#my 8 yo son donovan

[avellanaslesbianas]

worst mentor mentee duo EVEEER

[gimme-more-caffeine]

This is from my old blog, I honestly LOVE lists (and writing in bullets for some strange reason). Random and sporadic on topics and the numbers have NO MEANING. I'm NOT ordering them from most fave to least fave, just how they come to mind.

Also keynotes: Favorites doesn't always mean Favorites just what I enjoy the most. And there will be duplication at times

(Side note: Let's update this list from before as it's been two years and see what has changed. * means updated)

-Me- (Just little stuff I figured I'd do. Wasn't even supposed to be a list XD) 1. I'm a Major Introvert, I don't like to socialize with others in real life and prefer to do so online 2. I'm a major procrastinator 3. I mainly work nights so I get to sleep during the day 4. I want to make more friends online yet I have a hard time reaching out. The last time I interacted online was on DeviantArt and FFN years ago 5. I'm pretty much online all day/night on my nights off 6. Eye doctors have told me I have a rare blue-grey-green hazel (Is it true that it’s rare I don’t know) eyes so they tend to change between these three colors or be a mixture at times. Lately I think my eyes are just grey which takes on different green and/or blue shades

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-Books-

Favorite Authors 1. Nora Roberts/JD Robb 2. Jayne Ann Krentz/Jayne Castle/Amanda Quick 3. Gena Showalter (I mainly read her Lords of the Underworld series and only read one book that wasn't part of this series so she's not getting a Favorite list sadly) 4. Anna Windsor (I've only read one series of hers so I'm not including her in the books list) 5. Christine Feehan* (I mainly only like one of her series so she's not listed)

Favorite Series from Nora Roberts 1. Bride Quartet 2. McKade Brothers 3. In the Garden Trilogy 4. Dream Trilogy 5. Three Sisters Island Trilogy 6. Key Trilogy 7. Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy 8. The Donovan Legacy

Favorite Books from In Death (Limiting myself up to Ten) 1. Divided in Death (My first ever In Death book so it holds a strong place in my heart) 2. Innocent in Death 3. Memory in Death 4. Visions in Death 5. Imitation in Death 6. Conspiracy in Death 7. Strangers in Death 8. Treachery in Death 9. New York to Dallas 10. Creation in Death

Favorite Books from Nora Roberts (Limiting myself to Fifteen) 1. Black Hills 2. The Obsession 3. The Witness 4. Carnal Innocence 5. River's End 6. Tribute 7. Carolina Moon 8. Birthright 9. Three Fates 10. The Liar 11. The Search 12. The Villa 13. Angels Fall 14. Time Was 15. Times Change

Favorite Books from Jayne Ann Krentz 1. All Night Long (The first I ever Read and thus holds a special place in my heart) 2. Sizzle and Burn 3. Running Hot 4. In Too Deep 5. Copper Beach 6. Trust No One 7. River Road 8. Witch Craft 9. White Lies 10. Light in Shadow

Favorite Books from Amanda Quick 1. The Third Circle 2. The Perfect Poison 3. Second Sight 4. Crystal Gardens 5. The Mystery Woman 6. Quicksilver 7. The River Knows

Favorite Books from Jayne Castle 1. Obsidian Prey 2. Dark Light 3. The Lost Night 4. Midnight Crystal 5. Canyons of Night

Favorite NON-Romance Books 1. Hope was Here 2. Z for Zacharia 3. Lord of the Flies (Yes, I actually like the chaos that happened. I'm probably messed up for that) 4. The Other Boleyn Girl 5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (The ONLY book I like from the Harry Potter series) 6. 13 Reasons Why (I deeply enjoy the book and read during my teens) 7. By These Ten Bones 8. The Giver 9. Lovely Bones

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-Disney/Animated Movies-

Favorite "Popular" Disney Movies 1. Mulan 2. Zootopia 3. Big Hero 6 4. Tarzan 5. The Lion King 6. 101 Dalmations 7. Bambi 8. Pocahontas 9. The Princess and the Frog 10. Frozen 11. The Little Mermaid 12. Lilo and Stitch 13. Lady and the Tramp 14. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 15. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Yes this is Disney as Tim Burton worked for them during this time. I checked to make sure)

