#nectar is the queen this year lol

[katartna]

Happy New Year !!!! 🐍🎊🎉 It's Snek Era!

[inotakumagf]

persephone’s descent

✶ gojo satoru x persephone!reader

word count ✺ 2.7K

summary ✺ no one knows what truly happened to persephone when hades dragged her down to his realm. no one’s even heard of the demigod who made the tedious journey to save her.

warning ✺ i don’t haaate the story of hades and persephone i just hate how modern interpretations of the myth make demeter out to be a crazy woman who is “ruining” their love & hades is somehow the nicest guy who has done no wrong ever when the homeric hymn to demeter makes my heart break. i like different retellings where it is more of a love story, but in the og myth he did kidnap her & force her to stay with him against her will. im gonna shut up now otherwise i’d go on and on if i had my way lol. also like i mentioned in the poll zeus is very much NOT your father in this 👍 i hope you enjoy, please reblog/comment i’d love to hear ur thoughts!

No one ever cares about your side of the story.

The tale of Persephone and Hades has been retold and romanticized a thousand times over, and each time it strays farther and farther from the truth. It becomes a love story about Hades’ adoration of Persephone, and their fight against her crazy mother’s attempts at keeping the two star-crossed lovers apart. Persephone becomes a doting wife and the millitant queen of the Underworld. Her kidnapping turns into a misunderstanding of the love Hades has for her. Or worse, some myth retellings claim that Persephone herself tricked Hades into taking her down below to his realm.

That’s not what happened. As if you’d ever go anywhere with him willingly. 

You’d never invited Naoya’s attention, not once. He wasn’t even supposed to make his ascension to the mortal realm. But he’d seen you bathing in moonlight from beneath his helm of darkness, watching as you flourish a field of irises. He’d been so taken by your beauty, eyes dragging along where moonshine reflected off of your skin. He decided then that he had to have you, and he dragged you down, down, down to his decaying realm. Away from your home, away from your mother, and away from all that you hold dear. 

Demeter had sensed the loss of your presence the moment you disappeared down into the cavernous Underworld. It felt like your life had slipped away from her that day. You find out later that she had punished the Earth for your loss, as she caused crops to wither and vegetation to rot with each passing day. 

You know she would have come for you herself if she could, but Zeus has long since forbidden the major Gods from acting directly against one another. Of course, being kidnapped by an Olympian God is not enough reason for him to intervene on your behalf, since you’re no major God yourself. 

In your immortal life, it’s impossible to remember how much time goes by in mortal standards, and it’s even harder to keep track in the Underworld. You spend most of your hours, days, maybe even years trapped in your cave of a room. You spend every second clawing and screaming against the rock walls, making sure Naoya has not a moment of peace from you.

He is easy to anger, and you’ve caused a nasty frown to grace his face anytime he looks at you. Still, he decides that he must show off his prize to his loyal court, because how many people can say they’ve captured the Goddess of nature? He has you sit on a smaller throne beside his own as he entertains members of his court. And of course, he is always offering you food. Everything from juicy pomegranate seeds to jeweled berries to plump poultry. 

Naoya must think you’re an idiot, as if you don’t know the one rule a visitor must remember when passing through the Underworld. Even to a God, the food will hold a piece of your soul hostage, as if tying you to the ground below. As a God, you don’t need food to survive, so all his obvious attempts are shot down. But you do need ambrosia and nectar from time to time, and you refuse to let him see how the deprivation of Godly food is getting to you.

You’re nursing a growing headache thanks to Naoya’s constant attention and the lack of ambrosia as you watch courtiers you hardly recognize kneel before the dais you sit on. They each have a ridiculously intricate gift for Naoya as they beg for his help with an idiotic political or social issue for their oh-so-gracious king to solve. Naoya asks for your input from time to time, not because he actually cares, but because he finds your growing annoyance hilarious.

A spirit bows in front of you on the dais. “Oh great King. I stand before you to ask you for your words of advice. You see, I have been in love with a woman for years. But it seems as though her heart has been captured by another man, and I believe she may marry him. How can I reunite with my beloved?”

Naoya taps his fingers against the bone of his throne’s armrest. “Hm. It seems you have quite the predicament. What do you think, darling dearest?”

You rub your fingers into your throbbing temple, muffling a groan of boredom. “Everyone gets their heart broken all the time. If you couldn’t tell this woman you loved her before she fell in love with the other man, maybe that’s your own fault. It’s not my problem, so why do I have to listen to your pathetic chatter?”

Naoya cackles loudly, pounding his fist against his throne’s armrest. “Aren’t you a romantic? Well, there’s your answer, lad.”

Naoya motions for the spirit to leave so that the next person can have their turn. But the spirit doesn’t budge.

“I never said she was in love with this man.”

Before you can ask what he means, the spirit throws off the raggedy cloak from his shoulders. As he does so, his form flickers until it solidifies into warm, solid flesh. You gasp. With the hood of the cloak no longer hiding the man, you instantly recognize his soft, white hair and piercing blue eyes as they meet your own. 

Naoya bellows, “What is this? A live mortal in my realm? I should have you strung and castrated, so that you may truly belong here, boy.”

Gojo Satoru points a long finger at Naoya in accusation. “You will release the Goddess of nature at once, or I’ll be forced to destroy you.”

Naoya nearly falls over in laughter. “Oh, I will, will I? And who do you think you are, speaking to the God of the Underworld like that?”

Satoru straightens his back so that he appears taller, and if you didn’t know who he was you would have thought he was a God himself. “I am Gojo Satoru, son of Zeus and champion of Nike. I act on behalf of Demeter, who demands you return her daughter, or else the destruction she has caused to the world above will continue to spread down until she destroys every corner of your so-called kingdom until there is nothing left of it.”

You don’t doubt Satoru’s ability to defeat Naoya, but the God just laughs in his face. That is, until the demigod pulls out his sword. You’ve never seen this weapon of his before. It’s so sharp, you swear you can actually see it cut the air into slivers. If you could guess, the weapon looks a lot like the work of Hephaestus himself. 

Satoru extends the weapon, pointing it directly at Naoya. “No? Then I will fight you and return the Goddess to her rightful home.” 

Naoya steps carefully off of his throne, unsheathing his Stygian blade. It’s an impressive, obsidian sword, but it dwarfs in comparison to Satoru’s weapon. 

Naoya hardly takes a step towards Satoru before the demigod has repositioned himself to the right, slashing his silver blade against the God of the Dead’s shoulder. Naoya blocks the attack, just barely. Their fight picks up after the first blow; Gojo presses his attacks forward in order to force Naoya to default to defensive blocks. Gojo’s strikes are fast and hard, constantly pushing Naoya back. He catches Naoya off guard, slashing his sword against the God’s face.

Naoya screams. “You insolent bastard. I’ll kill you for this.”

Satoru tucks his sword into its sheath. You want to scream at him to pull the damn weapon back out, but he just smirks at Naoya. “Nah, I don’t think so.”

He blasts a massive ball of electricity at Naoya, and you can taste the crackle of lightning on your tongue at the force of his power. It causes the cavernous roof above Naoya to crumble upon him. You know it won’t kill or even harm him all that much, but it will distract him for a few minutes. 

Satoru leaves Naoya under the rubble to leap onto the dais. He cups his hand against your cheek and soothes his thumb across your face. “Are you alright, my rose?” 

You press a shaky hand over his own. “I’m okay. Are you really here, Satoru?”

He laughs lightly, and you’ve never been happier to hear the sweet sound. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

You blink in disbelief. “Because I’ve dreamt of this every night.”

His smile sobers up into a concerned furrow of his brow, cradling your face in order to press a kiss to the top of your head. Your eyes flutter at the warmth of his lips. 

“I’m here,” he promises. His larger hand presses yours against his chest, letting you feel his heartbeat. You love the speed of his heart, it’s just so unlike your own, so human. “But we really should leave before he collects himself, don’t you think, my rose?”

He takes you by your hand and pulls you deeper into the Underworld, until you stand before a tunnel that looks to lead up. Satoru ushers you ahead of him, keeping a hand at the small of your back. 

“An exit?” You ask, turning to face the demigod. “How on Earth did you find this?”

He grins. “Courtesy of the Messenger God. Even the Underworld gets deliveries.”

You frown. “Hermes just…told you about this?”

“For a price” he says, winking. Your stomach flutters at his casual flirtation.

A loud roar behind you caused your heart rate to spike. It’s easy to guess that Naoya has escaped, and the shout sounds entirely too close for your comfort.

Satoru rushes ahead of you, pulling you along behind him as he leads you away from Naoya’s realm as fast as he can. He leads you further up and up, not turning back as he hastens his pace. 

You stumble on the rough path, and Satoru looks back immediately, grasping you in his arms. “We can’t stop. Come, let me carry you.”

He sweeps you off your feet, and you have to clasp your arms around his neck to keep stable. You laugh into his neck as his hair tickles your cheek. 

The ascension is long, but Satoru doesn’t falter once. He just holds you tighter against him. When you're out on the surface, you suck in a breath as you finally see the night sky again. Satoru lets you down gently, and you crouch down to run your fingers through the dry, cold ground until lush grass and baby blue flowers sprout beneath your fingers. Tears fall from your eyes in joy. You’re home.

You straighten out, leaping right into Satoru’s arms. Without hesitation, he lifts you and spins you around. You can’t help but laugh in pure joy. Your arms wrap around your lover’s neck, pulling him into a sweet kiss. He deepens it easily, pressing himself against you. Your hands splay over his smooth cheeks, running your fingers over the smile stretching across his face. You nuzzle your nose against his, staring into his eyes as though you might slip away again. Something crackles behind you.

You don’t need to turn to know that your mother has arrived. You can feel her presence as if you share the same heartbeat. Satoru lets go of you so that you can hug her. You nearly sob at the feeling of her warm embrace. Demeter hugs you so tightly that you think you’d choke if you needed air like a mortal. She pulls back to stare at you, cupping your chin in her hand.

“My daughter has been rightly returned,” she announces on the breeze. You know her words will carry around the Earth, until the land prospers once more.

Demeter turns to Satoru. “Thank you, son of Zeus. You will be rewarded for your bravery. I can give you jewels, or a kingdom, or the strength of a thousand men.”

Satoru shakes his head. “I have no need for any of those material desires, My Lady.”

Demeter raises a brow. Knowing your mother, she might decide to smite him on the spot. You lay a hand on her shoulder and beg, “Please, mother.”

Demeter sighs at your pouting face. She scowls at Satoru, but she makes no move to kill him as of right now, which is good news. “Fine. What is it that you want, demigod?”

Satoru kneels before the two of you, dipping his head low. You are used to this reverence of his, but it makes you blush to see him like this after so long apart. “If I may ask, Lady Demeter, for one wish, it would be for you to allow me to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage.”

Your eyes widen at the statement. Satoru’s head is bowed, and you can’t see his face. All you want right now is to see his face.

As if reading your mind, Satoru looks up at you. His eyes find yours, staring at you with love that you know your face reflects back. You want to kneel into the soft dirt in front of him. You want to touch, to hold him. You want.

Demeter hums. “Dangerous, son of Zeus, to wish for such a thing. Do you know what you’re asking me?”

Satoru’s eyes never leave yours. “Yes, I do.”

“So you know that you are a mortal, asking to marry a Goddess that will outlive you by ions, lifetimes. You know that Naoya will curse you for such mockery of his power. You will live and die painfully, and your afterlife will be full of eternal suffering. You will never see the gates of Elysium, if Naoya can help it.”

“I know,” Satoru repeats. “And I accept my fate, as long as I can spend the rest of my life at the Goddess’s feet. Even when I die a mortal death, I will love and worship her from beyond my grave, endlessly. This is the fate that I want.”

Demeter considers him, for a moment. You know your mother, and you know the exact moment she makes her decision. Tears pool in your eyes. She looks at Satoru, who is staring at you. She looks at you, staring right back at Satoru.

“I will not grant you this.” For the first time, Satoru’s attention snaps to your mother. His eyebrows quiver, and his mouth softens into a pout.

“Please,” he says softly. 

She glances at you, and you turn to see the mischievous glint in her eyes. “No, I cannot fulfill this request. If you wish to marry my daughter, that is a gift she must grant you. But I will give you a gift of my own choosing.” 

She holds her open palm to Satoru, and a golden apple materializes in her hand. This, you were not expecting from your mother at all. You both know what this represents. Immortality. Godhood. You stare at Satoru, and he stares up at you. 

Your mother becomes impatient. “Well, son of Zeus? What will it be?”

He takes your hands in his own. “My rose. I cannot offer you a kingdom or power like Naoya can. I am a mere breath in your presence. But I can offer you my whole and true love. I can promise that I will always serve you, loyally. As your husband, and as your humble servant. Will you allow me the pleasure of marrying you?” 

He barely finishes by the time you throw yourself at him, nodding emphatically and you press kisses all over his face. Your knees are dirtied by the soft ground, but you don’t care when Satoru’s entirety surrounds you. You inhale deeply, pressing your nose into his skin. He cradles your cheek in his warm palm, pulling away so that he can admire you. 

“My Goddess,” he murmurs.

Demeter grumbles and you can practically hear the roll of her eyes. “Lovesick fools. Aphrodite certainly had her fun with you two.”

[bugsoda]

Hi!! I'm back with more bug facts for Mx Bugsoda!

Houseflies can taste with their feet and that's how the find your fruit!! they like sweet things

Kinda a common fact but bees communicate by dancing, they do this to indicate where a suitable location for a new hive would be, where good flowers are and any possible dangers!

Also more bee facts, a single worker bee can create up to 1 teaspoon of honey in her life.

Another cool thing about bees, when they are born impacts how long they live for!!

Spring/Summer bees live usually for only 2-6 weeks while Autumn/Fall bees live for around 20 weeks, Queens live for 1-2 years but caaan live for upwards of 5 years, drone bees live for around a month.

Drones also have a bee Olympics to decide who should mate with the Queen and the winner gets to breed with the Queen (and also die, yikes)

More drone facts, they actually don't do that much in the hive, they don't have stingers, they can't make honey, their only purpose is to mate with the Queen and die lol.

