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hopevalley · 4 years ago

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I've actually enjoyed watching new episodes of the show for the first time in a LONG time! I thought Lucas being frustrated w/ Elizabeth was contrived and misplaced. Was his mom like "me & your father are separated btw i told elizabeth before you?" The bit felt off. But hey, these past three episodes have been fun & much-better written than anything last season. How much of this season's improvement over recent prior ones do you think is due to the season having a new showrunner?

As to Lucas and Elizabeth, I feel this is an issue with shows in general of this runtime and episode length. I like to compare WCtH with Road to Avonlea because both shows had short seasons and 40ish minute long episodes, were family shows, and featured ensemble casts. Avonlea had a similar issue with pacing in the occasional episode. I know I like to nitpick WCtH a lot about its writing, and I never shy from honest critique, but I really do think the hiccup with Lucas and Elizabeth in Ep3 was just a product of needing a few more minutes of screentime—preferably the start of Helen telling Lucas about the situation with his father, since it did feel like him knowing everything came out of almost nowhere. We knew Helen would have to talk to him, but we never really saw her resolve to do so, and I think we earned the emotional payoff of the truth coming out. (As an aside, Helen should have apologized for telling Lucas that Elizabeth knew as well as putting her in a position where she had to keep a secret from someone she cared about. Elizabeth being put in a bad position was awful enough, but then she went and told Lucas that Elizabeth was aware the whole time? Yiiiikesssss...)

I’m pretty confident that Helen told Lucas something like: “I have to tell you something important... Your father...left me...a few weeks ago. I need to apologize for keeping it from you but I didn’t know how to bring it up...” and then probably responded to something Lucas said with a comment about how she’d talked to Elizabeth about it, or Elizabeth suggested she be honest about the situation because Lucas would find out eventually and it would be better if it came directly from her. I could definitely see Helen accidentally being too honest in a situation where she’s nervous about admitting the truth to her own son. She’s probably extremely embarrassed and ashamed, and the episode doesn’t really go into how Helen feels about it. They just jump into talk about love and how it needs to be nurtured and nobody ever asks Helen if she actually loved/loves her husband, let alone if he was a good man/husband to her.

Not getting a scene where Helen confesses the truth weakens the entire plotline. I’m hoping they’ll just keep improving on this specific aspect of the show, and consider getting rid of unnecessary scenes or entire unnecessary storylines in favor of stronger, more complete stories.

I know their hesitation is based on the idea that not everyone cares about (for example) Lucas, so focusing really hard on Lucas’s relationship with his mother might feel Bad, but the entire “chair” plotline with Rosemary and Lee was unnecessary, as were the longer Florence and Ned scenes. Don’t get me wrong—I enjoyed them! But if they cut those out, or mostly cut them, then there would have been enough screentime for a full scene showing Helen telling Lucas about the truth.

And Chris McNally is clearly an actor who can handle an emotional scene like that, so it would have turned out well, and been well-received by the fans...even the ones who aren’t rooting for Lucas. Because what people who watch this show want to see is...depth, I think. So many relationships feel tacked on or fake. I’ve seen improvement this season, but they could definitely do more to bolster the “community” feel of the show.

As to the quality of the season so far...

@trash-god and I were chatting earlier this week about how wild it is that we’re both, like, actively looking forward to the next episode regularly. Sure, it’s still pretty early in the season, but we’re 25% of the way through. If the writing stays this consistently decent I think we’ll have the best season in a long time on our hands!

It’s funny because if you lurk on the WCTH subreddit, you’ll see most of the fans there are bored of this season, but I disagree with them in a bit way; this season is DEFINITELY better-written and smoother. As to where to place the credit, I think it’s worth considering the last few seasons and what the writers/writing teams have struggled with.

Season 4: They knew something was going to happen with their lead man so they tried introducing other things and in many ways had success. There were some REALLY GOOD scenes in S4, but there were also scenes or arcs that had a lot of potential that just fell flat. For example, they had that plot where Frank and Abigail got annoyed with each other over the fact that he’s kind of still living (mentally) as a carefree bachelor, and even though it wasn’t as thorough as it should have been, it was a pretty good and realistic storyline. But then later in the season, they introduced Carson, and Frank is suspicious of him for almost no reason (or at least, no solid reason), and then actively is...like a BAD PERSON for NO REASON. Two completely different plots, one was good and felt natural, and the other was awful and cringey. We also have the AJ plotline in S4. It started out super good because it was one of those plots that was genuinely built up to over the course of several episodes. We find out the accountant that was going to testify has withdrawn their statement, then we find out they’ve disappeared and we have a name. Bill discusses it with Abigail and Frank both, multiple times. He thinks it’s a payoff and he’s determined to prove it so he starts poking around. Eventually he gets a lead and follows it, and it’s revealed that AJ is a woman. Bill is annoying. AJ is a liar. I think conceptually this is one of the more interesting plots they’ve cobbled together, but in execution it was lacking toward the end of the story. Bill spent two episodes fighting AJ’s attitude and in the end he just lets her go with a smile? That isn’t like Bill at all. There’s a scene or two missing to make that reaction make sense. They don’t interact enough to give us the idea that Bill *understands* her, let alone would be okay with her literally breaking out of his jail ON HIS WATCH.

Season 5: They had to write Jack out of the story and had to rush a wedding in to “appease” the fans. They also had to write Shane, Philip, Frank, and Dottie off the show in this season (Dottie because the actress deals with a chronic illness and can no longer do acting work—I want to say she has Lyme’s). So they cobble this like, awkward storyline to write Frank out that doesn’t really make a lot of sense. They put this dramatic story together for Philip (when him just moving away would have been better/more interesting), and they try to bring AJ back for another 2-part episode, which sounded fun until we actually had to watch the episodes. It was at this point that I thought, “The people writing this show...think they’re writing a movie script.” It’s not that I think AJ isn’t pushy or emotionally blunt, but it definitely came across in those episodes that they wrote her that way specifically because the plot wouldn’t work out if she wasn’t. She does unreasonable things. For some reason Bill still has feelings even though she’s done nothing to earn them. (And vice-versa; he’s just so mean to her...why would she be interested?) Everyone was like :O when the AJ episodes weren’t very well-received. But like, I didn’t want AJ to come back for a huge dramatic rattlesnake bite scene. I wanted her back to see her emotional struggle with facing prison. I wanted to really see where they’d go with her seeing Henry Gowen. She says she wants to start over in Hope Valley after prison, but like...WHY? The only people who are nice to her are Dottie and Abigail! And then after this super dramatic poorly written set of scenes that pretty much ensured AJ would never be seen on the show again (because her presence was actively mocked by a lot of fans) they actually kill off Jack and try to have a deeply emotional and thoughtful episode.

The worst part is that...the post-death episode was good. The actors were great. Then you look back at the dramatic rattlesnake stuff and you’re just like, “What went wrong here?”

Season 6: They decided they were going to introduce a love triangle, so they start doing that, but then Abigail’s character AS WELL AS CODY’S CHARACTER has to be cut from the show, so they edit those out. I still think doing this was the right thing—Abigail as a character was literally UNBEARABLE throughout most of S5—but I also can’t deny that it probably brought the cohesiveness and overall quality of the season down by a bit, particularly with Abigail acting as a buffer between Nathan/Lucas and Elizabeth. I have no way of knowing if they edited other characters into those roles (it’s possible Bill became a buffer between Nathan and Elizabeth, for example), but the editing still gave us some scenes that just didn’t...quite work, like the one where Elizabeth comforts Henry, or when Lee becomes Bill’s confidant regarding the position of judge being offered to him.

Season 7: In their attempt to make Lucas seem “mysterious” they accidentally made him come off almost creepy. More than once. They had some good ideas in this season, but the writing felt a bit choppy and isolated from episode to episode. Of course Nathan’s father was innocent. Of course it was resolved in five minutes. You could see they were trying REALLY hard for cohesiveness at certain points (Elizabeth tried talking to Henry about his attitude; Jesse mentioned Frank; Dottie was mentioned), but each episode felt very isolated from the others, almost as if most of them were written completely separately from the rest.

And you’ll notice in S4, 5, and 6, we kind of have a similar problem, where some plots feel like they were written or inserted into the story independent of the other plotlines. Frank breaking into Carson’s room at the saloon to snoop through his stuff was one of the worst things in the season (literally cringey—and not in that “character is doing something in character that is hard to watch” way, but rather, “this character would literally never do that” way). The AJ storyline in S5 felt like the person who wrote it watched AJ & Bill’s interactions in S4 and absorbed ONLY the fact that they bickered a bit (and then didn’t know how to write that dynamic in a pleasing way). Writing Abigail out of the show was for the best, but it forced cracks in the plotlines that weren’t necessarily filled, as well as gave us interactions that didn’t feel quite right.

And I think S7 was trying to get on the right track, but wrote episodes in a very disjointed, haphazard kind of manner. There were good things about it, yes, but there were also some very...bad things.

And overall the problem almost universally was that it felt like some of the episodes/interactions were written as if they were part of a movie, as part of a one time deal, instead of something that would need to be carried forward. If you go back and look over some plotlines you can start to see where the writers...didn’t know how to write fanfiction. S5 AJ is not the same character as S4 AJ. She doesn’t feel the same. She’s not written with S4 AJ in mind. She’s not a natural version of the character that exists a year later in the storyline...and then she was given a storyline that they had to force the character to fit, instead of tailoring a storyline to match the character. And they continued this trend...over...and over...and over...and over.

And now, finally, it feels that they may actually have a head writer who knows how to write television, who knows that in order to write a successful television series, you have to go back and watch the early episodes. You have to see how the characters have evolved. You have to consider how they’ve gotten to where they are, and where they will LOGICALLY go from here based on things that happen to or around them.

I don’t want to state this as Fact too early, but I definitely think it’s a factor. We’ll see how the rest of the season plays out, but I hope the quality continues to be as good as it is.

#when calls the heart #answered mail #season 8 shenanigans #season 8 spoilers #analysis and meta discussion #long post #anonymously asked

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stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale · 5 years ago

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Episode 4: Take Us Back except I’M DEAD INSIDE [Despair Route]

Episode 4: Take Us Back I’M DEAD INSIDE [Despair Route]

..............No.

Just

No.

To everything.

I’m still fuming after episode 3.

Where the fuck did James go, anyway? Did he fly off the boat?

Welp, the big Lilly scene. Let’s see what all the hype is about.

oh okay

I’ll just forget about the fact that you kidnapped my boyfriend and friends after murdering my best friend Mitch, then proceeded to cut out my boyfriend's tongue, cut off Violet’s finger, then murdered James.

Let bygones be bygones.

No Lilly

You ARE evil.

What you did was evil. And if I weren’t on the despair route, I would’ve shot you in your lying fucking ratass face.

AAAAAAAND it’s over.

I’m am so happy that letting James die amounted to a two-second conversation with Lilly. So. Worth. It.

Oh wait

NO IT’S FUCKING NOT

ARE YOU JOKING

DO YOU THINK ME A FOOL??

I knew it was bad. I knew letting Lilly live didn’t mean shit. Now she gets to flow down the river and live the rest of her life doing who the fuck knows.

Hell, I bet she DOES run into David and live a happy little life with all her livid children.

Because at this point, why not.

What I said: “I hope you find peace, Lilly.”

What I meant: “I HOPE YOU CATCH ON FIRE AND BURN TO DEATH BUT THE DAMAGE DOESN’T REACH YOUR BRAIN SO YOU STILL TURN INTO A WALKER AND LIVE THE REST OF ETERNITY STUCK BETWEEN A HELL OF LIFE AND DEATH.”

BITCH

I fucking askdjaksjdalksjdlkajsdlkaaaaaaaaaaa-

The opening credits haven’t even opened and I’m already this pissed off.

I know it probably wasn’t in the budget or they didn’t have time to give us something substantial with letting Lilly live but fucking hell. If I have to sacrifice James, at least let me have a real final battle with Lilly. Let me have the option to bash her head in with a saltlick. Give me something!

AAAAAAAAHHDHDJLKSJLKJSLKSJSLK

......

Louis just..... makes me want to cry.

I’m serious, I have never felt so awful looking at Louis and knowing what I did to him.

The number of pictures of Louis smiling and being cute that I’m going to have to look at to cope with this nonsense jfc.....

...

....Really.

That’s it, Vi?

“Lou...”

That’s ALL you have to say.

You

Not even a hug. Nothing. Nope, we gotta talk about Minerva some more because clearly, she’s so much more important.

Fuck Minerva, Violet!

Again, if she were fully in character, she would’ve hugged Louis and not given a shit about Minerva.

AND YOU’RE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT HER

“What the fuck is she doing? She’s going to get herself killed!”

VIOLET

THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY TIMES I CAN SCREAM AT YOU TO FORGET ABOUT MINERVA

oh huh

Louis is still the one to fall over in the cart

Don’t know why I find that interesting but I do?

Aw fuck

I don’t get to see him again until the ending.

Well that’s just.... depressing.

Have I mentioned how much I hate this route?

wtf has Tenn’s voice always been this deep? Why am I just noticing this now?

Thanks. I hate it.

Okay. Okay okay okay.

I will give it this.

I like the scene with Clementine and AJ. With James dead, and with the choices I’ve made up to this point, it has a way more serious, almost quiet tone to it. With James, it’s all anger and panic when he tries to take AJ away, but here...... I don’t know. With James I’ve gotten to the point where the cave scene is so wild that I can do nothing but laugh all “Yeah, yeah, James, calm your shit and quit pacing, you look foolish.”

But here.... This choice:

Is suddenly more heartbreaking now that I have to basically ruin AJ’s confidence in himself after he opened up to Clem in a way he never has before. In my eyes, this is just.... such a negative impact on their relationship. I mean, I get it. No one wants AJ to be a killer, or to like killing or whatever but.... still.

And, on top of that, this choice cements Violet’s fate and I hate that.

This whole route fucks Violet over in every way possible. Not only do I romance Louis and spend all my time with him, but the only reason I saved her was so that Louis won’t die in the end. Then, I let Ey Yo cut her finger off, she went through all that stupid nonsense with Minerva, and how she’s going to die to save Tenn’s life.

Fuck everything about this.

The being said... I fucking miss Louis.

“I like Aasim.”

Hahahahaha okay, the way AJ said that made me laugh.

Hi Violet...........

Also, funny how Tenn also runs up to hug Violet but he doesn’t do that with Louis. I know he and Violet are way closer, so it makes sense, but with Louis he’s just “Oh it’s just Louis.... Guess I’ll join in the hug, too.” Hahaha

What’s less funny is how Violet doesn’t say shit about Louis.

Louis at least mentions that Violet’s eyes aren’t infected but Violet’s just got.... nothing. I want to know how he’s doing. Ugh.

I don’t blame Violet for this, I blame the writing. Because AGAIN. If she were kept in character, she would’ve mentioned him.

Hell, CLEMENTINE should’ve asked because, y’know, he’s kind of her boyfriend???

But what do I know.

I don’t know nothin’ about these characters.

God, I miss Louis.

Well, at least Violet knows she was an idiot about Minerva.

PFFFFTT-

“Welcome to Happy Sunshine Land! Here’s Mayor Violet!”

“NO I HATE IT”

Oh Vi...... managing to make me laugh seconds before chaos erupts...

Oh fuck

oh fuck

oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck

nope

nope nope nope nope

....

That

I fucking loathe that.

Seeing and hearing it.

I had to take a break and come back to this. I’m sorry, but that is just so wrong. It’s wrong! I love you Tenn, and damn it, you’re ending better blow my fucking mind after having to sacrifice Violet to see it but.... No.

Violet shouldn’t be the one who died on the bridge.

It’s not even a long scene, but it fucking feels like it is.

They rip Violet apart and going back to look at it, she’s still fighting them as she falls and they just cover her.

Fuck Minerva.

I have nothing for her.

I hope in whatever afterlife there is, Violet kicks her ass all the way down to the fiery pits of hell.

And Clementine just..... Sad face for two seconds and then we’re off.

We don’t even really mourn her. We mourn Tenn for a moment when AJ’s shoots him, but Violet’s dead and Tenn’s in shock and AJ slaps him, says Violet died for him, and they go.

I fucking-

ugh

UGH

And Clem’s bit

I hate everything

However, one thing that I DON’T hate is playing as AJ. I LOVE playing as AJ during the barn scene.

I had to take another break after the flashback scene. I still can’t believe I’ve watched both of those Clementine and AJ scenes over a hundred times and it still manages to make me tear up every time I go back to play.

Now that I’ve calmed down a bit, let’s see what this ending has to offer.

CROSS THAT HEART SHIT OUT

Violet deserved so much more than Minerva.

...Wait.

Tenn never made it back to the school?

Okay, I get it. So, basically, he was ashamed after what happened and went back to find Violet and Minerva. I like how he realizes how “naive” he’s been throughout this whole thing and that he doesn’t want to be the reason someone dies again, that he wants AJ to teach him everything he knows. Which, in my personal opinion, is the right answer. Telling him to keep being an artist without learning from his mistakes, without teaching him better and smarter ways of survival just lets Violet die in vain.

