#my Catholic ass is shocked to the core

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Every day i wake up and randomly remember that Protestants exist

[gayskogul]

Well, I hope you don't mind but I would like all your thoughts on the Charlot/priest incident in The Charioteer. In particular, is it the beginning of the end for Laurie and Andrew, or a sign that their relationship is actually growing in strength?

Thanks for the ask! I do enjoy these excuses to go back and read this book. So! I went into this remembering the scene as kind of a low point for those two and was reminded very rapidly of how brutal it was lol. Like yeah, Laurie's getting pissy at Andrew cause he is kinda being a useless. (To which I'm forced to say, yeah fair, but what are you expecting out of a 19 year old blond twink, laurie? They're not exactly known for their usefulness) Then he realises that one thing he's come to really love Andrew for (his tendency to slip into a quiet thoughtfulness) is not something he can rely on when times get Real - probably especially for a relationship. There's this bit in my notes where I went fully stream of consciousness mid-sentence that made me laugh my ass off:

Much of this chapter has Andrew hurrying out of the room back and forth from somewhere else, the nurse, the laundry, whatever. I think this absence really gets to Laurie.

And then we get to the meat of the scene, where Laurie wants Andrew to impersonate the priest, since Charlot would recognise him if he tried to do it. It's a very… pragmatic idea, and rooted in compassion. All things very Laurie-core. But any semi-religious person would balk at the idea, I know my raised-catholic ass cocked a brow in surprise when I first read it. And unfortunately for Laurie, and perhaps Charlot depending on where you stand, Andrew is quite a bit more dedicated than just "semi". He declines, obviously.

Now, when Andrew starts standing up for himself and denying Laurie's frantic request to impersonate the priest (thrice! somebody fetch that rooster!) I was like… we're so back!! It's even stated how hot Laurie thinks Andrew is when he's putting his foot down like this. But I think the plaster's already been ripped off at this point, and Laurie's much too frustrated with Andrew. There's much difference between how the two are as people, and he's been quite forcefully shown that divide in this situation. He's already wished that Ralph was here in the scene like twice by now. That's where he's most comfortable: "Ralph would've understood."

After their row, Laurie does apologise but the damage is already done. Fwiw, I'm not very convinced by his apology, like I do think that he believed those things he said, he's just such a people pleaser that he wants Andrew to not be upset. Andrew's still hurt from all of that, though, despite saying, "It's alright" a couple of times. But he doesn't really know how to express it, so he goes for the o2 cylinder. There's some cool foreshadowing of Andrew doing violence with that. We're reminded how he's actually quite strong, and how he's said to be "attacking" the cylinder. And there's something Laurie sees on his face described as "something of a revelation", does Laurie see those latent impulses for violence there, which he can't express because of his beliefs? Ties in with the son of a soldier thing etc. Anyway, Charlot then goes unresponsive. Andrew leaves again, to get the nurse. When they're back, she scolds Laurie and orders him to bed - leaving him with no chance to talk things over with Andrew.

Now, the scene in the kitchen. On my first read through, I was so in shock from the kiss that I hadn't really absorbed what else was going on here: this reads like a breakup! This is such a breakup! Laurie's going away, the way it's worded… the vague promises of visiting again and staying in a farm nearby. The bittersweet reminiscing of the Mozart, which was originally what they thought was the oboe quartet, but Laurie misremembers it as a concerto. But then again, things have changed now, haven't they? That one line, "I've never known this place with you," gave me a head rush so strong I thought I had covid. And then he goes to call the Mozart piece, "One of those tunes that people have" [that they associate with a lover who's gotten away from them??], and I went visibly pale lol. And then that line about Dave moving to the east end, where the Blitz is in full swing? 'Does he have to do that?' 'He can go where he likes, he's years over military age. It's because of Cynthia, I know.' Andrew gave him a strange bewildered look and added, 'I know how he feels. No, that must sound stupid. I mean I--' Did he just compare Laurie moving away to Dave losing his spouse?? im gonna explode???

There's so much good stuff here, these two really are so sweet! It starts to feel like Andrew's coming around, he's almost ready to figure it all out, he's opening his heart to Laurie here. He trusts Laurie and only feels normal around him etc. And Laurie is even moved enough to kiss him, to enlighten him. Maybe it'd be a goodbye kiss, just like what Ralph did to him, all those years ago. Only, again, they're interrupted. It's not meant to be.

-- Random thots that i'm gluing onto the end:

There's a lot of this disconnectedness between the two that I've brought up before a hopeful laurie/andrew dreamer. They don't really get a chance to communicate here because Andrew has to go off and do things/get the nurse, and when they try to, they just end up fighting and not really resolving anything. Other things I noted down that tie into this theme - the line to the priest being cut, and no communication can get through, the nurse separating them, and then interrupting their kiss! Even Laurie's transfer kinda smoothly fits the idea on a larger scale.

Another thing I've brought up before is the whole "keeping Andrew in the dark" thing, which crops up here again. When they're talking about Ralph and what he'd did to get expelled in the kitchen, Laurie doesn't clue him in. Now obviously because it was quite the scandal, and he wanted to protect Ralph, but also he wanted to protect Andrew from learning about himself and not bring up anything gay! This is another of those times that people pulled the wool over his eyes.

Dont think I didn't notice Laurie purposefully avoiding sleep so that he can wait up in the dark just to get a chance to see Andrew, TWICE! That's my girl...!

A completely random thing to notice, but whatever, it's there. In this chapter, Charlot keeps getting these quite... animalistic descriptions in his appearance. His "thick chin", his "oxlike brown eyes," "blunt hands," "coarse, curly hair", (like a sheep? admittedly lots of reaching going on here), and his "animal state" giving Laurie the impression of "watching a dying dog". That last one of them is ALSO crazy because doesn't the wedding, where Laurie finds out about Gyp, happen after this chapter?????

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The Northside Serpent: Part 9

Request: Yes / No

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Sweet Pea x Keller!Reader

Word count: 3586

Warnings: Little bit of cursing and some smut 

Y/N: Your Name

Summary: You’re Kevin Keller’s little sister when you’re mom left to go to war and your dad started cheating (I’m making it so he’s been cheating since season 1) You started rebelling; dying your hair, getting a nose piercing, tattoo, and hanging out on the southside.

A/N: I almost forgot about this! I’m sorry! Dumb sickness making me forget!

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Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 

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It was morning and the three of us were sitting at the table eating breakfast in silence. My dad was pissed at me for going with the Serpents, but when is he not lately. He was just giving me hard disapproving looks and Kevin just looked really awkward.

“I told you to stay away from them.” Our father said and I sighed.

“I’m not doing this again.” I said getting up and putting my dishes in the sink.

“You sit down right-” Before he could finish his phone went off. He answered it, had a short conversation then hung up.

“I have to go, someone apparently cut off General Pickens’ head.” He said and put his dishes in the skin as well.

“I bet it was your little Serpent pals.” He said and I glared at him. I held back since I didn’t want to have yet another fight with him. He left not long after and it was just me and Kevin.

“Let’s just get ready for school.” He sighed and I nodded. I ran up to my room to get dressed.

I decided to wear a simple, plain gray crop top, a simple black skirt, some cute heeled boots, and my leather jacket. For makeup I did some neutral eyeshadow with a wing and a dark neutral lip. I put my hair in a bun and grabbed my bag.

Kevin drove us to school and we met with Veronica, Betty, Archie, and Jughead in the student lounge. Veronica asked us to meet up with her and Kevin made me go instead of me seeing my boyfriend.

“I already invited Archie, but I want you guys to be there, as well.Usually these kinds of events, baptisms, confirmations are family-only, but since it's all about me and you guys are my chosen family, I pulled a few strings and reserved you a pew.” Veronica said, she was talking about her confirmation and I honestly couldn’t care. Being in a room with a ton of Lodges? No thanks.

“What is the dress code?” Kevin asked and looked at me, I rolled my eyes at him.

