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keldae · 6 years ago

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Drastic Measures (Chapter Twenty-Seven)

The Shereshoy whined as it descended through the Alderaanian atmosphere, maneuvering sharply to slip through the narrow opening of a cavern built into the side of one of the many mountains in the snowy region. It hovered briefly, finally settling within a clearing in the caves, neatly parked beside the battle-worn Dancer. The engines were still ramping down as Sorand descended the ramp of the Shereshoy. He tossed a casual salute to his brother. “Good job not getting shot,” he said with a smirk.

“What can I say? It’s a gift.” Korin grinned, then waved as Lana and Torian followed his brother down the ramp. Shara was only a step behind, Koth in tow. “Corey got here same time I did. He’s parked beside the Raven — I’ve been told your baby’s just fine, ‘Rand.”

“She’d better be, or there’ll be hell to pay,” Sorand muttered, sparing a glance downward as Tee-Seven rolled down the ramp with a series of beeps and whistles. “Any contact with the rest of the cell?”

“They know we’re here. A couple of the Organas came out to say hi.” Korin started walking beside his brother through the tunnels. He knew the layout of the base well from his regular supply and intel runs. “From everything I was told, they haven’t heard anything. And still no check-in from Malcom yet.”

“Not even a text message?” Sorand frowned, feeling his worry echoed. When he glanced back, he could see Akaavi and Rusk behind him, Bowdarr bringing up the rear.

“That is concerning,” Lana murmured, a frown creasing her brow. “If Corso hasn’t been able to contact us…”

“Even if Farmboy’s on the lam,” Shara spoke up, “it ain’t good that the kriffing Supreme Commander went quiet and all. If he showed up on-scene and the Zaks caught him…”

“Especially if he really is Shan’s biological father,” Koth spoke up. “With that reputation of Shan being a terrorist, every loyal Zakuulan is going to want to wring any possible bit of intel that they can get, especially from a family member.”

“As if we didn’t have enough to be worried about.” Sorand frowned. “Any word from Dad yet?”

“Nada. But you know how Dad gets when he’s in ops mode. If he hasn’t contacted us by the end of the week, we can be worried then.” Korin shrugged as he rounded a corner, leading into a giant cavern. Once, it had been overrun with killiks; it now housed a resistance operations base. “Where’d you send the rest of the Mando squad to?”

“Mand’alor recalled them -- can’t say where to an aruetii,” Shara interjected, “but she’s giving me, Corey, Torian, and Akaavi a pass since she knows we’re workin’ with the resistance directly.”

“Fair enough.” Korin looked forward and raised his voice as they approached a command platform. “Hey, look what the wild manka dragged in!”

The flurry of activity on the platform ceased for a split second as everyone looked over, before a burst of excited noises filled the cavern. A second later, Talos hurried around the large Hutt on the platform, open relief in his expression. “My lord! It’s a relief to see you well and unharmed.”

“Good to see you too, Talos.” Sorand waved as Kimble came up behind the archaeologist and promptly smiled in relief. “You as well, Kimble.” He looked around, noting a few familiar faces, and more strange ones. Not even Thunder knew the name and face of everyone in the resistance. “This is a very impressive setup here for the resistance. Well done.”

“Thank you, my lord,” Vector spoke up as he offered the Sith a bow. “Did you have any problems leaving Tatooine?”

“Fewer than leaving Dromund Kaas,” Sorand muttered.

“The Fleet came barrellin’ in as the last transports were leaving,” Korin spoke up. “All they’ll be findin’ is empty caves and exhaust fumes. They didn’t catch any of us on the way out.”

“Cuttin’ it a little close at the end,” Koth commented, his brow creasing. “Another hour…”

“Ah, c’mon, Vortena.” Korin grinned. He clapped the former Zakuulan officer on the shoulder. “It’s a Core World tradition to procrastinate to the very last minute on important, life-altering things.”

“Only on your homeworld, perhaps.” Vector shook his head as he stepped back a pace. “Shall we provide an in-brief?”

“Please do.” Sorand fell into step beside the Joiner as his entourage of followers scattered, leaving him with Korin, Lana, Shara, and Koth. He could just hear the sounds of Kimble and Rusk meeting up again, mingled with Tee-Seven’s happy beeping. “First, the Zakuulans. Then we can discuss Malcom.”

“As you wish.” Vector bowed slightly. “If the Zakuulans have heightened their surveillance of Alderaan, we are unaware of it. There have been a few patrols that have come from the Star Fortress, but no more than usual. They still maintain a safe distance from the killik nests, for fear of Joining us.”

I don’t blame them, Sorand thought, but said nothing. “The noble houses?”

“Organa, Rist, Frayus, and Alde are still assisting us with supplies and transportation around the planet. Thul and Ulgo are aware of our presence, but they do not know where we are. We have a connection directly to Organa Castle not far from here, and this portion of the cave leads out to Rist lands. Killiks inhabit most of it, but we can travel through the nests safely, provided we do not cause them a disturbance.”

“Which is a boon,” Lana agreed, even if she cast a wary glance to one of the killiks walking around the cave. “Malcom?”

“Silence -- not even an attempt at contact that we can determine.” Vector frowned. “Duke Charle is concerned, as is the only Zakuulan inside the castle. We actually wished your opinion on the matter of this latest defector, my lord. She is a Zakuulan knight by the name of Senya Tirall—”

“Wait,” Koth finally spoke up. “Senya Tirall is here?” He seemed to be paling behind his goatee. “She was the captain of Valkorion’s personal guard!”

Korin’s eyebrows vanished under his scruffy hair. “That high ranked a defector? Shit, Arcann really ain’t endearing himself to a lot of you folks.”

“That’s new information,” Sorand said, shaking his head. “I think I’d rather like to meet her. If Valkorion’s captain of the guard has abandoned Zakuul, perhaps more Zakuulans will follow her.”

“We suspected you would.” Vector bowed slightly. “We can introduce her to you, Lord Imperius. She has indeed expressed curiosity about you, and not merely because of your sister. Your reputed strength in the Force impresses even the Zakuulans.”

“My reputed strength in the Force? I’m a little insulted.” Sorand offered Vector a small smirk. “Lead on, then.” He fell into step with the Joiner.

Behind him, the redheaded Corellian Jedi, Master Bel Iblis, stared after him, looking not unlike she had seen a ghost. She watched as his brother hesitated, looking around as though he could sense something... off. After a moment, he merely shook his head and followed Sorand.

Master Bel Iblis finally stepped back as the group departed, pale as she clutched a datapad to her chest. “That’s what her sons look like?” she whispered.

It was another day of travel before the Aegis dropped out of hyperspace in Alderaan’s orbital path. Xaja stifled a yawn as she and Theron walked into the bridge of the warship: The constant travel, flitting about the galaxy to obfuscate their trail, left her body with no idea what the date was anymore. She was pretty sure she was still operating on something approaching Dromund Kaas time. Right now it felt like the dim hours before dawn, although Theron had said that it was closer to early afternoon in Organa territory, on the planet surface. Maybe one day we’ll be lucky enough to stay somewhere long enough to get adjusted to one planetary time zone without having to run so quickly.

She snorted inwardly. Right. And maybe Arcann will offer a truce.

Malcom looked over as she and Theron approached him. “We’ve just arrived at Alderaan,” he said without any preamble. “The Star Fortress is orbiting the far side of the planet; if we’re quick enough with the descent, we should be able to vanish before they realize we’re here.”

“How often do the Zakuulans go poking around on the surface?” Theron asked, frowning at the rapidly-approaching planet and resting a hand protectively on Xaja’s lower back.

“Every so often they’ll traipse through the various Houses’ territories or go into the castles. But it’s not as often as they used to do.” Malcom stepped back as Master Satele approached them, Corso and Jorgan a step behind her. “When I left, the only Zakuulan in Organa territory was Knight Tirall, and she’s a defector.”

“I am curious about meeting her,” Xaja murmured. The idea of a Zakuulan defector and rebel against Arcann was one that perplexed her. And from what Master Satele had hinted, Tirall was not a mere grunt in the ranks who had abandoned her post. She was respectably high-ranked. Perhaps Arcann had pissed off more of his people than Xaja had dared to hope. If so, maybe she and Theron had a chance of survival.

“I expect she’ll be one of the first people you’ll meet when we finally get you to the resistance.” Master Satele offered a small smile. “She was interested in you as well — and I don’t believe she’s interested in turning you in.”

“We’ll worry about introductions after we get you two to safety,” Malcom rumbled. “Once you’ve gone underground with the resistance, you’ll get to know everyone.”

Xaja nodded, frowning slightly to herself as she gazed out at the stars beyond Alderaan. “All assuming none of the other cells were compromised.” With no contact to Sorand, or her father, or Doc, she was worried for their safety. And if they had heard of the attack on Dantooine, they had to be frantic.

