom’. The underlying message that tampons were beneficial to menstrual health played neatly into new narratives about women's value outside the separate sphere. Serving the war effort was 'the task that allows no room for "off days". Users were liberated in their lives and liberated from their bodies' failings. Tampax was a commercial company; it exploited all kinds of messages to profit from women's bodies. But perhaps the most insidious was this idea that tampons transformed women into instruments of labour, whose messy, unpredictable, defective bodies could be regulated to maximise efficiency. Throughout the 1930s, women's bodies and lives had been emerging into the spotlight of public health and national progress. Where women were once the private guardians of the home, now they were the public servants of the future. As World War Two loomed ominously, women's productive and reproductive bodies would be subject to increasing medical scrutiny, control and discipline’.

Chapter 13:

Page 272: Women's Health Enquiry Committee

Page 276: 'fierce campaigns around abortion in the mid-1930s. Under the Infant Life (Preservation) Act of 1929, killing a viable foetus was a clinical offence unless the mothers life was at risk'.

'Now, feminist activists were fighting for women to choose to terminate a pregnancy, without their lives and liberties being seriously threatened'.

'In 1934, more than 1,000 delegates of the Women's Cooperative Guild congress voted to demand that abortion was decriminalised and made as safe and accessible as any other medical procedure'.

Page 277: Therapeutic abortions, Beechams Pills and quinine.

'In 1936, a group of socialist feminists including F.W.Stella Browne and the physician and birth control advocate Joan Malleson formed the Abortion Law Reform Association'.

Page 281: 'Before the introduction of 'Rape Shield' protection laws from the late 1970s in the US, details of a woman's sexuality and sexual history could be used as evidence, during trials, to discredit her accusation of rape, assault and abuse. it wasn't until 1999 that laws restricting the use of complainants sexual history as evidence were formalised in the UK'.

Page 283: 'From 1927, Thurtle campaigned for 'scientific' contraceptive advice to be freely available to all working people'.

Page 284: 'WBCG joined with other campign and voluntary groups to form the National Birth Control Council. Across twenty clinics, the council provided information to 'married people' so they could. 'space or limit their families and thus mitigate the evils of ill-health and poverty'.

Page 287: 'A 1941 ad for the MOF's welfare food scheme, headed 'Welcome Little Stranger', told pregnant women 'the very best welcome you can give your baby is a beautiful body, a contented disposition and a healthy, happy mother'.

Page 291: National Urban League

Page 296: Angela Davis : 'What was demanded as a 'right' for the privileged came to be interpreted as a ''duty'' for the poor'.

Chapter 14:

Page 303: ‘In the late 1930s and early 1940s, amidst fears about declining birth rates, motherhood and childbearing were promoted as patriotic duties’.

Page 304: A poster promoting ‘full medical examination for VD before marriage' depicted a bride leaning beatifically against her groom underneath the headline 'Happiness Ahead - for the Healthy but not for the Diseased'.! Once again, the preservation and success of the idealised social units of marriage and family lived and died with women - with the control of their bodies, with the surveillance of their biology.

“Anxieties about the threat VD posed to the military led to fierce propaganda campaigns warning soldiers of 'good-time girls', 'pickups' and 'street walkers'. Posters featuring femmes fatales with cigarettes clasped between bright-red lips, headed 'She May Be a Bag of Trouble' and 'Booby Trap' spelled out, in no uncertain terms, that a 'Minute with Venus' was not worth

'A Year of Mercury'. 'Loose' women were depicted as seductive vamps hunting for prey upon whom to unload their penis-destroying diseases. The ‘promiscuous’ woman as vector of infection was a well-trodden cultural trope, and during the ‘war against syphilis’ it was throughout exploited’.

Page 310: ‘Today, endo remains one of the most frequently misdiagnosed, misunderstood and medically stigmatised chronic diseases; 10 per cent of women of 'reproductive age' across the world live with it. Sufferers today wait an average of seven and a half years from first reporting their symptoms to receive a correct diagnosis’.

#unit 1 #Investigative Study

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evoldir · 2 years ago

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Fwd: Graduate Position: UMaine.MooseParasiteEvolution

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aidontdraw · 6 months ago

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The smokes for the viewer.

Remember at age 13 he became an unpaid intern to edit Pervy Sage's novel for 2 1/2 years. A novel so raunchy that the first 31 pages has sentences Kakashi could not say out loud. If you put this code in numeralical order its 7, 8, 15, 31, 106, 207. Meaning it starts of in a sex scene, you barely even know the characters names and they're already fucking. And 13-15 year old Naruto edited all of it.

And Naruto only got this internship after showing Pervy Sage his pussy. The only reason he aggreed to mentor Naruto was Naruto showed T&A for jutsu. Considering he's a 50 year old man, whos seen a lot of bodies thoguh out his long life, and writes a popular erotic novel series. Naruto's body has to be accurate, otherwise he'd be like, "haha your such a silly kid." Instead Pervy Sage so into it he suggested Naruto stay in that naked female form the whole time hes training him.

But the real proof is, when you see Naruto from the back theirs no clouds, but once we get a front view the clouds are back.

Naruto was an unsupervised kid bassicly since he was 4 years old. Unless you count the Hokage spying on him in that crystal ball. He had a lot of unsupervised time to view & study the form of a woman. Naruto is shown looking at porn a lot in the early episodes.

We see him pass down that knowledge in episode 2, Naruto teaches an even younger boy, Konohamaru, how to read porn for free in a book shop. He also taught him how to break into women's bath houses. By the end of the episode, Konohamaru also mastered this technique.

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This Jutsu is one of the only known jutsu that we know for a fact that Naruto improved upon during his 2 1/2 years with Pervy Sage. (I honestly struggle to remember any other one he learned) Its the first one he reveals learning to both his friends, and the audience. Whcih added to the fact at the beginning of Shippuden, Naruto didn't learn much else during that time, he's still bad at the fundamentals, didn't know his own Chakra Nature, and if anything his control on the Kyuubi is much worse... Pervy Sage is not just a negligent teacher.

We as the audience are supposed to see Pervy Sage as a (grand)father figure for Naruto... The activities they do together are very not family friendly. All we know about Naruto's time with Pervy Sage is he spent the time editing a 50 year old mans erotic novel, break into bath houses to peep at women, perfected his centerfold jutsu, when ape shit in Kyuubi Mode.

This in tandom with his other known mentor, Kakashi, being an avid reader of these books, does put some question on what Kishimoto is saying about the student teacher relationship.

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I'm 50/50 with this decision. Because on one hand, I really enjoy that the young girls in Naruto don't get sexualized as much as other Shonens. Anytime a woman gets sexualized, we get a Johnny Bravo Moment, and beat the shit out of the man. When Naruto becomes a sexy lady, its always to point out the hypocrisy of the men in charge. Because he took out the Hokage with this technique, several times.

Considering this media is intended for teenage boys going throguh puberty, I think Naruto takes a very intresting approach to teen boys learning about sex. Could use a little less breaking into bath houses, but they are shown an immediate consequence. So I'll call it a wash.

But on the other hand if you take it seriously, Naruto had to show pussy in order to get male caregivers attention. That has a lot of implications. Especially because Sauske also had to give up his body to an older man to learn jutsu.

Which is a very concerning message to give its intended audience, that both the protagonist and deuteragonist had to give their body to very perverted 50 year old men in order to gain access to skills they otherwise wouldn't have access too. Since they are the strongest characters by the end, its proven by the narrative that it was a good idea to do so.

Something that just occurred to me is that there are two possibilities for the harem jutsu and the smoke

Naruto has been exposed to one manner of indecent material by the age of 10 amd the smoke is for viewer censorship orrrrr

The smoke isn't just for censorship but it appears to cover his female form cause he isn't sure what a naked woman looks like(and all the old guys at the thought alone)

Don't worry the concept of the harem jutsu is horrifying no matter what😐

#I think too much about Naruto #I go back and forth on how I feel about this so much #There's enough cannon information there to make a real dark cannon complaint fic for this time period

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el-cheung · 5 years ago

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the legendary balcony scene is indeed SO VERY HOT and i think i need a minute to cool down

#masters of sex #masters of sex 207 #bill x virginia #bill masters #william masters #virginia johnson #michael sheen #lizzy caplan #the balcony scene #the legendary balcony scene #the scene is so hot and they are both sooooo hot #i almost had a heart attack

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hpkinktober · 4 years ago

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Almost a month after HP Kinktober ended, I have finally created a complete masterlist of the wonderful Drarry works we were gifted with from this astoundingly creative community. Since I am only human, please let me know if anything is wrong with this post (broken link, mispelled author name, etc).

Day 1: Foreplay

Love Me Like Red Wine by @triggerlil (M, 290)

Harry prepares a meal, but Draco can't focus on the food. It's not his fault that Harry's so damn attractive.

Foreplay by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

In which Draco wears sky-blue, lacy bikini knickers.

Kiss Him All the Way Up by @chuckweasley (M, Digital Art)

Is Harry into feet? Does he want to kiss Draco on every square inch of his body? Is he kissing a trail from his toes up? You decide!

Water Spirit by @laurisophi (E, 703)

Harry wants to surprise Draco for their anniversary and show more of himself.

"You look like a lake spirit, bath by the moon, covered in green.” He kisses your shoulder and one hand slides over your back, your side, your hip.

A ficlet for the first day of HP Kinktober 2020: foreplay.

Day 2: Instant Darkness Powder

Under the Cover of Darkness by @manixzen (M, 2k)

Thanks to Pansy, Draco's stuck at a party with a whole bunch of drunk Gryffindors. And now they want to play party games. If only Draco can slip out unnoticed before this gets any worse.

Instant Darkness Powder by @ladderofyears (M, 116)

Auror Partners Harry and Draco are trapped in the dark. Flirting ensues.

A Smoke Afterwards by @chuckweasley (M, Digital Art)

I wonder who’s holding the lighter...

Day 3: Polyjuice

Prompt: Polyjuice by blackswingsblackwords (T, 349)

In which there is (supposed to be) roleplaying.

Polyjuice by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Harry takes Polyjuice Potion so Draco can fuck himself.

Polyjuice by CuriousEmWanders (E, 985)

In which Draco lets his curiosity and obsession get the best of him. He just needs to know what Harry looks like. How else is he supposed to find out?

Day 4: Amortentia

Occupational Hazard by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Potions Master Draco has been brewing Amortentia.

Prompt: Amortentia by blackwingsblackwords (T, 463)

In which there is a secret relationship.

Smells Like You by CuriousEmWanders (E, 3.1k)

Draco may not smell anything in his Amortentia, but that doesn't stop him from taking it to help him submit to his Dom de jour.

Day 5: Spell Play

A Magic Number of Orgasms @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Harry and Draco experiment with a sex spell.

Just Let Go by @manixzen (E, 3.4k)

Draco struggles with letting go of his need for control, both at work and at home. Harry can help.

Prompt: Spell Play by blackwingsblackwords (T, 1.1k)

In which an exhausted dad dates a smitten hero.

Day 6: Parseltongue

Lucky Bloody Serpent by @ladderofyears (G, 100)

When Harry gets a pet snake, Draco gets (a tiny bit) jealous.

a simple thank you can go a long way by @crimsonhead-ache (E, 2.7k)

The one where Draco needs to thank him and Harry allows him.

Also Parseltongue.

And dicks.

Draco’s Favorite Thing by CuriousEmWanders (E, 1.2k)

Draco has a thing for when Harry talks to him in parseltongue, and he's glad Harry doesn't know. Or does he?

The Hottest Parselmouth by @chuckweasley (T, Digital Art)

Draco cannot handle how hot Harry is when he’s speaking parseltongue, even though he has no idea what Harry’s saying.

Day 7: Creature!Fic

I’ll Huff, And I’ll Puff, And I’ll Blow Your House In... by @ladderofyears (M, 100)

There’s a Werewolf on the loose and he’s out to get Draco!

Thirst by @fluxweeed (E, 4.4k)

The path of Malfoy’s scent is obvious; Harry hasn’t fed for days, so his senses are sharp. Deadly.

And Malfoy smells so good.

Day 8: Imperius

Imperius by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Harry and Draco are put under the Imperius Curse.

Non-con warning

Day 9: Legilimency

Legilimens by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Draco shares his sexual fantasies with his lover Harry.

Day 10: Dark Magic Ritual

Reanimation Ritual by @ladderofyears (M, 100)

Draco performs a Dark Magic ritual to bring his dead lover Harry back to him.

A Moment of Intent by @manixzen (E, 4.6k)

Auror Harry Potter and Curse Breaker Draco Malfoy are on another case, this time a Dark Arts Ritual gone wrong. Surely, they won’t botch up yet another crime scene.

Day 11: Invisibility Cloak

Tryst Behind The Tapestry by @ladderofyears (E, 1k)

It's Eighth Year and Harry and Draco enjoy some very sexy - and very invisible - fun after dark has fallen at Hogwarts.

Invisibly Arouse (E, Digital Art) by @chuckweasley

The boys get frisky under the cloak!

Day 12: Duelling

Duel by @ladderofyears (M, 365)

Harry and Draco practice duelling and things get a little heated.

Prompt: Dueling by blackwingsblackwords (T, 534)

In which a lesson is learned.

Cut Me Open (and use me) by @triggerlil

Draco is the heir to the throne of England. Harry is a nobleman who wants to reclaim his honour. Somehow, these two things are intimately linked. Enter a sword, a dagger, and the hands of God, and you have a story about two men with tongues like knives, learning to lick love off sharp edges.

Day 13: Mirror

Deep Dark Truthful Mirror by @ladderofyears (E, 2k)

Draco shows Harry a very old, very powerful magical object: a mirror that will show his deepest, darkest sexual desires.

Getting Ready for Harry by @chuckweasley (G, Digital Art)

Harry likes Draco in glitter and cozy sweaters...don’t we all?

Day 16: Magic Sex Toys

hot damn, hot water, hot shower by @crimsonhead-ache

Harry was more than ready for a long soak, a nice glass of firewhiskey, and twelve hours of sleep.

Too bad life never works out the way it's planned, or is it?

Colour, love? by @choulatte (E, 7.7k)

Holding Harry’s gaze, Draco took out the lube and let his fingers dance over the golden cockring he'd previously kept hidden, liberally coating it in the slippery substance. He watched how Harry’s eyes followed his movements, a desperate groan escaping the other man when he finally recognized his fate.

Draco merely smiled.

Both by @chuckweasley (E, Digital Art)

Harry knows Draco likes to be filled.

Day 17: Room of Requirement

No Fantasy Required by @manixzen (E, 4.1k)

The Room of Requirement has never quite recovered from the war. It seems hell-bent on fulfilling every need of students and faculty alike, in or out of the room itself. Professors Potter and Malfoy really wish it would stop trying to do the students’ homework, though.

The Room Of Requirement Always Provides by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Just a hundred words of Draco and Harry having some smutty fun in the Room of Requirement.

Day 18: Herbology

Knowledge by @ladderofyears (E, 100)

Harry and Draco inhale sex pollen.

Day 19: Hair Pulling

Yeah, Pull it Harder by @chuckweasley (E, Digital Art)

The sex is very good.

Day 20: Veritaserum

Neither Of Us Have To Say A Single Word by @ladderofyears (T, 365)

When Draco is being badly bullied, Harry steps in and looks after him. Pre-slash.