“Catholic chic. So, dresses for the girls, veils optional, and coats and ties for the boys.” She said with a smile.

“Jughead Jones and Betty Cooper, please report to the principal's office. Jughead Jones and Betty Cooper to the principal's office.” Principal Weatherbee said over the PA.

“What’d you two do?” I asked with a smirk.

“Probably the article I wrote.” Jug said rolling his eyes, The pair got up and left the lounge.

“You will you two be there?” Veronica asked looking at me and my brother.

“I do-”

“Of course!” Kevin said cutting me off.

“Great! And don’t worry Y/N I’m sure we can find a suitable dress for you.” She smiled and I just smiled back biting my tongue.

“I gotta go, class and all.” I said grabbing my bag and leaving. Ii went to my locker and grabbed my books. Someone came up behind me and grabbed my waist. I was about to turn around and punch them in the face when I heard who it was.

“Hey baby.” Sweet Pea’s voice rang through my ears. I smiled and turned around.

“Hey babe.” I said wrapping my arms around his neck.

“So, did your dad yell at you?” He asked and I sighed.

“No but he really wants to.” Sweet Pea kissed my head and I smiled again.

“He was on the Southside today asking if we had the head.” I rolled my eyes.

“I can’t say I’m surprised.”

“Wait you think we took it?” He asked shocked.

“What? No! He told Kev and I about it this morning and he said he thought it was you guys.” I said. Sweet Pea nodded and the bell rang.

“Well, we better get to class.” I said shutting my locker. Sweet groaned as I pulled him along.

After school I had to go home with Kevin or my dad said he’d groand me for months. So here I was sitting at home with my homework finished and bored out of my mind. I was in the living room with Kevin, I was on my laptop while he was watching something on T.V.

“Are you excited for Veronica’s party?” He asked out of nowhere.

“No, I don’t wanna be in a room full of Lodges.” I answered.

“Come on Y/N! You hardly hang out with us anymore, I’m starting to think dad’s right about the Serpents.” He said.

“What?” I asked annoyed and shut my laptop.

“Might I remind you that you dated a Serpent!”

“Yeah and look how that ended! He turned out to be an assistant to murder!” Kevin said. I glared at him ready to have a screaming match with him when our dad walked in.

“I got Pop’s for dinner.” He said and walked into the kitchen.

“This isn’t over.” I growled at Kevin then walked into the kitchen to eat. We were all sat down eating, none of us talking to each other when my phone rang.

“No phones at the dinner table.” He dad said. I ignored him and answered it.

“Hello?”

“Your dad just payed the Southside a visit again!” Sweet Pea growled.

“What?” I asked confused and looked at my dad.

“Hang up Y/N.” He warned me.

“Yeah, eviction notices, we have 2 weeks!” He yelled pissed.

“I’ll come by in a minute, don’t worry okay?”

“We’ll be at the Wyrm.” He said then hung up.

“What the hell dad!” I shouted annoyed.

“You’re evicting the Serpents!?”

“It was an order by the Mayor-”

“You mean your girlfriend!” I growled and narrowed my eyes at him.

“There’s a lot of back rent Y/N, it’s about time they get out of here anyway.” I stood up and walked to the door.

“Where the hell do you think you’re going?” He shouted at me.

“Away from here!” I shouted back and slammed the door behind me. I ran to the Wyrm and once I got there I was out of breath. Toni, Fangs, Jughead, and Sweet Pea noticed me and motioned me to come over.

“Did you know about this?” Jughead asked annoyed.

“I had no idea! If I did don’t you think I would have told you?” I answered. Loud footsteps rang through the bar and everyone turned to look at the stage. FP stood up there looking just as unhappy as everyone else.

“We all got the eviction notices, but I swear to you No one is goin' anywhere. But the heat's been on us since Pickens Day and they're using that damn statue as an excuse to turn it up. But if we're gonna fix this, I gotta ask: Is anyone in this room responsible for cutting off Pickens' head?” He asked loudly.

“Why don't you ask your son what he has to say?” Tall Boy called out.

“What is your problem with me, Tall Boy?” Jughead asked annoyed.

“You wrote the article that started this mess. You and your posse fired the opening shot at Pickens Day.”

“It was a peaceful protest, Turncoat.” Toni said sassily.

“That accomplished nothing. So what's to say that you and your boyfriend didn't go back that night with a ladder and hacksaw-”

“Hey!” Jughead shouted and got in his face.

“We didn't do it. Hell, Tall Boy, you're the tallest guy in this room. You wouldn't even need a ladder.” Jughead accused.

“Sweet Pea is dating the Sheriff’s daughter, how do we know she didn’t do it to set us up!” Tall Boy growled.

“She wouldn’t do that!” Jughead said before Sweet Pea could say anything, he did pulled me closer to him though.

“Jughead Tall Boy, the last thing we need right now is to turn on each other.” FP announced breaking the two up. Jughead turned back to us and we walked away.

We spent some time trying to get our minds off the situation at hand but it wasn’t entirely successful. Jughead ended up going home early because he was too frustrated.

“Hey, Quinny, shouldn’t you be getting home too?” Fangs asked and I shook my head.

“I do not want to go home, I really can’t deal with a fight tonight.” I said.

“So where are you gonna sleep?” Toni asked confused.

“I’ll text Betty or Veronica or something.” I shrugged.

“You can stay at my place.” Sweets said. I smiled up at him and nodded.

“I’d love to.” He smiled then lifted me up over his shoulder.

“Then let’s get home!” He said and made his way outside.

“I’ll drop some clothes off for you in the morning!” Toni shouted and I smiled back at her.

We got outside and Sweet Pea put me on his bike, he handed me a helmet and I put it on. He got on and started it up, with in seconds we were on the road. The drive to his trailer was short which I was sad about since I loved riding on his bike. Sweets got off and took both our helmets off, then once again, picked me up. He took me inside and dropped me on his bed. He walked up to his closet, taking off his shirt and began looking through it. Once he found what he was looking for he turned around and tossed it to me. It was on of his flannels and I smiled.

“Do you want me to leave the room or…?”He asked while taking off his pants. Instead of answering him I just got up and stripped down to my bra and underwear. Before I could put the shirt on Sweet Pea came up behind me and his hands started trailing over my body. They made their way up too my boobs and he gently groped them. I gasped at the feeling and arched my back causing my ass to grind into Sweet Pea’s member. He groaned and began kissing my neck. It started off as sweet kisses but quickly became hungry, nibbling kisses. I moaned, never have I felt this good before. Sweet Pea turned me around and picked me up. I wrapped my legs around him and he placed me on my back on the bed. Our lips connected and it was a passionate, hungry kiss. Sweets started grinding against my clothed core and I moaned into his mouth. His hands traveled to my back and unclipped my bra. He grabbed it and tossed it to the floor. He kissed down my jaw to my breast and gently took one of my nipples in his mouth. I moaned when he began to suck on it and pinching the other with his hand. I arched my back making me grind against him. Sweet Pea moaned and the vibrations made my nipple harder. He kissed his was back up to my lips and moved his hand down to my underwear. He slid his hand in but I stopped him and pulled away.

“Sweets, wait.” I breathed and he looked down at me confused.

“I’ve never done this before…” I said with a blush and looked away. He pulled his hand out and brought my face to look at him.

“We don’t have to if you don’t want to.” He whispered.

“I’m sorry…” I said and he just smiled rolling over to his side. He got up and grabbed my bra and his flannel. He handed them both to me and I put them on. Sweet Pea got back into bed and pulled me to him, kissing my head.

“You don’t have to be sorry, just know that when you’re ready I’ll be here.” He whispered and I smiled up at him.

“I love you.” I whispered.

“I love you too.” He whispered back and connected our lips.

The next morning Sweet Pea cooked breakfast and Toni and Fangs came over. As promised Toni brought me some clothes and makeup. I thanked her then went to get dressed.