“If there had been another raid, I’m pretty sure it would have come through to our comms,” Jorgan finally said. “Or it would have hit the broad HoloNet channels. Republic comms have already been blowing up with chatter about Dantooine — apparently we’re down to maybe two or three straggler Jedi in the Republic now, as far as anyone who isn’t on this ship knows.”

“Hmm. The longer they think we were killed, the better our odds of being able to get by without actually dying,” Theron muttered.

And the more likely my family has a collective heart attack, Xaja thought as she turned her focus to Alderaan. The planet thrummed with life in the Force, tangible to Xaja’s senses despite being in orbit. At this distance, she couldn’t focus enough to identify life forms on the surface. But for a moment, she swore she felt a flicker against her senses from a familiar signature, one tinged with both bright light and dark shadows. Sorand? “And the sooner we’re on the surface,” she murmured, “the sooner we can tell the resistance that we’re not dead yet.”

“We’ll be on the surface in under a standard hour.” Malcom nodded once, sharply. “I suggest you make yourselves scarce until we’re ready to get you offloaded. The Star Fortress doesn’t usually order ship searches, but I wouldn’t put it past them.”

In an empty alcove near to the entrance to Organa Castle, Sorand watched as an older woman was escorted through the cave by Vector. Even at a distance, he could sense her considerable strength in the Force, and the tight discipline that she exercised over it, enough to earn the envy of any Jedi. The Sith stepped out of the alcove, inclining his head in greeting. “You must be Senya Tirall,” he said.

“And you must be Darth Imperius.” Tirall offered him a shallow bow, which he answered with a nod. “I’ve heard much about you.”

“I expect there’s a few stories about me circulating around the galaxy,” Sorand acknowledged, a slight smirk twitching across his lips. He looked to the side where Lana and Korin stood behind him. “Allow me to introduce my brother, Captain Korin Taerich, and my advisor, Lana Beniko.”

“Of course. Even Zakuul has heard impressive stories about the Voidhound. And Lord Beniko -- your reputation precedes you.” Tirall nodded to each of the ones Sorand named. “A pleasure to meet you.”

“The feeling is mutual,” Lana answered. “Though... I trust you’ll forgive our collective curiosity as to how a such highly-ranked Knight of Zakuul came to sympathize with the resistance.”

“I’m sure you have many questions.” Tirall’s small smile softened her pale blue eyes. “I’m willing to answer as much as I can. While I may be one of the only Zakuulans to leave the service of the Eternal Throne, I’m not the only one who believes our home is in the wrong.”

Korin raised an eyebrow, shifting his weight to Sorand’s left. “And here I thought that all Knights were devoted to the Throne an’ whoever’s ass is parked in it.”

“Not all of us blindly support Arcann.” That was a slight bite to Tirall’s voice. “Tyranny is not what our people have stood for. I would hate to see my homeworld become permanently associated with dictators and conquest.”

“Your kind is rare,” Lana acknowledged, eyebrows raising. “Although I suppose if you were a loyalist to Zakuul, you wouldn’t have earned Satele Shan’s respect.”

“No. Even with the Jedi all but defeated, Master Shan is something of a respected legend among Zakuul’s ranks.” Tirall smiled slightly. “It was an honour to meet her in a relatively peaceful circumstance.”

“How did that meeting come about?” Sorand asked, curiosity striking him. “The greater part of the resistance knows nothing about you, and I have not been on-world long enough to meet anyone of the Organas.”

“We met on Jedha. She was trying to find her son who had gone MIA in the war, and I was seeking Jedi teachings on mind healing.” Tirall frowned slightly. “When I found nothing, she suggested I come here. She herself went to Voss to pursue another lead.”

Does she know…? Sorand exchanged a quick glance with Lana, then Korin, before looking back to the Zakuulan. “Did she identify her son’s name?”

“No. I looked through a list of Republic missing and dead with her, but Shan is apparently a common name.” She shook her head ruefully. “Of course, after arriving here I began to hear rumours that her son is the reported terrorist from the Spire, Theron Shan.”

“The reported terrorist? Do you believe the accusations are true?” Lana questioned.

Tirall spread her hands. “I dislike the idea that someone would attempt to cause an act of terrorism to my home. But, unlike the rest of my people, I do not immediately jump to the first thing that Arcann says. He…” She paused, pursing her lips for an instant. “It isn’t unheard of for him to alter the truth to garner public support. Of course, releasing the assassin who killed Valkorion could be considered terrorism…”

“War crime, maybe. Terrorism seems a bit excessive.” Korin shrugged. “D’you think the stories about the assassin are true?”

“Someone killed Valkorion. And the reports say he was alone with Arcann and the assassin at the time of his death. For how strong Arcann is, I doubt he could have killed his father like that.” Tirall frowned. “The assassin, Taerich… she is your sister, is she not?” she asked, looking at Korin and Sorand.

“She is,” Sorand confirmed. “And the idea of her being a cold-blooded murderer is inconsistent both with her personality, and with the rules of the Jedi Code she swore to uphold.”

“She’s got the skill to,” Korin agreed. “I ain’t ever seen her lose a lightsaber duel. But if she killed Valkorion, she had a reason to. She woulda killed if she’d felt threatened, or panicked.”

“Master Shan said the same thing when I asked her about it,” Tirall murmured. “Considering she said she had trained your sister, she would know the most about her prowess, and her personality.”

“Yep. If the charges had been for sucker-punching Valkorion in the gonads, yeah, we’d believe it easier.” Korin grinned as Sorand shook his head. “Half ‘cause that’s all she would prob’ly be able to reach.”

“Classy,” Sorand muttered at his unrepentant brother… even if he knew that Korin was right and Xaja would have gleefully taken any opportunity to harm Vitiate -- Valkorion -- whatever his real name was. “My apologies, Knight Tirall.”

“Please, call me Senya.” The Zakuulan looked between both brothers, and the advisor standing between them. “I’ve heard a rumour that she and Shan have both gone missing again, with Master Shan. What happened?”

“We believe that Zakuulan forces attacked the hideout they sought refuge in.” Lana glanced at Sorand, then continued. “Three days ago, we received a distress signal, but haven’t heard anything since. I’ll be dispatching one of our scouts to their last reported location.”

“If Arcann had captured or killed them -- especially Master Taerich -- it would be all over the HoloNet by now. He does enjoy bragging.” Senya’s blue eyes narrowed in thought. “If they have been captured, I may be able to help you rescue them. I can provide information on Zakuulan protocols for detainment and transport of prisoners of war. ”

“And you would help rescue accused war criminals?” Korin asked, his earlier humour fading into a creased brow and grimly-set jaw.

“I would rather meet your sister and Master Shan’s son before I cast any judgement on them. As I said: it is not unheard of for Arcann to obscure the facts he delivers to suit his own means.” Senya’s eyes flashed. “Like the rest of my people, and likely yours, I want the truth of what happened.”

Sorand slowly nodded, deciding he rather liked the Zakuulan woman. “Then we welcome any information you’re willing to provide. Come; we may as well sit and be comfortable while discussing this.”

“… swear to the stars, Captain, you bring me another kriffing waste of bolts again and I’ll sell your ship to Ugnaughts,” Kothe snarled at Kaliyo as they entered the Shadow-masquerading-as-the-Duchess’s hangar, gifting a scowl over his shoulder to the lurching loader droid behind him.

“You want a better droid? Then start paying for it,” Kaliyo snapped. “I ain’t working for cheap, old man.”

“You’re already getting paid more than you’ve earned,” Kothe growled. “Keep it up and I’ll switch my services to the Wookiee.”

“You won’t. You like checking Lia out too much to do that,” came the snarky retort. Kaliyo looked over her shoulder with a grin at Vette, bringing up the rear of the group with an expression of long suffering. “Ain’t that right?”

“Don’t you go bringing me into this,” Vette snapped, watching out of the corner of her eyes as the Zakuulan Knights guarding the hangar exchanged a look through their helmets.

“Aww, you still mad about me sellin’ off your other cousin to Drooga?” Kaliyo flashed her teeth in a grin as one of the Knights took a step forward.

“You put me down as collateral in a pazaak game!” Vette shouted, lekku twitching dangerously. The Knight promptly seemed to decide he wasn’t getting paid enough to get involved in this and withdrew, his companion taking a couple of steps to the side. “You don’t kriffing own me!”

“So?”

Kothe sighed, subtly waving his hand at the Knights as the trio walked up to the ship. Both Zakuulans shifted, then turned away from the group, apparently deciding they weren’t worth the trouble. “You decide you want a new job, kid, look me up. My vices don’t include gambling.”

“Sure they do. Why else do you keep getting this model of loading droid?” Kaliyo grinned as she gestured at the droid. “Up you go, Rusty.”

Rusty? Reanden grouchily thought to himself as he trudged past Kothe and Vette. Never minding that his legs ached with maintaining the droid’s lurching stride — he swore literal rust on his joints would probably hurt less. But admitting that would be admitting he was growing old… and he was certainly not doing that.

