#my god it does look horrifying so dont blame then

[moonzartz]

Hehe so my friend @stutter-bugzzy is playing pressure's infinite mode on roblox and has just discovered a new monster (well a reskin of one) called the bottom feeder and well

@stutter-bugzzy 's reaction to the bottom feeder:

[whatwedointhecraft]

Part 18 of HF - Be a Good Reaper, and Obey

Samantha is in trouble - warning: She's in chains in this part so if you dont wanna read about that, and some gourging on food, then don't read this part

INT. AN ABANDONED BUILDING IN MANCHESTER – AFTERNOON

There is a table in the middle of an abandoned building, with food across the table. There are grapes, sandwiches and other things. RAQAEL and HALCYON are sitting at the table, letting SAMANTHA eat because she needs to keep her energy up and she hasn’t eaten in 35 years despite being legally dead.

SAMANTHA is eating as much as she can, as fast as she can. Its kind of disturbing but can you really blame her? She doesn’t want to stop in the event this is a sick, cruel joke.

RAQAEL and HALCYON are watching her, impressed and slightly disturbed. They have smiles on their faces.

SAMANTHA's chains are still wrapped around her, though they’re looser now. They can tighten if they need to be tightened.

SAMANTHA:

[finishing tearing through a sandwich]

What do you want from me, there’s gotta be a catch?

RAQAEL:

We need your strength up, otherwise you’re of no use to us when we get to meet your daughter.

SAMANTHA:

[sadly]

You want me to fight her?

HALCYON:

We want you both to die.

SAMANTHA looks away, grabbing a drink to wash down all the food with. She looks like she’s going to be sick. She knows attacking HALCYON and RAQAEL will be useless.

She finishes eating. Sitting back on the chair, her scythe just out of reach.

HALCYON looks to RAQAEL, a curious look on her face.

HALCYON:

What, do you expect us to do the work? Imagine the tragic backstory of being forced to destroy your own family. Its perfect.

RAQAEL:

Whilst Samantha and Tiana destroy each other, we’ll destroy her annoying friends and kill our own sister.

HALCYON:

When we have our sister’s powers, we’ll be unstoppable.

RAQAEL:

We will, sister. We will be.

RAQAEL and HALCYON help themselves to some drinks. Its heavily implied that they either used their powers to get this food, or they straight up stole it.

SAMANTHA gets up, to stretch her legs and looks around, as if looking for an escape route or a plan or something.

HALCYON:

You can’t run anywhere Samantha, you’re powerless.

SAMANTHA:

I’m not trying to escape, there’s a difference between stretching and being an escape artist.

SAMANTHA watches HALCYON and RAQAEL, a curious look on her face.

SAMANTHA:

I feel like there’s something you’re not telling me.

RAQAEL:

We don’t have to tell you everything, just what you need to know.

SAMANTHA tries reaching for her scythe, but it disappears, reappearing in RAQAEL’s hands

RAQAEL:

You’ll only need this to take off your daughter’s head. You’ll get it back when the time is right.

SAMANTHA tries to hide the fact she is horrified, terrified and planning something all in one.

SAMANTHA sits down again, grabbing a drink.

SAMANTHA:

How are the Gods, anyway? They never visited me in Purgatory…

RAQAEL:

[lying]

They are busy.

SAMANTHA:

You still didn’t answer my question.

HALCYON:

They have so much to deal with, they felt like you’d been dealt with accordingly. We had other matters on our hands.

SAMANTHA:

Like my daughter and my husband.

HALCYON grins.

HALCYON:

You haven’t seen your husband yet, have you? Would you like to? I’m sure he’d love to see you and you’d be a happy family again.

RAQAEL:

[cruelly laughing]

Before you take off each other’s heads.

SAMANTHA:

[disgusted]

You’re no different then when there were gladiator arenas in Rome.

RAQAEL:

Its exactly like that. It’ll be glorious.

HALCYON flicks her wrists and SAMANTHA’s bonds/ chains tighten back around her throat.

HALCYON:

You need to train to be able to overpower and kill your daughter. So you’ll fight us in preparation, and if you do well, we’ll reward you with the meals you deserve. Does that sound good enough for you?

SAMANTHA doesn’t respond, only lifts her hands to her throat to try and loosen the chains. Nothing happens. SAMANTHA is clearly trying not to panic.

RAQAEL:

You look like you’d rather be back in Purgatory...wandering endlessly with no hope and nobody to talk to. Is that what you really want is it? To go back there.

SAMANTHA shakes her head.

HALCYON:

Shall we train, then?

The table of food disappears and RAQAEL gives SAMANTHA her scythe. They all stand up and move to an open space where they can begin fighting.

HALCYON:

Be a good little Reaper and obey, okay?

SAMANTHA slowly nods, and the chains around her hands and feet disappear so she can move freely.

RAQAEL and HALCYON change clothes before SAMANTHA’s very eyes – changing into some ancient-Roman like battle gear, leaving SAMANTHA very much alarmed. They really are loving every second of this, they’re giving off psychotic energy.

SAMANTHA readies her scythe, as RAQAEL and HALCYON leap at her, with various weapons in their hands.

CUT TO:

INT. JOSEPH’S CAR – SOMEWHERE ON THE MOTORWAY – AFTERNOON

JOSEPH is in the driver’s seat, fiddling with the radio like its going to help at all with his sour mood. You can see he is livid, he’s a man on a mission – focused.

He’s been on the road for a while now, stuck in traffic and trying to think of a plan whilst being accompanied by his worried friends, ARCHIE and ROBERT.

ARCHIE and ROBERT are snacking on things like crisps and looking at their phones, trying to plan where to go next when they actually reach Manchester.

ARCHIE:

I can’t help but feel like you’re a bit suicidal right now, Joseph

JOSEPH:

What makes you say that?

ARCHIE:

You’ve found out your wife who is technically dead, is being held hostage by two literal Angels working for three literal Gods and if anyone caught on to what we’re doing, we’d be put away in insane asylums.

JOSEPH:

But you guys know what this life is life, you were exposed to it all those years ago when you first met me.

ROBERT:

Yeah but we didn’t expect for things to go this way!

JOSEPH doesn’t answer, he just focuses back on driving. ARCHIE and ROBERT look worried again, knowing not to question things right now cause they’re in a dangerous situation.

ROBERT:

You have a plan though, right? When we get to Manchester?

JOSEPH:

Of course I do.

ROBERT doesn’t dare to ask, just passes ARCHIE a packet of gummy bears and focuses on the road ahead. The radio is turned up.

[ribbonsaikeaux]

I Only Paint In Red

The song seeps into the angels' ears. She cant deny she loves this song, but it does something strange to her. There's this feeling deep in her core that she just cant shake, but she cant quite figure out what it is. She knows she should stop listening, she knows its doing something strange to her, but its such a good song!

"Just one more time, I'm overreacting." she thinks. The song plays again, but this time her body contorts and convulses. Her head becomes hazy and her vision blurs. She stumbles around her kitchen, unable to steady her legs, she leans back against the wall. A thousand bells ring in her head. She grips it, still stuggling to stay standing.

A wicked grin crosses her face, her halo glowing red. The halo and crazed look are the only signs that something's wrong. She straightens her back and cracks her neck, letting out a deep, contented, sigh.

The red angel walks over to the nearby mirror hanging in the hall. She grins wickedly as she looks into it, her other self terrified.

"Wh-what's happening?! Why can't I get out? Why do you have my face?!" She screams, in panic. "What are you? Why can't I move?!"

The red angel punches the wall next to the mirror, frightening the other. "Shut the fuck up cunt! Stupid fucking angel. You KNOW who the fuck I am! You KNOW exactly what happened! I know youre dense, but god damn."

The other tears up, her lip quivering. "I-i thought I lockes you away..."

The red angel growls "You fucking did! Chained up and left to float in that vacuous chasm you call a fucking brain!"

"I d-dont want you..." the other whispered, barely able to speak.

"Yes you fucking do! I know what you want to do. What you've ALWAYS wanted to do! You fed me these twisted thoughts, and you dare to blame ME?! Fucking selfish bitch!" The red angel screamed before continuing in a mocking tone "I look at me I'm and angel~ I'm so perfect and pure~ I would NEVER think of hurting someone~" her voice once again fills with anger "Fucking bullshit!"

The other sobs, burying her face in her hands. "Wh-what do you want...?" She says defeated.

The red angel smirks "You know EXACTLY what I want~"

The others eyes filled with panic. "N-no! Nonono, please dont!" She wails, banging on the mirror.

In the background, they hear the sound of a door opening and closing. The angels' husband was home.

"Hey angel love, I'm home!" He shouts in a cheery tone.

"Welp, time for the show~ Don't worry, just sit back and enjoy the show~"

"Wait no pl-" the other pleas are cut off as the red one walks away, casually grabbing a knife from the kitchen counter as she walks by, hiding it behind her back. She puts on her best chipper amile and heads out to greet the others husband.

"Welcome home honey~" she says, striding confidently up to him.

" Hi my love." He says as he turns to her, smiling. Face smile quickly fades; his brow knitting in confusion. "What happened to your halo?"

The red one fakes a pout "awww! You dont like my new look sweetie?" She asks, feigning offense before jabbing the knife into his leg.

He screams, grasping at his leg and wincing in pain. Before he can react any further, the red one grabs the lamp on the side table and smashes it on his head, leaving him unconcious.

She smiles, cheerfully humming her song as she grabs him by his legs and drags him into the bedroom. Still humming, she sets about collecting the things she needs, ignoring the sounds of the other begging in the mirror. First, she sets a pot of water on the stove, setting it to boil. Next she geabs a chair from the dining room and dances with it as she carries it down the hall. From the kitchen, she pulled out a pair of scissors and a roll of duct tape. Finally she went out to the garage and came back in with a chordless drill and a circular saw.

Heading back into the bedroom, she once again ignored the others horrified expression as she pulled the still unconcious husband up into the chair and taped his hands and ankles to the chair. She looked up and grinned wickedly at the other, a bloodthirst filling her eyes as she adjusted the full length mirror so the other would have the perfect view of her work.

"The we go cunt~" she cackled "front row seat!"

" I'm begging you! Please dont do this! We love him!" She pleads as she drops to her knees, hands clasped in front of her.

The red one smirks, crouching down to be face to face with her. "Awww! How cute!" She says patronizingly, patting the others head. "But you love him." She chuckles. "Not me. I want him to die." She stand up.

"Please! I'll do anything! Please just leave him alone!" The other begs, leaning her head against the glass.

"Sorry sweetie~ the shows already begun! Besides, I've already got want I want." The red one turns, her face becoming deathly serious as she walks to the kitchen. "You out of my way."

Singing to herself, the red one grabs the pot of boiling water, turning off the stove.

"Gotta be careful now! Don't want the house burning down... yet." She giggles to herself and grins, carrying the pot back to the bedroom.

She looks over her shoulder and smiles sweetly, winking at the other as she pours the acalding hot water onto his lap.

"AAAAHHHHH! FFFFUCKFUCKFUCK!" he wakes up screaming, his pants already fusing with his skin.

"Wakey wakey~!" She says condescendingly.

Still screaming in pain, he looks up, tears, snot, and salvia streaming down his face. "Cl-claire?! The-aaahhhfff!-" he winces in pain, "mmmm fuck! WHAT'S GOT INTO YOU?!"

"Awww! Poor baby~" she says feigning sympathy, squeezing his still boiling leg; making him scream "Claire's not here any more!" She pauses, licking his cheek. "You can call me Helena~" she says before biting down on his ear, and ripping a chunk of.

As he wails, blood flowing from his ear, she spits the piece out and savors the taste of the blood. Licking her lips, she rubs what remains over her face and down her chest.

He looks up at her trembling in agony. "Why are-are-are you doing th-" he pants "this?"

A sadistic grin adorns her lips, her eyes growing crazed. "Why?!" She asked rhetorically as she stadles him, holding the scissors. "Because I fucking want to!"

He lets out another tortured scream, drowning out the others continued protests.

The red ones face becomes a twisted grin as she, with agonizing slowness, cuts off his eyelids, making sure he sees everything she does. The entire time he squirms and writhes under her, his screams of torment raising in pitch.

"There way go!" She exclaims happily, wiggling her ass a little before standing back up. "Wouldn't want you to miss anything."

"Fuck... you..." he responds weakly between ragged breaths.

She pouts "oh honey. Tsk tsk tsk. Is that any way to talk to your wife~?" She says with a grin; picking up the drill.

"Fuck... off..." he barely manages to retort.

"Oh dear, that mouth she is getting you in a lot of trouble" she says, pulling the trigger on the drill, making it whirl menacingly. "We're gonna have to fix that~" she continues with a laugh.

She grabs his hair and yenks his head back, staring maniacly into his lidless eyes. With precision, she quickly drills into both joints of his jaw, creating a fountain of blood which drenches herself, she wall and the ceiling. His mouth hangs open, his screams silent, having screamed himself completely hoarse.

She takes a moment to marvel at the blood spatter, giddily dancing around, rubbing his blood over her body.

"Oh I love this color! Really brings out my eyes, don't ya think?" She asks the other, looking back at the mirror.

"Please... enough..." she responds softly, having sobbed and screamed her throat sore.

The red one grins. "If you insist~" she responds playfully.

Picking up the circular saw, she leans down and gently brushes his cheek.

"She really does love you, ya know." She whispers into his ear. After a soft, loving, kiss to his forehead, she revs the saw.

"Goodbye Antonio." She says, her eyes becoming crazed as she brins the saw to his neck; cutting an uneven jagged line all the way around, leaving his head dangling loosely grom his exposed spine for a moment before the weight of it cause his spine to snap and his head fall into his lap.

The red one cackles maniacly, bathing in the blood fountain that is his neck.

She bites her lip; running the blood through her hair before licking it off of hand hand, sucking on her fingers.

"Did you enjoy the show~?" She condesendingly asked the other.

"I..." she started, voice trembling "fucking... hate. You." She finishes, voice dripping with venom, tired bloodshot eyes full of disdain.

The red one crouches down, putting her bloody hand on the mirror and leaving a crimson imprint. "Oh you stupid, stupid angel girl. Its not me you hate." Shes pauses, leaning in and whispers "its yourself~"

Humming her song, she walks away to wash up, leaving bloody footprints in her wake.

[aajjks]

The Conqueror (|)

Synopsis: He had conquered everything, anything but your heart.

Pairings: Yandere!King Jungkook x Commoner!servant Reader.

Warnings: yandere, DARK, DARK CONTENT, slavery, reader has depression, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, paranoia, obsession, mature themes and topics ahead.