I’m also thankful that they didn’t make me see Violet as a walker. I mean, fuck everything about her death but... I would’ve flipped my shit again if I had to see that.

RUBY

Oh Take Us Back..... why ya tryin’ to make me cry again....

Ruby and Aasim are holding hands and the small bit of hope makes me feel a little bit better.

LOOK AT HIM

My beautiful boy........

I am never ever doing another playthrough without romancing and saving Louis ever again.

Even now that we’re into the “happy” ending, it still feels wrong.

Still annoyed that nothing is said about Violet.

Nothing.

“It’s been a week tho they’ve already mourned her blah blah blah” I don’t fucking care.

Louis....

Louis places the note on the table so gently.....

Okay. The clouis scene is cute. It’s really cute. But it doesn’t make up for all the shit I had to do to get it myself.

BUT... I won’t get into too much because I’ve made posts about this, but I don’t like how happy and neatly wrapped up everything’s portrayed as. I want a real reaction out of Louis- who, btw has now lost two of his best friends, has been shot, was kidnapped, was traumatized after having his tongue cut out, who will never talk again and will never sing again, and saw his girlfriend come back to the school without her leg after being bitten and on the brink of death, and thought Tenn was dead on top of all that- rather than............... happy.

I still love the scene, but if you asked me when this takes place without any context, I would’ve told you a year at the least.

...

I’m not gonna lie: I’m a fucking mess.

I don’t know if I can say that I hate this ending, because really, it’s the same ending with a few changes.

But I hate that Violet is dead. I hate what happened to Louis. I hate that I had to sacrifice Violet [and in a way Louis] in order for Tenn to live. I hate that James is dead. I FUCKING HATE THAT LILLY IS ALIVE OUT THERE.

In conclusion: FUCK ALMOST EVERYTHING ABOUT THE DESPAIR ROUTE

The Good: I got to see scenes and interactions I never have before. It was cool hanging out with Violet for once. She made me laugh a couple times. Tenn’s ending is good. The cute clouis scene with the note is sweet.

The Bad: Literally everything else. Fuck letting Louis get captured, fuck letting Lilly live, fuck letting James and Violet die. Fuck not trusting AJ and adding damage to the relationship between him and Clementine. FUCK THE BOAT SCENE OF VIOLET CARING MORE FOR MINERVA THAN LOUIS. FUCK NOT GETTING TO SMOOCH AND SEE MY BOY’S FACE. FUCK LILLY, FUCK MINERVA, FUCK THIS ROUTE.

Again, I... don’t have any real words for the feelings this route brought me.

Just.... mad.

I’m mad. And sad. And dead.

I just need a minute to stop being dead inside.

I’m gonna need to read so much fluff after this jfc....

#twdg despair route #twdg clementine #twdg aj #twdg louis #twdg violet #twdg james #twdg lilly #twdg ruby #twdg aasim #twdg omar #twdg mitch #twdg willy #twdg tenn #twdg minerva #twdg abel #twdg marlon #fuck this route #i want my louis back #i want my canon route back

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purfectmlpblog · 5 years ago

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...alright fuq it lemme explain my thoughts about the finale spoilers lol

Don’t worry, I WILL be posting this under a read-more so PLEASE turn away and ignore this now (especially with some “spoiler” tags on if you use ‘em) if you don’t want to be spoiled for the finale until it officially airs. I just can’t contain my thoughts no more after ponderin’ them and who knows when it’ll officially air in English (’cause slow schedules can be a pain to deal with lol) sooooo... yeah you’ve been warned xp

...Ooooh boi, well admittedly I kinda skimmed through what the whole plot was about behind the last three episodes (I was moreso focused on all the stuff happening for “The Last Problem” so lol), but I’ll try to keep it brief for the most part:

-So... that whole thing about Grogar being the last “big bad” was just a total lie... since apparently it was just Discord masking himself as the guy just to give Twilight one last battle to face? ...Ehhh, I get that he apparently had “good intentions” but this just seems to be pushing it too far even for Discord’s standards tbh... like these are his friends now (including Fluttershy, his best friend) so why would he allow this much risk to be thrown at them for the sake of just teaching them a valuable lesson about overcoming obstacles? ._. Then again, this IS Discord we’re talking about so him pulling some shady stuff like this is to be expected, I guess? Idk...

-As another twist to the trio of bad guys... NONE of them get redeemed at the end (not even Cozy Glow... who again, is nothing more than a whiny child compared to Chrysalis and Tirek :P), as they all pretty much get blasted with the same stone spell that Discord was under for what I can presume to be forever. I mean... had Sombra been placed in Cozy Glow’s position then I guess I’d be a bit more satisfied with this kind of ending for them instead of feeling questionable about it (’cause again, Cozy’s young age ^^;)... but at the same time, for what it is it’s at least a refreshing change of pace from just having them all instantly forgiven and befriended by all the main heroes. Now that would’ve been cringey... >_<

-We got a reaaally big group of cameos from many past ponies/other creatures from the show to aid in the final battle, including Sunset and a few of the MLP movie characters like Tempest, Capper and Skystar! o.o A shame that Captain Celaeno couldn’t have been added along with them but still, pretty cool to see that particular trio regardless along with my girl Sunset ❤️ about time the main show acknowledged her importance to Twilight -.-

-Moving onto the big finale itself, “The Last Problem”, we cut ahead to I presume to be a couple decades or so since the last episode... where Twilight and her friends are all grown up and leading their own lives as Twilight’s pupil (Luster Dawn, was it?) comes to prepare herself for her own first friendship lesson. Surprisingly, unlike past finales it’s not so much a really heavy or action-packed episode but more of a “relaxing breather” kinda filler... yet still pushes the feels the more we get to see the aged-up cast and realize how this truly is the end for our heroes :(

-We’re also given a nice flashback to Twilight’s coronation as Equestria’s new leader, though it didn’t go according to plan it still provided some heartwarming feels to teach that friendships will always remain solid even if some end up moving far away. Awww ;w;.

-As for the “Grown up” designs themselves... I’m kinda torn, tbh lol

On one hand, I do like Rainbow’s, Fluttershy’s, and AJ’s older looks just fine. AJ’s especially gives me the feels looking at it ‘cause of the shawl... really hits in that poor Granny Smith is no longer around by this time :( at least she’ll always keep her memory strong in her heart ❤️

As for Twilight, Rarity, Spike and Pinkie... ehhhh ^^;. Rarity’s sparkly shawl is rather pretty though that big grey steak in her hair kinda clashes too much with the regular purple imo, Pinkie’s beehive look could’ve been fine if they just took out all that random junk in her hair, and while part of me kinda likes the “ethereal princess-y” vibes of Twilight (despite the rather dark implications that she’s gonna outlive her friends now ;-;)... the fact that she still sounds like her old dorky self when speaking kinda kills the effect for me... plus idk if only a couple decades in the future would be enough to make her this tall as an alicorn, I mean even Luna (who’s older than her) is alot shorter so it’s just a little off-putting to me to see her so “Celestia”-sized ^^;. And as for Spike... yeah, I don’t even know what’s going on there, so... let’s just move on, please lol.

So then we get to look over how everyone else in Ponyville’s doing, with so many new species living there now, some old kiddos grew up like the CMC and the Cake twins, Starlight and her friends (plus the Student 6) continuing to run the friendship school together, and apparently some canon couples started to thrive during this time too including Lyra and Bon Bon, Big Mac and Sugar Belle, and... Pinkie and Cheese? o.o

...Um, wow lol Wasn’t really expecting that considering that most of Cheese and Pinkie’s previous screentime together (which was only in like, two episodes?) wasn’t really that romantic from what I can recall, but guess the writers decided to just throw it in anyway ‘cause it’s a popular ship? lol I mean, not like it’s a bad one or anything but it still feels a bit randomly-placed in a narrative sense imo ^^;

Speaking of their daughter (Lil Cheese, I think?), while I do think she’s cute, part of me is kinda disappointed that they didn’t really get more creative with her design like they’ve done for Flurry Heart and the Cake twins :c. Color-wise she looks okay but... why just make her a recolor of her mom’s filly design? .-. Even putting her hair in some pigtails or something would’ve worked better imo.

-Some more design nitpicks I had were certain weirdly placed hairstyles like Pumpkin Cake’s and Diamond Tiara’s, as well as why Gummy the alligator just looks like he resized into a giant than legitimately grew into an adult lol. Also this might also be nitpicky but why exactly is everyone (minus Twilight) so old-looking with grayed hair and/or eye bags (ex. Rarity and Sugar Belle), when a couple of them have school-aged children at this point? .-. Hell, even most of the Mane 6′s parents didn’t look this old (including Twilight’s, and they’ve got a granddaughter lol), so I’m kinda confused by this type of design choice tbh.

-I don’t really remember if they explicitly stated what happened to the old princesses during this time since they didn’t show up again, nor what the final fates of Shining Armor and Cadence were (save for a brief shot of Flurry Heart having her own stain-glass window in the throne room). Idk, just would’ve been nice to have gotten more explicit about that ‘cause I don’t wanna think of these poor royals being gone now with just Twilight being the leader now ;-;

-I guess there was also a couple “implied” ships thrown in too like Fluttershy and Discord (though that one might be more “loose” to interpret, depending on how much you like the ship) and apparently AJ and Rainbow Dash seem to be having something “deeper” going on considering they specifically walked in together when all the other Mane 6 walked in individually into the throne room. Hmmm...?

-And lastly after a bit more filler and than a montage song of the Mane 6 harmonizing together one last time, we get to close off the entire episode, season, and series with one final shot of the heroes standing on a sunset-y hillside together, saying goodbye to Twilight’s student who goes off on her own friendship adventures... and then the screen fades to a book closing as a call back to the very first episode of the series over 9 years ago... where the exact same book opened up to start off our beloved show to begin with T-T

....aaaand yeah my feels exploded over again, sorry T-T. Despite the lil nitpicks I had here and there (and how I wish certain plot holes could’ve been handled better in hindsight), this was still a really sweet and thoughtful way to end MLP: FiM with one last batch of fluff like this... the end of a good 9-year run of the show which’ll surely leave a special place in every fan’s hearts, including mine ❤️

Though again, like I mentioned before I still won’t be considering any of this actually “canon” in the main universe I’m setting up, which is all basically an AU at this point since I haven’t really been keeping up with the show as frequently to care much for sticking with the main canon :p. For my fellow content creators, please don’t be afraid to keep working on your own next gens and such btw, even if some of it might be contradicted in this particular finale I’d say anyone is free to make their own interpretations however they want, canon or no canon~ ;p

Hope y’all understand that well and I hope you guys have a great rest of your day! 😃

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chantelle-x0x · 7 years ago

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Shades of Grey - Chris x MC

Masterlist

A/N: This took a long while. But it’s done! Part 2 is done! Okay, but like, it’s really sad and I suggest you get tissues. Maybe not as sad as part 1, but still really sad. I truly hope you enjoy this, and read part 1 if you haven’t already. Also, I hope this is a better version of what happens after the accident. The aesthetic is mine btw

Black World (1)

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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the fiction. All rights go to Pixelberry Studios.

Word count: 2,073

Pairing: Chris x Ariana Mayfield (MC)

Song Paring: Can You Hold Me - NF ft. Britt Nicole

Rating: M (mature)

Warnings: Angst, sadness, despair (get your tissues if you haven’t already)

Summery: Chris has temporary amnesia, and Ariana is the very last thing on his mind, so far back that he can’t remember her, so what happens when they both part for the first time since the accident.

Her heart dropped to the floor and shattered into millions of pieces. He didn’t recognise her. The past two years were nothing to him.

“Y-you don’t?” Tears formed in her eyes, and she choked on her own words.

“Alright Chris,” the doctor started as he made his way back into the room, “what’s the last thing you remember?”

“I remember Nicole. She and I broke up, more like she broke up with me after things didn’t go the way she wanted. I wasn’t enough for her.” Chris looked down, then back up after taking a breath. “And I got accepted into Hartfeld University on a sports scholarship.” His eyes flicked between both the doctor and his mother. “Why are you asking me?”

Ms Powell took hold of her sons hand and looked him in the eyes. “Sweetie, you were in a car wreck and you got out with a concussion. You have temporary amnesia. Something may trigger your mind to bring all that information back. It may take longer than we want, but it will most likely happen. You’re in your Junior year of college.” His eyes widened. “I know this is a lot to take in baby, but you’ll get through it.”

“Miss Mayfield, may I speak with you outside?” Ariana nodded, wiping away the few tears that fell onto her cheeks.

She left the room, taking one last quick check on Chris.

“Given the information we have received from Chris, he doesn’t remember college. Therefore, he doesn’t remember the relationship he shared with you. I know that it hurts, but what we have to ask you, may just help him, even if it’s for the moment.”

“Of course! I’ll do anything that will help. Or at least give him a chance to remember us.”

“You may not want to do this, but, we ask for you not to tell him that you’re his girlfriend. It might cause an unnecessary relapse and we don’t want that. Instead you could try, best friend in college that lives with him?”

It took her a moment to process it all. College best friend who he lives with. “Uhm, I’m sure I can say that. If it will help him.”

“It will.” The doctor confirmed.

“Then I’m in. I’ll say it.”

“Thank you so much for your cooperation Miss Mayfield.” The doctor thanked, before going into another room.

Ariana headed into the room which held Chris.

“Hey there.” She smiled.

Their friends had gone home, for sleep and rest.

“Hi.” Chris smiled back.

“I’ll leave you two alone for a few minutes. I’ll get you some more water sweetie.”

Ms Powell left and the room felt silent, besides the heart monitor’s continuous beep.

“So, I’m guessing you’re not a doctor?” Chris said, a questioning tone in his sort of statement.

“Um, no.” Ariana laughed a little under her breath. “I’m actually one of your really good friends from college. We live together, or will soon.”

Chris was silent for a moment, like he had been holding his breath before she answered his question.

“Okay, good. I just wanted to make sure you weren’t my girlfriend or anything. I wouldn’t have wanted to let you down if you were. I know that as my friend, it must hurt that I can’t remember you at all, so I guess I was worried that if I was dating someone, it would hurt even more.” Chris stated.

It felt like her heart was breaking over and over. Completely. Over and over again.

“Nope! Not your girlfriend.” She sang, sitting on the edge of the bed.

Chris was silent for a while until Ariana broke the silence.

“What’re you thinking about there Cap?” She didn’t know whether or not he knew he was the captain of the football team, secretly hoping he knew so she didn’t have to break the news to him herself.

“Cap?” - “I, uh, I mean. Okay, how do I approach this?” - “That I am captain of the football team? I know. Mom told me earlier.” - “Okay, good, because I’m not sure how I would've told you.” Chris laughed his warm laugh.

“Ah, I’m sure you would’ve found a way. From what my mom said, you’ve been here for a while, so I guess we are close, so if anyone other than my mom told me, I’m sure you’d be the one to.” He smiled warmly at her and her eyes filled with liquid.

“Uhm, so, do you know when you’ll be able to go home?” Ariana asked cautiously, blinking back her tears.

Chris’ eye flickered from hers to the ground, then back to her eyes. “They said I’ll be released tomorrow. They just have to run some final tests to make sure I’m okay, and then I can go home to AJ and Kyle, and also be able to help mom around the house.” Ariana smiled softly, enjoying the way his face lit up, just by talking about his family.

“So, I take it you’re looking forward to it?” Ariana asked.

“Definitely! I can’t wait to be with my family! I have the break and that’s enough time to reconnect. I just can’t wait to talk to AJ. She and I are so close. Don’t get me wrong, I love Kyle, but he and I just don’t get along as well as AJ and me. She and I, we just get each other really well.” Ariana smiled at Chris. He looked so happy and excited.

How she wished he could remember everything. How they spent the night under the stars after they realised how much they meant to each other, then being together on a boat, and her fondest memory of them being the ‘Spring Dance’. She and him were like two half being put together to make a whole. Even through all their problems, they worked it out. Now, she was alone. She didn’t have anyone to talk it through with. No one would understand. No one could understand, because they were made for each other. And she wasn’t supposed to feel abandoned and alone. She was supposed to be wrapped in his arms, being held by him. They weren’t supposed to forget everything. And maybe he would never remember her. But that only made her more anxious, and have even more weighing her down. She’d carry around all those fond memories, and he’d be with someone else making new ones. New ones he’d remember. New ones that wouldn’t be forgotten. New ones that he’d have, with someone he loved. Someone that wasn’t her.

“Hey, are you okay?” Chris asked, a little concerned.

Ariana breathed out quickly, and felt tears sting her eyes. She couldn’t cry now. She breathed out again, and opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Just the distant yet near sound of her breaking. She took a deep breath once again, and blinked back the tears that were on the brink of falling.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Her voice wobbled as she faked a smile.

The doctor came back in with Chris’ mother and Ariana left. She couldn’t just stand there and pretend to feel okay anymore.

