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rappaccini · 8 months ago

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I found your gwen analysisis and I have to ask as you seem pretty well informed on her comics-- what's the deal with earth 8 and why do the gwen and mikes shippers cling to it so much? Does it represent anything ? I see a lot them claim it's the only way Gwend can gain true happiness, but I'm not an expert in the comics

earth-8 is an alternate universe that's introduced in sitting in a tree, the crossover event by bendis and latour (miles and gwen's creators, respectively) that shipped miles and gwen together in the first place.

in the event, miles travels to gwen's dimension searching for his father, they bond for the first time while searching for him, fighting various supervillains on both of their worlds, and bouncing around the multiverse. gwen ends up on earth-8, a utopian future created when that world's miles and gwen (who she's told are 'the best possible' future versions of miles-1610 and gwen-65) are publicly known beloved superheroes who lead their world's greatest superteam, and are blissfully married with children. she meets those future kids, and seeing earth-8 makes her kiss miles because she's in a rough spot and thinks that might be the answer. then she immediately backtracks, insists she was just confused and would rather stay friends. and that's that.

i'm not a gwiles shipper, but i figure it's so loved by them because it's literally a perfect happy ending for their otp. gwen and miles get married in a big royal wedding ceremony that 300 billion people watched and they're so happy together after twenty years that they're going on yet another honeymoon. they have an adorable precocious son and beautiful genius possibly-psychic daughter who both have superpowers (and like twelve middle names for some reason), spider-ham's their nanny and their family leads a spider-themed super team that's their world's avengers. they're clearly rich, they're the biggest celebrities in their world, they have a penthouse in the fantastic four's old home, they're "america's favorite supercouple," they use their powers so responsibly that their world is in an "era of peace and prosperity unlike any seen", all their problems are solved. in sitting in a tree, it's sold to gwen as a "brighter tomorrow" -- it's not just a possible future, it's The Best Possible One, and the only way to get to it is to leave her world and get together with miles.

i get why it's their flagship. it's a canon universe where their otp ends up together and it's "perfect." their ship went on one pseudo-date and were told by fate "by the way, you're destined to end up together and if you do, look how automatically inherently perfect that ending is. you don't even have to work for it. it just happens and stays that way forever. your love will be so important it'll create a whole new world where you're the most important people in it." and this future is full of all the things that superficially, you'd want for a relationship: a happy marriage that's still going strong twenty years in, talented kids, money and success, a safe and prosperous world to live in.

the issue is, this definitely isn't a happy ending. at least, not for gwen.

getting the Weird Shit about this future out of the way:

1: how the fuck do miles and gwen end up on earth-8 instead of earth-65 or earth-1610/616? if they left on their own, isn't leaving your friends, family, community and responsibilities to go get famous irresponsible and selfish? and if they lose those worlds in the future, shouldn't the focus be "how do we prevent that" instead of, "well, at least we get a happy ending"? 2: according to the in-universe timeline, gwen-8 leaves her world after the latour run when she's ~20, has her daughter at 26 (she's 38, charlotte is 12), and marries miles halfway between those events at ~23, when miles is ~19-20. isn't that weirdly young? they should be at the club. 3: they're public heroes who broadcast their wedding to billions of people and turned their preteen kids into superheroes who they send on dangerous missions with adults instead of letting them go to school and have friends their age. and miles and gwen are never seen spending time with those kids either: they're always sitting at home with a babysitter while miles and gwen are off on adventures or vacations. what the fuck. 4: all information about how happy and content miles and gwen are is told to us by everyone but them. the media gushes about them, spider-ham and the kids insist everything's great, the watchers insist that this world is soooo necessary and more important than earth-65's own future, but miles and gwen-8 are conveniently never around when earth-8 is visited. their perspectives are always sidestepped. we still don't know what they think about it. which is interesting given that...

5. if gwen-8 is really a future version of gwen-65.... then she's miserable. gwen-65 isn't that attracted to miles, doesn't care about getting married, is queer, is a loner who doesn't want to lead a super-team, dislikes being a celebrity with a public identity, doesn't care about money and status, and has no maternal instincts whatsoever. she also seems to lose her symbiote on this world, where it's demonized by her family. and one of gwen's worst fears is being treated like silk (so: being thrust into a relationship with a spider-man that she has little say in). earth-8 takes away all the things gwen actually cares about and leaves her in a situation that she'd hate in exchange for nice things she doesn't even want.

you know who does want those things? miles. he's the one who keeps carrying a torch for gwen after siat ends. he's the one constantly looking for female love interests to sweep off their feet. he's the one who's great with kids. he's the social hero and natural leader. (sure, his family and supporting cast are completely gone, but that's not acknowledged at all)

and given that earth-8 was bendis's idea, he's miles's creator, he loves writing swirl ships, and every time brian michael bendis writes gwen stacy he's always weird about it, it's real clear that this is the ideal future he wanted for miles... where gwen gets to be there as his trophy wife/babymaker.