Disclaimer: proceed with caution, this can be triggering. This is purely fictional and this does not represent bts or jungkook irl. Do not romanticise this.

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note. I just want to say that I’ve worked so hard on this…and just don’t break my heart alright? This is my first work that has a 4k+ word count… this is my baby please, show some love and support! Ahhh I’m so tired. And I feel so nervous too, idk what is up with my tagging problem… i can’t tag people… I’ll try again soon and…. The conqueror is now a series. wanna be tagged? Reply under this post, feedback is very much needed. Share your thoughts! Enjoy! This is loosely edited. TYSM TO @taetaecherub, @rosiekook and @cinnamonspicedreader for beta-ing this for me… they helped me ALOT, tysm guys! 🖤🖤

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DONT LET THIS FLOP

Lee Dongmin is cha eunwoo’s irl name, he’s the one.

All of the girls along with you, stood with firm postures. You could feel the girl next to you tremble. Her body was shaking like it was standing naked in the harsh breezes of cold weather in the winter. You couldn’t bring yourself to blame her though, your heart was shaking inside your chest, The atmosphere of the big hall was anything but calming, anxiety and fear ran through your veins, God. You wanted nothing more than to escape this large castle, but it seemed like it was impossible. It wasn’t like you hadn’t already tried to, you couldn’t. You failed every single time.

Now all you felt was helplessness.

You did not want to be here. You were taken forcibly against your will, You couldn’t help but look down, at your feet, the view of the pale marble floor blurring as your gaze focused on your feet. Your mind went through the events that changed your life forever in a span of seven days.

The events that brought you here, in the castle of the “great” king.

It was horrifying.

You then, had not known yet that in a few moments you would be experiencing your worst nightmare.

That, your parents and siblings would be killed right in front of your teary eyes. That, you would become a slave of the Jeon Empire. That, you would be standing here, waiting for the head servant to guide you.

“Just like that, girls. Wait. The girl with blonde hair. Stop trembling so much. You shouldn’t tremble like that when serving the emperor. You all need to be very careful and at your best behaviour for the ceremony, it has to be perfect, the emperor will be coming back from the war with victory, the whole empire will celebrate our great king and our victory!”Her tone went from chirpy to scolding in the blink of an eye. You heard the poor girl whimper softly. You couldn’t help but feel angry, you were helpless. You’d wished he’d die in the war.

But nothing ever went your way. You closed your eyes, frustration and hatred was boiling inside your body. Why did it have to be you? Why did you have to survive, why didn’t you just die?

“Hey, you, H/C girl. Look up.” Now, it was your call. “You’ll be the one who’ll be attending to the emperor.”

Your heart stopped as her words registered in your ears. Your eyes quickly looked up to her face, wide like an owls. “Me?” You couldn’t believe this. Just when you thought all of this couldn’t get worse. You watched the head roll her eyes at your question, Oh no you couldn’t.

“Yes, you. What’s your name, girl?” Her tone was dismissive. “Y-Y/N.” You didn’t want to do this. Your fists clenched together at the thought of being in the same room as the cruel merciless monster.

You hated the King. He was the cause of your misery. He was the reason your family was dead, he was the reason you were stuck here, and the funny thing was you didn’t even know what he looked like but you already hated him so much. If only you could kill him. “Y/N, now listen. You will be doing the evening work, you better start training.” She was instructing you, “you’re all dismissed! She hurried. “Go to your duties, you, H/C hair, come with me.”

You wanted to cry. “Hurry, girl. I don’t have all day! There is so much work still left to do!” Her harsh tone made you snap out of your thoughts, as you quickly followed behind her.

There was nothing you could do now, your destiny was sealed, forever.

“Oh lord! There’s still so much left to finish, I have been working non stop for the past five days and there’s still a mountain of work left!” Having trouble concentrating on the dusting, you heard your fellow whine. Her name was Na-Yeon.

She was your companion, the only person that understood you in this big wide castle or at least tried to. “Y/N! Please help me out!!” You looked at her with an amused look in your eyes. “You’re so much faster than me! God… help your friend out! I swear I’ll return your favour!” She pouted, her tone was full of desperation.

You could almost giggle but didn’t. She reminded you of your little sister. Who was now dead.

Fate was cruel. You missed Gaegyeong.

“Okay, na-yeon, just let me finish the dusting then I’ll help you!” Her eyes sparkled with relief.

You wished you could feel it too. “You’re the best! Dear Y/N!” The sound of her giggles filled your ears.

Someone was happy, at least. “Na-Yeon! Stop giggling and get back to work, what if Ms Lee saw you?” You whispered hushly. She only nodded in response as the sound of the laughter died down. You picked up the duster and started once again. “Y/N?” You hummed back. “The ceremony will take place in two days… that means the emperor will be back in two days too… I wonder what he looks like? What do you think? Do you think he’ll be manly looking like a beautiful young man or… old and grumpy with a huge belly?” She laughed, you weren’t finding any of it funny, Her question was harmless but you felt a bubble of irritation erupt inside of your stomach at the mention of the damned emperor.

“I mean… the tales of his cruelty are so infamous around Busan… I wonder if they’re actually true… I wonder if he’s actually a monster? Like the people say?” You only gripped on the duster tighter, trying your best to calm down. Her words were pissing you off.

What did she mean by that? He was a monster. There was no doubt, his own people hated him,

They were terrified of him. “I don’t think that it’s true… I don't know… how can one be so hated by his own people?” She continued. “I think that it’s all gossip! To be honest with you. What do you say?” She nudged you on your shoulder. You closed your eyes and inhaled a deep breath in, you didn’t want to snap at your innocent friend. “Y/N? Are you listening to me?”

“Na-Yeon! I don’t care. Can we please concentrate on our work?” That came out to be harsher than you had intended it to but you couldn’t tolerate listening about him any longer.

He ruined your life. He was a killer, his men were killers, he had your family’s blood on his hands.

You hated him.

“O-Okay..” immediately the feeling of guilt took over you, washing away your burning irritation. “Sorry, Na-Yeon… please forgive me… I just… miss my family, that's all.” You were avoiding eye contact… Salty tears glossing over your eyes as you quickly blinked them away.

They were innocent. You were innocent. “I-I’m sorry. I-I need some fresh air.” You hated to be seen vulnerable, Not bothering to wait for her reply, you walked away with one hand hovering over your mouth.

Crying was the only thing written in your fate.

The palace was gigantic. Despite being here for almost more than a week, you still were unable to navigate your way through it. Many halls and rooms passed by as you walked down the narrow large hallway, until you finally spotted the Garden. Your feet walked you inside of it and the different variety of colours almost made your eyes sting.

It was magnificent.

Your feet were starting to move on their own, taking you closer to it, the sane part of your brain was telling- no it was screaming at you to go back, Were you even allowed to be here? But the pretty flowers were telling your brain to shut up, you could feel your heart thump as you saw your favourite one, You loved flowers, back when you used to be home- you stopped yourself.

You didn’t want to remember all of the happy moments, because now, they were only memories.

You carefully touched the Snowdrop, your most favourite one. Your family used to associate you with it, it symbolises purity, innocence and sympathy.

Just like you.

“Excuse me, miss?” A voice pulled you out of your thoughts, Your hands quickly freed the flower from your grip as you turned your head around, the voice belonged to a man. “What are you doing here, in the royal garden?”

You saw the man with wide eyes, who was he and what was he going to do to you? “W-Who are you?!?”You sounded horrified. You never saw him here before. He stared at you with equally confused eyes, Letting out a deep breath, You stutter.

Your heart was feeling restless already. Was he one of the royal guards? were you going to be punished?

What was going to happen to you now?

“I’m the royal gardener! Lee Dongmin! Who are you? Miss?” He looked up and down at you.

Relief washed over you. He looked harmless, and friendly. His eyes held a gentle light in them.

“I-I’m Y/N.. a new servant in the palace.” You looked down at your feet.

“Oh yes, I almost guessed it from your attire!” Your cheeks filled with heat at his words. “Well, what were you doing here, miss Y/N?” Your eyes looked up at him, You saw him smile softly, almost in a teasing manner. “Were you planning on stealing some of the flowers?” You almost yelped in response, you were not a thief! “N-No of c-course n-not! I-I swear! I-I was just out to get some fresh air into my system.. I am not feeling very well today..” why were you stuttering, you didn’t know. You looked into his eyes.

Your heart fluttered unexpectedly.

He was really beautiful, his eyes were brown and round like the moon of the night, his complexion was almost as pale as milk, his nose was straight like it was sculpted by God himself, his lips were pink and plump.

He looked like a royal prince. The only difference was that he wasn’t. He was like you.

You were glad that he did not turn out to be a royal. You hated them. “Take a deep breath, my lady. I was just being funny. You don’t look like a thief to me. You look as innocent as a lamb, actually.” He laughed. If it was possible, you felt the skin of your cheeks tighten more. “So, what is your favourite flower? Do you like flowers?” Dongmin, the handsome gardener smiled once more, showing off his pearly whites.

“Yes. I adore flowers, my favourite is the snowdrop, for many reasons..” your voice came out soft and small, you weren’t sure if he heard you. “Hmm, the snowdrop is pretty… like you…” he passed you a quick smile, although you couldn’t catch on what he muttered so quietly.

“Sorry? I couldn’t hear you? What did you say? Sir?” You asked him, his eyes crinkled as he gave you a bright smile. “Oh no, I said nothing, miss. It’s getting dark you should go back inside”

Oh, right. It was almost dawn. “Oh yes…. Goodbye mr lee,”

You needed to go back, before anyone noticed your disappearance. “Until we meet again, miss Y/N.”

You turned around to see him, a soft smile played on your lips, as you blinked your eyes at him.

He smiled knowingly.

Today was the dreaded day.

The day the king returns back to his throne. The day he comes back to busan, to his empire. The thought of it had kept you up all night.

You dreaded this day and it has come.

Now, countless days full of agony start for you, especially tonight. “Come on time to wake up, girls! Hurry! Don’t be lazy, todays the day!” The sound of loud clapping along with a high pitched voice awakened your sleepy senses. “You, Y/N? Come on! Get dressed quickly, you’ll be going into the culinary.”

Your heart sank inside your chest, you wished she’d forget and assign someone else! but doom was written in your fate. “I don’t have all day, girl!”

Did she only know one sentence? You looked up at her as you got up from your hard cold mattress, your legs were giving out already. But you didn’t regret helping Na-Yeon out.

This is what you get for not getting a wink of sleep last night. Poor you, you pitied yourself so much. “I-I’m coming.” You replied, your throat wasn’t cooperating with you. Maybe it was hoarse from all of the silent crying you did last night. “Good, be as quick as a horse.” She rolled her eyes at you, while she walked away.

What an arrogant woman.

Your hair was open, you sighed as you combed it back with your fingers. Today was going to be a long day.

“Oh my god… the king comes back after four winters…. No one knows what he looks like. I can’t help but think about how he looks… my heart’s saying that he’ll be a handsome man… and young.” The other one nodded.

“He was crowned king under mysterious circumstances so no one but the officials know his age and face… I can’t wait for tonight,” one girl gossiped with her friend, you rolled your eyes at their meaningless excitement. “I hope he will choose his concubines tonight too…” The other girl blushed furiously, you mentally scoffed at them. What kind of dreams were they seeing in their sleep?

Delusions were never good for anyone.

“You don’t know that yet? What if he has a wife, a queen already?” The first girl had a point, sort of, honestly you felt pity for his queen. She was even more doomed than you. “So? It’s a tradition that a king must have concubines? The more children he’ll have, the stronger he’ll become.”

God, what were you doing here wasting your time? “I heard that he'll choose the ones himself. It’s the special custom of the empire.” You really needed to leave.

After putting your hair in a ponytail, you composed yourself, as you left your quarters.

Today was going to be hard to get through.

But for now, you needed to go and start your duty, survival was now what you needed.

Your choice was survival, at any cost.

Now, it was time. Dawn had arrived.

The sound of panicked chatter was all you could hear, your body was aching with pain, your eyes were droopy, your mind was half conscious.

Wake up Y/N wake up!

You chanted to yourself as the Naemyeongbu fell into a wave of silence once the senior lady spoke. “Shut it girls! the eunuch just reported our king's arrival in the castle, keep your heads low the whole time when the king comes, do not dare to spare a glance at him. Don’t look him in the eyes, keep your eyes on the ground, got that?”

They always had to say the same thing over and over again. It was now buried deep inside of your brain, you wouldn’t even want to look into his eyes. No one would want to look in the devil’s seductive eyes.

And the king was no less than a devil for you.

“Be attentive and bow to him when His majesty makes his entrance here in the Naemyeongbu!” The older court lady kept on talking. “Now, let’s stand straight.” All of the girl’s nodded as they formed a horizontal line. Your hands were on your sides, as you looked down on the ground.

Waiting for the announcement for the king’s arrival, waiting for all of this to get over as soon as it could.

You felt fast footsteps approaching, The large wooden door of the hall opened, silence filled the whole room as the of head guard entered the Naemyeongbu.

Oh no… you know what this indicated, The king had finally arrived.

“Stand attentive, Jusang jeonha 주상 전하 of Jeon Dynasty is entering the Naemyeongbu!”

Time was moving slowly, as soon as those words left the eunuch’s mouth, you were unable to hear anything else. Every noise in the room halted. The pounding of your racing heart echoed within your own ear drums.

The sound of his footsteps were like of the Grim Reapers, Like he was here to take away your soul. The sound of his steps has stopped.

He stood right in front you. His silhouette illuminated in the marble floors. His shadow was dark and tall.

It was like a shift in the universe. As soon as you felt his presence in the large spacious room, you felt unknowingly suffocated.

You could only feel his powerful intimidating presence. His presence reeked of power and dominance. “W-Welcome back, Your majesty!” Her old figure bent down to bow at the unknown King.

She was welcoming her own death with happiness. Her stuttering didn’t go unnoticed by you though. She was just as scared as you,

He was worth fearing.

It was cue for all of you to bow down, you, along with the girls, followed the head servant’s lead. Bowing down to the king.

Your legs were helpless against your fear of him, They shook like you were witnessing a gruesome death of an innocent person.

Your body was shaking unlike before, Then, you felt it.

His gaze felt heavy. He must’ve noticed your trembling form. His eyes were on you.

You could feel his burning gaze. It was like time had gone still. Your heart was praying that it wasn’t you who had his eyes on them, it couldn’t be you.

It shouldn’t be you.

“Who’s that?” You felt a cold shiver run down your spine, your body almost jolted with surprise at his cold rough voice. His voice was deep, like it was used to speaking angrily.