She decided to give me a very Toni outfit, it was a pair of black ripped skinny jeans, a bralette, sheer polka dot shirt to go over it, and I wore the boots I wore yesterday . I wanted to add some color so I did a blue and black smokey eye with a wing and a bold blue lip.

I walked out and the three Serpents looked at me. Toni smirked while Sweet Pea and Fangs stared at me shocked. Toni walked up and hugged me.

“Close your mouths boys, you’re drooling.” Toni said still smirking. Sweet Pea walked over to me and pulled me to him.

“Looks like I’ll have to keep an eye on you today.” I giggled and shook my head. The three of us drove to the Wyrm to hang out, since it was the weekend.

Everything was normal and fine until Tall Boy walked in with Penny Peabody… The whole bar went silent and everyone stared at them. Sweet Pea pulled me behind him and growled. Tall Boy, FP and Penny sat down at a table and everyone gathered around. Sweet Pea kept me close to him the whole time. It was a few minutes later when Jughead walked in with a poster.

“All right, order of the Ophidians.” He said then turned to look at everyone.

“Jughead Jones. Did you really think you'd see the last of me?” Penny asked with a smirk.

“What's the Snake Charmer doing here? Dad?” Jug asked but FP looked lost in his thoughts.

“No, I brought her in, to help us.” Tall Boy said with a smirk.

“We don't need Penny's kind of help.”

“You don't get a say anymore. Since you broke Serpent law and hurt one of our own kind. Penny was about to tell your dad. Show him, Penny. Show 'em all.” Tall Boy said and Penny rolled up her sleeve, slamming her arm on the table. A huge scar that was about the size of her forearm.

“Oh my god…” I whispered and turned away. Sweet Pea held me to him but I tried to push away, he just held me closer.

“That used to be my Serpent tattoo, until your son sliced a chunk outta my arm and left me bleeding in a ditch in Greendale.” Penny said.

“But I'm still willing to help the Serpents. Tall Boy showed me those eviction notices. They're legit. Luckily, I can think of about 41 ways to stall the process. And I'm talking years.” She added and I turned around with wide eyes.

“What's your price, Penny?” FP asked.

“Blood for blood. An eye for an eye. I want back in with the Serpents and I want him kicked out.” Everyone stared at her and FP leant back in his chair.

“Oh, yeah, one last thing I want his tattoo carved off. And I want to do it myself. With a dirty knife.” Penny said and I went to object but Sweet Pea covered my mouth. FP sent his son out of the bar. Sweet Pea, Toni, and Fangs pulled me out.

“Are we just gonna let this happen?” I asked.

“No, but there’s nothing we can do right now.” Toni said.

“You need to go home, it’s not safe for you here right now.” Fangs said.

“Like hell I’m going home!” I shouted.

“Fangs’ is right, you need to go home babe.” Sweet Pea said.

“But-”

“No, I’ll take you home.” He said and picked me up.

“Sweet Pea put me down!” I said and pounded against his back.

“Y/N, listen to me, you need to go home where I know you’re safe!” He said scolding me. He looked seriously at me and I sighed giving in. He gave me the helmet and we drove off. He dropped me off at the end of my block like always. I got off and handed him and started walking away when Sweet Pea pulled me back and turned me to face him.

“I just want you safe…” He said quietly.

“I can take care of myself.”

“I know but I was a part of what happened to Penny and I don’t want her to hurt you.” He said moving a piece of hair behind my ear. I sighed and nodded.

“I know…” I sighed. Sweets tilted my head up and placed his lips on mine We pulled apart and he let me go.

“I love you.” He said.

“I love you too.” I said back and he drove off. I jogged to my house and walked in. Kevin and my dad were at the table and when they heard me come in they rushed towards me.

“Where have you been?” My dad asked more worried than mad.

“I stayed at a friends place…”

“I’m just happy you’re safe.” He sighed relieved that I was finally home.

“You two get some sleep, you have Veronica’s party tomorrow.” My dad said and the two of us went up stairs. I changed into my pjs and went to bed.

The next day Kevin and I got dressed for the party thing. Kevin wore a nice suit and I wore a black dress with black heels, I also put on some heart earrings my mom gave me and an infinity necklace to match. For makeup I did a simple eye with a wing and a glitter cut crease, then for lips I did a pink nude color. Kevin drove us to the church and we walked inside meeting up with our friends.

Once it started we all took our seats and Josie walked up to the front. She began singing. Veronica walked down the aisle also singing. Once she got to the front the two of them stood next to each other and sang together. We watched Veronica renounce satan or whatever then we all went to party. Kevin and I talked with Betty and just kinda sat around. Jughead and Betty had come up to me saying they were leaving.

“Is this about Penny? Is Sweet Pea okay?” I asked worried.

“He’s fine and yeah it’s about Penny kinda.” Jughead said.

“I’m coming with you.” I said standing up.

“Y/N, no.” he said stopping me.

“Jughead, I may be a Northsider but the Serpents are my family and I am not gonna let them vote you out and hurt you.” I said standing my ground. The two looked at each other and sighed.

“Okay, let’s go.” I followed them out and sent a quick text to Kevin saying I was leaving.

Jughead dropped me off at the Wyrm and I waited outside. Betty and Jughead went to go check up on their lead they got on the head. I could hear them voting on weather Jughead should stay or not.

An hour later Jughead and Betty returned along with FP. Jughead was holding the missing the head and he had a pretty big smirk on his face. I smiled at them and followed them inside.

“Stop the damn vote.” FP shouted making Tall Boy turn around. FP grabbed him and tossed him in a chair. I walked over to Sweet Pea and he pulling me to him.

“What the hell were you doing at the dump last week, Tall Boy?” FP asked.

“I don't know what you're talking about.” Tall Boy said.

“I'm talkin' about you cutting the head off the Pickens' statue and stashing it at the dump where you were seen, dumbass. So start spilling!” FP growled.

“Why'd you do it? Someone put you up to this?” Jughead asked.

“What's the Northsiders doing here? This is Serpent business, it's on Serpent land.” Tall Boy growled.

“They’re here because they’re one of us.” Jughead answered and I smiled up at Sweet Pea.

“You haven't answered my son's question: Why'd you do it?” FP shouted.

“'Cause I'm tired of seeing the Serpents goin' soft under your rule. Then Hiram Lodge came by, wanting to stir up some trouble. He said if I took the head, he'd get McCoy and the cops to swarm all over us, 'cause some chaos.” Tall Boy answered.

“So Hiram Lodge asked you to start a mutiny and you helped him, why?” Jug asked.

“I figured it'd be my chance to get rid of you, sunshine. And if I got rid of him, I could get rid of you, too, FP.” He said and everyone looked at him pissed.

“And then, what, you'd become leader?” FP asked walking behind him.

“He and Penny. You're a Judas, Tall Boy, and an idiot. Jug said.

“You betrayed your own kind, Tall Boy. You broke Serpent Law. What should we do with this lowlife?” FP shouted.

“Strip him of his jacket. Exile him.” His son answered.

“All those in favor.” Everyone including Betty and I raised our hands. FP laughed and got next to Tall Boy’s ear.

“Looks like this piece of trash and I got a long ride ahead of us.” After that FP took Tall Boy out of the bar and everyone cheered. Sweet Pea pulled me to him and kissed me with a smile on his lips.

“Y/N you should probably get home, it’s late and after yesterday I’m sure your dad is keeping tabs on you.” I sighed and nodded. Sweet Pea took me home again and Kevin walked downstairs.

“Where’d you go?” Kevin asked.

“I went with Betty and Jughead somewhere.” Kevin just nodded. I walked into my room and went to bed.

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Burning

Words of Lust 2/27

Burning: (adjective) intense; passionate; caused by or as if by fire or heat. [You know what they say about Catholic girls, Mulder gets a demonstration.]

“You know what they say about catholic girls. That much time on your knees, you’re bound to know a few things.”

