#or more like he Shouldn't take them but he still risks it bc he's gonna fight anyway

[hood-ex]

Dick's position in the Titans is so funny because literally everyone will be giving it their all and using their powers to take down the baddies, and then you've got Dick who's just kinda standing off to the side watching it all with some binoculars, and he's like, "Wait! Okay... attack! Now wait!! Okay... okay... almost there... EVERYBODY FIRE NOW!!"

Raven: I feel as if I am dying! I cannot control this power any longer!

Dick: Well you're going to have to because I haven't given the signal yet.

[ratasum]

So about that big rewrite with @wall-legion. (Spoilers and some salt ahead, and significant changes.)

Again, as per usual, keep in mind that we're doing this based on personal opinion. If you enjoyed your time, I'm INCREDIBLY happy for you! But we did not.

Zojja isn't the one who goes to the wizards (at least not at first). I've mentioned before that Jenn and I had been treating it like she'd been There All Along the last eight years, and we're not changing that.

Instead, since in our plot Logan dies for real in Arah, he's the one in Wizlandia. He got picked up after being left there with the intention of people returning to get his body. The assumption is that he got awakened or something. Turns out that's not the case!

Zojja has some roles in the other plots that I'll write out when I get around to actually writing cohesive fic stuff, but it's limited bc of chronic pain and fatigue from what she went through in Maguuma. She's doing her best, but still struggling with what she's no longer able to do. Which leads to her vanishing in the middle of the night roughly a month before SotO starts.

Odetta and Leyya eventually find the letter she received from Logan, leading them on the goose chase that takes them to Wizlandia as well. Plot roughly follows canon from here in points, with Logan in Zojja's role and Zojja present and Mabon mentoring her to unlock more of her magic.

Mabon lives! He also gets some of his memories back because of the possession, and he starts spilling the beans. He keeps mentoring Zojja despite his apprehension with Isgarren, who starts helping in the convergences, and she starts getting pressured towards ascension as well... genuinely considering it because she's so tired.

All those loaded Chekov's Guns about the fractals and how horrific and unethical they were, the wizards never stepping in even when the world is at risk (Void?? hello??), and Isgarren's seeming lack of care for anything outside of the Kryptis gets tied up. How? He, Eparch, and Vass had a shitty breakup and Isgarren is obsessed with "punishing" him for his supposed betrayal over Vass's death. There's some JUICY DEETS here I'll go into later.

Galrath is replaced. Because why the FUCK is he even there???? We killed him to keep him OUT of the wizard's tower in GW1.

Anyway Isgarren tries to genocide the kryptis to "keep Tyria safe," leading to a big kerfuffle and a final fight with him. He ends up killed right before we fight Eparch and kill him. Peitha gets made king!

Logan decides to ascend in the end and stay with the wizards. He knows he can do well here, and everyone thinks he's dead anyway. Dagda takes on Isgarren's role. She also gets to learn she shouldn't tie her worth and willingness to exist to one person and stops trying to cling to the memory of the kodan and wrap up Zojja.

Lyhr leaves to find his partner. He may return to the wizards eventually, but he needs to do this.

Zojja decides to stop trying to be better and to work within her means. She also decides she's going to burn the system in Rata Sum to the ground, but needs time to plan. Opts to go back to Lion's Arch for now.

The wizards agree they can no longer stay in their tower doing nothing. They start reaching out more to core Tyria. No hiding anymore. If they're going to protect the world... they need to be part of it.

And unrelated to any of that, the Rata Novus fractal is now the Thaumanova city cube.

But yeah, we're gonna have fun with this.

[skoulsons]

Analyzing?? :) This is a long one again. And their second scene at the end of episode is really just gonna serve as a second parter to this bc there’s CONNECTIONS. I was going to make a cut and put this all below it, but tumblr was like deleting it so..no cut

“Ah, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.”

Immediate reaction to her applying pressure to his wound is to grab her, hard. She reacts to it, hence her swears because he’s hurting her. But she would never tell him to stop because he’s in a lot of pain and can’t get it out any other way, so she lets him. But I think Joel recognizes he is hurting her. When it cuts to Joel’s face (possible continuity thing, but we’ll say no for the sake of overanalyzing bc this is my blog), he just has the side of his hand pressed, albeit hard, against her arm as opposed to gripping it. He recognized he was hurting her and tried to change to keep from continuing. He’s also trying to be quiet despite his very obvious need to scream about how much pain he’s in because he’s bleeding out with no medicine, no clean materials, and nothing to even try and disinfect his wound with.

“Come on, you gotta help me. Come on!”

baby, he is in a lot of pain. I don't know how much more pressure he can add. But I also think, in a way, she’s saying this to keep him awake and giving him something to do while she goes upstairs to look for something. She can’t have him passing back out, not with a life threatening injury, so she tries to give him something to do.

And something else (and I’m not the first person to recognize this), he’s trying to be quiet still. He could scream blood murder because he wants to because this hurts, but he’s trying to

“Leave. Leave.’

“Shut up, Joel.”

“Take the gun-”

“Joel, shut the fuck up!”

He is begging her to leave. Pleading with her as much as he can muster to get out. To leave him. To grab the rifle, because she can shoot, and go. He was just trying to leave her last episode because he was terrified for her and her safety because he knows he’ll kill her. And now, he’s begging her to leave him because he may kill her like this. It’s a harsh winter. She is giving him their warmth, food, and water. She is not taking care of herself the whole time because his life is on the line, and he is what matters. And knowing there is infected out there and people who she is all alone to defend herself against? She is capable to an extent, yes, but not to a group. Him being out like this could kill her, and he can’t risk that, not a single chance of it, so he tells her to leave him. Because he can’t fail her again, and dying while she’s still with him and not safe with Tommy is yet another fail.

And she tells him to shut up because what else is she supposed to do? She knows he’s trying to push her away because he just did it like a week prior to this. He can’t let people care about him, let alone letting them in in the first place. And this tiny, little girl was let in (with a little shove against that hard exterior of his) and she cares about him, more than he understands. That feeling being mutual and oh so complicated. No one since Tess has cared about him like this. But it goes deeper than that because this is a kid. His kid, now. She shouldn't ever need to do this or want to do this, but that’s the circumstances of their world, and he can’t help that. He can’t help the size of her heart or the fact that she cares so much about him because he did first. Through his protection, reassurances, and selfless caring in how he treated her, she grew to, too. And he never wanted that. Even now, the two of them being a ‘we’ now, she still shouldn’t have to because he’s the caretaker, and he’s failing.

“You go. You go. You go north. You go to Tommy. You go.”

This. This is a father’s anger. The absolute certainty and seriousness and the listen-to-me attitude. He needs her to leave. Because, like we’ve all discussed on a number of occasions, she is his weakness and he is her strength. And he does not believe he is that to her, especially not on the level he truly is. But beyond this, he needs her safe, as I already mentioned. So he grabs her and pulls her to him so she sees and hears him. He shakes her his second “you go” because he needs her to listen to him. He needs her gone, as much as it kills him to. But her safety is his first and highest concern, even if it means separating. He is willing to be separated from her and die alone in a cold basement if it means she gets to safety and is able to fulfill her journey.

This is after he shoves her and there’s already the glimmer of a tear in the corner of his eye. He does not want to send her away. He wants to be responsible for her. He wants to stay with her. He wants to hold her and he wants them to be okay. But he has to, for her safety. He reacts with force and he shoves her away, rejecting her care. Rejecting her help. And he just shoved her. Joel “ever so gentle with his little girl” Miller just shoved that little girl away from him, and that hurts.

Even after being shoved away from him, she doesn’t walk away in anger. No. No, she stands and lets her hand fall to his, just to brush against his. Despite being angry, upset, fearful, and pretty amazed at the fact that he’s still trying to get rid of her and won’t let her just take care of him, she lays a brief hand on his. Comfort? Reassurance? “You’re an asshole, but I still love you”?

And she moves to his coat, which I imagine she took off to better access his injury, and lays it across him. She evens it out across is abdomen and brings it all the way up to his chin to keep him as warm as possible. And Joel (pedro you mastermind I hate you) looks in…disbelief? Absolute unparalleled love at her that she loves him just the same? He just physically shoved her away. He has been nothing but physically gentle with her their whole journey, and now he just grabbed and shoved her away to reinforce his point. And in response, she quickly touches his hand and then lays his coat over him, covering him up to the chin. She is kind to him even after what he did, what he’s trying to do, and it’s almost insane to him. He’s used to violence. He’s used to using force and being given force back. And when he uses every ounce of power he has to use that force against Ellie to push her away, he is met with her kindness and unending care for him

They watch each other for a minute, no spoken words, and Ellie walks away. And he sheds a tear watching her go. His breath gets rapid and shaky, in part because he’s cold and losing blood and dying, but he’s watching her walk away and thinks she actually is going. That she is leaving. That they’re done, for good. That this little girl that is so important to him and that he loves way, way too much is leaving. And he watches her, thinking she’ll be the last thing he gets to see before he dies. He burns her into his memory, so that even after she’s gone and safe, a part of her is still with him. That he can picture her clearly in his mind to keep coming back to as he fades away.