He wasn’t asking about you? Was he? Anxiety along with fear was clouding your mind.

Surpassing the urge to run out of this suffocating place was hard. But somehow, your brain stopped you. Reasoning that it wouldn’t be the smartest move to run off in front of his guards, they would catch you in a heartbeat at his command.

You didn’t dare to look up at him.

“I asked you, who is that H/C lady with the silver badge..” your heart stopped, The size of your eyes widened.

Oh no no no!

He was asking about you.

his tone was directed at you, that made the hairs on your body stand. “O-Oh! t-that’s a new servant? Your majesty…” the woman had her head kept low. You felt his penetrating gaze stop on you. “Raise your head, lady.”

Everyone felt shocked at his sudden unexpected command. But no one could even think about looking up.

Oh you were definitely going to die, either from his sharp sword or from suffering a heart attack,

You were going to die. “Raise your head up, lady.”

Was he already getting angry at you? His rough tone was laced with irritation, your stomach was churning with anxiety, you had to obey him.

Gathering the little ounces of courage that you weren’t even sure were left in you, you slowly looked up. And as soon as you did, your breath got knocked out of your body.

His gaze were intense on you, locked on your figure. His eyes were almost as dark as charcoal, his expression was almost angry, his eyebrows were sharp, completely complimenting his fierce gaze.

His hair was as dark as the ravens.

“What’s your name?” His lips were perfect on his face, thin but absolutely pretty, like a carefully sculpted doll’s. His nose was unique, only adding to his beauty more. His features were charming, he was handsome, scarily so, Even the Greek God’s would envy his well sculpted build.

His beauty was mesmerizing. The fancy outfit he wore only made him stand out, Golden cloak which was adorned with cultural patterns,

His crown almost made your eyes blind, it was shiner than anything in this world, it was filled with numerous precious gems. The big crown was the most beautiful thing in the world, you were sure.

It captured your attention.

It was majestic and glorious. It made him look powerful and untouchable.

“Speak, girl!” Your eyes blinked at his tone. “Y-Y/N, my lord.”

What was wrong with you now?

It didn’t matter, his looks didn’t matter, even if he was no less than an Adonis. You hated him, his looks were only a mask for his terrifying personality and deeds.

Your mind was starting to spin, why was he looking at you so intensely, did you do anything wrong? The speed of your heart was increasing every second,

this man will be the reason you die.

look away, please look away from me, you devil!

You broke the eye contact, after what felt like eternity. His stare could be alone enough to kill his enemies, maybe that’s why he has so many victories to his name.

His eyes were magnetic. Dark eyelashes made them look even more beautiful. Why was he looking at you so sternly, it was like he was observing you.

He must’ve been thinking about something because no way anyone was capable of staring so intensely at someone without blinking once.

It was hard to breathe even if his attention was focused on you. What on earth was he even looking at you for? To you, you were the most average looking one in this grand palace, his servant’s were so pretty.

What would his large harem look like? Not that you cared anyways.

It was like a huge wave of air washed over you as you felt the burning gaze gone. A sigh full of relief left you, you looked up to see the King gone. And the senior servants were gone too.

Thank goodness!

You cried internally. Noises of chatter were heard again, but this time. You were the topic of meaningless gossip. “Oh my lord… did you witness what just happened!!? The great king stared at the girl like she was a wonder!”

You wanted earth to swallow you. “Yes! Oh my goodness… what I wouldn't do to have him stare at me like that!” “I can’t believe that someone can be that handsome… he was absolutely ethereal! I couldn’t help but steal little glances at him… Y/N is so lucky to be able to look at his imperial majesty directly in the eyes!”

Lucky? They were calling you lucky? “She had his whole attention on her!” One girl scoffed in jealousy. “Wow… she is favored by the stars above…”

Oh if only they knew…

“I can hear all of you? Please stop talking about me..” You walked over to the group of girls. All of their cheeks burned at your voice. One girl only snarled at you. “Wow… look at the star of the night… Are you already acting so ignorant, Y/N?” Your eyebrows furrowed in confusion, “what do you mean, Marie?” You spoke in a calm tone, ignoring her rude remarks. “Oh… you know exactly what I mean, dear Y/N..” She passed you a faux smile. “Did you plan on this?” Her smile was long gone, it was replaced with a clenched jaw. It took you a second to get what her words meant. “What are your intentions? Do you plan on becoming his favorite? I know girls like you. Are you eager to warm his bed? I bet you’re already so eager for him to fuck you… Aren’t you?” Her blue eyes glared at you, her accent was thick but you could understand what she was exactly talking about.

Loud gasps filled your ears. Your eyes widened at her accusations, you never wanted the incident to happen, you hated the emperor! You were not a lowly whore, you were a modest soul… how could she say that. Your fists clenched at her words. “You should be ashamed of yourself, Marie! How dare you accuse me of something so absurd!” You don’t know what took over you at that moment. All you felt was ashamed. Your tone was filled with anger and disbelief.

She only rolled her icy eyes back at you, the other girls in the room did not bother to speak, they seemed to be enjoying the drama. “Oh… are you offended now? Gonna go to the king and cry to him about me?” Her laugh made your head spin,

mockery and hatred hidden in the loud sound. “You are so cunning Y/N… such a whore you are…” before she could insult you again, your hand made a loud noise connecting to her pale cheeks. Your gaze hardened at her shocked face, loud gasp erupted from her and the whole crowd of the girls, at your action.

You did not care, she had it coming. You leaned closer to her face, her eyes were as wide as the moon, you could still feel her cheek vibrating from your slap, the redness was visible. “Listen to me… Marie… watch. your. mouth with me alright? I don’t care about anything… especially the king… you want him, have him.” You whispered in her ears, loudly enough to prove your point. “Now… you better not bother me.. I have a duty that needs me…”

You turned around to exit the room, You did not bother to look back at the stunned girls, that was not important right now…

What was important right now was that… in a few hours, you’ll be in the presence of the imperial king. Nothing was making sense to you, the lack of sleep only made your mind lazy.

You needed to sleep, but at this moment, the culinary was the place you needed to be in.

The walk to it was uneventful, you were searching for your friend, Na-Yeon.

Where was she? It was so hectic that you’d completely forgotten about her, maybe she was in the other wing. You were assigned to different types of tasks after all, “are you ms Y/N? Ms lee asked me to bring you to her?” You almost tripped at the voice. It startled you. You looked back to see a girl with almond shaped hazel eyes, “oh yes! I’m coming in a moment..” you replied in a soft tone. The girl opened her mouth “ms, she ordered me to inform you that it is urgent, your assistance is needed.” She continued in a stern tone.

Oh lord. She didn’t forget after all,

the old lady had a sharp memory for her age, You wished she didn’t,

You closed your eyes. “Okay… let’s go.” Exhaling a breath, you followed her.

You couldn’t avoid the King. No matter how much you try to. It was inevitable.

You’ll have to face him.

[harley-style]

Reading the Homestuck Epilogues 3 (parts 21-30)

Hey guys I'm back on my bullshit! Here's hoping it goes well lol but we all know that's just a pipe dream.

Anyway, here's the previous part!!

Now onto the chaos!

A coffin is still fukcing heavy and you're telling me Jake and John ALONE can carry the fucking thing? omg.

I feel like Roxy is not treating this funeral the rightul respect and somberness it deserves, but is it just me or...?

Aradia and Sollux! and they really don't give a shit about most things dont they. Aradia only came here for the corpse party and honestly, slay

I get heart palpitations when Dave calls Jade babe. also poor karkat he's at the back. noooo

Wait. Is teen dead jade from fucking MEAT??? or is she the one from. uh. the caliborn narrative takeover thing. listen its been a while since i read the later homestuck ok i barely remember what happened in act 6

LOL YES AWKWARD ROSE RIGHTS

Jane. Jane you fucking moron.

Karkat literally do not rise to the bait I am begging

"sometimes i wonder what it'd be like if he was still here" FAMOUS LAST WORDS

SO IT IS MEAT JADE

MOTHERFUCK

please god just let john and terezi be together their dynamic is SO GOOD

oh they're 26 now awesome

OH NO JANE WHAT THE FUCK

okay i know it's bad to blame everything on jane but I HAVE A FEELING SHE'S INVOLVED

WHAT OKAY WHAT THE FUCK

POPULATION CONTROL IS ONE THING BUT WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT ABOUT NOT ALLOWING TROLLS TO ADVANCE POSITIONS THAT"S BULLSHIT

oh? OH???? RESISTANCE POG????

okay fuck everyone else rebellion leader karkat is my bitch now

why is eridan fuschia is this a typeset error

john you're a moron (affectionate)

:((( what happened to "not taking your shit" roxy :((((

Save Tavros From Evil

yknow what i hate about candy davejade rn is that they keep everything buried and pretend everything's fine. like jade baby at least push dave or pester rose about what's wrong with dave like....?? idk! but not this!!!

okay. what the actual shit jane. yknow what? you're a bitch! you're a full on bitch and i hope you get what's coming to you. what the FUCK am i hearing from you? that is NOT how you treat your friends/datemates!

fuck you guys im reading a bunch of aus to cope wit this mess of an epilogue

okay i love and support whatever john's trying to do but this plan is. not the best.

I just skipped over an entire conversation because i cannot deal with that rn. someone tell me what happened during the time john tries convincing tavros to leave the crocker household

WOW OMINOUS

johnrezi/junerezi rights :((((

:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

KARKAT!!!!!!!!!!

Huh. That's a less brutal capital punishment than I was expecting. Still horrifying! but I expected more blood. which was kinda dumb of me lol.

REMEMBER WHEN KARKAT USED OT BE SO EMBARRASSED BY BUCKETS??? MY BOY HAS GROWN

Kanaya Is Right Karkat Call Dave That Bitch Is Dumb Enough To Run To Your Side The Instant You Ask For Him

But Bat Your Pretty Eye For Extra Simping

MEENAH

let's kick it karkat lets goooo

NO THE FISH PUNS ARE COOL

That is a whole ass page of words sir

John :(

"epilogue six" what the fuck does this mean

these kids are thirteen w h a t

ARE KARKAT AND MEENAH TOGETHER????

okay aradia has a point its extremely ironic for karkat to reach the peak of his heroism in a world that objectively *does not fucking matter* and the "meaty" timeline where everything "DOES" matter is where he's... well, we all know.

oh no,,,,the davejade wedding,,,,this hurts.

THIS HURTS DAVE IS STILL LOOKING FOR KARKAT

okay everyone seems to be like, convinced meenah and karkat are a thing but are they REALLY? karkat hasn't come out and said anything specifically.

HE RIPPED HER PHOTO NOOOOOO

lock industry?????

Vriska's back everybody say hello

"is it the prince" IM SORRY WHAT

when WHO falls???

jake what the fuck happened to you. oh my god you don't deserve this. leave her. leave jane's stank ass.

ah. i remember karkat talking about how he wasn't to blame for mr. crocker dying, in hs2. guys id apologize for spoiling myself like this but i think you'd understand: this post-canon thing is pain. everything hurts. if i want spoilers im getting spoilers.

GUYS. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU DIDNT BUTT YOUR STUPID GODLY SELVES INTO THE MIX. THE FUCK ARE YOU BLAMING THE TROLLS FOR. JANE.

oh boy.

WELP THAT'S PART THREE FOLKS. WOW I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS I WISH TO UNFEEL. THE BLOOD OF MY DREAMS HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED TO THE GODS OF PARADOX SPACE AND NEVER AGAIN SHALL I SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.

[birdybirdnerd]

Do you have any hcs for your stanarrator? :D In somewhere else and orbiting bodies! I just finished reading both and was curious, I love hearing authors thoughts, no pressure to answer hehe ^^

oh man ive got so many its not even funny holy shit. gonna put these under a cut bc i can talk for days

so im not gonna go super into like. serious headcanons for somewhere else stanarrator because honestly a lot of it is plot relevant and i dont wanna spoil too much about whats upcoming, but ill happily dump a bunch of fluff for them before moving onto orbiting bodies bc honestly theyre two Completely different creatures

idk if im gonna go into it in the story but i consider somewhere else nar to be agender! he chose the body he did just bc it felt right, but has no strong opinions on how hes referred to. in the game hes referred to himself as an 'it' before, and so prior to his humanization that was all he was. might have him play around with gender presentation later on, especially if i can have him and micah bond more since theyre also a flavor of nonbinary, but ive already got enough bonding shit between the boys and the seguras that i might save it for a side-story oneshot thing, idk

stanleys love language is listening and acts of service. narrators is gifts and words of affirmation (if he can ever get over himself and also learn what Feelings (tm) are)

aksdjfs so one of my most popular posts is about nar getting into tabletop games to work on his control issues and not to spoil anything but... that is exactly whats gonna happen at some point. that post was literally me rambling out of context abt story planning, its hilarious to me it escaped containment. but yeah one of his problems is letting a story develop naturally, letting the characters do their own thing and seeing where it goes; he gets so mired in the details of the plot, that he forces the characters into doing actions that would be considered out of character, just to keep things moving along the way he thinks they should. in the parable, where he was god and stanley was the only player, it was easier for him to railroad and thats one area where bitterness cropped up. in the real world, with multiple players playing their own characters and no real power over their fates? itd be good for him to be able to tell a story collaboratively, to indulge in what he loves and was essentially made for, without it messing him up or him messing others up through it

nar is the epitome of britishness at first glance. except. he cannot drink black tea. the tannins give him a headache, he discovers to stanleys endless delight. stanley meanwhile is so immune to tannins he can chug black espresso straight and its horrifying for everyone to witness thank you for coming to my ted talk

alright and now for orbiting bodies :>

first off, im saying this here and now, and im gonna try my damndest to work it into the next installment whenever that comes out but this version of stanarrator isnt romantic and wont be. we need more aros that fuck, and while theyre undoubtedly important to each other, you can be close and intimate without it being romantic in nature. so yeah fuck your best friend go crazy its fun

blame royce for sticking this phrase into my lexicon but these two are absolutely constantly engaged in a rabid switch fight. i mean have you HEARD the countdown monologue? yeah orbiting bodies narrator is sub as fuck but this man Will dominate stanley at some point. very soon ehehehe

also, since nar was the one that made his own body, he has full modding capabilities over it. this means he can make it look and act entirely how he wants to, including messing with the parts of it and swapping them out. this is a surprise tool that will help us later

oh oh and sort of tangentially related to that: while he obviously does feel everything thats done to his vessel and experiences things from it from a first person pov, its not Him. doodlingbot had a similar thing crop up in their blogs canon, but what im talking about boils down to this: if anything were to happen to the body, like, say, it getting pushed off the cargo lift, thats not the end of things lmao. at any point nar can sever his connection to the body, including severing specific things like physical sensation. then its just a matter of loading it back in, good as new and then proceed to smack stanley good for being a little shit lmao

anyways yeah. im not good with headcanons that arent plot relevant but have fun! might add more on later if i think of them :>

[peanut-butter-parkerxx]

Sudden change of plans 2

You, ned and Peter were messing around at the mall, going to every shop and not buying a single item when you suddenly get your period...and you weren't prepared. So ned and Peter try to help you out whether you like it or not.