Favorite "Underrated" Disney Movies 1. Treasure Planet 2. Oliver and Company 3. Atlantis: The Lost Empire 4. Home on the Range 5. The Black Cauldron 6. The Sword in the Stone 7. Hercules 8. Meet the Robinsons 9. Emporer's New Groove 10. Robin Hood 11. A Goofy Movie 12. The Fox and the Hound 13. Aristocats 14. James and the Giant Peach (Yes this is considered Disney, I checked) 15. The Rescuers 16. Descendents 17. Brother Bear 18. Dinosaur

Favorite Sequels 1. Mulan 2 (Yes I like this when everyone seems to hate this) 2. Lion King 2 3. Cinderella 3 (I consider this to be an actual sequel, the other one felt more like short stories) 4. Beauty and the Beast: An Enchanted Christmas 5. Bambi 2 6. The Fox and the Hound 2 7. The Rescuer's Down Under 8. Aladdin and The King of Thieves 9. Pocahontas 2 10. 101 Dalmatians 2 11. Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure 12. An Extremely Goofy Movie

Favorite Series (Expect this one to be long and I'm including Jetix too) 1. The House of Mouse 2. Dinosaurs (I never even knew this!) 3. Bill Nye the Science Guy (SERIOUSLY, This guy was DISNEY?!) 4. Duck Tales 5. Gargoyles 6. TaleSpin 7. Darkwing Duck 8. Quack Pack 9. Timon and Pumba 10. 101 Dalmations 11. Recess 12. Hercules 13. PB&J Otter 14. Teacher's Pet 15. Filmore! 16. Disney's Mighty Ducks 17. The Legend of Tarzan 18. Kim Possible 19. Pucca 20. Lilo and Stitch: The Series 21. Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! 22. W.I.T.C.H. 23. American Dragon: Jake Long 24. Yin Yang Yo! 25. Descendents: Wicked World

Favorite NON-Disney Movies 1. Anastasia 2. All Dogs go to Heaven 2 3. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron 4. American Tail 2: Fivel Goes West 5. Prince of Egypt 6. The Last Unicorn 7. The Secret of NIMH 8. Wakko's Wish 9. Quest for Camelot 10. Balto 11. The Pebble and the Penguin 12. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 13. Scooby Doo on Zombie Island 14. Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost 15. The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

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-Youtube-

Youtubers/Channels I mainly watch (Limiting myself to Ten): 1. MLP-Silver-Quill 2. Night Mind* 3. Rekaita Law* (Hey it's entertaining as hell and I love watching him rant) 4. FoundFlix* 5. joshscorcher 6. FOB Equestria 7. That Creepy Reading* 8. Top5s 9. The Theorizer 10. SuperHorrorBro*

Generalization of what I watch on Youtube 1. Let's Plays 2. Song Covers 3. MLP Analysis stuff (NOT the series, only the analysis community) 4. Horror/Paranormal/Urban Legend stuff 5. Movie/Game Theories 6. Anime/Movie parodies 7. Horror Explanations (Movies and video games lately)* 8. Abridged Shows/Parodies

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-Music-

Favorite Disney Movie Songs/Scores (As in IN the movie, Credit songs don't count unless they're the same song as in the movie. LONG LIST AHEAD) 1. Hellfire - Hunchback of Notre Dame 2. Why Should I Worry - Oliver and Company 3. I'm Still Here - Treasure Planet 4. Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas 5. Savages - Pocahontas 6. Make a Man out of You - Mulan 7. What's this? - Nightmare before Christmas 8. This is Halloween - Nightmare before Christmas 9. Court of Miracles - Hunchback of Notre Dame 10. You'll be in My Heart - Tarzan 11. Son of Man - Tarzan 12. Strangers Like Me - Tarzan 13. Farewell - Pocahontas 14. Short Hair - Mulan 15. Eye to Eye - A Goofy Movie 16. Stand Out - A Goofy Movie 17. After Today - A Goofy Movie 18. Topsy Turvy - Hunchback of Notre Dame 19. Try Everything - Zootopia 20. I Wanna be Like Other Girls - Mulan 2 21. Good Doggy, No Bone - Fox and the Hound 2 22. Lesson Number One - Mulan 2