Scully heard that for the first time when Melissa was a teenager, talking to a neighbor boy down the street. Scully was still in middle school, and still insanely naive, she thought they were talking about bible study. She remembered seeing Melissa take the boy into her room, coming out only a few minutes later, the boy looking beyond impressed and Melissa wiping an arrogant smile off her mouth. Scully thought she showed him a prayer. Well, Jesus’ name did leave his mouth a few time.

She heard it again a few years later after she went down on her first boyfriend in his bedroom. “Gotta love catholic girls.” The meaning was still a little muddy to her. She didn’t know what oral sex had to do with catholicism, but frankly she didn’t care. She just loved seeing the way men groaned with the slightest flick of her tongue; a little suction here, a little stroke there, and they became putty in your hands. And your mouth.

From an adult’s perspective, she got it. Years of telling horny adolescents to stay away from all sexual desire will , of course, make them curious. Curiosity leads to exploration and exploration leads to expertice. Dana Katherine Scully was always devoted to her studies after all, and over time she knew how to make a man beg and moan with just her mouth. She got almost just as much pleasure out of it as they did.

She had honestly forgotten all of this. Not how much she loved giving head, that was a feature of all of her late night fantasies, almost always exclusively featuring her partner. She had forgotten the connotations between being a catholic girl and being good at oral sex until Mulder teased her.

“Mulder, I may not be the most devout catholic, but I still try to go to Church. I’ve just fallen into the catholic stereotype of only going for Easter and Christmas mass, barring the occasional wedding or funeral.” She doesn’t even remember how the subject was brought up, all she remembers were the words that he tried to hide under his breath with a smirk.

“I hope that’s not the only catholic stereotype you’re privy to.”

She felt his words jolt to her core like a shot of adrenaline, specifically his word choice of ‘hope’. Looking up, she saw he was focusing on his work, assuming that she was going to let his flirtations slide like she always did. Have you ever had your special talent dangled in front of you and all you wanted to do was prove yourself? She hadn't until this very moment.

They were working on their case reports in her motel room, Mulder was sitting at the head of the bed while she was sitting cross legged at the end. The AC in his room and went out, and she wasn’t going to make him sit in the stifling heat. However, it was still her room, so she felt bolder than normal. In the most innocent voice she could muster, she asked, “What stereotype are you alluding to?”

He looked up at her in complete shock, and she batted her lashes for emphasis. It was hard to tell with the shitty lighting, but she could have sworn he was blushing, unused to her responding to his innuendos. He stumbled for words a second before obviously pulling something out of his ass, “Uh-uh-Well, I’ve always heard catholic girls are extremely devoted.”

This was adorable. Now she understood why he teased her so much, seeing him get all flustered was like a drug. He had made a freudian slip though, they had been just talking about catholics, the fact he specified catholic girls just emphasized where his train of thought had been. Still playing innocent, she scooted a little closer, putting her in the middle of the bed, and asked, “Why just catholic girls?”

Mulder let out a breath and ran his hand over his face; it took a lot of willpower not to laugh at his distress. He looked at her for a moment to see if she was teasing him, but he underestimated her acting skills. “Um, I’m not sure, just something I’ve always heard-” His voice faded off because he was distracted by her fingers, which were lightly grazing his thighs through his jeans, tracing little circles.

“I guess I do fit that one, I have always been extremely devoted to you,” she sighed, trying to hide her growing satisfaction. He was no longer able to keep his attention on his work, instead his gaze flitted from her face to her hand. What he was still oblivious of was the fact his paperwork had shifted slightly on his lap, the evidence her plan was working tenting up against his jeans. “Do you know any other stereotypes?” she asked, leaning a little closer into his personal space, her hand itching a little bit higher on his thigh.

His voice came out strangled and pitched and it made her impossibly wetter, “I-I can’t remember.”

She had seen the way he looked at her. They had said ‘I love you’ more ways than thought possible. She had no hesitancies about making this next move, the burning desire between her legs wouldn’t let her go back now. “Oh, really? There’s one I know to be true from experience.” Losing the look of innocence she was just putting on, she advanced on him like a predator, putting her mouth right against his ear before seductively whispering, “Catholic girls are great at giving head.” As she said this, she moved her hand the final few inches up and fully cupped his, now rock hard, erection through his pants.

His moan reverberated in the room and he bucked involuntarily into her hand. She chuckled against his ear, but her laughter was cut off by his mouth pressing fervently onto hers. His arms wrapped around her middle and pulled her so they were chest to chest, making her inadvertently straddle his lap, pressing their throbbing centers together.

She had fantasized about this for years, in her fantasies she had never considered how strong he was. She knew he wasn’t weak, but she was sitting on pure muscle right now, and she was being moved around in his lap as if she was weightless. The sounds he was making were that of a man in euphoria. Their tongues were on a desperate exploration of each other’s mouths, only breaking apart so they could breathe.

He was panting and staring at her in complete awe, like she was the only person in the world. She smiled down at him from her perch before purring, “Can I show you?” rolling her hips against him for emphasis.

He couldn’t even speak, he just nodded enthusiastically as she moved her hands to his belt, undoing it with fluid dexterity letting the zipper slide down next. She hooked two fingers under the elastic of his underwear and the waistband of his jeans before looking up at him, “Lift up.” He had been staring at her in complete awe and did as she asked without a moment's hesitation. She eased the garments down his strong hips and couldn’t keep the smile off her face as Mulder’s cock bobbed free, standing straight in the air.

She had caught enough glimpses over the years to know how well endowed Mulder was. From medical emergencies to getting a glimpse of him trying to hide a spontaneous boner, she knew it was long, thick, and beautiful. However, seeing it fully erect, leaking, and throbbing for her attention was whole other experience.

She met his eyes and saw his ever-present insecurity peaking through. Scully quickly rocked forward on her knees so she could press her lips to his in a sweet kiss. She whispered, “Mulder, you’re beautiful,” before sitting back down on her calves so she could get back to her main goal. The smile on Mulder’s face told her that her compliment had done something for him.

She felt the familiar tingle in her abdomen as she finally grasped his shaft, causing him to grip the bed sheets at his side. She tentatively played with stroking him from base to tip, swirling her thumb around his head before dragging the precum down his length. His mouth was open in pure ecstasy and she wished she could have seen the expression on his face as she took him unexpectedly into her mouth.

“Oh fuck, Scully,” he whined as he writhed below her on the sheets. She chuckled lightly, sending vibrations throughout his shaft. She was a little rusty, but she was positive that she’d be able to take his full length. She bobbed her head up and down, lubricating him with her saliva, while she worked on taking him further and further, she used one hand to grip the remaining inches and the other hand to fondle his testicles.

After a couple minutes, Mulder’s moans had turned into nearly constant pants, and she could tell he was trying his hardest not to grab her head or buck into her mouth. Good boy.

She was dancing between flexing her tongue along his cock and gently nibbling the grooves of his head, that usually made him cry her name. She wanted to surprise him and she was sure she was ready, so she placed a sweet kiss to his tip before taking him entirely into her mouth, until her lips were against his base. He gasped and moaned, “Scully, oh my god.” He was biting his fist now in an attempt to keep his resolve, and she was doing no better. While sucking him off, she had moved so that one of his strong thighs was in between her own, and she had been grinding against him relentlessly to alleviate the pressure in her throbbing clit.

She moved her head, letting the tip of his dick rub against the back of her throat before she pulled up, looking at his pleasure-riddled expression. “Mulder,” she called to get his attention. When he looked at her she purred, “You don’t have to hold back. I want you to cum in my mouth.” He groaned and let his head fall back against the pillow as she returned to her task.

She knew he was starting to lose control when he started to lightly thrust into her mouth, confident now that she could handle his entirety. After only a few more moments he cried through gritted teeth, “Scully, I’m gonna-” He was spurting down her throat before he could finish his sentence, instead, crying out variations of her name and the lords. She continued to suck until he was done and then licked him clean.