Pairing: bestfriend!peter Parker x reader,  bestfriend!ned Leeds x reader

Status: bestiesss

"anything for you" peter replied sincerely giving her a tendered kiss on her head. y/n would've calmed down by now telling them to stop rushing to the isles until she felt it again, she could tell just by the feeling it, that her body decided to give her a heavy flow this month, thank you body.

"i swear did my body try extra hard for preparing me for a baby or some shit?" y/n groaned followed by ned snickering at her comment.

"and what does that mean" peter laughed, but brows still furrowed

"it means my flow this month is heavy, you know the...blood." y/n spoke bashfully, now laughing at her messy state. her walk was getting more abnormal by the second, cramps intensifying and body basically limping. for some reason all of that made her crack up, and i guess ned was too, since  everytime he looked back at them he bit back a chuckle even though it was clearly obvious by his facial expressions. "ned" y/n sighed, her mouth now suddenly running dry from her intense breathing and very tired body "you're a bitch" she rolled her eyes laughing. once peter checked that she was joking he laughed with her.

"what did i do now??" he snorted

"you're laughing at me you asshole this shit actually hurts, i swear when im going back home im buying the period cramp simulator and the pregnancy one for you little shits" she stated pulling away from peter grasp now suddenly feeling too much heat. "and your so fucking slow like SPEED UP, BITCH. IM BLEEDING" if peter didnt realize the mood swings then, he definitely realized them now. ned kept cracking up while y/n flipped him off every two seconds.

"okay, calm down honey we're here" peter lightly snickered at the moody, in pain best friend of his. "what the hell?" he shook his head bewildered with how many supplies there are for such a natural thing that happens to a womans body. "there are sizes?" he took a random tampon box and scanned the readings "1 1/2 inches???" his eyes grew in horror, mouth agape

"wait, you for real?" ned only laughed thinking that his best friend was joking only to see his horrified expression to confirm he wasnt

"yes, 1 1/2 inches stuck up my vagina now i thought you knew that ned dont you buy tampons for chloe?" y/n snached the box from them putting it back in place.

"okay wheres my fucking size- o-oh my god"  y/n kept looking for her size of pads since she preferred them more than tampons when she felt more blood coming. "holy son of odin, please dont make me leak in this super market. i dont wanna traumatize any children" she prayed eyes closed as her body rested on one of the shelves. her statement only made ned and peter panic and searched faster.

"WHAT SIZE ARE YOU Y/N?" ned basically screamed, eyes wide in horror while peter wasnt doing any better. y/n looked at both of the boys in confusion but then amusement seeing that they actually believed what her dramatic ass said.

"its (your size)" her voice laced in amusement but the boys couldnt pick it up since they were panicking too much.

"(your size)(your size)(your size) WHERE IS IT?" I swear to god Peter was about to jump into the highest shelf of the isle but immediately stopped when he heard sniffling, the minute he turned he saw y/n teary face. But it wasnt the reason he thought it was, no, turns out she was cry-laughing at them.

Y/n was cackling, she was snickering, Laughing her ass off. And she blamed the mood swings for it. "You guys are so cute" she wiped a small tear still laughing, making Peter blush immensely. "I'm so grateful for you guys" both of the boys were about to yell at her for freaking them out off the 19293 time today when her smile suddenly turned into a frown. "I don't deserve you guys" she cried. Seriously cried. Like sobbing.

Peter immediately rushed to her, wasting no time to wrap his warm arms around her, hugging her as much (but not as hard ) as he can, while ned finally found (your size) pads.

"It's okay, hunny. You do deserve us, and you deserve even more." His soft voice echoed through her ears, she hummed softly nuzzling her head on his neck making his cheeks turn even more pink.

"Thank you guys" she pulled away from his grasp which took every inch of Peter to not whine at the sudden loss of contact. "I should've told you I'm a mess when I get my period" she shook her head, embarrassed from the whole incident causing the boys to laugh with her.

"Don't worry, y/n. I've seen worse" Ned commented parting her shoulders.

They finally checked out of the supermarket and went to the nearest bathroom. Y/n walked in immediately sending both of her best friends a warm smile. While the boys stood in front of the bathroom like guards waiting for her return.

"Y/n, you okay?" Peter asked, 5 minutes after she went in

"Yeah yeah I'm fine, I got extra underwear but I didn't get any pads" she laughed. A few seconds later opening the door looking as fresh as ever. "I'm still tired, though. So I think imma call it a night, boys" she said pouting, her voice laced in disappointment. If Peter didn't catch on her tone he would've left her alone, thinking she wanted some alone time.

"Why don't we go to my place?" He suggested, eyes filled with hope. He definitely didn't want to leave y/n any time soon and Ned of course. Y/n's eyes lit up.

"Yeah sure!" She jumped on him squealing but immediately pulling away holding onto her stomach "Forgot I was on my period for a second" y/n chuckled, making the boys chuckle with her.

"Now let's go watch Star Wars!" Ned jumped, his eyes beaming in excitement and happiness. Yes, you were very grateful for the boys infront of you. And you certainly do not deserve them for being so patient and understanding with you, But you could definitely say you have the best best-est friends, ever.

[eframschweigersskincells]

So, Return to Hell was an absolute rollercoaster of emotions and I couldn't have asked for a better ending to the season three dlc missions.

SPOILER WARNING BY THE WAY!

Holy shit was this season a wild ride and with an absolute banger of an ending all I can say is well done rebellion you pulled it out the bag and held it high, I was so happy with everything and just my god its really hard to put down everything I'm so enthralled I can barely think straight.

I remember when the trailer dropped and I was so overcome with both excitement and sadness at seeing what the dlc entailed, I was so happy to see schweiger alive but devastated to see what was happening to him and originally I thought we were going to sacrifice him to help Umbra which terrified me, thank fuck I was wrong I dont think I could handle hurting my boy.

The intro was excellent, it really felt like distressing and that this was truly a moment of despair the way bruno spoke of it was absolutely amazing and I couldn't wait to get stick in. And when it finally gave way to the gameplay the opening area was absolutely stunning!

The way it's so familiar yet so foreign, like I'd seen it before but it had been so twisted that it was unrecognisable, lava around every corner and debris floating as if frozen in time the ground and walls cracked and crumbling and the fiery hues made this a fantastic yet haunting sight I hadn't even begun playing and I already fell in love with it.

When I finally moved on and the Baron began his tirade about the state of hell and how it was shaped and molded to fit the subconscious mind of schweiger I was shocked and saddened, to think that this was schweiger's fractured mind was frightening, all his guilt, fear, anger, confusion, sadness became reality and hell took its horrifying form filled with endless undead. I also found it really cool to see events play out from schweiger's perspective, meat locker, hell base and terror lab all playing out in schweiger's memories allowing us a glimpse in to everything that happened to him. He was betrayed so many times, I don't blame him at all for turning on us in deeper than hell, the amount of cruelty he suffered would drive anyone insane.

Being captured and forced to research the occult without any understanding of why, being tricked in to activating the relic allowing hitler to activate plan Z, working your hardest to try and make the world right then have your team infiltrated by nazi bastards who push you in to a hell tower and forcefully tear you from this plane of existence and left to rot in hell. Just when you think you can finally escape you're confronted with the fact you can not leave, only your closest comrades can leaving you in hell against everyone's will, then a voice manipulates you in to believing you were betrayed by your friends you're lied to and tricked in to believing this voice is your only friend who makes you do horrific rituals.

I remember how horrific I felt hearing this and then when Umbra revealed that he did all of this so he could break schweiger's will so he could steal his body I was filled with rage. Rebellion were amazing at putting emotion in to this one I genuinely went through constant emotional shifts realising that everything we had done up to this point was planned by Umbra and that everything we had done was only to fuel his plans. It was never schweiger's fault it was umbras and that knocked me on my arse.

The gameplay was a lot of fun, one of the best parts was that absolutely everything was randomised! The main sections of the map where always switched around no matter how many times you play it at first I went meat locker, hell base then terror lab then my second time I went hell base, terror lab then meat locker! I was shocked when everything cane out of order but it fits so well with everything! Schweiger's mind is so badly fractured that when hell took form as schweiger's subconscious not even hell itself could keep things in order.

I genuinely adore how the old familiar faces of these maps are destroyed, twisted and corrupted they are what we have seen before but warped till they look like different maps entirely, with so much more to explore in some areas it really gives you a sense of walking through broken memories like piecing together a memory Efram barely has a grip on anymore.

I loved how enemies were randomised too, getting attacked by a screamer around the corner then next time you go there prepared for a screamer you get blown up by suiciders or slaughtered by skeletons or an elite or in my favourite case being attacked by zombie alpha squad members! When zombie me jumped out and attacked I was so confused I didnt have time to respond when zombie jun popped out and killed me it was fucking awesome!

All our favourite enemy variations are here too, vampire creepers, electric suiciders, armored commanders, skeletons etc which really made for a really tough but good fight, never knowing what variation was coming to get you made everything even more fun.

And with the spitters now having a variant that spat magma it made what was usually an annoying inconvenience an actual proper threat and I love that so fucking much, maybe the spitters aren't so horrible after all.

That's a lie I still fucking hate them but oh well!

Once we successfully complete all three areas we now return to the main area with a very pissed off Umbra and schweiger who although conscious is barely alive. As soon as we arrive back to were we began we are immediately attacked and dragged off to an unknown place that we only know as the void as coined by Umbra.

Let me tell you when I say the void is creepy I fucking mean it, the void is of course pitch black you cant see anything not even your flash light does anything to the surrounding darkness, all you see when you spawn is the pitch black and eframs body of a slab surrounded by candles with Umbra looking over us and you really get the the sense of "holy shit, this is it!"

I genuinely adored the design of the void, the fact you only ever see your surroundings when a split second of bright red lighting strikes and even then you only see the faint outline of distant places, walking through the endless river of blood that stops you to a near snail's pace while fending of oncoming dead is genuinely spectacular! Holy fuck did rebellion pull it out the bag this round!

Just when you think you're about to have to do something to the incapacitated schweiger, Edie finally fucking shows up and does something useful for once, breaking schweiger out of his trance and giving him enough power to fend for himself when she realises Umbra has no defences! Thank fuck because now we know how to finally end The Baron and let me tell you I couldn't be happier to get the chance at killing the bastard.

The fights were challenging and had me cornered a few times and I'll admit I died a couple times but it was absolutely worth it, there was so much going on but it wasnt overbearing, with how large the areas you had to fight the hordes in were it made the fucking insane amounts of zombies absolutely balanced, I never felt like it was impossible but never felt it was too easy either just the right balance of insanity. And to make it even better I get to listen to schweiger shit talk the Baron as we help Efram regain strength while weakening Umbra.

Listening to Umbra beg and plead for mercy was great, it really felt like we were overpowering hell itself, no matter what Umbra threw our way it did absolutely nothing and listening to schweiger come to terms with what he's done and immediately work towards redemption by putting down Umbra was heartwarming. We were the winners not Umbra.

Then finally we get to what I've been wanting to do since the beginning of the DLC, after two whole hours I finally got to put an end to the Baron, activating that ending cutscene was so satisfying and I got to put down my controller and watch.

I'll admit I was confused when Umbea sprung back to life and actually attacked, where hitler failed to stop us during hell machine Umbra full pounced, he was going to take us with him and for a second I absolutely believed we were going to die with him, the fuck tries ripping our soul out rendering us absolutely useless. Its schweiger that saves us, pulling us away from Umbra then eviscerating the fuck out of him with ease and with that The Baron himself is dead, finally the tyrant is dead and everything we had worked towards was finally put to rest.

Just before that scene ends, we see schweiger smile! He's actually happy for once, free from Umbras grip, he's faced his fears and insecurities and in the end was the one who saved us and destroyed The Baron. To see him smile was one of the greatest things ever and I'm so glad we finally got to see that.

In last few moments of the ending, we wake up on the side of a cliff with Dr schweiger by our side and as the camera zooms out we see nothing but an endless sea of lava and I'm left thinking.

What the fuck is Projekt Ragnarok?

[popculturebuffet]

Final Space: And Into The Fire Review or Now with 110% More Homoerotic Telepathy

Welcome  new and old to my first Final Space review! If you’ve never seen the blog before, and given this is the first “new” series i’ve covered as it come out in some time that’s probably quite a few of you, welcome. I’m Jake, I do recaps and reviews of various animated shows and comics, mostly just stuff I want to do, often on comission (5 dollars an episode if theres any episode of the first two seasons of this show or any episode of any other show you’d like tos ee me cover), or for my patreon patreon.com/popculturebuffet. And it is my utmost honor to add this show to my rotating roster of shows I cover as they come out. 

I friggin love Final Space. I was intrigued by it back when TBS released the animatics alongside Close Enough (Wth the two shows ironically finally together on HBO max as of earlier this month), for their doomed block. I heard a lot of good things about season 1.. and let it get away from me, not watching it till Season 2. But both seasons had more than enough to pull me in with intriguging characters, even greater jokes and a truly unique idea for a premise involving giant monsters, an edltrich god and lots of cookies. 

So while it took an extra year given Covid, I’m super friggin pumped to get into season 3 at long last after the hell of a cliffhanger, especially since ironically last night I saw Steven Yeun’s oscar nominated performance in “Minari”. Now i get to watch him play a cat teenager again too.. and in a few days Mark friggin Grayson. It’s a good week to be a fan of his is what i’m saying and a good week in general. 

Previously on Final Space Yo!: Since it’s been a year and while the series provides  a recap , I’m going to be doing these anyway so:

Our heroes finally got all 5 dimensional keys and freed Bolo, and in the process also freed Avacato from Invictus, the horrifying entity controlling final space. Meanwhile Tribore got Sheryl to stop being a selfish prick and she joined the team trying to be a better mother from now on. But freeing Bolo came at a high cost as Nightfall sacrified herself as the sixth key (KVN was natrually both Gary and Bolo’s first choice, but was inllegible. ) So we ended the season with our heroes entering Final Space and Gary reuniting with Quinn.... while Invictus loomed. So over a year later we finally get some answers so join me under the cut for spoilers, recaps, and homoerotic text ahoy. 