Feeling the weight of a datapad in his jacket pocket with his own connection to the transmitters wired into the Zakuulan bunker, he made it up the ramp and lurched to the bridge of the Shadow. SCORPIO looked over as he came to a halt behind the captain’s seat. “You somehow kept yourself from getting shot,” she commented as she resumed typing into the navicomputer. “I suppose your ideas aren’t quite as stupid as they appear.”

“The threat to turn you to scraps and sell you to Jawas still stands,” Reanden growled as he dropped the disguise with a blink and settled into his seat with a soft groan. His hip wasn’t quite as forgiving of the droid lurch as it had once been, or of crawling around through maintenance tunnels. “Any updates?”

“Lord Imperius and Captain Korin have arrived on Alderaan. Intercepted transmissions from the Republic suggest that the Dantooine Enclave was destroyed.” SCORPIO glanced over as Reanden felt his heart drop to his boots. “Yet I have intercepted no transmissions indicating so from Zakuulan forces. The Eternal Empire’s forces in this system seem to have gone quiet.”

If she were dead, Arcann would be gloating to the entire galaxy. She has to still be alive. Reanden rested his head in his hands for a minute, fighting to keep the fear from overwhelming him. “Any news from the Empire?” he finally asked.

“Very little. Imperius remains at the top of the most wanted bulletin, and you, Agent, aren’t far behind. Your associates, Lieutenant Temple and Agent Emrys, have disappeared completely into the Ascendancy. I received an encrypted message, indicating that they are safe for now. Koli’arr was dispatched to bring Imperius in.”

That, at least, was good news. The bounty hunter known as A’den Koli’arr was, in fact, family friend and associate, Corey Black. Reanden knew well where Black’s true allegiances lay. The news of his protege, Adela Emrys, and the youngest member of his crew, Raina Temple, gaining refuge with the Chiss was also welcome information. Raina had maintained her commission in the Expansionary Defense Force, and Adela had earned the… trust… of Aristocra Saganu. Between their wits and his influence, they would be quite safe.

Finally, he nodded and pulled the datapad out of his pocket, passing it to SCORPIO. “Wire that into the systems,” he directed as the droid took the device. “We’ll be better able to track Zakuulan communications with this.”

“Very well.” SCORPIO started typing as boot steps sounded on the ramp before Reanden heard the distinctive whirr of the ramp retracting into the ship. Kaliyo and Vette must have boarded. “Where is our next destination?”

Reanden frowned in thought, barely looking up to nod approvingly at Vette when she poked her head into the bridge with a grin. “Alderaan,” he finally said. “We’ll rendezvous there with the resistance and figure out our next steps.”

“Very well, Agent.”

The Zakuulan woman certainly seemed nice enough. Senya Tirall was a mystery; Sorand had the suspicion that she was hiding something big. And secrets from a Zakuulan who claimed to not support Arcann’s tyranny was something that made him worry.

But if she had earned the respect and trust of Satele Shan, perhaps she wasn’t a threat. Sorand had only met the Jedi Grand Master briefly during the Revanite crisis, but she struck him as intelligent, and discerning. If Master Shan approved of Senya, then maybe Sorand’s paranoia was just making a nuisance of itself.

He frowned. That heightened sense of paranoid suspicion that he had inherited from his father, and refined over the years spent among the Sith, hadn’t failed him yet. Senya, he felt, wasn’t a danger, per se. But she was hiding something, something significant that—

If his paranoia hadn’t failed him, his sensory awareness certainly did. Sorand grunted as he collided mid-step with a human woman. “Sorr—” he started to say, before he got a look at the woman’s face and felt the blood drain from his own. For a second, he swore he was looking at a face he hadn’t seen in the world of the living since he had been ten years old. “Mum?” he breathed out.

As the woman’s brows drew together, Sorand belatedly caught up to the differences between the stranger in green Jedi robes and his memories of his mother. This woman’s eyes were hazel, not deep green… she lacked the same freckles across her nose that Airna Taerich had… the nose was wrong, and the chin was just a bit off, and the lightsaber that hung at her hip was a different build. But if Sorand’s mother had had a sister, he would have sworn this was her, if not his mother returned from an untimely death herself.

He cleared his throat and stepped back, feeling his throat tighten with old grief as his mother’s lookalike opened her mouth. “My apologies, Master Jedi,” he quietly said, sounding less like a Dark Lord of the Sith and more like a spooked young adult. “Excuse me.” Neatly stepping out of the reach of the Jedi’s outstretched arm, he hurried off down the cave tunnel. For someone who had had far too much experience in encountering ghosts, malevolent or otherwise, he felt like he had walked right into his mother’s apparition. And that was not a pain he was willing to face today.

Behind him, Master Bel Iblis stared after his back, mouth falling slightly open. She had planned to encounter Darth Imperius and Captain Korin, determined to see if they had turned out like their mother, her late cousin… or the Imperial bastard who had stolen Airna away from Corellia. But whatever she had expected from Imperius, she hadn’t expected that.

Now that she had been close enough to get a read on him, she was startled at how much his mother’s son he was. It wasn’t just his strength with the Force; Airna’s youngest son had inherited his mother’s slim build, the bone structure in her face, the same way her hair had parted. She had few memories of Reanden Taerich, but she could already see that the Sith had inherited his father’s dark hair and eyes, and the same set to his jaw — not to mention the height. And then there was the too-noticeable Imperial accent. Rumour had it he inherited a similarly vicious streak when provoked as well, and the same cunning intelligence.

But the soft tone to his voice, his polite manners even when startled— no, spooked, his caution; those, Mairen thought, were all his own. For a second, she could forget that Airna’s son was Darth Imperius, Dark Lord of the Sith and renegade member of the Dark Council. Sith weren’t supposed to be that quiet or polite.

She nodded slowly, still looking in the direction that the Sith had vanished down. She was going to have to attempt meeting her cousin’s youngest son again, and this time see if she could talk to him without him paling like he had seen a ghost.

#drastic measures #KOTFE AU #Theron/Xaja #how the hell did the one-shot turn into 27 chapters and counting?#Important People have been introduced!#moar plot progression #not a lot of action in this one #but lots of discussion #scheming and plotting #Reanden's getting too old for this shit #I stg Clan Emrys and Clan Taerich operate on a hivemind #Darth Imperius: defying Sith stereotypes since 3640 BBY

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valeriec80 · 3 years ago

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Bridgerton, season 2, spoilery thoughts!

First of all, this will be spoilery, so if you care about such things and haven’t finished Bridgerton yet, off with you.

While my overall experience watching this season was fun and pleasant and I wish for many more seasons of Bridgerton to come (oh, do I pine and pine for the Penelope-Colin story... what season would that be? Four?) I have to admit that book two was meh for me (and was the point in which I began skipping around, reading the books about the characters I liked instead of continuing in order), and the season two tv show romance was also meh for me.

One of the things about the book was that Anthony is all convinced that he’s not going to outlive his father, which is just... ?? Apparently, (I read the afterword) it’s based on a real thing, some guy was convinced of this, and yet, it just never worked for me, because it was so off the wall and weird and obtuse to really be convinced of this. Yes, it was kind of like Simon’s bullheaded idea to never have kids to spite *his* dad, but I could buy the revenge more than this odd idea of being sure of your untimely death.

Okay, so in the TV show, they apparently agreed with me, and they made Anthony’s objection to getting married instead that he never wanted to experience grief. Which. Yeah, I’m in. I buy it.

BUT.

They cut the compromise. So, in the book, in the bee sting scene, Anthony puts his mouth on Kate to suck out the poison or something, and they are discovered and it looks like they’re being naughty, so they have to get married. Now, admittedly, this is the same plot as book one, and... meh... but it really worked to force the characters into a different situation, get them married, etc.

Instead, the series draaaagggsss out the courtship of Edwina, and drags out Anthony and Kate deciding to be together, and it goes on and on and on and not in a fun way. In an annoying way. In a we-know-you-guys-are-going-to-get-together-so-do-it-already way.

I really think this is a problem in romance stories, wherein writers feel as though they have to sustain the will-they-won’t-they for tension, and I have found that when you force this, it’s ineffective, and it’s better to find other sources of credible tension even as the relationship between the leads progresses.

And I just can’t help but think how much more exciting of a story this would have been if Anthony had been forced to marry the woman he loved and then been determined to, like, not fall in love with her because of fear of grief. I want THAT season of Bridgerton, maybe with the juxtaposition of passion and coldness, like he’s all into her and they have hot sex and then he’s like, “No, can’t do this, must get her out of my head” and runs off. I even want him to decide to go take back up with that soprano of his and get there, and then at the last minute realize he never wants to bang anyone else but Kate...

I want to rewrite this romance arc!

The fact that they don’t get married means that there’s next to no sex also. FROWN.

Heck, I would have made them have that illicit passion scene way earlier in the story if they can’t get married. Picture this: Illicit passion scene, he proposes, she tells him no, and then he does that proposal to Edwina. Or, they’re banging constantly during the wedding preparations and being all, “Oh, I’m going back to India, she’ll never know!” Or... I don’t know, but do better, show! You can do better.