When she was done, she sat back up and was immediately met with a fevered kiss. Scully couldn’t remember how it happened, but she ended up on her back with Mulder leaning over her. “Scully, you’re amazing.”

She blushed at his compliment and averted her gaze. He nuzzled her face back to him and placed another soul sucking kiss on her mouth. “Little known fact, the Jewish community is all about reciprocity.”

Her clit was burning with need and was pulsating at his words. “Is that so?” she whispered breathlessly.

“Well, this jew is,” he smiled smugly before demonstrating his own talent.

And boy was he talented.

[merlinthoughts]

Season 1 Episode 5 - Lancelot<3

- YES BBG’s IT'S MY BOY LANCE

- he’s one of my fav characters u guys don't even KNOW

- like yah okay, i've only seen hiM FOR ONE EPISODE

- but he’s the light of my life

- and he may not even come back but he looks like a character that would come back especially if the fucking ep is named after him

-  oh damn, i sure hope he does

- and goes into arthurs posse of knights or whatever, replacing val

- or what valerie was gonna be

- idek, lets get to it bc i could go on for days just picturing lance as a main character while continuously expressing my love for him

- BUT NOTHING ELSE OBVIOUSLY BC THIS IS NOW A CATHOLIC WEBSITE

- tumblrs trynna urge me to go with them nasty thoughts

- you wish tumblr

- you WISH you can ban me

- u can't live without sucking dick >:(

- wow slow down shev... wow okay sorry. christianism. i forgot

- it got the best of me

- back to the episode!

- omg it's buckbeak why he making a cameo in merlin??

- my inner potterhead(uwu) is coming out i hate this

- bet you can't guess which house i'm in ;)

- it's fucking slytherin, it's literally so obvious

- hissshiss motherfuckers

- ew guys

- this is so hard to type considering my fucking ‘-’ button (called a dash for u furries who only see a face) is broken and i have to literally smash it to make it work, so i'm just insanely typing up the next dash by screaming at my keyboard that i can't fucking fix

- and i have so many dasHES TO DO!

- that made no sense bc yall aren't living in my socks at the moment

- BUT I'M DYING IT'S SO HARD TO JUST GET IT TO PRESS

- fuck it copy paste, my best friend, you always come when the time is needed

- LANCELOT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL

- lowkey looked like that guy from the 100 though

- but better

- nothing against baloney of course

- lancelot literally just introduced himself, the camera panned in onto his chest, then he proceeded to faint or some shit with the camera still zoomed on his chest, and merlin reached up to grab his shirt, probably to yank it the fuck off and the opening credits rolled up. wtf was that scene.

- WAIT I REWINDED IT

- it's not supposed to be a zoom in of his chest lmao, my hoe ass thought we had a little fanservice for a second, but there's a big mushroom-looking blood stain on his shirt which i guess is supposed to mean he's fucking dead so it's not all that confusing anymore

- when was he stabbed tho?

- whatever. shit always goes down in BBC that's often unexplainable.

- “it had claws, wings…” arthur stops his sentence melodramatically while uther looks terrified. “and.. what?” WHAT UTHER?? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?? YOU THINK ARTHURS  GONNA BE LIKE “FANGS, STEVE BUSCEMI'S EYEBALLS, DANNY DEVITO’S HAIRLINE, TALKS LIKE JOHN MULANEY?? I JUST TOLD YOU WHAT I SAW, NOT WHAT I IMAGINED. FATHER”

- but no… livestock apparently

- that’s what uthers shocked by

- not that theres a fucking griffin living in his world

- wait theres magic, means theres magic creatures doy

- but still, even if we all had magic here, i think it would be a little shocking seeing a griffin come for buckingham palace randomly

- or i guess if youre reading this and are in america, in the white house

- oh and it took only people apparently

- i guess that’s a little more severe but i stand uncorrected

- they be having a wild time in the hippogriff’s house ;)

- honestly sounds like a fucked up hogawart house

- here we have slytherin, hufflepuff, ravenclaw and... *looks at smudged writing on hand* hippogriff

- okay, who tf has a dream of coming to camelot when it's the most feared place, with banned magic and an asshole king with his hot bitchy son and a sorcerer who just brings chaos to the land

- well i mean, me 

- bc of the hot bitchy son but whatever

- camelot? more like cameNOT

- arthur calls himself the ultimate killing machine like the edge lord he is

- ARTHUR FUCKING KO’D THE BITCH

- knee to the nose and all wtf man

- this is probably foreshadowing smth with the “only noble blood can swoosh like a knight” thing, like somethings gonna happen and poor people are gonna revolt and uthers gonna be like “GEEZ fine, okay, no nobles can become a knight”

- merlins such a shit stirer, telling lance he can be a knight and telling him arthur would love him when we really know whats gonna happen bc of that rule

- and here’s gaius like uhh u liar wtf, crushing lance’s dreams while merlins just like wtf gaius, live in the moment, we can do anything, this is OUR show

- literally their such good friends and have known each other for a solid 10 minutes only

- i'm not that big into beards but id love to rub my face on lance’s

- HOMEWORK IS MERLIN’S EXCUSE, MERLIN UR LIKE 20 IN A WORLD PROB WITHOUT HOMEWORK

- haha little fault there, or like a minor inconvenience which isn’t important but i like to pretend to be smart: middle ages or well the show’s era was more in “AD” (476-ish is the start of middle ages, while the arthurian legend is supposed to happen in the 5/6th century so yeah, technically 400/500 AD), and homework supposedly only started up in 1095 so BOOM BBC GOTCHA

- no, merlin’s not gonna perform magic right in front of the librarian

- does he not know the wrath of librarians???

- our librarian at school literally kicked everyone out of the library once for the whole semester because there was an apple core on the bookshelf. this was during exam week. do u know how much i wanted to kill the person who didn't admit to their mistakes and let everyone suffer. WE COULDN'T ENTER TO EVEN STUDY

- OH GOD, HE'S DOING IT MERLIN IS A FUCKING MESS

- gwen and lancelot are my favourite thing, i literally want them to be together by the next episode

- or the next one with lance

- WAIT LANCELOT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MAIN CHARACTER ISN'T HE BC I KNOW VAGUELY THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND AND LANCELOT WAS A KNIGHT WASN'T HE???? HE WAS A FUCKING KNIGHT AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NEXT TO LIKE IDK BEDEVERE OR SMTH THIS IS AMAZING NEWS GUYS I LITERALLY COULD BE A DETECTIVE

- !!!! the only heto ship on this show i actually adore !!!!!!

- i mean i only love two things: merthur and glance

- idek what gwen and lance’s ship name is so its now glance

- merlin would be the best wingman for them by being gwens bestie

- “you can start by cleaning out the stables” *lance looks to merlin while merlin gives him the biggest smile and thumbs up* this fuckING DORK

- harry potter au where everything is the same but that grim reaper looking human creature in the prisoner of azkaban executing buckbeak is actually lancelot in the future 

- for symbolism purpose, not saying lance is like an animal killer but yknow

- same thing with the griffin yknow

- the two prettiest dudes in my world fighting against one another while sweat is glistening down their forheads is my new favourite aesthetic

- BUCKBEAK HAS COME

- oh wait no, people having been attacked by buckbeak have come

- netflix fucked up by subbing arthur as “orther” and i never laughed so hard

- don’t make me fucking laugh when there’s an ambush, netflix, this is not christian

- annd arthur’s pride is gone, and he goes up to chop lance’s fucking head off

- OH SHIT THAT TRANSITION THOUGH

- i'm so proud of my bb like genuinely so proud, lance deserves so much and here is is!! a knight!!