Something i’m doing since both the roster keeps changing.. and as I correctly guessed from the trailer, and the general tone of the promos for this season, that everyone won’t be all together all season.. or even in one piece.. i’ll be doing a silver age style roll call to let us know who all we have on the Team Squad for the episode Roll Call: Gary, Quinn, Avacato, Little Cato, Ash, Fox, KVN, HUE, AVA, Sheryl, Bolo, and Tribore

So we pick up right where we left off, Gary tearfully reuniting with Quinn, with Quinn wishing he hadn’t come for her, and Gary being Gary naturally having ignored that, and actually been more determined since that made it forbidden which made it extra tempting and him want to extra do it. God I missed this glorious idiot let me tell you. 

So things are quickly interrupted by invictus, who turns out to be a giant flaming head.. thing... and chases them and the crimson light, which has to start speeding with our heroes tethered to the outside, Quinn holding onto Gary. 

So we get one hell of a thrilling chase as the Crimson Light outspeeds the demon head and runs into two titans, but Bolo shows up to take out one, with Mooncake trying his dimension shattering blast thingy on Invictus.. and naturlaly g ven this is the big bad we need to show off how horrying they are, and it does NOTHING. But Gary catches his little buddy so we’re alright. 

Sheryl also shows off her badass bonafieds by LIGHTFOLDING THROUGH A TITAN... granted she still has some parenting skills to learn as “lightfolding while your son is hanging out the back through an edltrich god” really isn’t a motherly thing to do.. but neither is trying to murder your child several times or blaming him for how shitty your life turned out so ANYTHING is a step up for her. 

But.. it’s not enough. While she does manage to kill ONE the Crimson Light is too badly damaged to go on and we get two tragic deaths in one go... The Team Squad is forced to abandon the Crimson Light.. and AVA is too damaged to Upload into HUE. “I’m Sad” “For who?” “For you.. and for us. “ God damn Tom Kenny is amazing. You don’t need me telling you that, but sometimes you need a reminder. 

So our heroes end up on a desolate mystery world, stranded in final space with no ship, no suplies and no hope. The only thing to do now is survivie and hope they can continue the mission at some point. 

ONE MONTH LATER

Things have not gotten any better, as naturally , our heroes have only found weird cartoon eyed worms that regrow their heads when you bite them off. So while this means unlimited food, it’s also disgusting and Garry hates it. “This may be a head but it tastes like a butt”. Quinn and Tribore are with him and Quinn hasn’t been ready to talk about her experiences trapped in this hellscape and still isn’t but being a good dude, Gary dosen’t push her on it. Though the weird red veiny thing on her arm tells me maybe one of you should speed that up before she explodes or gets cronnenburgy. Just saying. I’ll also say i’m not huge on the one month time skip, as while I feel they probably have a reason for being that specific i’ts a bit TOO long and I question why have that long a period of a jump, not the longest but still long enough for things to happen with nothing changingin that time? Still it’s a minor nitpick in an otherwise fantastic episode so I can let it go, I just don’t get it. 

What we do get is some Gary Corpses dropping and Invictius puppeting them... i’m with gary that is bowel openingly scary. I also do like how despite the FAR more dire circumstances, they still get in the requisite shenanigans this series requires. I’ts not to the network mandated subplot levels where it distracts, but it’s enough to help ease the terror of the situation and isn’t around for situations like the opening where it really SHOULDN’T be. As the series always has when something big happens, the bollocks goes away. Once we’re in between we can get back to literal pissing contests, KVN leading a crowd to their deaths and HUE in a pimp hat like god intended. 

So yeah our heroes have to outrun the horrible horde of Gary’s, though Little Cato catches on something’s wrong as Tribore makes gary cary him as foreshadowing for later and Sends mooncake down to asssit. Our heroes escape.. but a cave in happens.

After the break, Gary wakes up confused with the party now split in two: Gary, Quinn, KVN, Tribore and HUE on one side and Avacato, Ash, Fox, Little Cato and Sheryl on the other. So Gary does the logical thing... and take his shirt off telling Avacato to feel him. 

I mean I didn’t even ship them before this scene but... Gary claims because of their bond he can telepahtically connect with Avacato. That’s normal Gary shenanigans.. except not only does he shrug off his girlfriend asking why they can’t do that.. but it WORKS. We have a scene of the two telepahtically talking in a wheatfield that is so homerotic I guarantee there only wasn’t the Careless Whisper sax because they couldn’t afford it.. or their saving it for later this season. Look sometimes you don’t ship a ship because you just.. dont’ care that strongly one way or another and sometimes you just need an incredibly gay scene to see the light. Same thing happened with Weblena same thing here. 

Fox also says “that was glorious to watch” same man. That was freaking art. So our heroes split up into three plots. As usual for me

Team Gary: So yeah... Triobore’s pregnant. No way to really softball into that. He’s been pregnant this whole time. So we get a stupid and mildly horrifying gross out sequence with Gary having to look Triobore in teh eyes and Quinn having to “uncork him”. Which is code for ... you know what i’m not going to say it. If you’ve seen the episode you know and if not your better off not visualizing it trust me. Point is this whole sequence is dumb and the worst part of the episode by far. And the series CAN do good gross out. While Olan Rodgers regrets it, the pissing contest was one of the funniest scenes of season 2, and managed to make a gross idea on paper actually pretty damn funny. This.. this is just “Haha males giving birth and tribore’s an asshole”. There’s no joke here just a .. plug. .. gah.. the vomit is rising let me tell you. 

We do get something good out of this nightmare, Tribore’s son who hatches as the army of gary’s dig their way in, Quanstranstro, who rapidly ages into a stylsih spanish speaking adult badass. He is fucking awesome and a great addition to the team and the sheer.. oddity of his birth is wonderful even if the actual birthing was not. Then the climax happens so before that. 

Team Avacato:

Avacato and Co come across a sleeping giant robot cyborg .. thingy. Naturally Fox wakes him up. Little Cato remains not suprised. It occelates between panicking over it’s legs being gone and amenisa and is pretty damn funny. It’s voiced by John Dimagio. But it gets serious as we find out nothing has ever made it out of final space, and things.. change the longer there there. And Quinn’s been there several months if not a year. Whuh oh. This part is much better both due to better jokes and plot advancment.. though again Quanstrano is still fucking amazing. 

Team Bolo: Bolo meanwhile returns and fights a titan, and has mooncake help him rather htan join the others, but looses, hitting the planet with his body.. I mean he might not get back up.. but the impact shatters the caverns and causes an explosion. Everyone but Gary, Quinn, KVN and HUE are MIA, as our remaining party find earth floating overhead. 

TO BE CONTINUED> 

Final Thoughts: A decent start to the season. Like I said the whole birthing sequence can die in a fire and reminds me of the terrible comedy subplots adult swim wanted grafted onto two episodes.. but otherwise it’s a tense stark opener that sets up the bleak tone while still keeping the series rediciulous shenanigans in tact. It’s the perfect welcome back after so long. I mean the gay telepathy alone would make it a winner. 

Next Time on This Blog: We dive into a little history with HIsteria. See you at the next rainbow. 

[cattles-bians]

exes au part 11

post directory

obsetress: i'm about to fully fall asleep but i have been thinking about exes au danvi and like the isabel of it all and dani dating a single mom and how just like

obsetress: vi is so protective of isabel and as much as she loves dani like

obsetress: she took SO LONG before introducing her and then like

obsetress: when they broke up dani left and dani wasnt in isabels life anymore and dani was so good for isabel and viola just feels so fuckin shitty and blames herself and

obsetress: but i'm also thinkin bout soft fluffy stuff too like how much dani loves isabel and how much vi loves watching isabel w dani and

em: hey hannah what the fuck

obsetress: isabel has a nightmare one night and goes to her mom's room and dani's there too and she just curls up between them

em: do you think when they finally reconnected dani was like hey um. does isabel remember me. would it be weird if

obsetress: FUCK

obsetress: this absolutely happens

em: viola is VERY apprehensive at first

obsetress: god yeah esp after getting so hurt by it but

obsetress: viola sure cannot say no to dani!

em: i love some dani with kids tho

em: maybe too soft but do u think for at least a couple years dani would like. send isabel a bday card

em: like dead air otherwise

em: hmm idk i am chewing that one over more

obsetress: god it's hard i think dani wants to but she doesn't

obsetress: i could see dani writing them and holding onto them

em: oh that’s even worse

obsetress: even tho she really doesnt think she'll ever talk to vi again

em: what a soft and depressing thought. thank u. i resent u.

obsetress: yeah it hurts!

obsetress: but then she does! and she gives them all to isabel when she's older maybe

em: hold on i’m gonna bawl

em: sometimes my parents will be like um. do u remember this person and i’m like uh i don’t remember people i worked w two years ago let alone

em: but i think isabel does

em: i will be thinking about this all afternoon bestie have a wonderful slumber

[em note: em yells in hannahs DMs while she's asleep dot png]

em: no um. mate im still furious about the isabel of it all wtf

em: thinking about um. like ok i dont wanna use isabel as a prop but this is certainly one of those times where

em: violas been hurt before and viola's hurt other people before because she's deeply troubled and i feel like that would be one of the first times she sorta. sure she licks her wounds and feels miserable for herself but its also like uh

em: really sobering to realise This Hurts Isabel Too

em: because yknow violas very gatekeep gaslight girlboss i think shes got a strong enough sense of self that nothing really shakes that. maybe even to a deluded degree. i dont think she goes to therapy because shes like wow im fucked up i gotta get help, she's more like

em: shes really driven by her love for isabel!! gestures WILDLY

em: realised this is an au where parents get therapy and dont pass their traumas onto their kids and i want OFF this WILD RIDE im so tired of discovering things about myself through the realm of fiction

obsetress: yeah same i kept thinking about it too alfkadlsfkjdasf

obsetress: i want to reply to every single line of the isabel thing but i'm not gonna do that so let me just say: YEAH

obsetress: like isabel is her cornerstone full stop everything comes down to isabel

em: dani's probably so nervous reconnecting w isabel again. absolutely spinning her lil wheels

em: they set up a lil date and time and dani's doing her gay nervous babble abt if isabel even remembers her or god forbid resents her n jamies like...

em: im pursing my lips as i draw a line on the whiteboard between jamie's whole childhood and isabels and shaking my head Goddamn It

em: jamie lets dani babble it out n pauses and reflects on what she's saying n then jamie's like. the fact ur nervous means u care. n kids are v good at picking up when ppl care. you'll be alright.

obsetress: god yeah this bit i can just. hear it

obsetress: it's so visceral

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em: viola

obsetress: god my favorite taurus hedonist

[em note: hannah yells in em's DMs while em is asleep dot png]

obsetress: god fuck what was i thinking about isabel this morning like

obsetress: that's what i get for daydreamin between snoozes and not writing it down alas

obsetress: but just like how excited isabel is to see dani again when she does and also like, isabel and rebecca

obsetress: then i started thinking about

obsetress: rebecca and vi getting married and vi's always like i'm not gonna get married again it's bullshit and rebecca's like it's not for me but then they just

obsetress: like they live together and they share everything and rebecca looks out for isabel just as much and they get to a point and it's like

obsetress: oh. oh

obsetress: like they're both like it's the logical thing to do. it's logical and it's safe and we should have this extra layer of protection but also it's like

obsetress: they find themselves more and more excited a lil you know? and just thinking about how isabel's there and how excited isabel is and

obsetress: but god yeah what i was thinking about this morning like. one day vi has to tell isabel dani's not gonna be coming around anymore and like

obsetress: isabel doesn't really understand and she's so sad and then vi feels even shittier

obsetress: and she's like "we'll be okay. it's you and me, remember? moving mountains"

obsetress: "you me us, right?"

obsetress: the first time rebecca meets her she brings her a book as a gift and is like "this was one of my favorites" and

obsetress: OH I REMEMBERED

obsetress: so like when dani sees isabel again finally (and yknow as nervous as dani was vi was even more on edge because it's so inconsistent and is she gonna understand yknow? and the two of them just spiral––which is also another thing about the two of them in a relationship! i think they push each other down spirals)

obsetress: jamie's there too and dani's like "this is... this is, uh, jamie" and it's like you said jamie isabel parallels and so jamie's like a lil tender

obsetress: spoiler: isabel and jamie end up bonding the most

obsetress: jamie's like running around with isabel on her shoulders and then showing her all these plants and taking her to gardens and

obsetress: another tentative jamie vi alliance

em: isabel mikey hangout When

obsetress: isabel mikey hangout!

obsetress: they're hanging with isabel and she and jamie have a very spirited discussion where isabel's like "i wanna be a princess" and dani's like "why not a knight?" and jamie's like "why not opt out of the feudalistic hierarchy entirely and ditch the kingdom for the high seas?" and convinces isabel to go full pirate

obsetress: and then isabel kinda passes out with her head in jamie's lap and jamie's just kinda idly playing with her hair (vi is already like "am i... attracted to jamie in this moment?")

obsetress: and jamie's like "y'know, i should bring mikey round next time isabel's here" and viola's like "......who?" and jamie's like "my little brother? mikey?" and viola's like "right.... right"

obsetress: cut to later, when dani and jamie have retired to vi and becca's guest room: "since when does jamie have a little brother?" "she always has, babe"

em: kinda obsessed w like. violas love for isabel means her wires get crossed when the surly gardener is Good With Kids

obsetress: yeah

obsetress: mikey and isabel immediately hit it off i think

obsetress: a bit of an odd couple because i think isabel is definitely, like, her mother's daughter and mikey is............. mikey

obsetress: but i think they meet in the middle and help each other grow and play pirates together

em: viola is like. of course mikey and isabel will get along. isabel is wonderful. but jamie is quietly Sweating about the whole thing

em: so damvibecca are having their afternoon tea and their little cakes and jamie is Quietly sweating and she’s like ‘quiet is good, right? like they’re not tryna k-‘ and then there’s the sound of two 8 year olds (idk how old they are tbh) YELLING as they chase each other down the hall w wrapping paper tubes

obsetress: nervous babbling dani x quietly sweating jamie, an otp

em: isabel has gotten into the make up n given them both black eyes n scars and moustaches n everyone’s like oh no how’s viola gonna feel about this but viola is DELIGHTED

obsetress: dani's like "chill you all she's gonna––" and then viola is getting up and asking them to do her face too

em: made a parrot outta a sock and newspaper

obsetress: viola playing pirates w isabel and mikey

em: kids w their endless creativity n absolute disregard for personal property is truly a thing of dreams

obsetress: mikey gives her a paper tube and she disarms isabel, takes hers, and offers it very seriously to jamie

em: cuteeee

obsetress: rebecca's giving dani a look and dani is completely unfazed and reaching for another tea cake

em: absolutely unflappable dani clayton

em: dani and rebecca sharing a Look like hey have you ever seen her this gleeful

obsetress: there is something very tasty about jamie taylor having a direct hand in making viola so gleeful

em: takes a village!