this isn't a world where gwen finds happiness. her happiness was never considered when it was created because the world isn't meant for her. it's meant for him.

and it's not even true that this is the only happy ending gwen can have. gwen's comics disown earth-8 immediately: she isn't happy when she sees earth-8, rejects miles and never changes her mind. every time she talks about earth-8 after siat (... when bendis isn't around and latour can say what he actually thinks about it) she says "yikes, not going back there, even if it means i'll die", and the comics introduce another future spider-gwen, gwen-617, who shit-talks a group of omniscient watchers (... aka, you, the reader) for messing with gwen-65's future, and gwen-65 takes after her instead.

and the funny thing is, gwen-8 is revealed to be completely aware that gwen-617 is trying to prevent her world from being created at all, and is a part of a secret society of spider-gwens that have been facilitating that situation all along. so if gwen 8 is supposedly so happy with her marriage to miles and family with him... then why is she trying to wipe them out of existence by preventing her past self from doing it?

the answer: she isn't happy. gwen 8 hates her circumstances so much that she tried to paradox them out of existence. she doesn't want her marriage, or her children, or her big fancy penthouse, or her new sparkly world, and she'd rather pull an interdimensional mass-murder-suicide than continue living with them. and she's doing it in plain view of her own kids... but behind her miles's back. add that to the list of red flags about him and their marriage.

the reason earth-8's seen so fondly is, before the spiderverse movies, most gwiles shippers were miles fans whose only exposure to gwen was sitting in a tree and crossover events. they didn't read her comics, they didn't know her personality, and didn't really care to because the appeal of gwen to them was that she was a hot white girl with spider-powers, a nice design, and a famous name that could make miles look cool if he got with her and got her pregnant. they don't care that gwen wouldn't want earth-8, or that it would hurt her, because they don't care about her as a person, just as a fantasy.

after the spiderverse movies, the new influx of younger gwiles shippers have only watched those movies and either only read siat, crossover events... or the wiki pages summarizing them. so they're taking earth-8 at face value too because they've never seen it in context. these fans might care a bit more about gwen, but they still don't know anything about her and mostly only see her as one half of a relationship that they think is the central point of the trilogy. if they even know or acknowledge that she's queer, they still expect her to want a heteronormative relationship. naturally, the universe where their otp is endgame, the center of the world, and have all the superficial elements of a happy ending is gonna be what they cling to. it's basically a fanfic come true.

and to be fair, the spiderverse writers clearly love earth 8. it's what made them put gwen in the movies to begin with. they've liked tweets about it. there's a dangerously high chance that the spiderverse movies are going to shape up to be the origin story of earth-8.

(... in which case, this ~perfect love story~ is doomed. they might have chemistry now, but eventually, spiderverse gwen is going to come to hate spiderverse miles so much that she's going to pull an adam-from-netflix's-dark on him and their kids to save her younger self from ever being with him in the first place. best of luck to her. fuck them kids and fuck miles for putting and keeping her in this position.)

the deal with earth-8 is on the surface it represents a happy ending. as long as you don't think about it, or don't know much about the characters (especially gwen), it seems great. but the second you look closer, all it does is raise bad implications. it's framed as a Perfect Future, but it really represents one where miles and gwen have respectively sold out their worlds, values and the themes of their stories for fame, safety and success. and where gwen gets nothing out of it.

#asks #spider gwen salt #gwiles #earth 8

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shanie · 2 years ago

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Ok. So here's the official statement from Shanie nobody asked for.

Do I think Kevin and Adam Cole were an item I'm ROH? Yes.

Do I think Sami and Becky had eyes for each other during the Ginger Snaps? Yes.

Do I think Kevin was in love with Seth Rollins? Absolutely.

Do I think that Sami and Jey had something going on during the Bloodline that neither of them is quite over yet? Hell Yeah.

But is Zowens forever going to be my OTP?

YOU BET YOUR ASS IT WILL BE

Here's the thing. Sami and Kevin have been on this journey for over two decades now and have been madly in love for almost the entirety of it, if not from first sight in Sami's case. But that journey has ups and downs, twists and turns and we never would have gotten to this point without them. Kevin rebounded with Cole and it taught him to love again. Sami getting close to Becky convinced Kevin to make a move. Kevin having his heart broken by Seth is what inspired him to go after Sami again. Jey kept Sami intact enough in the Bloodline for there to be something left to return to Kevin.

Every other one of these relationships was needed to get Sami and Kevin to where they are today and in a position to accomplish their Wrestlemania dreams.

So why we gotta pit these bad bitches against each other like this? Why can't we acknowledge that, for them, the story never will end and that, sure, they'll probably fight again. But they'll also team again. And love other people again. And be an item again And then fight some more. They're SOULMATES! That isn't even my word for them it's Kevin's and them both believing they are destined to share a forever is very well documented. But what they have is way more complex than them simply fighting forever or being together forever.

Do I wish they could just live happily ever after?

Yeah, that's the damn dream, they're my OTP why wouldn't I?