And Ellie waits at the top of the stairs, but only for a moment. She waits. Does she think about what he said? Maybe for a split second, but no more. She needs him, but more than that she wants him. She wants to keep going with him. And, as much as he may hate it, that means suffering through it at his side and freezing through the nights just so he has a chance of surviving. She sits on what he told her, but she won’t listen because It’s him. Because It’s them. And that connection, that relationship, is worth it all

[melodyatlas]

6, 9, 12 for the ask game

and bonus if you want, for the NSFW Alphabet, J, R, and W for Tim and maybe Slade? ❤️

6. Show us a bit of a WIP!

Each step Slade takes closer to the pair shows just how much Dick thinks he's going to free them when he gets close enough. Too bad, pretty bird. His fingers thread through Dick's shiny locks when he's within reach, first softly, a sweet reassurance that everything's going to be okay. Then he tightens his grip, tugging back a few inches, just to watch as it jerks Tim along with him. The matching yelps it pulls from the Bats is music to his ears, and he's sure they're both glaring at him from behind their white-out lenses. His lips curl up in a mean grin, “Hey, pretty bird. Looks like someone clipped your wings here.”

9. Write a recommendation of someone else's fic you enjoyed!

cut me open, take my heart - by Sandrine

of course my rec is gonna be a jaytim fic lmao, its so gooooooood, one of my faves! it's jason finding out that tim has some Feelings about him and knives and them playing around with that. the characterization of both of them is so good, and i rly like the authors voice and how they portray jason and tims dynamic

12. What's the funniest or craziest AU idea you've ever come up with?

oooh i actually dont rly come up with a lot of crazy aus? my birds of passage series has an alternate dimension where the bats are all genderswapped and a couple of them end up crossing into the main verse? but i dont think thats very far out there 😂

J) Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Tim - i think tim is like, weirdly clinical about it, but also does it all the time lmao. need to fall asleep? jack off. stuck on a case? jack off. overwhelmed by all the WE work that he shouldn't actually have to deal with but does? jack off. he swears by it as a means to clear his head

Slade - tbh i don't have any headcanons for slade about this and when i tried to think on it more all that popped into my head was him pulling out creepy stalker photos of the titans from back when he was in that fued that he's just held onto for this specific purpose gsjgdkdbdkdn like just imagine a shot of dick in his nightwing suit taken from 4 blocks away with a shitty red target drawn over him, that's what slades using to get off and it works

R) Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc)

Tim - yeah, so tim canonically made out with lynx on a rooftop and seeing as how he was still unsure if she was an undercover cop or actually running a gang, i definitely think he's up for risks. i also know that like openly sexual core four is highly fanon but cmon. they were a bunch of hormonal teenagers in stressful situations with little and then no adult supervision. they definitely blew off steam together. and you don't mess around with an Amazonian, a speedster, and an alien and NOT be game for experimentation lmao

Slade - slade is nothing but risk in bed babeeyyy, his wife shot him in the face and you can't tell me that he doesn't regularly have what they call hatesex with dick on the regular (it's not hatesex, it just makes them feel better to call it that), im just saying that kind of taste does not lend well to vanilla sex with no experimentation lmao

W) Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Tim - i think bc tim knows he can lie to bruce and get away with it and also got away with embezzling an entire batmobile so young he realized he could do Anything and get away with it, so i think he uses that for purposes that others might find questionable but he literally always has a reason, like for example "tim, why did you buy a chuck e cheese and hide it in the batarang budget?" "oh, we realized a bunch of members of the titans didnt ever get to experience having a birthday party there so i bought one, had it redesigned back to the old 90s aesthetic and then we marathoned parties for everyone so they could get it"

Numbered Ask Game

NSFW Alphabet Ask Game

[elibean]

Thanks for answering my ask. Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

of course, thank you for asking! :D oooooh sure!! i'm not sure I have 10, actually ^^; let's see...

yukine!!!! my darling sweet baby boy. ha i bet y'all thought it was tsuyu, huh? most people do. i fell in love with yukine after reading ahead in the manga when the anime was airing (and i do believe this bit was untranslated at the time?) and learning that he takes the hit from yato. this baby bratty child doing something so brave and selfless when just chapters before he was hurting yato....good good stuff. and he's only gotten better from there. and he gets to keep his brattiness! he's a tsundere lil baby but he loves fiercely and would do anything for yato and hiyori and... and after learning his backstory and everything else and GOD I LOVE HIM

tsuyu. i don't have nearly as compelling a reason for loving her as much as i do as i did for yukine. she's....she's a cute frog girl.....idk what you want from me. she is a good character in her own right, she's strong and human (like when she broke down bc she felt bad for telling them they shouldn't save bakugou) but as her nature as a very very side character, she doesn't have a whole lot of development or much to work with. i like her and she's cute. the end!

dazai. he's alllmost tied with tsuyu. actually i thought about reordering those two. i'm not really sure. i just have way more tsuyu merch than dazai merch (though that doesn't mean a whole lot bc i hardly have any yukine merch at all BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FUCKING EXIST anyway). i love how morally grey he is...well, almost morally black lol. like dude has murdered and tortured people but is still on the side of the "good guys". his backstory with oda is great, the idea that he's on the side of the good guys not because he WANTS to but because it's what his friend wanted; and also that he doesn't even really care either way, that it's not like he had some deep change of heart or anything but just. was that devoted to his friend is just. mwah, good stuff. i don't like how he's written sometimes as like, he knows EVERYTHING and is ALWAYS 5 steps ahead of everyone else; gets kind of annoying, sometimes, but i still love him.

- the rest// yeah ok now is when we're starting to falter. from here on down i don't really have a solid order. i adore amajiki (and i love how hori made a joke about him being...well, a stand-in for hori in some ways lol), i love kirishima, i love deku (i ADORE deku as a protag i think he's great). i love rin from yuru camp. a recent fave is lu guang; love how he's willing to risk EVERYTHING for cxs and is a total hypocrite, but for him to properly make this list is gonna depend heavily on how the show writes his background, his motivations, and the resulting fallout and how that's handled. oh i love tanuma from natsume yuujinchou too! he's wonderful. oh big fan of atsushi too!! and poe....ok i'll shut up now hehe, these are all "characters i like a lot" but like, not characters i actively think about often (with the exception of lg bc of current brainrot...again, we'll have to see if that holds up and he can get properly added to this list)

[hugheshugs]

for blurb night, 41 and 62 with jack hughes? thanks💞

hihi !! these prompts make me weak for protective!jack. im also in a brother!jack mood so this includes that bc it warms my heart. this one went a bit over 1k, my bad. i hope you like this one <3

contains: olderbrother!jack (and quinn and idk you can choose lukes age it doesnt rlly matter)

warnings: brief mentions of anxiety, physical assault (grabbing), creepy dude being weird and touching readers arm.

y/n/n = your nickname

"he shouldn't have touched you like that."

"can you take a deep breath for me, hm?"

your brothers were always really protective over you. especially quinn and jack. luke was a bit cautious, already having been a victim of his brothers' tyranny. he didn't want to make it even worse for you.

but they were all against you going to this party. it was the first one you'd ever been invited to so you really wanted to go. it didn't help that your parents were out of town and they were in charge of you but you were old enough now, old enough to make your own decisions. of course in their eyes you were still a baby.

you didn't listen to them. you knew they were smart, you didn't know how you managed to sneak out without getting caught but you did, and now you were here — and you hated it.

there had never been a moment in your life where you wanted to leave more than you did right now. it was crowded and sweaty, bodies were crashing into each other as they drunkenly stumbled across the room, music was pounding in your ears.. you hated it all.

by now you would have expected your brothers to have caught on but you hadn't received a single call nor text. you debated whether or not you should risk outing yourself by asking one of them to pick you up.

they were smarter than you gave them credit for, though. they knew you were going to sneak out and obviously they'd followed you to the party. they were waiting in the car, having some sort of a stakeout as they waited for you to leave the party house before confronting you.

"it's been like two hours, man! i gotta piss," luke complained from the back seat.

jack turned towards him while quinn rolled his eyes. "we're waiting here as long as we have to."

luke groaned as quinn sighed, rubbing his temples. "i'm worried about her. you think we should go in there?"

"yes," luke replied immediately, receiving a glare from the other two.

"i think one of us should go. it might be a bit overwhelming if we all go in there at once," jack spoke.

"fine, you go."

jack's eyes widened. "wha— why me?"

"you suggested it," quinn shrugged, unlocking the doors for him. "go on."

"if i die today, i'm gonna fucking kill you."

quinn snorted at his words. "yeah, okay. we'll see about that."