Favorite Disney Covers 1. Hellfire - Jonathan Young 2. Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John (Yes I see that as a cover as it's not the one from the movie but the credits) 3. Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Sara Paxton 4. Hawaiian Roller Coaster - Penicillin 5. Heigh-Ho - CASCADE 6. Supercalifragilisticexpialadotious - THE KIDDIE (Hope I spelt the song right... It's too damn long) 7. This is Halloween - Marilyn Manson 8. Kiss the Girl - Ashley Tisdale 9. You'll be in my Heart - Celtic Woman 10. Be Prepared - Jonathan Young* (Jonathan Young covers a lot of Disney songs I like so I'll leave it at that instead of listing all the covers I like)

Favorite Parody Songs 1. Brooklyn Rage - YGOTAS (Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series) Parodying: Poker Face by Lady Gaga 2. Pharaoh's Throne - YGOTAS Parodying: Telephone by Lady Gaga 3. Make a Man out of You - DBZAbridge 4. Leather Pants - YGOTAS Parodying: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga 5. U Can't Touch Lani - Lanipator Parodying: U Can't Touch This 6. Without Yugi - YGOTAS Parodying: Without Me by Eminem 7. Paraboss - YGOTAS BBT Movie Parodying: ??? by ??? (Someone told me it was Lady Gaga's Paraboss song but I can't find that) 8. Stronger - YGOTAS BBT Movie Parodying Harder, Better, Faster Stronger by Daft Punk 9. It's Your Move - YGOTAS Parodying: Tik Tok by Ke$ha

Genres I listen to 1. 80s 2. Different forms of Rock (Alternative, Symphonic, Metal, etc) 3. Anime Music 4. Disney Songs (Usually more from the movies) 5. Dance/Techno 6. Covers/Remixes

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-Movies-

Favorite Movies (Limiting myself up to Fifty) 1. Titanic 2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Again, the only movie I liked from the Harry Potter franchise) 3. Avatar (Yes I know this was like 95% CGI but it still had physical people in it so I'm not putting it in CGI category) 4. Jumanji 5. Fluke 6. Godzilla (98. This is my FAVORITE Godzilla movie. I just loved the design of Godzilla and the animated show that came as a result) 7. Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton's version. I'm probably one of the few who enjoyed this) 8. SPEED 9.  13 Ghosts 10. Ghost Ship 11. Poseidon (The one from the 2000s) 12. Flight 93 13. United 93 14. World Trade Center 15. Iron Jawed Angels 16. How the Grinch Stole Christmas 17. Matilda 18. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (A classic that shall never die) 19. Beetlejuice 20. The Dark Knight 21. Home Alone 3 22. Deadpool 23. Casper 24. Addams Family Values 25. The Hollow 26. Jurassic World 27. Dragon Heart (I cry like a bitch during the ending) 28. Angels in the Outfield 29. The Mask 30. Hocus Pocus 31. Mortal Kombat 32. The Grinch (2018 version)*

Favorite CGI and Claymation movies (Because I can't tell the difference between the two. And the CGI is for ALL Computer generation and WITHOUT physical people. This includes DreamWorks) 1. Rise of the Guardians 2. Megamind 3. Corpse Bride 4. Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children 5. James and the Giant Peach 6. Nightmare Before Christmas 7. Coraline 8. Dinosaur 9. Shrek 2 10. Kung Fu Panda 2 11. Sherman and Mr. Peabody

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-Anime-

Animes I like before finding out they were Anime 1. Oban Star Racers 2. Shinzo

Favorite Animes (Limiting myself up to Thirty) 1. Kuroko no Basket 2. Fruits Basket 3. Yu-Gi-Oh 4. Yu Yu Hakusho 5. Samurai Deeper Kyo 6. Bleach 7. Gravitation 8. Junjo Romantica 9. Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi 10. Princess Tutu 11. Slayers 12. Supernatural the Anime 13. Free! 14. Persona 4 15. Digimon 16. Inuyasha 17. Pokemon 18. Case Closed

Favorite NON-Animes (That can pass for anime style, at least what I think could pass) 1. Teen Titans (Not that shit Teen Titans Go) 2. Avatar the Last Airbender (I have not seen Korra. Also on a side note, this used to be in the anime section on Fanfiction.net when it first came out) 3. Samurai Jack 4. Ben 10 - Ben 10 Omniverse (Basically I mean anything BEFORE Ben 10 Omniverse) 5. Generator Rex 6. Powerpuff Girls Z 7. Code Lyoko