After a few hours, Ariana had gone home, and wrapped herself up in a blanket. It was really hard for her already, but being alone in the house only made it worse. Her thoughts were consuming her and she felt herself start to drown in all the worry and fear. And the little voice in her head that blamed her for everything, didn’t stop telling her what should have happened. That it should've been her.

Her mother Angela came into the house calling her daughter, and when no answer was there, she went up to her room and found Ariana curled up on her window seat, in a blanket looking outside. It wasn’t cold, but Ariana had the shivers.

Her mother sat down beside her and wiped away a tear that fell down her daughters cheek.

“You can’t change what happened my dear. And you can’t blame yourself for it either.”

Ariana sniffled and nodded. “I know mom. But it’s really hard! I love him! And him not remembering who I am, it’s killing me inside.”

The older woman wrapped her arms around the younger girl tightly. “All things will get better one day. He’ll love you again. Anyone with half a working brain will find their way back to an amazing woman like you.” Angela said smiling softly.

“And if they don’t?” Ariana asked, another tear slipping down her face.

“And if they don’t,” her mother brushed a strand of wet hair behind her ear, “you weren’t meant to be. And you will find someone even better. But I know for sure that Chris is a keeper. He loves you, and he’ll find his way back to you.” Ariana smiled before leaning against her mothers shoulder.

“Please just hold me.” Ariana whispered.

And arms wrapped around her again, not intending to let go for a while.

Meanwhile, in Maine, Chris had been released and back home with his family. Nicole dropped by, but his mother shooed her away. AJ was worried, but Ms Powell, didn’t say anything much to her two younger kids.

Chris played football with Kyle and AJ, but AJ missed the stories about him and Ariana. He use to tell them all about the secret trips they’d take during school, and how they’d sneak away from parties just to be together. AJ hated the loved up stories, but she missed that spark in her brothers eyes.

“Hey Chris?” AJ asked after dinner.

“Yep?” Chris answered looking at his younger sister, trying to comprehend what had happened and how much time really had passed.

“How’s Ariana?”

Chris shrugged. “I’m sure she wasn’t my only friend. But I think she’s good. I haven’t really spoken to her.”

AJ nodded. “How come?”

“I don’t know AJ. I guess it’s been a day since we’ve seen each other and there isn’t anything to talk about.”

It was weird to AJ, because they use to talk everyday about random things. They’d spend hours on the phone with each other, and now, it was radio silence.

“Did something happen?” AJ pushed.

“No AJ. We just don’t have anything to talk about!” Chris snapped, but instantly felt bad. “Sorry, I just. We haven’t spoken because there isn’t much to say.” He got up and moved to his room, leaving AJ alone with her thoughts.

Morning came and it felt different then in the hospital for Chris. Like a presence was missing, but he just took it for a doctor. He felt a little empty inside, like a part of him was missing, but he shrugged it off.

After getting ready for the day, he walked downstairs into the kitchen, and met his family.

“Mornin’ Chris.” Kyle said, after scoffing down some pancakes.

“Some things never change.” Chris’ mother laughed. “So, did you sleep well?” Chris nodded.

“Very! I’m actually meeting up with a couple of friends, I’ll be back later alright?” He ruffled his younger sibling’s hair, and kissed his mothers cheek. “See you guys soon!”

He left the house, and met in a cafe with his friends.

“Been a while Powell.” A tall red head said grinning.

“It has been a while hasn’t it Charlie?” Chris shook his hand firmly.

“Powell!” A blonde haired man clapped his shoulder.

“Hey Jack!” Chris felt himself grow more comfortable again.

“So, how is the girl?” Chris raised an eyebrow.

Confusion was all he felt. He couldn’t comprehend much about the past, but no one told him about a girl.

“Who?” He asked.

“That girl.. She was really pretty. Short, but amazing and stunning.” Chris shrugged.

“She’s gone.” He said. How he wished he knew who they were talking about.

“Alright. But hey, don’t you think she’s a cutie?” The boys pointed to a woman behind the counter. Her hair was back in a bun and her skin was glowing under the lights in the cafe.

“She’s cute. I’ll say that.” Chris said, a small smirk appearing on his lips.

The girl lifted her head and their eyes met.

“Christopher Powell? Is that you?” She exclaimed.

Chris’ jaw dropped. She looked marvellous. And he just needed her in his life again. It had been far too long without contact from her. Far too long without the feel of her hand in his. Far too long since they last…

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we-work-hard · 7 years ago

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Strapped Up

Pairing: Dean Ambrose x AJ Styles

Summary: AJ’s just wrestled his match with Finn at this year’s TLC and his dance belt has been rubbing him a certain way since he got into his gear. He thinks Dean might be able to help him out…

Notes: I have never written Dean before, so I just based him on how goading and sassy he was to AJ during their programme last year. The WWE Live in Manchester (November 2016) mentioned near the start of this fic was one I was lucky enough to go to – AJ’s gear was SO LOOSE that night (like this). Btw, here is the evidence of AJ’s slutty black dance belt at TLC this year.

Warnings: SMUT, and a bit of nasty talk, humiliation, and roughness. And maybe typos. And if you’re too young to read this and I tagged you by a mistake, please skip it and pretend it never happened.

Also: There are some AMAZING AJ/Dean fics on AO3, particularly by @cruxcantare and @scriptor (oh, and ‘Soft Styles’ – WOW). If you haven’t read them yet, you should.

Tagging (peeps who’ve been nice to me about my shit-fics before/or who said they wouldn’t mind reading this one. But please do just scroll on by if it’s not your thing): @llowkeys @castielscamander @unabashedwwesmut @scriptor @omegaweaponx @toosweetme @shoo-chan @casualgoldenribbon @roaring-storm @blacknovafox @im-tops-bottom @thereluctantguardian @stilinskiimnotahero @samizaayn @cruxcantare @bigpixiefoot @athoughtfulmindwrites @the-geekgoddes @your-darkdiva @secretagentfangirl @deanammbrose @idle-vanity @wrestlingbabe @tvrnbvckle @kingslayers-angel @wweshesaro @violas87

Strapped Up

“Great work out there, AJ!”

“Thanks, man.”

“What a match, dude, seriously.”

“Means a lot, thanks.”

“You guys tore it up!”

“Well, we sure tried to.”

So many congratulations as he stumbles backstage after his match with Finn, feeling like hammered shit after all the throwing up he’d been doing with the stomach bug, then the last-minute flight to get here, then scrambling to get the match planned out and publicised in time. But he doesn’t care about the gushing plaudits he’s getting from the crew for pulling it off, or the pats on his back and the handshakes from his peers. There’s just one person his eyes are searching for right now. He needs him, bad. Dean.

AJ’s in pain from the bumps and slaps he’s just taken, and so worn down. He should have hung back to celebrate with Finn and tell him how great it was to work with him, but… he can’t be around normal people, acting like a normal person. Not when he’s feeling like this. He’s like a raw nerve, exposed and hurting, and he needs what Dean can do with that. Because his body is beyond tired. It’s nervous, and wanting too, and can he even do this? He doesn’t want to – or rather, his mind doesn’t want him to do this. It’s not him, to want this so bad. But the feeling that’s been building in his body since he strapped himself into his ring gear earlier tonight tells him he can do it; he should try it. Push himself, and goad Dean into pushing him even further.

God, when did he turn into this; such a slut? Stalking around backstage, looking for dick? Looking to beg for it?

No, he won’t beg. He’ll just… he’ll just offer what he’s got. And, maybe Dean will go for it. Maybe Dean will laugh at him. Or, maybe he’ll punish him for offering this up the way he’s been wanting to.

Humiliation or punishment – either is good right now.

Since being asked to fly back from the overseas tour to do TLC again, AJ’d been paranoid about another gear rip. People make fun of him for his stupid beliefs and superstitions, but he keeps to them, pays attention to them and does what he can to stop things from happening that he can’t plan for. But, he’d sure tempted fate tonight by wearing the back-up ring gear from last year’s TLC match with Dean, hadn’t he?

He’s been thinking about that. Did he want it to rip again? Did he want to show himself off some more?

Maybe.

Maybe he really is a slut.

Okay. He was maybe hoping for another rip. Wanting it. Planning for the possibility. He’d even prepared by wearing an athletic support underneath his blue lycra; a black dance belt, just in case. The audience would see flesh if there was another tear in the seat, but nothing more than that. Maybe AJ’s a little immodest, but he’s not stupid enough to get himself fired.

Usually, he avoids wearing compression gear whenever he can, though. He’s been doing it for years. The reason he gives is that he hates wearing it underneath his tights; that he can’t focus or move the way he wants with that holding him in, all strapped up. But that’s not strictly true… Deep down, if he’s honest, he likes having what he’s got out on display in a way he can get away with. It feels good. He’s only been able to get away with it at house shows for a while now. No TV cameras to catch it at those. No one from the production team pressing dance belts, jockstraps, or thongs into his hands as he heads to the locker room to change. No one to tell him to strap it down and keep it neat and Ken-doll-firm in front.

House shows have always been his favourite.

And Dean had known why. He’d figured it out when everyone else just thought a dislike of compression gear was one of AJ’s odd quirks, that he’s such a dumb dad-type he doesn’t realise how it looks. Like, maybe he’s completely oblivious to everyone staring at his cock and balls moving around loose in his ring gear, how his dick starts to stiffen up when he takes a particularly hard hit.

How stupid do they think he is?

But Dean knew.

“Like everyone seeing what you’ve got for ‘em, huh?” he’d murmured into AJ’s ear one night in Manchester as they walked back through the curtain after a match, back when they were still on the same brand. They’d been getting on okay during their programme through No Mercy, but he’d never quite been able to figure out Dean’s rhythms – in the ring and outside of it. Dean didn’t seem to think that much of him. Probably thought he was boring.

AJ wasn’t used to the sudden familiarity; outside of scripts, him and Dean didn’t talk much.

“What was that?”

“You like them looking at it, don’t you, what you’ve got in your tights?” Dean’d said in a stage-whisper, prickling AJ’s skin in shock. He’d walked around to stand in front of him then and had just… looked. Down between AJ’s legs, right at it. Looked for a good long time while AJ flushed in anger and disbelief.

“What in the hell do you think you’re doing?” he’d managed to whisper, torn between the urge to break Dean’s nose, cover himself with his hands, or stumble off, all at the same time.

Dean, in comparison, was unconcerned about the warning in AJ’s voice; body loose and relaxed. Just like their in-ring personas – not impressed with AJ’s attempts to intimidate him at all.

“I’m just giving you more of what you like, aren’t I?” he’d asked matter-of-factly, looking like he’d decided to start having some fun with the other man. Eyes sharp with curiosity and growing interest.

“I have no idea what you mean, but I’m about to break your freakin’ face if you keep it up.”

“Think about me looking at it when you’re playing with it later, if you want,” had been murmured back, sending a shot of pure humiliation through AJ.

“And that’s a lot to play with, huh?“ Dean had continued confidently, stepping closer to look some more, making AJ heat up where he was staring, making his heart speed up in panic. If anyone had walked past, they wouldn’t be able to hear what Dean was saying, him pitching his voice low and just for AJ’s embarrassment.

“I sure do love looking at what you’ve got down there in front, boy… Yeah… made a whole bunch of babies with it, huh? I sure hope your ex knew how lucky she was to have access to that thing.”

“Don’t talk to me like that,” AJ’d finally been able to hiss through his humiliation with a hard shove against the taller man’s chest, still so hurt from the divorce.

Dean just stumbled back and laughed.

“You won’t stand for it, huh?” Dean’d sniggered. “But, you are,” he’d tutted, crowding close again. “You’re standin’ pretty still to let me get a good look, aren’t ya? Yeah… because you like that,” Dean said in a sing-song voice, swiping his tongue over his own bottom lip. He’d stopped to look into AJ’s eyes again then, as if gauging how he was feeling, maybe judge how far he could go. Seeing AJ wasn’t having as much fun, he let out a breath, regretful. Adjusting.

“Ah, hey… man, I’m, uh, sorry about your wife. Shouldn’t have said that. Was mean.”

AJ had only been able to manage a weak and confused, “It’s okay… forget it…”. Shifting on his feet, messing with the Velcro on his gloves, he’d tried to calm himself enough to walk back to the locker room without cowering, not show how rattled he was by the ribbing. Hoped the other man would leave first.

Dean’d reached to stroke a strand of hair out of AJ’s face, earning another shove away in response.

He’d smirked, eyes twinkling. “Hmm. I knew I was right about you, though,” he said with a shake of his finger, looking down once more, just as a reminder that he could and that AJ wouldn’t stop him. And he hadn’t.

“You better hope I don’t tell anyone what you’re up to, sweetheart,” Dean said with a small smirk as he’d walked away backwards, almost bouncing on his heels. “See you in the showers…”

AJ had been so excited and scared by the interaction he’d left the arena as soon as possible, sweaty and terrified.

He’d tried to avoid Dean outside of the ring after that. Decided not to think about why he hadn’t punched him, why he’d let him look. Tried to get used to compression gear for a while, too. Had to put up with being touched slightly too much, Dean taking liberties with what was appropriate when the cameras were on. Could be played off as a joke then; patting AJ’s legs down, putting his fingers slightly too high up on his inner thigh. Just straight-up laying on top of him for pins, too. Humiliating him in front of everyone, laughing about it. Them sneaking into each other’s rooms after house shows had been instigated by AJ soon after last year’s TLC – him going to Dean for a fight, but ending up being pinned to the bed with Dean’s hands in his hair and their mouths and tongues pushing sloppy against each other.

Every night they came together after that was a negotiation through AJ’s stubbornness – Dean pushing and AJ resisting at every step. Pretending to himself he hadn’t come to Dean’s room to be persuaded further along each time.

“I’m not kissing again, I don’t like it”

“Don’t pull my hair like that”

“I’ll jerk you off, but I won’t put it in my mouth”

“I’ll suck it, but warn me before you’re gonna finish, okay?”

“You can shoot in my mouth, but let me spit it out”

“I won’t do that; no way”

“I told you – I’m not doing anal. Ever”

“Just fingers, but promise me you’ll take them out straight away if I say I don’t like it”

“Don’t ever tell anyone I let you”

The first time AJ had let Dean fuck him had been one of the most confusing sexual experiences of his life. He’d let Dean put his fingers inside him after weeks of coaxing and pushing from the other man, enduring the sickening internal stretch, the feeling of a barrier breaking, while Dean had kept his tongue firmly in AJ’s mouth to take his mind off of what was happening, desperate to stop him backing out. He’d gritted his teeth through Dean working his cock inside of him, lying on his back with his legs spread wide to make way for Dean’s hips; wanting sex, desperate to fuck, willing to stand the discomfort just to cum again that night.

Dean promised he’d like it once they got going, that it would stop feeling so unnatural and he’d rock his world. And it’d made AJ cum alright, him tipping quickly over into a grunting orgasm with Dean’s hand on his dick and a jabbing thrust against something good deep inside. So raw and intense a feeling, not quite registering as pleasure at all.

He’d felt hollow and almost sick after Dean had pulled out, afraid to move in case his insides wouldn’t stay where they should, face wet. He thought his body would never go back to how it was before – that he’d never feel whole and unbroken again. Dean had mockingly cooed over him while he stewed on it, stroking AJ’s chest and hips and looking so smug to have broken the other man down to the kind of sex he’d thought he’d have never said yes to just a month before.

“Pretty good huh, champ? Let me cum inside you next time, you’ll like it.”

“I’m not doin’ that ever again.”

“Sure, darlin’,” Dean’d said with a lazy smirk, flopping over onto his back, dick still half-hard. “And when I met ya, you were a happily-married man with kids who’d never taken a load. But here you are, covered in mine. We’ll see.”

AJ had done it again. Sneaking back to Dean a few weeks later with no words – and again, Dean had known. The second time, AJ’d been fucked on his knees like a dog, stuffing the corner of the hotel duvet into his mouth and grunting and growling through it. Focusing on the push in and pull out, the give of his body’s interior muscle. Feeling himself clenching and trying to expel Dean as he hit his peak, shooting streams of pearly white onto the bed underneath, helpless to stop it, so turned on. Hot and ruined inside, he’d spit the wet material out of his mouth and pushed his flushed face against the bed while Dean had pulled out to finish on his back, whispering disgusting, humiliating things AJ could barely stand to hear.

He hadn’t liked it, he hadn’t wanted it. Like and want are the wrong words.

That’s where the shake-up had stopped it. Them being split across two different brands meant no more negotiating and no more confusion, just AJ left alone with an unfinished, dead feeling. He always wondered if anyone could tell he was different inside – had anyone picked up on what AJ had let Dean do?

He’s still frightened for people to figure it out; that’s always with him. But it’s not enough to stop him from asking where he can find more.

“Hey, hey – Arn!” he quickly stops the other man with a yell, stopping him from rushing past in the busy corridor. He’ll know where Dean is before his match.

“Well, hey there, AJ – good job, son. Not heading back to your locker room? You’re going in the wrong direction…”

“Looking for Seth before he goes out there, you seen ‘im?” He won’t ask for Dean.