"fucking hate parties. i fucking hate y/n, today's her last day on earth, i swear to.." jack mumbled incoherently as he stepped out of the car and slammed the door shut.

back inside, you were panicking. some dude was chatting you up and you hated it. his words went in one ear and out the other. you couldn't care less about anything he had to say, the only thing on your mind being an escape plan.

while caught up in your thoughts you felt his hand brush against yours. your breath got caught in your throat and your gaze met his.

you hadn't realized at which point of the conversation his eyes got dark.

"what are you thinking about, pretty girl?"

you swallowed the forming lump in your throat, taking note of the tattoos running up his neck and the rings on his fingers. it all happened in an instant. you didn't reply and you could see the smoke fuming out of his ears.

he grabbed your arm and you couldn't stop him as he dragged you somewhere unknown. his grip on you was tight and it hurt, bringing tears to your eyes.

"let go of me!" you shouted. your voice was drowned by the deafening beat blaring through the speakers. no one could hear you and everyone was in their own world to notice.

you should have listened to your brothers, you knew you should have called them earlier but you didn't and now you were in trouble. as he made his way towards the staircase another hand connected with your arm, roughly removing the boy's grip on you.

"where the fuck are you taking my sister?"

your eyes widened. oh my god, you thought to yourself as your eyes found jack.

your heart pounded rapidly against your chest as you wrapped your arms around him, shoving your face into his chest.

"none of your fucking business."

"listen, pal. if she wasn't here right now i'd knock the shit out of you. watch your fucking back," jack spat, holding you close to him.

you could sense a stare down going on but you were too scared to care even the slightest bit. you felt your chest closing up, almost like you couldn't breathe. you just needed to get out.

"hey, you okay?" jack asked just loud enough for you to hear.

he felt you shake your head and went into full big brother mode, trying to find a quiet place to calm you down. he knew if he took you back to the car you'd freak out even more. deciding to take a chance, he kept you tight to his side while making his way towards the first room he saw.

he opened the door and shouted at the sight, making sure to keep your head hidden from the makeout session he'd witnessed. after a bit of back and forth he'd surprisingly got the couple to unwillingly leave the room.

"hey, hey," he got your attention, cupping your face in his hands. "can you take a deep breath for me, hm?"

you listened, shakily breathing through your nose with him as he showed you what to do.

"yeah, just like that. keep going, y/n/n, you're doing great.

you both sat down on the bed and you grabbed his hand while breathing together. you followed him and after a couple moments all that was left were the silent tears falling from your eyes.

"you alri—"

"i'm sorry," you cut him off. "this wouldn't have happened if i listened to you guys, i don't know what i was thinking."

"no," he shook his head immediately. "he shouldn't have touched you like that."

"but—"

"shut up," he pulled you into another hug, soothingly rubbing your arm. "i'm gonna kill him."

"i don't doubt it.. thanks jack, you're the best."

"i know."

[dragondemoness]

Could you do a hc where Rantaro is dating someone who has a very bad reputation bc they seem mean and intimidating but is actually a very kind person. But his s/o is tries to keep up their bad reputation by being mean to him whenever people are around

(kinda like in Horimiya but not really https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRyrPQHU/

Like this scene as an example lol hopefully you can click the link)

I can't click the link, but I have seen that clip before and I do know what you mean

I really wanted to put "Tsundere Reader" in the title but decided against it

Rantaro x Reader With Bad Reputation

He knew he probably shouldn't have been, but when he first saw you, Rantaro was really interested in you

You were greatly disliked by the student body because of your bad attitude

How you would lash out at anyone for starting a conversation, how you would push away anyone who wanted to help

You also had a bit of an intimidating aura, so people just avoided you to begin with

But you had great respect for authority, and were careful not to act that way around teachers

Rantaro noticed this, and decided to spy on you a little bit

He wasn't stalking you don't worry

He noticed how sad you looked when you were by yourself

So one day, he decided to approach you

He asked to sit with you at lunch

You glared at him, but didn't say no

People started whispering

"Is that Rantaro? Why is he sitting with them?"

"He's gonna get his ass whooped..."

"They're such an asshole, why is someone as kind and sweet as him sitting with them?"

He ignored the whispering and started to talk to you

You mainly gave him the cold shoulder and ignored him

But he kept talking

He didn't give up like you expected him to

Finally, you asked,

"Why are you still here? Why are you bothering with me? Shouldn't you just give up and leave?"

Rantaro was caught off guard

"No, why would I do that? I don't think that this is your true nature. I think there's something else to you then we can see. That's why I'm here."

Now you're caught off guard

He could see that there was something underneath your cold exterior

And he was willing to find it

You've never met someone like that before

Maybe it wouldn't hurt to give him a chance, as a friend

"Fine. I guess we can hang out more."

Rantaro is delighted that you're willing to give him a chance!

He will not disappoint

You guys started meeting up after school

Doing homework together, or playing video games together

One day, Rantaro had an assignment he was confused on

And out of nowhere, you were like,"

"Oh, are you confused? Don't worry, here's how you do it."

You didn't belittle him or call him an idiot for being confused

You used such a kind and gentle tone and took him through the assignment step by step

He was having a hard time paying attention though, he was so astonished

When you were done, he was just staring at you

"I've never seen you act like that before."

You realized what he meant and got embarrassed

"I'm sorry."

Now he's confused

"What do you have to be sorry for?"

"This is probably really weird, isn't it? You're so used to me acting mean that you're surprised that I can be nice."

You let out a sigh and told him the truth

"The only reason I act like that is because I'm trying to protect myself. I don't want anyone to see my kinder self and have them take advantage of me. When it happened to me, I became colder and less kinder, and when I knew it, I became... This."

Rantaro was simultaneously surprised and feeling bad for you

He put his hand on your shoulder

"Well, maybe it would help if we spent more time together. What do you say we go out sometime? If you're free tomorrow, maybe we can go get dinner."

You were unsure, but agreed

And before you knew it, you guys were dating

You didn't want the student body to know about your relationship, and risk ruining Rantaro's good reputation and your bad one

You weren't proud of your reputation, but you would rather keep a bad reputation than ruin Rantaro's good one

So you told him that you didn't want to ruin anything, so you had to keep up your bad attitude

Rantaro honestly wouldn't mind having his reputation ruined, as long as you were together, but he respected it

So back at school, you kept up your bad attitude, but made sure to tone it down so you wouldn't say anything you couldn't take back

Rantaro never got offended, you were careful not to say anything out of line, and he knew you didn't mean it

Whenever you guys were completely alone, you were back to your sweet self

And even though you guys keep your relationship a secret, Rantaro loves to see that side of you

Even if it means lightly bullying him at school

[papirouge]

Genuine question. Why is it good that Depp won? I heard he was also very abusive and that this trial wasn’t even over abuse, but over her saying she was abused (without saying it was him). But I admit I haven’t cared enough to research this. Is there something I’m missing?

I wouldn't say it's "good" but...I'm not surprised by the outcome. Beside hysterical radfem and pro Amber echo chambers, it was acknowledged that many elements of her evidence didn't add up which weakened her defense. So I guess it's...."fair"(?)

It's important to note that this trial was a defamation case, so in no way does it say that Depp is "innocent", just that Heard lied in her claims, hence defamation. Nothing more, nothing less. It doesn't say whether Heard or Depp never been abusive. There's this twitter post floating around saying people "fought for her to not being able to speak about this abuse" and that there was nothing positive to it, but such statement is willingly misguiding, because speaking about one's abuse and defamation aren't the same thing. Just because one has been abused doesn't mean they can say anything without consequence. That's why projecting this trial onto every DV victim is lowkey manipulative too, because not every DV victim is gonna put out her case out in the open in a tabloid magazine for the whole world to see - taking the risk of getting their butt bite back by the justice. This whole narrative is straight up femdoompiller fearmonger propaganda at this point. ....Not surprising from radfem with a complex of martyrdom.

It's funny to see how both side are equally pissed at the idea of "mutual abuse" btw lol Especially Heard defenders. Is it still "trauma defense" when you're actively pursuing your abuser to humiliate them?🤔 threatening to harm yourself if they leave you?🤔 gaslighting them that you didn't "beat", but just "hit"them?🤔 A handful of cherry-picked "specialists" saying "mutual abuse is a myth" doesn't absolve the fact that harming someone out of retaliation shouldn't be exempt of legal consequences. A crime is a crime. Period. This black and white thinking of what defines a victim (=a victim cannot lie and/or should have to bear with the consequences of their acts) is appaling.... You can be a VICTIM of defamation while being an abuser. You can be a victim of DV while being yourself abusive. I don't understand why it's so hard to grasp for both Depp & Heard stans. The parallelism between them is quite fascinating too - I already said how pro Amber arguments could be used by Depp stans against Heard (guilt by association, "being violent doesn't mean you're an abuser"/tRauMa deFeNsE, victim shaming, "you only defend her because she's hot and famous!!", character trial (drug addiction), history of abuse with exes, or "i refuse to trust the trial because a/b/c" ok Stacie, then don't be shook when people defend convicted abusers because they refuse to believe the sentence too🙄. SEE?? that's how you know these people don't use their brain and only biased emotionalism. That's why their defense is so flawed. Never use talking points that your enemy will use against you!!