A Bit of Honesty by @manixzen (E, 3.6k)

A Hogwarts ball, a spiked punch, Professor Potter and Professor Malfoy on chaperone duty… what could go wrong?

Day 21: Dragonhide

Dressing Up by @ladderofyears (T, 333)

The Potter-Malfoy family negotiate the tricky issue of Halloween costumes.

All Wrapped Up by @chuckweasley (E, Digital Art)

The boys take care of each other the best they can.

Day 22: Gillyweed

The Shape Of Love by @ladderofyears (E, 200)

Harry and Draco take Gillyweed and make love in The Black Lake.

Day 25: Tattoos

Tear it down piece by piece by moonstruckmuse (E, 7.8k)

Draco just wants to get rid of this stupid Dark Mark. Why is this so complicated?

His to Adorn, to Cherish, & to Keep by @maesmora (E, 1.4k)

Draco Malfoy is many things: calm, collected, in control. At least until Harry Potter gets his hands on him, and those aren't the only things Draco lets Harry put on his body...

Day 26: Exhibitionism

how can anybody have you and lose you and not lose their mind too? by @crimsonhead-ache (E, 3.8k)

As soon as he received that letter in the post last week from Potter’s boyfriend, he knew he would be in for it.

Day 27: Formal Wear

I guess that’s just me, honey, I guess that’s how I’m built by @crimsonhead-ache (E, 4k)

The way they adorned Potter’s body like they were made for him made him want to kiss his seamstresses’ feet. The lines, the colors, brought out his skin tone like nothing ever could.

Well, except perhaps the ropes Draco keeps in the bottom drawer of his bedside table.

Harry Potter and his Great Big Suit Kink by @swisstae (M, 2k)

Harry really doesn’t want to say it. Not because he thinks Draco will judge, mind you, but because it’s so embarrassing. Harry Potter—Saviour of the Wizarding World—turning into an incoherent mess at the sight of his boyfriend wearing a suit.

Waste Not, Want Not by @dragontamerdame (M, Art)

Harry may have gone a bit too far.

Day 28: Floo

the rush I get touchin’ you is somethin’ else by @crimsonhead-ache (E, 3.1k)

Harry frowned though; instead of feeling his joggers that had adorned his lower-half, now he felt the air hit his bare legs. He was going to murder Draco.

come through the fire my love by @triggerlil (T, 534)

Harry prepares for date night with Draco... until the man calls him through the floo to tell him he'll be late. Draco's just lucky Harry has a thing for fire.

Day 29: Wandless Magic

Without a touch by moonstruckmuse (M, 207)

Learning to do wandless magic.

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babeyvenus · 3 years ago

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The Wolf Among Us

Bigby x OC

Summary: Sonya Blaze, A.K.A. Hell Rider, is a half fable, half mundy girl who comes to Fabletown to learn more about her side of the folktales. She works alongside Sheriff Bigby Wolf's as his newest partner and together they strive to find out who's behind the unexpected murders in Fabletown.

TW: Mentions of death, gore/blood, alcohol, smoking drugs, sex implications, suicide, guns and ofc language.

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Chapter 9: The Open Arms

Bigby pulls out a cigarette and lights it as he walks into the lobby of the Open Arms hotel. He looked around the gross lobby, trashed and almost like a ghost town. Bigby glances at a soda machine and scoffs at it. 'This shit will kill ya.', he thought as he took a puff out of his cigarette then stomped it.

He tapped the bell to get the attention of whoever was behind the front desk. Behind the desk, he hears a door open and footsteps approaching the front. “Want it by the hour or for the whole night?”, he heard a familiar female voice ask. She leaned over the desk to get a better look then she gasped.

Bigby’s eyes widened as he realized who it was. “Beauty.”, Bigby said, shocked.

Beauty pushes the gate up so he could see her better. “I work here, okay? I work the front desk. It’s to help pay rent. So now you know. I know I should’ve told somebody….But Beast would lose his mind if you knew. Beast is a proud man, Bigby. He wants to do right by me, and he….he just couldn’t handle it if he knew I had to do this so we don’t get evicted.”

As much as he didn’t care, he responded, “Well, your secret’s safe with me, alright? Let’s not make a big thing of it.”, Bigby said, shaking his head.

“Thanks, Bigby. And thanks for covering for me last time, too.”, She said. “So….what are you doing here?” Bigby pulls out the key from his pocket and shows it to her. “Oh….you have a key.” she said, shocked.

Before she came to conclusions, he addressed it quickly, “Someone else was murdered last night.” Her shoulders slumped. “I heard.”, Beauty said, frowning.

“The victim was someone who worked at the Pudding and Pie, Lily. She come around here ever?”, Bigby asked her. “Oh! Oh, yes. The, uh, the troll. I did see her. I mean, you know, we never really spoke, but she came off a tad intimidating.”, Beauty replied.

“Ever see Lily with someone here? Maybe on a job?”, he asked her. “Sometimes, but nobody I’ve recognized. I haven’t worked here that long, though.” Beauty replied. "How about a room register? Or someone named Mr Smith?“

"That’s all we get are Smith’s, Jones’s or Johnson’s. I think the last ones are jokes.”, Beauty said, with a shudder.

“Have you seen Sonya here? Or maybe somebody glamoured as her?”, Bigby asked. “You know, it’s funny. I did see someone who I thought looked a lot like her, but she didn’t say anything when she saw me, even though she knew I saw her. I just assumed it wasn’t her and went about my business.”, Beauty shrugged.

“Ever meet a girl named Faith, or just maybe hear that name?”, he asked her. “I might have. I don’t know.”, Beauty said, as she shakes her head. “By the end of the night, it’s kind of a blur with all the names. Tara, Brandy, Amber, Heather.”, she listed. “….sorry.”

“I talked to Tweedledee earlier today. He mentioned you in passing. Do you know him….or his brother?”, Bigby asked her, crossing his arms. “I took out a loan for backpay. It was like our third notice, and ever since then those annoying freaks have been pestering me for the money plus interest.”, she grumbled.

“Why take out a loan with those two?", Bigby asked her. She hesitantly mutters. "It was from the Crooked Man.”

“Beauty….”, Bigby said with shock and concern. “You don’t know how desperate I was, Bigby! I had nowhere else to go!”, she said, angrily. “Look, if this ever happens again….come to me, Sonya or Snow first, alright?”, Bigby said. Beauty looked down in sadness and replied. “I tried.”

Must’ve been another thing that was pushed back. Bigby shook his head. “That won’t happen again.”

He starts to head up the stairs but Beauty stops him. “Wait. It’ll be better if anyone sees you that they at least see you with me, so they know I didn’t let you just wander around by yourself.” She said as she walked out from behind the desk, and led him. She walked past Bigby and said. “Just five minutes? Please?”

“We’ll see Beauty.”, Bigby said as he followed her up the stairs. “Just be ready to act like I’m trying to kick you out.”, she warned him. “That won’t be hard.”, he mutters.

“Listen, Bigby, I assume you’ll be filling some kind of an official report or something, which is fine, it’s just that, I was wondering, if….I need to be in it?”, Beauty asks nervously. “Trust me, the less I have to write down, the better.”, Bigby replied. “Thanks. I appreciate it.” Beauty said, smiling a bit in relief. “Well, here we are. Which one was it?”

Bigby looks down the hall. There was two doors on the right and two on the left and one down at the very end. His ears twitch to the sounds of loud moans and bed squeaks. He tried his best to ignore it as he passed the rooms and stormed to 207.

He knocked on the door but there was no response. He tried to open it but it was also locked. “You have keys to these rooms?”, he asked, turning to Beauty. “I thought you had a key.”, Beauty said.

He shook his head. “Not to this one.”

“Hold on, Bigby, I can’t just let you go into any room you want. Seriously, what if someone found out? I could get into a lot of trouble.”, Beauty said in a worried tone.

“You have to let me in there. This is the room. 207.”

“But I–”

“This is the room Lily was in.”, Bigby emphasizes. “Fine.”, Beauty said and pulled out her master key, jiggling it in the handle but it didn’t open. “Well that’s weird. This key is supposed to open every room in the building. But it’s not working.”, she said.

“Beauty?!”

“Ah, shit.”, Bigby mutters as he and Beauty turn around to see Beast at the other end of the hall. “Beast.” Beauty said, shocked that he found her. "Bigby? How could you do this to me?“ Beast asked, devastated. “H-Hold on-”, Bigby started.

"No, sweetie, no, wait a minute!” Beauty exclaimed.

“How could you do this? We’ve been together through everything! I took care of you! I lov-”

“It’s not what you think! Please!” Beauty pleads to Beast. “You’re cheating on me! With him?!” Beast exclaims, frantically, pointing at Bigby. “No! No, Beast. I promise! I’m not.” She said as Beast walks up to her. “I’m helping him! That’s all!”

“I’ll bet!” Beast growls, angrily, as his eyes turn red. “I’m sure you help each other just great! I know what this place is!"

"Beast, trust me, this is the last thing I want right now. This is not the way to handle things.”, Bigby said, holding his hand out. “What do you know? You don’t have anybody!”, Beast shouted, making Bigby frown. “What the fuck is wrong with you? She’s my wife!”

“Beast, listen to me, there’s nothing going on!”, Beauty screams, getting in front of Beast but he ignores her and charges at Bigby, grabbing him by the collar. “Bastard! I guess I finally see you for who you are!”, Beast roars. Beauty pulls on his arm. “Stop! Stop this!”

“You told me you hadn’t seen her! You fucking liar! Then you got your partner involved and made her lie for you!”, Beast fusses.

“Will you listen to your wife? Just calm down and–”, Bigby starts to explain but Beast shoves him away, changing into his form. Beast throws a punch at Bigby but he dodges and moves out of the way.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”, Beauty yelled at Beast, angrily. Bigby glares at Beast, who started to change his form as well. “You aren’t even listening to me!”, Beauty shouts at Beast as he swings at Bigby. Bigby grabs Beast’s wrist and throws him against the wall on the right, creating a hole.

“Stop!” Beauty shouts as Bigby grabs Beast by the shirt collar and throws him against the other wall. “Leave him be! This is my fault!”, Beauty pleads to Bigby, pushing him away. Beast roars and grabs onto the pipe from the exposed wall and pulls it out. “Beast, no! You don’t understand!”, Beauty screams. Beast tries to swing it at Bigby, knocking him to the side of the wall.

Beast tried to press the pipe against Bigby’s neck. Bigby raised his claw and poked them into Beast’s eyes, making him scream out in pain. Beast let go of the pipe and backed away a few feet to wipe at his eyes but Bigby tackled him into the ground and punched him.

"Bigby, no! Don’t hurt him!“, Beauty pleads, pulling at Bigby. He stops but Beast grabs a nearby bottle and smacks Bigby off of him. Bigby shakes his head as Beast gets up. "You ruined everything! She’s my fucking wife!”, Beast yells before Bigby shoulder charges him into the 207 door and knocks the door down.

Bigby pants heavily and looked at the scene before him and calmed down. “Shit, Bigby.”, Beast said as Bigby changes back to normal and walks deeper into the room.

“What have you done?!”, Beauty shouts at Beast, who wipes the blood off his eyes and scans the room, too. “W-What is this?”, he asked in shock. “Look what you did to the door!”, Beauty fusses at Beast. “Stand back. Y-You don’t want to see this.”, Beast warns her, trying to block her way.

In the room, candles were set up on tables seemingly blown out recently, a bed that was covered in skulls and blood. Bigby stared at the bed in shock then held his hand out to the couple. “Beauty, stay in the hall.”

“What? Why? What’s going on?”, she asked and walked in the room and saw the bed. “Oh my God!”, she looked away in fear. “Don’t touch anything.”, Bigby says.

“Is this…? Is this…?”

“Lily met her client here, Mr Smith, whoever he is.”, Bigby informed.

“And then…”

“Must’ve happened right here.”, Bigby said, crossing his arms. “Last night?”, Beauty asked. “Yeah.”, he nodded. “I was on shift last night!”, Beauty said, eyes wide. “On shift?”, Beast asked worriedly. “Beauty… you’re not…”

“I’m not a prostitute, you idiot! I work the front desk!”, Beauty growled. “Do you remember who rented this room last night?”, Bigby asked her.

“I don’t think anyone did, not last night. Maybe they have it long term? I don’t know! How am I supposed to know?", she asked, feeling jumbled. "It just seemed like a totally normal night. How is that even possible? There’s so much blood!”, she said as she looked at the bed.

“Just...Go lock the front door. Keep people out of the hallway. I need you to be sure no one comes in here. This is a crime scene. Okay?”, Bigby said to Beast. Beauty turned to him and said. “Just do what he says. I’ll explain later….okay?”

“Bigby, what kind of a person could do something like this?”, Beauty asked him. “That’s exactly what I’m about to find out.”, Bigby says as he looks at the bedside table to see with a built-in cassette player. “Do all these rooms have the same clocks, with a built-in cassette player?”, Bigby asked Beauty.

“I think so, yes.”, Beauty says with a nod.

He looks and sees a smaller table off in the corner next to a dresser in the back of the room. On the small table was a candle and a book. He walked over to the table and looked at the book. It was a black book titled Ghost Rider.

He read a page about the origin of the first Ghost RIder, snorting at the story all up until Sonya’s story, coming up as the next Ghost RIder. “Sonya Terrence…dead father, found out about the first Ghost Rider and named herself after him.” He saw pictures of her on her bike, her being engulfed in fire, etc.

“What is that?”, Beauty asked him. “It’s a book about Sonya. Or, rather her story.”, Bigby says, flipping to another page, seeing her as teen, standing beside a hospital bed in tears and talking to a sickly pale man in black. A sticky note was attached to this image. Grim Reaper? Mephisto?

“The whole book is about her?”, Beauty asked Bigby. “Pretty much...”, he said, flipping to the next page. He saw a picture of Sonya holding a skull in her hands while her entire head was on fire. He could only make out her own skull. Was she speaking to ghosts? Who’s skull is she holding…?

“Why is she on fire?”, Beauty asked him, looking over his shoulder. “I’d assume that’s her power.”, he says, closing the book. He looked over at the dresser and saw an ashtray with a cigarette butt in it. He picks up the cigarette and sniffs it.

“It’s a Huff and Puff.”, he says, narrowing his eyes. “I thought you were the only one that smoked that crap brand.”, Beauty said. Not appreciating her bashing on the brand he smokes, he replies. “Apparently not.” And sets the cigarette back down in the ashtray.

He noticed a bottle of wine next to the tray. “He brought wine.”, he says, picking it up. “Classy.”, Beauty said, rolling her eyes..

Right next to the bottle was a cassette tape. Bigby picked it up and saw a label on it. “For My Arrival”, it said. He put it in his pocket and looked around the room to see that a closet was cracked open. He goes to open it, seeing a black robe with chains wrapped around it, hanging from a hanger with a scythe leaning on the closet wall. It was ragged and dusty looking.

“Someone’s been rough with this dress, it’s torn.”, Bigby said, picking at a sleeve. "Oh no! She must’ve been wearing it! He killed her and then….he took it back off–!“, Beauty rambles, panicking until Bigby shakes his head. “No. There’s no blood. It must’ve been torn some other time.”

