#nobody can stop me from yapping into the void

[hellyrmybeloved]

My theory about a potential Helena pregnancy subplot in Severance S2, why I don’t think she would have planned it, and what it could mean for the characters:

Okay so a lot of people are theorising that Helena could be pregnant after the tent scene in S2E4 and that her entire reason for going down to the severed floor was to get pregnant because she’s an only child and single and she’ll be expected to produce the next Eagan heir.

With the theme of pregnancy throughout the show and all of the baby imagery in the title sequence I think she could be pregnant but I feel like if she is it wasn’t intentional. Here’s why:

It’s obviously entirely possible for somebody to get pregnant after having sex just once but the chances of it happening is pretty small (from what I could find online it appears to be about a 25% chance each month if you’re having REGULAR unprotected sex around the time of ovulation - thank you Huggies website - so it’s even lower if it happens just once). Lumon and the Eagans are meticulous - there’s no way they would send her off to sleep with somebody in the woods just once and cross their fingers she would end up pregnant (it would also just kind of be lazy writing/way too convenient)- they would have a whole ass operation going so it would happen regularly until she conceives.

I think they sent Helena down instead of Helly not because she wanted a baby but just because they couldn’t trust Helly R - they knew she’d tell MDR the truth and it could spoil everything. She already hated herself and tried to end her life before she knew she was an Eagan and it would only triple that hatred now she knows who she really is. On top of that MDR had been working fine before she joined, then within a couple of weeks of her arrival, the team is going rogue trying to do the OTC? She was too dangerous to let back down there - they knew Mark would demand Helly back but Helly is feisty and will not budge from her goals of fucking shit up.

So Helena was to go down to the severed floor instead and impersonate Helly (which would also allow her to spy on them and what they’re up to while still tricking them into thinking they had more freedom - remember one of the first things she does is point out the missing cameras). But then she found out about Mark and Helly with the security footage and Helena - who has been raised in a cult-like corporate hellscape, who was manipulated and moulded from birth to be the perfect future heir and was never allowed to be herself - was genuinely jealous/intrigued because this version of her who she doesn’t even see as a real person, who just existed for a publicity stunt, has built more genuine relationships in just a few short weeks than Helena has in 30 years. She went down as a mole and genuinely came out preferring who she was down there. I think she was genuine when she told mark in the tent that she didn’t like who she was on the outside - it was a rare moment of her letting the act down he just didn’t know it.

So how does this link back to pregnancy and babies? Well as mentioned, the title sequence is full of babies and baby imagery. We see a baby Kier emerging from the snow at Mark’s feet at the end of the title sequence (emerging from the snow where it was maybe conceived?) Baby Kier - a baby Eagan. While I don’t think it was intentional on Helena’s part, I think she could end up pregnant and it could be a massive turning point for both Helly and Helena.

We know Mark and Helena meet up again outside (the diner scene in the trailer). Now he’s reintegrated he knows who she is both inside and out. So their outies (or outie Helena and reintegrated Mark I guess) must end up having some kind of character arc. I’m wondering if he’ll confront her about why she pretended to be Helly and ends up getting dragged into the whole situation now he knows a child is on the line. Half of him still wants Gemma (who I think it truly dead but that’s a matter for another time) but the other half of him genuinely wants Helly and - because of the way reintegration messes with your time perception as Petey explained back in S1) they are equally as strong feelings.

So for the even more out-there, very unlikely way I could potentially see this going: I’m wondering if it’s possible Helena deciding she doesn’t want her child to be exposed to the same cult-ish, toxic upbringing she experienced - wanting her child to be given a good life, the chance to be their own person and not just a pawn for a corporate entity - and so she chooses to help the innies out and expose the company in a parallel to how Helly R did at the end of S1 - this time it really is Helena speaking. In a way (although she was still a terrible person and did some really awful things) she finally does something good and proves she isn’t just a one-note evil stereotype. Then I could see her potentially deciding to either reintegrate (I think less likely) or permanently sever herself (more likely) because she prefers the person she is when severed than in the real world - essentially killing Helena Eagan and the Eagan lineage for good and instead giving the innie - who she didn’t even see as a real person at first - a life she could never have.