But taking the fight away from them is severing half of what makes them who they are and as ready as I am for them to win the tag belts at this years Wrestlemania, an even bigger dream is them wrestling each other for the world title at next year's.

You can have multiple ships involving the same people. This is not me betraying my brand it's me acknowledging and understanding that, while Zowens will forever be endgame, they have to work their asses off to get there.

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

#Zowens #public statement from Shanie

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mitchtheficus · 8 years ago

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Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens // Bayley vs Sasha Banks

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florbe-triz · 2 years ago

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obviously saitama/genos OTP forever, but also sometimes i wonder what would have happened if another hero had saved genos from mosquito girl. saitama is the strongest, but i feel like other s-class heroes could have also taken her out easily. do you think genos would have ever ended up idolizing someone (for example) like tatsumaki or bang or amai mask or someone if he met them before saitama?

Just as you said, Saitama and Genos ultimate OTP forever till the end of times and all alternative timelines in the OPM universe. Thanks.. I never thought of something different happening the day the mosquito girl fight happened. Because I like my otp destined for each other no matter the circumstances. Saitama was meant to be there, Genos too, it's Z city, a place nearly abandoned, with very little population, and Saitama's home is there. We also know most S and A rank heroes have the privilege to choose their fights, I don't think any of them would have showed up in time, not till Mosquito girl would've reached other more populated cities. But Genos would be dead by then... he would have self-destructed before someone else (not Saitama) worthy of admiration would have showed up!

#Saigenos #Genosai #opm

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createandconstruct · 3 years ago

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can i ask about amarant coral? the monk in red himself~

Can you ask about Amarant Coral? *cracks fingers* Oh I insist that you do. Welcome to my Amarant Appreciation Post:

favorite thing about them: First off best thing about Amarant? His theme. The percussion and the guitar. It’s great and it captures him so well. People out here like “take Amarant out of the game he adds nothing.” EXCUSE ME? You remove the Amarant you remove the Amarant Theme my friend and that is something I do NOT vibe with.

least favorite thing about them: I wanna know more about him. Now Amarant doesn’t need a backstory or history in the game. In a sense, he already has one that connects him to Zidane and explains his motives and actions and eventual arc. But my issue is, Square never gave him anything else. If you look at Ultimania there’s additional lore about other characters, like Steiner for instance. You learn Steiner was a war orphan who was saved by the Pluto Knights - explaining his devotion to them. Amarant though? Square was like “uh... yeah he was born....? And then he uh got famous...? Idk then he met Zidane. You figure it out.” Square. I hate you. 18 years from his birth until he became “well known”. WHAT WAS HE DOING. WHY’D HE BECOME A SECURITY GUARD. WHAT WAS ON HIS RESUME. TELL MEEEE. Like, okay, what the actual in-game canon gives us on Amarant is sort of enough. He’s a purposely written mysterious “cool-guy” character so we’re given scraps to make him unknown but come on. In the published after-game canon, like Ultimania, we could have been given a bit more. He says he doesn’t remember anything about his origins or parents, but why. Was he another victim of Gaia’s wars? Probably. Was he born on a battlefield? Fighting for his life, living without comrades, taking scraps whenever he could? Was he betrayed when he was young? Is he a supposed to be a version of Zidane had he not been adopted into Tantalus by Baku??? These are questions I deserve answers to, Square.

favorite line: “’I can't just walk away. It goes against my nature...’ You're a real simpleton. Forget it, guys. There's no stopping this fool." I love this. Amarant figures Zidane out pretty quickly after Ipsen’s Castle. Zidane is hardheaded and also an actor. He acts cool and pretends his reasons for doing things are loose but when he’s decided something it’s always for a reason. You don’t need a reason to help people, but Zidane has his reasons for helping Kuja and while Amarant doesn’t give two shits what they are he knows Zidane won’t be stopped because, despite everything, Zidane saved a loser like him. Also this line “Tell me! Why didn't you kill me!?" Because I quote it all the time and it makes myself laugh. Amarant is such a drama queen and Zidane knows it. Zidane’s like “dude... what is your damage, it’s 5 pm on Tuesday in Madain Sari. I ain’t getting blood on my gloves cause you’re having a temper tantrum.” And then Amarant runs away to have an existential crisis. He’s 26 but compared to Zidane, he’s the real teenager with angst.

brOTP: I could talk about Zidane or Freya with Amarant but instead I’m gonna say the underrated dynamic of Amarant and Eiko (and also Vivi). Amarant with the kids is truly the greatest gift given by his presence in the game. Amarant has never known true suffering until he became a designated legal guardian of a group of minors. It also kills me how he’s the one to volunteer to carry Eiko and Vivi up the Iifa tree. He looks at Zidane and is like “you have seriously been the ‘adult’ of this group???”