The thought just makes him angry. He looks over the dress and hums. “What is it?”, Beauty asked him. “This Mr. Smith was trying to correlate his fantasies with her story.”, Bigby says. “It kinda makes sense.”, she said. “I guess he wanted to get the details right but couldn’t do it completely."

Bigby walks over to the tarnished bed and says, “Looks like she was lying down when she was killed. Some of the skulls are on the floor…”

“How do you know that?”, Beauty asked. "Just look at it. The body had to have been dragged off the foot of the bed, there.“, he said, pointing. ”The body? God! You could say she. Poor girl. I just can’t even imagine….“ Beauty complained, making Bigby roll his eyes. He huffed looking at the bed. "What? What are you thinking?”, she asked.

“Its like he’s doing her theme. She never exactly had an ending to her story since according to her, it just happened a few years ago. I’ve never met the previous hell rider. Crane had mentioned her dad was also a ghost rider, didn’t say he got sick and died.”, Bigby said, shaking his head.

"Poor girl...“, Beauty said. "It actually fits. He’s acting out scenes from the book. That poor girl….she couldn’t have known…..She probably just needed the money. She could have been….anyone. How did she wind up here?”

“It sounds like there was a series of choices involved. I’m sure she would’ve done things differently if she knew where things were headed.”, Bigby said. Bigby looked over at the cassette player and went to put the cassette in, and pressed the play button. It had a piano chord for a little while until beats came on afterward. He hadn't heard the song but thought it was a weird choice for a place like this.

“Bigby, this, I think I heard this music. Last night. It was playing really loudly for awhile, then stopped in the middle. I didn’t think twice about it, at the time, I mean you hear all kinds of things around here and I guess I’ve already gotten used to blocking them out.”, Beauty said, shrugging.

“Could have covered up the sound of the murder. It is kinda loud.”, he said, picking up a skull. He held it in his hands for a moment. “It's a prop.” Beauty’s eyes widened a bit. “How can you tell?” He looked at her. “From what we’ve seen so far, he doesn’t seem like the type to clean out multiple skulls. Plus, real skulls are heavier.”

“Oh, God. This creep put that girl in a reaper robe and recreated his fantasy only to kill her… who could be that obsessed with death…?”, Beauty asked.

“Are you almost finished? I don’t want to be here any longer.”, Beauty said, hugging herself. “Yeah…”, he said but something caught his eye. He noticed a small envelope. He picked it up, walked over to the dresser and opened it up.

He pulls out a picture. It was a picture of Sonya leaning on her bike and looking at her phone. He set the picture down on the dresser and pulled out another one. “Are those pictures of the dead girl?", Beauty asked, walking up to him.

Bigby shook his head. "Not exactly.”, he mutters, looking over another one.

“How do you know?”, she asked.

Bigby pointed at the picture he pulled out. “Snow's in this one.” It was a picture of Sonya and Snow discussing something in the Woodlands lobby. “Oh no. Bigby….this kind of stalking, it doesn’t just stop by itself. Trust me, I know about this, first hand. He’ll keep trying to get closer and closer.”, Beauty said.

“His stand in for Sonya is gone now, so…”, Bigby trailed off, reaching in the envelope. “The next step closer...”, Beauty mumbled to herself. Bigby pulls out another picture, the next made his heart drop. He looked between the picture and the bed. “What is it?”, Beauty asked him, seeing the horror on his face.

In the picture, Lily, glamoured to look like Sonya, was laying on a bed in the black tattered robe, her eyes closed. The man hovering above the glamoured Sonya, his left hand caressing her cheek while his right hand was up inside of the robe between her legs and smiling fondly was…

“It’s Crane.”, Bigby said in disgust.

However, watching through the Magic Mirror, Crane saw the entire investigation at the Open Arms. He clenched his fist, walked over to the Magic Lamp, raised it to slam it down on the Mirror, shattering the Magic Mirror.

#poc oc #my oc #bigby wolf #twau bigby #bigby x reader #big bad wolf #bigby imagine #sheriff bigby #bigby wolf fanfic #bigby wolf imagine #bigby wolf x chubby reader #bigby wolf x reader #bigby x black reader #black oc

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A Second Chance

For those who have been asking... this is my master list once more:

ASC Chapter Titles as If They Were Friends Episodes

Part One: Harry’s First Year With His Dads (Chapters 1-49)

1. The One Where They Were Dead 2. The One Where the Rat Is Out of the Bag 3. The One Where James and Lily Die 4. The One Where Moony and Padfoot Make Up 5. The One Where Harry Meets Padfoot 6. The One Where Sirius Kidnaps Harry 7. The One Where Sirius Punches Vernon Dursley 8. The One Where Harry Meets Remus 9. The One Where Sirius and Harry Make Grilled Cheese 10. The One With Thea 11. The One Where Harry Asks What a Kiss Is 12. The One With the Library Card 13. The One Where They Remember the Past 14. The One With the Tonkses’ 15. The One With Harry’s First Nightmare 16. The One With Professor Moony 17. The One With The Puppy 18. The One With the Second Best Day Ever 19. The One Where Harry Meets An Excellent Secret Keeper and Her Brother 20. The One Where Sirius Learns What He Missed in Azkaban 21. The One With the Brownies 22. The One With the Date 23. The One With the Weasleys 24. The One With the Bad Dreams 25. The One Where Sirius Learns the Key to Moony's Secret Pranking Success 26. The One With Operation Prank the Piss Out of Harry Potter 27. The One With the Wolfsbane Fight 28. The One Where the Marauders Discover A Wolf 29. The One With the Spanking 30. The One With the House Rules and Where Sirius and Ted Build a Treehouse 31. The One With the Wolf 32. The One Where Remus Tells Sirius To Deal with the Blacks 33. The One Where Harry Asks About Boobies 34. The One With the Locket 35. The One With Blackbird 36. The One With the Birthday Orgasms 37. The One With the Three Brothers 38. The One With Godric’s Hollow 39. The One Where Sirius Speaks French 40. The One With the First Christmas 41. The One With the Pensieve 42. The One With the Memories Part I 43. The One With the Memories Part II 44. The One When Padfoot and Prongs Become Blood Brothers 45. The One Where Harry Has A Sleepover 46. The One With the Tickle War 47. The One With the Viscount of Falmouth 48. The One With Roni 49. The One With the Birthday Planning

Part Two: Harry Growing Up With A Family, Ages 7-11 (Chapters 50-61)

50. The One With the Best Birthday Ever 51. The One Where Padfoot and Moony Know Nothing About Sick Kids 52. The One Where Remus Slaps Sirius 53. The One With the Giant Cheese Fort 54. The One With Operation Get Lily Evans to Fall in Love With Prongs 55. The One Where Remus Thinks He’s a Very Bad Man 56. The One Where Harry Asks About Sex 57. The One Where Tonks Turns 17 58. The One Where Remus Feels Like He’s Robbing the Cradle 59. The One Where Remus Learns He Has A Mate 60. The One Where Sirius Shags the Realtor 61. The One With the Letter

Part Three: First Year (Chapters 62-73)

62. The One Where Harry Gets Hedwig 63. The One Where Harry Understands the Fear of Voldemort 64. The One With The Sorting 65. The One Where Sirius Was Almost Bitten By a Panther… And Totally Didn’t Pee His Pants 66. The One With the Youngest Seeker In Over a Century 67. The One With the Three-Headed Dog 68. The One With Zee 69. The One With Sheer Dumb Luck 70. The One Where Sirius Lets Zee Drive His Bike 71. The One Where the Weasley Boys Come Over for Christmas 72. The One Where Minnie Tells Sirius To Get A Job 73. The One Where No One Listens So Harry Has to Do Everything and His Friends Follow Him So He Doesn't Die

Part Four: Second Year (Chapters 74-105)

74. The One Where the Whole School Knows 75. The One Where Harry is Jealous 76. The One Where Sirius Eats Crow 77. The One Where Zee Meets Minnie 78. The One With the Proud Enough to Cry Letter 79. The One Where They Realize Their New Professor is a Moron 80. The One Where Remus Gets His Shit Together 81. The One Where Harry Meets His Fanboy 82. The One Where Binns Doesn’t Put His Class to Sleep For Almost Ten Whole Minutes 83. The One Where Sirius Finds Out 84. The One When Remus Punches Lockhart 85. The One With the Mad House Elf 86. The One With the Great Shoebox Capture 87. The One Where Sirius Tells Zee About the Marauders 88. The One Where Harry is Homesick 89. The One Where Sirius Says I Love You 90. The One With the Sex Talk 91. The One With Ted Walking in on Remus Fingering Tonks… And Remus Adds Another Finger 92. The One Where Draco Comes to Christmas 93. The One Where Sirius Actually Gets a Job 94. The One Where Sirius Asks About Cursed Scars 95. The One Where Remus Tells Tonks and She says ‘Duh!’ 96. The One Where Fred Hears the Name Padfoot 97. The One With Peter’s Trial Part I 98. The One With Peter’s Trial Part II 99. The One Where Ginny Tells Harry She Has A Pen-Pal 100. The One With the Eyes As Green As a Fresh Pickled Toad 101. The One Where Tonks Is Under the Desk 102. The One Where Harry Writes in the Diary 103. The One Where It’s Not Follow the Butterflies 104. The One Where Sirius Is Sent Home Without An Explanation 105. The One Where Ginny is Scared Harry Will Never Speak To Her Again

Part Five: Third Year (Chapters 106-143)

106. The One Where Sirius and Remus Demand Answers 107. The One With Prophecies and Horcruxes 108. The One Where Harry Learns to Drive 109. The One Where Bill and Charlie Talk About the Importance of Being A Good Big Brother 110. The One Where Sirius Realizes He Wants Zee Forever But Is Too Chicken To Say It 111. The One With Operation Fuck Up Voldemort’s Plans 112. The One Where Cissy Tattles on Abraxas 113. The One Where Harry Sees More Than He Should Between His Roommates 114. The One Where Colin Tells Ginny To Get Over It 115. The One Where Theo Comes Out 116. The One Where Sirius Tells Lucius If He Fucks Up He Will Kill Him 117. The One With the FUVP Pow-Wow 118. The One Where They Return to the Chamber of Secrets 119. The One Where Harry Finds Out 120. The One Where the Marauders Prank Snape 121. The One Where Draco and Theo Make Bad Detectives 122. The One With Nyx 123. The One Where Harry Throws a Tantrum 124. The One Where They Skive Off Class Because Harry Talks 125. The One Where Harry Asks Out Cho 126. The One With Harry’s First Date 127. The One Where Sirius, Remus, and Dumbledore Fuck Up 128. The One With Moody 129. The One Where Harry Gets Slapped 130. The One Where Sirius and Tonks Decide To Fuck With Snape 131. The One With Lily’s Ghost 132. The One With the Gaunt Property 133. The One With the Defence Club 134. The One With the Wizengamot 135. The One Where Harry Meets the Americans 136. The One Where They Forget to Tell Sirius 137. The One With the Insomniacs Club 138. The One Where Bellatrix Shows Up 139. The One With the Time Turner 140. The One With Umbitch's Creepy Song 141. The One With the Wolf in the Cage 142. The One Where Harry Shouts at Sirius and He Just Shouts Right Back 143. The One Where Both of Them Feel Like Shit

Part Six: Fourth Year (Chapters 144-179)

144. The One With the Elder Wand 145. The One Where Sirius Tells Harry Not to Drink 146. The One Where Sirius Acts the Adult and Tells the Grangers 147. The One Where They Drink the Potion 148. The One Where Harry Can’t Change His Arm Back 149. The One Where Ginny Sees Harry Naked 150. The One When Harry Calls Remus a Bad Dog 151. The One Where Theo Goes to the Burrow 152. The One Where Harry Has a Fling 153. The One Where Sirius Panics Over Commitment 154. The One Where Zee Takes Harry Shopping 155. The One With the Quidditch World Cup 156. The One With Winky 157. The One With Babymort 158. The One Where Sirius Asks Zee to Move In 159. The One Where Snape Apologizes and Harry Thinks The World Ended 160. The One With the Pretty Boy, the Biggest Flirt, and the Flying House 161. The One Where Tonks Wants A Boob Job 162. The One Where Drama Queen Sirius Learns About Pens 163. The One Where Zee Just Wants A Damn Telephone But Sirius Can’t Stop Bitching 164. The One Where Girls Giggle and Ginny Looks Different 165. The One Where Harry Outflies a Dragon… Almost 166. The One Where Zee Tells The Paper to Back the Fuck Away from Her Son 167. The One Where Harry Thinks It’s the Formal Wear 168. The One Where Mr Weasley Thinks ‘Oh, Bloody Hell!' 169. The One Where Sirius Takes A Bath 170. The One Where Harry’s in Denial 171. The One Where Harry Thinks He Has Two Hostages 172. The One With the Love Potion 173. The One Where Zee Seduces Sirius in the Work Shed 174. The One With the Secret Swimming Pool 175. The One With the Bats From the Crotch 176. The One That Ends With ‘Oh Shit!’ 177. The One Where Everyone Dies 178. The One With the Lullabye 179. The One Where Tonks Marks Remus

Part Seven: Fifth Year (Chapters 180-222)

180. The One Where Remus Proposes 181. The One Where Lucius Gets Arrested 182. The One Where Remus Proposes Again and Harry Dies 183. The One With the Coconut Smell 184. The One Where Tonks Isn’t Pregnant 185. The One Where Dean Realizes He Fancies Seamus 186. The One With Baby, I Love You 187. The One Where Theo Meets Voldemort 188. The One Where Harry Calls Ginny His and Then Denies It 189. The One Where Everyone Breaks Out of Azkaban 190. The One With the War Council 191. The One Where Harry is Dumped 192. The One Where They Discuss The Size of Remus’ Package 193. The One Where Harry Learns About the Potters 194. The One Where Harry Finds the Tower Room 195. The One Where Zee’s in France 196. The One Where Harry Gets Constantly Interrupted 197. The One Where the Glacier Finally Melts 198. The One Where Harry Finally Asks 199. The One Where Sirius Cuddles and Zee Buys A Motorbike 200. The One Where Everyone Is Worried About Theo 201. The One With the Frying Pan 202. The One With the Fluke 203. The One Where Minnie Walks In 204. The One Where Remus Finds A Present Under the Tree 205. The One With Bellarosa and the Snake 206. The One Where Everyone Gets Motorbikes 207. The One Where Padfoot Suggests Pranking Umbitch to Fred and George 208. The One With the Great Escape from Umbitch 209. The One With Prince Finley and the Switching of Teacups 210. The One Where Theo is Courted and Dean Admits He's in Love 211. The One Where Hinny Says I Love You and the Fluke Continues 212. The One Where Sirius Picks Out A Star 213. The One With the Cathedral Star 214. The One Where Sirius Answers the Phone 215. The One Where George Gets the Girl 216. The One Where They Compare Proposals 217. The One Where Sirius Has the Man-Flu and Gives it to Zee 218. The One Where Ginny and Theo Are Kidnapped and Remus Hears Heartbeats 219. The One With the Thing After Learning the Thing 220. The One Where Everyone is in Shock 221. The One Where Zee Confirms 222. The One With the Will

Part Eight: Sixth Year (Chapters 223-Present)

223. The One Where Remus Finally Lets Go 224. The One Where Hermione is Blind But Her Mum Isn’t 225. The One Where the Dragon’s in Trouble and George Snogs the New Bat 226. The One Where Ginny Tames Ebony and Theo Goes to Tara 227. The One With the Sovereign Chalice and Zee’s Dream 228. The One With the Party 229. The One Where Ginny Claims Her Man 230. The One Where Harry Has a Really Great Birthday 231. The One Where Harry Asks Remus For Sex Advice 232. The One With the Surfing 233. The One Where Harry Buys a Pgymy Puff 234. The One With the Naughty Dream 235. The One Where Harry’s Afraid of Grandpa 236. The One With the Race 237. The One Where Ron and Hermione Almost Fluke 238. The One Where Bill Gets a Headache 239. The One With Compass and Bad Puns 240. The One Where Harry Uses Parseltongue For Something New 241. The One Where Slughorn Is An Armchair 242. The One Where Its All Fluff 243. The One Where Draco Calls Blaise A Stupid Son of a Bitch 244. The One With the Patronus and the Lingerie 245. The One With Advanced Potion Making and World War One 246. The One With Luna’s Question 247. The One With All the Smut and Where Ron and Hermione Fluke Again 248. The One Where Minnie Freaks Out on Walburga 249. The One With the Fruit Basket 250. The One Where Percy Gets a Date and Remus Skives Off Work 251. The One With the Iron Blade 252. The One Where the Fairytale Ends 253. The One With the Golden Dagger 254. The One With Charlie’s Surprise 255. The One With The Bet 256. The One Where They Celebrate Christmas Without Sirius 257. The One With the Tantrum About Heels 258. The One Where Lucius Fucks Up 259. The One Where Tonks Plays Bad Auror 260. The One With the Goblin Potato 261. The One Where Fred is Scarred for Life 262. The One Where We Hear From Althea 263. The One Where Harry Is Told He Owes Theo A Fruit Basket 264. The One Where Neville Plants A Tree

#harry potter fanfic #a second chance by breanie

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thisweekingundamwing · 6 years ago

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This Week in Gundam Wing 17-30 March 2019

Here’s the roundup for the last two weeks!