“Their locker’s down there, to your left – Jason’s match got cut a little; got about 20 minutes ‘til they go out there.”

AJ gives a nod and a grateful smile, pulling the dance belt up over his ring gear slightly as he walks faster, feeling it splitting him apart even further in the back, with nobody around him noticing, too busy to care. If he’d worn a jock, maybe he wouldn’t want this so bad. Every move he’d made in that ring just now had made the strap rub between his cheeks, making him so aware of that part of his body, hot right where Dean had opened him up and fucked into him all those months ago.

But he hadn’t worn a jock – he’d chosen a dance belt. Maybe he’d planned for this, too.

As he turns left; there Dean is, walking down the corridor towards him with Seth. Dean looks so different – already in his Shield gear, and looking down at his hands to unwrap a piece of candy. Popping it in his mouth, dropping the wrapper on the floor and mumbling something, laughing. AJ feels the old irritation towards the other man flare up as well as shame for what he wants, and what he’s going to do to get it. He feels light-headed with it, so excited.

Taking a breath and turning towards the wall, he leans forward and down to adjust a kneepad, slowly, deliberately. His pulse and breathing speed up at what he’s doing, putting himself on display like this. He can feel the sweat-damp lycra of his gear stretch around the muscle of this legs, so tight, and the strap of the dance belt riding up over his gear even further in the back – it feels so good, so slutty and not like him at all to pay attention to this feeling instead of pushing it away and walking it off. He closes his eyes in panic and wishing, trying not to shake with the embarrassment he’s fighting, trying not to get hard yet.

You can do this, you can do it. Just make him look; he’ll give you what you need. You need it so bad. He’ll know what you’re doing – he knows what a slut you are.

He’ll help you; he’ll do it like you want.

He hears Seth and Dean approach, and Dean’s distinctive shuffle stop, so he pulls himself up again and flicks his wet hair back, reaching his arms up against the wall in a stretch, curving his lower back out with a grunt of exertion. He can’t help but give a satisfied grimace to himself underneath the hair covering his face, feeling nasty and good; waiting.

“What’s this?” he hears Dean slur around the candy in his mouth. He’s suddenly snagged by the white and blue belt of his tights and tugged backwards, flush against the other man’s body.

“Goddang it, Dean-” AJ huffs, not expecting to be grabbed so quickly or so rough.

Dean gazes down at him, holding firm onto the belt, making AJ stand still. He looks calm but delighted, while AJ’s body starts to tingle at his proximity, remembering. “Good match out there, sweetheart,” Dean rumbles with a smile fighting at his mouth. “We’re gonna see if we can out-do you, though.”

“Get the hell offa me, Dean,” AJ forces out, slapping at Dean’s hand to make him let go. Even though AJ wants to be pushed around, he has to fight it a little. Just for his own pride. What’s left of it, at least. And Dean knows, raising his eyebrows and looking amused.

“Okay, darlin’; okay. Hmm, nice dance belt – wearing it a bit high, ain’t ya? Tribute to Lita?” he says, turning AJ by his shoulders so he can dig fingers underneath the black elastic and snap it against AJ’s lower back, making him curse and push him away. Dean just reaches forward again to tweak his left nipple with a laugh, earning another shove and curse. Seth stands next to this with his arms crossed, tutting and rolling his eyes at what he’s seeing.

AJ grits his teeth and tries to stop his voice shaking. “Don’t mess with me in front of everyone, Dean; I’m not in the goddamn mood-“

“So you’re in the mood to be messed with in private?” Dean interrupts, pulling the elastic even higher to make AJ hiss and try to reach back to cuff his hands away. Dean just grabs at the strap snaking between his cheeks, pulling that too, like a leash.

“Fuck-“

“Shh – don’t struggle, handsome,” Dean growls down into AJ’s ear through his sweated-out hair, making him shudder. “I’ll find a place where I can rip this right offa ya, sound good?” Dean picks up on the effect he’s having on AJ’s body – AJ can feel it, the satisfaction.

Dean breathes into his ear some more and hisses, quieter, “Or, maybe you want to keep it on while I fuck you? Does it feel good, feel tight against the right places?”

AJ wishes Seth at least looked a little shocked to see him – AJ – shaking with Dean pulling at his underwear and whispering into his hair, making his dick thicken up in his damp tights. Seth just seems irritated by the inconvenience, hardly looking at him at all.

Dean pulls his mouth away from his ear but keeps hold of the elastic. “Hey Seth, buddy – how long me’n this slut here got?”

“Don’t you call me tha-“

Seth sighs, dark eyes angry. “Less than 15 minutes, you jackass.”

“Hey, don’t be like that – I’ve gotta teach this little whore a lesson about walking around with his thong pulled up at the back; don’t I, pretty man?” he says down to AJ, tugging at the elastic again and making AJ growl in irritation. He turns back to Seth, unconcerned.

“Give us a two minute warning, huh? Let me pull my dick out of this guy in time to go out there,” he says down at AJ, shaking him by the grip he’s got on his underwear, earning a seething look up through messy hair.

Seth is disgusted, shaking his head. “Goddammit, Dean.”

“Thanks, bud. See, AJ,” He says in a loud whisper to the shorter man, roughly dragging him by the elastic back towards The Shield’s empty locker room, making him stumble. “Seth knows you need the lesson, too.”

***

“Advertising yourself to all the crew now, huh? Walking around like that, showing off how much you like that thong stuck up your ass. You lookin’ to get that slutty hole pounded by the whole ring crew against an equipment truck out back? That what you want, huh? Remind you of the trailer park?”

AJ’s stomach roils and he shifts on his feet at the humiliation of that, Dean using the poverty of his childhood for this. How dare he.

He fights to keep still.

“My, my, my,” Dean continues in a disapproving voice, “just look what happens when you haven’t been getting what you need”.

AJ’s panting against the wall in front of him, gloved hands up against the tile either side of his face. Dean’s made him stand slightly bent over, black elastic still stretched up over his gear, now undone and loose at the front. He wants to curl himself up against the cool tile and hide, so exposed. But there’s a dark satisfied feeling deep in his guts as well to be getting what he wants. He needs this. He’s needed it for months now.

Dean’s pacing back and forth just behind him, calmly talking.

“Someone’s misbehaving, seems to me. You’ll be punished for this – can’t have you showing yourself off like a piece of meat, can I? Everyone can already see what a whore you are, but what would people think of me? Them getting to think you’ll let just anybody stick it in your ass, when I’m the one that got you to accept that.”

AJ moans at hearing Dean talk about anal sex again – about him. Dean likes to remind him what he’s let him do. And AJ likes hearing it.

“And now you’re walking around with elastic jammed up your crack in front of everybody.”

Dean’s suddenly up against AJ’s back, shoving him against the cold tile and breathing heavily against his hair. Dean’s dick is hard and hot in his combat pants, mashed up against AJ’s lower back. AJ starts to tingle where it’s pressed against him, groaning in his throat.

“I think you’re feeling too good, too hot,” Dean hisses, stroking AJ’s hair away from the back of his neck. “Think I better mark you up a bit, right here where people will see-”

“Fuck – don’t! Please,” AJ hears himself pleading, swaying on his feet and clawing at the wall, feeling Dean drop to his knees behind him.

“Where shall I bite, where shall I bite?” Dean mutters to himself, breathing over AJ’s lower back hotly. “Ah, I know,” he says before sinking his teeth into the meat of AJ’s right butt cheek, right through the blue lycra, biting so hard into the muscle that AJ can feel skin breaking. He swears and squeezes his eyes shut, pounding the wall with a gloved fist.

The throb of pain makes his eyes roll back in his head and the place above his groin tighten up and ache. He can feel the bruising start, the teeth marks.

Dean stands back up and spits against the wall by AJ’s face, pushing his head towards it. “Fucking lick that up.”

AJ sticks his tongue out as far as it’ll go to slowly lick Dean’s saliva from the cold tile, his dick pulsing even harder in front. Dean spits again, the saliva dripping down the wall. “And that. Suck it off, make it clean.”

As AJ opens his mouth to get to work, Dean steps back to get on his knees again, roughly pulling the blue tights down to AJ’s calves and forcing him to bend further forward, still licking and sucking at the wall through his gasps. He feels the air hit him as Dean pulls his cheeks apart, tugging the black elastic splitting them to the side, spitting his candy out and licking up against AJ’s twitching hole. He hisses, having never had Dean’s tongue down there before, just fingers and cock. Dean spits and drools, leaving him wet, hole clenching as he pulls him further apart.

“You taste so good back here, sweetheart,” Dean murmurs, AJ feeling his breath against his ass and trying to stop a growl in his throat, pushing his cheek against the tile, sucking in air through his teeth. His dick is straining against the black material stretched in front – he’s leaking against it. It almost hurts, pulsing along with the bite to his cheek. “Imagine if no one ever found out how raunchy you taste inside. Wouldn’t that be sad?”

Dean stands back up and pulls AJ away from the wall by the back of his dance belt again, AJ nearly stumbling with his gear down around his shin guards. He’s pushed backwards over a massage table, Dean tugging his left boot and pad off to rip his tights off that leg, too – leaving him strapped up in his compression gear, the tented dampness at the front obscene. Dean quickly licks against it, getting eye contact with AJ as his tongue hits the sensitive head through the black material. AJ jolts against the table and moans – it’s been so long since he’s had his dick sucked. And to have a man’s mouth do it would feel so wrong, so bad.

“Ah; no, no, no. You’re not getting that tonight, sweetheart. No time for that. I’m going to put my dick in your ass, and then I’m going to go out there and give the crowd a better match then you did, with me stinking of you – what do you think; sound good? That’s how you deserve to be treated, isn’t it?”

“Yeah,” AJ shakily lets out, staring up at the strip lighting above him and licking his lips, trying to catch his breath and not beg too much. He grits his teeth again, making himself say it. “That’s what whores like me deserve.”

AJ flicks his eyes down to check he’s doing it right, and Dean nods up at him with a smile, encouraging. “That’s right, you do. I haven’t forgotten last year’s TLC, either – showing everyone your ass, just like a slut would. But that ass is mine, isn’t it? You that gave that tight hole over to me, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” AJ breathes out, keeping his eyes locked with Dean’s. “It’s yours.”

“Then show it to me,” Dean says with a grin, backing off and kneeling down to wait, jerking his head to where he wants to look. AJ sighs and grins, showing teeth and closing his eyes, his body flushing. He’s so hard – Dean wanting to look at him between his cheeks, where no one else has seen. He thrusts his hips upwards, and puts his hands underneath himself, tugging the elastic to the side and spreading himself open; feeling Dean’s eyes on him, his opening, still wet with saliva and sweat. It makes him hot all over, writhing with the feeling of being stared at where he should be hidden.

He can hear Dean’s growl, and feel him launching forward to push his tongue up inside him, squeezing at the thick muscle of AJ’s thighs and moaning. AJ flexes his hips and feels his lips peeling back over his teeth; it’s so dirty and disrespectful to be licked there, but just what he wants, just what he deserves. When Dean pulls away and stands up to undo his fly, sucking at his lower lip, AJ tries to push back the want Dean’s started up just inside and moves to get up and away, stuttering “You can’t – not yet – you can’t fit-“

“What? You think you can’t take it? Nah, guess not. Gotta make this a smooth ride. Good job I knew you’d come crawling around for my cock, right?” he says, pulling a small sachet of lube out of his pocket.

“No condom, though,” he whispers. “I’m takin’ your ass raw, just like always. I want lube and cum dripping down those meaty thighs of yours when you walk out of here tonight. I’m gonna ruin that dance belt-“

“Do it,” AJ hears himself begging in a deep voice. “Ruin it.”

“Oh I will, sweetheart,” Dean replies, stroking AJ’s hair back from his face once he’s climbed up onto the table with him, forcing AJ’s legs apart with his knees. “Now, we’re gonna have to do this quick – I’ve wasted enough time already, haven’t I? No yelling, okay? This might feel really bad before it gets good.”

When AJ feels Dean’s thick fingers rubbing and stroking around between his legs, he sucks in a breath at the coldness of the lube, then the pushing against and into his hole, fingertips jabbing and forcing themselves inside, the black elastic digging into the meat of his ass. First one, then two fingers inside; scissoring apart and making him recoil at the unnatural feeling, still not completely used to the violence of penetration into a body not accustomed to it.

“Shh, shh,” Dean soothes above, breathing against his hair and kissing his forehead, the gentleness intended as a humiliation, and taken that way – AJ growls and turns his head away from the affection. “There, there. There it is,” Dean says with pride as he sinks two fingers all of the way in easily, AJ whining in his throat and squeezing his eyes shut. His dick is so hard now it’s straining up against the fur of his belly, the leaking pink head of his cock poking out over the top of the black lycra that’s been tugged down off of his hips slightly and moved to the side to get access.

It’s what makes Dean start to take him rough, pulling AJ down to the edge of the table and forcing himself in from a standing position, making AJ’s teeth clash together, growling at the start of the slow push. His thick body pulled further and further onto Dean’s hardness, hands gripping into his waist, leaving nail marks and bruises behind.

AJ’s eyes roll and he arches down onto what’s steadily impaling him, pulling at his own hair and gritting his teeth when Dean starts to thrust inside his ass. He tries not to let out the words he wants to yell as Dean gets into a hard rhythm, harder than AJ’s been able to take cock before. Biting down how good it is, how badly he’s needed it. How much he wants Dean to cum inside him, shoot it right up inside his body so it never comes out, so he’ll always feel ruined inside. The relentless rub Dean’s started against that place in him that’s so needy makes him feel desperate, hot and stuffed full of cock – too much.

He’s nasty, and Dean knows that like no one else ever will.

“Fucking cum inside me – fill me up, goddammit” he lets himself growl.

“You don’t fucking deserve it, you slut,” Dean grunts, spraying AJ’s insides with cum – the nasty wet feeling triggering the start of AJ’s own orgasm. Dean was right; he likes it. He groans and writhes against the metal of the table, his body gripping Dean inside while his release shoots out to hit his flesh, seeping into the black material still digging into his hips. His whole body tingles with sharp pulses of pleasure as it gives little reflex jerks, aching and finally satisfied.

“DEAN! TWO MINUTES!” Seth’s voice yells through the door, cutting through their panting and the quiet moans.

“Woo, just in time, huh?” Dean shakily laughs, sniffing and gently pulling out of AJ’s still-clenching body, struggling to pull his combat pants back up, getting himself back in order to go out there and wrestle. AJ slumps back against the table and stretches a leg, breathing like he’s run for miles, gasping oxygen into his throat and feeling salt tears leaking out of his eyes – fucked and hurt so good, left so wet.

“Wish me luck, darlin’. How the fuck I’m supposed to wrestle a full match after that, I don’t know,” Dean says, slapping and squeezing at AJ’s thigh and enjoying the jiggle and groan he gets back. AJ’s too well-fucked to be irritated or push back. AJ can feel Dean likes him like this, wants more of it.

“Come to my room later, huh – like old times?”

AJ nods, licking his lips and flexing his hips to see if he can move yet.

“And don’t take off that dance belt, okay?” Dean whispers, gaze taking in what AJ made him do, noting the lazy smirk across his lips, and smiling right back.

“Fucking you through it sure was fun… but I’m gonna rip it off of you later, just like I promised.”

#dean ambrose #aj styles #fanfic #fanfiction #smut #slash #imagine #stylebrose #ambryles #wwe tlc #🙏DANCE BELTS🙏

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toxicityyy · 7 years ago

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Write out the best or worst day of your life.