It actually only takes about 20 Drones for the Queen to be able to lay eggs for the rest of her life, and Considering the fact that Drones take up 10% of the hive population when there is about 20 - 80k bees in a hive, that's a LOT of Drones.

Not all worker bees actually go out to the world either, some take care of the larvae, some clean the cells in the hive, and the rest usually goes to gather nectar.

I really like bees!! This turned into an infodump sorry lol.

FUCK YEAH BUG FACTS

i ALSO really like bees and i appreciated this infodump 👍👍

🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

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[zackaran]

These things are dogshit btw. They might work okay-ish in the southeast US or maybe somewhere tropical- somewhere warm with frequent summer rain and a huuuge nectar season. (Manufacturer appears to be out of Australia). But for the rest of us the honey definitely won't "flow" like that. Plus I'm not disturbing the bees really much more to harvest honey than I already was by inspecting. Like I hate that people think that you just won't have to maintain your bees lmfao?. Do people think you only open a hive and/or pull frames to harvest? My guy there are years you don't get to pull honey at all and guess what you still gotta be in there anyways. Is your queen alive? Is her laying pattern consistent or spotty? Do you have brood at all? Are they raising a new queen to replace her (or possibly swarm?)Are they making drones? Do you have a highly contagious disease like American foulbrood? High loads of a parasite like varroa that can spread to native pollinators? Beekeeping is always about chasing this balance of checking on them often enough to know whats going on and disturbing them as little as possible.

Beekeeping is not a cheap hobby and I don't recommend getting into it if you want to make money- industrial beekeepers who make money renting bees out to orchards and shipping them all over north America is a whole other rant I have locked and loaded But that aside these things are definitely not cheaper lol They tend to run $600-$1000 Whereas comparable pre-assembled (and no one buys pre assembled let's be real) hives from other retailers run mostly $200-$350 $400 if you want get real fancy.

That's before getting into the inside of these being entirely plastic. Which besides the whole microplastics thing - bees actually really don't like to build on plastic at all. Plastic comb isn't new and you can convince them to do it by covering it in a good layer of wax but iirc these are unwaxed and will tear apart any wax the bees make on it anyway when the comb unlocks.

Its a neat idea but it hasn't worked for 90% of the folks I've spoken to. For the 10% It sounds great and I'm glad it works for them! Idk these things just went super viral and the number of people who storm into our beekeepers association meetings upset and jaded because they dropped 1grand and it doesn't work and the bees don't even want to stay. Be warned and ask around locally to see if theyre feasible in your area

WATCH: Honey on Tap: A New Beehive that Automatically Extracts Honey without Disturbing Bees [video]

[ata-lanta]

Hiii, I have some bee questions :D I know I could probably just google this, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask! You don’t have to answer all of them tho!!

1. Are bees more yellow and black or more orange and black?

2. How many bees normally live together in a hive (that’s what it’s called right?)?

3. And last one lol, how long does a bee usually live?

Oh my goodness BEE QUESTIONS. IT'S HAPPENING AAAAAHHHH

I'll be honest I did have to do some Googling myself because I don't have numbers memorized, but I will info-dump to make up for it.

Before I start, all my answers are going to be about European honey bees (Apis mellifera). This is the preferred species for beekeeping due to honey output and typical gentleness, and it has been introduced to lots of places for beekeeping, including North America. It's also the focus on my research so that's why I know it fairly well.

(I'm fighting the urge to go off on a tangent about Africanized bees but a) not my specialty and b) that's pretty off topic)

Now question time:

1. Honey bees are mostly black and yellow, but how light or dark they are varies based on their genetic make up. Other bees have orange coloring, for example some bumblebee species.

2. Yes it's called a hive! This number is SO variable based on how much space they have, the time of year, food availability, and colony health. Numbers I found range from 10,000 to 60,000, and I saw one site list 80,000.

Bonus info: when a colony is doing really well and has a really large population in relation to the space available in the hive, the bees will swarm. The colony will start raising new queen bees, and the old queen will leave with 60% of the worker bees to find a new hive. This is how you get new colonies. It also drives bee keepers crazy, because we want large bee populations for greater honey production.

3. INFO DUMP TIME Age depends on the type of bee!

The queen: Assuming she survives a) the initial battle royal to become queen of the colony and b) her mating flight, the queen can live 3-4 years.

Males (called drones): my favorite useless dumb-dumbs live 2 months on average

Worker bees (all female): Depends on the season! Most of the spring and summer they have a 6 week life cycle, in which they will do a lot of jobs in the colony depending on their age. Youngest care for the larvae, oldest do the dangerous work of going outside the hive to forage for nectar and pollen. In the fall, the winter bees start are born. These bees will live 6 months so they can last the winter. The colony has to conserve energy through the winter and not having to constantly raise new bees helps with that. A larger winter bee population increases chances of survival!

Finally, if a honey bee stings you, she will die right after. That's because there's a barb on her stinger that keeps it in your skin and can pull the venom sac out of the bee when she flies away. (This is also why you never pinch a stinger to get it out, since it might push more venom into you. Scrape baby scrape!) Pulling out her guts is a sure way to end her life, but it's a sacrifice she makes for the safety of the colony.

And that's more info that you probably wanted to read! THANK YOU FOR ASKING!!!

[blackmissfrizzle]

Belle of the Ball

Characters: Klaus Mikaelson x black!reader

Summary: Klaus goes dress shopping with the reader.

Warnings: Mentions of a blood (it’s a vampire fic lol), smut, fluff, and maybe a little angst.

“Uncle Marcel?!” You called out into the humongous house.

“Where are you? We’re gonna be late!”

You wandered around the compound some more until you felt someone tug on your arm and pulled you into the hallway.

“Quiet, little one.” Klaus covered your mouth to suppress your shriek. He felt your smile against his hand as you registered it was him.

Taking his hand away from your mouth, he replaced it with his lips. It started innocent enough until you hunger for more.  Licking the seam of his lips, you pushed your tongue into his mouth, dominating the kiss for a bit until Klaus decided he had enough and took charge.

Just as his tongue roamed your mouth, tugging and pulling, his hands did the same thing with your body.

Suddenly you remembered that you were supposed be meeting up with your uncle and not making out with the original. Reluctantly you stopped the kiss but made no effort to move away from him.

“Klaus, we can’t be doing this here.”

“Or what, my love?” Klaus asked, kissing along the column of your neck.

“Or Marcel is gonna try to kill you for real this time.” You pushed against his shoulders and dipped under his arm.

You’ve been secretly dating Klaus for about six months thanks to Marcel. He didn’t want you mixed up with the supernatural beings of New Orleans, especially Klaus. You guessed it had something to do with you being his only living blood relative.

It was a year ago when Marcel found you. You had just moved to New Orleans for law school and decided to tour the city. When Marcel saw you in Rossesau’s he didn’t know if he should’ve hugged you or attack you. You looked exactly like his little sister.

Even though Klaus took Marcel in, Marcel kept up with his family until he couldn’t. That’s why he didn’t know his baby sister had a baby, continuing his bloodline, which eventually led to you.

“Pay him no mind, little one. He’s just getting his ounce of payback for me keeping him away from Rebekah.” Klaus cupped your face and began kissing you again.

No matter how bad you wanted his kisses to continue, you backed away. You really didn’t want to get in between a fighting Marcel and Klaus again.

Thankfully, it was the right move. Marcel was making his ways downstairs with a blissful Rebekah trailing behind. “I can’t believe you convinced me to do this.”

“The only way I’m taking your money is if you go shopping with me.”

Your sorority was throwing their annual big charity event and this time they wanted to have a fancy ball. Now you had to find an acceptable dress and date for the event.

“How noble.” Rebekah commented from behind Marcel.

Rebekah did not care for you too much. First, it was Klaus that kept Marcel from her. Then, it was New Orleans, and now it was you. She felt as if she would never get to be the center of Marcel’s attention.

“Do you have a date yet?” Marcel asked, pretending not to hear Rebekah’s snide remark.

Klaus’ head perked up. This was the first time he heard of you taking a date to the charity ball.

Quickly, your eyes shifted from Marcel to Klaus. His face appeared nonchalant, but you could sense he was seething under his calm façade. Purposely, you left out that tidbit to Klaus, because you didn’t want him to murder the poor guy. “I asked a guy from my study group and he said yeah, but he had to double check if his internship wouldn’t get in the way.”

“If it was me, love, a pesky internship would not get in the way of a night with a beauty such as yourself.” Klaus complimented you and then kissed your hand.

Marcel put himself between you and his sire. “Enough of that! Klaus, stay away from my niece.” Swinging his keys around his finger. “Y/N, let’s go.”

At the last minute, Rebekah called Marcel’s name. She claimed Marcel knew nothing about fashion and that you would appreciate a woman’s opinion. You knew she just wanted to spend time with Marcel, so you told him it was alright, because in the next breath you invited Klaus. If Marcel’s girlfriend was going, you were gonna bring your boyfriend.

Your uncle tried to persuade to rescind the invitation, but you wouldn’t. You came up with the piss poor excuse that Klaus would be lonely and bored, since Haley took Hope out on a day trip. Since you wouldn’t give up, Marcel allowed Klaus to come.

—

Five stores later and you still hadn’t found a dress. You wanted to go home and sleep, but Klaus wanted you to try one more store. At his insistence you went.

As soon as you stepped in an attendant greeted you. “Ms. Y/L/N, welcome. Mr. Mikaelson has chosen a couple of pieces he would like you to try on. Would you please follow me?”

You looked to Klaus confusingly. When did he have the time to pick dresses for you?

Klaus saw the storm brewing on Marcel’s face and had to quickly put it out. “Calm down, Marcellus. We all know I have exquisite taste. I’m simply just trying to make your niece the belle of the ball.”

Klaus was fooling nobody, Marcel thought. He knew Klaus wanted Y/N and he had to protect her at all costs. Y/N wasn’t gonna be collateral damage just because Klaus Mikaelson was interested in her.

“Be nice, Uncle Marcel. He’s only trying to help.”

Hearing your voice soothed Marcel. Unfortunately, you and Klaus were right. Anyway, what harm could be done if Klaus picked out your dress? It wasn’t a marriage proposal.

Allowing you to try on the dresses, Marcel and Rebekah browsed around, looking for backups just in case.

The attendant brought you to the dressing room, but there was only one dress. “Umm, there’s only one dress in here.”

“Mr. Mikaelson said you would fall in love with this one,” the attendant claimed before leaving you.

The dress was beautiful no doubt, but it was not you. There was no way you could do the dress any justice.

“Try it on, love.” You heard Klaus’ voice clearly.

“How’d you get back here?”

“I may or may not have compelled the owner. Now stop stalling and try the dress on or I’ll have you screaming my name loud enough for your uncle to hear.” You could hear him smiling. You knew a part of him wanted you to disobey him so you could out your relationship to Marcel, but you wouldn’t give Klaus the satisfaction.

Poking your head out, you stuck out your tongue at him. “You don’t play fair.”

“You’ll learn that I never do.”

Undressing quickly, you put on the dress. Unable to zip it up, you exited the dressing room with your back towards Klaus so he could do it for you.

“No peeking,” Klaus ordered, when he caught you trying to look in the mirror. He choose to torture you some more by slowly zipping up the dress and when he finished he lightly kissed the base of your neck.

Klaus guided you to the platform in the center of the room. Removing his hands away from your eyes, he finally allowed you to look at yourself in the mirror.

A gasp escaped your mouth. You couldn’t believe what you were seeing. To your surprise, the dress actually looked good on you.

The dress reminded you of Aurora’s in Sleeping Beauty, but with glitter. Taking a twirl, you admired yourself. Klaus truly was a genius. Your dark cocoa skin complimented the pink dress perfectly. You played with your bundles, thinking of ways you wanted to style it.

Turning towards the genius, you jumped into his arms. “It’s perfect!” You squealed.

“You’re perfect, love.” Klaus couldn’t help himself and had to kiss you.

Reluctantly, you pulled away from him. Right when he was just about to whine, Klaus witness you shrug out the dress. Leaving you only in your bra and panties.

Tilting your head to one side, you exposed your neck to Klaus. “I think all this dress shopping made you work up an appetite,” you suggested.

Klaus’ fangs descended and his eyes turned black. “I think you’re right, beautiful.”

When his fangs pierced your skin you were in heaven. Klaus knew exactly how to bring you to ecstasy.

Klaus didn’t know what he loved more, the taste of your blood or the sweet nectar between your legs. Honestly, it probably didn’t even matter, because either way you were feeding him.

So consumed with Klaus sucking on your neck, you didn’t notice his fingers slide into your core until you were close to coming. This was your favorite combination. Klaus draining you and making you cum at the same time. It left you feeling like you were floating.

Being careful not to take too much blood, Klaus retracted his fangs much to your displeasure. “You know I can’t take too much, little one. Safety comes before your pleasure.” Klaus reminded after you whimpered from the loss of his fangs.

Since there was still blood slowly oozing out of your puncture wounds, Klaus placed his lips there and sucked hard, getting the last bit of your blood.

“Get off of her!” Marcel’s voice jolted you. You were so consumed with Klaus that you forgot about Marcel was the one taking you shopping.

Marcel couldn’t even look at you right now. He specifically told you to stay away from Klaus and you disobeyed. “Get your clothes on, pay for the dress, and we’re leaving. NOW!” Marcel ordered you with his back facing you.

“Dress already paid for, Marcellus. I made sure of that.” Klaus said, moving closer to you.

“Klaus!” You whispered yelled at him. Provoking Marcel was not the right move right now.

Marcel ticked his head and stalked over to Klaus. For awhile they stood there silently just staring at each other. Marcel with hate and Klaus with a cheeky grin.

“Let’s go.” Marcel looked back at you and walked out, dismissing Klaus without a single glance.

Head hanging low, you began to follow Marcel until Klaus stopped you. “Queens do not bow their heads for anyone. Don’t let me catch you doing it again.” He whispered into your ear and then kissed your temple before letting you go.

—

“Didn’t I tell you to stay away from him, yes or no?!” Marcel asked, wearing the carpet with all his pacing.

“Yes,” you groaned, rolling your eyes. This was going on for hours it seemed. He wouldn’t let you get a word in.