Both pro Depp and pro Heard behaved horribly anyway. But radfem truly showed they ugly butt by behaving so horribly with girls just bc they sided with Depp, calling their names and all. They delude themselves into thinking they're on the right side of History by white knighting a female celebrity they never met or interacted with out of #femalesolidarity but they're right there bullying girls next door on the regular..... Harrassing young girls will never NOT be disgusting. NO ONE care if you standed with Monica Lewisnki Britney or Heard since day 1 if you can't behave like a decent human being with girls you interact with just because you dislike their opinion. Stop acting like you were a paragon of virtue and #feminism when you're out there SENDING DEATH THREAT to YOUNG GIRLS. You have literally no room to look down on TikToker joking about being aroused by Heard's abuse while wishing girls to be abused like Depp did to Amber. You are vile and disgusting, and the only thing History will remember is your own toxicity. Do better and stop telling girl to kill themselves just because you're pissy about a trial.

Good for Heard for appealing though. If she's been abused she deserves justice, hopefully she gets better evidence and her story straight. This trial surely humbled her and I wish she'll finally get peace ; no one deserves what she had to bear with (yes, even if she's an abuser). I wish Depp to fight his demons, stop the drugs, get to God and rebuke Marilyn Manson in the name of Jesus. Amen.

[bookishjules]

it is!! or was.. i finished it this morning. i'm literally still processing. like it was seriously something.

i had guessed at both brant's and keefe's mom's identities, but even so.. okay i might just use this opportunity to ramble a bit lol i'm so sorry..

i totally understood dex's motivation for making this circlet thing in the first place tbh like no, he shouldn't have. and yes, he should have recognized that there were people who found him important and worth listening to instead of folding the instant the council gave him attention and assigned value.. i mean shit how many times did sophie (and keefe!) tell him his technopathy was cool. but i also understand the complex he's developed, and this awful habit of placing himself in a lower rank mentally and therefore looking desperately for ways to prove himself when all he has to do is be dex. and it hurts SO much to see him hurting after this, the guilt and the shame caused by his own actions.. i just hope he really thoroughly takes to heart his realization of the mentality that put him in this position, so that it doesn't happen again. alas.. the 13yo i babysit has informed me that dex goes downhill (she told me this when i was like what if dex and biana?? lol her face def went sour. but she told me he gets better again?? idk i'm trying not to think about it too much) so i'm worried. but!! i am so glad that sophie did use her summoning ring <3 i think that does a lot to prove just how much he does matter to her. and the fact that his first instinct was to chuck the circlet into the everblaze despite the risk of exile.. like wow wow.

speaking of the everblaze etc.... oh my god grady??? like O.o wow i never thought i would see so much violence coming out of him. what did keefe call him? hardcore. yeah. scary. i'm glad sophie's inflicting made him pass out bc holy shit man was starting to scare me. and like. idk it's just so interesting to see grady in this very raw and inhibition-less place. like this is the man he doesn't want to be (as a mesmer) but it's also the man he's not opposed to become when the people he cares about are involved.. and dude i get it. but also like wtf? like wow not even bringing up how close he was to sending brant to his death or anything.. he really just jumped over with like zero self-preservation instinct. like yeah he thought about sophie. he implored her to stay behind. but like bruv what about you?? what about your backup?? he can be so blinded by rage. and like yeah we kinda got a peak into that before, when he chose anger and blame over grief but idk it's scary.. for him and those he's chosen to assign that fury to. rightfully or not..

dude i feel so bad for jolie. like she really fell into the exact opposite side that the love of her life was on.. talk about a bad match. like no wonder the neverseen kept leaving her notes and trying to recruit her! i really need to know what went down between them before that fire started.. these books sure are good at making me care about a relationship that doesn't exist any more lol

and speaking of rocky relationships.. i'm really curious about the origin of cassius and gisela's. also really impressed by her ability to lie to him for all these years. i really thought they were both involved in the neverseen shenanigans.

and god.. keefe. i felt so bad for him when sophie slipped into her slumberberry-induced three-day slumber. literally all i could think about was how awful it be for him to be in that house knowing one of his parents basically wanted sophie dead and had potentially tried to kill him too. which.. yeesh. imagine having your parent throw a rock at your head.... i just.. like mr. forkle SAID keefe would need sophie. and then she wasn't there for him and. i'm gonna cry. like yeah i know she was really going tf through it. (trust me. as someone who couldn't even make it through 20 min of the truman show without a mental breakdown, i understand the horror of losing a piece of your autonomy/free will) but i still just want to give him the biggest hug.. and like yeah bro i totally get wanting to run away and literally never have to go back and face the house you were raised in, let alone the parents who have done nothing but hurt him his whole life. both of them evil in different ways.. i'm so unbelievably proud of him for standing up to his mom, for doing all the things he had to do. for claiming his own fate. and i'm so glad sophie was able to talk to him and remind him of the advice he gave her, about how parentage doesn't define us..

anyway. that was so much... clearly the processing is kicking in lol

dude this is so fucked up.

i'm literally in tears. and i can't tell if it's from fear or anger or betrayal or all of the above.. i'm gonna be so sick.

[destinyc1020]

Sometimes I look again at the pics and think "that could have been way worse" lmao. What I mean is that obviously it's a private moment, and paps shouldn't take pics of private moments like that. HOWEVER the pics are cute and the make out is still PG-13 imo. I just wish they will NEVER get caught doing something more like Timmy did, unfortunately. I'm sure you heard about this but last year he was photographed having s*x with Eiza Gonzalez in a pool...and yes, there were pics of his bare naked ass 🥴 The worse is that he got backlash for 1. travelling to Mexico in the middle of a pandemic and 2. Eiza seemed soooo uninterested during the whole thing💀

I honestly felt sorry for him bc I'm sure no one would want their sex life plastered in people magazine like that. Especially since he said before that when the pics of him and Lili Rose Depp making out on a boat were released, he felt bad bc he really loved her at the time but didn't expect to have an intimate moment being made public all of the sudden. Now the Eiza pics were 100 times worse 😩.

Let's pray for the paps to leave them alone if they go on vacay, because that's when they're gonna act more loose than in LA maybe. I will not survive a tomdaya moment like that, I can tell you, Timmy's fandom was in shambles last year after the pics happened, he was getting draaaaag through the mud

Lol there are so many things to dissect in this ask. So I hope you have a comfortable chair lol.

First of all, I do remember those pics of Timmy with Eiza in the pool lol, and I remember thinking even back then "she's just a rebound" 👀 (sometimes you can just tell by how fast a new rlshp starts after an old long-term one ends). Anyway, those pics were embarrassing and intrusive for sure, but for him to get dragged for that is just really weird to me. It's not like he/they knew they were being watched and were trying to flaunt for the cameras. 🙄 Some strange man is filming and taking pictures of you in your most intimate moments and YOU'RE the one getting dragged? Like what?? 🥴 The PHOTOGRAPHER peeping Tom should be the one getting dragged! 😤 That's gross to be looking in on people having sex when they don't even know they're being watched. 🤮 Granted, if you're having sex OUTSIDE in a pool, then you have to kind of know that there MIGHT be a risk or a possibility of being watched or photographed, esp if you're in the public eye. But I don't think they expected to have their intimate moments filmed on camera like that for the whole world to see.

And the fans that dragged him, was that because they just didn't want him with Eiza, and preferred him back with Lily or what? If anything his fans should have been feeling sorry for him. His privacy was exposed. 😔 Sometimes I really don't understand the reasoning of some fans.... But I'll admit that maybe idk ALL of the facts in his fandom. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Anyway.....

I do recall the Limothée pics on that boat, and I just remembered cracking up because the pics looked so awkward to me lol 🤣, but other than that I didn't give it much thought.

As you can see, Dune will be coming out soon, and most ppl have forgotten about those pics (Unless you bring them up again lol). The public is very fickle and forgets easily. What Timmy and Lily or Timmy and Eiza were doing are just things that ppl who are dating each other do. 🤷🏾‍♀️ They just got photographed doing it. This is in no way as "scandalous" as being caught in broad daylight cheating on your bf with your MARRIED director .... 👀 🥴

Re: Tom & Zendaya

Yea their pap kiss (while pretty steamy) wasn't anything too revealing. But even if it were, it's not like it would have been anything scandalous. Everyone who has eyes could tell they were dating each other under wraps since 2016. Now that they've been "caught" however, they will prob try to be more cognizant of where they are when they're together in public from now on. They won't hide anything (how can you even hide at this point lol? 😅), but I don't get the impression that they will be giving the paparazzi a "free show" from this point on lol.