Friday October, 15, 2015

The day started off as it usually did. I woke up dreading going to school because it was a gold day. I do not exactly remember what classes I had, but i know I didn’t have Earth Space Science. I rolled out of bed 10 Minutes before my bus came and quickly got ready and brushed my teeth. I grabbed my backpack then headed out to the bus and sat a row behind my cousin I dozed off and woke up when we pulled into school.I got my bag and walked to door A looking at the ground as i walked with headphones in. I went to all my classes that day(oddly enough). After fourth block ended i made my way to door A stairs looking to say bye to AJ. She had her headphones in and was rushing out the building so she didn’t notice i had waved at her. I shrugged it off and just figured I would talk to her on Monday. I made plans to hang with some friends after school so when i got home, I packed a bag and waited for my friend Jayda to pick me up. We thought that we should go to Haci with some other friends. While we were waiting to be seated,I saw I was getting a call from Allison. Now the thing to realize is, I hadn’t talked to Allison for a long time so I was generally confused. I picked up and said hello and Allison was straight to the point and said, “AJ killed herself.” in a very serious tone. I laughed it off and asked if she was messing with me. She said no. She was serious. I quickly got quiet and started saying some stuff in denial. “No. There’s no way. No.” I began crying and halfheartedly rushed in to my friends in the Haci waiting area and told them that AJ had killed herself while crying. My friend Jen gave me a hug and then we went to sit down. The whole time i was sitting there sipping on water crying and staring off into space. Fast forward to the end of the weekend. Monday morning comes along and I had the hardest time getting out of bed.I trudged onto the bus and then into class. I didn’t end up staying long and just went to the grief room that the teacher’s nicely let us use for the time being. It was the teachers lounge btw. I don’t think they even said anything on the announcements. but i just remembered something so back to the weekend. Saturday and Sunday was a rugby tournament. I walked in half crying and went straight to my coach and told him what happened. He gave me a hug and then Warsaw’s coach came over and gave me a hug as well. He ended up calling his wife who talked to people as a grief councilor. I had decided that I didn’t want to play that day and left to grieve with classmates and close family members. I showed up and Robin(AJ’s mom) embraced me tightly and cried with me and talked to me for alittle while. I had never been in a room that has felt so heavy. My chest constantly felt heavy and i cried so much i didn’t know if i could cry any more. You could feel the energy of the room as soon as you walked in. It was the worst thing i’ve ever experienced. Back to monday. As soon as third block came around, i could notice the seriousness of the situation. Everything felt like a dream. Unreal. No, this wasn’t happening. This is NOT real life. Mr P gave me a hug and I sat down in my seat. AJ’s seat, which was in front of me, was empty. It hurt. I stared at it until a councilor came in with a piece of paper and told us to make a circle with the desks. He told us the situation and offered the grief room and all the usual school death protocol. I left the room with several people and remained in that room for a long time. Every time I tried going back to that classroom, I couldn’t. I choked. I couldnt stand sitting in that class without her. As the viewing came around, my friends kept checking up with me.When i got there and stepped out of the car, Myah asked me if i was ready and i thought i was. She told me that AJ didnt look like herself. I was preparing myself for something. I didnt know how to prepare myself for. I walked in and there was a line that seemed like a mile long of people waiting to say one of their last goodbyes to her and comfort her family. The whole time i was waiting in line, I was talking to people. Sharing good memories with others. The line finally made its way to her. I saw her and like Myah said, she didnt look like herself. She was in her clothes though. They were going to bury her as herself. The funeral was non-comparable to the viewing. It was such a sad sight to see all these people that have been affected by her death. The first time going to her grave was the hardest. I still have a really hard time going to her grave. Every time I go, its like that would is ripped open. I know that wasnt “the worst day i’ve had” but nothing has compared to this experience. The first year was hard. It’s still hard. I love you to the moon and back, AJ. I miss you so much.

#jan 24 #2018 #long post #prompt #writing #suicide tw #death mention #AJ #wednesday

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getbeyondthebooks · 8 years ago

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About Stef and Brallie

I need to start by saying that I love Stef, normally . She’s so awesome and I would love to have a mom like her. But if I was Brandon? If I was Brandon I would have honestly married fucking Cortney if it meant being away from her. And I hate Cortney.

Let me explain.

In season one, when Callie is still a new addition to the family, a girl that wasn’t supposed to stay in their house for more than a few weeks, a year at most, Stef reminds Brandon that foster siblings aren’t allowed to engage in a romantic relationship. Brandon isn’t interested at the time, he’s still with Talya, but he’s “an horny teenager” so better safe than sorry, right? Right. Fine. Legit.

As we know, Brandon can’t really help falling for Callie after that. He knew he couldn’t, sure, but he probably thought that they could wait and sooner or later Callie would be out of the house, and it’s not like he could just erase his feelings. That’s not how feelings works. Also, it’s not like Callie was blameless here. She kissed Brandon after knowing that she was going to get adopted, remember? Sure, in season 3, during the interview she says that she wanted to fuck the adoption up before something else fucked it up, because she was scared. Doesn’t seem like a good way to fuck it up to me - if Jude hadn’t walked in on them they would have probably never been discovered and then what? I’d like to ask her. Also, we knew from her conversation with Wyatt at the hospital before then that she already had feelings for Brandon too, she just didn’t think she deserved him (to quote Wyatt, she was “too fucked up”). But at the wedding she says that she knows what she deserves now - meaning Brandon. She felt safe because she finally had a family who wanted her, she thought for the first time that she deserved everything everyone else deserved. To love who she loved. But Jude walks in on them and she runs away.

Brandon confesses to his moms that he kissed Callie, which - btw - it’s his first fucking mistake. He didn’t kiss her. SHE kissed HIM. It’s interesting because he keeps saying that it was him, even during the interview in season 3. I don’t know if he wanted it so much that he remembers being the one instigating it, but this mistake plants the first seed of distrust in Stef, who probably can’t help making parallels between her son and Liam, since, you know, Brandon says Callie ran away because of him, when she actually ran away because of what Jude said.

The moms forbid Brandon to go see Callie but he doesn’t listen. He loves her and he doesn’t want her to believe that there’s nobody out there for her anymore. And - let me point it out - he was right. She needed to know someone was still there for her, even if she had run away and was high risk and whatever. So yeah, seeing Brandon was what she needed. But Stef doesn’t trust him and she gets him a restraining order, like he’s stalking Callie, like that beautiful hug never happened (and for all we know, Stef might not know it happened).

Brandon doesn’t care. Brallie keeps meeting secretly. Stef doesn’t know. Eventually, they both realize that Callie needs a family and Brandon backs down and lets her go. Because he loves her. So much. And he wants her to have all she needs. And she needs a family more than she needs him. Fyi, this it’s his most beautiful act of love.

After the first break up it seems like Brandon is the only one hung up on them. He’s hurt, he can’t forget. I don’t blame him, since he has to see her everyday. He tries. He’s vulnerable at this point and Dani keeps planting ideas in his head. That he should get her back before she gets adopted and stuff. Things blow up during the winter ball and everything Stef ends up hearing is “I realized today that you didn’t lead me on. You just never felt the way I did. What you needed, what you wanted, it was never me,” which, AGAIN, makes it look like his feelings aren’t reciprocated, not really. She doesn’t know that Callie followed him before he got into the cop’s car to tell him that what she had said about Wyatt wasn’t true - meaning that she still loved him too, since she told him that lie just so he could forget about her. But she doesn’t want him to at the end.

Things are friendly between Brallie later, up until the GU fund riser. Callie kisses Brandon when she discovers that Robert isn’t gonna sign her adoption papers. Later - in season 3 I think - she tells the girls of GU that she did it because she thought she was giving up Brandon for nothing. Meaning - she still loves him. Brandon tells her that he doesn’t want her to give up on her dream (they promised each other, right?). Stef doesn’t know that they let each other go again, for the second time.

Callie doesn’t take it well. She asks him if it’s because of Lou. Brandon breaks up with her. Again.

Season 3, Brallie’s adventure in Mexico. Stef finds a pregnancy test and the first thing that comes to her mind is “you don’t think callie is pregnant with brandon’s child, do you?” How did she even go there?? All she knows at this point is that Callie and Brandon kissed once. Which makes me believe that she can see that something is still going on between them but doesn’t want to acknowledge it.

Brallie has sex. It’s consensual. And they break it off again as soon as the adoption gets through.

Callie tells the moms the truth and everything Stef can think about is “Brandon took advantage of the fact that she was vulnerable”, when, honestly, it was about “giving up Brandon for nothing”.

Stef confronts Brandon about it and she doesn’t listen, won’t listen to him. She accuses Brandon in all the ways possible and never asks Callie about her feelings. At this point, Stef only knows that Brandon is in love with Callie, she never heard Callie say that she is in love with Brandon, she doesn’t know that Callie almost went to live with Robert to stay with Brandon, that she wanted to put his keyboard in her apartment, that she was the first to say I love you.

For all season 4 Stef treats Brandon as some sort of predator and he can’t stand it, obviously, and stays with Cortney. The only person defending him is Mike, who sees the same thing happening with AJ. Stef keeps taking Callie’s side.

And it makes me so angry. She doesn’t know the whole story, never cared to sit her kids down to ask them honestly about it, never took the time to talk about it with Callie! When Callie said they had sex, Stef brushed it off like she didn’t even want to know about it and went to bite B’s head off for it instead. She told him in 03x08 that she could see that she hadn’t been there for Brandon about Callie and she could see now that he was heartbroken, but after that? Did she do anything to be there for him? She didn’t. She kept accusing him, suspecting him, blaming him. To the point that she can’t even see Brallie in the same room together without getting tense.

I’d like to say that I don’t blame her 100%, since she doesn’t have the whole picture, but I can’t because it’s her fault she doesn’t have all the information she needs in the first place! I blame her for being a shitty parent to Brandon, for playing favorites, for being judgmental and closing her eyes and not listening when literally EVERYBODY knows Brandon and Callie are a thing after 0.5 seconds in their presence. Sophia didn’t even need to see them together to know that Callie was in love with him! Like, seriously, Stef decided not to see what was going on, she ignored her kid like he’s some kind of rapist, did NOTHING to comfort him when he couldn’t go to Julliard (and yes, he was to blame, but not even a hug??). The only person that honestly stopped for a moment to ask him how he felt about it is Callie! And then you’re surprised he’s in love with her? Please. Brandon literally helped everyone in that house and Stef treats him like he’s a criminal.

So now I hope she’ll get scared every time someone points out that Brandon and Callie look like they’re dating and not like siblings, because she had it coming.

She told Mike that he couldn’t play favorites between Brandon and AJ, but that’s exactly what she has been doing with Brandon and Callie. She keeps choosing Callie over him. So Mike had it wrong, it wasn’t because of Callie that Brandon wouldn’t move back home, it was because of Stef.

I can’t believe nobody is calling her out about treating Brandon like shit. Sure, Brandon isn’t perfect and he made his mistakes, but not everything is on him. Callie is as much to blame as he is, and yes, she’s dealing with other drama, but it can’t always be “good old Brandon who has to take it up the chin”. It takes two to tango. It’s just easier to blame Brandon than acknowledging that she should have taken Brallie’s relationship seriously when Brandon told her about it the first time instead of taking a fucking restraining order against her son. Brandon was right in 03x08 - she humiliated him. And she’s STILL doing it. KEEPS doing it.

I’d divorce the family too if I was him. No shit.

#brandon foster #stephanie adams foster #brallie #the fosters #i'm sorry but i'm not sorry #i don't care if you're a shipper or a hater #this isn't about brallie so don't even comment that #it's about stef being a shitty parent #for brandon #someone has to say it #bye #text

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latinalesbi · 8 years ago

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Do you have a feeling one way or the other if The Fosters will be renewed for a 6th season? With them only shooting 18 shows instead of 20 made me wonder. (I read that somewhere). But then last night someone asked Bradly and he said there are rumors.

Peter also mentioned season 6 in an interview. Freeform doesn’t really have a more successful show (even though last week’s ratings were the worst ever, not surprising considering how awful the episode was). I think if they can’t get key players in place it’s not going to be possible. So, I imagine that’s what the rumors are about.

Anonymous said: Hopefully Callie doesn't do anything with Russell. Her going there was so stupid. Thx just adds another traumatic even to her life. She doesn't need anymore trauma. Hopefully we don't see her acting out like she has been. I think she got some trauma from being in juvie.

Doesn’t do anything? You mean like get raped? I don’t think we’re going there. Peter pretty much said that but the trial isn’t over either (sigh, le sigh, fuck me). He said, this is it for her though, a turning point. We will see. I am sick of her story.

Anonymous said: this was one of the worst episodes this season, if not ever. last week's episode with the whole kyle twist was the right move. take this stupid storyline and make it about callie's character development and turn her whole "the system is rigged" ideology upside down. this could've been big. but no they had to make troy guilty, make callie right (wow! teen detective cracks the case! does it illegally! yay for criminal justice!!!).

Yeah, I agree. And so did Vulture.com, which is usually up the producer’s ass. The Kyle twist would have had far reaching consequences for Callie. This just lets her be just as self righteous as before. I am sick of it, no one is always right, and Callie does not have a clue on how to do things right. I can’t stand it. I can’t stand the quick confession. It was terribly written with characters we don’t give a shit about and they’re doing it again with Diamond, literally no one cares.

And just so you feel a little angrier, they cut a Stef and Lena scene according to Peter on Afterbuzz.

Anonymous said: So sick and tired of Callie getting in to truble like every 5min!!! Really hope season 5 will be less of these drama and more of the family love..

Well, as Peter said:

Final thoughts on what to expect next season?Season 5 is a little bit of a reset to our family, our home, and the sort of simpler and brighter and happier times that our family really needs.

Let us hope that is true, it’s what the audience needs.

Anonymous said: In the picture you post of Bts of Maia, Sherri and Teri.. The 4 picture in one. The one of Teri, looks like she got hit in the face. Might be just my eyes.

Good call. There does seem to be something... Stef has some explaining to do in terms of her role in getting Callie in this particular mess. She wasn’t really looking out for her. Another terribly written story.

Anonymous said: I hope AJ is still in the show a lot, despite not being with Callie anymore. Like it'd really upset me if they just stop his character from having screen time. I really like his character and he's more than just a love interest. I just noticed how he was on the show often when he was dating Callie and then suddenly after they break up he has no screen time. At least he is more of a main character compared to people like Wyatt

Peter said he’d be around but obviously not as much. Too bad we get rid of AJ and have to put up with more odious Aaron.

Anonymous said: If Maia is in "Callie" clothes and is shooting a scene ifo the house, that must mean that Callie's okay, right? Like, the whole trafficking monkey business is short-lived?? I hope.

I think she gets out of that in the first episode but that means another season opener filled with complete bullshit drama.

Anonymous said: I finally saw last weeks episode. Now, Mariana has always been my favorite of the kids. But last week was the first time I ever disliked her. It was Emma's choice to have the abortion. I hope in 4x20 she apologizes and the two reconcile.

Mariana who self invited her bio daddy to a house she doesn’t pay a single bill for, that Mariana? Yeah that Mariana is unlikable.

Anonymous said: I miss the old Jesús :( I was re watching the first episodes and seriously, everything about him is so different now. I liked him because he was so protective over his moms and the family in general (Even when he was together with Lexi) and now it seems like everything is just about Gabe or Emma. I don't why I haven't noticed before, but this Jesús sucks a lot.

This Jesus has been Jesus for nearly 2 seasons and he just now had a nice scene with the moms. It’s ridiculous. I know this question is old but I feel exactly the same way, new Jesus is all about his bio daddy and his penis. I am sorry but that’s all I see. Old Jesus was handsome, gentlemanly and most importantly Latino.

Anonymous said: I've noticed fosters ff has been super slow lately.. do you think it's because of a lost of interest in the show?

I don’t know because I only follow Stef and Lena fanfic and that’s always been slow.

Anonymous said: My finance, myself and many of our friends are die heart Fosters fans. We used to watch episodes live, now we DVR them & watch when we have nothing else to do (weeks later-fast forwarding most of the episode). These storylines (Daimond, Aaron, Gabe, Anna) are really sucking the want to watch out of us. Unfortunately, this has made us unsure if we will DVR or tuned in for the finale or next season. Hope the show producers/showrunners do better & hope they don't lose more viewers due to this.

You aren’t alone. It bothers me more than the fact that Stef and Lena weren’t allowed to kiss. The last few shows, I mean, I watched hoping they’d surprise me. I watched, hoping for some neat moments. I didn’t care at all about any of the main plots. AT ALL.

Anonymous said: I just saw Maia Mitchell's instagram story and she was in the car with Robert and why does it look like Gabe is going to be meddling in family affairs I'm so done with this show

There does seem to be at least a Stef and Lena scene, still, I know episode 2 won’t be my favorite.

Anonymous said: As someone who was born to a teenager, I definitely identify with Mariana being angry with Emma, as my entire existence is predicated on my birth mother's decision to not terminate her pregnancy. A abortion as an adopted kid is always a touchy subject, and I would like to see both pro-choice and pro-life arguments being presented.

Wrong person to send this anon to. There’s only one person that gets to decide and that’s the pregnant woman. There’s no such thing as a pro-life argument for me. Sorry. I mean, not to get personal but since you did, how many of us are accidents? How many of of our lives were dependent on a such a choice. I was. I totally support any choice my mother might have made. If she had made the opposite choice, I wouldn’t care because I wouldn’t exist. It’s really a silly argument.

Anonymous said: sherri has MASTERED the look of love when looking at stef. in the episode when frank passed in the bathroom Lena is leaning on the sink mesmerized by her woman before she rallies the troops. that wonderful kitchen kiss scene when stef is having flashbacks. & in the making out in the rain scene. it's really beautiful to look at how much she loves her woman. also love stef stroking lena's face & then she pulls her chin up right before the kiss. these woman are absolute goals

Anonymous said: i'm the anon who just wrote about sherri mastering the look. in the making out rain scene one thing i love is seeing sherri smile into a kiss. she's so relaxed with teri now which means more from lena. after the cut back from jude clapping, that is my fav. angle they captured because you can see how close they are, like physically, second because we can see sherri smiling & then putting a bit more force behind the passionate kiss. i'll never be over that kiss. we're blessed

Yep, gonna go watch it again!