OTP: Gotta say the Freya and Amarant dynamic. I really enjoyed their unlikely friendship in the game but then the content. The fan content. The Freya x Amarant fans out there, you win. Ya got me. You captured me and I am now imprisoned by their banter and begruntled allies to lovers story. Even if they’re not romantic I love them together and really wish the game gave us more of them. But even Lani and Amarant together are valid, though I prefer them as butting head bros. Not much content for my girl Lani out there either, she deserves more.

nOTP: Nothing I can think of. I tend to like platonic pairings for Amarant. The dude needs friends because he can barely define the word friendship.

random headcanon: Before Zidane returns at the end of the game Amarant wanders around a bit, unsure of what to do. He doesn’t feel any place with the others in Alexandria, Burmecia, or Lindblum. I imagine he goes off on his own for a bit like before but this time he’s not after Zidane or a fight. Instead he’s got no particular destination. Yet he somehow always finds himself running into people just like him - or the old him - friendless lonely people who are looking for a fight. He doesn’t go out his way to find these folks he simply runs into them and decides he might as well knock some sense into them. He does however make it his business to go after any murmur of people hatching any ideas of going after the far off little village on the Lost Continent. The home of the genomes and black mages. They were so helpless, so weak that anyone who’d want to mess with them is pathetic in Amarant’s book. Until Zidane returns, no one has the chance to even look at the Black Mage Village the wrong way because in the shadows Amarant lurks, making damn well sure of that.

unpopular opinion: I kinda love that he’s just there for most of the game? While I agree he gets the short end of the stick in the same way as Freya, not receiving additional individual character spotlight (which could have very well been supplied through discoverable lore in the world/npcs or through sidequests) I never considered his “standing off to the side” as a detriment to his character.

Many would probably agree that Amarant always felt like a bit of a parody of the loner character, or at least the stereotype of the loner character. Amarant is so easily paralleled with Squall and Cloud’s surface-level attitudes because his dialogue always felt like something to poke fun at. As the player we’re supposed to align with Zidane’s way of thinking and how he views Amarant. When Amarant loses to Zidane and pretty much grits his teeth and goes “KILL ME,” along with Zidane we’re supposed to kinda raise our brow at him and go “...really, dude?”

Amarant’s a character introduced as an antagonist who has more in common with the power hungry villains of the game. Like many of the characters in FFIX, Amarant is in search of purpose in life, which he has never found, because he was always looking in the wrong places - in places of violence and power. Very toxic-masculinity of him. Amarant is “cool” on an aesthetic level but in reality he’s the polar opposite of cool in terms of what FFIX states about the need for others to be intertwined in your experiences so that you can live a full life.

I sort of love that he’s like a grumpy pitball following a 16 year old and his friends around. Then he sits in the corner when they all meet up and discuss current events acting like he doesn’t care (not to mention he casually walks as everyone is running as fast as they can to escape Terra - made me laugh cry on my first playthrough) He is “just there” but that’s because he has no where else to be, no where else to go, he’s a man without a home. And until Zidane offers his hand, at the point where Amarant is most willing to take it at Ipsen’s Castle, he’s not truly a party member. He IS an outsider for almost the entire game but at Ipsen Castle he joins the party, becomes a comrade, and decides he’ll allow himself to change paths and start a life where he has friends and lives, as well as fights for them. Which is why after that moment, Amarant finally has a victory pose.

song i associate with them: I was scratching my head for so long trying to think of a song or track that had Amarant vibes until it hit me. Outskirt Stand by Tsukasa Tawada (from Pokemon Colosseum). Amarant is so chill, he’s not a bombastic guy, so he needs a theme that drops me in the rocky open desert of the Lost Continent like I’m just lumbering around looking for a monkey-tailed menace. Some other Amarant tunes: Pyrite Town, The Under, Snagem Hideout tracks from Pokemon Colosseum. This post is just an elaborate call to action for everyone to listen to the Pokemon Colosseum soundtrack. Tsukasa Tawada is so great and he has a YouTube. Check him out.

favorite picture of them:

Yoshitaka Amano’s Salamander Coral. I love him. He had too much power.

Also everything drawn by @crispy-ghee. Everything. I will think of this Comic forever until I die. Tattoo it on my flesh. The banter, the dynamics, the post-game content, the Zidane prince-consort outfit, the new Amarant outfit, the stuck-in-the-same-place relationship him and Freya have. Perfect. Go read it and consume Crisipy’s stuff. And also check them and their current art out, they just consistently get better and better. Here’s a first panel preview of my fav comic. Read it.

@hannahlady‘s Amarant art and their Freya/Amarant art is just ugh. *Chef’s Kiss* Here is another preview because you should go look at it.

Here’s a piece that deserves so much more love by @snackage. I LOVE how they drew Amarant. Here’s a little preview. It’s SO GOOD

Anyway TL;DR: Amarant is love and life and you’ll have to pull him from my little gremlin hands.

#asks #scriberat #amarant coral #ffix #final fantasy ix #amarant #final fantasy 9 #freya #amarant x freya #lani #zidane tribal #eiko carol

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iheartkikixo · 4 years ago

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Thoughts on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D series finale

********AOS SERIES FINALE SPOILERS AHEAD*********

********AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D SERIES FINALE SPOILERS AHEAD*********

*******SERIOUSLY. IF YOU DON’T WANNA BE SPOILED STOP READING NOW********

You were warned.