“I can’t believe you went against me! He’s dangerous, Y/N.”

Blah, blah, blah, blah. Soon, you started tuning Marcel out. He was just repeating himself and you were tired of it.

“Okay, I’ll admit he’s dangerous, but he’s kind, protective, and loving.” You went on to describe all of Klaus’ positive traits much to Marcel’s dismay.

Standing above you with his hands on his hips and the ‘I’m very disappointed in you’ father’s face, Marcel asked, “You do know we’re talking about Klaus Mikaelson?”

“Yes! I get it, he’s done you dirty. But you said so yourself he’s gotten better.” You reminded Marcel of your first conversation about Klaus. “Uncle Marcel, I’ve never felt this way about a guy before. Please, give us a chance.”

Your eyes, his sister’s eyes were getting to him. He was never able to say no to her, figures he would never be able to say no to you.

“Okay, but you move in with me. We never know if one of his enemies will try to take you and I prefer to keep you safe.” Marcel was already thinking of bringing you in. He wanted to spend more time with you.

Excited, you jumped from the couch and hugged him. “You got yourself a deal.”

“I’m so glad you could come to an agreement. I didn’t want to have to dagger you, Marcel.” Klaus entered your apartment and clapped Marcel on the back.

Marcel’s lip snarled. “You were outside this whole time?”

“Indeed I was. I understand your concerns for your niece, but Marcellus,” his eyes cut to you before he continued. “She’s the one. The only other person I feel as strongly about is my child. Do what you will with that.”

Marcel knew the lengths Klaus would go to protect Hope, that’s why he felt a weight lift off his shoulders when Klaus made that comparison. Klaus may have not been the man Marcel imagined you with, but he would have to accept that for the sake of your happiness.

With one more threat, Marcel left, leaving you and Klaus alone.

Klaus backed you into the couch until you had no choice but to lay down. “Now that our little secret is revealed, we got one more pesky problem.” He whispered lowly, his beard slightly tickling you.

“And what is that,” you laughed, wrapping your arms around his neck.

“Your date to the ball. Do you want me to cancel his invitation or do you want to?”

“I’ll do it!” You rushed to reply. Your way would involve a lot less blood and guts than Klaus’ and you had a feeling you would have to continue doing that for the foreseeable future.

Tagging: @twistedcharismaaa @wawakanda-bitch @thickemadame @tgigoldie @chaneajoyyy

[taetaespeaches]

favorite albums of twenty-twenty:

I’m indecisive, so disclaimer lol. But I wanted to be self-indulgent for a moment and share my very favorite albums of 2020. In a year where I felt both alone and lonely, music was massively important to me. I tried to limit this to my top ten but I’m too indecisive and a lot of amazing music came out this year so there’s eighteen albums lol. Why not. So yeah, enjoy or ignore, I just had the urge to do this. (This isn’t in order except BE, D-2, Maria, and Map of the Soul: 7 are all definitely in the top five.)

Also, if you see this and want to do your own, tag me! I’d love to see your top albums <3 

↬ BE — BTS

⟶ Top tracks: Telepathy, Blue & Grey, Fly To My Room, Disease, Life Goes On

I mean come on. This was the pandemic album we all needed and I will forever be grateful for this masterpiece. I think this is an album that will grow with me and will kind of act as a companion throughout my life. The musicality, the lyrics, the variety, all of it, it’s just perfection. It feels like a friend who gives you comfort but also makes you confront your emotions, and that was everything I needed this year. I will forever be obsessed with this one. BE is my friend. 

↬ D-2 — Agust D

⟶ Top Tracks: People, Moonlight, Daechwita, What do you think?, Dear my friend

Agust D came back and he fucking owned it. The amount of pure talent and passion in this mixtape is un-fucking-real. Yoongi is just unbelievably talented and this album perfectly displays that. Plus, these songs have been my ride or die since May, like, there isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t listen to this album in full at least once. Just incredible. 

↬ María — Hwasa

⟶ Top Tracks: LMM, Maria, Intro: Nobody Else, WHY, I’m bad too

This album is so connected to my fucking soul. I swear, Ahn Hyejin and I’s emotions are so similar and the way we process them is soooo similar, this album just honestly means the world to me. Plus, it’s amazing. Every song is a masterpiece. Obsessed. Much like D-2, I listen to this album at least once a week. And the number of times I have cried listening to it is unreal. Intro: Nobody Else is very much how I felt this year and LMM has made me cry more times than I care to admit. This album makes me feel what I’m feeling, gives me comfort, and helps me pick myself back up again. Another one that will grow with me. This year through the loneliness and in times that I felt I had no one, this was my companion.  

↬ MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 — BTS

⟶ Top tracks: Black Swan, Interlude : Shadow, My Time, ON, Friends, Moon, We are Bulletproof: the Eternal, Outro : Ego

Come onnnnnn. Perfection!!!! Quite literally the album that has been there with me through every step of this pandemic. I still cry watching the Ego mv. Why? No clue, just makes me sob tears of happiness. Black Swan? Possibly one of my very favorite songs EVER. OF ALL TIME. My Time? Relatable as fuck. Friends? The cutest thing I’ve ever heard. Moon? I’m sobbing again, that’s my emotional support Seokjinnie. Just, the album is a goddamn masterpiece, I don’t care who disagrees, my opinion is fact on this one.

↬ love is not dying — Jeremy Zucker

⟶ Top tracks: full stop, oh, mexico, hell or flying, lakehouse

Jeremy is another one that I just feel emotionally related too. Like I just get what he says and means and it hits me right in the heart and mind and gut. Another companion album. I think full stop is one of the most relatable songs I’ve ever heard- lyrically and the way it builds and becomes a bit chaotic… like whoah. I feel that in my chest. Also, oh, mexico is another song I related to so hard this year. This album has just made a massive impact on me and I love it.

↬ folklore — Taylor Swift

⟶ Top tracks: seven, peace, the lakes, the 1

So Taylor surprised everyone with an album. What the fuck, ma’am? This is my second favorite Taylor album to date, second to only her second surprise album of the year. Like what? I’ve cried listening to this album and absolutely sobbed listening to seven. She just really popped off with this one and I don’t think I need to explain to you all why this album is so good. If you’ve heard it, you know.

↬ evermore — Taylor Swift

⟶ Top tracks: ivy, cowboy like me, long story short, coney island, gold rush

Oh here we have another surprise album, and now my favorite album by Taylor. I think this album perfectly displays Taylor’s insane lyricism better than any of her works. This album just hit really different for me, every song was my favorite on first listen and I still have the hardest time picking favorite tracks. It’s just beautiful and it’s great and I love it a lot.

↬ SAWAYAMA — Rina Sawayama

⟶ Top tracks: Fuck This World (Interlude), Tokyo Love Hotel, Bad Friend, Comme Des Garçons (Like The Boys)

Have you heard it? If so, you know why it’s on this list. Pop perfection. Rina is a goddess. That’s that. It’s just amazing. Rina is a visionary and this album displays that perfectly. Comme Des Garçons was the first song of hers I ever heard and I was immediately obsessed. Next level, this woman. A queen.

↬ Petals For Armor — Hayley Williams

⟶ Top tracks: Crystal Clear, Why We Ever, Over Yet

Wow. Just, bless Hayley for this. Crystal Clear has quickly become one of my very favorite songs ever and Why We Ever is a little too relatable. And I distinctly remember hearing Over Yet for the first time in May and feeling joy for the first time since the pandemic started. This album is one to listen to when you’re mad, sad, when you need comfort, or when you’re ready to heal. Honestly, another companion.

↬ Nectar — Joji

⟶ Top tracks: Like You Do, Your Man, Sanctuary, MODUS, Run, Mr. Hollywood

I could honestly list nearly every song on this as a top song. Holy shit. Joji is another visionary. He’s insane and I’m obsessed with this album. I swear, every time I listen a new song jumps out as a favorite. Like You Do is a song that just means so much to me. A masterpiece. This album is my go to when I’m looking to get into my feels. Also Daylight isn’t listed in the top tracks but what a fucking bop. I’m just in love with this album. For real, obsessed.

↬ Plastic Hearts — Miley Cyrus

⟶ Top tracks: Angels Like You, High, WTF Do I Know, Midnight Sky, Never Be Me, Plastic Hearts

I’ve never been like an avid listener of Miley, just a few tracks, but this year I got more into her. And this album, goddamn. Every song is a contender for top track. How does that happen? Midnight Sky? Huge for me this year. Like I cannot tell you how massive of an impact this song made on me. Angels Like You is such a perfect song. High is a little too relatable. Just seriously, wow. Kind of speechless, I just adore this album.

↬ Positions — Ariana Grande

⟶ Top tracks: pov, obvious, 34+35

The way I cried my first time hearing pov. Ari what are you doing to me? That song is just such a beautiful way to look at love and this whole album is just so healing. A happy spot on this whole year. 34+35 is a thot anthem and I’m obsessed. This album is just another example of Ariana’s talent and we were all blessed to be able to hear it.

↬ CALM — 5 Seconds of Summer

⟶ Top tracks: Wildflower, Lover of Mine, Best Years, Teeth, High

I don’t care if y’all think it’s cool to like 5sos or not, this album is so fucking good. It far exceeded my expectations. Some of these songs are some of my favorites for the year. Wildflower is a fucking happy pill and Best Years makes me fucking cry. High is too relatable, and Teeth may as well have been written about me. And Lover of Mine perfectly relates to the most important relationship of my entire life. I’m gonna say it, Luke Hemmings is such an underappreciated lyricist. The man is good. I love this album a lot. 

↬ Manic — Halsey

⟶ Top tracks: Finally // beautiful stranger, SUGA’s Interlude, Forever … (is a long time), 3am

I never really listen to Halsey so it took me a long time to give this album a try and wow I’m so glad I finally did. It became an instant fav. Honesty, anything Yoongi touches is a favorite for me so obviously that song would be in my tops, but Forever … (is a long time) is so relatable and just so fucking good. And Finally // beautiful stranger is honestly my favorite Halsey song ever. It’s stunning. This album is amazing. Period.

↬ Future Nostalgia — Dua Lipa

⟶ Top tracks: Pretty Please, Cool, Don’t Start Now

This album is just disco pop perfection and I’ve been obsessed all year. It’s the perfect album to listen to when you just wanna fucking dance and forget about all the shit that 2020 gave us. The perfect escape and it’s so so fun and the songs are just bops. I’ve probably listened to this album a hundred times because it’s just the perfect escape. If I wanna let go for a bit, this is my go to.

↬ Punisher — Phoebe Bridgers

⟶ Top tracks: I Know The End, Chinese Satellite, Garden Song

This album makes me feel some shit. Like holy hell we are in our feels. Phoebe’s songwriting is superb and these songs just hit. I honestly only listen to this album when I really need to get in touch with myself because it literally doesn’t allow me to avoid my feelings. But it’s pretty much perfection and I think it’s going to grow with me throughout the years. I just love it. I remember being blown away on my first listen, it’s just unbelievably good.

↬ Ungodly Hour — Chloe and Halle

⟶ Top tracks: Tipsy, Baby girl, Ungodly Hour

I don’t even know how to explain how good this album is. Like, have you heard it? You get it. These girls went the fuck off and all we can do is thank them for it. Thank you for your service ladies. This album is just a vibe from start to finish. And Ungodly Hour is one of the best title tracks of the year. That’s just that on that. Give them all the awards.

↬ IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? — DPR LIVE

⟶ Top tracks: OH GIRL, NO RESCUE NEEDED, KISS ME

This album isn’t just an album, it’s an experience. This man takes you on a musical journey. It’s a story. It’s flawless. I adore it. DPR LIVE is so underrated and I can’t wait for him to get the hype he deserves. This was the most surprising find this year and I’m so thankful I found it. Just so god. From start to finish, you just get sucked in and then it ends and you’re just left like, whoah. Amazing. 

[diangeloyoyok]

my review on pjo movies

first up with have The Lighting Thief obviously

 Poseidon’s entrance lowkey kinda fire but high key weird

‘it’s been many years’ didn’t y’all just have that winter solstice party together ???

‘if your son if the thief i will send him to the pits of tartarus’ ouch that hurt ngl

logan lerman 🥺

he would’ve been such a good percy if they did the movies when he was younger IDC IDC IDC

i stan black grover and just grover overall

i wish we got to see my bitch nancy

sally and percy sallY AND PERCY SALLY AND PERCY SALLY AND PERCY

gabe to me is just *hmm* perfect in this movie, he’s not as mean in the movies but he’s still an asshole ehehehe

i love Chiron actor i think it’s very accurate

also wtf chiron is bros with the big three lols 😹

y’all know jenna davis?- that’s who the girl who plays ms dodd’s looks like

so they just gonna ignore him and tak ab him while he’s RIGJT. THERE.

‘This is a pen. This is a pen.’

‘Are you guys crazy? This is a pen man!’

the scene with gabe makes me uncomfy bc percy says in the book gabe never hits percy in front of sally but ok 😗✌️

leaving percy was the *mOST* difficult thing poseidon *the GOD of water* has ever done wow percy is that cool

‘You’re half donkey?!”

i am da wittlest minotaur 😳✨🙈

such a subtle entrance to the camp love it

why y’all give percy the pen before he supposed to be a badass and rip the horn off wjth his hands but ig

wait so in this dumbass movie percy doesn’t even do anything to get the horn goodbye

i’m still very pissed that they took the scene of annabeth sayjng ‘you drool when you sleep’ but it’s fine i’m NOT fine

why is no one wearing camp shirts 🤬

they may be wrong but i didnt know it was ‘brUnner’ not ‘brUNner’

it’s kinda cute how when percy first sees annabeth he’s like ‘ooouuu who’s that name now 😌😏”

brown haired blue eyed looking ass BITCH

‘A real horses ass’ laughed a LITTLE

so the poseidon cabin is just *THAT* open poor percy no privacy

oh wait wth they already know his daddy poseidon 🤨

like everyone just knew ????

when did percy get new clothes the fuck

why did everyone laugh and shake their heads when chiron introduced percy what whores

omg luke 🥺

i know everyone knows this but it’s *SOOOOOOOOO* unrealistic annabeth and luke aren’t on the same team. like i’m pretty sure in the first book annabeth said they had a permanent allies type thing with the hermes cabin

‘that’s a sword! that’s a sword’ aw baby luke why’d you have to be evil 🙁🤚

where the FUCK did that bitch tryna be annabae come from

she realky said ‘i love trees🌲☺️❤️’

why does annabeth act like clarisse during capture the flag

also the fuCK WHERE MY BABY CLARISSE

why are there like actual 30 yr olds at camp

luke was so excited when he saw percy get up he said ‘omg no way✨’

so suddenly percy just knows sword play 😀

and deFEATS ANNABETH WE ALL KNOW HE CANT EVEN DO THAT NOW

y’all red heads a bunch of babies

i already know it’s coming

shit no

i hate it

i hate it so much

already ew’d out

‘i definitely have strong feelings for you, i just haven’t decided if they’re positive or negative yet.’