Anonymous said: Why is Stef so cool about what Callie did ? I know the girl isn't going to prison and I know Stef has to be supportive and all but Callie did all of this. It's on her and I don't understand why Stef and Lena are son nice with her. Even if they don't want her to suffer, I wish someone could tell her that what she did was wrong. Now we are supposed to feel sorry for her. I'm so tired of Callie. I wonder what happened to this character.

They took her too far. This isn’t life is so unfair to me Callie that we could relate to. This is self destructive Callie who gives a shit about everything and it’s hard to relate to.

Anonymous said: Does Lena have an EdD? That could help her a lot in terms of future employment if Anchor Beach goes private.

My great big hope is that Anchor Beach goes fully public. Peter said it won’t be resolved in the way we expect so that’s what I hope. The charter has been revoked or whatever, if it’s an affiliated charter as it has been portrayed then the San Diego Unified school district would take over. The school is worth more than 10 million btw. That’s my opinion.

Lena having a PHD? I would assume so. Mike said she did but I have been unable to identify it on her wall.

#speculation #boy i was behind on these #Anonymous

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shikis-game-reactions-blog · 8 years ago

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice

WARNING: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL GAME REVIEWER, GAME CRITIC, OR WRITER. The following is just purely my opinion and reaction to the game. Also, ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE. So, yeah, I’m sure there will be a grammar mistake somewhere there. Please don’t be a grammar nazi. Lastly, THIS WILL NOT BE AN ENTIRELY SERIOUS REVIEW. Yay. *insert cute puppy face*

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING. The games I am reviewing belong to their respective owner(s). I DON’T GAIN ANY PROFIT FROM THIS, EITHER.

seeing your previous player character on the other side of the courtroom would make anyone scream

Okay, first, let me lay down some rationale for this game. The Ace Attorney franchise is really, really close to my heart. If Pokemon holds my past and my childhood, the Ace Attorney holds the key to my future – as dramatic as it sounds. The Ace Attorney is what pushed me to take the path of being a lawyer. Of course, it’s not the whole reason (I’m not too keen on putting my whole life and future over a single game, after all), the other is the desire to change all the stupid things that is happening around me. But still, it is what introduced me to the greatness of law, the importance of finding the truth, and the great feeling of satisfaction you get once you have found it.

note to self: don’t fangirl too much and read the important details. seriously.

CHARACTERS:

The Legend, Phoenix Wright

Let me say one thing, it’s really, really weird facing Phoenix in a courtroom battle. For five games, I’ve played as him, and then suddenly we’re battling against him as Apollo in a civil case!? I mean, we all anticipated it ever since we briefly controlled Edgeworth in Trials and Tribulations and acted as a Defense Attorney, but seeing the legendary Phoenix Wright on the other side of the courtroom is still surprising.

And scary. Definitely scary. Seeing Phoenix frown seriously, smirk and do a complete turnabout (which, normally is a good thing for us since we’re normally him) made Apollo (and us, the player) really quake in his boots. It’s like he’s getting back for all the abuse he received for being the butt monkey of the courtroom for the past 4 games!

Other than the very memorable Case 4, Phoenix goes back to being on our side again for the rest of the cases. I especially love the fact that even though 8 or so years has passed; Phoenix’s protectiveness over Maya has never failed. He went to another freaking country just because of a phone call for her! He fought on the wrong side of the truth (which is basically the opposite of his whole values) for her! He knowingly risked his life over her (though then again, this part’s nothing new)!

Every girl needs a Phoenix in her life, man. (NaruMayo ship: *sails*)

serious!Phoenix would make anyone tremble

Courtroom Revolutionaire, Apollo Justice

Okay, first of all, let me clarify; I KNOW THAT THIS TITLE BELONGS TO ATHENA. But it just fits, you know? (Also, I don’t know how to spell.)

I don’t care that the title of the game says Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney; Apollo is the real star of this game (it’s like the reversed version of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, where the real conflict is about Phoenix.). I believe in the wandering fan theory that this last three games (Apollo Justice: AA, AA: Dual Destinies, and AA: Spirit of Justice) is about Apollo, similar to how the first three games (Phoenix Wright: AA, AA: Justice for All and AA: Trials and Tribulations) is about Phoenix.

And man, how those three games did a wonderful job building up Apollo into the brave little bird he is now. AJ shows how he starts as a rookie defense attorney, DD shows his high school-college past (aka Clay MY GOD *eternal crying*), and lastly, SoJ shows his childhood and ends in how he starts being a professional defense attorney (thus, making a complete, albeit reversed, circle).

Spirit of Justice shows a lot of tearjerker, heart-pulling and gasp-inducing scenes for Apollo that at this point in time I don’t know how he managed to not break down. Oh wait, he did break down, he even have a new, special animation for it. And my god that scene… I didn’t shed a single tear at that point, because I was just so horrified and overwhelmed and whatishappeningisthisreallyhappening. Yeah, that feeling. (I did cry, a lot, but at the later point of the game since it took time for my mind to acknowledge that ohmyggoditreallyhappenedhuuuHUHUHUHU-)

So yeah. Apollo really received his most-deserved characterization and development in this game.

The Funeral Prosecutor, Nahyuta Sahdmadhi

Nahyuta. Nahyuta… Is my baby. Because, really, he’s just so cute and naiive in some of the things! I mean sure, he’s really nasty, but so are the other prosecutors and you don’t see me hating on them (in fact Franziska is totally my role model). But we can’t all deny the fact that he’s really kind and gentle on other people, look at Ema for instance (it’s clear that he likes her btw, I just can’t decide if it’s platonic or romantic, since my KlEma heart’s really against it).

And just like any main prosecutors in any games, Nahyuta receives wonderful characterization and character development as the game progresses. Similar to Apollo, a lot of tearjerker scenes is about him, especially when you discover how much has he sacrificed for his family…

And Nahyuta’s totally an overprotective brother to Rayfa. I can’t wait to see the next game just to see their post-game interactions.

look at this two original assistant babies turning to mature babies

The Ace Assistant, Maya Fey

MAYA. SHE’S BACK. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

Ace Attorney fans have fully risen from the dead the moment the trailer showed Maya returning for this game. It’s what we have been wishing for in these past two games! Our beloved Ace Assistant is back! And partnered with Phoenix no less! Sarcastic conversations! Funny interactions! Ladders vs. Stepladders!

Our original Ace Attorney duo is back! AAAAAAAAA-

But still, of course 8 years have passed, so it’s inevitable for Maya to change. Even though most of the time she’s still childish and funny, there are still many scenes scattered all around the game that shows her all grown up that you can’t help but remember her older sister, Mia. The game shows Mature Maya, the Leader of the Kurain Village.

Also, the Spirit Channeling scene is very, very beautiful. I’m glad that we actually saw it for the first time.

lil’ princess is just so cute!

The Priestess, Rayfa Padma Khura’in

Princess Rayfa is a cinnamon roll. A tsundere cinnamon roll, and that what makes her a very cute and wonderful and funny assistant.

Serious talk though, Rayfa is the youngest (except for Ahlbi) character to be introduced in this game, and it shows. Although she acts all high-and-mighty and incredibly mature due to her status as a priestess, there are times that her childishness shows true. And I think it’s completely okay – and Phoenix and Maya does to. She tries too hard to immediately grow up , but what she doesn’t know is that being true to your age gives you wonders too.

And, oh god, the pressure given to her by her mother… I can totally relate.

That scene when she was asked to show her (adoptive) father’s death in a Divination Séance… it made me cry for Rayfa [seriously, this game made me cry a lot]. Sure, we’ve seen her faint a lot of the times, but it’s only for dramatics; to show how horrified she was that we beat her. But that scene… is the real deal. We actually saw Rayfa going pale, gasping for air, eyes wide… and faints. It’s �� just – so heartbreaking…

can we all just cry

The Dragon, Dhurke Sahdmadhi

Oh my gosh, where do I even start.

*cries*

My first impression of Dhurke during the trailer was he’s the typical rebel antagonist in a game. And it continued on as we first got a glance on him at the end of the second trial.

Oh boy am I glad to be wrong.

I admit – Dhurke has not been a particularly good father to Apollo. Sure he’s got his reasons, being busy with the rebellion and all, but imagining a little Apollo hoping for his father to show up, pick him up and get him out of his misery – yet incredibly devastated as later, he will know that no one will show up, really broke my heart. Apollo did not deserve that. No child deserves that.

But oh man, he still loves Apollo. He loves Nahyuta. He loves Rayfa. He loves his children – anyone playing the game can see that. He just shows it in a different way, but every action he takes – it’s for the sake of his family. (Nahyuta really is similar to his father)

SPOILER

Too bad he’s not even alive. I can’t believe all the time we’ve spent with him as Apollo is… not exactly a lie, the interactions with him is the truth – he loves Apollo. But… you know.

Imagining his thought process while he was being spirit channeled by Maya and spending time with his son he had only seen now for the past two decades… is very depressing.

The Childhood Duo, Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill

I admit, I am disappointed with these two. Well, not these two exactly, they’re perfect just the way they are (I MEAN CAN YOU BELIEVE IT SIMON AND ATHENA TEAMING UP. THE PSYCHOLOGY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, DEFENSE-PROSECUTOR DUO IS TEAMING UP AAAAAA-), but I’m more sad in the roles they are given. More specifically, the wasted potential of their roles.

The theme of the whole game is inheritance. Inheritance from parent to child, and inheritance from teacher to student. And Athena and Simon’s ace – Psychology – is literally that, an inheritance from Metis Cykes!

They don’t need to create a whole batch of other characters. I’m not saying the Rakugo case sucks – it’s very new considering we have another Japanese culture-themed case; and the fact that a psychological disease (the multiple personalities stuff) is the main turning point of this case makes it a perfect case for Simon and Athena – but maybe they should have used it for the next game?

Athena and Simon were only introduced in the last game – so I’m definitely hungry for more backstory and deeper characterization for these two wonderful characters. And what better way for us to get to know more about theme more intimately than to get to know these two’s most important person, Metis Cykes, and her gift to them?

But hey – I’m complaining but I’m not particularly shunning these two and Case 3. As I said, Case 3 is a wonderful and genius case (but what would you expect from Ace Attorney, right?). It’s just that, the potential…

The Game

So far, this game has the largest amount of ‘gimmicks’ or ‘powers’ featured. Phoenix’s Magatama, Apollo’s bracelet, Athena’s Widget, Ema’s Forensic stuff, and the newly introduced Rayfa’s Divination Séance. I think the only missing power is Edgeworth’s Logic Chess, and we have the complete set!

Each of them is unique and special in their own way, and they definitely made the game much more exciting and enjoyable. OF course, the traditional courtroom battle is as hard, mysterious and exciting as ever! I cannot even predict who the culprit was in the start of the case, and if it was obvious who did it (like, it was showed in the initial cutscene or was directly implied), I can’t figure out how he/she did it without the help of the character I’m acting as. Which is a new thing for me, since in the past games, I already know who the real culprit is even before the player character knows. Well, most of the time, at least.

And the plot, oh the plot was absolutely complicated and mind blowing it’s wonderful. The family drama is as – if not more – dramatic than the T&T one. And that’s saying something, considering that the Fey clan’s story is really complicated too. And as I mentioned earlier, this game gave meat for the characterization of several characters.

Also, it made me cry probably around ten times.

FINAL REMARKS

DO I EVEN HAVE TO? GO PLAY IT. Though if you still haven’t play the previous games yet, do that first THEN PLAY THIS. THE STORY IS GOOD. THE GAMEPLAY IS AWESOME. THE CHARACTERS ARE WONDERFUL. *eternal scream*

FINAL NOTES: I’M SORRY IF I MISSED ANYTHING. What I wrote here are the things that really stood out to me. My aim is not to review everything about the game, but to write what I remember the most and what my reaction to it. If I did react to the whole game, it would take about 20 pages or so in MS word. (This is 4 pages, btw)

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survivorelara · 6 years ago

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Episode #6: “"NOT ANYMOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE" - Big Z

Even though I misplayed my idol, I cannot believe that my incessant need for wanting Toby gone actually fucking worked. Like. I will be taking the credit for this one because I just fed it to my peoples and had Loris know about it and just controlled his emotional vulnerability. I would have been good without having the idol either... so wig- I fucked up on that end but WOWZA it feels good to actually lead a vote, see the vote go the way you want, and have my target argue with someone who HE thinks started this revolution. Hehehehhehee

bruh im getting major Byzantium teas right now... where my og tribe gets decimated and only two of us actually make it to the merge. right now theres only 3 of us left and just like then if only 2 of us make merge we're gonna start off as swing votes, then everyone will target us. please don't let that happen Byzantium wasn't my greatest org experience

LMAO SO DANI THINKS WE ARE DEAD TO HER BECAUSE WE BLINDSIDED HER AT THE LOUISE VOTE? poor girl. you're playing a vivor org, get over yourself. you better pray to GOD we don't lose or that you have an idol... because your ass is done otherwise. one way or another, like I said before, only 2 zosma's max are making merge lmao…

In the middle of the challenge, so this confessional will have to be brief. I can definitely WIN this challenge, but I do question if that's the best for my game. The other tribe had a unanimous 6-1 vote, so now it's an even 3-3 split over there.

If we win, it's possible that either they'll go to rocks, or one of the Revati's will flip to save themselves? (Because it's unlikely the Auva are dumb enough to flip on one-another since that'd give us majority in the merge.)

However our tribe is currently a 3-2-2 split, and while I don't THINK the two sets of two are working together, I can't eliminate the possibility that they'd gang up on us to eliminate one of us and evening the numbers for the merge.

It's difficult to say where this whole tribe will end up shaking down, but I'm hoping to avoid Tribal if I can help it. The less Tribal Councils I go to, the more options I have going into merge because I won't have necessarily hurt any feelings by voting a particular way.

Well, I crushed the challenge, scoring all 5 points on my tribe, everyone was talking about how I carried them... which already has me worried given my history of being labelled a challenge beast after only having one good challenge.

But at the very least no tribal, I'm curious if we'll be merging at 12 or if it'll be some other number. Guess I'll know soon enough, but it's nice to have a break for a bit, and I think I'm doing pretty well on bonding with others so as to better my position.

Dylan still never talks to me. So ideally he'll be gone soonish, either by us losing the next challenge or him serving as an early merge boot. But even if he sticks around I doubt it'll be a major problem.

MY HOPE, for the other tribe is to send home Drew or Roxy (preferably Drew since I know Roxy and can work with that I think), to split up that Power-Pair as Drew was a fool for spoiling that. I don't really care who goes so long as the Revati's stay, and if we DO lose

Now if I could just find a damn idol... or SOMETHING.

HELLO LITTLE MIX AND NICKI ARE COLLABING I REPREARJT HHHHHH THEYRE COLLABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack Lawrence is so nice and so pretty. I would die for Jack. I would cry for Jsck. I will climb a mountain- and I hate walking. oh thats climbing I hate that too. Jack is nice Jack is kind. I shit on the Jack haters. He is just perfect. He could do nothing and still be thebest non-lead host. (Ya AJ shuttup) Anna Jane is PERFECTION. Erik is cutie she is cutie and I love AJ n Erik. She is hot and if I was gay i'd fuck. She is good listener and perfect and beautiful andeveryone get u a friend like AJ bc she is a BIG ASS MOOD in my life like stop being so perfect thanks

Sometimes I get confused about which day we’re on, so hopefully it’s day 14 lmao. The other tribe snatched Toby & I’m not surprised. Auva didn’t just make a mistake that will hinder themselves, but it will also affect what’s left of og Zosma. The Auvacados could’ve worked with Toby to start taking down Revati, but it would seem that they’re still out for vengeance. Toby was setup to be in a swing position, of course he’s gonna feel out both sides before choosing one. Now Auva is split with 3 on each side & I don’t see any of them flipping, unless og Auva is gullible again. Drew T. didn’t trust Revati either because he wasted an idol on himself even though Toby voted in favor of him. Flops.