Okay. So Agents of Shield is finished.

On the first watch I won’t lie, I was REALLY conflicted and bothered by the ending. I really couldn’t understand why they chose to go that route and I ended up pacing my house for like 30mins. However, after a couple hours of mulling it over, a rewatch and a nap. I understand why they ended it the way they did and actually have a newfound respect and maybe even love for the ending.

I know on first watch seeing everyone (especially May and Daisy) separated and alone initially feels depressing and possibly like the last 7 years of building this family was redundant, but if you look closer, it wasn’t...at all.

When we first met May, she wasn’t just alone, she was broken and self-isolated from everyone that she cared about and who cared about her. After the events of Bahrain, she closed herself down and became a shell of herself while her guilt and self-loathing threatened to eat her alive. The May we see in the final 3 episodes is so incredibly far from that. When Daisy throws Bahrain in her face in s2, the self loathing is still very present and she still can barely speak on it, she still feels like a monster for what happened and she retreats away from the team (to a degree) and back into herself. This reaction is so different to when Kora throws Bahrain in her face in 7x11. May is at a point where she fully realizes she wasn’t the monster in that story, she did what she did to save the innocent, and that at her very core is who she is, a protector of the innocent and those who can't protect themselves. And like she tells Kora, she’s “made peace with it”. In the last scene with May, yes there is a sadness that the team isn’t all together, but she’s not broken, unhappy or even alone. She’s found a new calling teaching at an Academy named after Coulson which upholds his legacy. She’s jovial when Flint comes and she laughs and jokes. It's so far removed from s1 May. Before Bahrain, May wanted kids and even when she was trying to save Katya, you could tell that she cared about kids a lot, this echoes to her protectiveness over the bus kids, and also extends into the Framework where kids being in danger was the thing that kinda brought her back to herself, and then also Robin, who she becomes a mother to. This is where the best of May comes out, she’s a mentor and a protector and in her last scene we see her happily being that to Flint and other students. So it’s full circle, she’s physically away from the team but not holed up alone in a cubicle in pain. She’s healed over these past several years and found a new purpose for her life, and her Shield family and time with them gave her that and made that possible.

The same with Daisy. When we meet her she is truly alone, she’s grown up alone, has nobody, she’s living in a van, she doesn’t even know her real name or date of birth, she’s searching for her family and searching for an identity and purpose. Throughout the last 7 seasons she’s found all of that and more. In this ending, like May, she’s not with the team, but she’s not truly without it either. She’s still in Shield, still doing missions, still in contact with the team, she still has them. If something goes wrong, there isn’t a doubt in my mind that they will come running as they always have, but after several years of fighting Hydra, Inhumans, ghosts, demons, LMDs, aliens, Chronicoms, being stranded on alien planets or at the bottom of the sea, being thrown into the future and then into the past, being mutilated or killed and resurrected or not, they all deserve some reprieve. They also can’t live under each other forever and they all deserve to actually live their lives. At the beginning of the series Daisy was lost and she didn’t know who she was, by the end neither of those are true anymore. She’s found her calling, she’s found family, she’s found relatives, she’s even found love. And now It’s like she’s paying it forward. Someone found her and gave her love, home, family and solid ground and now she’s doing the same for others (namely Daniel and Kora). Everything really goes back to the conversation her and Mack had where he tells her that even if the team dynamic shifts, it's okay and she’ll be okay. In real families we don’t all stay under the same roof forever, we branch out, take jobs in other cities or countries and start families of our own, but it doesn’t negate our original family and I don't think this ending does either. It doesn’t mean found families hold less weight than blood families, because with family (the people you’ve chosen to love and have chosen to love you back, blood or not), even when you’re not around them 24/7, distance and time change nothing. Based on the group conversation, they clearly have been in contact and will continue to be, Jemma saying she’ll email Daisy later about something they had earlier discussed, Mack and Yoyo still being together even though they’re on mission in different places at the moment, May telling Mack she has some names of recruits to send him, Coulson telling Daisy to give him a call once she gets back to Earth etc. It's not that they’re not family anymore or that they’re only gonna contact or see each other once a year, their life choices just have them spread out and busy, but they’re still family. Jemma saying they need to do the group meeting annually doesn’t mean it has to only happen once a year, nor does it mean they won’t interact individually whenever they can, it just means that despite how busy life gets they need to make sure they as a whole group isolate some time to be together however they can. That is the most family thing ever. Throughout the year ppl are busy and you see each other but not everyone together at the same time, but then you have something like Thanksgiving or Christmas where everyone makes it their business to find themselves under the same roof for a day. It feels like the same concept applies here. It only feels sad right now because it's new, but after a while it will be normal. They’ve spent the better part of a decade living under the same roof and now they’re not even on the same planet all the time, it's a weird adjustment, but they will adjust.