‘well you let me know when you figure it out’

‘you’ll be the first’

why they just drinking nectar for fun?? like bruh you tryna die or sum

after that i can’t watch anymore tonight

it’s been like 3 weeks but let’s not talk about that

i’m not even gonna comment on the campfire scene anymore my god

i like how in movies everyone is like “omg the underworld so scary percy you can’t go that’s so dangerous you will DIE”

and in the books they’re like “yeah it’s dangerous but whateva you 12 yr olds have fun down there bring me a souvenir!!”

why does luke have?? video?? games?? in?? his?? cabin??

WAIT LIKE A WHOLE ASS TECHNOLOGY SETUP WHAT

why is luke the only one in his cabin like where’s the stolls and chris 😳

you mean to tell me luke broke into hermes house just for like funzies and to steal shit?

sounds like travis and connor but ok✨

what the fuck even is the whole pearl plot

i don’t even wanna talk about the medusa scene

percy has an ipod 🤡

“i’ve only been in the outside world a few times” did you fucking practice driving those few times or WHAT

if percy could actually heal people with water wowie imagine how useful

why did percy bring swimming trunks on a quest

can this brown haired bitch shut up already

sally never took gabes last name excuse you 🤣

ofc it’s fucking fox news giving us that bullshit info on sally

they in nashville wee-doggie 🤠

‘hey it’s your mom’ obviously dumbass she has eyes

so they hid in the potty room for like 5 hours? huh

yeah let’s jus facetime lukey real quick 🥰

silly boy percy

“how flipping awesome was that”

does percy even know he can bend water in the first book

that’s gonna be an unexplainable statue for the workers tmrw

lotus hotel baby

the only reason this movie is watchable

vegas be lookin kinda fresh i wannna go

i wanna stay at the lotus hotel this place looks sick asf

lotus flower treats yummy yum

here comes gaga 😮

why they laugjing so much

wonder if nico likes gaga

imagine like 10 yr old nico just straight vibing there

grover pulling out the dance movies yessir 🤩

“no❤️ percy don’t eat the flower”

why didn’t percy just like grab the flowers and throw them

OOOO KESHA WE LOVE TO SEE IT

TIKTOK ON THE CLOCK BUT THE PARTY DONT STOP NOW WOAHWOAHWOAH

i’m bored ✨

ooo skeletons

charon my queen 👑🥳

“we drowned in a bathtub, all three of us” 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

i wish that was in the movie

i wish a lot of things were in the movie hit that is high

we’re in the same boat in the very same boat

how do you get seasick in an elevator- BOAT?

the way to the underworld is over the styx it’s a river

i know, you show off chicks

sexist much? go make a splash

i’ll splash you

it’s like watching titian’s clash, they’ll kill each other it they’ll kiss if we’re lucky they’ll end up in an abyss

um

anyways✨

hades do be looking kinda cool tho

that’s a cool ring you got there hades

omg mommy sally 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

how did percy not notice the lightening bolt in the damn shield befORE???

“it’s luke shield he betrayed us”

damn she switched sides real fast

this phoney bitch why does she want power and a war sis go plant shit

i refuse to believe hades is abusive sorry sis you ain’t fooling me

god where’s Juniper when you need her

so no fight between percy and aries 🤡

instead we have lukey pukey

omh he’s the lightening thief i did not see that coming ong 😳

^^ me on twitter after it’s revealed on the percy jackson tv show

can this luke character chile

percy pulled a harry styles and said “i’m falling” 😔

i’m thE SON OF POSEIDON I NEVER ASKED TO BE BUT IM THE SON OF POSEIDON

“yeah, i think i am the son of poseidon”

okay 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

omG i goT bUtTerFliEs

how does s-dog jusy know how to get to olympus did y’all get freaky up there or

that’s actually kinda how i imagine olympus looking so

i guess

good job

maybe

what is this ant man why they so small

“i have no connection to poseidon”

p-dog looked kinda hurted 😳

as if zeus would ever compliment percy

has athena ever told annabeth *or any of her kids* i’m proud of you

“i need to speak with him” “just this once”

yet we got poseidon showing up once in awhile just to say hi

7 months? 😀

percy was 7 months old?

now i don’t remember much but i don’t think it was that long luv ❤️

“always”

i thought i was watching percy jackson not harry potter tf is up

sally and percy have my whole heart

g-man got his horns

chiron 🥺✨

missed my main hoe 😍

why are there so many fucking campers

there’s like 500

let’s take a chill pill shall we

annabeth and percy look like siblings in this

 incest 😳

they bouta fiGHTshe better have won

k well that’s it thank the gods 😘

i’ll be back in like 4 months to review sea of monsters i need a break of bullshit

OH ITS NOT OVER

it’s gabe

he pulled a demi

stone cold

stone cold

everyone will be happier without him

[peterstanslizzie]

Reacting To: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Season 3 Episode 5)

Episode Title: Song ReMix

Spoiler Warning: Kindly proceed if you’ve already seen the episode or are able to handle spoilers

1. It’s time for a flashback! We trace back to the time when Dr. Emilia still had control over Song as the Mega Monkey. She tells Song to go after Kipo in the burrow and kill her, which we already know in Season 1 that Kipo managed to escape. The pheromones Emilia took from Scarlemagne are controlling Song but at least she is still somewhat aware of what she’s being forced to do.

Yasss....a second Troyson kiss! I didn’t expect that <3

2. Kipo, Lio, Dave, Benson, Wolf and now a regular kitty cat, Yumyan return to Timbercat Village. Troy, Asher, Dahlia and Song all happily greet them back but unfortunately, Kipo needs to break it to them and the rest of the mutes that Yumyan has been “cured”. 

Well, at least he’s not dead.....

3. Hence, a ceremony takes place for Yumyan for him to get inducted into the Great Hall of Axe Lords, whatever that is lol. The rest of the mutes are sad about what happened to Yumyan but they’re also freaking out about the same thing possibly happening to them. 

4. All hope isn’t lost though because Lio is confident that he will be able to make a vaccine to reverse the effects of the cure but he will need Song’s help and it so happens that he had stolen a cure dart from Emilia in the last episode.

ROFL! He didn’t know?

5. He administers the cure on Song and despite the initial shock, she finally reverts back to her human self! And cue the waterworks. As expected, she finds difficulty speaking since she’s been a mute for over 13 years but I’m pretty sure she will be speaking properly in no time. I’m pretty psyched to see the role Song is going to play for the rest of the season; It would be fitting if she or Scarlemagne were the ones to take Emilia down. 

Round 2 of the waterworks: Lio gets in on the hug too.

Family group hug!

6. Wow, it didn’t take her any time to start speaking normally again. Anyways, Song advises them that they should start working on the vaccine pronto. Meanwhile, we see Dr. Emilia setting Margot and her brother free from their restraints only to shoot them with the cure darts whilst they were running away. She’s such a bi**h lol but a great villain I will admit. 

7. Song is trying hard to remember the genetic composition of the cure she developed but it’s been ages ago. So, she’s forgetting a lot of the details. I wonder if they can get her research journal back for her. I don’t think the pages are completely obliterated, right? 

8. Song feels the pressure to develop the vaccine and it’s really unfair to put all of that on her so quickly. I’m glad Kipo recognizes this. All of a sudden, the Humming Bombers show up at the village warning them that Emilia is on her way with her army. They also announce that they’re joining HMUFA too; Their abilities and nectar bombs should definitely come in handy for the alliance. 

9. They need to come up with a plan quickly. Thanks to Dave, Kipo suggests to everyone to build a wall of protection that would scare away the humans. The mutes try to give their suggestions. One of the said that diversity would scare the humans away LOL. Now that’s funny. 

10. Benson suggests Death Ivy, which is pretty much explained by what it’s called. Amy adds that the Dubstep Bees would be able to help them build the wall since they’re immune to it. So the plan now is for Kipo and Wolf to try to get the bees to help them, giving Song enough time to work on the vaccine. But Song is still experiencing a mental block. So, Kipo also asks her and her dad, Lio to join her and Wolf as well. 

 I didn’t know that saying “Ming, ming, ming” would pull cats in towards you. 

11. On the other end, Dave and Benson need to find out where Yumyan is since they left him in a kitchen with a giant hole in it. Ugh, those two lol. 

Don’t mess with Kipo’s mom!

12. As they make their way to talk to the Dubstep Bees, they are stopped by the Scooter Skunks because won’t allow them to cross their territory unless they race them. Song accepts the challenge partly because she wants to look cool in front of Kipo but.....she flops. The skunks make fun of her, which angers Kipo and she goes full-on Mega Jaguar to chase them away. I’m not one for intimidation but I’m glad Kipo did it this time. 

Side note: I feel bad for Wolf because she’s never had cake!

13. We should now dub the scenes with Dave and Benson as their own comedy show because these two together are just so hilarious. It’s funny how they were low-key debating on the importance of human lives vs bug lives. But the jokes on me because Dave doesn’t seem to value bug lives himself. Exactly, Benson. What?!

It’s the queen dubstep-bee

14. Song says she knows how to talk to the bees in their language but Kipo accidentally interrupts her plan, which in turn insulted their queen bee who actually proceeds to sting Kipo and she starts dancing unintentionally, which is known as dance fever. What a pun. 

Cats just can’t resist boxes, huh? Even if they’re drawn. There’s too many cat puns in this episode and I’m all here for it! 

I never thought I would see a dancing Mega Jaguar Kipo.

15. Song continues talking to the bees and fortunately, what she said somehow manages to convince the queen to give them Kipo back IF they impress her with their dancing. I’m sorry but this is getting a little too corny for me lol. But I’m  definitely digging the background music:

And Wolf dancing is a vision

Yumyan has returned! He’s been in the kitchen the entire time. I have no words.

16. They’re all still dancing. The bees are starting to lose interest lol. I can see why. Song then tries to reason with the Queen by telling her that she has had it rough for the past 13 years and she really wants her to forgive Kipo because she’s her one and only daughter. Basically, she’s playing her sympathy card. And of course it works! These episodes are never going to be direct haha. Kipo has finally recovered from her dance fever and they manage to convince them to build the wall for them.

Aww Yumyan still remembers his pet flea, Pierre!

The dynamic between Wolf and Lio has been pure awesomeness throughout the entirety of this episode. 

17. Song expresses to Kipo that she feels like she needs to overcompensate in doing things for her daughter since she cannot protect her as the Mega Monkey anymore. But Kipo tells her that she has helped her plenty just by being her mom. Plus, she was the one who convinced the bees to build the Death Ivy wall. 

18. The episode ends with Emilia and her human army, making their way towards the village. Well, that’s the end of my review of episode 5. Stay tuned tomorrow for my review of episode 6. Thanks for reading everybody!

[haevolution]

Rules: answer questions and tag 20 blogs you are contractually obligated to know better ❤️

@kunwoodz thank you for tagging me!! sorry for being a bit late lol also feliz aniversário atrasado!!

Name/nickname: ícaro, formerly known as enki bc changing your chosen name 293784 times is just the trans experience lmao

Gender: genderqueer + transmasc (he/they)

Star sign: Sagittarius

Height: 1,66m / 5'5" ish

Time: 04:56 (lmao)

Birthday: December 21st

Favourite bands: nct (all units, yes wayv included bc obviously), stray kids, bts but i literally only listen to their title tracks and the love yourself trilogy

Favourite soloists: im going off kpop with this one bc i gotta do my civic duty and praise our queen dodie

Last movie: probably parasite

Last show: the queens gambit

Song stuck in my head: somehow both lotto by exo and nectar by wayv..... dont ask

When i created this blog: probably late 2018 bc thats when i was finally sucked into the bottomless pit that is kpop for good after a couple attempts by different friends since late 2016

Last thing i googled: thomas mann (bc i hate his guts and wanted to remember the specific book by him i had to read for class last year which was an experience i hated with a burning passion bc he never shuts up god)

Other blogs: my main is @transtemic and i have a couple extra archive type blogs to keep stuff i need/want to remmeber somewhere less cluttered than my main or this blog..... theyre @icarosarchives @icarosartrefpics @aestattoos....... also a dead art blog which i dont wanna disclose and like 5 blogs that are just saved urls

Do i get asks: once in a blue moon and when i do theyre chain games like this one which i almost never do bc im a disaster at being somewhat social

Why i chose my url: i love wayv and the whole nct universe and was just getting into seventeen which led to me becoming aware of vernons amazing insta handle @/chwenotchew and i was just like Ive Connected The Dots lmao

Following: 1599

Followers: on here i have 53 and half of them are p0rnbots.... tho im not a cc and barely talk on here so its understandable kshdncjcjn

Lucky numbers: 3, 9, 21 (basically most multiples of 3)

Avg hours of sleep: i wanna say around 5 hours when schools in session but quarantine has me simultaneously having the Worst Sleep Schedule (see: me doing this at 5am) and sleeping betwen 8-12 hours a day which like....... no comment

Instruments: i know the basics of ukulele but i really should practice more...... i love singing and like being able to play my own accompaniment but i can only do that w like 3 songs lol

What i'm wearing right now: an old tshit pj pants and socks

Dream trip: rn i just wanna be able to travel home and see my family and best friend :( give me the vaccine NOW

Favourite food: again im homesick to literally just my moms food lmao bur specifically either her creamy tuna pasta or just rice beans and minced meat (maybe a sunny side up egg on top)

Nationality: brazilian but i live in germany (ergo the homesickness and missing good rice and beans lmao)

Favourite song: i physically cannot answer that....... but also almost every time i open my playlist i scroll all the way down to chain by nct 127 and then let it go on shuffle from there jsgdndhndfj so do with that as you will

Top 3 fictional universes: any that are better than this one are you kidding me like holy shit please get me out of here

my brain is too dead to tag 20 people rn so im going with @jisungshotfirst @fef65b-felix @honeyboyfelix and @tearsof-regret and also anyone else who wants to do this!!!! dont feel pressured to tho <3

[wildwomansc]

The Spirit of Bees / New Moon in Taurus / The Pleasure Moon

How many of us step outside and freeze when we hear that deep buzzing sound anywhere near us? How many of us overlook the significance and symbolism of bees because of the fear of being stung? But did you know that bees are a symbol of Pleasure? The bee is the reminder to extract the honey of life and to make our lives fertile while the sun shines.