Kori is legitimately a godsend. He c a r r i e d Revati in the challenge by scoring all 5 points that we needed to win. He says that he focused hard & waited for the messages to pop up which mind you were separated by intervals of several minutes in the span of 4 hours. Kori is a very humble dude & tries to downplay his capabilities, but he’s the GOAT. Maybe even the shield I needed. :O

I’m not too worried about Dani at this point in time. If Revati happens to lose then she would probably be the easiest to turn people against. Everyone participated in the music video challenge while she was the only one that did not, and she has a habit of sitting out. Sam told me that she hasn’t talked to him since the day we blindsided Louise & I’ve gotten the same treatment. Since I’m “dead to her”, I think that making a move against Dani pre-merge would benefit me in the long run. This would also change everyone’s perception of Sam and I to being non-threatening come merge as we don’t have the number

tea time sisters! toby was a king but was a threat and I have to see the benefits in him going. this tribal is going to be eventful I think... because I think I’m getting votes because roxy seems to really want me gone??? but i have a plan that I think will work :))))) I tell John to vote out drew t or roxy and I say that I know he doesn’t really want to vote out drew h so I’ll settle and sacrifice for drew t. if he’s fine with voting roxy then I tell him that I think I can get drew t to vote her too, and then we can vote him out next, when in reality we’ll vote out drew h next. if he wants to vote drew t now then I tell him me and z will do it too when hopefully z will vote out roxy with me and drew t instead because roxy is trying to get one of us out. ezpz . In fact we could even vote drew h. it’s all tea. I really hope z and John are loyal to me, I think z will be, and I think I can just play with me saying I trust you to John over and over. cute!!!! I stay winning... I can’t believe that I .. actually have a plan... that’s t it’s so easy idk why I couldn’t do this before my mind is just so powerful now? also auva idol is GONE and that’s fantastic and also I got legacy bitches!!!! only 7 more bitches need to go then I can use it :)

Soooooo half of this tribe is just completely inactive during the most important hours of this game prior to tribal. It’s SO FRUSTRATING because even if I want to make some sort of strategy with them it’ll take them at least 2-3 hours to reply to me. I cannot do this for too long. The other issue is that people are sooooo hesitant to throw names out, and when you do throw a name out literally EVERYONE hears that you started it and it gets turned on you. That happened to me when I said John’s name once to Roxy last tribal. I worry it’s about to happen to Loris suggesting Roxy too. We’ll see how it plays out, if I end up dying I’ll at least go on an active note rather than an inactive one.

THERE ARE TWO HOURS UNTIL TRIBAL AND LORIS IS THE ONLY ONE HERE

Whew another tribal and everyone is like absent again!? Wow we love productivity! Trademarked by the Celestial ORG! Please, come buy some productivity!

I hope we merge soon. My goal is to make it to merge without going to tribal. Idk how my tribe would pan out, we got a few inactive asf people. I dont have an idol but I really want one . tbh I'm so glad I took my break bc I'm not focused on winning im just focused on enjoying myself and my game while it lasts and I feel like its significantly improved my game.

Okay so Loris isn't talking to me but he's talking to other people so I'm being TOLD they're going for Roxy but I don't really believe it, I think if an idol is played, I'm dying courtesy of him and Z. Just gotta keep the faith in my people tbh

We doin big z vut doing loris kihhtve been better cause of her connections vut my nothing much I can do. I dint Rlly like the mrtge we r hesding into we r hella in minority

sometimes i forget im playing a org because all we do is win oh i got an idol btw hihihi

Honestly I am happy Toby went. HE WAS A BITCH! He wanted me out the the first round. Now to get Sam and Ciere out next. Expect Tea motherfuckers. Anyways, literally I have not talked a lot. I have gotten to know Kori. He is a shady fuck, I know that from past experience but I need him. I talked to Emma or Emmy or whatever the fuck her name is too. She seems really sweet.

ok so I think me and Ci'ere are bonding, which wow I never imagined that I would have a social game. I still haven't messaged Dani or Kori which is something I should do. The fact that they haven't messaged me, coupled with the fact that I'm alone on this tribe cements the fact that I am the obvious vote. Brb let me try to make connections.

SO we lost again, and my broken phone prevented me from participating in the challenge. Looking at this based on the challenge I should be leaving, buuuut I am going to be voting big Z out tonight, and because the auvas don't want rocks, they are going to do what I want. I have wanted this guy out from a game standpoint from the very beginning, but once you throw my name out there it's very hard to get back on my good side. Loris is going to be annoyed with me I am sure, he was trying to manipulate the situation between us but I could see right through the whole thing. I had a call with Roxy and she made an alliance with us and the two drews. She seemed to be worried that I would want to stick with loris and Z but I knew immediately what I wanted to do. I am really hoping that a merge will happen next, and that this move will not deeply affect me right away.

Big Z is voted out 4-2.

#episode #flyinghigh

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survivorcostarica · 7 years ago

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Ep. 2 - “THIS ROUND HAS BEEN SHITE” - Louise

Ay I'm the longest lasting Australian.

That's cute @ the other tribe voting out Roxy. See this is what I forgot about games where I don't like or care about anyone in said game; there's way more motivation to get rid of the fuckwits. Judging from that tribal video, I think I've found a nice selection of them. The worst mistake they'll make is not getting rid of me premerge, because if I get there, they'll be having a hard time getting rid of me. There's a pretty distinct reason that I've made final four seven times in a row for my past seven ORGs, three of which were wins and one was runner-up. I'm going to burn them all, and when I'm done, I'll roast some marshmallows over the coals.

I'm honestly bored so we should swap so I can make someone cry or something so they can feel a little bit of what Roxy's feeling.

I wonder if any alliances are forming in the tribe. If they are they're pretty stupid because early alliances never work out. I mean quite frankly, alliances at all don't work out. Playing a solo game gets you to the end 90% of the time, at least in my case. There's probably random little chats like the one Cole made with Louise and I, but I wonder if people have like, fully fledged plans.

I don't know why I keep putting these in seperate things when I'm just randomly ranting but oh well. I really don't care that I'm cocky about the game because quite frankly I'm not here to suddenly jump in bed with the tumblr community. I couldn't give two shits about it because this is the only tumblr org I'm ever going to do so I might as well make the most of it and fuck with stuff since I don't ever do that in other games. I'm looking to enjoy my time here, not to win. If I win in the process then that's cool, it wouldn't be the first time it's happened just from messing with people with no end goal. I'm honestly just excited to be playing a game that I don't have to hold back on anything. It'll either end up with me getting to final tribal council where people won't want to vote for me or I'll be out early, but either way, it'll be fun.

So I forgot to add this in my last round, but I wound up creating an alliance with myself, Drew, Cameron, Jill and Sam known as the Court Room: Pepperoni vs Sausage because we were talking about court rooms and attorney jokes because we love sharing facts in the main chat for fun. I feel like all of us will stay together for the majority of the pre-merge and if something changes, well then that blows then! Otherwise, this game is going decently. I seem to be liked by everyone and I don't want anything about that to change.

Um I love when my tribe wins and I really like working with people!!!! My alliance is bad ass and like they do sm more than I do hahahaha i should prob look for an idol!! I'll post more later I promise

Oh helloooooo!! So I just realized I didn’t do a confessional last round because I forgot it was a round because we won immunity but like someone still went home, SO I apologize for that!! But moving on, the past is in the past, I’m so freaking nervous! I’ve had some conversations with people but I don’t REALLY know where everyone stands with me like people aren’t gonna be outwardly rude to me and none of our conversations have seemed to evolve past just talking about ourselves / getting to know each other besides Arika. So I’m hoping with the rest of today I can do my best to work myself into some type of place that I don’t go home and I’m not gonna be here for tribal due to work so I really have to work hard to make sure whatever I can make happen sticks for the like 3 hours I’ll be at work before tribal because I’ll only have so much time to use to check back in. No idea really WHO I want to like put my vote onto I’m kinda hoping there’s already some name(s) our there that I haven’t heard but who knows. I always think the worst case scenario so there could have been absolutely NO game played thus far for the vote but I’m just gonna assume everyone hates me and is talking a bunch without me :)))) paranoia for the win!! Wish me luck

So we went to tribal and Roxy went home. That's not really my first choice because she trusted me and I was her number 1 apparently, but I went with majority and voted her out. By going along with the plan to get rid of Roxy I found myself in a power alliance of Constance, Jill, Cameron and Drew. I really like all of these people and am working on developing relationships with everyone in my alliance.

We won immunity, thanks to me and my quick google fingers and my never ending useless (but not anymore!) medical terminology knowledge. Also, did you know gallbladder was one word? I did, but I guess I forgot. Oopsies!

Haven’t talked to many people, spooked for tribal

I have...not much to say. I’m so bad with confessionals tbh I never want to write down everything that’s going on. I’m happy to be safe. Hope everything goes well on my tribe tonight. That’s all.

Um Im scared for tribal because I don’t really know many people yet but I hope I can pull through this

I'm glad our tribe won immunity! I feel good that I've made it past two rounds in this game. I'd like to think that my alliance on Cadejo will hold up as we progress but you can never be so sure! Nothing negative to say!

Honestly I'm probably on the bottom of my tribe because i suck and idk what to do but Jill is my number 1 and jay is my number 2 and ya I like Cameron but idk who else I really care for like do i care about any of them truly

THIS ROUND HAS BEEN SHITE no one talks to me I only love Cole Kevin and AJ tbh and I haven’t been active but I’m in bumfuck NOWHERE in Scotland which means I can’t talk strat and I’m upset so if I get voted out before I have a chance to actually play I’m gonna shit my pants.

I love being kidnapped but this tribe barely talks lol i hope josh does go i trust cole but he said that is who he is voting not who the tribe is but possibly i don't mean i hope josh goes meanly idk the guy but he did vote in the minority when we took him idk if anyone is with him even.

i sent this confessional to the wrong confessional and just realized sadly but roxy called me a snake and i find it funny she thinks i am a snake when she was saying the others names sam never came to me about drew he didn't vote drew out you and josh did constance also wanted to keep drew we had a call he told me.

I think I'm doing well in this game but I don't have any real alliances yet. But I did help kill Roxy so that's always fun :)

Um beautiful background btw Dan!!! Also you're beautiful! ANyways, I'm sorry Joshua I sent you home..... but I didn't need you anymore sorry. I have alliances that will hopefully protect me to the end:) Me, Julia and Arika (Gays 4 Costa Rica) and Me, Louise, and AJ (Jporg Cuties). I already have set my targets for Cam, Madison, Bryan, Aj, and Drew. They are the only ones that have a chance against the (gays 4 costa rica) anyways I FOUND AN IDOL SO LIKE OWWWOWOWOWOWOWO thanks arika love ya doll.

#survivorcostarica

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WWE Wrestlemania 33 - Preview & Predictions

Goldberg (c) vs Brock Lesnar: Universal Championship Match

The first of many matches on tonight's show, many. Currently as I type this it is still the main event of the show, with small murmurs that the Taker/Reigns match may steal that slot at the last moment. The first thing about this match I can say is man the build really hasn't caught me at all, the prospect of Goldberg as champion has quickly led to quick title matches helping no-one other than him. Lesnar has been made to look weak with the quick finishes and I dont see how marks should see him as a threat in the build up.

The company must really be worried about the reactions during this match, knowing that the crowd knows it will be less than 10 minutes probably including entrances as well. And I really dont know who’s going to be cheered as I have a feeling Lesnar is going to get the male adults cheers and Bill gets the women and kids maybe.

In terms of victory here I really dont mind as many people are more concerned as to who becomes champion after these two and how they get the belt, I have a sneaking suspicion that Goldberg gives up the belt tomorrow on Raw if he wins which will be devastating to all the other talent on Raw who wont have the chance to beat him. Lesnar on the other hand will have no problem taking a big pay check to drop it sooooooo. - LESNAR

Bray Wyatt (c) vs Randy Orton: WWE Championship Match

Speaking of weak build we enter this feud, childish hokey angles in the build, the WWE Championship added to the feud to give it more of an important feel and a higher spot on this card, and people still dont care. The idea of giving Orton the Rumble win was a waste as he still could have ended up in this spot easy as the title wasn't needed in the first place.

I imagine Bray gets an expensive entrance in the dark Mania sky with probably tons of extras wearing Sheep masks, leading to a reveal of one of them being Erick Rowan helping him keep the title. Leading to Luke Harper having to feud with Rowan while Wyatt/Orton have a rematch then hopefully Harper gets a title feud.

Wyatt needs to keep the title for awhile with some really good title matches to make him look more of a star with the title, having him lose it to Orton this quickly shouldn't be happening especially in an era where they NEED to establish new top guys. I can still see them going with Orton as they know he will get a good reaction from the crowds when hitting the RKO and they pop when his music hits, sadly those have been really important over the past 20 years in keeping guys in higher spots than they should have. - WYATT

The Undertaker vs Roman Reigns

Well this is the other match that is still in contention to be the actual main event of the show, I feel it really may end up being a late decision as they may want to see the actual reactions from the crowd to their faces appearing on the big screens to see which is the better way to close the show.

In terms of the match this really could be the way to turn Reigns fully heel and not this weak face booking but heel reactions which HHH seems happy with from recent interviews. Destroying Taker and turning on the crowds reaction is needed, hell even if Taker wins he needs to destroy him to get that point over in the biggest way possible.

They really want/need Reigns to remain the main guy in the company but truthfully a loss isn't the worst thing here as long as the followup is strong, hence my idea of the beat down afterwards which would leave more of a memory than the three count. But, the big question is what does Vince think is the best way to do so, sooooooo Reigns win it is - REIGNS

Seth Rollins vs Triple H: In A Non Sanctioned Match

If its me I would have kept Rollins off of the show after his injury and not rushed him back, seriously if he gets badly injured in a garbage brawl match and is out for a long period of time it will be ridiculous. This now will be a weapons filled brawl that will most likely see Samoa Joe come down to join in the match and then we will see the return of Finn Balor to help Seth out (forget that Rollins injured him for now btw).

Rollins really needs the win as after Mania he should be relied on alot at the top of the card on Raw, HHH gains zero from going over and he knows that, no ego trips will be had here, trust me - ROLLINS

Shane McMahon vs AJ Styles

AJ should really have been in a better match for the title on this show, but sadly that was not to be so we should look forward to what he can put on with Shane, which tbh could be a real fun match with the crowd reactions. And as previously seen Styles was able to have a fun match with James Ellsworth, so replacing him with Shane should mean there wont be a problem in a straight up wrestling match between the two.

I cant see a reason why Shane would win, and even if they say he is to go over I would imagine he would argue to lose. Styles needs to go over clean, show a level of respect to Shane at the end as an AJ face turn isn't too far away, and he should be prime and ready for the title and title feuds as soon as possible - STYLES

Bayley (c) vs Charlotte vs Sasha Banks vs Nia Jax: Raw Women’s Championship Match - Elimination Match

Ive mentioned before my dislike for how they have booked/handled the women on Raw, and this isn't helping things. The elimination stipulation was added for seemingly no reason and doesn't add to the match.

The way this ends is with a Banks heel turn and cheap win over Bayley, Jax out first, Charlotte gets pinned after Bayley and Sasha work together and Bayley pins her, then as Bayley rise back up she gets cheap shotted by Banks in her desperate attempt to win the belt - SASHA

Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens: US Title Match

Great build to this match and with the minds of both involved it should see for a fun, brutal match. The crowd will be desperate for Jericho to win and retain his title but really this should only end in one way and that’s with Owens taking the belt.

Jericho should be taking some time off soon to continue his music career, and Owens is the guy they need to be building large segments of Raw around each week. With some of the guys currently on the roster and those potentially getting promoted from NXT we could be in for some fun times around this title belt and around Kevin - OWENS

Nikki Bella + John Cena vs The Miz + Maryse

Another feud with awesome build, Miz and Maryse with their Total Bella Bullshit segments and near enough every Cena promo on both Smackdown and Talking Smack, sadly Nikki hasn't brought anything to this apart from being the one wanting it to happen most so that they can attempt to pressure Cena into proposing following the match and maybe Nikkis retirement??

I see this match being fairly quick with the women getting a heated cat fight in but the main body of work being left to the men, this really has all been built to Cena/Nikki winning and the prospect of a proposal/ retirement but truthfully this is begging out for a Miz/Maryse victory as the win will do wonders for him especially in looking a more solid threat. Plus Cena is off shooting a movie and wont be on tv weekly to have any effect of winning here, but we all know that wont stop them - CENA/NIKKI

Dean Ambrose (c) vs Baron Corbin: Intercontinental Title Match

A match that really will be lost on the card, Boring Baron Corbin does nothing for me but seemingly has someone backstage high on him so look for him to win his first title in the WWE

There really isn't much to write about this match is there? lol - CORBIN

Big Cass + Enzo vs Gallows + Anderson vs Cesaro + Sheamus: Raw Tag Team Title Match - Triple Threat Ladder Match

Quick we need a stipulation, lets suddenly bring in a ladder on the last Raw before Mania and make it look like that was the plan!! lol For me the added stip of the ladder is purely just a way of bringing back memories of the Hardys, listen out for the announcers to mention them alot by name or even keep saying the word broken.

Not one team sticks out here as needing to win with only two of the teams really having something special to win, the champs to retain and Enzo/Cass to win their first titles, nothing about Cesaro/Sheamus winning again is special to anyone apart from their friends and family.

The factor here is actually one that may not even be a factor for awhile longer yet and that’s the Hardys, they are due to return but we dont know exactly when yet but the safest idea here is for the heels to retain ready for the face Hardys to return and feud with them - GALLOWS/ANDERSON

Mickie James vs Natalya vs Alexa Bliss (c) vs Becky Lynch vs Carmella vs Naomi: Smackdown Women’s Championship Match + Surprise Guests/Stipulation

Im really glad this match was re-added to the main show after being dropped to the pre show, the problem will be that they were dropped for a reason and that most likely was down to the timing of the show and them being re-added means less time for the girls and also one or two other matches/segments.