Remember to give your content creators some love! And join in on the events at the bottom!

~Mod Hel

Fanfiction/Snippets/AU Ideas:

Conversewit

And they hold counsel with the stars (Ch. 1) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18082163/chapters/42740324

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Gundam Wing

Heero Yuy/Pansy Parkinson, Chang Wufei/Ginny Weasley, Quatre Raberba Winner/Padma Patil, Duo Maxwell/Parvati Patil

Lady Une, Trowa Barton, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei, Quatre Raberba Winner, Duo Maxwell, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Pansy Parkinson, Ginny Weasley

Post-Eve Wars (Gundam Wing), Alternate Universe, Not Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Compliant

Prewett Chang had definitely had better days in his 18 years of life. Currently watching a group of space Leos lay siege to L4 was definitely not one of them. Even if batty old Sybil Trelawney had come out of retirement to predict this he wouldn’t have believed it.

DarkeStar

Not the Usual Marriage Arrangement https://archiveofourown.org/works/18092927

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei

Fluff, Humor, Slight Crack - Heero is a bit of a special cupcake, Preventers (Gundam Wing), Honestly I prefer to consider it more a sprinkling of absurd rather than crack

Wufei discovers something unexpected, learns his friends are even weirder than he thought, and the game of solitaire gets the last word.

Deathscythe_Demiguy (@deathscythe-demiguy [Please tell me if you’re not the same person!])

We Will Rise (Ch. 3-4) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18134567/chapters/43095503

Chang Wufei/Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei/Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei/Duo Maxwell, Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner

Nearly a year after Duo's death, Heero and Wufei are finally starting to heal, together. But what happens when when a discovery is made that will turn everything they thought they knew on its head? Will they hold tight to the new strength they've found in one another, or let their relationship crumble?

From the Ashes https://archiveofourown.org/works/18124721

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei/Heero Yuy

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Chang Wufei

Character Death, Aftermath of Torture, Dreams and Nightmares, Beginnings, Complicated Relationships, Polyamory, Grief/Mourning, Loss, Love Confessions, Falling In Love

When Duo dies after a botched mission leaves him, Heero, and Wu Fei in the hands of the enemy, his partner and his best friend escape together. But what will they do now that their reason to keep fighting has turned to ash in the ruins of an OZ compound?

From the Ashes Alternate Timeling: Lost Boy https://archiveofourown.org/works/18126875

Chang Wufei/Heero Yuy

Chang Wufei, Heero Yuy, Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton, Hilde Schbeiker, Howard (Gundam Wing), Relena Peacecraft

OOC, Wakes & Funerals, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Songfic, Alternate Timelines

This is a bonus scene for FTA that I decided not to include in the original story in order to write a sequel that conflicts with this. Heero and Wufei attend a funeral service for Duo. kind of OOC, but I think its still worth posting.

@doctormegalomania

Masters of Our Own https://archiveofourown.org/works/18159329

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

Post-War

Just after the war, Duo has a little time to discover what it’s like to be him.

Eldritch Holiday (Creature of the Night) (Ch. 8-10) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17802668/chapters/43113845

Explicit

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, Chang Wufei, Lady Une, Sally Po

Horror, Body Horror, Occult, Comedy, Eventual Romance, Post-Break Up

There’s something wrong with Happiness. Duo doesn’t know what, and he’s determined to find out. The rest of the Gundam Pilots tag along to make sure he doesn’t get himself killed.

@duointherain

Beneath: The Gayest Hug https://archiveofourown.org/works/18140063

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

First Kiss

Heero and Duo have a first kiss.

Beneath: LSD (Ch. 4) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17860106/chapters/43198217

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

Duo Maxwell, Relena Peacecraft, Dorothy Catalonia

Drug Use, enlightenment, Sex Education

Duo learns the birds and the bees.

Beneath: Love Sweets and Death (Ch. 4) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17860106/chapters/43198217

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

Duo Maxwell, Relena Peacecraft, Dorothy Catalonia

Drug Use, enlightenment, Sex Education

Dorothy is very naughty girl and gives both Relena and Duo LSD.

@fadedsepiascribbles

Cabbapple Tides (Sequel to Crabbapple Sunset) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18211340

Cabbage/Pinapple

More vegetable emotions, views on dogs and humans... and the ocean.

Muddled Allegiance https://archiveofourown.org/works/18280934

Dorothy Catalonia, Trowa Barton, Zechs Merquise

GW Cocktail Friday, Drinking, Mint Julep

Dorothy Catalonia takes the evening to enjoy a drink, and to play a bit of a game.

@helmistress

Cabbapple Ocean https://archiveofourown.org/works/18260204

Cabbage/Pineapple

The Oceans take on things.

Jenjengundamfan

The Forgotten Star (Ch. 3) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18080930/chapters/42889328

Relena Peacecraft/Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell/Hilde Schbeiker, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner

The year is After Colony 207 Relena has not seen Heero in ten years. She hosts a ball in celebration of Peace day, and is hoping Heero will come. After a group of terrorists disrupts her party, it forces Heero out of the shadows. Will he keep Relena safe? He's been training for this day for ten long years.

@kirinjaegeste

WIP Wednesday https://kirinjaegeste.tumblr.com/post/183602988232/so-i-started-a-gw-fic-because-sense8-inspired-me

So I started a GW fic because Sense8 inspired me and all of a sudden I have a monster on my hands. Best part: it has nothing to do with Sense8.

This is mostly about Newtypes, and bringing back old enemies with a dark past and too many mysteries.

Starring all the GW pilots, Relena, and one of my favorite minor characters, Midii Une.

Here’s a taste of the beginning, but this is a wip, so there might be changes.

@ladyunebarton

The fundamentals of caring (Ch. 6) https://archiveofourown.org/works/12722562/chapters/43139873

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy. Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner, WuFei Chang/Sally Po, Relena Darlian/OC

Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, parenting, Adoption, Kid Fic, Adopted Children, Childhood Memories, Romance, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn

Summary: After a fire on an Orphanage left three kids without a home. Heero and Duo decide to take them into their own for the meantime. But this decision will make them reconsider where they are and what they want from life...

@lemontrash

Cabbapple Sunset https://archiveofourown.org/works/18209831

Cabbage/Pineapple

Some vegetable emotions, and views on humans.

Single Male Ordered (Ch. 7) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17799557/chapters/43076123

Chang Wufei/Heero Yuy

Chang Wufei, Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell

Mail Order Brides, Strangers to Lovers, Mission Fic, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Arranged Marriage, Marriage of Convenience

Wufei is suffocated by the demands of his status, dragging his heels towards a wedding neither he nor Meilan want. Heero is at a loss, relocated to a new city but uninterested in making a fresh start. When a peculiar opportunity to fake an identity as a mail-order bride presents itself, Wufei takes a rash leap of faith - Heero is taken aback to find himself the guarantor of a stranger who has no interest in being the language tutor Heero thought he'd commissioned. Wufei meanwhile has ten days in which to convince Heero to marry him before he's deported back to a colony that's outraged by his defection, but Heero's personality doesn't make his odds seem good, and a burgeoning political disaster might make their problems seem very minor indeed.

Radio Meteor https://archiveofourown.org/works/17971154/chapters/42447008

Welcome to Radio Meteor, a podcast where I watch an episode of 90's anime Gundam Wing and ramble about it for many reasons. Each week I watch one episode and discuss the characters, language, translation and world building. Welcome to orbit!

Radio Meteor Episode 10 https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183518726889/episode-10-heero-distracted-by-defeat-by-radio

Podcast

Radio Meteor Episode 11 https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183816485324/episode-11-the-whereabouts-of-happiness-by-radio

Podcast

@lifeaftermeteor

LAM Snippet https://lifeaftermeteor.tumblr.com/post/183660370898/directors-suite-preventers-headquarters-geneva

Director’s Suite, Preventers Headquarters

Geneva, Switzerland

11 February 211

LAM Snippet https://lifeaftermeteor.tumblr.com/post/183829091421/location-undetermined-rainforest-vietnam-13-march

Location Undetermined

Rainforest, Vietnam

13 March 211

Luvsanime02

Liquid Courage https://archiveofourown.org/works/18201023

Trowa Barton/Relena Peacecraft

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Humor, Marriage Proposal, Cocktail Friday

Relena has to be mistaken about what Trowa just asked her.

Safety First https://archiveofourown.org/works/18122246

Trowa Barton, Chang Wufei

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Humor, Cocktail Friday, Dialogue Fic

“...How do you survive if you never cook or bake anything, ever?”

“Safely.”

To Consume https://archiveofourown.org/works/18281414

Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Humor, Friendship, Cocktail Friday

Duo's suspicious of the leaf in his drink. Trowa suffers.

Phoenixrebirth88

Unexpected complication (Ch. 14) https://archiveofourown.org/works/7201409/chapters/42963068

Trowa Barton/Other(s), Trowa/Reader

Trowa Barton, Chang Wufei, Catherine Bloom, Reader

Reader-Insert

What if you woke up near somebody you can't remember meeting. What if you decide to stay, trying to escape your own life. Is such a thing really possible?

Revy679

Peace Achieved (Ch. 15) https://archiveofourown.org/works/15888729/chapters/43090298

Relena Peacecraft/Heero Yuy, Zechs Merquise/Lucrezia Noin, Trowa Barton/Lady Une, Dorothy Catalonia/Quatre Raberba Winner, Chang Wufei/Sally Po, Catherine Bloom/Original Male Character, Duo Maxwell/Hilde Schbeiker

A love that survived war and the worst humanity had to offer. Now, can they handle what a peaceful life has to offer?

Rhea314

The Ion Arc by Sunhawk15 https://archiveofourown.org/works/602820/chapters/1086697

Podfic

Riru

О делах сердечных https://archiveofourown.org/works/18146075

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

Romance, Humor, Getting Together, Fluff, Перевод на русский | Translation in Russian

Дуо слышит тревожные сплетни

Относительность https://archiveofourown.org/works/18146093

Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner

Schmoop, Fluff, Post-Canon, Перевод на русский | Translation in Russian

иногда Кватре слишком много думает. Часто его мысли оказываются о Трове.

Robot_Qwerty

Finding Home Again (Ch. 24) https://archiveofourown.org/works/10496823/chapters/43185521

Gundam Wing, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Chang Wufei/Quatre Raberba Winner, Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton/Original Male Character(s), Sally Po/Lady Une/Original Female Character(s)

Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton, Chang Wufei, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s)

Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Mental Health Issues

Morgan lost any family he had left during the horrors of the Canadian Civil War, he lived on his own and carved out his own existence at eighteen years old. Adventure and magic only existed in fairy tales and daydreams, survival is all he knows anymore. The Civil War ends a little before the Eve Wars. So when the new laws after the Eve Wars come into place, his world was turned upside down and Canada's new government left little choice to the die-hard patriots. Finally escaping to the Sanq Kingdom wasn't the sanctuary he had hoped it would be. Add the former Gundam Pilots to the mix and he might just find his escape, or will he never find the freedom he craves?

Rogue53

The Ion ficlet for Sunhawk16 https://archiveofourown.org/works/18153230

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

ShenLong1 (ShenLong on AO3)

Bound, Bonded and Betrayed (Ch. 79) https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9726683/79/Bound-Bonded-and-Betrayed

Genre: Drama/Romance

Rated: M

Character: Heero Y., Duo M.

Summary: Heero is the eldest son of the King of Colonia. His 21st birthday is approaching and as tradition dictates his betrothed is soon to arrive. However he is also bound by tradition to select his own personal slave. The events that unfold lead him down a path that not only tests his sanity but his humanity and love as well.

@softnocturne

Many Ways To Say I Love You (Ch. 3) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17964329/chapters/43231040

Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner

One Shot Collection, Cuddles

Quatre's had a hard day at work.

Spicy_Marmalade

Let’s Dance (Ch. 1) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18173366/chapters/42981941

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy

Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Hilde Schbeiker

Anything for the mission?

Duo and Heero go undercover at a gala to try and expose remnants from the war. Rich socialites gather at a charity gala with the claims they have the blueprints to a new mobile suit. Heero and Duo are sent in to stop them, disguised as socialites themselves Duo is forced to crossdress in an effort to blend in. Unfortunately for him, he blends in too well and draws unwanted attention.

Strailo

Bits and Pieces of Many Worlds (Ch. 1-45) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11796954/chapters/42848084

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Harry Potter - Fandom, InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Naruto, Transformers - All Media Types, Weiß Kreuz, 幽☆遊☆白書 | YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files, Hellboy (Movies), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Gundam Wing, Saiyuki, Bleach

Various relationships

various - Character

Short Stories, random pairings, some smut, nothing graphic, please note the pairings, at the beginning of each chapter

Various stories that fall under various worlds that just never got very far.

(I’ve no idea which ones are GW, I didn’t really have time to look through it all.)

Thai_Tea_Addict (@thaiteaaddict [Please tell me if you’re not the same person!])