For me, this spring I have been obsessed with bees for some uncanny reason. My uncanny bee obsession has lead me to buying bee jewelry, making a bee purse, being tempted in buying many bee printed t-shirts lol, and actually being gifted bee candle molds (which I adore!). Like, I know bees are great for gardening and making delicious honey and I know we need them or the Earth would literally die, but I honestly never really took the time to look at them on a deeper level...until now.

"Bees have been mythical symbols throughout the world. In Hinduism, depending upon how depicted, the bee could relate to Vishnu, Krishna, or even Kama, the god of love. In Egypt it denoted royalty. In Greece, it was used in the symbology of the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the Celts associated it with hidden wisdom. Probably the most significant and consistent symbolism is that of sexuality and fertility, due primarily to its stinger and its part in pollination. Bees are also long-time symbols for accomplishing the impossible.

For many years, scientists were unable to determine how bees were able to fly. Aerodynamically, the body was too large for the wings. It has only been in more recent times that science has determined that bees move their wings at such a high rate of speed that it makes flight possible. Still, it remains to many as a symbol of accomplishing quests that appeared to be impossible. All bees are essentially “honey” bees. They gather and pollinate. Bees are often considered the busiest and most useful of insects. Without them, no flowers and many fruits would never blossom. It occurs through the pollination. As the bees land upon one flower, collecting its nectar, pollen also attaches itself to the leg fibers. It is then transferred to other flowers, creating a fertilization process. Pollination is just one productive process the bee participates in. It also furnishes food, i.e. honey, and it also preys on other insects, helping to keep the insect population in balance. Bees that build their homes in the ground help turn over the soil, often much better than the earthworm itself.

If a bee has shown up in your life, examine your own productivity. Are you doing all you can to make your life more fertile? Are you busy enough? Are you taking time to savor the honey of your endeavors or are you being a workaholic? Are you attempting to do too much? Are you keeping your desires in check so they can be more productive? The legs of bees are one of their most sensitive organs. A bee actually tastes through its legs. It is able to determine if there is nectar in the flower it lands upon. Are you taking time to enjoy the labors and activities you involve yourself in?

The bee helps remind us that activities are more productive and sweeter if we take time to enjoy them. The stinger is often seen as a phallic symbol. Most bees only sting once. There is a barb attached to the stinger, which pulls the stinger off when used. The queen can sting more than once, but it only fights when another queen is born. Most bees have organized communities. This is most evident in the bumblebee family. There are the queen, the drones, and the workers. The first brood the queen lays become workers, and they take over the building and maintenance of the nest. Bees, like ants, are excellent builders. The honeycombs are constructed in a six-sided shape, called a hexagon. This geometric shape has had long mystical significance associated with it. It is a symbol of the heart and the sweetness of life found within our own hearts. It is a symbol of the sun and all the energies associated with it.

The bee is the reminder to extract the honey of life and to make our lives fertile while the sun shines. The bee reminds us that no matter how great the dream there is the promise of fulfillment if we pursue it. The elixir of life is as sweet as honey, and the bee is a symbol that promises us that the opportunity to drink of it is ours if we but pursue our dreams." - Animal Speak by: Ted Andrews

The bee symbolism in your life is not all about work. This spirit guide wants you to appreciate the importance of the pleasure of leisure. After a hard day’s job, you need to sit back to relish the victory.

So, maybe next time when you hear that buzzing or see a little bee flying flower to flower remember that you deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labor. If there’s anyone who should enjoy the little pleasures of life, that person is you!

[grotesquegabby]

Queen Vs God

Part 6

I believe this is the final part. I saved this title for the final part so it must be lol.

Warning: Blood, Violence, Gore, abuse mentions, flashbacks, revenge, body horror

Also facing ones abuser

Another day had passed, Calliope was on edge. She had only ever felt this way once before and that was when she had brought Billy to her home for the first time.  And now there was news of Ula having gone missing, Jelly was in a panic. Considering that Mana was gone, Calliope could only conclude that she went out to look for Lennie and Ama on her own. As much as Calliope admired her bravery, she was worried for the young one. Jelly had been looking for Ula since she found out she was gone, Davey safe with her parents. Cuckoo had gotten the help of their circus to locate Thyone and that was all. Knowing Thyone she had traps and others enslaved to take any and all intruders down. Calliope took a sip of her tea, it was made to help calm her nerves. It wasn’t doing much in this time, a few tears falling. Cuckoo insisted she stay put in her state, and to not worry them she did. She felt a helplessness she never knew before. Is this what being human was like?

The door to Calliopes home burst open, and she looked up surprised. Cuckoo stood there eyes wide and frantic, “We found her!” Calliope set her cup down so as not to drop it. “Tell me everything.”

Out on the outskirts of the city, far deep into the woods. In an old worn down building. Rain beating down upon it as thunder and lightning clashed. Lennie watched the rain hit the window, laying on the floor in pain. He felt weak though mostly healed. His mother had gotten bored of him but found a way to keep him in place. She having force fed him something keeping him in a weakened state. He could only assume it had some type of plant, she mentioned it earlier. though it was hard to catch. All she said was their kind became disoriented and weak consuming it. Lennie sure felt like shit at the moment. He could really go for a nap. His eyes starting to close, sleep overtaking him.

Amaranthus sat alone on a bed in a room. She looked around at the surroundings. one window with bars on it. She whimpered softly as the thunder crashed, she wished so much to be with her dad. The wicked witch was gone for now, but she knew it wouldn’t be long till she came back.

Billy had left the city, he left a text to Maggie to let her know he was alright. Knowing her she was worried about him. He hoped that this would be over soon. His shoes crunched along the grass, his cane doing the same. The rain poured down upon him despite everything he didn’t care. Lightning flashed and he thought he saw something brightly colored out of the corner of his eye. He turned in the direction he saw it, when lightning flashed again nothing was there. He glared knowing full well he was not alone. “Took you long enough to find me boy...” He quickly spun around to face the voice but no one was there. He hissed under his breath, “Show yourself.” A laugh sounded in the trees, and Billy looked around. She was here, but where. “Is that anyway to talk to your mother...little...boy..” a slight shiver went down his spine but he shook it off and growled, “You are no mother of mine.”

“Finally standing up for yourself, look at you my little baby” She said with a pout to her tone, “all...grown...up..I see”

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“ooh all grown up, already. Such a little thing you are, trying to act like a big man.” Thyone rolled her eyes. Billy had his little fists clenched and he was terrified, baring his teeth at the one who called herself mother. “I want to go home, I want to see my brother!” Her gaze snapped to him and it was terrifying. He shuddered underneath it, and took a step back. “You are home, and I won’t tolerate such a foul mouth...little boy.” She stood up and walked towards him, any ounce of bravery he had melted away into absolute fear.

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Billy shook his thoughts away and listened. The voice sounded like it was in front of him. He looked up to see her. “Where are they...” He demanded. Thyone looked at him blankly, “Whoever are you talking about dear?” Thunder roared as he shouted, “You know who I’m talking about?!” His teeth bared, pointed and sharp ready to attack. Thyone scoffed and rolled her eyes, “oooh, I see. You mean the...waste of space and the brat. Why didn’t you ever tell me you had a little one dearest. You know I don’t like secrets.” Thyone said ever so sweetly. A growl emenated from Billy and she sighed, “Who did you have her with. She can’t be the red heads little brat. Noo....she has a familiar smell to her though. Dare I say could it be...” “Shut up!” Billy snapped at her. Thyone smirked, “So she is then...How long’s it been. a couple hundred years. Where ever this little brat came from apparently time is slower there. You get to be a family after all~” She teased, “Does she know~” Billy ran forward to attack but when he did she was gone. He muttered under his breath and her voice called back, “Why don’t we play a game.” Billy grumbled, “Doesn’t sound like I have a choice.” He heard her chuckle but couldn’t see her. “It’s sort of like a scavenger hunt, with hide and seek. Remember...we played this game so often when you were but a tiny thing.” She stepped into view further into the trees. Billy glared, “How could I forget...you love your games after all.” She gave only a grin in reply, “Shall we begin.”

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Meanwhile with a certain brave adventurer, Mana led the way. They were in a deep evergreen forest. Ula and Mana were well on their way to finding Amaranthus and her dad. Mana barked trying to get her attention. Ula looked at him and lightning flashed in the sky. He was crouched down and whimpering, it wasn’t safe to be outside. Despite their mission, Mana wanted to keep Ula safe. At the moment she was his number one priority. He nudged her in the direction of safety and she pet his wet head gently, “alright, let’s take a moment.” He hurried her along to a large tree, quickly making work of shelter. Ula watched him curiously as he made a burrow. It didn’t take him long as he came up from the little hole to lead her into it. Once inside he curled around her to keep her safe. It was dark but in the darkness he slowly started to glow, the patterns on his head, back, and tail emenating a glow into the dark burrow.

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Cecilio watched as Calliope spoke with Cuckoo. They seemed like a good sort, a happy family with little ones on the way. To say he didn’t feel a little bit jealous would be a lie. He wanted what they had, but knew it was out of his reach. He had the boys, and even grandkids. But he was getting old, at least he thought so. He felt useless, hopeless, and alone. Before he could continue his thoughts he caught Calliope heading his way. He straightened up a bit and tried not to look dejected. She gave him a look, of course she did. She could see right through him, elders were just like that. “Cecilio, you know Thyone best. We need your help with how to detain her.” “Detain her? Why...shouldn’t we just.” Cecilio started but Calliope stopped him, “I want to take her to the Elders. She’s more trouble then anyone knows or realizes. For me this is the final straw.” Cecilio wanted to know what she could have been doing that the Elders would get involved with, but the look on her face told him he shouldn’t ask at this time. “Alright well...I’ll help in anyway I can.” Maggie perked up from her own seat on the couch, “I want to help, anyway I can please.” Calliope frowned in thought, “I suppose you can help us get Billy, knowing him he’s either found her already or is on the verge of it. I don’t want him doing anything rash. I feel you may help us reach him since his brother isn’t here with us and I am in no condition to go myself.” Maggie nodded nervously, “I will do my best.” Calliope gave a sad smile, “I believe you will do wonderfully.” Cecilio pulled out a cigar, “Do you ladies mind if I smoke, I don’t like talking about Thyone without one. Her name tastes bad on my tongue.” Calliope motioned towards the garden, “you may smoke outside.” He gave a nod and stood up, heading towards the doors. The rain was heavy as he entered the garden but stayed under the shade of the deck area. With a scrape of his gloved thumb against the stone it lit up in flame. He lit his cigar with it and shook the flame off. Calliope stood a few feet away from him watching the rain fall into the vast garden. Maggie having followed along with Cuckoo. She wanted to know more on the plan to detain Thyone. “Now Cecilio, give us all the information you have.” Cecilio chuckled darkly as he blew out some smoke, “Of course Lady Life, I’m an open book.”

Back with Billy, he was hating every moment of the dumb little game his mother wanted him to play. The things she wanted him to find were clues to find his brother and daughter, he was sure of it. She had completely vanished after telling him the details. The one thing that bothered him, was the plant. He had found a large area covered in the stuff, clearly alien and not of this planet. He was fine to step on it with his shoes but skin contact would prove bad. He’d seen it before, experienced it before. She has used it on him to keep him quiet more often than not. Small doses of the flowers nectar, not enough to kill him since it would have because he was so young.

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“It’s not enough to kill you. Just enough to keep you quiet and still” She said with an annoyed tone. A small young Billy lay feeling ill, and so very weak on a dark colored couch. “If you would just behave and stop trying to run away I wouldn’t have to do this.” She sighed running a hand through her hair. “It will wear off by tomorrow, hopefully you will think twice.”

He didn’t, he kept trying. And of course she got violent or used the poisonous nectar. It was hard to say which was worse. Either way he wouldn’t be able to move afterwords.

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Billy hissed at the memory as it only led to more. He wouldn’t cry, he wouldn’t break. He would not show any signs of weakness. With a deep breath and his gloved hands he picked one of the flowers and crushed it. He knew damn well what these being here meant. Seeing a little note hidden in the flowers, he picked it up. Reading it only made him angrier, he tore it to shreds before he trekked on further into the trees. Alex’s words echoed in his mind.

‘You’re a monster, act like it.’

Still in the forest the storm had calmed down but the rain hadn’t let up. Ula had fallen asleep for just a little while, but Mana had stayed awake to keep watch. By now the two of them were dry but Mana still worried for his little one. He wanted her to rest but he knew she wanted to keep going. So begrudgingly he nudged her to rouse her from her slumber. Ula patted him gently and ended up pulling him into a hug which normally would send him into a happy frenzy, causing him to snuggle with her longer but...they had a mission to return too. He licked her face and made little chirping sounds to wake her. Eventually it did, Ula rubbing the sleep from her eyes and looking around the dry burrow. “How long were we here for?” She asked but Mana only barked in reply. She peeked out and sure enough it had gotten darker out, and it was still pouring. She dusted herself off and grabbed Manas leash, “Well we should hurry, we’re close I know it.”