As far as Philinda goes. Philinda has been my AoS OTP since season 1 and while I was kinda sad initially that they didn’t end together, I get it. Phil is dead and PhilLMD is just that, an LMD. A robot. He’s not real and as such, while still having Philinda scenes makes me happy, I don’t think I want May to have to settle for a robot no matter how advanced. It’s not fair. Especially with her being an empath now, every time she touches Phil it's a reminder that he’s not real. He can’t grow old with her or be truly intimate because everything about him is coded into him. She deserves the chance and the space to move on and find something real with someone real and him being around her all the time would prevent that because she loves Phil, even though he’s not really here anymore. Phil was ready to go in season 5 as he felt like he had already been given a second chance and didn’t want to be greedy, which is why he didn’t seek out the cure in space. LMD!Phil who works solely off of Phil’s memories and feelings is echoing the same sentiments by contemplating shutting down. It's not fair for May to let herself explore this any deeper (especially now being an empath as she feels things more deeply), only for him to decide to shut down leaving her again, and it's not fair for them to explore this and him to force himself to stay operative until she dies as to not hurt her again, even though his Phil coding is telling him it's time to go. I feel like once everyone is comfortably settled into their new lives and he knows they’re all truly okay, he’ll shut down for good, until then he’s just around in case they need him.

I don’t think I need to speak too much on Fitzsimmons or Mackelena. With everything Fitz and Simmons have endured over the last 7 seasons, retirement (not sure if Simmons is fully retired too) seems beyond reasonable. We’ve watched them lose each other or themselves in one way or another every season, and like everyone else on the team they kept coming back for more when it would’ve been easier to walk away and most probably would have. But they're not most people, they are a family and refused to abandon the team while it was in need. So this ending with their super cute kid is just very deserved and great to see. Mackelena. I love that they’re still agents. I was also initially surprised Mack was still an agent as he seemed like the most likely to leave a couple seasons ago. Maybe the Adventures of Mack and The D gave him a new outlook, realizing that there are so many out there who want to and will do good if given the space and opportunity to. I also love that Piper asked for a Davis LMD and that he and Piper can argue like old times. I thought that was kinda cute.

Overall, I feel like this moment was necessary. Change sucks, but it's necessary for growth. I also think the messaging is great and applies to the cast, the fans and just the world in general. Change isn’t bad, people come into our lives for seasons and they teach us, love us, heal us and sometimes leave us, but that’s not the end. There are new people and new adventures waiting, and the same way people come into your lives for a reason, we also are destined to go into other people's lives and be that person who teaches, loves and heals them the way someone did for us. It’s a cycle. And that's one of the ways the world moves forward and gets better. Good people bringing out the best in other people, who move on to bring out the best in other people, creating more and more good people. Philindaisy will always hold the most special place in my heart in this show. Phil found May in her cubicle and Daisy in her van, and the three of them saved each other in so many ways and gave each other everything they needed as well unconditional, unwavering love and support which helped them move beyond their past traumas to the point where they were mentally healthy and strong enough to not just have the family they formed with each other, but also form their own families outside of the original family unit and do the same for others. That in itself is beautiful. This is the end of this particular part of their journey, but in no way do I think it's the end of the family that they all formed over the last 7 years, because you don’t go through all they went through and then just feel nothing. They will forever be a part of each other and they will forever pull from the lessons, experiences and love they have for and gave each other. And that’s life, and also what I’m taking away from this show.

#agents of shield #aos finale #aos spoilers #philinda #philindaisy #melinda may #phil coulson #daisy johnson

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fandomfollower13 · 5 years ago

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BOOK TAG

I got this tag off of https://booklovingnut.com/2017/05/05/beauty-beast-book-tag/

“Oh what a guy, Gaston!” A villain you can’t help but love-

I don’t know if you wold count him as a true villain but he is the “bad guy” of this book. The beast from “Hunted” By Meagan Spooner. I know ironic for a beauty and the beast tag, but really i think hes the only villain that i was rooting for. also his perspective is really interesting.

“Here’s where she meets Prince Charming” Your OTP-

Oh my... this ones hard i have so many. I guess it has to go to the first book couple that made me fall in love with YA Fiction. Cole Holland and Alice Bell, from “Alice in Zombieland” by Gena Showalter. they are such a fiery couple!

“I want so much more than this provincial life” A character destined for greater things. –

I will have to say that Naomi Vidal is a character destined for greater things. She’s such a good soldier but thanks to Abel she see’s herself being so much more. “Defy the Stars” by Claudia Grey

“Be our guest!” A book that made you hungry.-

Definitely “With the Fire on High” By Elizabeth Acevedo, that books cover is literally covered in pictures of food. It also has multiple recipes before chapters! it made me so hungry.

“Beauty and the Beast” Opposites attract.

Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio. They are characters from Adam Silvera’s “They Both Die At The End”. They are truly opposites Mateo is a shut in nerdy kid and Rufus is a bad boy who loves to fight.

“I was innocent and certain, now I’m wiser but unsure” A book that changed you in some way-

“The Way I Used to Be” by Amber Smith

“Kill the Beast!” A book you picked up because of hype. –

“The mortal instrument series” by Cassandra Clare. I saw and heard about it for years. It did live up to it’s hype though.