obsetress: when viola's two big loves are sitting five feet away from them both

em: everyone changes everyone for the better

em: fucken soft ass chat over here

obsetress: everyone changes everyone for the better

obsetress: soft as hell

em: thesis statement everyone likes each other so much (jamie pretends she doesn’t)

obsetress: (jamie pretends she doesn't) (jamie might like everyone the most)

obsetress: viola registers mikey for isabel's school n pays full tuition

em: oh my god

obsetress: jamie is horrified and refuses to accept it and viola waves a hand and is like "too late, deposit's non-refundable"

em: (they carpool)

obsetress: PLEASE

obsetress: oh god and like

obsetress: flora and miles go there too

obsetress: full circle complete

em: broke: highschool au woke: guardians of primary schoolers au

obsetress: dani jamie in bed jamie's like "you don't...... think it's weird?" "hmm?" "mikey going to.... school with our boss' kids?" "why would that be weird" "i dunno" "he also goes to school with my ex's kid" "he's best friends with your ex's kid" "and that's not weird, is it?" (grumbles) "not anymore" "so why would this be?"

em: jamie’s ribbing mikey for his silly tie and straw hat but she teaches him how to tie a tie and also she keeps crying for some reason???

obsetress: oh fuck

em: mikey: can’t i just get a fake tie >:/

jamie: no because when u have a real tie you can leave it untied a little as an act of rebellion

obsetress: god it's jamie crying for me

em: i love that big baby

obsetress: so much!

em: jamies like idk what’s gotten into me i never cry n danis like. raises one eye brow and mentally checks off all the times jamie has absolutely bawled watching a movie

em: not even a sad movie

em: dani plays along

em: maybe ur getting soft in ur old age jamie

obsetress: jamie i cry three four times a day five if i'm being honest taylor

em: thinking about their weekly weekend lunch w damvibecca and hannah and owen and miles and flora and

obsetress: dfjsldkfjslfslfj

obsetress: god big found family

obsetress: you know viola doesn't like

obsetress: dani and jamie respectfully toe around whatever the fuck owen and hannah have going on but viola just does not suffer it. she's so blunt to them

em: big viola grin and all ‘owen, hannah, i assume you will be each other’s dates?’ (owen chokes on his tiny egg sandwich)

em: hannah grose is serene and unreadable as she dabs a bit off yolk off owens moustache

em: maybe even a bit pleased

obsetress: everyone is always so tense when viola and hannah get together because neither of them take shit yknow

obsetress: and everyone's like "which way is this gonna go"

em: god. peak snarky broads

obsetress: but usually they end up good. two apex predators where one is a lil vicious but the other is so confident in its status that it just chills

em: they have the Best gossip

obsetress: would love to sit in and listen as they drink tea and gossip tbh

em: viola presses owen on hannah and he goes red and viola presses hannah on owen and she does a little wouldnt-you-like-to-know into her tea

em: viola nee willoughby and hannah grose friendship is. truly something i never knew i needed until now

em: they’re both just that lil bit older than the rest of the gang too

obsetress: an important coalition

obsetress: hannah grose! hannah looking out for rebecca and that's the couple times she gets a lil testy w vi

obsetress: mikey and isabel besties but flora and mikey get along really well and isabel and miles do too i think

em: the sheer chaos of a taylor-lloyd-windgrave story time

obsetress: LDKFjKLSDJF HELP

obsetress: taylor lloyd wingrave story time

obsetress: jamie suddenly very invested in story time

obsetress: dani's like "i know this is the first time you've actually cared about story time, babe, so let me give you some pointers"

em: i was just in my head thinking fondly about like. jamie is a drop out and plays a lil dumb sometimes for fun but also prolly reads a lot especially to mikey and now i’m like. wait i’m talking to Ms Floras Two Moms herself

em: idk if i had that headcanon before i read she taught me a lesson alright but yknow what! doesn’t matter it’s a beautiful one

obsetress: thank youuuu i love it a lot

obsetress: jamie big reader is generally one of my fave headcanons tbh i'm glad it seems to be widely accepted. can't even explain why it's just nice

em: sometimes i will talk 2 ppl about my passionate drop out jamie taylor belief n then they’re like but she’s smart (it’s only happened a couple times hahsj) and i’m like these aren’t mutually exclusive!! this is my very biased experience but my friends who do manual labor for a living seem to read so much more than my friends who don’t

em: your brain wants to chew over things while the hands are workin i reckon

obsetress: yes yes yes yes yes

obsetress: i think that's also like (sighs heavily)

obsetress: symptomatic of hegemonic perceptions of the working class

em: i love when u sigh heavily it’s always a fun take

obsetress: i think jamie is v clever and reflective and like if there's one thing i've learned getting older it's

obsetress: smart doesn't matter i think the most insightful most thoughtful people are the most reflective ones

obsetress: like none of it fuckin matters just be a nice person

[crossovereddie]

Thoughts on S11xE4

Reminder that I’m not a spoiler free blog! I missed Mickey so much this week! Let’s see how much I swoon today.

Wow the showtime app really made me watch a preview then kicked me off the app. Cool.

Now I have to watch the preview all over again wft

DAD LIP INTRO IM CRYING

Their room situations still confuse me

Morning Mickey is my fave

Fuck terry

“Those are cocks....cock fighting. They like it” 😭

Ian why are you still shocked after all these years

I SPY YOU SHOOT

ITS A KIDS GAME

GET OFF YOUR FUCKING HIGH HORSE IM SCREAMING

I WANNA BE HIS MOTHER IM SAD AGAIN

I ALREADY LOVE IT

Ugh Carl 🙄

Oh my gosh franny 😂😂😂

I cant wait for my kid to be that age

Lip is the best :(((((

HOT CROSS BUNS ON THE RECORDER LMAO

I FREAKING HATE CARLS STORYLINE

SHOULDERS

Why do I cry when Mickey calls him ian that’s literally his name

GET AWAY CAR DRIVER STOP

Why is shameless so funny today???

MICKEY IS BEAUTIFUL

Let him eat his weight in fruit loops if he wants to

IM THE BOSS

There’s so many Milkoviches

Frank and terry face off

I FUCKING HATE TERRY

FIGHT HIM FRANK

SANDY BABY

“Kids are idiots. No offense franny” I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I WOULD LITERALLY GIVE HIM MY BEATING HEART IF HE ASKED FOR IT

HE OWNS MY HEART ALREADY HERE SIR ITS YOURS

PREACH IT SANDY UGH I LOVE HER

MICKEY STOP OH GOD

Frank forgot they were Milkoviches why did this warm my heart lmao

MICKEY STOP DEFENDING THEM

Brunch really does suck

Wtf Tami

PUT YOUR MASKS ON

Why am I siding with responsible ian all the time ugh I blame being a mom

“That’s why it’s not registered dumbass” MICKEY PLS

OKAY I LOVE IAN?????

“No. I like facts” baby I love you so much

I recognize the “my husband is an idiot” look on Ian’s face. I have that same look at least twice a day

I HATE TERRY!!!!!

I hate the Milkoviches but they add something to the show

I don’t mind them being back

As long as they don’t fuck with my baby

Carl please change careers

Debbie you idiot

Sandy lives with you DONT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED

move in with me instead sandy

Mickey and Ian are best friends pass it on

Mickey proud of his new job 😭😭😭😭

A NEW PLACE

THEY are Mickey. Not you. You’re so good baby boy :(

“I just didn’t wanna say that in front of your family” MICKEY SAYING IT TO IAN BECAUSE THATS HIS HUSBAND AND HE CAN BE HONEST AND VULNERABLE WITH HIM

Give me a military au

MICK

That always kills me!!!

HIS LITTLE SMIRK HE FUCKING KNOWS WHAT HES DOING

IAN IS SO CONCERNED FOR MICKEY

We love husbands

White boy carl

This man is gross

I love lip I will fight for him

.....I’m still so horrified that they made Carl’s awful partner a woman of color.

I’m gonna love this feud with the Milkoviches arent i?

Oh god poor franny

Fuck off tami

Okay she complimented him good

THIS TEACHER IS DISGUSTING

love Kate’s voice :(

Poor lip

“He really into all that British shit” lmao

LIAM LMAO

People not wearing masks is giving me anxiety

Me not even blinking an eye at ian and Mickey not wearing masks earlier lmao

MICKEY LOOKS SO CUTE

Seal team dicks oh my god

I cant get over how cute he looks

Kev 😂

HIS POCKETS I HATE HIM LMAO

THE LITTLE STACK OF MONEY 😂😂😂

Frank’s memory :(

Yeah that man is a piece of actual shit poor Tami

Seriously???? Sabotaging little kids???

I expect that from Debbie but not Vee

“Oscar Mayer bacon bitch” DEAD

STOP HER CARL WTF

This is horrific

I hate this scene so much

KEV 😂😂😂

Save the puppy from the Milkoviches

I LOVE KEV

Okay I’m nervous for Liam

I HATE THE MILKOVICHES

THEYRE RIDICULOUS LOLOLOL

Mickey sweet love could you please put a mask on honey pie?

Thank you

THIS MAN IS D I S G U S T I N G

SANDY

Yeah I def need a military au

A LEGAL JOB FOR MY BABIES

FIGHT HIM LIP

EW OLD LADY WHY TF

Yay I love that for V

I feel sad for tami

IT WASNT YOUR FAULT TAMI

LIP IS SO GOOD

I really do love him so much

Where’s Fred? Lmao

Carl :(

Carl deserves better than this shitty storyline

EWWW

Once again I enjoyed that episode! Not much ranting today. I’m shocked! I love Mickey so much! I’m gonna go rewatch it so I can truly enjoy it and not pause every time I’m gonna comment on something. Come talk to me about your thoughts! If you wanna know more in dept how I felt about scenes my asks are always open!

[missjackil]

My 15x18 Opinion

`*WARNING: This review is by far more critical of the show, writers, and actors than I have been before. Enter at your own risk*

Despair

Well the name definitely fits! Where do I begin? 

Okay not gonna lie, Im LIVID!! Thsi episode felt like a punch in the gut! I have said many times that the show ending, to me, will feel like someone Ive loved with all my heart for years is dying. Well in a matter of one episode, that changed to it feeling like someone Ive loved with all  my heart for years, is dumping me via text message, telling me he’s banging my sister! It still hurts, it crushes my very soul but for the wrong reasons.

Im gonna hit the big smelly elephant in the room first and ask WTF were they thinking??  Its not bad enough that Cas tells Dean he loves him, which thankfully Dean didnt return (he’s still straight guys!) but it was maybe the worst speech Ive heard on the show! Nothing he said would make anyone happy, so that was bullshit. “You’re the most selfess loving person Ive ever known” Oh yeah Cas? Did you forget Sam? It appears you did. And this is NOT me dumping on Dean at all, Im just gonna state facts. Who has been the most kind, forgiving, loving person TO Cas? Even after Mary died and Dean was blaming Cas (”You’re dead to me!”) Sam was there to say “It wasn’t just Cas” and kept texting him to make sure he was okay. And honestly is Dean MORE selfless than Sam? I dont think so. Sure Dean gave up his childhood for Sam, I’ll give him that, but Sam gave up his adulthood for Dean, and they both gave up life for each other, and the world so, fuck that noise right in the face!

Now lets just rub some rocksalt in that wound and refrain from even giving Sam a meaningful scene with Cas even if he wasnt going to be there when he got Emptied. Jack got one, not Sam though. Thats bullshit!

Also fuck this Sam and Eilleen shit. Im not even confident she’s “gone” because she got sucked away with the others and we know Bobby at least still has another scene, and according to IMDB so does Donna and Charlie. So they may alll just come back. and even if we dont SEE Eileen maybe we just get super happy Sam now that his girlfriend is alive and whats that? Next week they find a DOG???? ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? Wait, thats not all, remember Cas still has some shit with Uriel to do, so dont even count his feathered ass gone yet either! 

The bloody handprint on Dean’s jacket....😣🤢🤮

The story itself this episode was realy bad too, too much back and forth, “is he dead or alive? Is she dying or not? Are we gonna open the God book or what? Did these peope die or just “go away” like Becky? Maybe this will all be answered before we’re done but still it was annoying and messy.

Were there any good parts you ask? Yes, I did like the bro hug. Not WHY we got a bro hug but it was nice and Sam gave a heart felt “be careful” to Dean and I liked Dean’s reasuring touch. I also like that Dean apologized to Sam for last week and as Sam was being all “Dean... you dont need to...” Dean reminded him “I pulled a gun on you” and Sam was looking like “Oh yeah.... theres that” letting us know Sam still felt it. That’s all, the rest sucked balls in the worst way.

The Walker promo airing during this felt weird, like Jared is cheating on SPN... or banging my sister... oh yeah, there’s that analogy again!

Let me say this y’all and then you can agree, disagree, block me, unfollow me, send me Asks or messages if you want, I wont bite, but if this show ends bad I think I’ll be most pissed at Jared, That’s right I said it. Why? Because J2 have been very open and vocal that Jared liked the ending right away but Jensen didnt. If Jared also had problems with the ending, they could have said “nope” and yes, they could have, they’re not simply puppets on a string that have to do whatever TPTB tell them to. They’re the most important part of the entire franchize, no one benefits by pissing them off. So Jensen didnt like the ending and went to Kripke to see what he thought and Kripke said he couldn’t have written a better one, but lets remember that Kripke left with Dean with a girl and a kid, and Sam alone. Are we getting Sam with a girl and a dog, and Dean alone? 

Im supposed to go to convention in July... I dont think I can bring myself to go if the end sucks. I want to be able to tell J2 I miss them, I dont want to be pissed they allowed a shitty ending to happen. 

For the first time I am no longer convinced they’ll have the guys go out together. Either by death or driving off into the sunset. I don’t know what to do with that and Im not Okay.

So on a scale of Bloodlines to Lebanon, I give Despair a 2. Im a little horrified I have to watch it again when my friend comes over to get caught up. 