I loved all the Lady Whistledown stuff. I liked the Featherington suplot. I liked Eloise’s story and Benedict’s. The costumes were divine (although very much not period.) Everything looked gorgeous. All the actors were sublime, and the actress who played Kate? I ADORE her. So, I really enjoyed watching it, and I want MOAR! And there’s still Sanditon, which is going all Jane Eyre on me, and I’m here for it!

#bridgerton #julia quinn #musings #blogging

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notnctu · 4 years ago

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YAYYYY CONGRATS FOR GETTING MOAR FOLLOWERS, i knew it, u guys are awesome xD, cant believe ure open for request, can i request a scenario for Donghyuck please? the plot is he was her one night stand that she met again when visiting her cousin at the hospital, he was her cousin doctor. Feeling a little hurt but delighted to see her again, Donghyuck flirting with her every time she visit her cousin, after that is up to u, gosh hope my plot doesnt make you guys uncomfortable -_-;;v thank you

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p.s. soft reminder to everyone that requests are now closed. we apologize for the wait and are doing our best to finish them all! thank you for your patience :)

doctor!donghyuck x reader genre - brief mention of fucking, mainly fluff

when donghyuck clocked in for his graveyard shift, he wasn’t expecting to see the lovely person he spent the most eventful night with. donghyuck finally understands why you left so fast after the one night stand. his new patient is your cousin, odd how fate works sometimes.

he isn’t entirely sure if you’d remember him, actually a bit hesitant to approach you despite needing to give you an update on your cousin’s progress. he’s missed you, not wanting to admit it to himself, but he spent nights wondering if he should call you .. or if you really just saw him as a one night stand.

maybe it was a shot at his pride when you didn’t follow up with him, not knowing that you left because you had gotten a call about your cousin’s accident. just as he walks toward you, you look up from your phone and your mouth hangs slightly open.

and he stops at your cute reaction, remembering how honeyed your moans were in bed and how soft your skin felt underneath his fingertips. he clenches at his clipboard and shakes himself from the sudden flashback.

“donghyuck...” you call his name and it’s absolute music to his ears. your eyes drop to the classic lab coat, spectacles that sit at the tip of his nose. you fucked a doctor? the realization is hitting you like a wall of bricks. “...doctor lee.. i mean.”

he snorts at the formality, “you can just call me donghyuck.. what a surprise, y/n. i didn’t think the next time we meet would be here.”

he eyes you through his glasses, examining your casual laid back attire that is a contrast to the tight clubbing outfit he had met you in. your face is stripped down to just your features, as stunning as he remembers.

“right, the universe is strange.” you laugh awkwardly, like the confidence in your tone only exists in bed. however, he finds this change rather sweet and charming. the only image he knows you by is the hot individual who left shameless hickeys across his neck. this difference completes you, like the icing on a cake.

“i don’t mind though. i’ve been hoping to see you again.” he smiles, dropping any sense of professionalism that he learned in med school.

you’re flustered by his random flirtation, “really? you didn’t seem like you wanted to keep seeing me.”

donghyuck’s throat goes dry, knowing too well that his pride had stopped him from reaching out. “i’m not the best with ... communication.”

“your pride get in the way?” it’s a rhetorical question, but his nervous laughter gives enough confirmation. he looks through his files, finally aware that he has a job to attend to.

“your cousin is progressing well, we can anticipate a speedy recovering in about two weeks time.” you release a deep sigh at the good news, relieving every bad energy that was pent up before.

“that sounds great. thank you for your work.” you smile, “i’m so happy that i could kiss you!” you shout rarely loudly, the receptionists eyeing you strangely over the counter top.

but donghyuck doesn’t seem phased, instead a smirk grows on his face. “we can save the kissing for later, sweet cheeks.” he leans down to whisper into your ear, sending a shiver down your spine.

he winks at you, before heading back to his patients, looking forward to see you around for the next two weeks.

day after day, donghyuck rushes to your cousin’s room in hopes to coincidentally run into you. and if you two can’t feel the tension in the room, everyone else can.

without a fail, he sly bids you a compliment every time he sees you.

“my day is always a whole lot better when i see you.”

“good afternoon, beautiful.”

“you manage to take my breath away effortlessly, in a literal medical sense, it’s not a good thing. but im speaking figuratively in this case.”

donghyuck is so cute and much more talkative than the night you two shared. but when hes interacting with nurses or patients, he’s serious with a few lighthearted jokes to get people to smile. it’s almost like he couldn’t get any better.

and every time you leave, he always finds you to say “i’ll miss you, drive safe”

today is a little different. you catch him lingering in the lobby, chatting with a few receptionists. “goodbye donghyuck.” you grin at him, not wanting to interrupt his conversation.

but as you walk by, he holds your hand to stop you. “i’m getting tired of missing you all the time.” he starts, walking you to the hospital door. hand in your hand. you’re stunned at the action, wondering if the hospital staff are watching the two of you.

“i want to see you outside of the hospital. i want to be with you, talk to you enough to where i don’t have to be polite in our messages.” he lightly squeezes your cheek, stopping at the automatic doors.

and he gathers your hands together, “are you free for dinner tomorrow night?”

you gasp at the offer, feeling butterflies flutter at the pit of your stomach. “yes.”

“great. then, ill miss you until then, drive safe.” he pats your head lovingly, his heart pounding at your acceptance. he feels like he’s soaring in the clouds.

#nct scenarios #nct #lee haechan #lee donghyuck #haechan scenarios #nct imagines #nct asks #nct fluff #nct requests #donghyuck scenarios #haechan fluff

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halfwayinlight · 4 years ago

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Head GH people: hey, writing team, thanks for showing up and all. Because of COVID protocols we can't have couples kissing and stuff so, like, what are we gonna do about that?

Some writer: i mean, let's break up everyone

Head GH people: too much

Other writer: ok, like, half to three quarters of the couples

Another writer: ok and maybe Sonny dies but isn't dead. but he has amnesia, so that doesn't really split up him and Carly... but that keeps them apart

Another writer: yeah, and maybe Kevin is at, like, some conferences and a sleep study or 20. He and Laura can maybe high five, or just look lovingly at each other, or generally reference each other when the other is off -screen

Head GH peeps: ok, ok that's good. But, actually, we need to have couples kiss again someday

Writers: yeah, let's make it mildew

Head GH: why..:.why would you do that?

Writers: idk. but maybe yeah let's do that.

Head GH: do people... even want that???

Writers: idk. But we are sure as heck giving it to them

Head GH: so like all these scenes and weeks of Willow & Michael talking but no progress to any real plot, but hey it's younger people making out??

Writers: see, now you're getting it

Head GH: ok, but after that...what now, tho??

Writers: well, there was Violet’s stuffed pig, Bella, but I guess we resolved that. so... uhhh... wait, did we leave Sonny somewhere? wasn’t there some lady named Florence somewhere? Maxie’s been preggo for 8000 years so someday she’s gotta have that baby... Peter can yell and rant about being untouchable even tho he’s tied up. And Josslyn can’t get recruited unless she risks further injury to her leg... and what about Wile--

Me: Give Me Moar KEVLAUR

#general hospital spoilers #general hospital #kevlaur #gh

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galvanizedfriend · 5 years ago

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Klaroline Fanfic Rec Month

The event that I just made up for myself.

So this month, since I have no more fanfictions of my own to write, I decided I would take a little time to appreciate the amazing works of KC writers. I realize it's going to be a challenge and I really hope I have the time to complete this, but I promise all the fics I rec here are awesome and worth your time! @itsnotacrimetoloveyou is also doing this and it would be great if more people felt like joining in. Just rec your fave fic writers, your fave stories, whatever you feel like! But either way, if any of my recs helps you find a good story that you love, I highly recommend that you guys go ahead and drop the author a note. I'm sure they'll love it! Whenever I know the writer is here, I'll also link to their @. If you do know someone's @ and I haven't mentioned it, please let me know!

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KLAROLINE FANFIC REC MONTH - DAY ONE: Wild Hearts by coveredinthecolors

Summary: The vampire in him craved her flesh and her blood, but the wolf… It desired her loyalty. Caroline Forbes would be his first hybrid, of that much he was sure.

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Why you should read it: I am 100% biased here because I'm a total fangirl of anything Luiza writes, but Wild Hearts is, for sure, among my favorite KC stories ever and I will never get tired of singing praise to this amazing piece of fanfiction - especially because I've gotten a few spoilers of what's to come and I am DYING to see stuff happen and I just know that it will kill me in the best possible way!!!

Wild Hearts has absolutely everything: an amazing slow burn romance that develops over the course of deftly crafted situations, it has conflict, it has a PLOT, it has action, it has TENSION of all sorts building up. It has ANGST, which is my favorite thing in the world (again, biased!) and above all it has Caroline and Klaus being absolutely in character. This story is still written within the universe of The Vampire Diaries, but with Caroline as a werewolf who gets turned into a hybrid by Klaus and kidnapped while he works on building his army.