Favorite Voice Actors (Doing Japanese and English since I know very few XD Forgive my spelling errors) 1. Todd Haberkorn 2. Dan Greene 3. Johnny Yong Bosch 4. Vic Mignogna 5. Daisuke Namikawa 6. Konishi Katsuyuki 7. Romi Park 8. Yuri Lowenthral 9. Steve Staley 10. Cam Clarke 11. Greg Ayers* 12. Jerry Jewell 13. Eric Vale 14. Dave Wittenberg* 15. Tara Strong

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-Mythology/Supernatural

Favorite Myths 1. The Jersey Devil 2. Hades/Persephone Myth

Favorite NON-Humanoid Magical/Mythical/Supernatural Creatures 1. Unicorn 2. Qilin/Krilin 3. Dragon 4. Cerberus (I can't find the official name) 5. The Jersey Devil 6. Perryton 7. Pegasus

Favorite Humanoid Magical/Mythical/Supernatural Creatures 1. Mermaid 2. Harpy 3. Centaur 4. Siren (Both winged and finned kinds)

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-Random/One Category stuff-

Favorite Comedians 1. Gabriel Iglesias 2. Jeff Dunham 3. Bill Engvall 4. Jeff Foxworthy

Favorite Animals 1. Cats 2. Foxes 3. Wolves 4. Dogs 5. Ferrets* 6. Stoats* 7. Bats*

Favorite Foods 1. Buffalo Chicken Pizza (No Bleu Cheese, ONLY RANCH) 2. Beef Fajitas 3. Crunchwrap Supreme (I love Taco Bell!!) 4. Triple Chocolate Cake

Favorite Drinks 1. Peach Tea Snapple 2. Cherry Coke/Pepsi 3. Shirley Temple 4. Pure Leaf Unsweetened Tea 5. Strawberry Lemonade 6. Cherry Lemonade 7. Pure Leaf Peach Tea 8. Pure Leaf Fuji Apple Ginger Tea 9. Pure Leaf Cherry Hibiscus Tea*

[jarlenadreams]

Whispering Winds Prologue

Author note: inspired by the Orpheus return and Marlena’s missing years.

That voice...

Marlena had been attending to an unconscious Paul and froze in place as she listened to the old man taunt her husband, why in the hell did it sound familiar ..

“So this is your wife?” He crept up closer on them. “The beautiful Doctor, you should be very proud … she risked her life to save yours.”

She tried to focus on her step son, but noticed her hands were shaking and she turned back to the other men, her hazel eyes narrowing as she tried to place the voice. Being a psychiatrist, she was good with names and faces, but this one … she was drawing a blank and like her husband … like John, she hated blanks.

“Who are you?” she asked, thanking fate that while her hands now in fists were unseen by everyone, especially John who knew the tell mannerism that she was scared, the fear didn’t carry to her voice.

“He’s my father.” She nearly gave herself whiplash as she turned to her husband, a look of absolute confusion on her delicate features as she shot back a comment of “What?"

At her confusion Yo Ling merely smirked, his expression a mockery of his son’s famous mannerism as he raised an eyebrow at her question.

He bowed merrily at her and muttered something softly to her under his breath in Chinese, watching her reaction closely before smiling once more. “I didn’t think you’d remember Doc..” John growled a warning shot at the other man and he finished his sentence. “ Doctor and you’ll remember only when it’s too late.”

Protective as always of her, John went for his father and they began to spar verbally, Steve and Rafe started moving, guns drawn on the other men, to cover the two Blacks on the ground.

Marlena was having flashes, oblivious to everything as Steve, Rafe and John went for the man who had terrorized their families. Memories of the plane going down, the clinic were like fireworks behind her closed eyes as a worried Paul reached out to lay a hand on her arm.

The memory of her screaming at something unseen all but faded away as she heard the old man taunt John about going out on his own terms. Her hazel eyes widened as she looked up hearing him repeat that there was always a choice and she screamed “He’s got a poisoned capsule!”

The others watched helplessly as John sank to the ground, cradling the man who gave him life, muttering repeatedly that he owed him answers.

Paul studied his step-mother and as Steve helped him to his feet, said to the other man. “I don’t think he’s the only one…

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John came out of Paul’s room and found that Marlena was nowhere to be seen. He wasn’t worried, after years of being involved with the pretty shrink, he knew that more than likely, she was in her office or doing a quick consult with someone.