- MORGANA APPEARS THE LOML

- the three lomls in one room?? seriously bbc?? you really doing that to me?? for once im actually impressed and happy

- he's gonna get caught, i mean i KNOW that, but like it's still stressing out

- ewewewewewewewewewew

- arthur called morgana “isn't she so beautiful??” with a lovey dovey face pls don't lead this to that stepsibling porn bullshit i'm going to fucking puke

- i hated that shadowhunter bullshit like they seriously going to hit me with the indirect incest?? i was so done. i hated jace and clary, idc if theyre like the most popular couple, like wheres my raphael lovers at bc that's a boy i can enjoy

- “so if you could choose one... lance or arthur?” merlin subtly asks gwen like he doesn't have an answer himself

- it would have been so perfect geez, gwen and lance, merlin and arthur, myself and morgana

- i really wanna know what lance, merlin and arthur look like drunk bc that's a hell of a hangover they got the next morning and they probably cut out most of the soiree so like what did they do?? was there any drunk dancing and flirting??? bc i literally want to see that happen

- ik it's a bad thing but those drunk tropes where someone confesses their love to the person they like while under the influence is my favourite thing bc it's both hilarious, genuine and the other person often helps them to their feet and gets them to a safer place to rest and that's fricken adorable guys!

- not the drinking obviously, thats like a thing you can enjoy if you want but ya girl does not like drinking. or, well, she likes drinking with a limit. you can tell who likes to be the designated driver lmao. people here be drinking flat out whiskey and i tried it once and it burned by fucking throat

- merlin fucked up

- and this is technically his fault

- THEY GOT CAUGHT LMAO IT IS HIS FAULT

- hungover and caught this won't bode well

- “not worthy of a knighthood”

- hey so how do you retract a knighthood?

- do you like reverse the shoulder tapping

- like if you're christian, bc you know, we, as a christian group on this tumblr site, should already know about it... but when we do that cross thing on our shoulders, it means like a direct call with god or some shit. and if we do it the opposite direction it's considered the antichrist so is it the same for knighthood?

- OMG I JUST HAD AN EPIPHANy

- okay with christianity it's tapping the head the stomach, shoulder then shoulder, right? but the reverse is the anti cross like shoulder to shoulder, stomach and head. but… what if it were tapping the stomach, crotch, hip to hip? it would make sense right??? since the cross is upside down… it would lead to the dick and not the head. THAT'S WHY IT'S AN UPSIDE DOWN CROSS. BC YOU AINT SUPPOSED TO GRAB THEM BALLS UNTIL MARRIAGE!!! I SEE OMG I SEE YOU JESUS, TRYNNA HIDE UR FLOURISHING SEXUALITY

- omg guys, don't grab ur fucking balls in this blog post, it's considered the antichrist

- “you never will be” lmao he's gonna come back, he's lancelot, that's a main in the og legend

-  how pissed will lance be with merlin

- i hope big time bc like... angry lance *dries off sweat with hands*

- aw damn lance isn't mad he's like “this is my punishment. mine to bare, mine to bare alone. stop blaming urself. i put this on me” this fucking goof is making me swoon once fucking more

- NOW BUCKBEAKS BACK

- he's a real goat x3

- buckbeak can literally fuck shit up in the air, camelot has nothing on him

- ARTHURS FUCKING DEAD LMAO

- oh wait he aint, just a few of his knights

- imagine being an extra and playing as one of those knights. having to fight next to bradley james, and have him look at you when someones doing something stupid like you can mentally agree with him and then pretend to die on camera. that would be my dream. make-a-wish better do me some good when i get diseased that will prob be named after me

- hoephagus

- stupidolis

- nah thats stupid

- ;)

- i now understand mulans will to pretend to be a guy and join the army bc i would literally do that if i could stay with arthur fucking pendragon

-  aw it's called a griffin not a hippogriff

- i'm saddened

- harry potter has taught me WRONG

- this looks to be the climax where merlins like “fine guys, geez, i'll kill the griffin bc i'm magic!! wow!!! but arthur obviously knew, and i thought gwen was gonna know but she shocked me even more when she didn’t like fucking hell everyones oblivious. but since you can only kill buckbeak with magic, sigh, i'm exposing myself ig” even if it's like halfway through season 1 with 5 seasons altogether, this looks to be the right time

- this really sounds to be what we are waiting for, what kilgarah said about the destiny merlin will have

- WAIT WE HAVEN'T SEE THAT BITCH IN A WHILE

- wheres the dickwad gone lmao like was the actor busy the last few episodes or what?

- OMG ARHTURS BREAKING LANCE OUT OF PRISON SO HE CAN BE A KNIGHT

- how is the “arthurs pretty gay” theory not popped up more times on here

- like we all know merthurs pretty great and all

- but CANON wise arthur seems super gay to me

- like he just told lance to get up his ass because “i need… uhh... camelot needs” like he was just about to say he needs lance in his life

- have you not seen the glances??

- fucking hell

- arthur slowly comes closer to lance pretending to talk about what he knows about the creature

- lance also coming closer to ask if he truly believes that, with a raised eyebrow

- thought this shit was only in books and fanfics

- but no guys, we got a gay eyebrow raise

- bc we all know only the gays are capable of eyebrow raises

- fucking hell this is gay i cant even explain it

- like its subtly gay, but out of context youd think this is something out of a fansite

- and merlins not even in this scene

- “take the horse and never return to this place” OKAY NO FIRST OF ALL SECOND OF ALL FUCK OFF LMAO THIS ISNT GAY ANYMORE

- i mean he’s doing it out of the goodness of his heart, saving him from prison and all but lance wants to like…  be a good man and you aint letting him do that

- OMG LANCE IS SAYING GOODBYE TO GWEN

- LANCE BETTER FUCKING KISS HER

- I LOVE GWEN AND LANCE TOGETHER #STAN

- fucking kiss you fucking bafoon

- THEY DIDN'T FUCKING KISS WTFUCKINGFUCK

- merlin looks so dumb holding his dagger as if he doesn’t know what to do with it but i love that for me

- WAIT I THOUGHT LANCELOT WAS LITERALLY GONNA GO YEET OUT OF CAMELOT NOT TO FUCKING SACRIFICE HIMSELF AND FIGHT THE GRIFFIN

- bafoons, all of them

- big bouncing bucking bafoons

- arthur looks so scared i've never been so in love and want to PROTECT

- omg for all merlin and lance know, that scream was arthur fucking dying- OMG IT WAS ARTHUR

- HE'S FUCKAN DEAD

- nvm he's alive but like yall not think to check for some arterial wounds bc he could be alive now, but in 5 mins he could legit not make it

- slow music means death

- lancelot you were the best husband i've ever had, rip

- i would be crying more if i didn’t know what happened, but since i already spoiled myself on the first season by watching this about a year ago, i'm not that sad but its still getting to me slightly

- hahahaha so happy everyones okayyy

- ARTHUR AND LANCE TiME!

- arthur looks so happy for lance literally crack ship right there

- why does nobody talk about this wyd

- and here’s arthur defending lance’s honour

- but uthers being a bitch

- omg that transition from lance being told to wait outside, the camera following him out of the room and the doors slamming behind him just in time to hear uther yell at arthur from next door is what gives me chills

- uther better fucking accept lance

- “the law is the law” yeah but the law also says to stop being a stuck-up bitch, uther

- literally lance is the only fucking person to not see through merlins blatant magic tricks

- like he saw that shit, called it out and was not like “oh what its a trick of the wind, surely”

- and he's not fazed at all, u see merlin it aint that bad to tell some people

- the only thing he is worrying about is the credit he says he doesn’t deserve bc merlin killed the griffin and not him

- see how fucking great my husband is, guys

- he better not be like “sucks to suck, i lied again! it aint me, chief” to uther and arthur

- NAH OKAY HE’S JUST BIDDING HIS FAREWELL IM GONNA FUCKING CRY IN THE CLUB

- he better fucking come back soon >:(

- seasonal guest star at least

- main characters, big bonus

- we barely saw morgana this episode and i'm not okay with that, but at the same time it was more lance-centric so i'm aight actually. we got all the time in the world for my baby girl, but lance :’( good luck man

- literally everyone is so gay for lance

- gwens into him for sure, and i love that the most (guess thats not gay but whatever, beggars can't be choosers)

- arthur has a little crush ngl

- and merlins full out in love with him

- not to mention MY FUCKING SELF

- i mean, i won't deny that he’s literally perfect in every way and i've only known him for one episode, but i agree whole heatedly with these crushes

- “till next time, sir lancelot” merlin whispers with a smile

- yeah that's me right there

- BC I'LL BE SEEING HIM IN THE FINAL EPISODE OF THIS SEASON!