We still dont actually know what the actual match stipulation is yet as well as the rumours of some of the older Diva’s returning to take part as well. The only real story/factor here is Naomi returning from injury in her home town, which screams a title change to me. Hopefully that doesn't come to fruition as Alexa is the be all and end all for me easily - NAOMI

Neville (c) vs Austin Aries: Cruiserweight Championship Match - Kickoff Show

Gutted that these guys were relegated to the kick off show as they could have had the match of the night but probably wont be allowed to go all out on the pre show, still though they wont have anything less than a 4 star match no matter then length of time they receive.

Aries has come into the company on fire in the ring as well as on commentary, and Neville has been one of the best performers in the company since moving to 205 Live. Look forward to watching this and hope that they dont have to perform infront of a half empty arena - NEVILLE

The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal - Kickoff Match

The usual throw everyone not being used into a match for a pay check battle royal, out of the names entered and announced its really between the following. Braun Strowman, Big Show, Sami Zayn and Tian Bing, yeah you read that right Chandler Bing’s Chinese relative. The others make sense with Bing being added purely as a quick attempt to see their growth rise in the Chinese market with a Chinese wrestler being under the focus, I doubt he wins but at the same time it would be some very smart business if he did, not very smart in terms of getting a reaction from the live crowd though - BRRRRRAAAAAUUUUUNNNNNN

The New Day Hosting

Gutted that the team arent involved in the Tag Title scene on Raw but this will present them with a number of segments during the show, as well as potentially segments with Legends that should be written well, better than alot of their Raw segments. A big concern will be the crowds reaction to Woods after the Paige incident, especially as he has been kept backstage in segments since then and not put infront of live crowds yet so this could see a big reaction the first time he’s out there.

Man that’s alot of matches, good luck to those going in keeping interest in everything.

Also look for the return in some form of Hulk Hogan on the show, brother.

Quick thought - I would love a Wrestlemania 9 finish with the Goldberg/Lesnar match with Shinsuke Nakamura in the Hulk Hogan role

The music performances on the show are going to be lame and not worth mine or your time as normal

Quick thought 2 - I would love for Samoa Joe to come out and attack Kurt Angle during the HOF segment.

Hope everyone enjoys the show, I wont be watching live as the Network means I dont have to stay up till 4 or 5am anymore I just have to not go on social media until I finish, simple. Hit me up on Twitter @AndyMulligan with feedback or female admirers

Bye for now

Andy

#WWE #wwe wrestlemania 33 #wrestlemania 33 #raw #smackdown live #hulk hogan #roman reigns #undertaker #Brock Lesnar #goldberg #AJ Styles #shane mcmahon #the new day #matt hardy #jeff hardy #broken

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we-work-hard · 7 years ago

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Green: Part Two

Pairing: Early 20s AJ Styles x 45 year old Shane McMahon (he hasn’t come back to WWE in this fic)

Summary: Shane kept being drawn back to the NXT Performance Center by one of the wrestlers trying out for a contract in Part One... now the boy’s being sent back home...

Notes: Prequel to the filth that was Room 117 – trying for more than ‘~SUDDENLY: PENETRATION!~’ (which is really HARD FOR ME, you guys *CRIES*). AJ is supposed to look like this during this chapter, btw

Warnings: Age difference, mention of religion, adultery, typos probably, no penetration... yet

Tagging: The peeps who were nice about Room 117 or the first chapter of this one/some Tumblr NetBots probs/and peeps who just put up with this bullshit (thank you all again for being so lovely and supportive to this hole of thirst and mess, it means a lot to me) – and yeah, if this totally isn’t your thing, please do scroll on by, that’s cool x... @llowkeys @scriptor @cruxcantare @komegamanx @castielscamander @unabashedwwesmut @athoughtfulmindwrites @the-geekgoddes @your-darkdiva @toosweetme @osanabria2377 @stylessection @cookiemonster2017 @princessgailr-blog @secretagentfangirl @artemisapalla316 @loveambrylayn @tvrnbvckle @kingslayers-angel @immalittledinosaur01 @wrestlingbabe @wweconfidential @aintnopartymd @blondekel77 @missmcmahon @wycliffegordon @imlivinthebilife @xepa123 @idle-vanity @alexahood21 @mylittlepartofthegalaxy @alliedbiscuit @violas87 @wweshesaro

Green: Part Two

He’s found him.

"AJ – you okay?”

“Holy frick, it’s you… You know my name?”

“Of course I know your name, Allen Neal Jones – you know mine?”

He’s struck by how different AJ looks in the early evening sun away from the artificial light of the Performance Center. This close, he can see the slight scarring across AJ's cheeks from what must have been bad skin as a teenager. The gold hoops in his ears. He’s wearing a white cap turned backwards, faded Hollister shirt, and ripped-up jeans that don't quite look fashionably old. They look like AJ needed this break and the extra money a developmental NXT contract would have given him. He’s well-fed and strong though, clearly takes care of himself – his big scuffed-up hands show he works hard for everything he gets, too.

AJ gives a smile at Shane using his full name, eyes going from taken aback to warm when they really lock in, catching. They’re light blue, slightly too far apart on his face.

Shane’s getting to see more of the real person, not just the smile and goofing around from tryouts. And the real person in front of him looks… really good. Too good. But mixed in with the attraction he feels a powerful need to help the younger man, reassuring him that his intentions for running out here can be right and not selfish. Shane will ignore what’s making his pulse speed up; he has to. The guy's had a huge knock back today, so Shane will see him right, send him on his way, and wish him well. Then he’ll forget the boy he saw at the Performance Center that time that stirred up all those strange feelings.

He takes a stabilising breath and tells himself he can do that.

But he’s getting caught up in a loop of looking and smiling back instead of making sure the boy's okay... AJ breaks the contact first though, looking down for a beat, thinking about Shane's question, then looking back up to give his answer with a teasing spark in the blue.

"You're the guy that don't work here but keeps sneaking in. Security in there ain't too good, they keep letting folks in off the street."

AJ creases his face up, closing one eye to look up at Shane in the sunlight, smiling his crooked smile. He settles back down onto the bench and folds his big hands together between his legs, waiting for what Shane will say to that.

"I guess that's right." Shane feels his own smile getting bigger.

"Annnnd," AJ draws the word out, "You nodded at me on the first day I was here... And you can't cross your eyes; I know that, too."

Shane folds his arms across his chest and nods slowly, pretending to be impressed with the facts that younger man has put together about him so far. "You're very perceptive, that's good. Anything else you know about me?"

"Well, you look like Shane McMahon, but…” AJ narrows his eyes and makes to look him over some more, acting like he’s really thinking about it. "Your hair’s different," he says, smile still teasing and light eyebrows raised. He’s chipper enough to be hitting Shane with all this sass so he must be doing okay after the shitty news, Shane thinks with relief. Okay, that's a start.

"The grey throwing you off, huh?" Shane smiles, pointing at his hair.

"Naw, I know you; did soon as I saw you on the first day,” AJ says, dropping the teasing. “And the grey looks okay, I guess."

"That means a lot to me that you think that, thank you – can I sit?'

"Sure thing, Shane."

Inside, Shane’s thrilled that AJ feels comfortable enough with him to skip the formalities. But then AJ falters, the easy confidence seeping away. "I mean, uh, Mr McMahon. Sir."

Shane sits, turning to him to talk.

"’Shane’ is good. You like ‘AJ’ or ‘Allen’ better?"

"AJ. Yeah. My dad calls me Allen." His father seems to be a sore point, from the shift of his shoulders. Shane’s not going to make him talk about that.

“Okay; AJ... I wanted to find you, come talk to you for a while. Just make sure you're okay – alright?" AJ swallows and nods, relaxing again. Shane craves this connection they'd seemed to have instantly formed earlier in the week, before they’d even spoken. Not to be seen as an authority figure to be kowtowed to. It’s strange to feel so comfortable, and comforted, by a person’s presence like this – someone he doesn’t know at all. But then, AJ seemed to catch on to the feeling, too.

AJ straightens back up. "I need to sign any more forms, I messed up on anything in there?"

"No, no, no – nothing like that. They wouldn't send me out for that. You’re right; I don't work there."

"Guess that's something we have in common then,” AJ frowns, settling back down. “So, you heard, huh?"

"I did,” Shane can’t help but sigh, angry on AJ’s behalf, noticing how stormy AJ’s eyes have gotten, too. He’s got fire in him – NXT could have used that if they’d taken the time to look for it. “You have somewhere to go? I heard your flight got cancelled – they couldn’t get you another one tonight?”

“There’s a flight for me tomorrow booked already – don’t worry about me, Shane”. He clears his throat at using Shane’s name so casually, squeezing his hands together tighter.

“You staying with one of the guys?”

“Hoping to – just waiting for them to come back.”

“AJ, just come back in. Let the company book you another room.”

AJ lets out a frustrated noise and looks away, shaking his head.

“No.”

Shane’s not pushy, but then he’s also not used to being told no.

“No?”

“Nope. I’m not goin’ back in there.”

Shane sees how firm AJ’s mouth is; stubborn and set on this idea. But Shane’s set on the idea of helping him out, somehow. To make up for what’s happened. To make sure he has a comfortable night. And as some kind of thank you for… Shane doesn’t even know. Smiling at him? Cheering him up? Getting him to at least come to terms with the business he’s been running from for years? Sitting with him for a few minutes?

“Fine, you don’t have to go back in there.” AJ nods at Shane, like ‘yes, I am not going back in there’.

“But you shouldn't have to pay for a room, and you shouldn't have to stay on anyone's couch, okay? Let me organise you a place to stay tonight, if they’re so terrible,” he offers, nodding his head back at the building behind them.

AJ's mouth twitches with amusement at the dismissal of the family company, but stops himself. “I told you – I don’t need help.”

“How will you feel, rooming with people who are coming back here to train tomorrow? Can you do that?” Shane asks softly, seeing AJ frown.

“It’ll be sucky...”

“I thought so.”

“But, I don’t take hand outs. Never. I’m sorry to be so rude to ya – I appreciate your kindness right now, I really do. But I won’t take it."

Shane feels his exasperation rising at the offer being rebuffed.

“AJ – I am not leaving a kid out here waiting for a room he might not get-”

“I’m not a kid,” AJ blurts, incredulous.

“You are to me,” Shane counters.

“I bet everyone’s a kid to you, though, huh?” the younger man grumbles down to his hand, picking at a hangnail.

Shane lets out a chuckle at the attitude. “Better watch that mouth – I saw your moves in that ring, and I know all the counters.”

“Pffft,” AJ blows a breath out of the side of this mouth, turning his head to look at Shane with a grin again. Seems he doesn’t stay irritated for long. “You wanna wrestle over this?" He pulls himself upright and slaps his knees. "I wrestled Greco-Roman at High School you know, got a pretty good record. You wanna try me?”

“Hmm, I don’t think I have a good chance of winning, then – High School was a long time ago for me. But then, you’d probably noticed that. What with the hair, and all.”

AJ sniggers, then sighs and scratches at his arm, creasing his face back up. “You ain’t gonna lay off me about this, are ya?”

“Nope,” Shane echoes AJ’s earlier assertion. “Look – the hotel I’m at is pretty good, pretty cheap, so it’s no inconvenience, really,” Shane makes sure to say. It’s not cheap, he doesn’t stay in cheap hotels, but AJ doesn’t need to know that. He just needs to stop baulking at 'taking a hand out', let Shane help him get a place to sleep. And then Shane won’t be tormented by the memory of leaving him out here on his own.

And, hopefully, he won’t be left with this mixed-up feeling. If AJ accepts Shane’s help, will this stop the fascination? Shane looking out for him; trying to be fatherly instead? Maybe Shane’s intentions are partially spurred by his own guilt at wanting to look at him so much; okay. Maybe… maybe this can assuage that. And he can at least partially right the wrong that’s been done by WWE today, kicking a talented guy back out into the world and telling him his dream won’t be coming true.

“Cheap, huh?” AJ says, completely unaware of all the turmoil Shane’s trying to squash down just next to him. He's onto Shane's lie about it being cheap, though. “That’s perfect, then – I’ll pay for-“

“No, you won’t,” Shane takes a breath and really looks at AJ, willing him to understand why he needs to help him.

“They should have taken you on, okay? They should have.”

AJ slumps down a little, taking the words in and believing them. Shane can see in his eyes how much he needed to hear that.

“This wasn’t right. You should be in there and training with them. They made the wrong call today. And I can’t let… Please, let me do something for you. Please.”

AJ’s eyes gaze over Shane’s face, considering. After a few seconds, he nods. “Okay. But only because you won’t let up. And I wasn’t brought up to be rude to my elders.”

Shane can’t stop himself from laughing again, rubbing a hand over his face and nodding back at AJ, taking in his mockingly serious look.

“You really do have a mouth on you, don’t you? Well, that’s okay. I need food – you can recommend something quick and horrible to me in the car, I bet. And maybe if you eat it'll stop that mouth of yours sassing me so much.”

“I doubt if anything can stop that. But you can try.”

***

"Your taste in music is terrible, ya know."

Shane's driving to the hotel with AJ in the seat next to him finally, both windows open and blowing cool air through the hot car. AJ’s taken his cap off to ruffle his hair, slumping back in the seat with one arm hanging out over the door. He’s scrolling through Shane’s iPod and curling his lip.

"’Debussy’? What in the heck is that?"

And AJ allowed him to take him to get food. AJ’d wanted to go to Sonic for a cheeseburger and a milkshake... which was disgusting, actually, but Shane was in the mood for disgusting. A self-administered punishment for enjoying being around AJ so much, perhaps.

"Oh, shoot; now look at this – you like ‘Tony! Toni! Toné!’?! We're listenin' to that, right now..."

AJ's cheered up a lot since he's had the opportunity to look through Shane's iPod and laugh at his music collection.

"Are you even old enough to remember that song?"

"I'm not that young," AJ scoffs with a smile hitting play and sitting back in his seat, tapping his fingers against the leg closest to Shane.

He emphasises the 'g' on 'young', and his ‘I’ comes out as ‘Ahh’. Shane’s always loved Southern accents, and AJ’s is almost guttural in its thickness, but smooth. He could listen to him talk for hours. So far, he’s been treated to hearing AJ’s thoughts on Shane’s music taste, and the story of how he came to his faith a few years ago during a difficult time at college. They’ve also covered the current state of politics in America (AJ thought Bush was underrated as a President. Well, okay – Shane hasn’t heard much different over dinner with this parents), and conspiracy theories AJ is into (the moon landing, the earth maybe being flat, the Avril Lavigne theory… that’s not one Shane’s heard in detail before. He isn’t convinced. Also, he doesn’t really know who Avril Lavigne is. Or was). Plus, AJ’s favourite topic – wrestling.

“You must have met people younger than me working in the business.”

“Sure – but they knew the earth is round; they seemed older in that way.”

“All I’m sayin’ is, when we go our separate ways? Look into it, man.”

Their separate ways. That’s not something Shane wants to think about right now. Right now, he’s got a light feeling in his heart, one he hasn’t had for years. AJ is funny, and a goofball, and… Shane’s trying to ignore the other feelings he’s still getting, having him so close to him. He wants to look after him and see him fed and housed for the night, that’s all. If he likes talking to him, well, AJ’s a likable guy. And if he likes looking at him, when he turns his eyes to the side, well… Shane hasn’t come up with a reason for that. At least not one he wants to examine in any detail.

The gold of his wedding ring winks in the sun as he turns the wheel and the guilt flares up again. He knows exactly why he likes looking at AJ so much. AJ is… beautiful. That’s the only word Shane can come up with for him. He’s like the statues his wife dragged him around Florence to look at a few years ago – perfect in form; a masculine kind of beauty. He hadn’t understood that concept at the time, didn’t think it was possible for the male form to be beautiful. But AJ is. He’s vital; full of life and silly jokes. AJ’s turning out to be like Shane’s version of cat nip. If Shane was capable of purring, that’s what he’d be doing right now.

His phone starts ringing. AJ looks at the name on the screen from where it lays on the dashboard between them.

“That your wife?” That sobers Shane up.

“Guess so.”

“How long you been married?”

“Long time.”

“You’ve got kids, right?”

“Yup. All boys.”

AJ sits back in his seat and looks more serious, all the giddiness sucked out of the car.

“You gonna answer it?”

“I’ll call her back later.”

AJ crosses his arms, waits for it to ring out. He starts to talk quietly when the phone goes silent – Shane struggles to hear him over the music in the car.

“I always wanted to get married, have kids n’ get settled... I’ve got a girlfriend, been with her for about a year now. Met her at a church social.”

He pauses to swallow, lick his lips. “I love her, I think.”

Shane wonders why he’s being told this, and turns to flick his eyes to AJ and then back to the road. “You only ‘think’?”

“I don’t know,” AJ shrugs, looking ahead blankly. “How do you know?”

“You just… want to be with that person all the time, I guess. Can’t imagine not being with them. That’s how I felt.”

AJ doesn’t answer, just pulls on his lower lip.

“You feel like that?”

AJ’s face stays blank as he replies, eyes sliding to Shane and then back away. “Sure.”

They don’t talk again until they get to the hotel.

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