It dabbles into things that are grossly ignored by canon but that help us to understand Caroline's character and where she comes from a little better. And I don't just mean DAMON, but Klaus as well, and some of the things he is capable of doing that are... problematic, to say the least. I think this is incredibly true to Caroline's character, as she grows comfortable into her new powers and position, at the same time she's not willing to overlook Klaus' BS just because. It's so believable and careful and meaningful, without it ever seeming rushed or forced. There’s actual progression and growth, both individually (especially for Caroline) and as a... let’s say duo for now. lol I feel like my love for Caroline Forbes is 100% honored by this story as she finds the confidence to be on the outside the person she’s always known she was on the inside, with Klaus’ little push and unbidden admiration that is SO, SO true to him.

But her Klaus. HER KLAUS. Seriously. I have never made it a mystery that I find Klaus' voice so hard to write. I don't know why, I just don’t connect with him completely I guess, and I find his dialogue lines really hard, but Luiza does it so well it looks easy and makes me go all why can't I do this?. His inner voice is so IC that I can actually hear him speaking. The way he addresses Caroline, the way he perceives her, so reverently and never underestimating her substantial capabilities. It's everything I've always loved about KC and why that pairing hooked me the way it did. It's not easy, nothing is, there are a million layers of complications, but it's just so right that it becomes undeniable.

If you've read anything by her before (and you probably have), then you know just how great her writing is in general, but it always amazes me to see that she started writing this story like three years ago and even then the level of her writing was impressive, and she's so young! I can see how deliberate she is in her choice of words, and her phrases pack just the write punch. There are some parts that are straight-out poetic. A word I always use is ATMOSPHERIC, because that's exactly what it feels like. There's such a MOOD permeating every chapter that pulls you right into the story and, to me, that's the true mark of a great writer. I feel like I’m in the middle of the woods in Mystic Falls (or wherever else they go) while reading this and a good many published authors can’t give me that feeling, so it’s AMAZING that a fic writer can.

Last but not least, I BEG YOU to help me yell at her for updates! lol I NEED MOAR!! FEED THE COOKIE FANFIC MONSTER INSIDE OF ME, PLEASE!!!

#klaroline #klaroline fanfiction #klaroline fic #kc fanfiction #kc fic #klaroline fic rec

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tisfan · 5 years ago

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State of the Fics 2019

The WIPS and Dead Ends Edition

So: having recently had a few discussions with some fellow authors and talking about other writers and stuff... here is where I’m going to answer some/most/all of the MOARPLZ requests.

I have 440+ works on A03 and a lot of what I hear is MOARPLZ or “is there going to be any more of this...”

So, I’m kinda going through my list right now and letting you know what my plans are for 2020 and what, if anything, you can count on to see more of, and what is, in fact, truly over. If you don’t see a fic that you love and want to know more about it, feel free to ask me.

Take Note and RSVP - every once in a while, we get asked about this story. This was my first jaunt into the fic world, and it’s unfinished. We lost our Steve writer because of some Fandom Drama (you can blame some stans who accused us of plagiarizing a fic we’d never read who continually attacked us until the stress just made it not worth the effort of finishing.)

Solar Powered Soldiers was my first solo effort. This fic, as far as I’m concerned, pretty much sucks. It was meant to be a Steve/Bucky fic, ended up with the only smut scene as a Nat/Clint piece, and didn’t really have a satisfactory ending. I am not likely to ever go back and fix this.

Steve of Oz was supposed to be mostly smutty foray into exploring Steve as the Avengers Bike. The plan was basically for him to end up having sex with literally everyone, while in a Wizard of Oz setting. Never happened, didn’t get much response to it.

Lost in the Shadows Every once in a while, I get someone who asks me about this AU. Talk about your niche markets! On the other hand, I love me some ShadowRun, so I have not closed down the idea of writing more on this AU...

So, here’s a fun thing: This particular AU is what’s been requested by my Marvel Trumps Hate winner, so, I’ll be writing a dragon-level event story for this, some 27 - 30,000 words. You ready, chummer?

The Communal Kitchen AU We have a few half-complete stories in this series; Vol 3, the Mating Habits of Hero Birds, a vague outline of a Team NuclearWinter side piece, and a couple of smut pieces that never got written. I may yank the sex pollen scene from Vol 3 out and post it as a stand-alone. We’ll see. If there’s interest in any of this, maybe we’ll come back to it. (I am currently re-reading the whole series, because honestly, I write the fic I want to read, and so I re-read my own stuff rather a lot.)

Anything involving Phil Coulson and Clint Barton - while I still ship this couple, and I’ll read stuff about them, I’ve pretty much given up writing them. Between Agents of SHIELD and everything with Clint starting in, say Age of Ultron forward, I just... don’t feel it anymore? Which does include the started and never finished Coulson’s Final Case

Next Thursday Night - huh, I’d honestly forgotten about this fic. maybe i’ll revisit it this year upcoming... somewhere I think I have an outline.

Subject to PunTax - I love puns, and this story is very formulaic. I pick a topic, make up 5-7 puns on the subject, wrap a story around it and tie a bow with a suggestive pick up line. So, I leave this open to continue, the next time I’m feeling Punny.

Bucky Barnes has Kittens - Bucky as the crazy cat lady writer with bad anxiety. I’ve had a lot of people tell me this story has been great for them, dealing with Bucky’s anxiety issues. I do have more story ideas for this ‘verse, including Bucky finding out that Steve is also a writer and dealing with that. Decidedly On the List.

Eight Arms to Hold You - I have a handful of extra stories for these. Some of them went up on Tumblr for tentacletober... generally speaking, any mermaid fic of mine is subject to a continuation because MERMAIDS and OCTOBUCKY

All American Road Trip confession time here: I stopped writing this fic because of some anti-tonys who kept popping in my comments for this fic to rant about Tony Stark in a fic that was NOT ABOUT TONY. I’ve deleted all their comments, but they were nasty, and I stopped wanting to write for people who were being so abusive to Tony (and honestly, that much bile spilling in my comments, I don’t care who it’s about, it makes me sad) Like, they liked the Fic (steve/sam/bucky) but... eeeh, whatevs. I didn’t feel like dealing with it, and I’m not going to.

Also Prey - One of my more popular pieces, I reserve the right to add more to it when I’m in a fluff mood.

Kiss me Through the Phone - I wrote this with @27dragons and I have about... half a plan for a third chapter called Your Dirty Little Secret. So, with some encouragement, that could happen.

The Truth is Who You Are - my BDSM with religious song lyrics fic; this stuff is really emotional for me, and while I do have 2-3 more pieces planned, they take me a while to write and they knock the shit out of me while I’m doing it. There’s a lot of Tony working through his self-hatred that just... it’s deep. So... there will be more, it just... might be Some Time.

The Killer and the Kid - this is literally my most popular piece. I get a MOAR PLZ ask on this at least once a month. I have been saying for a while I’m not planning any more of this, but I did offer it as an incentive for the Marvel Trumps Hate auction. This particular fic will ONLY BE WRITTEN for a charitable donation.

Joyride - I’ve written a couple of addons for this fic loosely titled Bundle of Joy. They’re not quite Done Yet, but when I get there, I’ll be posting that.

Nights in Sandbridge - our most popular series, and I love these boys so much here. We have no major plans to continue, but if something strikes us, we may.

WinterIron Pickup - a short story that spawned a second chapter. I have some ideas for continuing this, but it’s fallen by the wayside as I write other things.

What Good is the Sky - this piece is so angsty, and I keep getting requests to do moar of it. Trust me, you don’t want that, it will END BADLY. and I will cry a LOT.

Off the Menu - I really do have a LOT more of this story in my head. I just don’t know when I’m going to get around to it.

Bucky Barnes Prom CYOA this was SO HARD to format that I just gave up on it. I may come back and redo this as a few “completed” stories?

Phoning it In - I do, in fact, have a few more of this AU in mind, I just lost a bit of the shiny after an amazing fucking against the sofa smut scene. So, there might be more of this in your future (also I kept expecting it to win March Madness, so I-- didn’t get back ‘round to it?)

A Poor Reflection - never got finished. Not sure why, I had the whole damn thing plotted out. Where is my outline??

The Enhancile War Series - mostly to play with the trope of naked girl in a box, this series originally had four plotted stories, but we just could NOT get the fourth story to GO anywhere, even pushing on it really, really hard.

Any Old Music Will Do - I have a plot outline for this one, with Bucky and Tony forming the core of the Defenders, along with Luke and Jessica, but I don’t know what I did with it... anyway, there’s more ideas here. a bit.

Indispensable we had a plot idea for a sequel and I actually think we wrote about 15000 words or so on it, but-- meh, it ended up not being very interesting. If we come up with some actual plot, then maybe?

Park(s) and Wreck(ed) - I have some more ideas for this as Tony and Bucky get their sexy on all over the office.