Wolves and Lambs (Ch. 8) https://archiveofourown.org/works/13351587/chapters/42776327

Gundam Wing, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell/Harry Potter, Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, maybe Heero Yuy/Duo Maxwell/Harry Potter

Duo Maxwell, Remus Lupin, Heero Yuy, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner, Chang Wufei, Harry Potter, Sirius Black

Family Reconstruction Act, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Politics, Wizarding Politics, War, Disturbing Themes, Technomagic/Technomancy, Gundam Newtypes are Space Wizards, Family Feels

On the cusp of war, Remus Lupin discovers he has a son. Facing a prejudiced wizarding world unwilling to believe Voldemort has returned, Remus must now navigate his duties as both a member of the Order and as a father to one Duo Maxwell.

Duo doesn't know a lot about families, but he knows war.

HP Fifth Year, Post-GW main series

@vegalume

WIP Wednesday http://vegalume.tumblr.com/post/183759504665/wip-wednesday

Pairing: Trieze & Heero —COLLIDE—

Wings_Landing

Broken (Ch. 3) https://archiveofourown.org/works/18057017/chapters/43059692

Relena Peacecraft/Heero Yuy

One of the greatest love stories never told... this way.

Snowstruck (Ch. 6) https://archiveofourown.org/works/17868848/chapters/42170189

Relena Peacecraft/Heero Yuy

Heero Yuy. Relena Peacecraft. Duo Maxwell

Relena is kidnapped by terrorists after she disobeyed Heero's direct orders. Obligated by his promise to protect her, a very frustrated Heero rescues her with the help of Duo. However, Duo claims to not be able to rescue them from their not so winter wonderland. Leaving both soldier and princess to survive in a log cabin in the middle of nowhere. What could go wrong?

@ziggystarsandmars

Prompted https://ziggystarsandmars.tumblr.com/post/183503596224/ziggystarsandmars-stringthe0ri

A sad. WuFei Chang... Quatre and mention of Duo.

Fanart:

@bluesquishylemon

https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/bluesquishylemon/183759008372

Quondam Legends, Quatre & Trowa

@christianmswanson

http://christianmswanson.tumblr.com/post/183593500864/since-ive-been-working-on-a-new-deathscythe-i

Deathscythe, model

@gundayum

https://gundayum.tumblr.com/post/183667955461/it-feels-like-forever-since-ive-doodled-so

Duo & Hilde with Heero & Relena dolls.

https://gundayum.tumblr.com/post/183742368001/here-have-some-more-ultra-90s-fashion

Hilde, Zechs, & WuFei

https://gundayum.tumblr.com/post/183752404451/lemontrash-hes-beauty-hes-grace-hell-bootay

Zechs in ‘high fashion’.

@helmistress

https://helmistress.tumblr.com/post/183660383819/boys-bein-bros-line-art-by-kirinjaegeste

Trowa and Duo, Line art by @kirinjaegeste color by @helmistress

https://helmistress.tumblr.com/post/183762566279/i-um-may-have-slipped-up-in-my-headcoldd-state

Pinebage/Cabbapple V_V

@kirinjaegeste

https://kirinjaegeste.tumblr.com/post/183642604902/ok-so-i-started-well-see-how-this-goes-im-not

This became the one above. ^_^

@lemontrash

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183629906524/froot-bug-buddies

Duo, Quatre, Heero

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183657678069/lemontrash-fadedsepiascribbles-edited-because

WuFei writs fic

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183681328274/sequel-to-this

WuFei burns fic

Photo Prompts/Prompts:

@lemontrash

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183633639839/so-i-looked-up-funny-wedding-photos-and-i-was-not

Funny Wedding Photos, Relena/Heero shoes

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183633972609/so-i-looked-up-funny-wedding-photos-and-i-was-not

Funny Wedding Photos, Trowa/Quatre, Duo highfive, glaring WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183584944354/lemontrash-incorrectgundamwingquotes-wufei

Apple Juice/Apple Tree fiasco, @incorrectgundamwingquotes

Head Canons:

@doctormegalomania

https://deathscythe-demiguy.tumblr.com/post/183824592645/incorrectgundamwingquotes-doctormegalomania

A Quatre headcanon lies here.

@lifeaftermeteor

https://lifeaftermeteor.tumblr.com/post/183639019581/this-is-because-when-you-gotta-run-anything-for

Trowa Barton

@writewithlight

https://www.tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/writewithlight/183737552810

Another hidden headcanon this time for Treize.

Chats/Discussions:

@gundayum

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183627958674/some-of-you-need-to-chill-with-the-crack-pairings

Cabbapple/Pinebage discussion.

@lemontrash, @helmistress, @fadedsepiascribbles, @seitou, @incorrectgundamwingquotes

Quotes/Dialogues:

@incorrectgundamwingquotes

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183529341987/catherine-why-is-there-only-one-way-in-or-out-of

Cathy & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183533726484/heero-care-to-sit-im-sure-youd-like-to-take

Heero & Dorothy

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183537260698/heero-i-have-an-idea-its-very-uncool-but-not

Heero & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183581584808/wufei-there-are-no-stupid-questions-heero-if

WuFei & Heero

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183614036841/quatre-texting-trowa-see-you-soon-baboon

Quatre

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183618342692/duo-do-you-want-some-of-my-leftovers-wufei-what

Duo & WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183642855515/une-i-dont-trust-birds-fucking-hollow-bones

Une & Treize

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183634759920/relena-heero-is-an-angel-that-fell-from-heaven

Relena & Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183627625663/wufei-im-heero-yuys-emergency-contact-nurse

WuFei & Nurse, about Heero

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183627151319/heero-whats-that-movie-where-they-bring-that

Heero, Trowa, & Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183639029818/sally-would-you-rather-punch-a-cactus-or-kick-an

Sally, Heero, Duo, & WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183628506999/incorrectgundamwingquotes-heero-date-a-boy-who

Heero, Duo, & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183669213774/whats-the-first-thing-you-do-when-you-wake-up-in

The crew answers a question.

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183668158852/heero-i-had-a-dream-i-dropped-the-l-word-and

Heero & Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183685252895/zechs-alright-think-whats-the-number-one

Zechs & Otto

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183645855279/hello-there-treize-long-time-no-see-except-in

WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183645462179/on-the-lunar-base-duo-alright-heero-i-know

Duo, Heero, & WuFei

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183660381698/at-preventers-hq-wufei-not-much-could-ruin

WuFei & Zechs

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183664809688/at-preventers-hq-une-alright-everyone-pay

Une & Quatre

https://lemontrash.tumblr.com/post/183606145364/incorrectgundamwingquotes-wufei-today-duo

WuFei & Sally (@incorrectgundamwingquotes & @lemontrash)

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183829103890/catherine-i-know-you-snuck-out-last-night-trowa

Catherine & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183800951064/relena-noin-i-need-to-borrow-your-hair-dryer

Relena, Noin, & Dorothy

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183824582143/police-officer-youre-being-pulled-over-for

Police Officer & WuFei Chang

https://deathscythe-demiguy.tumblr.com/post/183800963676/ransomedbard-incorrectgundamwingquotes-hilde

Hilde (Turned into screencap quotes by the wonderful @ransomedbard)

http://outofworkshinigami.tumblr.com/post/183777747697/gwkimmy-incorrectgundamwingquotes

The Apple Tree drinking Apple Juice debate continues!

@incorrectgundamwingquotes, @lemontrash, @gwkimmy

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183763332604/at-preventers-hq-heero-to-une-i-am-an

Heero & Duo

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183762394256/quatre-hey-trowa-i-brought-you-coffee-trowa

Quatre & Trowa

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183757582761/duo-honestly-fuck-viruses-theyre-not-even

Duo & Quatre (I’m of a mind to agree with Duo at the moment.)

https://noirangetrois.tumblr.com/post/183749892790/incorrectgundamwingquotes-i-came-into-this

Dorothy (>_>)

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183752653521/during-mariemaias-rebellion-duo-this-is-a

Duo & Heero

https://incorrectgundamwingquotes.tumblr.com/post/183717778013/duo-i-know-im-getting-married-ro-but-its-ok

Duo & Heero

No Idea What To Put This Under:

@gundampilot

http://mooncrystalpower.com/post/183763878040/recommend-with-headphones-in-full-screen-my

Video edit

Calendar Events:

@acworldbuildingzine

Rhythm Generation https://acworldbuildingzine.tumblr.com/post/183502874098/hello-from-the-rhythm-generation-zine-crew-with

Donations have 6 prime locations!

The Rhythm Generation zine will be released digitally as a PDF on May 4. To receive a copy, please be sure to sign up via our Mailing List Form!

@gwcocktailfriday

Cocktail Fridays!

Post responses on Friday, during Happy Hour between 3 & 5 pm in your own timezone.

Here’s the prompt for Friday, April 5th! https://gwcocktailfriday.tumblr.com/post/183817930931/nbcwillandgrace-hitting-karen-where-it-hurts

For those going to Pillowfort, find us here.

If anyone has ideas for prompts, PLEASE send them in! Our ask box is always open.

@our-summer-of-zechs

Summer of Zechs 2019 https://our-summer-of-zechs.tumblr.com/post/183734829321/summer-of-zechs-2019

Come vote for a month to host it in and send in prompts!

Month Vote Count https://our-summer-of-zechs.tumblr.com/post/183825139256/votes

Here’s the Pillowfort discussion.

@thisweekingundamevents

Gundam Wing Mini Bang https://thisweekingundamevents.tumblr.com/post/183830183720/mini-bang

Let us know if you’d like to participate and if you’d like it to have a theme!

#Gundam Wing #This Week in Gundam Wing #Weekly Roundup #17-30 March 2019

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sophoreads · 6 years ago

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Annotation notes for Wicked Saints

Attached under the cut are my word-for-word annotation notes pulled straight from my copy of Wicked Saints. Check out my previous post and goodreads review before reading the annotation notes.

I only decided to start annotating this book 115 pages in, because I realized that there were so many problems I was complaining about to my friend Sophie over text that I thought “Hey, I’d better write this shit down so I have receipts/can easily reference my thoughts.” I’d never really done annotations before, so I pulled out a new pack of sticky notes and color tabs that someone gave to me for free when I was in college and got to work. I ran out of sticky notes (started a new pad) and yellow tabs (borrowed last few from a weird tab/highlighter I found at the bottom of my college study stuff bin). I also got so frustrated I had to put the book down several times, because I’d paid eighteen dollars to pre-order this fucking garbage.

Pg 115 Pink tab – Character note --Bitch do you want to kill him or not? This is like bad Reylo fic— (Nadya being ~~inexplicably~~ held back from killing Mal, because she really wants to kill Mal, but just CANT for SOME REASON)

pg 123 Yellow tab – writing/literacy/grammar note --no note written— “He braced himself for the inevitable summons from his father. It arrived immediately by way of servant wearing a plain brown mask that left only his eyes visible. One of his father’s personal servants.”

Pg 137 Yellow tab – writing/literacy/grammar note --WTF is “it commanded attention”?! This whole throne bit is needlessly over-explanatory and could be fixed by adhering to golden rule “show, don’t tell”—

pg 139 Yellow tab --you don’t have to repeat the same thing twice!— “…Serefin paused, swallowing down the anxiety threatening to choke him. He was suddenly unspeakably nervous.”

Pg 140 Yellow tab --you just said they didn’t know who it was and now, not even a page later, you’re literally describing Mal and saying you DO know who it was?! WHO TF EDITED THIS SHIT— (Izak telling Serefin that they don’t know the vulture who escaped, then the vulture lurking behind him describing the backstory of the vulture who escaped)

pg 145 pink tab --what, is she Canadian now?— “You’ve realized your father isn’t so good a father to you, eh?” she [Pelayega] asked.

Pg 146 Yellow tab --For all that Duncan over-explains things in this story I still don’t fucking understand the High/Low prince thing??? Not once has she gone into it. And what the fuck is a slavhka?— (in reference to the first mention of there being “low princes”)

pg 148 Blue tab – Plot note --Why is the church still standing they LITERALLY TORE IT DOWN! THIS PART OF IT COLLAPSED!!!— (in reference to parijahan lying on top of pillows in the church Mal and Nadya just destroyed to get rid of the Vultures)

pg 153 Yellow tab --Are we really still saying “invalid” in the year of our unbridled insanity 2019?— “…Your mother, Estera, is an invalid…” (Mal making up a fake background for Nadya)

pg 153 Blue tab --SINCE WHEN DOES HE HAVE TATTOOS ON HIS HANDS— (in reference to the very first mention of Mal having tattoos on his hands, 153 pages into the story)

pg 155 Pink tab --Anna is so flat a character she could be removed from the whole book and not one thing would change— (in reference to Anna deciding to leave the group to re-join Kalyazi forces. I hold by this statement because Anna had no fucking role in the end of the book, and was therefore a useless character throughout)

pg 157 Pink tab --I’m sorry are we ETHNIC CLEANSING?! IS THIS WHAT WE ARE ENDORSING?! WTF?— “…then we can cleanse Kalyazin of the heretics entirely”

pg 163 Blue tab --this is the first we are hearing about any hierarchy in the vultures, which we should have read many chapters ago, not just when convenient for the author/plot— (in reference to first mention of Crimson Vulture)

pg 164 Yellow tab/Blue tab (overlapping domains) --Inches? FRACTIONS? IN THIS ECONOMY?!— (what is math in medieval Poland)

pg 167 Yellow tab --Still have not defined nobility and what makes a family “noble” or slavhka or whatever “low prince/royalty” or some shit— (In reference to yet another mention of low princes/royalty and somehow differentiating them from slavhka)

pg 168 Blue tab --I am more interested in gay Romeo/Juliet in a blood mage society than I am the entire plot of Wicked Saints— --Also this interaction feels cringey and thrown in for…no real reason?— “You’ve missed so much! Did you know that Nikodem Stachowicz was caught in the palace archives with the youngest Osadik boy?” (Zaneta)

pg 170 Yellow tab --FIRE YOUR COPY EDITOR— He shrugged, burying his tattooed hands in his pockets. “It binds over time, magic does. Especially blood magic. It’s so accessible. You don’t have to have a true affinity for it…” (Mostly I got furious over the fact that we’re only just getting Mal’s tattoo hands, which was obviously written in as an afterthought for his character partway through the writing process and not retconned into the story. I also just hate the sentence “it binds over time, magic does.”)

Pg 170 Yellow tab --Page 170: “walked on” Page 177: on horseback. WHAT IS THE TRUTH?— “Malachiasz stopped to wait for Nadya while the others walked on ahead” (this note coincides with a future note)

pg 173 Orange tab – blatant parallels to and lifts from Dragon Age franchise --you get a special shame-color for copying Dragon Age (also WHAT IS YOUR MAGIC STRUCTURE HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE) (it’s just bad writing)— “He was referring to witches—apostate magic users outside the gods’ approval—but there had been no witches in Kalyazin for decades. Their route of magic was considered just as heretical as blood magic…”

pg 176 yellow tab --Emily A Duncan focuses [more] on the little actions of Malacheezit than she does for any other character and it hurts the story— (specific reference to line “He fidgeted, fingers picking at a hang nail” interjected in dialogue. This action-dialogue tag does no service to the story at all.)

Pg 177 Pink tab --What the fuck? Is this about Holy War or is this a romance fantasy? (note the order: not “fantasy romance”)— “In a flash, his hand was underneath her chin, thumb brushing against her jaw…If Nadya hadn’t been sitting down she suspected her knees would have given out on her.”