[wisteriagoesvroom]

it’s deadtime in the US and europe which means it’s high time for me to yap into the void about headcanons again…

i have this recurring one about modern woodland nymph creature lando but in a contemporary london setting. he’s lived a long time but is frankly quite bored and out of practice with his magic, and mostly does small scale magic tricks and occasional enchantments to get by unnoticed. (i haven’t decided who exactly oscar is yet, but maybe): oscar is his new neighbour who moves in, and keeps to himself. lando thinks he’s cute and he’s nice to the neighbourhood cats who talk to lando about him. so lando does things like cast minor spells on oscar’s struggling plants and talks and sings to them from upstairs when he thinks oscar isn’t home, and anyway that kind of singing is the type only his own kind can hear so lando is like whatever nobody is gonna clock it.

until one time, they run into each other on the stairwell or something and lando is so flustered that he trips on a step. and oscar stops him and his massive bag of groceries from falling… but oscar does it from five steps down, and he’s too far to reach lando and how did lando just stop mid-tumble?

then the grocery bag and its contents are just rotating in the air between them. (a bamboo toothbrushes spins gaily with lando’s packet of oats and a newspaper that he bought, cus he likes simple human pleasures like crosswords.)

they’re both frozen to the spot. and as an apple floats into his peripheral vision, lando puts two and two together, and says:

“holy shit. who are you?”

[all1e23]

Home [One-shot]

Characters: Biker!Bucky x Reader

Warnings:  Jealous & possessive Bucky.

Summary:  Bucky runs into his ex at a winter carnival the MC is helping host, but she didn’t come alone. 

A/N: Bucky is pretty possessive, but honestly, I lowkey love it. If you don’t like that kind of thing, probably skip it. He’s still incredibly soft because I can’t write Bucky, and he not be the softest. 

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Bucky doesn’t think he has ever been this pissed in life. She always did know how to get a rise out of him, though, and if they were still together, he would have assumed this was some ploy to make him jealous. Y/n did that on occasion. She would flirt with one of the guys from another charter, or some punk sitting at a bar, and it always ended up the same way. Bucky would lose his shit. He would scare the dude off, with or without bodily harm, take her someplace private and reminded her who she belonged to. It was just a game -- one they both liked to play. 

This wasn’t one of those times.

Things between the couple ended three months ago, and seeing her still stung. Bucky’s tried to numb the burn with whiskey, club girls, and throwing himself headfirst into club business, but none of it worked. No matter who or what was staring back at him, all he saw was her.

Bucky’s eyes fell back on Y/n, who was sitting at a picnic table on the other side of the schoolyard. She looked bored. The punk nobody she brought with her was yapping on and on, and she looked as if she hadn’t heard a word he said in the last twenty minutes. Y/n sure as shit never looked like that when Bucky was with her, and if she had, he would have fixed that with a little-extended visit to the photo booth.

“Want me to toss ‘em?” Steve asked as he walked up next to Bucky. “She knows better than to bring him around to any club business.”

Bucky shook his head. That was unnecessary drama they didn’t need. 

“Nah, It’s alright. I don’t think she knew it was club shit. Clint’s new old lady was planning the damn thing. Don’t think she put two and two together.” Bucky took one last drag from his cigarette and tossed it into the dirt, rubbing it out with the toe of his boot.

Steve looked over at his best friend, observing him. Bucky had yet to look away from the pair, and Steve didn’t like the glint that was forming in his eyes. “VP, you know you can’t start shit here. It’s a winter carnival. At an elementary school. Kids were everywhere.”

Y/n finally looked up and caught his eyes, letting their gazes linger for just a moment. Fuck, he missed her. She quickly looked away as if she heard his admission. Bucky watched as she leaned over, whispering something to the accountant she brought with her and headed towards the empty gymnasium.

“Buck? You listening to me? We don’t need any extra attention on the club. Not with everything we have going on.”  Bucky heard him, he just didn’t care. Nothing else mattered next to Y/n. He’d burn the club, Steve, the whole God damn town for her.

That’s why their love was so dangerous. It was too bright, too consuming. Bucky would kill for her if he had to. He’s come pretty damn close, and if it came down to protecting her, he would do it without thinking twice. Sometimes Bucky wondered if he loved her a little too much. It didn’t matter if he did, Y/n could destroy his entire life, and he would come back begging her to do it again.

“Yeah, yeah. I hear you, Prez.” 

Bucky watched as Y/n stepped into the gym all by herself and closed the door. He started towards it and punched Steve’s arm as he went by, nodding his head towards the guy she had come with.

“Buck, what the hell are you doing?” Steve yelled after him.

He looked back at the taller man and grinned. “Gettin’ my girl back, Stevie.”

The crowd was pretty massive thanks to all of Laura’s campaigning and flyers, so it was easy for him to disappear into the mob of people. He navigated around the crowds of parents and kids enjoying the festival and slipped into the gym without anyone taking notice. It took a second for his eyes to adjust to the dark, and when they did, Y/n was nowhere in sight. He was sure she went in here, but maybe she bolted. 

Y/n was good at taking off when things got tough.