[planetjisungie]

hot dog- n.jm

characters; hufflepuff! jaemin x ravenclaw! reader ft. slytherin! haechan, gryffindor! mark and a surprise hufflepuff guest

summary; jaemin practices a transfiguration spell on a pencil that goes slightly wrong. okay, maybe very wrong.

an; 😭😭 I LITERALLY DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS YOU SHOULD ALL BLAME @thenctaddict FOR THIS SHE GAVE ME THE PLOT BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS SLYTHERIN JAEMIN AND HE WAS GONNA BE A BULLY AND SHZ STRONGLY OPPOSED and im writing this as a bullet point bc for the sake of my sanity

sigh okay so you are super smart ravenclaw™️

like definition of a ravenclaw, a lot of the yonger years looked up to you and came to you if they needed help

your best subject just so happened to be transfiguration

took me a while to spell that one

jaemin was hufflepuff™️

he was also terrible at transfigurations

so when the new year started, you two shared transfigurations class (im starting to get real tired of the word transfigurations)

and you happened to be sat right across from eachother

your best friend eunji sat next to you, she was also hufflepuff™️ super cute wbk

halfway into the lesson you could already see sir na struggling

not that you were staring at him or anything

okay maybe you were

but like no one else had to know that

but its not like you were the only clown in the room staring at someone

eunji sis we see you staring at mark

coincidentally mark sat next to jaemin

thats so iconic omg

anyways the lesson finished and you did good, as always, miss ravenclaw

no need to flex bro

jaemins just sat next to mark with his jaw slack like

"yo how can y/n get this shit?"

"maybe if you stopped daydreaming about her and listened you could pass"

so THAT was why jaemin was failing transfigurations (god help me)

HOLY SHIT I JUST REMEMBERED MY COOKIE DOUGH ICE CREAM I LEFT IN THE FRIDGE

okay so you leave the room to get to lunch with eunji

so you sit down at the ravenclaw table next to your best-ravenclaw-smart-friend renjun

normal lunchtime shit

him choking you for pointing out his obvious crush on the gryffindor girl

but like i said YOU AINT ANY BETTER SIS

like,, oh jaemin has a hair out of place today?

his tie seems a little longer than usual

his shoe laces are uneven

you stare at him THAT much

its a problem and you should fix it

just fucking talk to him

"y/n can you grab my notes from my desk please?"

eunji and her forgetful ass forgetting her herbology notes yet again

this is the 3rd time in the last 2 weeks

eunji get your act together

so you walk to the hufflepuff common room, tapping the correct barrel to get in seeing as you go there so much (you may as well be a hufflepuff (huffleclaw?ravenpuff?))

and would you look at that

literally about ten minutes beforehand jaemin left lunch early to practice the transfiguration spell so he could impress you

bad idea™️

so he lifted his lil wand (my new rapper name) ready to start casting the spell

he was gonna turn a pencil into a macaroni hot dog (oh my)

because?? he wanted to provide for you??

just let the poor cute boy make you a hot dog

your fine ass opens the door just before he finishes the spell

jaemin turns towards you in shock, and horror

you freeze up because why the fuck is he casting a spell at lunch

then there was some sparkly mist idk it smelt like food (yum)

and jaemin panicked

because you disappeared

well you didnt

you were just laying on the floor: in hotdog form

jaemin was HORRIFIED part 2

he nearly screamed and went to go pick you up

"y/n?! can you hear me?! im so sorry!"

rip he thinks all his chances with you are gone

but youre whipped

can you even have consciousness as a hotdog?

this is my blog so we say yes

wtf™️

why are you so small and why the fuck does it reek of macaroni???

also YOU CANT MOVE

scary

but jaemins beautiful face is right in front of you

you cant speak tho because hot dogs dont have mouths sorry science says NO SIR

so you’re literally wondering what the fuck is happening

jaemin is still freaking out

our good friend, slytherin haechan opens the door to the hufflepuff common room

first thing he sees is jaemin? screaming at a hotdog?

"bro what are you doing?"

"this is y/n!"

"...jaemin thats a hotdog"

"NO Y/N IS THE HOTDOG"

panicked af part 2

but hes also slightly amused

so the duo run out of the common room to get help

because you cant stay as a hotdog forever or ? youll go mouldy ? dont know how this works but we move

"mark! eunji!"

so thats why eunji couldnt get her notes

little rat

"jaemin why are you carrying a hotdog?"

i never want to eat a hotdog again

"this is y/n"

"jaemin i know youre whipped for y/n but naming a hotdog after her is a little far

exposed™️

jaemin doesnt know you can hear this

if a hotdog could blush it would be bright red

"no, mark he turned y/n into a hotdog" haechan saved the day by explaining

so the gang spend the rest of the day skipping classes in the library looking for a spell to fix you (by coldplay)

ironic

strangely no one questions the hotdog being preciously carried by jaemin and not even being eaten

apart from renjun

man strolls into the library like the dedicated ravenclaw he is

"what the fuck is happening?"

"jaemin turned y/n into a hotdog" thanks eunji for explaining clearly

panicking part 3

this is getting kinda long wow

the gang finally find a spell with renjuns help

hes a dang godsend

thank lords for giving us a huang renjun

and so jaemin goes to perform the spell

this idea is quickly refuted and mark slams a hand over his mouth

"let me do it, youve already done enough damage to the poor girl"

fair enough

jaemin stands back

mark turns you back into your lil pretty perfect self

thank FUCK

"im human?? IM HUMAN" you smile widely because you know

no longer an edible, perishable item slathered in cheesy pasta

"y/n im so sorry, if theres anything i can do to make up for that"

hmm 😏

"take me on a date"

boom, now jaemin is the edible, perishable item

tomato

and kids, well thats how mum met dad

the end

[cynicalrainbows]

Writers Block Pt 4

Shameless fluff. Utterly self indulgent. Possibly some self projection onto Cathy. Hopefully still readable. If anyone isn’t clear, the incident I refer to in the fic in which Henry nearly has Cathy beheaded is true.

Her own voice sounds quiet and flat compared to Anne’s more energetic efforts- pathetic, just like she is- but Anne is beaming at her as if she’s actually done something and that’s encouraging.

‘Sometimes, I hate research too. I hate all of it.’

It’s slightly louder but there’s still not much energy behind it. Even so… having said it out loud feels oddly pleasing. She’s said it- and Anne doesn’t look horrified. The roof hasn’t fallen in. no one has swept in to take away her credentials for her ingratitude.

‘I hate how it takes forever and I hate that I’m so tired all the time. I like writing but…. Sometimes I just want to rest, you know? We do the show and it’s like ‘Oh obviously Cathy’s going to work’ but sometimes I just want to chill out with you guys! But then I feel like I’m letting everyone down-’

Anne’s nodding at her frantically- ‘Keep going, keep going!’- so she does.

‘I can’t write anything else. I’ve been trying and trying and…. I’m just done. I don’t even care anymore, I don’t care if I finish the book or if I lose readers… I just want to not have to be working for a change because it’s too much, it’s too much to do as well as the show and I just, I can’t anymore- I dont have any ideas, I don’t have any plans, I don’t even know what I want to say anymore and nothing sounds good and…..’

With every word, it gets easier- it’s traitorous, it’s true.

‘-and I hate that I’m the only one to have to do all this, and I know I chose to and I know I like it…. but sometimes I don’t and now everyone expects things from me and it’s so hard because I’m letting everyone down, I’ve made Catalina hate me, and I’m meant to be the writer and I can’t even do that anymore-’

She can feel herself starting to cry- she tries to brush the tears away with her wrists but it doesn’t help, it just makes everything blur. She feels pathetic, she feels like a child. They’ve all seen Kitty cry, she’s even seen Jane give in to tears a couple of times….but she’s meant to be beyond this. 

She’s calm, she’s rational. (Except she isn’t.) Anne will surely be uncomfortable, and who can blame her, since Cathy is essentially just bewailing something that she brought entirely on herself. Perhaps if she doesn’t look at the other girl, Anne will be able to leave the room without it being too awkward-

And then arms- Anne’s arms- are wrapping around her, pulling her close. Her face ends up buried into the soft worn cotton of Anne’s green hoody and despite her best efforts, she hears herself let out a sob of pent up exhaustion and fear.

Anne doesn’t pull away- she just holds her more tightly and it’s a surprise, how strong her arms feel. For a smallish person, she feels reassuringly sturdy, stable. Safe.

(Or perhaps it’s just that it’s been a while since anyone touched her.)

‘It’s alright.’ Anne’s breath tickles her ear. ‘It’s all going to be ok.’ 

She’s grateful for the hug but platitudes have always irritated her- she wants to tell Anne that of course it isn’t alright- nothing is alright- but the thing is, she can’t really talk properly yet and her words are jumbled, blurry with tears. Anne seems to understand though.

‘We’ll fix this.’ Her voice is serious- it sounds like she actually means it. ‘We’ll sort something out, I promise. I know it feels awful right now and I don’t even blame you babes, but I promise, it’s all solvable. You just really need a break, huh?’

Cathy nods pathetically into Anne’s chest and Anne’s hand starts to rub across her tight shoulders.

‘Fuck your fans… I mean…. Not like literally or anything. Unless you want to. I guess.’ (It must be the muddled feeling brought on by the shouting and crying because why on earth would Anne sound almost jealous when talking about…..that? It’s surely proof Cathy is more sleep deprived than she thought)

‘Anyway….. What I mean is, you don’t owe them anything. You’ve given them two books and now you need to take care of yourself, ok?’

‘They’ll be….so disappointed….’ She knows it sounds a bit conceited to say it…..but it’s true (she wonders if Anne thinks she’s terribly egocentric…but she’s just shrugging, as if Cathy is right but that it doesn’t really matter. It’s the same way that she shrugs when Catalina warns her that her clothes will be creased if she throws them straight from the dryer onto her bedroom floor, or when Jane warns her that a bag of skittles does not a healthy breakfast make.)

‘I mean, probably? You’re an amazing writer.’ 

It’s a minor shock to Cathy to hear that Anne has actually read her work. She knows that the other queens have but Anne has never mentioned doing so, and Cathy isn’t exactly going to demand it of her- she hadn’t even expected the other queens to be interested, really. Not that Anne isn’t a reader- she must be, to have had such a reputation for learning in her first life- but….Cathy just assumed she wasn’t interested.

(She isn’t sure why the thought of Anne reading her work gives her butterflies- she’s sure she never felt them when she learnt that the others had read it…)

‘But books get delayed all the time. It’s just one of those things- people might whinge a bit but everyone who matters knows that you can’t force creativity. And you’ve already built up a good reputation- it’s not like you’re trying to get noticed, people know you can write already.’

Anne’s reassurance is welcome- but she also can’t suppress the flood of weariness that courses through her.

Having to justify herself, having to explain, having to find out the protocol for this… it has to be done, of course but….she’s tired. She’s just….so tired.

Then she realises she’s said it out loud. She expects Anne to be annoyed at her ingratitude- but when she risks a quick peep at the other queen’s face, there’s nothing there but sympathy.

‘I know babes. You won’t have to do it alone though, ok? I’ll talk to Jane and Aragon- I bet they’ll know more than I do, or they’ll know who to talk to anyway. Whatever. Just don’t worry about it- we’ll sort it all out for you ok?’

It sounds so reassuringly real when Anne says it like that- like she has people on her side, people to do her fighting for her when she’s not able to fight for herself. Funny that it has never occurred to her before that she could just...ask for help.

‘Thank you- I don’t know if it’ll be that easy… but thank you.’

‘We’ll make it work out.’ Anne repeats it stubbornly. ‘I’ll fight anyone you need me to.’

Cathy doesn’t want to ask if she means it literally or figuratively.

‘You can even-’

Anne draws back a bit and looks at her, serious now. ‘You can say it’s me if you need to.’

‘What?’

If you need like an excuse or something. If you don’t want to have to just say you’re tired. You can say it’s me. That I’m going through something, that you need to support me and you don’t have time to write. If you don’t want to ask for yourself.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘Oh I don’t know- say I’m having post traumatic stress, say I’m having some intense therapy and you’re my support person. Say I’ve had a pregnancy scare- anything, I don’t care really. Just- if you need to make up a reason, I’ll back you up in anything you say. Just warn me first, ok?’

Anne really seems like she means it and her ernest expression makes Cathy’s throat tight all over again- the way she offers without hesitation, as if it doesn't even matter. She likes to think she’d do a lot for the other queens but she can’t imagine promising to fake a pregnancy scare for any of them- at least, not without seriously thinking it through first.

(It’s not as if she’d actually ask Anne to do that for her either… but the fact that she offered…. It makes her feel lighter, lighter than she has in weeks.

She wants to tell Anne how grateful she is…. But it turns out that all she can manage is a mumbled thank-you before she’s crying again. This time, they’re tears of relief. She feels so much better…..although being so emotional really isn’t her normal state.

Anne doesn’t seem phased though- she just draws her in again with one arm and digs in her pocket for tissues with her free hand.

‘There was something else you said-’ She passes the tissues over to Cathy who wipes her eyes gratefully. ‘You know Aragon definitely doesn’t hate you right?’

She really doesn’t want to think of that right now- she definitely doesn’t want to talk about it- but she thinks Anne probably deserves an explanation. She’s taking up enough of her time (and her tissues. And Anne’s definitely going to have to wash her hoody now.)

‘I…. got a bit cross with her earlier.’

‘Ooh!’ Anne looks interested. ‘What did you say?’

‘I shouted. Told her to go away. Stop nagging, leave me alone….’

She wants to bite out her tongue for saying it at all… but Anne, when she looks up at her expecting to see her looking disgusted with Cathy’s ingratitude to the person who loves her most…..she’s laughing.

‘Is that ALL?’

‘….yes?’ (Isn’t it enough?)

‘Oh my god, of course she won’t hate you for that!’ Anne tries to bite back another giggle and fails. ‘God, I know you’re always working but you’ve got ears- haven’t you heard us screaming at each other before?’

‘Well-’

(Now Anne mentions it-)

‘It’s...what half past two?’ Anne checks the time by just full-on rotating Cathy’s wrist to see her watch. ‘I’ve already called her a bitch twice this week and it’s only Tuesday. And she threatened to strangle me with my scarf if I left my stuff on the bannister rather than hanging it up. And don’t even get me started on last week when i used her conditioner-’

It’s true, Cathy supposes. Shouting matches aren’t exactly uncommon in the house. But somehow it’s different when it’s between Anne and Aragon- or even Anna and Anne. 