Stark, Naked - we did, in fact, do a sequel to this, which was rather short, but well-received. Not much ideas here for anything else, but we like this version of them, so if we get good prompts, we might be tempted to take up the reigns again.

Land After Time - We get a LOT of requests for Moar of this. If we had ANY FUCKING CLUE what was going on, we might. but we really, really don’t

We Can’t Eat That (It’s Dead) - I actually have an entire plot for this, on who the dead guy is and what happened... I could be encouraged.

Forever Home - we wrote a full length sequel to this, but weirdly enough, it WASN’T the original sequel we’d sort of talked about. which means there’s potentially a third story here... (maybe a 4th one, too)

Excuse me, I think You Have My Suitcase - the further adventures of Tony and Bucky in lacy underthings. Yes. The next time I feel like PWP, I plan to revisit.

Dead to Rights - I still really like this idea... I just didn’t get as much traction from the Umbrella Academy fandom as I would have liked. Probably because most of my writer friends are Not Into It, which doesn’t give me many people to bounce ideas off

New York: Become Human - there’s a LOT more story here to tell... maybe we’ll tell it.

Rejoice in the Sun - I started writing this fairly soon after Endgame, when I had a lot of feels, but between the absolute outpouring of hatred about that movie from the fandom. seriously, y’all were going all Annie Wilkes up in the house to the point that I put Endgame back on BLACKLIST to get away from the seething bile... it got really hard to enjoy post endgame content, and I got sick, too, so... that didn’t help any.

Once a Knight - Witch Bucky and Knight Tony... we have some more plot for this...

No Job Too Small - I think I even have another chapter of this WRITTEN. And some more plotted out. Tony and tiny children. What could go wrong?

(D)rift Away - Bigger Better Bugspray... what happens when the Rifters come back? There might be more of this, once I work out some plot. And honestly, stop getting distracted by the damn @heamarvel prompts.

The Door into Winter - I have a whole story for this, still working on it

Learning to Work Together (Good Omens) - we have some more feels for this, so possibly, if we can put plot together.

Pretty much everything else i’m posting in progress is still going strong, Blueberries, Hell Charger, Can’t Help you Fix Yourself, Reclamation, Draco Malfoy and the Rune... and I have a couple of other collabs with other people that are... bogged down with details right now.

We’ve got a couple of stories headed your way from the Marvel HEA Hallmark challenge, including what may well be my new favorite: Buck Barnes Got Married. We also wrote a Cyber Punk AU with companion Tony as an excuse to dress Tony up in skimpy outfits.

So, that’s like the general status of Old Fic... and having ideas is not the same as finding the time to sit down and WRITE them, especially since New Ideas are attacking me at the same time, honestly.

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xpouii · 5 years ago

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fandom meme: B, C, D, N, and Z?? ^^

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

(TS) Tbh I was totally unimpressed with Intrulogical (like can you even believe it? MY boys??) But there was just this thing that clicked during Tentacletober and now I have a strict obsession for my curious science boy and his tentacle-ridden monster boyfriend.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will (be nice)

(JSE) I’m trying to think of one. I am so pro-shipping that I like any and all ships at some time or another. Probably my least favorite is Marvin with anybody but Jackie because they’re so cuuuuuute together I can’t even (and Anti cuz Marvin/Anti forbidden magician/demon romance is kinda great not gonna lie. Seriously though I support and will read any ship. I just love me some love y’all!

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)

(Cross-Fandom) Um… I seriously can’t think of one that I can’t like. I can dig any one of them across the fandoms seriously. Some of my favorites are cross-fandoms (aka Dapperstache and BingAverage)

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

(JSE/Markiplier) Shipping acceptance—like there’s a lot of us shippers but there are some straight up snooties who judge so harshly when you ship egos. Like chill y’all and just let us make these paperdolls kiss already!

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go (prompts optional but encouraged)

(Cross-Platform) so you’re just gonna set me loose huh?? Well let’s see… I could probably go on for a few hours on some personal theories but let’s just say HOLY COW have we ever gotten some juicy ego content lately? 2019 was the year of the EGO y’all! We got major developments across the board in Sanders Sides. Mark gave us so much Darkiplier (and some sweet delicious Warfstache too) that I was drowning in it in the best way. Jack knocked my socks off with the Chase, Henrik and JJ content!

In that same vein I’ll say what I’m kinda hoping to see this year (not that I’ll be disappointed without it, but this is like my wishlist!)

TS: I want to see MOAR Deceit! I think we’re gonna get it cuz the next full length video is supposed to be a SvS sequel and I kinda hope Deceit is gonna be all huffy about Remus fitting in (at least in his own mind) with the “light sides”. I also wanna see the drama with Virgil come to a head and please somebody check on Roman cuz he’s been asking for help since back in the Crofter’s days.

Markiplier: Holy lord where do I even start? Of course a lost of Mark’s egos are one-offs (or at least I assume so?) but I would love love love to see more ego content as a group. The board meeting with a lot of the “core” egos (but missing Bing, Yan and Eric IMO) was so awesome that I’d love to see more interactions like that. Mark has the acting chops and the editing prowess (or somebody on his team does) to pull that off if he wants to. I think right now the most “in-need” of fleshing out could be The Host. Mark could get some real drama out of that one and he does serious angst/horror so damn well doesn’t he? Maybe some quick little videos about how all the other egos got sucked into the manor? Mark said they were all people with lives before Actor!Mark or the Manor itself caught them in this weird loop that centers around Actor, Dark and Wilford. I know Mark tends to make HUGE productions of his ego stuff but he could totally give us some tiny video snippets with little teases about how these egos were caught up in the nonsense and I would love that. Seriously he could take a picture of Dark and play fucking kazoo behind it and I’d be excited. I’m such a freaking ego addict.

JSE: Jack has been knocking it out of the park and I know he’s got this whole cinematic universe planned out. I hesitate to say what I wanna see cuz I don’t want to seem selfish or impatient. I just wanna see Marvin and Jackie this year. I almost know we will. I’m not even mentioning Anti cuz I’m convinced I’ve already seen hints of him if not this year then super late December (I’m stupid with dates) so I already feel the imminent arrival of the Glitch Bitch. Also, if I get nothing but scrambled text and manic glances I’ll still be happy cuz it’ll mean that Anti is still in existence even if Jack isn’t wanting to develop him right now—but I’ll be super surprised if he doesn’t bust out some more ego plot progression in 2020.

How about some gifts I feel like I already GOT from the fandoms last year?

(JSE) Jameson Jackeson using sign language—headcanon confirmed!

(TS) Deceit in pj pants—I know it was an accident but come on. It was a gift from the heavens.

(Markiplier) Heist—seriously A Heist With Markiplier was more than I hoped for, more than I wished for, everything I dreamed for.

I hope you don’t regret letting me ramble!

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zumpietoo · 3 years ago

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You wish, dumbasses----moar like he simply doesn’t quite know HOW....and that isn’t remotely the point, here. And has nothing to do with showing how “ill-suited” they are....

Funny how you aren’t concerned with Douchie becoming progressively violent, Vagey gleefully getting rid of a body (and pretending to be “good” by going shady), Gossip Ghey and his daddy already being turned, etc...

And that this plot isn’t about ships, morons.....which, actually? Makes it pretty solid....

In reality, whole point is Jug only knew Douchie would get it, because of his earlier question----and Jug is the only person with any sort of safety from Picky Percy

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Nyota Uhura and Christine Chapel? TOS, I guess, but bonus points for AOS too because they kind of just wrote Christine out of that. *sigh*

They are adorable girlfriends. I mean, I will take literally any interpretation of their relationship because I want MOAR of the TOS ladies (Nyota, Christine, and Janice) interacting. I love them as besties, I love them as besties with benefits, and I love them as besties in a committed romantic/sexual relationship. And given canon I would have it progress that way – they get closer during the series, have a few physical encounters over the years and later in life take the leap and live happily ever after.

Extra scenes I’d like to see:

Christine opening up to Nyota about Roger Korby and how his disappearance led to her joining Starfleet – she chooses to stay, but there have to be so many complicated emotions involved (I’d also like to see this scene with McCoy so he could tell her what an asset she is)

Christine opening up to Nyota about her attraction to Spock – why does she fall for unobtainable men who hide their emotions? Uhura also flirts with Spock (flirts with having an attraction to Spock) so I think she’s a particularly good choice for this.

Any/every conversation post “The Changeling”. They are so adorable and Christine is so protective and they definitely become closer as a result okay.

Nyota opening up to Christine about her experiences in the mirror universe. As I’ve mentioned, I want ALL the conversations about the complexities of mirrors.

Nyota and Christine tribble fluff.

Christine dealing with McCoy’s terminal illness (”For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky”)

The aftermath of “Plato’s Stepchildren”. As with all trauma in Trek, I want to see the consequences and recovery.

A lot of the plot of The Motion Picture reflects “The Changeling” so I want to know Nyota’s thoughts and feelings!

Nyota and Christine mourning Spock.