- greeting us all with the news on being cast full-time for the show, being the best guard around and a lover boy to all

- guys i feel like i'm on aphrodisiacs but instead of desire for sex, it's love for lancelot

- send help

[viviennevivisection]

Session 18 Notes - “Welcome to Woodvale” - 9-14-22

-Vivellie purchased a pair of diamond earring worth 300 GP a piece (for revivify) 

-Only Ms. Moody and Cass have magic in Woodvale 

-Cass told us we don’t have to wear disguises — that we can just be ourselves

-Dandy is wearing a safari outfit (to teleport us to the Woodvale woods)

-Cass outfit - Princess Di — white turtleneck with a Woodvale high school crew neck, baggy jeans, and chunky sneakers (not her usual style) 

-The high school  team is: “The Woodvale Hell Divers” 

-Naomi outfit - “uniform” — combo Mormon/Catholic chic, long skirt, turtle neck, lots of layering, under layers are plaid, and wearing the shoes she wears to work (loafers)

-Ellie outfit - a pastel rainbow turtleneck, boyfriend jeans, pink combat/hiking boots, her usual gold hoops and the diamond studs

-Telepathic Bond - we have a piece of jewelry powered by residuum 

-The “”””””””””broken”””””””””””” gun belonged to Cass’ grandfather 

-Dandy uses tea to cast teleport 

-Teleporting felt like stepping on to a moving sidewalk — disorienting 

-We teleported into the middle of the road outside town — pine scent and other earthy smells overwhelm the senses, big PNW vibes

-Naomi feels anxious, a shiver up the spine 

-Vivellie feels anxious, can almost feel the pine needles against their cheeks and arms

-Cass is…distinctly “home” 

-SMITH PHARMACY 

-Cottage type homes 

-The junk yard! The dump! Of dump item fame!

-It’s all very cottage core 

-The Miller home has personality (very lived in, kind of cluttered, but also as well maintained as is possible) 

-Judd (Miller) is hugging Cass

-Watts is SO happy 

-Coffee is brewing

-Everyone who wanted one got a dad hug

-There are plants everywhere 

-Sam described it as like Ms. Honey’s cottage meets Belle’s dad’s workshop 

-There is a busted ass piano 

-Two bedrooms on either side of the kitchen

-“Judd is a DILF” - Sam 

-Big dude, bear energy, flannel beard, a tiefling, his horns curl and are a bit more noticeable than Cass’ — ultimately reminiscent of the Brawny paper towel man (lol) 

-Ezra has already been forgotten two (2) times

-We are all served a Bob Evans farmer’s choice breakfast 

-There is a union meeting tonight being lead by (straight) Ezra — the contract is up and there are suits in town to negotiate — meeting is taking place at the community center 

-“They’ve got an extra edge this year.” - I can’t remember if this was about the suits or about the union leaders… 

-“Riley has been really sweet.” - Judd

-Alice is “adorable” — an aging prom queen, a tiny little woman, Cass is amalgamation of the two (just coming home from working at The Factory)

-Alice is soft, definitely not a PTA mom in vibes, she waters the plants

-Judd is like a bull in a china shop 

-Alice is complaining about the suits

-Cass is arranging for (gay) Ezra to stay at the Miller Cottage when we leave town

-People are going to the morning shift at The Factory (news of Cass being back in town will spread quickly because the Woodvalians saw her taking with Judd outside) 

-Vivellie, Naomi and Ezra are all shocked to be in a loving family home 

-Judd and Alice were high school sweethearts 

-Cass was kicked out of the LARPing club in high school because she could do actual magic (laughing my FUCKING ass off)

-Charlie Smith is at City Hall (we swerved) 

-Naomi’s reflection winked at her and VE SAW IT? 

-We are going to Ms. Moody’s church 

-C: “Do I know anything about the town’s religion?” 

-DM: “Make a religion check! :) With disadvantage because you actively don’t care about it.” 

-Ellie is trying to do Corintima style prayers — thinking of Jennie Darling, Sterling and Danny, Judd and Alice, Vivnomi…but before she can get too deep it feels like she is doused with cold water 

-Naomi is vibe checking — there is an energy in this place. Woodvale does fall on a ley line, there is some sort of amplification going on

-Ellie said something like: “I don’t think Corintima likes me very much” and on QUEUE Ms. Moody walked in like : “I’m sure that’s not true, sugar!” 

-Slay slay slay 

-Ms. Moody has Dolly Parton vibes 

-She is a gnome that is 250-300 years old 

-VE showed Ms. Moody their fangs almost immediately lmao

-“Riley has been a terror since the engagement.” - Ms. Moody-Cass is asking about “Grandad’s old patrol station” — near the mines 

-Trying to find time to talk to MM about Woodvale Sickness, Woodvale Ellie is squeamish about it

-VE gave Ms. Moody a copy of Silk Chiffon Wonderland

-MM: ”I’m so happy to see Cass making friends!” 

-E: ”Yeah! I would die for her.”

-Lydia has brought us into the sodie store

-Sodie orders: Ellie (cherry soda), Cass (“The Helldive” -- something like a Dr. Pepper), and Naomi (a full on Mormon drink, the soda with the creamer and the syrups)

-Lydia is usually very put together, very politician’s wife -- but she seems frazzled right now

-Cass is trying to get Ezra a job at Smith Pharmacy lmao

-”It’s her and Ezra -- who would've thought?” - Lydia on Riley’s engagement

-C: “What else do we need but happiness?” Naomi and Ellie side eye

-Cass is getting us rock candies

-And lollipops!

-She gave us trail mix too

-The Wisteria Bluffs - a gorgeous view out over the ocean, a little misty over the water

-Naomi’s shadow is….not correct!

-Ellie scolded DN lol

-Asking Vytris about…the state of things

-The meeting bodes a little poorly for the town, but there is something we can do help (He showed VE the mines)

-”Are the Smiths in bed with the suits to profit off Woodvale Sickness?” -- a vision of Charlie signing a piece of paper for a shadowy figure -- Riley smiles, picks up the documents and gives them to the shadowy figure 

-Woodvale used to be independent -- Dodder tried to come in and buy the factory, Charlie negotiated the original contract

-Woodvale sickness has seemingly always been around but has gotten worse in the last 30 years (Ms. Moody would be able to provide more insight)

-”We’re scary mine people” → going to scope them out, but be back to taste Ms. Moody’s cobbler and to go to the contract meeting

-Sarah has a Trigger Agenda - just waiting for Certain Things to happen to Trigger Events

-Cass is texting T̶̿̀ͅh̶͙͊ē̷͈ ̸͕͚̊C̵̲̀r̵̹͕̒ȇ̵̪á̶̧͇̽t̸̥̏͜͝u̶̝͛ͅṙ̵̬̀e̵͉͂̚

-Cass had a…. HAS a (?) crush on (straight) Ezra

-There is something complicated between Cass and Riley … there is no lost love there

-Cass thinks she is a nasty girl

-We are at the mines! :) There are abandoned cabins here -- triggering for Naomi

-I let the skellies out of the bag and reassembled them and we are frolicking about -- they are…extraordinarily happy, extra active. Similar to how DN is acting. “There’s something in the air” → we’re close to the Wild Lands!

-The claw marks from Cass’ scary dream are…real!