“That didn’t take long.” Y/n’s voice called from behind him. Bucky whipped around to find her leaning against the wall next to the bleachers, and the raging fire in his chest started to cool. 

“Yeah, I was never much for being patient.” Bucky murmured as he stalked towards her.

“I didn’t know this was a club event.” She whispered, regret filling her features as her eyes dropped to the floor. “If I had, I wouldn’t have come. I know you don’t want to see me. Give me ten minutes, and I’ll be gone.” 

Two dirt-covered black boots appeared in her line of vision, and a finger curled under her chin, tilting her head up to meet his pretty eyes, though they didn’t sparkle the same way she remembered.

“Who said I don’t wanna see ya, sweetheart?” He asked as he took another step towards her, pressing himself against her. Y/n shrugged and helplessly melted into the warmth of his chest. 

“Just figured. Pegs and Pepper said you’ve been all over the club girls. Figured you didn’t want me here messing up your game.”

Well, that explained was why she was out with Joe Six-pack out there. If he could use some random girls to get over her, then she could do the same, she was going to prove to him and herself just how over him she was. It was all his fault Y/n had some other guys hands on her, and they both knew it.

“They really gotta keep their mouths shut,” Bucky grumbled as he leaned forward and nudged her nose with his, his lips ghosting over hers. “Those girls mean nothin’. I was just trying to fill the void you left when you walked out.” 

She shuddered at the smallest of touches and now was no different. It had always been like that, and he’d be lying if he said he didn’t like the way he affected her. Bucky grinned and caged her in with his hands on either side of her head. 

“How’s your date with Mr. Sweater Vest out there? You didn’t look like you were having fun.”

Y/n narrowed her eyes at him, “It’s fine. Thank you. He hasn’t threatened to punch anyone the entire night so better than I am used to.” Bucky chuckled and pushed his hips against hers, firmly pinning her to the wall. 

“Funny. Here I thought you liked it when you made me jealous? I guess all those times I pinned you against the wall outside the clubhouse weren’t as good as I remember. You sure did sound like you liked it. If I remember correctly, your voice was awful hoarse the next day.”

Of course, Bucky was trying to get her riled up. He was trying to make her forget all the logical reasons why they broke up and get wrapped up in all the good stuff, the honeyed words, and fire filled touches. Bad sex was not on the list of reasons why she left, and neither was her heart, but she needed more than that this time.

“Bucky…” She squirmed against the wall and looked up at him, “What are you doing? What is this?”

“I want my girl back.” He told her easily. 

“You honestly gonna tell me you’re happy without me? Because I’m a fuckin’ mess without you, baby. I’ll step back from the club if that’s what you want. Sam can take my VP patch, and I’ll come home at five every day and do the whole normal family bullshit. I’ll stop going on runs. I’ll do whatever you want, but I can’t promise I’m not gonna beat some guys ass if he hits on you. I can only change so much darlin’.”

Y/n laughed and shook her head at his declaration.  It was just so… Bucky. “I never said I wanted you to walk away from the club. I just want to know that I come first sometimes.” 

Bucky grinned brightly, the moonlight shining through the windows of the gym and lighting up his handsome face. 

“Doll, my world begins and ends with you. You’ve always been first. I’m sorry if I didn’t show you that enough, but I’ll fix that too if it means you back come home. I’ll make sure you know just how important you are. You’re home, not Steve and not the club.”

A comfortable silence settled over them while Y/n processed what he was asking, and she had to think about the date sitting out there, she needed to get rid of. That wasn’t going to be fun, and he was her ride home. Talk about an awkward car ride. Of course, Bucky could read her better than anyone, and he was already way ahead of her.

“He’s been taken care of.” 

Y/n arched her brow with a disapproving glare, and Bucky rolled his eyes. 

“Steve and Sam just escorted him out and let him know he’s not welcome at club events, and if he touches what’s mine again, I’ll break his hands.” 

The second he told Steve he was going after Y/n, it was the okay the club needed to escort the guy back to his pretty little Honda Civic.

Y/n relaxed a bit, despite the threat, and her hands slid up around his neck. If she asked him to, Bucky would leave him alone, and she knew that. He was hotheaded, but he wasn’t a bully. 

“We still have to talk, you know.” She tested warily, eyeing him for any sign of deception, “We can’t just jump back into a relationship, and I’m not even sure if I want to.”

They both knew that was complete bullshit, Y/n knew they would end up here the second they locked eyes across the crowd. She’s always belonged to James Buchanan Barnes, and a few months apart couldn’t change that.

Bucky nodded in agreement and rested his hands on her hips, that charming smirk on full blast. “Yeah, I know. But for now, how about I take you for a ride, babygirl?”