Christine supporting Nyota when she’s left on Earth during The Search for Spock (I actually wrote this)

Nyota and Christine reacting to Spock’s resurrection.

Christine supporting Nyota before the trial at the end of The Voyage Home.

Christine existing after The Voyage Home.

Their retirement, to a cute loft apartment in a city.

As for AOS, I hate what they did. They imply that my Jim Kirk (who I love) has taken the role Roger Korby (who I hate) in that timeline and I prefer to NOPE. But, I love the sibling-esque relationship Nyota and Jim have so I can imagine Nyota at some point befriending Christine (through Carol I guess) and calling Jim on it and because he has an established relationship with Nyota (as opposed to Carol in that terrible underwear scene) he opens up about it and apologizes and Nyota’s like, don’t apologize to ME you goof, and then he calls up Christine and they chat and admit they were both young and silly and they get to a good place. Jim also apologizes to Carol for it taking Nyota to point out how much of an ass he was being, to both Christine and Carol. Everyone is pleased with Jim’s growth. I think I ship Christine with Carol more than Nyota in this scenario but a girls night out with the trio would be very welcome.

Send me a ship and I’ll give you my (brutally) honest opinion on it and/or write a scenario /give you a series rundown of my headcanons

#response #pixie ships #nyota uhura #christine chapel #uhura x chapel

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tianasidhe-augurelt · 7 years ago

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FFXV Favorites Meme

I was tagged by @stopmopingstarthoping Thanks, babe!.

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To celebrate a year of FFXV and the end of the first year of updates, let’s spread the FFXV love! I haven’t seen a tag meme like this for FFXV yet, so I decided to make one. If you see this and want to, copy/paste this list and share what your favorite things about FFXV are.

Favorite Chocobro:

Ignis. I have grown to love all of the bros, and originally I was drawn to Gladiolus. But over time, I kept finding myself drawn back to Ignis. Maybe it had to do with how cool and calm he was, or how elegant he was in battle. Hell, maybe it was all that exquisite food he cooks! But at some point, he crept his way into my heart (and into my panties, oh my).

Favorite Guest Party Member (including Ravus and Libertus from DLC):

Gotta go with my Ravy Gravy. The man is so compelling to me. Protective older brother who feels he is destined for far greater things, carrying a grudge for the protagonists, and who only wishes that his sister could have lived a full and happy life. Added bonus that his duel attack with Ignis is so perfectly choreographed. Ice dagger spinny!

Favorite Minor Character(s):

I’m gonna have to go with Iris. She kicks ass for the brief time she comes along with you, in true Amicitia tradition. I love her relationship with Gladio, and she’s so sweet.

Favorite Villain:

Fuck Ardyn, I’m picking Ravus. For the majority of the game, the chip on his shoulder is what drives him, but he’s so much more than just a villain. I do appreciate that he comes around to our side in the end, and bless SE for keeping him alive in the Alt Ending.

Favorite Kingsglaive Character:

Nyx. No contest. Love me some sexy firebending action, mmm! Wish he could’ve played more of a part in the main game, but he’s utilized well in the movie, so I’m happy.

Favorite Astral/Divine Being:

Normally, I would go with my babe Shiva, but in this case, I’m gonna pick Ramuh. Especially on first playthrough, having him trigger while hunting tough baddies like godsdamn COCKATRICES! Fry ‘em up nice and crispy!

Favorite Character Overall:

Overall, I’d have to go with Ignis. I have a major weakness for intellectual types, and the way he’s handled in both the main storyline and his DLC is exquisite to behold.

Favorite Weapon:

Nyx’s Kukris. Notmally, when in an MMO-style setting, I prefer a ranged weapon, but in this, I like being fast and striking multiple times, so daggers became my weapon of choice; plus it being a tribute to Nyx,

Favorite Location:

Top of the huge stone arches! The instant the ability to go up on them was unlocked, you bet your bottom gil I took advantage of it! They intrigued me the first time I saw them. I love the view, especially if I can get up there at night. Breathtaking!

Favourite Quest/Questline/Hunt:

Ignis losing his specs to a chocobo! I’m sorry, Iggy, but it’s funny!

Favorite Boss:

Ravus again (hey, I love my Ravy Gravy, don’t judge!) in Episode Ignis. It’s like he and Ignis are dancing.

Favorite Monster/Monster Family/etc:

TBH, I don’t have a favorite, though I do have a most HATED: Cockatrice/Kingatrice/Chickatrice. FRY ‘EM ALL, RAMUH!

Favorite Song:

Got a few.

Wanderlust (so peaceful and wistful)

Episode Ignis main theme - crying violins!

Stand Your Ground (BATTLE!)

Veiled in Black

A Retainer’s Resolve from Episode Ignis (So much raw power!)

Ardyn Boss Battle Theme (Extra Verse, Phase 1) from Episode Ignis (so fucking EPIC!)

Ardyn Boss Battle Theme (Extra Verse, Phase 2) from Episode Ignis (EVEN MOAR EPIC!)

Favorite Boss Theme:

Ardyn Boss Battle Theme (Extra Verse, Phase 2), Episode Ignis.

Favorite Non-Episode DLC/Update/Event:

Assassin’s Creed Festival. Never having played a single AC game ever, I was honestly surprised how much I enjoyed it. Again, it played into my desire to explore everything. Lestallum was built to be explored, and here we get to finally do so. Not quite as grand or flexible as Altissia in Episode Ignis, but certainly great in its own right.

Favorite Episode DLC:

As if you have to guess! :3 Episode Ignis game me all that I hoped for and more! Free exploration (with only a few caveats), lots of nooks and crannies, the BATMAN BROODING POINT DOME TOWER!... And my beloved Ignis (and Ravus) front and center. Besides the plot, I just love exploring Altissia and enjoying the architecture and window dressing. As any of my regular viewers can attest, I am a sucker for details and Easter Eggs (and eyecandy, ladies...).

Other Favorites of Note:

Just... how vast and free to explore the first huge chunk of the game is! Even in my first run, I progressed so slowly because I just loved running around and discovering things. While I did eventually grow a little tired of it after 4 runs and ~350 hours, my wanderlust was renewed with Episode Ignis. Add to that all the interesting architecture of the towns and outposts, plus ALL THE EASTER EGGS! OMG, so many! I’m still smugly proud of spotting the Chrono Trigger reference in Insomnia. I just wish there were more (which there probably are; hell, I spotted one in Comrades that I’d missed in regular Lestallum).

Fave Things to Do:

EXPLORE! After how bottled in that the FF13 games were (long narrow hallways, then pocket locations, then time limit), the sheer freedom of this game was so refreshing! I am seriously considering starting a brand new run just so I can explore and level grind from scratch again.

Chocobo riding is fun, though the racing is... ehh? Not really as good as earlier installments. Really, the lack of actual minigames in the main game is sad, but understandable. Gotta save something for the festivals.

I don’t feel like tagging anyone, so if anyone wants to do this and hasn’t already, go right ahead and claim I tagged you! :3c

#FFXV

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beenpxshedaside · 7 years ago

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MOAR FANFICTIONS??? Also it's 2 a.m. and later I'll see my newborn 2nd degree niece the first time! Family is meeting up the first time after the house of our grandparents got sold (bless them in heaven). 0:

More of progression in my current plots than brand new things. Maybe more. I’d like to think of some more stuff to write. Maybe some more on Alternate Googles.

It’s 1am here and bless your family and the babbu and yourself of course.

#outofdarkness #memequeenjojo #; messages from beyond

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lesmotsincompris · 7 years ago

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Thoughts on GoT S07E02

This time I avoided reading other people’s opinions on the episode until I could watch it for myself. I wanted to see which flaws I would notice on my own and which would be more of a ‘fridge logic’ type of thing. So sorry if I’m gonna sound repetitive.

I actually tried to watch the episode live last night, but Brazilian HBO Go crashed for the second Sunday in a row. I can’t help but laugh, this is the one time of the year when most people actually care about HBO and they screw it.

So, the episode. I feel it had higher highers and lower lowers? But it still navigates ‘meh’ waters for the most part. My thoughts on it:

Dragonstone

Dany saying Dragonstone doesn’t feel like home is an interesting concept: how much Westeros is Dany’s home? If not Westeros, then where? What will book!Dany feel when she arrives? What is home, anyway? All great questions, so we know the show won’t explore them.

It’s great to see Daenerys calling Varys on his bullshit, but this should have happened two seasons ago when he first arrived in Meereen, not now that he took care of her city while she was gone and they had a fun cruise together. And again show!Dany basically shrugs away the fact that Varys tried to kill her! Why? What is he bringing to #TeamTargaryen anyway?

See, this is what happens when you cut a character or subplot without thinking of the consequences. Varys’ motivations earlier in the show make sense for a Varys that champions his perfect prince Aegon for the Iron Throne. They cut Aegon, but forgot to adjust Varys’ motivations accordingly and now are having to fix it.