-VE does not recognize the claw marks (low roll -- she was too busy dancing with the skellies) -- which may be for the better??? Sarah’s words, not mine!

-Naomi thinks the marks look animalistic in nature, and do not seem to be native to this environment 

-”The mine dried up and became too dangerous to dig deeper” -- now which is it? Did it dry up or become too dangerous?? The math isn’t quite mathing 

-Whatever the truth is, the mines are NOT to be fucked with

-Cass has DEVIL SIGHT? She may be seeing something shifting in the shadows?? 

-”Anybody home?” Cass into the open cave

-”Nobody’s home, dear. Lucky you, too! Gotta be careful poking the hornet’s nest like that. You know we have a common goal. Attend this meeting and you’ll find out.” - THE CREATURE?

-Cass is looking for signs on continued use around the mine

-#Confirmed Naomi has log cabin trauma

-There isn’t a TON of vandalism (as one would expect at a site like this)

-One of the windows to the Big Mine Elevator is missing the glass

-Cass went in immediately

-There is a key in the elevator ignition, the elevator itself is down in the mine (someone is down there?) 

-Cass took the elevator key, the key has the City Hall insignia on it (RIP to whoever is down there)

-It’s Wednesday

-Dr. Cunt casted sending on Ezra: “Have a nice vacation.” Ellie in the background: “TELL HER TO EAT IT!”

-Dr. C to N: “So, we’ve reached an understanding then…a pity.” (Tell her to eat it.) 

-VE went back to the sodie shop and Riley is there -- VE went to the bathroom (in the pharmacy) and casted detect magic

-Some of the medicines are magic, but not to a degree that seems abnormal 

-Riley is wearing a magical name necklace with enchantment magic

-Lydia’s internal ley system is somewhere between where Ezra and Cass’ are -- not nothing but it is weak

-Riley’s is nearly identical to Cass’ (now why would Sarah say this)

-Riley is absolutely furious that Cass is in town 

-Riley and Ellie had a Midwestern Mean showdown lmao 

-Ezra is going to the Smiths for dinner?? Is this one of those “We should have you for dinner moments???) 

-Riley has a matching key to the one Cass took from the elevator

-Cass tried to magically trip Riley as she walked away: “Careful, Riley, wouldn’t want to fall from grace.” 

-Riley gave a knowing smile

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That movie shocked my catholic ass to the core. I'm 20 year old, l work and study and yet, I had no idea I carried so much shame about my sexuality. I was ashamed. I am ashamed. And I didn't even know it¡!

priest 1994 is one of those movies where like it's kinda insane to me that ppl dont post abt it that much. there is so much there. but also maybe it appeals to me very extremely much but in a specific way

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meta about beast's strength when it comes to the different types of intelligences?

kick my headcanon ass into gear

hi you’re my new favorite person jesus chri s t ok uh HERE is a link to the wiki on the theory of multiple intelligences. i’m only going with the first seven, because naturalistic wasn’t added until later. 

now, if we’re just counting adam as the beast, then these things get really fucking weird, but for comparison, i’ll do both.

musical-rhythmic & harmonic — this area has to do with sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones, & music. people with a high musical intelligence normally have good pitch and may even have absolute pitch, and are able to sing, play musical instruments, & compose music. they have sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, meter, tone, melody or timbre. 

as he is nobility, adam likely was trained in at least one musical instrument; likely tutored by maestro cadenza, adam seems the type to learn how to sing, but would quickly become frustrated with musical instruments. playing instruments was not his strong suit, but he was certainly pushed to be ‘perfect’ — that went over well. as the beast, he still retains the ability to sing, although he doesn’t, because can you imagine how loudly that would resonate in the castle that’s a no. he does, however, hum to himself here & there if he needs to keep his mind off of … well, a great deal of everything. 

visual-spatial — this area deals with spatial judgment & the ability to visualize with the mind’s eye. 

spatial intelligence in psychology also refers to the ability to remember places & ‘landmarks’. he knows where things are, he could navigate the forest & make it back to the castle when others couldn’t ( see maurice, gaston without the mirror, literally everyone tbqh wouldn’t be able to place any proper landmarks ). he maintains this ability at the same level as both adam & as the beast.  

verbal-linguistic — people with high verbal-linguistic intelligence display a facility with words & languages. they are typically good at reading, writing, telling stories & memorizing words along with dates. 

as this portrayal does go more from the 2017 concept of adam, the shitty young adult, rather than adam a ten year old child who honestly just practiced stranger danger, he’s incredibly well read & displays an exceptional ability to memorise things from books. adam’s first language is french,  he likely is conversational in english. as the beast, he jokes about how some of the books are in greek, & thus he hasn’t read them all, but he’s capable of reading latin, mostly due to the fact that he was raised catholic & read the bible… a lot ( that got him nowhere tbqh he didn’t listen to it at all ).

logical-mathematical — this area has to do with logic, abstractions, reasoning, numbers & critical thinking. this also has to do with having the capacity to understand the underlying principles of some kind of causal system. 

adam has enough skill in this area to understand maths & be capable of sound reasoning; his issue was that he didn’t care, not that he didn’t know. did he know where the tax-payer’s money was going? absolutely. did he know how much things were going to cost? absolutely. did he know he could basically just leave most of the commoners destitute? absolutely, but he sure didn’t give a fuck, then. as the beast, he had no need to worry about this sort of thing, the people of his kingdom forgot about him, so this was something that he neglected during those years. post-curse, he quickly regains his ability in this area, whether from simply being intelligent, or by necessity of being a prince again, is irrelevant. 

bodily-kinesthetic — the core elements of the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are control of one’s bodily motions and the capacity to handle objects skilfully. gross motor skills vs. fine motor skills. 

aka exactly what went down the shitter when the curse happened. adam, as a normal sized human being ( going with the height of the fc i use [ toby regbo ], ) 5′10″, adam had no issues getting around the castle & manoeuvring. as the beast, he’s at least 7′ tall & larger in general. fine motor skills went to shit, but he retained gross motor skills, allowing him the coordination for dancing or general movement — honestly, it’s just the fine motor skills that went to shit. after he turns back, though, he’s completely thrown off entirely, as he suddenly has less weight to carry & no longer has to account for horns or tails or whatnot, thus he’s really just in need of some serious help in this regard. given a few years post-curse, he would likely have regained gross motor skills & a good portion of his fine motor skills. 

interpersonal — in theory, individuals who have high interpersonal intelligence are characterized by their sensitivity to others’ moods, feelings, temperaments, motivations, & their ability to cooperate in order to work as part of a group. 

‘work as part of a group’ ? ‘sensitivity to others’ lol no; when has adam ever been good at this? the goddamn hedonist didn’t care what other people felt, clearly & that’s what got him fucked in the first place. as the beast, he makes improvements in leaps & bounds in this category, both out of necessity & experience. post-curse, he knows how to read others’ moods & temperaments, but still seems to lack the ability to sense motivation, something that really is just left over childish naivety. he’s not really great at working in groups, ever, but he at least puts in effort.  

intrapersonal — this area has to do with introspective and self-reflective capacities. this refers to having a deep understanding of the self; what one’s strengths or weaknesses are, what makes one unique, being able to predict one’s own reactions or emotions. 

u h another shit area, because i mean... adam had enough awareness to know that he would react badly to certain situations, but to avoid this, he simply made sure that everyone else did exactly what he wanted them to do. this lead to a... huge inability to introspect, as things would occur spontaneously, much to his own & his servants’ shock. being the beast was his introspective time, where he similarly made leaps & bounds, coming to terms with the things that had happened in the past & desiring to make amends for them. post-curse, he does try to step back from situations to evaluate them & he knows what ruffles him the wrong way, although he lacks the awareness of when a situation is getting too far out of hand — he gets caught up in other things & needs to be reminded here & there to reflect. at least he can reflect at al; that’s a huge improvement from before the cursel.