Back with Cecilio, he had told Calliope everything. It was decided that Maggie would into get Billy if he was there when they arrived. Cuckoo and their circus troupe would do all they could to capture Thyone along with Cecilio’s help. The plan was pretty much to overpower her. Calliope had plucked something ever so carefully from her garden, it was further in, away from everything else. “I will give you something to aid you in weakening her. It is a plant with properties to put things to sleep for a while. It will take only a moment, once it is done. I will let you know and then that’s when it will begin.” She gave them all a reassuring look before heading off to the kitchen.

Maggie sighed and fiddled with her nails nervously. Cecilio placed his hand on her shoulder, “It’ll be alright.” He sounded like he was questioning if it really would be or not but tried to keep a strong face.

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Billy knew it was late, as the cloudy sky seemed to get darker as he neared his destination. The old building was partially destroyed. Broken rotting wood, crumbled cement. But the building mostly stayed the same, besides the bits that seemed broken. Vines were overgrown and many windows were broken. Clearly it was abandoned ages ago just like the other old lab he passed by. Curious as to why these buildings were out here and scattered Billy didn’t have much time to think of it when the double doors in front of him slowly opened up to a lobby. He growled and walked in... showtime.

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Mana had led Ula to an abandoned building covered in vines, broken windows. Clearly in need of repair. “So their in there huh. Let’s go in and find them.” Mana yipped quietly and led her around the building to find a small opening. Sure enough he found a little hole in the wall, a small tunnel leading inside. Mana led the way snuffling along, Ula carefully crawling in behind him. The way was dark and having gotten so late didn’t help. Ula knew she was safe though as manas tail would always brush on her face gently every so often. It would be when he slowed down to make sure she was still there. Soon enough they had made it inside, an abandoned office room. A potted plant that lay withered and dead in the corner, a smashed in computer. The office chair was on its side, all its wheels gone. Mana was sniffing around and growled he didn’t like the place, Ula ran her hand along his back slowly to calm him. The place was cold and empty but then again it seemed the place was always that way. Files were scattered everywhere, many torn up and in the garbage. “It seemed whoever these people were, they were in a hurry to leave.” She hurried to the open doorway and peeked out. No one in sight in the halls, all empty. “Come on Mana, lead the way.” She held out a piece of fabric belonging to Lennie and Mana gave it another few sniffs before hurrying out. Ula running after him.

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Cuckoo and their crew had left with the little vials that Calliope provided for them. It was enough, she had told them, to put her to sleep. Maggie and Cecilio having gone with them, their own vials in hand. Calliope said not to drop it, as even a little bit would be enough to make one weak and tired. Maggie held the vial tightly but not so to break it, she wanted this to be over with. She wanted Ama, Lennie and Billy to be okay. And most of all she wanted Thyone to pay for everything she had done. They had made their way into the forest, following old paths. Along the way Maggie saw something catch her eye, a beautiful plant surrounded by ones similar to it blooming along the forest floor. The urge to pluck one overcame her but before she could Cecilio grabbed her hand, “Don’t...” “Why what’s wrong?” Maggie said quietly worried a certain someone was nearby. “Those’ll kill ya. Look but don’t touch.” He let her hand go and continued through the woods. Maggie stared back at the flowers and backed up.

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Billy had entered the abandoned building, a lobby which was rich with decay and overgrown nature. Taking back what was taken from it. His heels and cane clicked along the old linoleum floor as he made his way over to where he could sense his mother...and brother, and his precious baby girl. He hurried along and soon enough doors opened to reveal a large mostly empty room. What once was a cafeteria was now a battleground. The doors slammed behind him and he took a few more steps in. 

“That’s close enough.”

He stopped where he stood and glared, before he could speak Thyone held up a hand, “Tut tut....not yet. We have much to discuss.” She ran one of her hands through Amaranthus’ hair gently before tugging on it hard. Amaranthus bit back a screech, holding tightly to Mune whose neck had been torn out. No longer a living doll. Her other hand was gripping tightly onto the ruffles of Lennie’s outfit choking him a bit. He was trying to move but having a hard time, his arms looked weak and he seemed to struggle a bit with his breathing. Billy’s eyes widened, “You didn’t....” Thyone grinned, “I did..He’s being so well behaved now wouldn’t you say. Now....I’m going to give you a choice William.” She stared him down.

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Maggie looked up at the abandoned building, Cuckoo and their circus had the place surrounded. Cecilio stared it down, “She’s in there....they all are. Maggie are you sure you want to go in there?” He gave her worried look. Maggie nodded, “I want to help. I’m going to get Billy out of there. And Lennie and Ama if I can. I don’t want them getting hurt more than..” She took a deep breath. Cecilio patted her back, “I know...you got this. I believe in you, now...go get em.” Maggie nodded and hurried into the building. The doors slamming open and closed loudly once she was in. Leaving everyone outside to wait for a signal.

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Thyones eyes snapped towards the doors behind Billy and rolled her eyes, “Seems we have company. I don’t want us to be interrupted....” Doors could be heard slamming through out the building, cracking glass fixed itself.

Outside of the building, crumbled stone rebuilt itself with broken glass, doors shut tight. Cecilio ran forward and tried ramming into the door, “No no no no no!” He tried again and again. He called out for the others and they tried as well. Cecilio tried getting in through teleportation but one can’t if they haven’t seen the place before. He had no clue what the inside looked like and neither did anyone.

Back inside the building, Thyone smirked, “Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way. You have a choice.” Billy held his ground. “It’s simple you may come and take them from me but....you have to choose who. Your lovely~ little girl....” She motioned with a tug on Amaranthus’ hair. “Or your darling~ brother.”

“That’s it?” Billy questioned.

Thyone chuckled, “oh no I almost forgot, whoever you don’t pick. You have to kill.” Billy growled, “You fucking bit...” “Ah ah ah...You have a limited amount of time dear one. If you don’t pick soon I’m going to kill both of them.” Billy froze before taking another step, “What....”

Meanwhile with Ula, Mana had come to a halt hiding behind a counter in a large room. It was a kitchen and serving station of a cafeteria. “Did you just smell the food” whispered Ula. Mana motioned with his claws towards the door leading to the larger room. Ula quietly poked her head in just a bit to see, she glared at the woman she saw. She almost gasped when she saw Ama, and Lennie in her hold. She would have walked right out to help if she hadn’t caught Billy’s stare. He made a motion with the hand holding the cane. A small gesture to wait but a moment. Normally Ula would have disregarded it but she waited.

Billy started toward his mother, he let go of his cane and it stood where he left it. His fists clenched he whispered, “You think you can just make me choose...”

He saw Lennie pleading with him, mouthing to take Amaranthus. “I’ll...b...be fine.” He said with a sad smile. Amaranthus on the verge of tears in Thyones hold. The sight of them, broke him.

“Ten seconds before I choose for you.....”

She took a step back still holding onto them tightly, counting down slowly.

“10...”

Billy took a step forward, “After everything you’ve done....”

“9....”

He bared his teeth, “everytime you struck me...”

“8....”

His gloves started to tear, black claws peering out ripping the white fabric. “All the times you p̸̮̗͔͕̋̓̄̕ö̴̡̨͇̲́͌̊̑̕i̸̟͗̅̑̕̕s̴̨̛̮̙͇̽͂͊o̴͔̒́n̵͓̆͐̑͗́e̵͍̿̂̋̚d̴̤̦̳́ me....”

“7...you better hurry up and make your decision...”

Double doors burst open and in tripped Maggie, “Billy!” She called out but he heeded no mind. He couldn’t hear her.

“6....” Thyone glared at Maggie as she stepped back more. Billy moving forward slowly...stalkingly.

“All the things you did to me... All the things you..you let ŏ̸̰̌̏͗̃ť̴̡̳̏̇ḧ̶̨̦͈̩́̈ḛ̸͑̇̕r̶̖̈́s̸̺̼̓̽̑ ̸͙͈͎̀͂d̵̢͔͒o̸̗͍̓̉̄ ̴͍͒t̶̡̬̘͔̔̊͠o̵̯̰̔͑̏̃̊ ̷̝̠̘͋̉m̷̩̏e̴̢͇̋̈́̆̔. ” His voice seemed to crack.

“...5...hurry up and make the decision before I do it for you like last time.”

“last time?” He questioned quietly. Thyone grinned, “She was in the way, she was holding you back.” Billy shook with the relization, “You....”

“4....tick tock boy...”

“You killed her....It wasn’t me...”

“3 and a half....”

Blackened eyes stared at the bee woman, and she visibly shuddered but held her ground.

“And now....” He said ever so softly, “And now....” before coming to a stop. Thyone called out quietly, “..........two......on...” A loud crash sounded as Thyone was thrown back. Lennie and Amaranthus fell to the floor. Lennie grunted in pain as Amaranthus held her head crying.

Ula took her chance and ran to the two of them with Mana following closely. Maggie looked up eyes wide, “Ula!” She hurried over to the fallen two as well. “Everyones worried about you Ula, especially Jelly.” Ula nodded in understanding, “I know, and I don’t mean to worry her but I wanted to help.” Lennie looked up at the two of them and weakly grabbed Ula’s hand, “Get...Ama..outta here. Okay.” Ula frowned, “What about you?” Lennie waved her off, “Maggie’s got me. Just...” he grimaced a bit feeling awfullly dizzy, “just...get her far from..h..here.” He took a deep breath as best he could. Ula nodded and grabbed Ama, Mana helping Ula get her off the floor. Maggie grabbed Lennie, and he winced. “Sorry” She said but Lennie shook his head not being able to respond. She picked him up carefully and looked up worried. Thyone and Billy were fighting, but she had to get Lennie and Amaranthus out of there. Along with Ula and Mana now too. “Follow me..” She said reluctantly leaving Billy behind with her. Ula and Mana followed, Amaranthus was holding onto Mana tightly as she was laying on his back. They left through the doors that Maggie came through. The Doors shut behind them and stayed in place.

Thyone growled and stood up from where she was knocked down, “You always were a stubborn thing....” She muttered under her breath. Billy growled from where he stood, “no clue as to where that comes from...” he said sarcasm dripping off his words. She gave him a glare, her own claws coming out. With one last look, claws clashed. Thyones wings buzzed and fluttered as she used them to dodge out of Billy’s way each time. Sending him flying every which way. He hissed at her and took a moment to catch his breath. “Just face it boy...you are nothing and you always will be nothing if you keep this up.” Thyone had her arms crossed “Me?....nothing...I think you should get your old eyes checked mother...” replied Billy in a condescending tone. His chin start to split open and his lower jaw ripped in half to reveal a mouth full of teeth as he roared and rammed into her, knocking her down to the ground hard. His back burst open revealing long black tendrils that grabbed and tore at her. Thyone tried to bite back a scream as her wings were ripped from her back painfully slow. Before the second could be ripped completely off she elbowed Billy in the face knocking him back. She was breathing hard and held a fierce glare, “You wretched little parasite.” It didn’t take long for Billy to recover. He lunged at her before she quickly moved out of the way. Long insect limbs bursting forth from her oown back, keeping her out of his reach. She scurried quickly up the walls. Billy paused, his eyes glowing in the darkening room.

“F̸̧̩͖̤̞̤͍͙̖͚̌̀̅̇͌̈̄͝å̶̛̝̪l̷̳͕̗̭̩̭̟̥̼̪̳̦̦͊̈́͑͂͛̄͂͘͝ͅl̶̙̭̘͈̤̏̉“

Thyone felt something come over her, her legs tripping over each other as she soon fell from the ceiling. Her long limbs curled and twitched. It wasn’t that painful of a fall but it did hurt a bit. She turned over a bit to get up but was forced back down onto the floor, “Get off me you..AHHHH!” Billy had taken one of the insect legs and ripped it from her with ease. Black blood sprayed and dripped upwards from her now exposed wound.

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Maggie hurried a little faster after hearing the screams, and she tried to think positive. Lennie was dead weight in her arms and so that made him a bit heavy despite his size. The doors that she came in were coming closer and she smiled a bit relieved. She reached out and tried to open the door, but it didn’t budge, “We’re locked in? It was unlocked when I....” Something rammed into the door. She peeked out the little window, it was Cecilio. “Cecilio!” She knocked on it hard, “We’re here! What’s happening?” Cecilio halted in his actions and looked up to see Maggie through the tiny wall of glass, “no one can get in. The windows aren’t breaking and doors are impossible to break down.” Ula tugged on Maggies dress, “I might be able to help.” Maggie looked down at her quizzically, “alright” Ula made a rabbit hole open up, “This way, we can get outside then.” Mana went in first with Ama, Ula following close behind and Maggie soon jumped in after.

A rabbit hole opened up near Cuckoo and they looked down a bit surprised till Mana came bounding out happily with his tail wagging. “Oh Mana, so good to see you and you have Ama.” He praised the little axlotl. Ula and Maggie came through next, “We have Lennie but...” “Billy’s still inside I take it...” Cecilio had hurried over when he heard barking. Maggie nodded reluctantly, “I’m sorry he was...” “He was hurt!” Cecilio panicked. Maggie shook her head quickly, “No no he was..” “He was out cold!!” Cecilio replied worried. “No Cecilio he was fighting...” She sighed, “I didn’t know how to ...and I didn’t want to risk the others as much as I wanted to stop him.” Cecilio sighed with relief, “It’s alright...Ula.” the young girl looked up at him curiously, “Do you mind sending me in there. I want to go help em out, plus I got some medicine the old insect needs to take.” He gently shook the little vial in his hand. Cuckoo looked at Cecilio concerned, “Are you sure you wish to go in by yourself. We can all follow after you, the plan was to detain her after all.” “Yeah, shes expecting a big group though, plus with Billy distracting her I think this will be a perfect chance to ambush.” Cecilio rationalized, “Plus if Billy’s not all there at the moment...it would be wise to send in someone who knows him. Lennie the poor guy isn’t up to snuff right now.” He looked at Lennie heartbroken feeling that in some way it was his fault he was suffering. Cuckoo nodded in understanding, “We will give you some time but if we deem it necessary we will follow after you.” Cecilio nodded and Ula opened up a rabbit hole for him. With a grin he took a step forward, “Show time~” and vanished.