Remember, Tom didn't feel comfortable being photographed with Olivia at Hyde Park, and he even vowed that he would never let that happen again (well, so much for that promise I guess lol 😅), so who knows how he feels about the Tomdaya pap kiss photos? 🤷🏾‍♀️ He might have some print/magazine interviews to do for Spiderman NWH promo coming up, and he MIGHT be asked about "those pics", and so if he's asked, I'll be very curious to read what he says about the incident (I feel like Tom is way more candid in his print interviews for some reason.... maybe it's the type of questions they ask him).

In fact, I knew when he made these comments (below) here in British GQ earlier this year that he was def talking about Zendaya. He didn't exactly come out and say it, but when you read btwn the lines and look at the question that was asked of him, and then read his response, and also read the example that he used, you can tell what he's basically trying to say, and the fact that the crotch tagging incident made him think about dating someone was very telling. 👀 He was basically telling you without actually telling you. I picked up on that the first time I read that article.

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So, he seems to value his privacy and keeping things under wraps, that's why I'm not so sure why some fans were so indignant on his behalf and hating on Zendaya for all of the hiding in the Tomdaya rlshp. He was obviously on board for most of it. He's just as private as she is. He just wanted them to ease up a bit after dating for over 2 years. I'm sure these pap pics can feel like an invasion of privacy, but I'm sure that when Tom and Z discussed how they would handle their rlshp going forward this 2nd time around, I'm pretty sure they discussed the possibility of the fact that they could get spotted and caught eventually. I think they knew it was inevitable eventually. I mean, c'mon...... 😏

I think they'll be okay in the long-run. Sometimes you just have to adjust. The public seems to love them together, and I actually think that them not living in the same continent kind of helps to ease up on the spotting, gives them breaks a little bit from all eyes on them 24/7.

[turinn]

Naive

Ray Blackwell x M!Reader

Summary: An invitation at a party reveals that Luka had no idea you’re gay, and brings up a concern you hadn’t had before. Tags: Crack, fluff, secret relationship, mention of homophobia, alcohol consumption A/N: This is based on a dream I had where Luka and I had this exact conversation and when I woke up and remembered it I nearly threw up laughing. I did actual research for the girls outfit and hair bc im a fashion history nerd. the pocket watch i just thought was cute. Fenrir calls the reader fruity but its okay bc hes gay too god bless Word Count: 1.5k

The party was the usual affair expected of the Godspeed's, an air of elegance- present but not too overbearing- hanging over the large hall. Music drifted gently to your ears as you took everything in, a small smile settling on your face.

You couldn't help but feel a little underdressed. The officers had, of course, kept their uniforms on, but everyone else present was dressed to the nines. You'd thought the suit you wore was lovely when you and Seth had seen it last week, dark blue with a white trim, paired with a pale cyan tie and pocket square. The gold watch that settled comfortably in your pocket had been a gift from Blanc, supposedly made by Oliver to look similar to his own, to commemorate your decision to stay in Cradle. Compared to everyone else, it felt rather simple now, but you pushed the thought aside. Nobody was judging what you were wearing, they were here to enjoy themselves same as you.

"Would you like a drink?" Ray asked, voice soft enough not to startle you too much. This wasn't too effective, as you'd gotten lost in your thoughts, and sort of forgotten there were people around you, but it was kind of him to try. "Oh, yes, please." You smiled at him and a moment later he'd walked off, talking to Sirius about something, leaving you alone with Luka. Fenrir had disappeared to greet his family when you'd first arrived, and Seth was who knows where, but you didn't mind it being just the two of you. Luka rarely came to these, in fact this was the first he'd been to since you'd arrived in Cradle, despite it being your fifth, and you decided someone should stick with him so he didn't feel quite as nervous.

As you turned to say something to him, you noticed a lady making her way over to the both of you, looking rather flustered. Her fists were clenched at her sides, and she seemed to be muttering something to herself, but it was clear she had intent to speak to one of you. Perhaps she wanted to talk to Luka? He was cute, it wouldn't surprise you. What did surprise you, however, was when she walked up to you instead.

"Um, excuse me if this is far too forward, but... would you be interested in dancing with me?" She sounded so nervous, and you almost wanted to say yes. Any other man would have been lucky to get such an invitation- she looked stunning. She wore her hair in curls, gathered at the back of her neck, with a hairpiece of pale blue flowers was pinned at the front, a necklace donning the same type of flower hanging just above the neckline of her gown. The gown in question matched the colour of the flowers well, though the width of the crinoline supported skirt would have made you concerned about the logistics of dancing with her- if you'd had any intention of saying yes. Her cheeks were tinted pink as she chewed her bottom lip and waited for your answer, avoiding your gaze. A hand on your chest and a sincerely apologetic look on your face, you began to respond. "Oh dear. I'm terribly sorry, but you seem to have gotten the wrong end of the stick. You're a very attractive young lady but I'm afraid... how should I put this," You glanced at Luka for help, but he seemed to have no idea what you were trying to tell her, "I'm afraid I don't tend to set my eye on the ladies, so to speak." "You're... gay?" A sympathetic nod. "That's the ticket. Sorry, love." "Oh, it's not a problem! I'm really sorry to have bothered you!" She suddenly looked much less nervous, though a little embarrassed, and scurried off. You sighed. "I feel a little bad. I really hope she finds someone to dance with." Luka looked at you quizzically. "Why did you lie to her?" A confused laugh escaped you. "I'm sorry?" "You told her you were into guys. Why lie?" As he said this, Seth and Fenrir came up behind him, and hearing his question their eyebrows shot up. So did yours. Was he kidding? "Luka, sweetie, you have got to tell me what part of my personality made you think I was heterosexual, so I can set about changing it immediately." Seth choked on his drink, and though you flashed him a grin, you weren't entirely kidding. Going from Victorian London to a world where being gay was perfectly acceptable had been quite the change, but you'd been certain all of your friends had known. It's not like you were quiet about it, and sure, Luka was naive but... come on, now. "Wait are you... you were being honest?" "Yes?" "Luka," Fenrir began, stepping next to you and resting an elbow on your shoulder, "How have you seriously not noticed that he's gay yet?" "Well- there was no reason for me to assume!" "You watched me drunk make out with at least 2 different Black Army soldiers in my first month here!" Luka looked flustered, and utterly dumbfounded. The expression was one he wore often, usually when people insinuated that someone was in love- but somehow about five times more confused. He was unfortunate enough that Ray and Sirius returned at this moment, just in time to hear both your last remark, and his next one.

"I thought that was just something you did when you were drunk?" In another moment you were on your knees, legs shaking so much from laughter that you couldn't hold yourself up any longer. Fenrir was right there beside you, practically convulsing. Everyone else was laughing too- except poor Luka. You felt a little bad, truly you did, but this had to be the funniest thing you had ever heard. "He's completely straight, but watch out! Get a couple drinks in him and he turns fruity!" Fenrir managed to get out between cackles, and Ray was glad to have put your drinks down when Luka had last spoken, because he too nearly fell to the ground at this.

"Luka- Luka I'm sorry." You pulled yourself to your feet, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. "We aren't laughing at you." Another fit of giggles overcame you. "Okay we kind of are, but it's not malicious or anything. That was just... hands down the funniest thing you've ever said." It took most of you 5 or so minutes to fully calm down from what he'd said, and anything that jogged your memories of it would bring you back to a state of uncontrollable laughter for the rest of the night. Luka came round to it being pretty funny after you talked him through the dozens of times you'd mentioned your sexuality to him since you'd met- every one of which had gone over his head.

Hours after the party had worn down and you'd all made your way home, you lay in bed, your head pressed against a familiar chest, and sighed. "What's up?" "I just... D'you think anyone else just hasn't realised?" Ray cocked his head, confused. "I'm gonna need a little more info than that, kitten." "I suppose I just... Back in London, it's not even legal to be gay, and I don't know if it ever will be. When I first came out to Fen, he told me that it was fine here, accepted and even celebrated. So, I guess I just thought that people wouldn't make the automatic assumption that I'm straight, y'know? I mean I talk about it a lot among you guys but- when I’m out and about... where do people think my final destination is? When I pick up a silly cat themed gift for you does the shopkeep think I’m buying it for my wife? It shouldn't be a big deal, I guess, but I'd never been able to be myself until I came here, and now it's like I can be me but... people will still only see who I am if I tell them. It's just weird is all. I dunno. Maybe I'm drunk." "You're not drunk. It's an understandable concern. I guess I've never thought about it, because whether or not people would accept that part of me has never been an issue, but the fact that you've had to hide it for so long and now that you're able to be open people still aren't seeing it must be hard. If you want we could... come out, so to speak?" Your eyebrows raised, and you moved back, propping yourself up on your arm so you could look your partner in the eyes.