“I’ll never shake away the pain” A book or moment that always makes you cry-

the ending of “Before I Fall” By Lauren Oliver. I have read it 3 times and yet it still kills me.

“How does a moment last forever” A book that you’ve loved since you were little.-

Of course the Classic series of “Harry Potter” By J.K. Rowling, The beginning of my obsession with magic.

Hope you guys have a wonderful day xo

~Fin

#books #beauty and the beast #tag #book tag #blog

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thesmalltowngal · 5 years ago

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Snowbaz 23- Golden Days

Otp Prompt #23: There’s a fair in town, and all of Watford attends. Everything in Simon and Baz’s lives has gone to hell… they deserve one night of forgetting everything. What will happen on their last day of freedom under the neon lights of the carnival? (Before the defeat the Humdrum, after everything else except Baz and Simon aren’t together yet.)

*Baz’s POV*

My father is an arsehole. After everything that’s happened this year, of bloody course I felt it horrifically unnecessary to go to a carnival. Crowley, we should still be focused on the war with the old families and the Humdrum, for fucks’ sake! When I told my father my plans of sitting it out, he for some reason felt the need to fight me on the subject.

“Basilton, you’ll regret it if you don’t go, you know.” He had said to me, looking bored. (Although I knew that he wasn’t bored- he was fully alert and intent on giving me hell.)

“Father, in what world would I regret not going to a silly party for children where all they serve is…” I visibly shiver as I lace disgust into my tone. “Fried.” He rolled his eyes then, as he does so often.

“These are the good days, my son. You should make memories- you’ll regret it later if you don’t go tonight.” Well that was the biggest bloody load of shit I had ever heard. The good days? Yes, yes, the good days in which I spent pining over my enemy that was destined to kill me, loathing myself to a point of insanity, and trying to find my mothers’ killer. What wonderful memories.

I tried to keep my composure as I said, “But, father, I really see it more fit to-”

“Basil. Enough. This is non-negotiable, I’m afraid. You are to go to the carnival and that’s that.” We didn’t discuss it further. I knew I could have simply skipped, but no doubt that he’d find out somehow. I promptly huffed (with dignity- I’m not a troll) up to my room and stayed there for the rest of the afternoon, playing mournful songs on my violin.

I’ll be damned if I, Basilton Grimm-Pitch spend the whole carnival moping because father dearest told me I had to go. I was just going to sit on a wall smoking with Dev and Niall, but apparently their parents couldn’t make sense of why they should go, either. They’re currently at their respective homes, preparing for the inevitable war.

The carnival is already loud and large, and it’s not even noon yet. Most of Watford attends, which explains the mysterious floating popcorn all around. There are people everywhere, their pulses beating unbearably loud. (I had to drain two deer before this, just to make sure I wasn’t tempted by all of the flowing blood around.) Looking around, I see people I know, but I’ve never talked to. (Mostly because they’re inferior.) I don’t want to go in. I don’t want to make ‘memories’ with people who would like to see me dead, and I most certainly don’t want to be here watching Snow and Wellbelove cozy it up on the Ferris Wheel.

Startling me from my thoughts, I feel a finger tap me on my shoulder. I whip around, expecting to see Dev or Niall after all, but instead, I’m face to face with Simon Snow himself. (Well, not face to face so much. More like his face to my jaw.) Speak of the devil. He looks beautiful, as always. His bronze curls are a halo of gold around his face and his (extra)ordinary blue eyes. He looks nervous, but determined.

“What do you want, Snow?” I sneer.

*Simon’s POV*

I wish he wouldn’t sneer at me so much. I came over to him because honestly, he was the only familiar face I could find. Not much time to socialize with anyone but your bloody roommate, (ex) girlfriend and best friend when you’re the chosen one.

I roll my eyes, but speak nonetheless. “Well, er… where are Dev and Niall?”

“Currently unavailable,” He pauses for a moment, thinking. “Why, Snow?” To be quite honest, I don’t really know why I’m doing this myself. Maybe because there’s no one else I know here. Maybe because I know this is the last time I’ll see Baz until one of us kills the other. Maybe because he just looked so alone standing there in front of the carnival.

“Well, because, um… Well, I-”

“Spit it out, Chosen.”

“Penny and Agatha couldn’t come tonight and I don’t know anyone else. And I just… well, I just need a night away from everything.” I look at him with what I hope are pleading eyes. He scoffs and begins to walk away, but I reach out for his arm. He stops, looking back at me, and quirks an eyebrow. “Listen… Baz, please. This is our last day of freedom. It’s the end of the year, the end of Watford, and right now, I just want to forget everything. Just for one night. Do it with me, Baz.” He looks mildly disgusted, but I can tell that he’s thinking about it.