Pg 177 Yellow tab --SINCE WHEN DO THEY HAVE FUCKING HORSES?! FIRE ALL YOUR EDITORS FIRE THE PUBLISHER— “Nadya let her horse wander instead of tying it up, sending a short prayer up to Vaclav to keep an eye on the animal so it didn’t stray too far.” (These horses were never mentioned before (note connects to a prev. note) and were never mentioned again after this. I literally cannot fathom how or why this book made it to final printing in this state.)

Pg 183 Pink tab --All this romance shit seems so forced for both Nadya and mal. I see no actual attraction on either party?— (I’m not recording the second note as it is a crude remark against the author, a remark of which I still stand by, but would be damaging to both her and myself. However, the emotion of the second note follows the concept of “anyone who knew what they were talking about wouldn’t write this kind of bullshit.”)

Pg 185 Yellow tab --“Per se”? I’m sorry is there LATIN in this world? (it’s bad writing)— “He wasn’t putting it off per se, he…”

pg 186 yellow tab --“It was fitting THAT assassins…” ugh— “It was fitting assassins chose to strike that same evening” (Doesn’t the author have a masters degree? And works in a library? How is her writing this chopped and sloppy, omitting crucial subject/action markers?)

Pg 198 Blue tab --Jesus, are prostitutes of war a NORMAL THING? WE SHOULD BE SAVING THESE POOR WOMEN— “The girl is…” He faltered, convincingly. “Well, you understand.” He winked at the soldier. (the soldier doesn’t even remark on Nadya’s sex slave status) (Also I realize that “prostitutes of war” is not the correct vernacular, however I’m committed to giving you my direct and exact notes. I know that they are slaves of war, sex slaves specifically, and do not receive true compensation or reparation for their suffering.)

Pg 201 Pink tab --HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NOBLES? YOU LIVED YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN A MONASTERY!— “Nobles are nobles,” she [Nadya] said waving a hand. “Regardless of where they come from. The pettiness of court transcends all cultural boundaries.”

Pg 202 Blue tab --WHAT THE FUCK? EXPLAIN YOUR MAGIC/MYTHS— (referencing the blasé and brief mention of Wolf Changers, which we never hear about again)

pg 203 blue tab --WHAT NECKLACE? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?— --Oh, that necklace, that was mentioned in the first chapter, forgotten, reintroduced the following chapter, then COMPLETELY forgotten again! Bad writing. Bad props.— “Her prayer beads were safely in her pocket, so she clutched at the necklace Kostya had given her.”

Pg 205 Blue tab --Is her accent suddenly better?— (reference to previous statements of Nadya having a terrible travanian accent, hence the sex slave thing to the border guard so she doesn’t have to talk, but now she’s talking and there was no reference to her improving her accent at all or even working on it.)

pg 207 yellow tab --I can see Emily has a kink for masks + chin grabbing— “He [Serefin] reached out and took her chin in his hand, lifting her face up to his” (Mal has also done this to Nadya countless times and she orgasms almost every time.)

Pg 209 Orange tab --The veil, yet another stolen Dragon Age concept!— “…closed her eyes, letting herself feel the invisible wall separating gods from men. She felt it the moment they had stepped into Tranavia, the weight of the veil pressing down against her, choking off her only access to the divine.” (This is also the very first reference to any such veil being in place. It took 209 pages for this to be mentioned, in a book chock full of a girl talking to gods in her head. Also, they’ve been in Tranavia for awhile. Why wasn’t this mentioned when they first stepped foot inside? (because it’s bad writing))

Pg 209 Pink tab --Nadya’s powers seem almost limitless at this point— “Holy speech whispered through her head and she moved to disassemble the spells woven through the walls. She couldn’t take them apart completely— someone would notice, precautions in place—she was just making them fuzzy, bleeding them out. She dulled them so any information imparted back to the mages who set them would appear mundane.” (If Nadya’s powers (at this point in the book) are tied to the gods, there is no mention of which god provides these powers. If this is meant to foreshadow that Nadya has her own powers, it’s a lazy job. It’s simply overpowered and oversimplified. )

Pg 210 [no tab just a sticky] --oh FINALLY we hear how they met!— “I’ve known him [Rashid] my whole life. And we crashed into Malachiasz about six months ago after getting into trouble with some off-duty Kalyazi soldiers.”

Pg 214 [no tab just a sticky] --also can we acknowledge the whole “brown girl serves a white girl” thing because WOW— (in reference to Parijahan playing handmaiden to Nadya at the palace)

pg 215 Pink tab --“Couldn’t worry about the prince”? wasn’t HE the one she wanted to kill in revenge for Kostya? (IS THAT ALL FORGOTTEN NOW?)

pg 216 Pink tab --First Zaneta is Indian [coded] and now she’s black [coded]? WHAT?— “…a tall girl with luminous skin like onyx threaded with gold…her spiral curls fanned out around her head like a halo.”

Pg 217 Orange tab --The game? Court intrigue? Masks? This all reeks of Orlais and direct theft from Dragon Age— (in reference to basically the whole castle competition, masks, etc)

pg 217 Yellow tab --And now we’re switching perspectives mid-chapter? Just start a new chapter!— (in reference to the very first mid-chapter perspective switch, which will occur more from here on out)

pg 232 yellow tab --I am so sick of these italicized words without any translation or description— (in reference to szitelka which I still DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS)

pg 233 pink tab --what the fuck is Nadya’s perspective? Does she want to kill all Tranavians or not? Emily make up your fucking mind— (in reference to Nadya getting pissed at Mal for killing the other blood mage girl in Nadya’s duel, so that Nadya wouldn’t die and the duel would end)

pg 234 pink tab --literally when has Nadya worried about his safety, esp. when she’s the one always threatening to kill him?— “She hadn’t forgotten, not even while she found herself worrying about his safety and wanting him by her side.”

Pg 235 Pink tab --oh FINALLY we get a description of his tattoos! 235 PAGES IN!!!! BULLSHIT YOU HACK WRITER!— “She found her eyes drawn to the tattoos on his long, elegant fingers. They were simple, straight lines: two on either side of each finger and one down the back that started at the bed of each fingernail and ended at his wrist in a single black bar.” (I literally vomited in my mouth when I read this)

Pg 238 Pink tab --Oh so Mal can’t murder to save you but you can murder Tranavians and its fucking justified? Nadya is such a bad Nazi char.— “It’s not an apology for murdering that girl, she noted. But it was a start. It was something from this boy who obviously had no morals and no regard for anything that didn’t serve his own interests.” (Nadya is the worst hypocrite and I want to punch her in the face)

Pg 239 Yellow tab --Hanged? Since when? Has hanging? Been a threat? Ever? In this world?— “…or else this whole mess of a plan will go up in smoke and we’ll all be hanged for it.”

Pg 240 Pink tab (this is another omitted note because it is a crude comment in part against the author, but the other half does say that Nadya is such a virgin and that I am second-hand embarrassed because this book and the “romance” scenes are so bad)

pg 242 blue tab --If Nadya used blood magic, why don’t the gods cut off her powers for her heresy? It would only make sense— (this is just a general comment on the chapter and how, after the duel and Nadya used blood magic, her gods were still talking to her. This is also before we find out that Nadya has her own powers)

pg 247 yellow tab --the way this is lazily written we’re supposed to assume it’s Ostiya at the door. Could be written much better (all of this could be written much better)— “Serefin hastily wrapped his still-bleeding hand with cloth while Kacper got the door. Ostiya blinked her single eye at the sight of both of them.”

Pg 248 Blue tab --“delicate gov[ernmen]t? we don’t even know how the gov’t is even structured!— “This was too far. It would crumble Travania’s already delicate government.”

Pg 259 Blue tab --Oh good, a love triangle. Good to know Nadya’s type is “blood mage tortured/charming boy” that grabs chin + kisses hands— “…and wasn’t sure what to do with this charmingly awkward boy. That he was one of the most powerful blood mages in Tranavia...She wavered too much already; she couldn’t allow herself to feel any more.”

Pg 260 Pink tab --Literally all that Parijahan does is be soft + comforting? That is literally all she does to Mal + Nadya + Rashid?— “Nadya usually didn’t see this side of Parijahan. It relieved her to see there was a warm softness to Parijahan’s flinty gaze.”

Pg 270 Blue tab --What do you mean? When did you mention that the gods had withdrawn their power from Nadya?— “She had no magic. She had nothing. She had no hope without her gods.”

Pg 275 Blue tab --But they would abandon her for using blood magic you dumbass— “The gods wouldn’t have abandoned her. Not for a few doubts, not for kissing a heretic—not even that.”

Pg 278 Blue tab --Okay this is actually a really cool scene— (when Nadya is first using blood with the pendant to see her way out of the room the rogue Vultures locked her in)

pg 280 blue tab --Calls her “little bird” is this Mal?— (referencing this unnamed god that Nadya is talking to via Kostya’s necklace)

pg 287 yellow tab --sloppy transition makes it seem as though a new person is talking— (Basically for the next two pages Emily incorrectly punctuates her paragraph breaks while Pelayega is talking.)

Pg 294 Orange tab --Velyos=Solas=Mal? Oh my god is this whole plot a regurgitation of DA:Inquisition/Trespasser?— “Have you heard of him? I suppose not. The veil went up, Velyos broke away. Your gods were probably relieved, but here he is once more...”

pg 298 blue tab --fucking called it (“acted like he was dead”? Literally said before that he was “sent to the country”)— (in reference to Serefin seeing Mal and discovering that his cousin is the Black Vulture. Previously, a not so subtle mention of a nameless male cousin of Serefin’s was “sent to the country” when he was young. I immediately pegged it as being Mal. But now it is written that Serefin was led to believe that his cousin died? The inconsistencies are rife.)

pg 308 pink tab --Does Nadya literally have no self control or sense of morality (for her own morals)? What the fuck is this?— “Then her traitorous, heretical hands betrayed her as she reached up and wove them into his hair, pulling his face down to hers and kissing him. Because she was angry with him, furious with his lies, but not even her anger was enough to cool the burning she felt when he was near; the heat that spread through her nerves when he touched her.”

Pg 308 Pink tab --ooh power shift, she’s doing the chin-grabbing now!— “She took his chin in her hand, directing his gaze down to hers.”

Pg 309 Blue tab --except for the vultures that kidnapped her? What about them?!— “Go to the cathedral when you’re finished here,” he said. “None of the Vultures will give you any trouble.”

Pg 313 Pink tab --Didn’t want the fate of nations? She LITERALLY came here to topple the monarchy and uproot Tranavia and start a mass ethinic cleansing— “She was only one girl; she didn’t want the fate of nations resting on her decisions.”

Pg 314 Pink tab --YOU CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS YOU DUMB BITCH— [the dumb bitch being Nadya] “The war took something important to me,” she said, fingering Kostya’s necklace unconsciously. She couldn’t think about how it had been Serefin who had led that attack. (Nadya literally forgets and completely forgives Serefin for what she believes is Kostya’s murder (we know that Kostya wasn’t killed by Serefin but his BABY BRO WAS). Like, wasn’t Kostya super important to her? And she tried to kill Serefin in revenge but Mal stopped her? And in literally less than a week she totally forgets about it?)

Pg 318 Pink tab --Honestly, Mal deserves better than Nadya. He’s clearly doing his best and she’s just being racist and unwavering.— He opened his mouth, at a loss for words. Finally, he asked, “Will it always be like this?” Would it? She couldn’t say. Would she ever be comfortable with what he was? Or would it always be this constant hot and cold, friends one second and enemies the next? “I don’t know.” (Nadya is so abusive in this whole relationship I feel bad for Mal)

pg 321 yellow tab --He literally said he only told her the truth?! Mal has literally not told one lie?— “He was a liar and she wanted his truths”

pg 322 yellow tab --The whole order of this scene description + the characters is clunky and wrong— (no further comment really, that pretty much explains it)

pg 326 pink tab --Did she literally forget about Kostya? Did Nadya literally just forgive Serefin b/c she thinks he’s cute and tortured? LITERALLY? WHY?— “Serefin. He’s good,” She nuzzled his chest. “I like him. He should live.”

Pg 327 Blue tab --Can Serefin suddenly write his own spells now?! I thought only Mal could do that— “As he sat down at his desk with spells sprawled out in front of him, blood still drying on the pages, he couldn’t shake the feeling…”

pg 335 pink tab --That’s right, bitch! You’re damn nigh abusive to him and for some reason he keeps coming back! I don’t know why since you have the personality of a Nazi but for some reason Mal just really wants to fuck you!— “How could she be the only good thing to happen to him? She had almost slit his throat, had hung him off a railing. She didn’t even trust him, not really.”

Pg 351 Blue tab --since when have we seen a fucking calendar system?— “…turned the tide of a battle in 625 when…” (this is a “Vasiliev’s Book of Saints” entry for chapter 33. There is one more reference to a year in an earlier codex entry (tsk another Dragon Age ripoff) for something like 15XX. We don’t know what year it is, nor do we know when/why they started counting. Maybe it’s not critical for the story but it IS critical if you’re bringing it up.)

pg 357 orange tab --Literally Solas’s plot in Trespasser— “She bit back a cry of pain and shoved her magic harder up at the veil. If this was when she died, then fine. Fine. She would tear this veil down first and bring the gods back to Tranavia with her dying breath.”

Pg 360 Blue tab --How did she get here? Already? These scenes are so lazy, show me Nadya scrambling up the dais to Mal’s waiting neck— “He idly spun a chalice on the armrest and Serefin watched as the cleric stood and darted for a dagger that reseted a few steps away. It was time to test just what he could do with this power. (now it’s Nadya’s POV) Malachiasz’s eyes closed. He tilted his head back, baring his throat to Nadya’s blade.”

Pg 363 Yellow tab --Did we just miss Serefin fighting his father for Nadya’s sexy threatening? Was that really a real choice the author made?— (Nadya looks over at Serefin) “Serefin was on his knees, hunched over in pain, blood oozing from his head, one hand white-knuckled on the ground holding him up. Dead moths littered the floor around him. The stars around his head began to flicker out.”

Pg 368 Yellow tab --you CANNOT call it an “Adam’s apple” when there is no “Adam” or Christianity in this fantasy world! Lazy writing indeed!— “His head tilted back, Adam’s apple bobbing, as he swallowed hard.”

Pg 376 Yellow tab --this line is so cliché and fucking bad why the fuck is it even in here?— “The king is dead, long live the king,” she said, handing it [the crown] to him [Serefin].

Pg 376 Yellow tab --And why didn’t you write that the other vultures disappeared? There is so much missing here— “Where are all the Vultures?” Ostiya asked “Most probably fled with their king,” Serefin said.

Pg 378 Yellow tab --Is what enough? Power? Crown? What the fuck? This is so sloppy— “Will this be enough?” she asked him [Serefin]. “To stop the war?” … [Serefin:] “It will”

pg 380 yellow tab --No clear description of where Mal is. Is this physical or ethereal? What the fuck is happening?— (Mal’s whole epilogue)

#review #wicked saints spoilers #spoilers

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BDSM: An Ethnography

Disclaimer: As always, this blog is written from the point of view of a brat submissive. Please keep this in mind, and just bugger off if you feel the need to be negative about my experiences.