It had been decided at the very start of your relationship, which had officially begun a few months after you'd made the choice to stay in Cradle, that the two of you would keep it under wraps for a while. Being from the Land of Reason was more than enough reason for people to take an unwanted interest in you, and you didn't need the extra attention being the King of Spades' partner would garner. Plus, anyone with a grudge against Ray would see you as a target the second you announced it. It had been a sensible suggestion on his part, one you hadn't hesitated to agree to, and as far as you knew only Sirius and Fenrir knew about your relationship. Fenrir because he had walked in on you sitting in Ray's lap while he worked late one night, and Sirius because- well, can anything get past that guy? And now, Ray was offering to tell the entirety of Cradle you were his, just so that you didn't feel like you were hiding your identity anymore? You could feel your eyes starting to burn, and you cursed the late hour and the alcohol in your system for making you cry so easily, but... "I don't think we need to be that drastic. You were right when you said it would keep me safe for us to not be in the public eye, at least for now. I'm sure Seth can come up with some better way for me to tell the whole world I'm gay." "I don't doubt that at all." Ray grinned, placing a gentle kiss on first your forehead, then your nose, and finally on your lips. "Tomorrow, though. You need your beauty sleep." "Ah, yeah, can't risk getting ugly. My boyfriend might not want me anymore." You quipped. "Exactly." He smirked at you, turning out the light and pulling you into his arms.

[faithfullyscarred]

Can i request Frank Castle x reader where the reader somehow gets into the warehouse and Frank finds her huddled, shaking, and sobbing in a corner trying to hide bc she was almost killed after witnessing something she shouldn't have. She thinks Frank is gonna kill her but he helps her instead, very gently.

I hope you like it! The interactions with Frank are kinda small but I tried :)

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How had that even happened? One second you were just living your typical life, going about your day as usual. Next thing you knew you were seeing some awful thing no one should ever have to see, and you were caught witnessing it. You had no idea what to do other than run, without even really paying attention to where you were running to, you just had to get away.

You couldn’t believe what you saw, how could people do a thing like that? You were lucky to make it away, your brain couldn’t even begin to imagine what might’ve happened to you if you had been caught. It was like your mind was running a million miles a minute, unable to even begin to comprehend what was happening.

Trembling, you pulled your legs closer to your chest, trying your best to remain silent. You wanted to cry, and maybe you even were without realizing. Nothing was making sense, none of it seemed real. How long would you have to stay there before it was safe to leave? Would it ever be safe? Where were you supposed to go from there?

A creak from the door made you flinch, tears almost immediately streaming harder down your face. Someone had found you. That was it, it was over. You pulled yourself into a tighter ball, doing your best to hide from whoever just entered. Maybe they wouldn’t see you. Maybe it was just the wind. Maybe it was someone that could help. The risk wasn’t worth it, you had to stay hidden.

You did your best to just try to listen, all you could hear were some heavy footsteps. It sounded like there was only one person, though you couldn’t tell what they were doing. Were they looking for you? It didn’t sound like it, it was like they were just casually walking around like they knew the place.

It felt like an hour had passed while you were simply listening. You figured that, in reality, it had only really been a few minutes. It sounded like they were still just walking around, maybe they were looking for you. Whoever it was, you thought they couldn’t be too good to be walking so casually like they knew the place like that alone.

Things fell silent again, which was honestly more terrifying than being able to hear them. At least before you could sort of hear where they were, it gave some kind of security in a way. It didn’t sound like they left, or even sat down, and it didn’t sound like they were just standing still to do something. There was nothing.

Without even noticing, tears were streaming down your cheeks again. Your body seemed to be shaking again as well, out of fear of whatever may or may not happen. Once again, your brain was so scattered you couldn’t focus long enough to hear if there was any new movement that may have been too quiet to hear unless you were trying.

Suddenly a voice broke through your thoughts, “Who the hell are you?”

Your head snapped to look above you, seeing a rather tall dark haired man looking down at you. He moved the crate your were hiding behind, taking away that barrier.

“Well?” His brows were furrowed and he seemed prepared to defend himself.

“I,” your voice was weak, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t… I won’t tell anyone what I saw, I swear.”

You seemed completely defenseless and just plain scared, it only confused him more. Who were you and why were you there? You looked like you were afraid, he hadn’t even done anything that you might’ve seen though.

“What’re you talking about?”

“The— the… fight.” You sniffled, “I’m not gonna talk, please just let me go, please, I… I—“

“Hey,” he took a step back, giving you some space, “I don’t know what you saw but… it’s okay.”

He wasn’t like the others. He didn’t look like any of them, he wasn’t dressed like them, he didn’t even sound like them. And he seemed to be trying his best to make you feel comfortable, you noted that he even put some more space between you.

“But, you… you’re holding a gun,” you pointed to his hand.

He gently sat it down, pushing it away from both of you. “I thought someone was trespassing. I honestly thought you were one of those guys you saw earlier.”

How did he know? Was he there? If he was, he didn’t to be on their side considering he was ready to shoot one of them. But, at the same time he didn’t exactly seem like someone you’d want to be around either.

“I happened to see what happened earlier too, and I saw you take of running,” He sat on the ground. “I didn’t know you came here though.”

“Aren’t you bothered by what happened? I mean, they… they…” you began.

“Yeah, I know,” he interrupted. “I’ve seen a lot of shitty things.”

His eyes seemed soft but like they had seen too many disasters. You didn’t know if you should trust him not to hurt you, let alone even be talking to him. Something about him seemed no different than the other men you saw that day, but he also hadn’t hurt you yet. He wasn’t attacking you, he wasn’t hostile or even loud. And, you hadn’t even noticed but you seemed to be calming down some, though still noticeably still scared.

“Hey, let me help you get home?”

“What?”

He nodded, “They’ll look for you for maybe a few more hours but they didn’t even get a good look at your face,” he explained. “If it would make you feel any safer I could walk you to at least somewhere with more people so you can get home.”

“I don’t even know you, how am I supposed to trust you?” You slightly loosened your hug around your legs.

“You don’t have to,” he shrugged, “Just thought I would offer. Stay here if you want, I won’t bother you. Or, you can even walk out alone, it’s up to you.”

You wiped the tears from your face, taking in a deep breath to refresh yourself. Today was a normal day, and now you were seeking comfort from some stranger doing god knows what in an empty warehouse. Maybe it was crazy to trust someone that seemed to have a life’s worth of damage and lies within only half their life, but what else were you supposed to do?

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[sso-ironfire]

SSO Alonso X Reader/MC

I made a little story to share :) I hope people enjoy it. It is actually based on me being extremely frustrated while trying to find all of Catherine’s memories in Mistfall. I used they/them pronouns for your horse just bc idk what you all like imagine (ik in game your starter/soul horse is “supposed” to be male). I did female pronouns for the MC to sort of fit the SSO story line

Alonso raced to the site of the incident. The rain slicked the trails. He made sure to keep extra care in the path he chose as he guided Mardy to the emergency. It was hard to see. The pouring rain and wind blinded him as he picked up speed. His ranger uniform was soaked in the short time he had been outside. But he pressed on. This is what he was trained for, why he joined the Jorvik Rangers. It thrilled him each time he raced to an emergency. What he saw on his arrival to the scene was not what he expected. Two rangers desperately held onto a crying horse as it bucked, trying to escaped their ropes. He could instantly recognize the horse. It was her horse. (Mc)'s horse. Two more rangers were preparing climbing gear at the base of the cliff. He looked up. (MC) was barely hanging onto a dirt ledge that was crumbling fast under the intense rain and added weight.

"(MC)!" He yelled out over the roar of the storm. She looked toward him with fearful eyes, before turning quickly attempting to climb further up the cliff. The rangers began to panic, shouting at her not to move. The ledge below her began to crumble more.

Alonso jumped off Mardy and ran to the aide of the climbing team.

"No! No, please! I need to get the butterfly!" She pleaded as she furiously tried to scramble to the top.

There was no butterfly. What was she talking about?

"Hang in there!" Alonso called, hoping her panic was the cause of this delusion.

The platform below her gave way, sliding along as rock, roots, and mud tumbled to the ground below. She let out a shriek as her body was taken over by gravity. Alonso had just gotten off the ground, able to angle himself just enough to catch her. He clutched her to his chest turning his back to the cliff-face, shielding both of them from an onslaught of rocks and mud that came falling with her. She was shaking. Her entire body violently quaking. He looked back up to the top of the cliff. She was dreadfully close to a serious injury and, if she fell the wrong way, possibly death.  It was good the Rangers were able to get to her so quickly. Alonso dreaded the thought of what might happen if they were even a minute late.

(MC) still shook as he was brought down. She clutched onto his uniform with white knuckles, barely able to catch her breath. (Horse) had calmed down once they saw that their rider was being brought down safely but still tried to break free from the grips of the other rangers.

"Let them go! They just wants to know she's alright." He told them once he had safely returned to the ground. They let go of the frantic horse. Once they were near enough to smell their rider it seemed to calm them down. They were happy (MC) was safe. Alonso reached out to gentle pat them on the nose.

"Don't worry. We're gonna take good care of her."

It was only a few hours later when (MC) had woken up from her exhaustion induced sleep. There was only one thing on Alonso's mind as he tended to her: what on earth was so important that she would risk her life? A butterfly, she said something about a butterfly. Should he bring it up? Would it cause her to go into a panic again?