But wait, there’s more! While book!Dany has many qualities that I admire and that can make her a great queen, I don’t feel comfortable backing her claim for the Iron Throne just yet. Just like Stannis had to learn to ‘save the kingdom to win the throne’ and not the other way around, Dany still has to deconstruct the ‘usurper’ narrative and understand why people in Westeros didn’t want the Targaryens anymore. Book!Dany hasn’t done this yet, but neither has show!Dany. On the contrary, the show goes out of its way to emphasize the ‘conquest’ aspect of Dany’s coming to Westeros, with her being a little more pyromaniac than I would like. What makes Varys think she’ll be a better ruler than her father? What makes any of her allies think that?

After careful consideration, Dany decides for starvation instead of burning. A true champion of the people! Yaaahhhs queen! Because that won’t get the innocent killed, I’m sure.

Show!Tyrion is a character I can’t stand anymore. All he does is mansplain things to Daenerys like she was some silly child and play the Reasonable Man™ to murder-happy Strong Female Characters™ Yara, Ellaria, and Olenna. Why is he on #TeamTargaryen? What does he add to the group or Daenerys’ cause? And I’m not even gonna comment on the idiocy of storming Casterly Rock by sea, but hey, this comes from the writers that think you can go around Moat Cailin. Someone should paint a map of Westeros in the writer’s room, just saying.

Olenna is another character I’ll be happy to see gone. What’s with ‘they won’t obey you unless they fear you’? Has she attended the Cersei Lannister School of Leadership too? And what is ‘be a dragon’ even supposed to mean?

Hey, at least Yara expressed her own thoughts this time instead of letting Theon do it. Progress, I guess.

Melisandre took a flight from Plot Airlines and arrived in Dragonstone just to deliver exposition on a prophecy. I love when the writers sudden remember they should have seeded certain things ages ago and expect we won’t notice if they shoehorn it now. Also why is Melisandre so convinced that Dany is hot shit? Because she has a fancy hair and dragons? On the plus side, we got Missandei translating things and that’s always welcome.

Speaking of Missandei, the scene between her and Greyworm was really sweet, if a bit too long. I think this scene worked so well because those two are the only characters in this show that I like with no reservations; everybody else is a jerk to some degree and I can’t bring myself to root for them. Great acting from Jacob Anderson, he did in one scene more than Kit Harrignton and Emilia Clarke do in a whole season. My complaints are Missandei’s lack of underwear (in winter? Really?) and the forced accents.

King’s Landing

Cersei has a point: what reasons do the nobles of Westeros have to believe that Dany won’t be like Aerys? On the other hand, you know who’s also like Aerys? Cersei ‘let’s burn the sept with everyone inside’ Lannister! Ugh, this show.

‘She has three fully grown dragons, my grace’ and Gilly still has a tiny baby, so dragons grow extra fast in this show.

‘It’s a long ride back to the reach’, says Randyll. Yeah, but if you leave now you can be there before the episode is over.

Qyburn follows the Essos Daily twitter account, so he knows details of the fight in Meereen. He also just watched The Hobbit and wants to do a Bard-on-Smaug to Dany’s dragons.

Oldtown

I barely care about book!Jorah, but I certainly don’t care about show!Jorah. He outlived whatever purpose he had in the narrative, I hate how his feelings for Dany are framed as romantic and I hate how the show simply forgot the reason why Jorah was banned from Westeros in first place. Yes, he is dead for his family, for the minor misdemeanor of SELLING PEOPLE FFS. Jorah is an unrepentant slaver and a creepy crush won’t suddenly make him a sympathetic character, quite the opposite.

Jorah’s greyscale moved at the speed of plot, but fortunately didn’t affect his face so that Dany can still love Iain Glen’s looks. I’m glad Dany x Jon are an obvious romantic endgame for the show, because otherwise D&D might actually pair Dany and Jorah.

Last week we had poop montage, this week we have an overly long scene of Sam removing Jorah’s skin. This is what makes bold television and mature entertainment, I guess.

By the way, isn’t greyscale supposed to be on your blood or something? It isn’t exactly a skin condition that can be cured by just removing the skin, or I’m sure other people would have tried it before. This treatment makes no sense, but when has that ever stopped the writers?

Winterhell

Sam’s raven arrived in Winterfell ridiculously fast, but it almost seems too slow compared to Dany’s raven. And I’m guessing nobody at the Wall bothered sending a raven saying that Bran is alive and well and coming their way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Of course Sansa thinks Tyrion is the best. Who doesn’t think Tyrion is the best? He didn’t rape her, isn’t that the nicest thing a man can do for you? Ugh.

Again the writers’ choice to create conflict between the Stark siblings is to skip pre-meeting and make them argue in front of everyone. Again Sansa and Jon disagree because the plot needs them to disagree. Again the crowd cheers whoever is speaking.

Jon didn’t want to be king, he says. He just accepted it, he says. I can’t explain how much I hate this trope. Bad writers everywhere seem to believe that a good leader is the guy that doesn’t want to be a leader, because ambition is evil so a guy that wants to be leader must be evil. This is all levels of stupid and there’s no faster way to make sure somebody will do a lousy job than forcing them to do a job they don’t want to do.

We’ve moved on from trashing Stannis post-death to trashing Catelyn post-death. Ugh.

Somewhere in the Riverlands

Arya’s meeting with Hot Pie was weird. Hot Pie’s presence feels more like an easter egg than two old friends seeing each other after a long time. Maisie Williams is usually a great actor, but she’s been acting quite stiff this season. Maybe it’s D&D’s tradition of thinking that Strong Female Characters™ show no emotions?

Arya ‘heard’ Cersei is queen, but when she left Westeros Cersei was also queen, so...? It seems everybody gets their news super fast except for Arya. Maybe the cell phone signal at the Riverlands isn’t very good? Okay that Arya doesn’t know the Starks rule Winterfell again, but why didn’t she tried to go to the Wall as soon as she arrived in Westeros?

I hate that this is called ‘Battle of the Bastards’ in universe. It’s a stupid name on its own, but makes even less sense from a watsonian perspective. To call it ‘Battle of the Bastards’ is to make this a personal fight between Jon and Ramsay, but that’s not what it was. It was a battle for Winterfell and the North, a battle between Starks and Boltons even. Jon and Ramsay haven’t even met before that.

Nymeria showed up to announce that the show is officially cutting their husky-in-a-direwolf-body CGI budget. That scene felt super contrived and just made me angry at the writers. In the books we know Arya and Nymeria will meet again, and we know their connection is still strong, because Martin had been foreshadowing this for ages. In the show we never heard of Nymeria after season 1 and now she just showed up to say she won’t show up anymore.

Somewhere in the sea

I think the show reached a new level of racism, exotification and hypersexualization of PoC with “foreign invasion”. Good thing D&D won’t be showrunners for an upcoming tv show where the South won the Civil War. Can you imagine?

Yallaria didn’t live to its hype. Yara is bisexual, because of course a character that flirts with everyone is bisexual.

To whoever thought it would be a good idea to have the Sand Snakes as catty and childish murder-happy women: don’t.

The battle was confusing. Not only the lighting was terrible but also for the most part I couldn’t make sense of who was fighting for what side. Euron hired some Destruction mages from Skyrim so he could use Fireballs against the Sand Snakes. Maybe they’ll replace the dragonhorn with Odahviing?

It’s painfully obvious the showrunners want Euron to be scary, a Ramsay 2.0. and Joffrey 3.0. He even has a mustache to twirl! That’s only because they clearly can’t write a story without an obvious and defined human villain, who must be MOAR EVUHL than his predecessors. I won’t be surprised if we see Euron spitting on puppies and peeing on flowers. Sigh… This is just ridiculous.

Book!Euron is scary, but because we have subtle hints of his monstrosity. He’s a human villain, the last great human villain of ASOIAF, but he stitches the magical and the political arcs together. Show!Euron is just the same edginess and sadism we’ve seen before with other overused villains, now with a really silly appearance.

The plot needs Theon’s trauma to exist again, so Theon’s trauma exists again. I’m all for exploring PTSD and traumatic experiences on fiction, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore the trauma until it’s convenient for the plot or scream it away like Yara did last season.

I’m sure no misogyny will come from Euron having Yara and Ellaria captive.

Extra comments

After months of studying, I think I finally figured the laws of succession in D&D’s Westeros: whoever is the closest named character is automatically the heir. See: Cersei in King’s Landing, Ellaria in Dorne, Edd in the Night’s Watch...

What’s with the funny editing? You know the thing, they show something gross, then show food that looks a lot like the gross thing… Come on, guys, you’re not twelve.

(maybe they are? That would explain A LOT)

Once more they’re not even trying with the costumes and wigs. Sansa’s wig in particular is so bad it’s distracting.

What’s with the forced accents? Why every time a character is supposed to be ~foreign~ they go with a generic broken English accent? If you want a different accent than the main cast, make them use an American accent! Why not?

What happened to Stannis’ men? Was this ever, like, explained?

So that was it, another hour with stuff happening.

#antigot #anti got #got criticism #personal: watching things

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