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A scream pierced through the air like a knife, drowning out any sound from outside the walls. Screaming, cursing, as blood black as sin spilled and sprayed along the walls. An old unknown language spewed forth violently from the one causing the carnage.

Thyones ears buzzed from the pain but the pressure on her back left long ago it seemed as she crawled and struggled to get up. She could hear him talking and it was unpleasant. His voice echoing despite there not being an echo in the room when they spoke before. His words sent painful sparks through her veins as it dripped with venom. He was doing something to her and she didn’t know what. She bumped into something and slowly lifted her head, slightly trembling from the loss of blood.

“Where are you going....mother.”

She glared and fell back, “You stay back...you...you...”

“You you you..” He mocked her, his face bare of any expression, “We’re not done here” He took a step forward. She dragged herself back. From what she could tell he looked as if he was back to normal, but the aura emanating from him said otherwise. “Oh dearest mother, you wish to be a Queen so bad.” He stated slipping off his gloves, “That’s fine, be a Queen.” he threw them to the floor without a care, “Rule over others as much as you want but you will still be nothing.” There it was, she almost flinched but held her glare at him. “Hold still...” Though she tried to move she found herself unable to move, eyes widening in realization. “You may be Queen, but I’m a God. Now tell me...” He bent down in a bowing manner to look her in the eyes, his own turning black. Thyone could only shiver as she stared into them.

“W̶̨̡̮̥̙̹̙̲͔̯̝̘̬̙͖̠̤̌̄̂̓̅̈́̒́̕͜ͅh̶̡̨̨̢̼͎̼͈̗͙͐̒̀̈̕̕̚͝a̴̢̨͎̹̜͙̘̬̗͍̳̤̝͕͂̽̍͑͐̓͠t̶̢̛̛͖̱̆̒̿̈́͌́̉̒̈́̃̋̓͆̉͘͠͝s̴̡̨̡͍͙̥̬͆͗͊̅̂͘̕͜ͅ ̸̮̼̲͚̻̼̫̞̯̽͐́̏̾̓å̷̧͓͍̰̪͔̙͖̘̜̻͉̟͉͈̼̼̂̀̓́̔͘ ̷̡̢̳̱̝̰̥͍̤͍̤̻̰̗͈̖̠͙̰͙́̽̃̔́̅̾͌̾̑̈́́͒͆̾̑̎̓̓̕̕͝͝Q̴̧̧̬̙̱̲͕̻̣͊͒͂̐̌͊̌͌͐͌̏̀͂́̆͋̔̕̚͘͠͠ü̷̡̞̱͇̭͓̬̺̘̅̂̽̀̇̽͒́́͜ͅȇ̷͙̰͊̊̐e̷̡̨̤̱̝̻͎̼͍̹̩̪̹̻̗̥͉̮̩̭̐͋̄̀ͅͅǹ̴̢̗̻͙̖̱̦̻̬̰̰͔͙̣̪̹̞̭̫͓̝̲̓̿̔̅̃̍́̾̐͋̀̿̕ ̷̠̯̬͙̞̲͍͓̟̗̱̘̈́̽̏̒̀̐͜͝͠t̶̡͇̜̫̳̠̩̉̅̓͆̈́̈́͂̌͗͊͐̐̃̊̒̅͐̂͘ȏ̸̼̯̼̺̻́͗̌̉̽̈́͋́̕ ̴̦̞͈͚̬̲̪͈̩̺͇͆̆̒͗̀̉̎̈́̀͠a̴̯͒̋͆̓̑͐͐̅̿̃̏̎͘͠ ̸̨̢̠̰̮͇͉̖͉̬̮͚͋̀͋̀̈́̚ͅͅG̷̢̡͌̒͛́̾̀̂̿́͐͛͒̊̄͋ǭ̸̡̛͚̫̳̖̣͎̦̮̙̪̥̭̫͔̬̻̭̽̎͆̑̔̑̓̓̑̑̆̏̓̂̒͌͘͝d̶̨̛̫̙̭̘̘͚̣̐̂̑̈͊ͅ...”

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Cecilio quickly but quietly ran through the corridors, good thing he didn’t wear his squeaky clown shoes today he thought to himself. Otherwise he’d be dead or have to deal with a broken hand again.

He found his way into the kitchen area, feeling it was the best route to where he was headed. Sure enough...he saw them. Billy standing over what looked to be a terrified Thyone. She was doing her best to keep her composure. Cecilio kept quiet not wanting to make himself known as he wanted to get the drop on her. But he heard it.

“Back on an old planet I once ruled long ago” He stated almost sorrowfully, “ it was considered an honor....to see what I truly looked like. How fortunate for you that I let you see me as I am.” His voice echoed along the walls, a sinister tone to it. He threw his hat off to the side and it landed on his cane that still stood up perfectly straight by some windows.

Cecilio swore he could hear whispering voices all around and he turned just in time. To watch as Billy’s clownish facade burst at the seems.

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Cuckoo looked up having sensed something off, “Get down, everyone get back!” A bright light exploded from the building shattering all the glass. Stone broke and crumbled from the intense explosion.

Maggie grabbed Ula and Lennie to take shelter behind a tree. Mana following suit. Everyone had gotten out of the way just in time. The light shone blindingly and the sounds of many screams and whispers could be heard.

And it was gone, just like that. The light, the voices all of it. When Maggie peeked at the building it was demolished more so than it was before. She gently set Lennie down by the tree since it was safe and got up, “Ula stay here with Lennie and Ama. I’m going to see what happened.” she hurried tears stinging her eyes, hoping to whatever powers at be that Billy and Cecilio were safe.

She saw Cuckoo and they had the same questioning look. What happened...

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Cecilio was curled up eyes scrunched closed but the memory of what he saw was forever stained in his brain.

He heard gasping and peeked out to see Thyone fading away. Billy back to normal and staring at her emotionless. “You....” She gasped, “You’re no different...” She chuckled triumphantly, “Th-the apple doesn’t fall...far from the tree.” She laughed despite coughing up blood. her legs were gone and so was most of her torso. Blood was splattered from what was left of her. “You’re a monster just like...” before she could finish her words, Billy interupted her, “I’m not a monster like you...” She gave him a quizzical look. “I’m a different breed.” then proceeded to stomp hard onto her head, crushing her skull completely. The rest felt apart and faded away soon after.

Billy looked up, “I have something that belongs to you...” Cecilio flinched at the look he gave him and stood up, “o-oh...um...you know Calliope isn’t going to be happy about this.” “Right now I don’t care, now...do you want it or not...” Billy held out his hand a single deadlight in it. Cecilio recognized it as one of his own as it had a light green glow to it. He felt his chest aching slightly at the sight, “..yes.”

“Go on then, take it.”

Maggie had walked around the building a bit, it was almost completely demolished, most of the sides and roof now missing. She looked up seeing Billy and Cecilio standing perfectly find next to each other, but no Thyone. She ran forward, “Billy!”

Cecilio and Billy looked over to see Maggie climbing over the rubble and running over. What they weren’t expecting...

Billy was shocked when he received a hard slap across the face, Maggie quickly grabbed him into a tight hug and sniffled, “You jerk!” Billy looked down but pulled her close and held her for a bit. Cecilio watched the two of them with a content smile, “We should get going. We have to get the little one home, and your brother needs a ton of sleep.” Billy nodded and reluctantly let Maggie go, “Lets get going then, shall we.” 

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Once returned to town, they brought Lennie, Ula and Mana home. Jelly was in tears when Ula and Lennie were brought home. “I was worried sick.” She pulled Ula in for a hug and stood up looking over Lennie who was in Cecilio’s arms. He gave his best reassuring smile despite feeling like shit, “I’ll be good in a week tops. Promise.” Jelly smile a little despite how she felt, “you better.” She teased and kissed his forehead.

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Cuckoo returned to Calliope with the news and she sighed a little annoyed, while taking their hand. “It’s not your fault my darling clockwork. These things happen, but the other Elders may be upset they don’t get to delve out the punishment for her. That’s a them problem though.” She pulled Cuckoo in for a gentle kiss, “I’m just happy you are back safe in my arms.”

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Billy returned home with Ama curled up tight in his arms. Cecilio and Maggie close behind him. He nuzzled into her hair and she whimpered but held onto him tightly. She was fast asleep after all that happened, it was no wonder she was exhausted.

“We’re home.

[13thpythagoras]

In full disclosure we need to bring it all out if we’re going to bring it all out. Back in 2012, when I was living in Oakland, CA, with a dying oak tree out front of my pad, it was right around the year-anniversary of myself moving in there. Later I learned that oak trees are considered the most sacred trees in Druid and other ancient indigenous religions the world over (look this up for yourself like i did, ‘tis true, Oak trees are sacred and often will be the only visible tree growing in Africa’s open savannah). 

Totally sober at 8:15 AM I was finishing getting ready to bike to work / the BART station (i.e. snapping my helmet, locking gate, rolling up right pants leg, etc.) when I noticed something moving like a hummingbird up in the dying oak tree. 

So I look, and no it’s just this weird point of light. Not a hummingbird, but moving pretty similarly. But literally a point of light. Like, not even a candle flame, a point...of...golden-white light... 

So of course my brain is like “nah this is fake,” and then I’m still staring at it moving around. 

And again my brain says “Ok but NOW it’s fake,” and nope, still dancing around the oak tree branches, covered in (that viney, snot-yellow spindly) disease as they were. I went through maybe 10 iterations of this in my head in the span of 5 seconds, and I’m still staring at this dimensionless point of warm white light in this oak tree flitting around.

Like 30 seconds pass, I’m just in awe. I have no clue what reality is anymore. This is fuckin wild. It’s like got all this important business in each little branch, but all it’s doing is just this little “boop,” and moving on to a different leaf, a different branch, dancing around, like a hummingbird drinking nectar from a garden. 

Another 10 seconds pass of me staring at this, I’m like “Yo I barely believe my eyes, no one is going to believe me,” so I pull out my camera phone this old iPhone 3 or something, and on first sight of high technology the light-point retreats, flies up up up 60 feet in less than a second, out the driveway, over the street, and skies away up fast to the west in literally like 0.7 seconds. 

Sorry pal, damn. LOL it flew away faster than I could open my camera app. But it also didn’t just blip out or disappear either, it literally flew up and to the west with the speed of a cracked-out hummingbird on steroids.

It would be easier to tell you I was just hallucinating, or just joking, but really the only joke would be me not sharing this 100% factual story. Again I was stone sober, had never even tried acid up to that point, was no flashback or anything, totally what I saw and I’m a hawk, I see reality and I have good vision, roughly 20/20, and all 4 of my grandparents were in the military, one in the air force, I have a discipline and an honor code that I wouldn’t ever make something like this up, I have better things to do. This isn’t even my story, it’s the faerys’ story at this point. 

I took a few lessons from this interaction, and that oak tree has since died and been removed; primary lesson for me being that the faery world is real, like as real as Queens, NY on a Wednesday afternoon; energy is complex, faeries still love oak trees and there is a sacred bond there, and we have to accept that the world we live in is not closed off to things just because some grumpy atheist is in your family. True science makes no claims about what isn’t there, science is just trial-and-error. There’s a ton of atheistic hubris in science, a ton of confirmation bias going on, and at the end of the day, there are real, true phenomena out there beyond the pale of schoolyard science lessons, and until we can accept that, humanity will never be ready for disclosure on any level. 

Faeries are like micro-angels. They hate being photographed but if you need a photo, they will give you one. In 2016, a faery-streak showed up on a photo I have, snapped by my buddy Jared out in the wilderness of California’s sequoia national park, while crossing a bridge, a magical event. Gmail has somehow fuckin deleted this photo, and I have misplaced the original after moving 4 times since. I got my photo proof and shared it with friends, and the faeries still came in and deleted it so really they hate having to prove anything but they are powerful and they will if you ask. Be careful what you ask the faeries because you will fucking get it. 

Disclaimer: if the faeries give you a gift, know that they are like the mafia. Faery gifts look like piles of acorns, piles of shells, or other random natural world stuff that may show up on your door. This has never happened to me, but know that the faeries are like the mafia. If you accept a gift from them, no matter how small, they think you owe them, and they will be waiting for your gift, and you would owe it, it’s a more serious debt than any a bank could hold, the faeries can ruin your life if you fuck with them. Cheat code is to not accept faery gifts, but to thank them for offering. I have some abandoned property that belongs to the faeries, a “healing with faeries” better-than-racist-ass-crowley-tarot deck, and the one they gave it to literally abandoned it and I grabbed what was abandoned by a non-faery, but even that deck belongs to the faeries and I expect they will reclaim it eventually. But for now I do have a healing with faeries deck, and they have been 100% correct, spot-on, with every card reading I have ever drawn. The first card I drew was the “new opportunity” card, and no other card in that deck has the word “new” in its title. Same card for my little “twin flame” relationship that is currently estranged, she drew the exact same first card out of a potential 82 cards. My other friend as well who is also attuned to this stuff, her first card she drew? New opportunity card. It’s kind of the deck’s way of saying hello new friend. The odds of that card being drawn in this way is something like less than one in 40 million. 

So tldr; if anyone has a question for the faeries my asks are open and I will be glad relay your respectful queries to the faeries. 

Twitter reacts to learning we have made contact with aliens, apparently

[rowan-buzzard-whitethorn]

Tag-a-palooza

Let’s play “answer all the tags at once”! This is hella long and thank you so much to all the people that tagged me I love you guys!!

 @catastrophicallyinlovewithbooks 

Bianca darling tagged me for these:

1. What is a book you have that has sentimental value to you?

Jane Eyre. It was one of the first classics I read and it made me feel all the special feelings

2. Is there a scent that reminds you of something nice?

Honeysuckle. The house I grew up in had three big honeysuckle vines and I would always go out and eat the nectar.

3. Who would you choose to be stuck in a lift with for 24h (real life person or fictional character)?

Just give me one of my daddies I’m here for this trope. Right now I’m feeling Fenrys real hard. (I mean, I want him to be real hard... okay I’m getting off topic, focus sam)

4. Do you have a lucky item?

Not that I can think of!

5. What would you order if you went to a restaurant right now?

Mmmmmm I really want some enchiladas right now.