"Mmm.. hnng..." She stirred lightly. Alonso looked over towards her, preparing a bowl of warm chicken noodle soup. He had never noticed her eyes before, but they seemingly were enhanced by the light of the fire. It was a strange thought that popped into his mind. Surely, the condition of the cuts on her knees and arms would be more important. The observation of the color of her eyes even caused his face to flush, he felt his ears and cheeks warm.

"W-where am I?" She spoke with a very strained voice.

"We're at the Jorvik Rangers Station in Mistfall. I thought it would be a nice place to recover."

"Recover?" She looked around rather frantically.

"Well...yes. You appear to be very sleep deprived,  I have not been able to tell if you've attained any severe injuries, and you might have caught a cold out in the rain like that. Plus, Lionheart's foot is pretty badly sprained. We had the vet from Dundull come and look at him. He needs a few days of rest." She looked down, but he saw the glossiness in her eyes. She clearly felt guilty. The situation rendering her horse injured and herself under observed recovery.

"This is all my fault. I'm sorry." She whispered, her voice cracking as she began to sob into the blanket held tightly in her hands. Normally, he was good at comforting people. Trail riders and rangers complemented him on his calming demeanor that helped them through scary situations. But why couldn't he comfort her the same way. He wanted to say something, but he just couldn't think of what. Instead he interrupted her crying with the bowl of soup and sat at the end of the bed. She ate it quietly, hiccupping every now and then as she tried to calm down.

"Why were you out in a storm like that?" He watched her closely, waiting for her answer. He probably shouldn't have asked but he could tell there was something more to the situation.

"Umm...well...It's hard to explain." She muttered.

"You said something about a butterfly." Her face dropped as he said that.

"I-I did?" He nodded at her.

"Yes. I'm sorry if I seem rude. I just wanted to try to understand. You had me- us- very worried." She bit her lip, thinking.

"It's complicated..." She muttered, taking another spoonful of soup. Alonso didn't have a response to that. He didn't really know what to say. As Alonso pondered what he should say to comfort the poor girl, she spoke up and surprised him.

"I really appreciate you saving me," She glanced up at him with those eyes. His face flushed under her gaze. "I should clarify. It is complicated. It is something very important to understanding my role in this world, but it isn't something I can openly share with others. I'm thankful that you were there for me when I, quite literally, fell."

Alonso swallowed the lump in his throat. The concerns she seemed to be facing appeared to be stress beyond her years. Alonso found himself wanting to help her with that burden.

"I can tell that whatever is going on is very important to you. It is healthy to share that weight. But if you just need someone to catch you, I'd be happy to do that for you." Alonso gave her the best smile he could, his cheeks still burning from her compliment.

She managed a small but genuine smile in return.

[janiedean]

Do you think book!Bran will get the same ending he does in the show? I mean, if he does, it will obviously be better written (I was like "Does Edmure know about the Three-Eyed Raven? Is Yara going 'the hell did you smoke' at the 'he couldn't walk so he learned to fly' part? Is nobody going to go 'ok but shouldn't we look for someone older and better known through Westeros, with experience in both politics and military stuff' at Tyrion?" through the whole scene), but do you think that's that?

(I had another anon that went like:

i can't believe there are still bran is evil theories. im pretty sure that bran ending up on the throne is likely bc it doesn't make sense in the show. d&d don't know anything about bran, but they do know this is george's ending

so I’m answering both XD)

the short answer is yes, but obviously it’s not gonna be written the same way as in this dumbass show for a whole lot of reasons.

now: actually, bran on the throne makes in hindsight a whole lot of sense...... if you take into account also what tropes he’s there to deconstruct. (I’m gonna cp some older meta of mine on the topic that I did ages ago but it still holds up lol.)

as in, when it comes to bran GENERALLY:

bran is the first pov chapter in these books. the first. should hint that he’s important;

bran  has 90% of the magic-related storyline. I mean, if you don’t count the dragons/r’hollor + mel and the AA prophecy, there’s less magic in asoiaf than in regular fantasy for obvious reasons, but what there is of is all in bran’s storyline. all. of. it;

as it is right now, he’s arguably a powerhouse. possibly the most powerful powerhouse in westeros. he can probably warg dragons. he can time travel. if the show didn’t fuck it up, he can change things in the past while time traveling even if he shouldn’t;

the entire storyline is headed north/behind the wall and bran is the one main character who’s behind the wall rn. and bran is at a point where he basically is in direct connection with the north at least and when I say direct I mean literally. the guy can warg into anything. maybe he can’t walk but man he’s basically a hundred luke skywalkers put into one person;

he’s also tied to all the northern mythology - the trees, the children of the forest and the likes. him, his storyline, everything. and the north is arguably where this story started and will most probably end and he is the character more symbolizing that mythology, not anyone else.

when it comes to bran thematically.... guys. bran is the deconstructed fisher king. as in: the fisher king is a character from arthurian mythology who is absolutely fundamental in the entire scheme - also arthurian mythology is one of the basis people built modern fantasy on - and which has been rehashed and reinterpreted for a shitload of times since the middle ages. c/p-ing quickly from wiki because you don’t need to go in-depth to do 2+2 on this:

In Arthurian legend the Fisher King, or the Wounded King, is the last in a long line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin and incapable of moving on his own. In the Fisher King legends, he becomes impotent and unable to perform his task himself, and he also becomes unable to father or support a next generation to carry on after his death. His kingdom suffers as he does, his impotence affecting the fertility of the land and reducing it to a barren wasteland. All he is able to do is fish in the river near his castle, Corbenic, and wait for someone who might be able to heal him.

+Many works have two wounded “Grail Kings” who live in the same castle, a father and son (or grandfather and grandson). The more seriously wounded father stays in the castle, sustained by the Grail alone, while the more active son can meet with guests and go fishing.+The Fisher King appears first in Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval (late 12th-century), but the character’s roots may lie in Celtic mythology. He may be derived more or less directly from the figure of Bran the Blessed (!!!!!!) in the Mabinogion. In the Second Branch, Bran has a cauldron that can resurrect the dead (albeit imperfectly; those thus revived cannot speak) which he gives to the king of Ireland as a wedding gift for him and Bran’s sister Branwen. +The Lancelot-Grail cycle includes a more elaborate history for the Fisher King. Many in his line are wounded for their failings, and the only two that survive to Arthur’s day are the Wounded King, called Pellam or Pellehan, and the Fisher King, Pelles.

now, what I said last year in that meta was:

then there’s the entire part where galahad (or whoever else in his stead but it’s galahad most times) heals the fisher king and saves the land which turns fertile again, but whatever, point is: asoiaf is a deconstruction of tropes, right, well sorry but I’m eating my own hat if bran isn’t a fisher king deconstruction where the wound actually makes him powerful rather than weak and where he definitely won’t need anyone to *heal* him, while at the same time he is tied with the (his) land directly and he embodies it and most of the magic storyline. and the fisher king is one of the main tropes/legends in western literature/arthurian mythology, if you have that kind of character in your book then you are not planning for them to be a second-rate player.

now, admittedly back then I was envisioning a finale when bran was either king in the north or in some similar position and not as endgame king but if we take the show finale for granted because as the other anon said it made no sense for d&d but it was george’s ending and they had to make it happen without understanding it.... well. actually:

if bran - ie deconstructed fisher king who becomes powerful because of his wound and doesn’t have to be healed by a knight to make the land fertile again because that wound gives him power - becomes actual eventual king it’s the full circle of that trope’s deconstruction because his wound means the eventual salvation of the entire continent, which works perfectly to bookmark how that specific scenario is turned on its head;

the problem is that d&d can’t write bran for shit and turned him into the heartless robot/3ER who might or might not have schemed the entire thing and didn’t make him do shit for three seasons because they can’t handle the magic storyline and then at the ending mAGICALLY we have king bran first of his name, but in a coherent version done by grrm and not by them where bran has his eye-opening experience beyond the wall, doesn’t magically lose his personality when he becomes the 3ER, keeps his sweetness and empathy after risking to lose them (which was his adwd storyline), helps greatly during the long night thanks to the fact that he’s a powerhouse and is eventually recognized as a savior of the realm in its own merit, then......... it’s actually very much coherent with grrm’s themes to have him become king, but not because he knew all along and played mysterious until now and whatever the fuck else, but because it’s the coronation of his entire storyline which starts with sweet young boy who just wants to be a hedge knight and then ends up saving the entire continent making the best use of what he has after that’s taken from him while using his connection to the magic roots of the story/to his land/to his family for the good of the entire realm, and that was a damn good story - sadly it’s not what d&d chose to tell except at the end;

edmure and yara were badly written but that entire scene was badly written and well-acted sadly, like no one objected because no one will object in the book storyline, given that ^^^^ happens, in the show they just basically tried to find a way to make it halfway plausible but it looks dumb because it’s badly written and it’s copypasting an endgame for a story that d&d have not adapted, but basically you had to buy that bran was it. it made no sense but like... what made sense, this episode’s salvation was the acting and that since the endgame was half grrm’s it wasn’t as shitty as 8x05 but like within itself it was incoherent af;