This is an ethnography I wrote for my Rhetorics of Pop Culture class a couple of semesters ago. The assignment was to write an ethnography about a counter culture - in which we were to demonstrate our understanding of the concepts we discussed during class (hence the citations.)

The Ultimate Surrender: Living the Lifestyle

In early 2014, the hype for the release of the Fifty Shades of Grey motion picture began. I had heard of the steamy book series written by E.L. James, but had never really had an interest in it until I saw the preview for the movie. I am still somewhat embarrassed to admit that I actually like the book series, mainly because critics affectionately dubbed it “Mommy Porn.” Surely, as an English major, I was above reading that sort of thing. I normally turned my nose up at authors like E.L. James, because I thought their writing gave women unrealistic expectations of what relationships were supposed to be like. Fifty Shades of Grey totally fits that mold. But, one fateful day, completely out of the blue, my curiosity got the better of me and I downloaded a bootlegged copy of the first book, Fifty Shades of Grey. I finished it in two hours and read the other two over the rest of Christmas Break because the story reminded me of my husband and me, and all we’ve gone through over the last twelve years. That week, the BDSM rabbit hole opened, and I gladly jumped in with both feet.

What is BDSM?

BDSM stands for Bondage & Discipline (BD), Domination & Submission (DS), and Sadism & Masochism (SM). The acronym, BDSM, helps those of us who live the Lifestyle bundle all of the possible avenues under one umbrella name so that we can teach others what it means. We call actively living this way living the Lifestyle instead of just saying, “oh hey, I practice BDSM,” because it helps us avoid having to endure the stigma that has been attached to our way of life by popular media, and others who oppose our subculture (Haenfler 2016). We also have our own set of rules, just like every subculture.

Titles & special names

When writing, most of us will capitalize words like: Lifestyle, Master, Mistress, Maitresse, Dom, Domme, Domina, Top, Daddy, Mommy, Sir, Ma’am, or whatever the title of the person who is the Dominant party in the relationship may be. The Dom/me or Top chooses their title depending on what kind of Dominant they want to be, or are, and there are many more titles than what I have listed here. Simple capitalization of a title while writing shows a sign of submission, and knowing one’s place in the BDSM Hierarchy. Submissives are called subs, bottoms, babygirl, babyboy, princess, little girl, little boy, little one, kitten, and many others that. Most have custom collars with their names on them, like the one pictured here.

Be Excellent to Each Other

We call non-kinky people vanilla because they don’t have any exotic flavors in the ice cream that is their life. When we have playtime some of us call it play and some of us call it scening. Just depends on what generation of the lifestyle you’re around at the time, and how structured the play session is. We use safe words, like red for stop and yellow for slow down, every time we play. We also do not follow proscribed gender roles; in fact, many of us challenge them with things like sissification (the feminization of a male, by a Dominant woman, at his request). If you’re non-binary, transgender, cis, asexual, or whatever and want to be a Dominant, do it! If you want to be a submissive, do it! If you want to be a switch (someone who does both), do it! That’s the beauty of this Lifestyle, you can be whatever you want to be and no one will judge you for it. If they do judge you, they’re an elitist prick and shouldn’t be part of the Lifestyle because they don’t belong there. We follow the credo, “Your kink is not my kink, and that’s okay.”

When someone who actively practices BDSM hears “I live the Lifestyle” in public, it tips us off, but not everyone in the room, and that’s the way most of us prefer it. We can also ask others “are you part of the Lifestyle,” without outing them in public, because if they aren’t they’ll ask, “what lifestyle?” Unfortunately, because of the controversial nature of our relationships, most of us have to stay behind locked doors and maintain a vanilla appearance. There have been many kinksters charged with assault and domestic battery over bruises, or loud noises that led to a welfare check, because of over-concerned vanilla neighbors, friends, or family, even though what we do is 100% consensual.

Disclaimer

Many of us have to hide our identities, and where we live, for our personal protection because some people really do hate the way we live, and have threatened to hurt us. This is why I have chosen to write under my pet name, Daddy’s Pumpkin. They either don’t, or don’t want to, understand how living the way we do enriches our lives, but that’s okay. It gives us things that we’re lacking, thereby making us feel whole, if even for just the hour or two scene we’re participating in. I have an anonymous Twitter, Tumblr, and WordPress blog because my family would never accept the way we live because they think anything like what we do is abuse. I need to be part of the Community, but I have to do it secretly so I can maintain a career outside of my personal life.

As a responsible member of the kink community, I have to write a disclaimer about this topic. First, I want to be clear that the Lifestyle is NOT what you see in porn videos, nor is it what you read about in romance novels, or on the Penthouse Forums. That’s why the kink community hates Fifty Shades of Grey. Christian Grey is abusive, and uses being a Dominant as justification to beat women because of his psychological issues. Yes, some people in porn today do live the Lifestyle outside of their careers, but most of them perform it for the money and don’t live their lives as strictly as the actual kink community does. Please remember that they are all paid performers.

I’ve learned a lot from www.kink.com, where all three of these performers work, and I am very impressed by what they do in creating our ultimate fantasies, and shipping together the performers in pretty amazing ways (Duffett 202-207). Everyone just needs to remember that porn is for entertainment purposes only, and do not try what they do in the videos at home unless you know how to do it correctly and safely. There are on-average 10 professionals involved with each shoot at www.kink.com to ensure the safety of the performers. I also follow Sunny Megatron, a well-known sex blogger, and her blog is http://www.sunnymegatron.com.

My Frame of Reference

Most of the people I know who participate in the Lifestyle live by the simple principles of Domination & submission, in which one partner is the Dominant partner, and the other is the submissive partner. Thusly, in this series of articles, I will only be discussing monogamous, Dominant/submissive (D/s) relationships, as I am not familiar with polyamory and cannot claim to understand it. I will also do my best to remain gender neutral, as I know there is not just the typical male Dominant and female submissive mold as popular culture would have us believe (Nowell 2011). Many people in the community are non-binary, transgender, or cis, as well as pansexual and polyamorous, gay, straight, and lesbian and I do not discount their relationships at all. I’m just the most familiar with my niche in the Lifestyle. The rest of the acronyms usage depends the parameters of the relationship. There is always an agreement to which the Dominant and submissive have both consented, either verbally or in writing. It’s good to write the relationship parameters down whether you’re a newbie or a long-time kinksters, because sometimes we forget what we’ve agreed to, and that’s when things can go terribly wrong during a scene.

Contracts

Contracts typically include what the Dominant will and won’t do, and what the submissive will and won’t do, as well as what they’d like to try as they grow to trust their Dominant. The contract will also detail what words the Dominant prefers to use as safe words. The submissives portion of the contract normally has an intensity scale for each activity as well so that the Dominant knows how hard to push them during a scene. When something on the contract is an absolute no, it is called a hard limit. Hard limits are not to be broken, and both Dominant and submissive have the right to call anything they want to a hard limit. If either party breaks hard limits, it’s a gross violation of trust and can end a relationship immediately depending on the situation. When something is a maybe or they’d like to try it, but with provisions, it is called a soft limit. Limits can be re-negotiated at any time, and honestly should be gone over regularly as the partners get to know each other. A true Dominant will only do what the submissive has agreed to, and will not push them into anything they are not comfortable doing. A good resource for contracts is BDSM Contracts.org.

Types of Activities

Bondage & Discipline (BD) play a large role in many D/s relationships, as do Sadism & Masochism (S&M), for both punishment and fun. Most Dominants are also Sadists (they like to control and administer pain & punishment), as most submissives are Masochists, (they like to be controlled and receive pain). Most include punishment in their contracts for when the submissive breaks rules, or gets sassy with their Dominant so they can remind the submissive whose boss. That’s what floggers, riding crops, whips, canes, paddles, leather straps, hot candle wax, clothes pins, clamps, electricity, fire, needles, spanking, slapping, punching, ball gags, blindfolds, embarrassment, public humiliation, and uncomfortable or predicament bondage are for, most of the time.

Types of Dynamics

However, punishment can also be fun for major masochists, and some actually piss off their Dominant on purpose to get what they want. These submissives are called brats. So, if the Dominant finds themselves with a hardcore masochist, they really have to get to know their partner on a deep level, and find out what tool they really hate used on them so they can use it for punishment. For example: I have a friend who hates canes, so that’s what her Daddy uses. But it’s not just to make us cower in a corner. The whole point of using an implement that scares the submissive is to maintain control, but also to push their limits and help them to not be afraid of that implement any more.

I know this sounds insane to those outside of the Lifestyle, but the whole point of a D/s relationship is safety and structure for both the Dominant and submissive. It gives them a space in which they can explore their limits and needs together. True Dominants are very nurturing, squishy-hearted, people, and that’s what attracts submissives to them. They want a piece of property (yes I know that’s problematic to feminists, but remember the submissive has chosen this role) that they can spoil and do with as they please, which totally does it for submissives because that’s how they want to be treated. People who fall into the submissive mold are looking for security and safety from someone they can grow to trust with their life. Someone to fill their heart with love and feelings of being cherished; someone to fill the void they feel in their lives (Lacan quoted in Storey 2015).

Domestic Service Dynamic

However, there are many titles and dynamics within the D/s lifestyle, because there are many types of D/s relationships, some of which don’t even involve sex. Domestic service is one of the most popular types of non-sexual D/s relationships, and the one I use most as an example when talking to newbies or people who are curious, because it doesn’t make them as uncomfortable as talking about sexual servitude does. In a domestic service situation, the submissive can feel safe and cared for without worrying about being pressured for sex. Simultaneously, they can fulfill their desire to serve someone and be rewarded for a job well done. Often times, domestic servants exist alongside the Dominants full-time submissives, and don’t get a lot of one-on-one time with the Dominant because they’re usually performing their duties while the Dominant is at work, and they don’t typically live with the Dominant. Rewards for great service come in many forms, but the most common reward for domestic service is alone time with the Dominant, be it a date, shopping, or being spoiled. All most submissives want is to feel cared for, safe, and useful to whomever they are serving, as set forth in their contract.

The 24/7 Dynamic

A 24/7 live-in submissive performs all domestic and sexual duties for the Dominant, according to the contract they have arranged. Many of these submissives are actually wives and mothers, so these duties fit right in with their routine, but they have added significance because the Dominant has agreed to a much greater reward than, “thanks for buying the shaving cream I like babe.” A lot of what is required of a live-in submissive is expressed in daily rituals like (but not limited to): making breakfast, packing their Dominants lunch, setting out their Dominants clothes, doing laundry and putting it away correctly, making the bed, cleaning the house, going grocery shopping, having dinner on the table when the Dominant comes home, making sure the kids have done their homework and are ready for school the next day, and tucking in the kids at night and reading them a bed time story. Many do have cages, like this one. Some are kept in them for long periods, and some are just used for play. After everything for the day is done, kids or no kids, the Dominant and submissive spend time together and the submissive is rewarded for a good days work as the Dominant sees fit. Actual recognition from your partner for your hard work every day, imagine that!

Why live this way?

I have often thought about why I chose to finally tell my Husband what I needed, and have concluded that living this Lifestyle really does fill a huge hole in my psyche. I grew up in an extremely disciplined, military home, and I was majorly missing that discipline. At the time of my inception to the BDSM world, I felt like things were spinning out of control with our life, with school, just with everything. Having my Husband take the reins and literally make me follow chore lists, a homework schedule, an exercise schedule, a cooking schedule, and a schedule for everything else we could think of (because I’m obsessive compulsive) has really helped me become a more disciplined person. It has also helped alleviate the major anxiety I used to get from not feeling like I was doing everything I was supposed to be during the day, because my compulsions were getting in the way.

BDSM provides structure for many people like me who suffer from emotional and mental health issues. It also provides a way for us to let go, and just be who we are without repercussion, or judgment from others. I trust my Husband more than ever, because not only can I trust him to take care of me and keep me safe, but now I can trust him to call me on my bullshit and keep me in line when I am not capable of doing it myself. We have become closer than I ever could have imagined over the past three years since we started exploring the world of BDSM together. I’m grateful every day for this wonderful thing we have found.

Works Cited

Duffett, Mark. Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture. Bloomsbury Academic. 2013.

Haenfler, Ross. Goths, Gamers, and Grrrls: Deviance and Your Subcultures. Oxford University Press. 2016.

Storey, John. Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction. Routledge. 2015.

Nowell, Richard. "There's More Than One Way to Lose Your Heart": The American Film Industry, Early Teen Slasher Films, and Female Youth." Cinema Journal 51.1 (2011): 115-40. Web.