6. What’s the most beautiful book you own?

I have a book of African art and I love it a lot

7. Walk on the beach or hike in the mountains?

HIKE!

8. What’s next on your TBR?

An Ember in the Ashes, Luna is freaking out about it

9. Favourite poem?

GOBLIN MARKET, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI. LIKE REAL HARD.

10. Who are 5 people you’d invite to dinner (real people, either dead or alive)?

Oh man I don’t know, I’m really bad at these questions. I’d sit down with a ton of different historical people so that I could learn what stuff was actually like

11. Who’s your favourite person who shares your name?

Ooooo this is a good question...even though I can’t think of anyone?? I like Samantha Bee? 

These I got tagged by my sweet belgian pastry @readinglikewildfire, thank you dear :D

1. Do you have any piercings or tattoos, what are they?

Well I used to have/ have tried a bunch of piercings. I had several cartilage, tried industrial and hated it, and I loved my nose ring, but then I had to take them all out for nursing :(((( I also have two tats so far, one off of a bible verse and the other is a Fibonacci spiral 

2. Who is your style icon?

I don’t have one! Anybody that looks like a grungy hipster hobo really

3. Are you a night shower or a morning shower person?

Morning! hate going to bed with wet hair

4. What do you study at school if you are at school? If you’re not at school what do you do instead?

International studies for the first degree, nursing for the second!

5. Do you speak multiple languages? What are they?

lol no, for my first degree I had to take a language and I took french but I dont remember shit.

6. What do you like most about where you live?

My family living here/ the food. Thats about it lol

7. Favorite piece of jewelry, why?

Hmmmm... I don’t wear too much jewelry, I have a bunch but I dont wear it often lol

8.  Whats one random fact about yourself?

I’m answering all these sitting on my back patio in my swimsuit!

9. TOG or ACOTAR?

TOG for sure!

10. Do you like fantasy books with a lot of romance or does it not really matter to you?

Yeah I do. I mean, I would say that I don’t mind if it doesn’t but the majority of the ones i’ve read have romance. I’m ashamed. lol

11. Favorite color!

I like blue, green, and purple!

These I got tagged by @fiery-feyre, thanks buddy!!!!

Are narwhals the Jedi or Unicorns of the sea to you?

I... love this question?? Totally the unicorns

Cats or dogs?

Both equally!!

Favorite fruit?

Peaches! or pears!

Favorite TV show?

I can’t pick!! Stranger things, peaky blinders, sense8, friends, etc

Headphones or earbuds?

Buds if I can find ones that fit in my ear

Favorite animal?

Elephant!

Favorite Disney song? 

The Circle of Life! You better believe I “know” all the words

Favorite cartoon from your childhood?

I liked them all! Hey Arnold, old spongebob, I loved Angry Beavers. Anyone remember that show?? lol 

Apple or Android?

Android! I say, as I type on a mac. But even it it annoying me lately.

PlayStation or Xbox?

PLAYSTATION

Do you like trains or planes better?

I like trains but I haven’t ridden one in forever!

Tagged by @seeliequeenofprythian, thank you!

Author you feel thinks the most like you?

Hmmm... I don’t know! I mean SJM and I probably think alike a little bit

Favorite emotion?

Bliss!

Favorite minor character?

Fenrys! 

Superhero (DC/Marvel) that you relate to the most?

Captain America!

What bizarre eye color would you want to have?

bright green! I mean... that’s not bizarre but you know

Favorite IRL person?

I have too many! My mom, my friends, my sisters- you know, sometimes... lol

Which language really calls to you?

French!

Sweet or savory?

Sweet! 

Innocent cinnamon roll character or complex tragic character?

Complex tragic character

What’s your favorite expression to make?

Where my eyes go different directions! I have no control over which way they go but it’s fun lol

Hogwarts house?

Gryffindor!

Tagged by the wifey Luna @lronteeth

1) Which event in history you’d want to witness if you could time travel?

hmmm... idk about event, but I would love to see all the empires in their prime. Oh and the library of alexandria. Stuff like that

2) How did you meet your best friend?

6th grade, we actually met in the cafeteria but I dont even remember it. We were assigned seats next to each other in class.

3) If you can be invisible for a day, what would you do?

This is such a trap question lol. Like, we all want to say that we would just enjoy our alone time or whatever but if invisibility lasted any longer than a day, if that long, I’m totally robbing the bank and so are you.

4) Your first kiss story

WHEN I HAVE ONE YOU WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON I TELL

5) Most embarrassing memory

probably when I pooped at a friends house and there was no toilet paper and I tried to sneak out and her whole family was out there and her mom was like “hey... wasn’t that bathroom out of tp? and you were in there for a while lol” which, looking back, was a total bitch move of her.

6) Best 3 books you’ve read this year

SIx of Crows, Queen of Shadows, The strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender (wait... was that this year?)

7) Worst 3 books you’ve read this year

Shatter Me series. Whoop there it is.

8) Make your basketball team out of book characters

Dude I just want all my daddies on one team, can you imagine?

9) Book trope you hate

CHILDHOOD FRIENDS MUST BE SECRETLY IN LOVE. Effing hate that trope.

10) Describe your style

Imagine Free People style but like, on a target budget. Then throw in a lack of self confidence and we’re there.

MY QUESTIONS! Let’s pick super random ones. Answer if you feel like it: @its-suriel @itsawriter @cassiancalore @dr-woodsprite!!

1. Root-beer: good or gross?

2. Pineapple on pizza: genius or madness?

3. Leader or follower?

3. Most overrated book character?

4. What is your favorite sound?

5. What got you in the most trouble as a kid?

6. If you had to pick a different name for yourself what would it be?

7. What show or movie has a family most similar to your own?

8. What is the most beautiful place you’ve ever been?

9. What is a random thing you judge people for?

10. Favorite accent?

11. Worst movie you’ve ever seen?

[edierone]

The Truth* Is In Here

*about me, on account of I was tagged by @lostlastsforever756

Rules: once you have been tagged you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. At the end, choose however many people you want to tag!

LAST…

[1] drink: Hot Cinnamon Sunset tea [2] phone call: my sister [3] text message: a mom friend [4] song you listened to: Queen Bitch, by David Bowie (on my bass) [5] time you cried: during Moana

HAVE YOU EVER…

[6] dated someone twice: yes, it went SO badly. so so sosoo badly. [7] been cheated on: no [8] kissed someone and regretted it: yes [9] lost someone special: yes [10] been depressed: not clinically [11] gotten drunk and thrown up: ugh, yes

LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS: [12] Gillian’s eyes [13] Glenmorangie Nectar d’Or [14] California poppy

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU… [15] made new friends: yes [16] fallen out of love: no, but I did break up with The Walking Dead [ptui] [17] laughed until you cried: definitely [18] found out someone was talking about you: no [19] met someone who changed you: undoubtedly (mostly it’s you guys) [20] found out who your true friends are: I already pretty much know that [21] kissed someone on your facebook list: in the last year? relatives, on the cheek, sure

GENERAL… [22] how many of your tumblr friends do you know in real life: none [23] do you have any pets: nope [24] do you want to change your name: nah, I’m good [25] what did you do for your last birthday: not fuckin’ much [26] what time did you wake up: 6:30 [27] what were you doing at midnight last night: writing fic in my head while I tried to get to sleep [28] name something you cannot wait for: Twin Peaks revisited [29] when was the last time you saw your mother: December 21, 2014 [30] what is one thing you wish you could change about your life: nothing major [31] what are you listening to right now: a lot of 80s-90s alternative music, both because that’s half of what my band plays and because it sets the tone when I’m writing [32] have you ever talked to a person named tom: yes, two of my dearest friends [33] something that is getting on your nerves: my SIL who keeps posting all this super-obnoxious positivity yay-God! stuff on FB (I love her but COME ON) [35] elementary: it was ok [36] high school: I was an asshole but hey I was also Salutatorian [37] college: Columbia University

[38] hair colour: light brown w/red-gold highlights [39] long or short hair: long [40] do you have a crush on someone: does my GA lust count? [41] what do you like about yourself?: I’m much kinder than I once was [42] piercings: ears (a regular set and a third hole that I did myself w/a safety pin in 8th grade) [43] blood type: O+ [44] nickname: n/a [45] relationship status: married (18 years, together almost 25) [46] zodiac sign: Capricorn [47] pronouns: she/her [48] fav tv show: please don’t make me choose amongst my children [49] tattoos: just one, on the … right? ass cheek (everybody was 18 once, weren’t they) [50] right or left handed: right

FIRST…

[51] surgery: do the stitches from a small tear during vaginal birth count? [52] piercing: ears [53] best friend: my H [55] vacation: Hawaii [56] pair of trainers: um what?

RIGHT NOW… [57] eating: baby carrots [58] drinking: tea [59] I’m about to: let my kid’s piano teacher in [60] listening to: Paw Patrol [61] waiting for: Instacart to show up [62] want: a nice large Scotch [63] get married: already did that [64] career: writer

WHICH IS BETTER… [65] hugs or kisses: depends on the person & relationship [66] lips or eyes: both, ideally [67] shorter or taller: I’d personally rather be taller [68] older or younger: than what? [69] romantic or spontaneous: both of those kiiiind of make me cringe, as concepts [70] nice arms or nice stomach: arms [71] sensitive or loud: I’m loud, so [72] hook up or relationship: relationship [73] troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant troublemaker

HAVE YOU EVER… [74] kissed a stranger? yeah, decades ago [75] drank hard liquor?  yes, it’s wonderful [76] lost glasses/contact lenses? no, don’t have them [77] turned someone down: yes but it’s hard bc i was raised a girl in Texas and learned early that Men’s Feelings Are The Most Important Things [78] sex on first date? lol nope (my poor H had to wait over a year after we met) [79] broken someone’s heart? nah [80] had your own heart broken?  yeah, in the teenage angst way [81] been arrested? yes [82] cried when someone died? many times [83] fallen for a friend? yes

DO YOU BELIEVE IN… [84] yourself? yep [85] miracles?: yes [86] love at first sight? ehhh … attraction? spark? sure. but real love takes time. [87] santa claus? of course I do, you monster [88] kiss on the first date? sure [89] angels?: mmmm, not in the bestseller-list way, no, but I’ve long thought there might be guardian spirits for some people

OTHER… [90] current best friend’s name: [redacted] [91] eye colour: green [92] favourite movie: don’t …don’t do this to me ... but ok, how bout … When Harry Met Sally

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[kazaa]

OC questions, everything with a 5 in it

its good you’re asking, i cant sleep anyway since i’ve just eaten The Daily Fine Sand™

ok i will answer with my 2 main ocs.

5: How old is your OC?

valda is actually some 100 years old because if witches on her planet are chosen by the queen an given special titles, the wine they drink at the end of the naming ceremony extends their life. but tbh, she looks like she is in her late 20′s.

elvey is about 25, he looks younger because if he doesnt wear his usual armor, he wears a lot of casual and “hip” clothes. he also doesnt care about “men’s” and “women’s” clothes, they’re just clothes to him

15: What makes your OC angry?

valda gets angry at the slight mention or thought of the queen. yes, i mentioned the naming ceremony in the last point but she was selected by the queen and they can’t decline the offer.

elvey is a more laid-back elf, he isnt really into getting worked up over things. if he gets worked up, its because of people trampling flowers or picking flowers and then throwing them away.

25: What time of year does your OC prefer?

since the planet valda lives on is covered in desert and it never gets cold, she prefers summer. especially when the sun is at its peak and the temperature at the hottest because thats when fire magic is the most effective.

elvey’s planet however, is more on the colder side. his planet has all the seasons earth has but also a 5th season called Phygåris (spoken like Phygoris), which is the tree-branch collecting season. only then is it acceptable and safe to collect branches and leaves to build homes on his planet. (because the branches have to be perfectly dry and have the right color inside) (also, if you’re interested in more, i will make something small to post)

35: How flexible is your OC?

valda has slight joint hypermobility, she can roll her arms and hands more (kinda like popping out her shoulders lol)

elvey is ambidextrous and has increased dexterity in his fingers from archery training.

45: Does your OC like reading?

valda reads old books about witchcraft so she can learn to conjure new spells

elvey doesnt read books because when the war between witches and elves happened, it was like the library of alexandria: witches wanted to eradicate the elves and wanted to burn every existence of them so they burned a majority of their knowledge.

55: What gender is your OC?

valda is gender-nonconforming but she leans more towards femme attire. she is also gray-ace and totally aro. 

elvey is nb but still prefers “he/him” as pronouns. he is pansexual and panromantic.

also extra two questions cause ass

3: What's your OCs favorite food?

there is a very nourishing fish pie from the planet of witches. they use a special type of fish which looks a lot like kingfish. they also add a vegetable which looks like spinach but tastes different and also nuts which look like pecan but are bigger. the flour for the pie dough is also, again, something like bran flour but finer.

the dish is called “Tai’ut Haloc”. it basically means “Spirit Food” (its basically “food for your soul”)

for elvey, they have a vegetarian warm salad which is only served for festivals and celebrations (a feast food, lol) it contains a lot of things we have on earth: spinach, leek, kale and thin sliced water chestnut. this mix is seasoned with a lot of different spices and is served with fried eggplant slices or flat bread (something like naan bread)

the dish is called “Isza” and it means “Green Food”. the dish gets served with a perfumed wooden spoon which has natural wood scent on it. you get individual portions of salad served so what you do is, use the perfumed wooden spoon to get yourself a good full spoon, put it on a fried eggplant slice and eat it like that (its like you put your favorite sprinkles on a muffin and then eat it)

34: Is your OC religious?

valda is not really into religion, especially not after living her life with the queen because of the cult-like stuff she went through. she is very spiritually though, she is able to see The Other Side (basically the spirits) and she is skilled in fire magic.

elvey is pretty much a druid. he is very “in tune” with nature and the planet he lives on doesnt kill animals, they only use them (in very humane ways) to produce things like dairy products (and i wanna live on his planet because all the dairy is lactose free) and also have free-range chickens which can be lured back into their enclosure with a special call (again, i can post about this too). they also dont use bees for honey, they are so savage smart they know how to extract nectar straight from the flower to produce a sticky sugary substance similar to molasses.