It’s loud but it doesn’t mean anything really- its just how they communicate. That Anne calls Aragon a bitch for using up the last of the hot water does not prevent her from offering to drive her to church when Aragon’s car won’t start. Aragon threatening to kill Anne in ever more inventive ways for leaving her belongings scattered around the house does not prevent her from making the younger queen a cup of tea after she’s done shouting.

That’s…..not her though. She and Kitty and Jane dont really go in for shouting or threats and so it feels different. More serious.

She tries to explain it to Anne.

‘- and then she just left’

‘Did she say anything?’

‘No. She just… went.’

Cathy presses her hands over her stinging eyes. ‘What if she was really hurt?’

‘Probably wanted to give you some space babes.’

‘But-’

‘That’s what she said to me anyway.’

Cathy’s head snaps up.

‘What? When?’

‘Well I was coming up to check on you anyway but then she was coming down the stairs when I was going up and she asked if I’d look in on you because she was worried…’

‘Did she look upset?’

Her heart lifts a bit anyway. Catalina did still care, at least a bit….

‘Mmm…..concerned, I’d say, more than upset. She really cares about you.’ Anne squeezes her hand. ‘Honestly, I think she just didn’t want to make things worse by staying because you seemed so stressed out. But she’s not cross, honestly.

‘Are you sure?’

‘Of course! In fact, if you’re that worried, just come and talk to her- you can even say sorry if you really want-’ Anne sits up. Cathy is dislodged and it feels suddenly colder, now she’s not nestled against Anne’s chest. ‘-but I bet she won’t let you.’

Anne makes it sound so easy but…. Cathy knows she won’t be able to make anyone else really understand. That’s not how it works, not for her.

They had all been clear that talking to Henry wouldn’t work- it was beyond that. She hadn’t been aware at the time that she’d pushed too far but she knew she had- the warrant in her hand was proof of that. It was terrifying really- how you could so carelessly talk your way out of someone’s favour without even realising, without even knowing you were doing it… or perhaps it was just her. In fact, it probably was her, there must be something wrong with her, that meant she couldn't read people, that she didn’t know when she was going too far. Even now, it scared her sometimes when she let herself think about it.

‘Hey-’ Anne’s hand touches her hair, brushing aside a wayward curl. ‘She’s not him you know.’

‘How did you-’

‘Because I was married to him too, remember?’ Anne smiles gently at her. ‘He screwed us all up a bit, in his own way.’

And Cathy supposes she’s right.

[blookmallow]

and now we return to outlast 2, where- 

THINGS KEEP GETTING SO, SO MUCH WORSE

(i have... a LOT im trying to process about this whole section sorry for upcoming text walls. really nasty #blood / #gore in here as well though) (i didnt realize i was This far behind on liveblogs lmao i drafted this. a while ago and didnt get back to it until now) 

---

so i fell off the bridge (shock. horror. who could have predicted this) and right into the scalled village

what.............happened to you 

fuCKING GO D

so it turns out “the scalled” are... some kind of leper colony banned from the town and left to fester and rot out here alone 

most of them are just lying around suffering and dying, i dont know what the fuck happened to them, there’s some mention of like. wildly untreated syphilis/potentially other stds they’re being told is their curse for the sins they’ve committed but does.... syphilis do that to you. it might actually be leprosy i dont know i dont want to research this. all i can think about is when i watched jesus christ superstar in high school and the leper colony song where they’re all crowding around jesus all trying to touch him REALLY freaked me out for a while

i mean its like. probably a combination of disease left horrifically untreated and massively infected given the absolutely appalling conditions these people are living in (everything’s run down and full of blood and shit and who knows what else), starvation, who knows what they’re even finding to eat out here so that’s probably causing even more disease but still jesus christ

at first it just made me really sad, sure these people came from temple gate too so they were. fucked up cultists to begin with but a lot of this is like... result of longterm emotional and mental abuse and manipulation, some of these people might not have started out as depraved evil murderers, and like. nobody deserves to live like this. except knoth lmao throw him down here, but

so i thought maybe it would turn out that you realize they’re human too, they’re just in a fucking LOT of pain and maybe you can’t do anything to help them (i dont think there’s any hope for anyone down here at this point) but maybe they’d turn out to be on my side and do something to help me fight back against the leader who abandoned them, “the most absolutely fucked up looking people are actually the most human” kind of thing but uh. that is not how things went. at all, 

ill get into How Fucking Bad this got in a second lmao but like

most of them dont really do anything to you other than bleed on you and beg you for help, some people lash out but thats like, understandable given the horrifying state they’re in, but

as it turns out, being the “scalled messiah” is a VERY bad thing, they went from occasionally lashing out at me to outright tracking me down to murder me to death which, like, honestly kind of disappointing

bc one of the things i liked the most about the first outlast was how many of the prisoners were clearly just victims too, some of them (lookin at you, naked twin guys,) were just evil and murderous but some of them were just very very mentally unwell (exacerbated by horrible living conditions and the fact that the people who were supposed to be protecting them and helping them recover were actively, intentionally working to make their symptoms worse) and couldn’t really be blamed for acting violently toward you, but

then sometimes there’s people who warn you about dangers ahead, people sitting in corners hiding and scared and wont hurt you unless you give them a reason to think you might be a threat, people just trying to stay alive, people who need help 

but that’s. not the case here, and there’s definitely a particular kind of horror in “absolutely no one in this hell town can be trusted, nobody will help me, everyone here wants to hurt me and every time i think ive made any kind of progress it gets so much worse” (except that ONe guy who tried to protect me. im still sad about him) but. i dont know i feel like there’s a missed opportunity here. im not sure if im supposed to feel like the scalled deserve to be like this because of the kind of people they were before, but i dont. i feel like the “what the fucking shit HAPPENED to these people” horror is heightened by the realization that they’re people, and just kinda using them as attack zombies is. missing something, somehow. i dont know, i cant figure out how to word what i want to say here 

i mean its absolutely fucking horrifying, i was scared out of my mind going through all this, and i still gotta give props to a video game experience that left me legitimately feeling like i needed to go take a shower and crawl under a blanket for a while 

i guess ultimately with outlast im coming here to be scared shitless more than anything else and boy did they ever fucking deliver

ok im gonna stop bc i will keep talking in circles about this forever if i dont, moving on

WHAT EVEN ARE THESE GUYS, APART FROM COMPLETELY TERRIBLE

im guessing theres some kind of... inbreeding birth defect situation going on here but i cant even process what im looking at 

that and its hard to look at them at all considering the only times i see them im getting murdered to death. my panicked screenshots hoping to get a better look later did not help 

PRETTY SURE THEY JUST MADE HIM DRINK THEIR BLOOD, 

how the fuck has my dude not thrown up like 90 times already. im glad he hasnt bc im bad emetophobia but outlast 1 did it so im honestly surprised that hasnt happened unless ive just forgotten it in the blur of nightmares im going through here 

OH

THAT’S... NOT GOOD

THAT IS REALLY, REALLY NOT GOOD

FUCK SHIT MOTHERFUCKING FUCK

i gotta say im impressed with how FAR they GO with this one, i have no idea how much game i have left but considering this isnt even the ending i am HORRIFIED to see what the fuck is gonna happen next 

i mean outlast 1 has you getting your fucking fingers sliced off and whistleblower has. That Scene (even though like. it stops before waylon actually gets cut its REALLY CLOSE)  

this whole time i kept thinking something would happen and they’d get interrupted, I’d escape somehow, they aren’t really going to have the player character get literally fucking crucified from your own perspective,

but then the nails go in 

and you’ve got one hand literally nailed to a cross

and then they start the other one 

and i was like, WOW FUCK, THEY ACTUALLY DID IT, BUT NOW HE’LL ESCAPE... SOMEHOW.... RIGHT ??? 

but they lift it up 

and you’re hanging there 

and for a second i legitimately thought it was gonna end there for him, i thought he was actually just going to die there and the game would continue with lynn or something (which, to be fair, would be a pretty cool twist, but i dont WANT blake to just die here like this) 

ANYWAY!! FUCKING GOD, THAT SURE HAPPENED 

but against all odds HE SOMEHOW DIDNT FUCKING DIE, and managed to find the strength to rIP HIS HANDS OUT OF THE NAILS AND FALL DOWN

i cannot fucking IMAGINE what that would feel like. i dont want to imagine it but i sure the fuck am now 

i dont know if its possible to like. die from bleeding out in this scene if you dont find the bandages fast enough but it sure felt like i was going to 

fucking hell i can practically feel it in my real hands i HATE THIS i HATe it

god. fuck. im gonna be thinking about this scene for the rest of my life i didnt think anything would ever be worse than the finger slicing scene in outlast 1 but this. i think this wins

wHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!?!??? THERES SOMETHING CHASING ME IN THE SCHOOL FLASHBACKS NOW IM NOT EVEN SAFE HERE ANYMORE

WHAT *IS* THAT??!??

w OA h

i still have no IDEA whats going on with these flashbacks either, clearly his classmate hung herself and he feels subconsciously responsible for it because he didn’t do anything to stop her (though it doesn’t sound like he Could have done anything, and. they were kids), there’s definitely some buried trauma he never dealt with thats resurfacing now but

i still dont think its just a manifestation of trauma, because like. the recordings are still coming out as fucked up static, if he was just having really intense hallucinations there wouldn’t be any record on the camera, it would just be him filming nothing and talking to himself through a panic attack, it wouldn’t be getting consistently corrupted ONLY during the flashbacks so what the fuck is happening 

COLA

DRINK IT

i m losing it its the cola machines from the first game i diD NOT EXPECT THESE TO BE HERE 

what the fuck is christian salad 

you didn’t think i would see this, outlast devs, you thought you could hide this on the menu board and i wouldnt notice. i did notice and i demand answers

NO!!!! THAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF OKAY THIS IS THE LEAST OKAY I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE 

WELL!!!!! OKAY!!!! ALRIGHT!!!! NOW THAT I’VE BEEN LITERALLY FUCKING CRUCIFIED, FELL DOWN A HILL AND STRAIGHT INTO A FENCE OF BARBED WIRE, GOT DRAGGED OUT HERE AND BURIED ALIVE, CRAWLED MY WAY OUT OF MY OWN GRAVE AND NOW HAVE HOARDS OF DISEASED ZOMBIE NIGHTMARE CULTISTS SEARCHING FOR ME SO THEY CAN DEVOUR MY FLESH, LET’S GET GOING, SHALL WE 

THIS IS FINE!!! EVERYTHING IS FINE I CANT SEE SHIT AND THERES NOTHING BUT TREES AND BARBED WIRE EVERYWHERE AND NO INDICATIONS WHATSOEVER OF WHERE I NEED TO GO BUT IT’S F IN E IM DOING GREAT 

[indigopurple]

Episode review! Oh no.

Its almost 1am on a school night in finals week and I've decided hey let's do a "quick" review! I might regret this but I have zero hope or belief that I'll do well either way so whatever. LETS GET STARTED ON THIS SHITSHOW NOW SHALL WE?

Ok I must say, as someone who hasnt rlly seen any of the manga besides some panels here on Tumblr, episode 914 kinda surprised me (which was just the icing on top of the huge cake that is fucking hype and stuff obviously). We some uh, behaviour we don't rlly ever get from Luffy. Not much of it anyways. This episode was kindof a mix of impel down and dressrosa. Exhibit A.

Ok so we see hes horrified. The castle was fucking obliverated along with possibly his and Law's crew and their allies. And so he gets mad and punches the tree (which BTW that was rlly cool, he just hit it without any haki and it fucking split in half. Laws just watching him throw a tantrum like holy fuck how strong is this kid honestly)

Also! Note that I said horrified. That's not anger at first. Gee I wonder what else it could be.

Exhibit B. A few times luffy used conquorers haki, and

Whoa. Holy shit like this was so fucking cool. Hes so mad, and the art and the colors and I cant even show how fucking great this was in these few screenshots. So, so fucking cool.

Anyways! He's using conquorers haki WAY MORE than he ever has before in a fight. Like, dude he just mindlessly used it to shit up those guys standing by Horselina (speed) without caring. He's never, ever done that before, he always thinks of who is surrounding him first like 'oh i shouldnt knock out the innocent bystanders'. He did that like one time ever, in fishman island, and apologized while doing so. And entering the city, AFTER learning that the guys surrounding them were all bad guys, he used haki on them. Im not sure why he cares so much (maybe ill write abt that later) but he does. ANYWAYS...

Exhibit C. *sobs*

He (tries to) convince himself that his crew is okay. Hes really not sure tho; he NEVER QUESTIONS STUFF LIKE THIS, EVER. HES ALWAYS SURE. THIS IS COMPLETELY NEW. MORE FEUL TO WHAT ILL SAY LATER, BUT...FINALLY.

Exhibit D. Finale. More crying.

He's mad at himself. He blames himself. Has he ever done this before? Maybe. He never rlly said it out loud but I high key believe he does blame himself for stuff like this, with bon kurei and ace n etc.

Which means a lot of whats happening and how he reacts is at least mildly influenced by the war. Now.... I can finally say what I've been building up to. If its not obvious enough.....

Hes scared. Okay? Hes terrified. And hes so good at hiding it behind anger (and it USED TO BE CONFIDENCE BUT THAT WAS KINDA RUINED POST-WAR). He doesnt know if his crew is alive, his friend(s) might be dead, hes supposedly all alone (law isnt rlly on his side rn, he just wants to run away which is perfectly logical and good lord Luffy needs to calm down but he fUCKING CANT-), everything is out of his control. And he doesn't know how to beat kaido.

Which currently doesnt matter to him because all luffy can feel is rage (fear that oh my god everyones dead i couldnt protect them its happening again).

I cant add any more pictures sadly, but theres the thing where luffys like 'he got our friends. They might be dead. If I beat kaido right now, it'll be over, right?' To which law doesnt actually answer, he just gets this look like 'fucking dont oh my god we're so fucked stop it u rubber ball of anger issue's and then Luffy gets this whole cool scene of announcing his presence, jumping across the rooftops, gear third as he leaps like 200 feet into the air (could he do that before? I think he did it on accident in the fight against karakuri. Strong thighs.) and falls back down, screaming and anger as he costs his arm which is 10 times his entire body's size in haki. And he punches as hard as he fucking can. And it seems to work. God that scene was SO fucking COOL. Also throught this I think he's got conquorers haki coursing through him cuz it seems to have just been, constant. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mindless self defense mechanism. Again, He's scared, and mad, and going all fucking out. Of course he would.

Ok im done rambling. I rlly need to sleep. Think I'll just wake up and cry til im at school and then I'll just feel nothing for the rest of the week. Ah, finals.