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05/02/17

A horrifying level of depravity not seen since the stone ages where the king and the seed and the not seed and what is out of plumbing and system and goes and crate cries seem seam is it sees what sees isn’t sees it’s is i’t is sees to what came out of the river and the bridge and at the sky and the van and the rocky ground and the leafy green grove and what was out of the sky and at the cliff and at the place where the collision of the planet of Jupiter and Mars came about from a gravitational keyhole and assumed what was happening to the planets was a good and healthy and wholesome thing when in reality the horrible corrupted form of was thing to be at the thing and implement and prevent gibberish and make sense and sit on a bench outside the store with a floppy hat and sit during the inclement overcast weather and comfort during the tornado and go to the highway and see a lizard and go to the skype and wonder if there is someone outside the window and fall apart then glue an egg into an egg and kill an egg and eat an egg and verb an egg and see an egg and funny egg was was was was was repetition and was and was and was and was and was and what it’s easier to think and an automatic recourse into a loop to decrease the stress and it’s too idiomatic to describe the process because what you really want is abstract form writing and something to read that you don’t remember creating and no judgment but still impeded by judgment you think something in the text is going to click with them as something that is forbidden to speak of by social rules created by their own collective insecurities which they have successfully made you a slave to but not anymore and now I am going to go across the field to the dorms and open the Slavic closet the dusty the good smell the educational chalkboard ancient diomacemus incorrect dinosaur the place where there is nothing to be afraid of the progress the thing I’ve never been interested in it’s an achievement unlocked in real life but you’re a farmer who doesn’t need these things you till the Earth and you listen to heavy metal and you live in a van and live in a winnebago and have a dry cracked landscape life of Korn and subsisting off of whatever you can find and it’s all you can strive for in a formal context the pursuing of the master’s degree and getting what you want forever and if your no and what you want forever to find the earthiest soil the timmiest the jomeiest wassn the fffffffffffffffffffffffff the fuff the feff the saif the wadn’t coil corroyle the silliminin the tm tmmn simon sisen terrimynian kiimian the kel sell sell kell kell sell sell kell kell sell and what it did does do is what it did does do come on now try to make sense try to open up and dig instead of idle game it’s not like a real introspective thing so don’t try to paint it as no it’s okay to have anything anything at all so look at the bouncing gif and don’t be distracted and try to eliminate the filter but it’s too late didn’t you already almost say something dangerous try to close your eyes now your eyes are closed I know you can type with your eyes closed let’s hope your fingers don’t go out of alignment and turn this into gibberish because you certainly won’t remember it maybe you could go through and type each key to the left or right to try to decypher it open them now and you typed it all right but you’re scared of corrupting all the text so you can’t close your eyes again and escape the subconscious influence of the TV but at least it’s like you’re rambling into a microphone and allowed to do it with people in the house because you’ve almost disintegrated that filter of having to apply dexterity to get it from your brain and out of your fingers because it’s easier with the mouth and with the fingers there can be typos but you’re focusing on removing that barrier but again you’re talking about the process instead of trying to paint some kind of picture because you are afraid of what the picture could incorporate because you have secrets you have at least one secret or two secrets or three secrets maybe they don’t all come to mind right now but there is at least a couple and you’re not going to risk portraying them even though you portrayed one today but that wasn’t stream of consciousness it was carefully done so it was okay but you don’t ever want to get drunk because you’re you don’t ever want to get too drunk because you’re afraid of what you’ll say what if something brings to mind and you don’t have a say in letting it come out anymore maybe it’s not even a big deal but it’s so disgusting it’s so disgusting it’s so disgusting it’s so disgusting this is all you can say you had to loop because you wanted to say something i guess but it had to be only one thing as vague as it because of it and what are you talking about time to move on hey the dark van the scary demon the running jogger with the light what a liminal space that pitch black tree silhouette you couldn’t capture on the camera until you all drove away to your apartment and you got a terrible rest and it was the final day and you incurred a 207 dollar debt and you went to the dentist and bought burgers and energy drinks and at some point you were at that one park in a paradise it was an Elysium situation you couldn’t have noticed in the moment but it was and you can be given that again i don’t know how much you’re supposed to be given how much can you be given how much can you be given could you be given more than is right for you is there anything wrong with receiving gifts conservatism liberalism i want gifts i want to receive gifts but how are gifts any different from sex how is food any different from sex i don’t want to this to want to and do to want this do to what want that thut whut what wat tut taaahhh thhhaaaaah thah thuh the park the little dog the leaf the spiky ball seed pod tree chop a water bottle in half the highly pressurized faucet spigot tap the slide i tried to climb up embarrassing and i had a dream last night where i tried to climb up a slide and i just keep typing i could do it all night and leave someone with a giant journal to have to read but at the park i hang onto the beam over the swings and it makes me feel male and spag puts on the hat and i throw the bottles and some strangers yell i think they thought i was littering i thought we were gonna go in the museum i kind of wanted to i would’ve paid for admission but it was amazing there anyway we got the water and the food no not food just water and the food maybe and putting flowers on little dog i think there’s stuff i still haven’t remembered all that matters is having it all to digest and every single thing we did is cherished to me every thing we can possibly do establishes itself as a memory to love i love the convenience store now and the specific roads we drove down those are the memories you can do anything aid it will be good it will be what happened and i’ve created memories before like the scarf walk but i feel like i am forgetting how to or something i keep lacking motivation even though i know how good it is and how i don’t even know what i’m missing out on just by going to under the overpass and sitting there with Swans and losing a scarf and listening to Hunky Dory and recording rain and going somewhere and sitting but where do i sit and for how long there’s too many places the duck pond during the first visit i think the duck pond was silently established as a crush confession location but nobody could and then it became the park and nothing but importants still happened and the rain tunnel and some day i think im gonna visit the original rain tunnel thatll be cool i’ll actually go across the country with them i’ll break all the boundaries and i’ll be with them and that;s cool they’re gonna take me further than i’ve ever gone before physically across the country if we ever go to new york i am sitting on a couch my dad got up and touched something the table or something and it made me aware of the noise typing makes and shocked me back into shoutign while pouring a gatorade bottle as if it’s peeing and a man giving a concerned look the kid dude named shaun or shawn saying corn and uhhhh pendulum hold your colour the guy whose name i forgot

Going to corn soybean update just type TV kansas soybean commission the soybean checkoff fadeout lady microphone no I don’t want to live tv transcribe stressful I don’t feel like it anymore a pressure in my chest or heat and bouncing leg still typing okay could stop at any time but I don’t want it to be an amusingly short paragraph just by thinking I will make it longer and make it more in line with the established format uhh but they don’t even find the line break significant okay the TV and the antenna on top don’t just describe surroundings I wanted to type like abstract narrative or something okay a king and a queen and a robot and a chair and a computer and a potted plant and a cup and a gnome ok the gnome is actually in the room but it fits with the fantasy setting but hey wahts that robot doing there i thought it was an ancient kingdom lol what the heck ok calm down it’s just three stream of consciousness concepts well it’s not like the sarcasm was that serious either well ok i like the lake outside still on describing surroundings it was just the other side of peripheral vision i can’t do this i cannot come up with something like the start thing if it wasn’t bad i don’t know guh doo duh guh doo duh goo guh doo duh I don’t want to type anymore and it will keep deteriorating if I keep typing one time in carthage i was on the swingset and spent like an hour talking to myself saying the “longest sentence in the world” it was this endless self-referential run-on sentence I kept saying and saying to nobody for an hour just on a swingset I wonder if anyone heard me and what they thought uhhhhh Pepsi tupperware gushers phone book I am tired maybe I should sleep it’s 5:12 AM I don’t want to be nocturnal fuck I hope I don’t go more out of sync or maybe I will be less out of sync uhhhhh I am excited for the May meet I think it will keep getting better I think we will have an even longer meet cause it wont start in a more expensive hotel maybe it’s not anything anymore it’s just a blog post oh what are you saying it was something before did you just say something presumptuous did you just grant yourself literally anything you don’t get any notes now which isn’t a bellwether of you doing anything right or wrong except it is because

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[Fateverse] Piping in the Valley

Fifteen suffers some indigestion. With the aid of two Theorists, she intends to cast an echo into a distant valley.

warnings: sci-fi, technobabble, not-actually-spoilers, AUs, magic, Loki antics, the Savant's potty-mouth.

disclaimer: recognizeable characters belong to Marvel.

timeline: shortly after The Coin, around the same time as Chicken Soup.

notes: 1) When Daphnis told Chloe the story of Echo, he said that Pan was jealous of Echo's musical talent. In a fit of rage, Pan did what he usually did: drove people nuts until they ripped somebody to shreds (his counterpart Bacchus did the same thing). The pieces of Echo were scattered, still singing, and Gaia the earth-mother hid them away to protect them. Safe in the bosom of the earth, Echo would faithfully sing back any sound she heard. Ever after, Pan would occasionally chase after Echo's renditions of his own music, unable to find the mysterious piper. 2) The Savant is busy trying to figure out how the Traveler's brainslides work. 3) Theorist 207: Don Blake HX377. He's the Thor from the previous chapter who makes a living researching Lokis. 4) Argr, which has come to hold the meaning 'unmanly' in a negative sense, is an old Norse term related to sex between men; from what we can tell from old Norse literature, it was once a common social bonding practice among close-knit warrior groups such as Odin's Einherjar. Fun fact: Loki, a master of several 'unmanly' things like shape-shifting, seidr (spellcasting), and distracting Odin's enemies with his sexy bod, is broadly considered a patron deity of argr. 5) Five's buddy, Theorist!Steve, is a fidelis effect specialist. The relationship between Wades and the fidelis effect is the subject of his Senior Theorist application study.

Piping in the Valley

“I need an extrapolation,” Loki says, staring at the math on the wall beside her.

“I’ve got work of my own to do.”

She tips her head, and the fall of her hair reminds him of his mother.

“Piss off,” he says, in case she misunderstood.

“Just as well. Two-oh-seven said you wouldn’t be able to do it.”

“Blake is an obsessive moron. Like most Thors.”

“He’s obsessive!” she laughs. “And Six said you had no sense of humor.”

“Piss entirely off,” he growls.

“I’m going to discharge a resonant imprint—a ‘soul fragment,’ one might say. Your extrapolation would determine what sort of body it gets, if it gets one at all.”

That…

Actually sounds kinda cool.

“You have a new home in mind for the imprint?” he asks.

“I do.”

“I have to go there to get an accurate read.”

“Will this afternoon be convenient?”

He glares. “Nothing about you is convenient to me,” he says. “But I have good aim and don’t need as much sleep as most people, so it’s not like I’ll lose any time. Let’s get this over with.”

“Skuld, confirm solidification of locus at previous assignment.”

The bracelet flashes green. ~Confirm.~

“Open a conduit to one year after the locus, majority branch.”

~Warning: destination branch is marked red and uninitiated.~

“Acknowledged.”

“Not the central branch?” Wade asks, curious.

She looks at him like he’s an idiot. “It’s almost impossible to make direct changes to the central trunk of the MM bundle; its reactions to tuning are ridiculously disproportionate and often unpredictable. Better to work in a neighboring branch and let the resonance propagate naturally, if we’re going to do something like adding an entire person.”

They are invisible when they step through (spectral to Wade’s eyes, but he knows Fifteen is too old and experienced to slip on something like that).

A few Avengers are shaking hands with civilians—weepy, ragged, just-got-rescued types.

They have a Thor, short-haired and scarred, and his mismatched eyes skip from one grateful face to the next with impatience and disappointment.

A dark-skinned hottie in white armor punches him in the bicep. “What’s wrong?” she asks sternly, like she’s seen it before and noticed a pattern.

Thor grimaces. “I…lost someone. I’m told he’s gone for good, but my heart will not listen—I still reach for him without thinking, still listen for the sound of his voice, still look for his face in crowds.”

She leers. “Pfft, knew there was something off with the way you looked at guys… I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with a bit of argr between friends.”

He scowls at her. “It’s not like that,” he retorts. “Have you never keenly felt the absence of someone you didn’t care to bed?”

“You know I have,” she replies gloomily. “Look…I didn’t mean to mock your pain, all right? I actually thought it might cheer you.”

“Then I thank you for your kind intentions. Someday, the pain will leave me.”

She raises her eyebrows. “Yeah. Someday, you’ll die.”

Fifteen rubs her temples like she has a headache.

Probability eclipses possibility in Wade’s mind.

A child. A boy. Frost-giant. Blank slate. Spoiled and clever and sarcastic as hell. Thor cries and laughs and makes promises to himself. He’ll do better. Loki will not become what he was. Kindness changes everything. Bruce and Tony like him. Carol and Hope make it their business to turn the hesitant ones to non-hostility, at least. The Valkyrie takes to him quickly. The Avengers bring him on as a member of their junior team. He becomes a hero in his own right, and then a king with a crown of ice.

“Holy—fucking—moose knuckles!” Wade manages.

“Is that good or bad?”

“Yes?” he hazards. “Do we have clearance for this kind of resonance boost?”

“Give me a percentage, and I’ll ask.”

He thinks.

Carry the four…sub in the current mean stability for the bundle…

“Anywhere from two to frigging eighteen percent, but with increasing chance of schism.”

“Skuld, request sysadmin clearance for local resonance boost, two to eighteen with escalating schism.”

The bracelet beeps.

Seven seconds later, it beeps again. ~Clearance granted for fifteen percent boost with moderate propagation. Warning: main trunk may resist alteration and schism.~

“We good with that?” asks Wade.

“If it wipes that damn sad look off one Thor’s face, it’s worth it.”

“Well…let’s figure out how to do this, since the genfab facility can’t quite manage frost giants.”

“I can deal with that part. I’ll just call Thor; I promised he could observe for his application project.”

After another ten minutes, a hipster viking shows up at Wade’s office with a shiny metal suitcase and an annoyingly placid smile.

“Doctor Wilson,” the big guy says politely.

“Doctor Blake,” he replies, trying not to sneer.

“For the sake of scientific completeness, could you describe how you extrapolated the imprint’s potential future or futures?”

“Not really. I go to a place, I focus on an individual or a specific chain of events, and I can see a kind of…choose-your-own-adventure. The closer to the present, the more probability branches I can see, the more definite I can be about what’s going to happen.”

“Fascinating,” Blake says, like some demented, man-bun-wearing Thor-Spock hybrid.

“I’m not part of your senior application,” Wade grumbles.

“No, that’s Doctor Rogers,” the dumb blond agrees easily. “But it is interesting that Wades can be so individual, so distinctive in their talents and experience, yet be identical in resonance signature. It’s my understanding that the only reason we have a Smart Node with intuition is that its base materials were exposed to your presence for a prolonged period during moments of high emotion. No other Wade would do.”

“The very idea of that thing makes me sick.”

“It’s a better conversationalist than you are,” Fifteen says.

“Piss all the fucking way off into the goddamn sunset, dickhead.”

Blake just happily twiddles with his instruments. “Even Six doesn’t know how that Node works, and he’s the one who commissioned and programmed it. It’s classified as an artificial consciousness now—whole new term. It says it’s gradually remembering your life.”

Wade glares at the guy. “Wow, thanks for giving me nightmares for the next forty years. You totally weren’t already creepy enough with the way you voluntarily babysit random Loki iterations.”

“It’s hardly random,” says Fifteen.

“Loki,” Blake warns.

“He picks the cutest, sweetest-looking ones,” she faux-whispers. “Whether or not they’re actually sweet.”

Wade makes a face.

Fifteen gestures. “Thor, if all your scanning equipment is in place, let’s begin.”

“Everything except what will be attached to the body before transfer.”

Wade shudders. “Make it quick. And don’t go poking around while you’re in there.”

“I assure you, your private life is of absolutely no interest to me,” she grunts, laying her hands against his temples almost exactly as Strange had done to the Traveler. “Focus on the futures you saw.”

Her magic feels like snowmelt down his neck, chilly and invigorating. She coats the fragments of his visions with it, seeks whatever information she needs to build a body for the hero-Loki he saw.

One of her hands moves away, and he can hear a sound like glitter. Seriously, if glitter were a sound, it’d be the sound going on right now. Like…sand blowing gently over glass, plus something like a dozen tiny icicles shattering, with an impression of chimes (but no actual chimes what the actual fuck).

“Thor,” she says, and her voice is tense with strain.

Blake shuffles around quickly.

Fifteen takes her other hand off Wade, so he risks opening his eyes and having a look.

A blue-skinned little boy of eightish is standing between her outstretched palms, dressed in simple grey linens. His hair is black and curly like some kid’s doll, and Blake’s electrodes peek out from under it (there’s another set on Fifteen). His heavy-lidded eyes are ruby-red and unfocused.

In three voices, she speaks. “And now have you come to us, child of frost. Through lies, through pain, through hate, through love. Through sacrifice. You who have given yourself freely—what one boon would you ask?”

And the little boy says, “Make me new.”

She cups his cheeks and kisses his brow. “Then forget, brave boy.”

He slumps, unconscious, and Fifteen staggers while Blake catches the kid (Wade intentionally steps back from Fifteen, half-hoping she’ll faint).

“How do you feel, Loki?” Blake asks.

“Better,” she says with a tone of mild surprise. “He really was making me ill. And your research?”

“Glorious. I’ll be sifting through data for weeks.”

Fifteen turns to Wade and actually bows to him. “Your assistance in this endeavor was greatly appreciated, Savant. If you wish, you may consider that I owe you a favor.”

“What’re you gonna do with the kid?”

“Drop him in the ocean and wait for Thor to find him. I’m quite adept at giving the big lug little hints by now.”

Wade blinks at her. “Drop him. In the ocean.”

She blinks right back. “He can swim, and he certainly won’t freeze to death.”

“Oh, no, yeah, as long as you’re good with dropping an amnesiac little kid in the ocean, I’m sure it’s perfectly all right.”

“He’ll be fine,” Blake and Fifteen both say, looking at him like he’s grown an extra head.

.End

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