He was walking towards the nursing station when Maxine spotted him and chuckled at the unspoken question she had seen many times in the dark blue eyes coming towards her. “She wasn’t feeling well, she’s gone to lie down in her office until you were ready to go home.” John tilted his head in silent thank you as he headed down the hall to find his wayward wife. He knew that he shouldn’t be angry at her for taking the unnecessary risk in his eyes about coming after him. Heaven and Salem knew beyond question that the beautiful blonde was a magnet at times for trouble never failing to find her, but yet ..

Yet there was this nagging fear that had been in the back of his head that started when Yo Ling targeted her because of him that made him beyond furious. Because she *knew* the risks and yet every time without fail, she always followed him into dangers. Because she loved him without question, without fail, without logic of thought.

“I could have lost you Doc.”

John for most if not all of their life together had this doubt in regards to her that he didn’t deserve her or the devotion that their love inspired in her that had kept her nearly always believing in him, even when he didn’t in himself. Rounding the corner, he didn’t knock but rather just went inside and found her fast asleep, her fist pressed against her cheek, the obvious only to him tell that his woman, the brave and virtuous and oh so esteemed psychiatrist was scared out of her lovely mind.

John could still count on one hand the number of times, in all the times they had together or separately been in enough trouble, that she had been absolutely terrified enough to ball her hands up into fists.

Her fist …

As his brows furrowed at the gesture, he knelt down beside her and gently shook her.

“Hey pretty lady, it’s time to go … “ When she didn’t respond, he looked closer and saw the tear streaks.

“Doc, it’s time to go…”

She was oblivious, murmuring in her sleep that she was sorry, she wouldn’t do it again, just please don’t take them .. don’t hurt them because she didn’t know, she would do better.

John paused, listening to her plaintive cries and grew concerned.

Marlena’s missing years were forbidden to talk about, one of the few topics in their life together that she had made absolutely without question crystal clear that she would never ever talk to anyone, including her husband about again. She was adamant that she was fine with not knowing after the mess of finding out John wasn’t Roman Brady while chasing it down the first time and the second time had her nearly dying after following a false lead a few years before that had the Blacks chasing down children that belonged to Roman and Kate. “I’ve seen what chasing ghosts did to you, hell I nearly died myself John. I can’t do it. I want to just be happy with you and our children and grandchildren.”

He saw the determination in her hazel eyes and knew better. She had always been the compass by which he based his choices for the most part. If she wanted it left, then it was to be left. Making a mental note to talk to Rafe and Steve to see if something had happened to her while they were rescuing he and Paul, John drew up a chair and began to wait her out. *~*~*~*~* Shane Donovan was sitting at his desk when there was a knock at his office door. Minimizing the file on his computer screen, he called out to the person on the other side to come in. The younger agent was someone that the head of the ISA had his eye on since the younger man chased his cousins around the Brady Christmas tree when he was 8.

Shane’s instincts were never more right about someone as they were about Eric Brady. Roman’s son, John’s step-son and instincts honed by watching and learning from the best. It was however the expression on his face that had Shane stopping what he was about to say as he studied his nephew, for it was one that was never seen on either man, but rather a well known feature of Eric’s mother, yet another example of the knowledge sources available to the young operative. “Why did you send me into that?” He asked Shane as he handed him the USB stick. “Of all the times to put me in the middle of something that I REALLY didn’t want to be involved in. You know…” Shane held up his hand. “I couldn’t be there and I knew that of all people, you’d be the best person to protect the family’s privacy.” Eric stood at the window, arms behind his back in military stance as he called over his shoulder. “If you knew all this time about this, you could have told her.” “You’ve been around your mother long enough to know that she didn’t want to probe her past further than what she and John had learnt a few years ago. Nearly dying makes things very clear." Eric turned around and came to sit across from his chief. “You sent me into that lunatic’s compound and asked me to hack into his computer. How am I supposed to sit here and tell my mother that it wasn’t Stefano really who had her all that time? That in fact it was a triad of the worst men known to my family who had her?” Shane was about to speak when Eric cut him off. “We both know how John feels about her, he’ll go rogue. You know that. He gets … possessive of her since the whole mess with Stefano and his last attempt of changing him into the Pawn.” “I’m aware of that Eric.” Shane countered. “However, with what you found on his hard drives … they both need to know about what really happened in 1986 after Orpheus took her from Salem." “And his ties to both of my fathers.” Eric added as he gathered up the dossier from his boss and headed out the door. “Guess I’ll see you in Salem soon then. Good luck Uncle Shane.”