that said I think that bran being king + the small council being more or less what it was in the show (because LIKE HELL that’s brienne’s endgame like brienne is def. not going into any kingsguard in the books unless george smoked weed when he was writing acok/asos/affc) as in made of all discriminated categories in westeros or discriminated people in westeros after the throne’s destruction is absolutely a thing grrm would do, because basically we’ve gone from badly suited kings with a small council that’s basically the westeros equivalent of old white republican men to a realm where the king can’t walk (but can fly! ;) ) and the rest of the small council is a) a disabled man who’s been abused to hell and back all his life (REGARDLESS OF TYRION’S FAULTS let’s just look at the strict facts here), b) a former commoner who has been a lord for years but couldn’t read when the series began (davos), c) another former commoner (bronn) [note that both davos and bronn are former *criminals*/come from a really poor background, not from the wealthy side of the commoners], d) a woman who is also a knight ie something that pretty much disregards the entire status quo from before (brienne), e) sam who let’s all remember is a noble but was sent to the wall by his father because his skills were in his brain and not with swords/fighting/whatnot and who also was abused to hell and back when he was young - like, both the only nobles in it that were born nobles were disadvantaged and felt that on their own skin so they aren’t out of touch with the rest of the continent (sam was at the WALL where the only nobles go there for lack of options but it’s basically a glorified prison X°DDD). like, that is an ending I can absolutely see grrm going for because it’s basically the revenge of our forgotten-from-s1-and-dnd cripples, bastards and broken things that start the show the way they do and end it on top of things. that is absolutely a thing I can see grrm doing (with some changes bc again I really doubt the books small council would include bronn and brienne). the problem is that d&d wrote it like crap.

but bran becoming king and that being the general idea? I absolutely can see it same as while I was on team jon gets the throne and hates it before if this is how it goes... well, since I’ve been saying that if he wanted to be happy he should have just gone back beyond the wall if that is his actual endgame I have no issues with it. hell, it’s way better than the one I had envisioned for him for that matter.

that said bran being evil is a theory that makes no sense, it’s just that d&d can’t write him and they managed to make him look like an ass if we assume he knew everything from before. but like. it’s them being unable to write that story, not the story in itself being invalid or making no sense, because with the book elements we have.... it makes a hell of a lot of sense.

they just had to write it and they didn’t.

[diggersofgraves]

AND YOU KNOW WHAT SUCKS i think abt the obvious health risks and the research and the ppl i know and it scares me for two seconds, and then. i forget abt it. this is just me thinking abt my health now. when i went to the doctor for the first time in YEARS recently, she asked me if i smoked and. y'know i thought "hey, its best to tell your doctor the truth when it concerns your health" so i said yes and she just shamed me. like okay, this is why i don't go to the doctor. its my fault okay i get it, i know, trust me, i dont need anyone to tell me, im painfully aware.

but it just reminds me how growing up. it was hard. for a lot of different reasons. my anxiety made me physically ill. it affected my sleep, my eating habits. my overall health. i couldn't talk to ppl. and when i went to the doctor. it was always my fault. "you shouldn't be feeling this way" "if u stopped it would be easier" i was 12 !!! i was 12 and my family was homeless and they kicked us out of the fucking shelter and my dad was a fucking drug addict and wouldn't contact us for days or weeks so i had to think "oh he went too far. and now we're going to hear abt it on the news or get a call."

i wouldn't eat for days because everything i ate i just threw up. i couldn't walk for more than 10 seconds without losing my breathe, as if i just ran a fucking marathon. and i went to the doctor so many times. so many.

and only once did a doctor look at me and say "you don't need us, you need a psychiatrist. not a therapist not a doctor. a psychiatrist" and he said it so confidently i thought "finally, something's gonna happen. my mom has to listen" except she didn't.

and here i am one whole decade later. better?? who knows. because i still only eat once a fucking day, if at all. and I'm so angry and if I'm not angry I'm sad and if I'm not sad I'm guilty and if I'm not guilty I'm tired. always thinking about stupid shit. "hey if i burn myself with this stupid baby blue lighter, maybe I'll feel something that isn't any of these."

but it doesnt matter bc i don't bother anyone anymore. I'm no longer inconvenient so i must be better. i don't spend my days crying anymore. no more meltdowns for ppl to see, she's better !!!

i know it's me. i know it is. my mom taught me how to take responsibility for shit. its not the worst i can be though. i know it bc I've seen worse. in my life. in other ppls lives. here. there. but. im just one person. i want someone to support me without fucking shaming me.

i wanna tell someone the truth without the shame that always comes with it. from my mom. or my dad. or my brother. my doctor.

I'm supposed to be good. i take care of the kids. i accompany my mom wherever she asks. i help my brother and the kids with their school. and anytime I'm not good then im being I'm awful. the worst bc i couldnt spare one hour for someone else.

every instance that I've fainted (except for one) has been because i cant say no. can't tell ppl i need to stop. i cant tell myself i need to stop. can't tell them that's enough. its a joke for other ppl. "she's like a sickly victorian woman, always fainting, always so feeble." fuck you.

i was mad when i began to write this. now im just tired. i know I'm being whiny rn. I'm just tired. ill be normal tomorrow. I'm having a crisis rn. which will be forgotten soon. but come back in a couple of weeks. as usual.

I haven't been smoking outta of respect for the ppl I'm currently staying with but holy SHIT it's 1 a.m. and its all i can think abt. its only been 3 days. I'm trying to read this angsty angsty fic and i can't even get through one paragraph. i cant even sleep bc i just suck at sleeping. life would be easier if new wwdits eps released just one night earlier methinks

[lovelyladylavie]

Sorry if I sound condescending, its not my intent.

But a major producer/director lied to protect the integrity of the surprise of the material? And everyone's mad? It's happened tons of times before, usually when the creative teams are taking some risks they think the crueler more influential fans aren't going to like.

He lied so the fans would give this project a fair shake. Movie trailers do it, marketing teams do it. I know K Smith is percieved to god-like bc he's a fan himself and usually makes fairly good decisions for fans in what he creates. But he also needs to sell his show and using nostalgia is the way to do it.

But if he titled the series Teela and the Masters of the Universe or let anyone know she was gonna be the protag, the "diversity of any kind ruins everything" fuckboys would trash it before it even got off the ground. Like they did with Finn when the Star Wars The Force Awakens trailer dropped. Or more to the point, even in the same universe, the She-Ra reboot, after seeing her design revealed to be more of a teen warrior and not a sexy babe.

These fans would've probably said garbage theyre saying now, but earlier and none of them would watch it. But because he lied about the premise, more people watched it, or at least attempted to watch it. And I've seen plenty of posters say "not what i expected, but well done and enjoyable nonetheless"

But here's the other thing: we're judging it prematurely. Only Part 1 is out. And it looks like Teela's arc has wrapped up. I'm not aware of how many parts there's gonna be, but there's still a chance for He-man to be the star of the show in the next parts like Smith said. What's He-man gonna do with the way things lay at the end of Part 1? It's too early to tell if Kevin Smith fully lied yet.

The fans do have a right to be angry, but given how much this has happened in the past, they shouldn't be fully surprised. I don't think anyone could've figured out what the story was from the trailer and promo material alone. It could have been anything. When I saw nearly all the trailer footage in the first half of the first episode, i was like: "oh boy we're getting something different." Which happens, like when Megamind came out and everyones was like "aw yeah an epic clash between a hero and villain but from the villains perspective." But all the hero footage was from the first 3rd of the movie. Its to surprise and entertain.

I'm not defending him lying, im saying its reasonable to expect it from someone in hollywood who's got a story they wanna make, but know from past experience what will help it thrive.

I just finished part 1 of the He-man reboot and i had a phenomenal time!!!

It was extremely heartfelt, funny, cheesy, creepy and compelling!

People are complaining that it aint about He-man/ adam at all, and theyre right! But CLEARLY none of them have ever read a comic series in their life:

BECAUSE IT AINT A L W A Y S ABOUT THE PROTAGONIST!!

There are issues of Batman that deal with Alfred's day to day life caring for Bruce. There's stories about Lois Lane doing her job in Superman.

This feels like it picks up right where the old 80s series picks up: being dumb and cheesy but also fighting for their lives at every turn.

And now the focus has shifted. It's like IDW's run of Transformers: ALL HAIL MEGATRON, where we find out what happens when the villains win. Its a different idea than the same old jazz we know and love, but it gets at the heart of what we liked and wanted to see more of in a new and interesting way.

This 'issue' of He-man (in television form) is about what happens when Teela finds out his secret identity and how it affects her; something many folks always wanted to see. While ALSO being about what might happen if the hero can no longer be the hero. Maybe chill out and enjoy some side stories about characters that we never got to see?!