“Everything?” He nearly whispers. I know he means everything that’s happened with us in the past. The fighting, the threats. I nod my head, sure of myself. “Okay. Deal.” I let his arm go and we walk side by side into the carnival (we’ve never walked side by side; it’s weird) that has a large neon sign at the top of the gates. ‘Golden Days’. Must be the name of the carnival. I look at Baz with uncertainty, but he just smiles at me. Merlin, is that what Baz’s smile looks like? Crowley, I could get used to that.

I grab his hand and start running into the crowd, dragging him behind me. I hear what I think is Baz laughing behind me and it gives me a jolt of ecstasy. His laugh is so carefree… like he’s got nothing but everything to live for. I love it. I keep dragging him behind me until we get to the line for a rollercoaster. I let his hand go and I see that he turns pale. (Well, paler than usual, that is. He must’ve eaten before this because he has a bit more colour than he usually does.)

“What’s wrong?” I frown. He gulps and I watch as his Adam’s apple bobs up and down.

“Nothing, Snow, I just…” He’s trying to maintain his composure, but he’s failing. It’s bloody odd seeing his nervous. Baz is a lot of things, but nervous is not one of them. “I’m not a fan of rollercoasters.” Oh.

“We can ride another ride if you-”

“No. No, it’s fine, Snow. I can do it,”

“Why are you afraid?” He glares at me but doesn’t correct my word choice.

“When I was younger I went on one with my aunt Fiona. I… well my stomach didn’t react well.”

“Vampires can get sick?” I mentally slap myself, but instead of glaring at me, he just nods absentmindedly as he stares at the rollercoaster. He must really be scared if he’s admitting to being a vampire. Although I suppose it doesn’t quite matter now that we’re not in Watford anymore. I grab his hand and give it a squeeze, not letting it go this time. His hand is cold and calloused but it’s a nice break from Agatha’s warm and smooth hands. I think I see his breath catch, but I ignore it.

We don’t talk again until we’re seated in the ride, climbing up to the top before the drop. Baz’s breath is fast and his leg is shaking, so I hold his hand even tighter. “It’s gonna be okay Baz,” I laugh. He rolls his eyes, but I see the smile playing on his lips. As we drop, I look over to see Baz screaming, but laughing all the same. His hair is flying all around his face and he looks absolutely perfect as always. The bloody wanker never looks bad even as he’s terrified on a rollercoaster. As we lurch on the turns, he looks over to me, his face alight with joy. (It occurs to me now that I don’t think I’ve ever really seen Baz happy. It’s… well it’s bloody lovely.) I smile back and we keep holding hands all throughout the ride.

*Baz’s POV*

Snow seems to be keen on torturing me. On all of the rides so far, he’s held my hand bone-breakingly hard. (Although it doesn’t hurt because I can’t really feel the pain. All I feel is his warmth in my cold hand.) He only lets go once we’re off the rides, and even then it seems reluctantly. After all these years of fighting, being friends with him seems so natural. I try not to think too hard about how it will all go back to normal by morning. Aleister Crowley, I wish we could stay this way forever.

The sun is setting now, but the carnival goes on until sunrise. Well, I suppose that’s not totally true. The Normals leave around 11 and then the Watford students spell the gates unlocked after, staying in until daybreak. Only four more hours until the Normals leave.

Simon turns to me, smiling a lopsided and bashful smile. “I’m kind of hungry…” He mutters, a grin on his face the whole time. I roll my eyes good naturedly. (Who would’ve thought that was possible?)

“You’re always hungry, you git,” I sigh and prompt him to walk forward. “Go on then, Snow. Let’s get you some atrociously fried food.” Somehow, his face lights up even more as he grabs my hand again (I feel sparks every time we touch) and drags me to the nearest food stand. (Can you even call it food?) Simon orders one big ‘funnel cake’ and a corn dog. Both fried. Both bound to make him sick on the rides. When we get the food, he drags me along to an open bench to sit down. He places the corn dog in front of me and the cake in front of him. I simply shake my head and push the dog to sit in front of him. (What I would give for a real dog right now. I’m not very hungry for blood, but I wouldn’t pass it up.)

He furrows his brow and pushes the food back to me, along with some ketchup. “Eat.” He says it simply, like it’s a command. I roll my eyes, but (reluctantly) dip the corn dog in ketchup and then take a bite. It’s… well it’s not the bloody worst thing I’ve ever had. Crowley, it might actually be good. I suppose I’ve never had anything fried. It’s frowned upon at the Pitch manor. But this isn’t half bad. I cover my mouth as I take another, bigger bite. When I look up from my plate, Simon is smirking to himself while absolutely shoveling food into his mouth.

I must look disgusted because he looks up at me and asks (with his mouth full), “What?” I laugh and roll my eyes again. It’s like watching a dog eat. A dog that I’d like to slip the tongue.

“You’re disgusting,” I shake my head and look away from his face before I do something stupid. Like spit on him and then lick it all off and kiss him. Yes, that would most certainly not be smart. I cover my mouth with my hand again as I take another bite, trying to chew around my fangs. But before I can even swallow, Simon gently (I never thought Simon could ever do anything gentle to me) pulls my hand away from my mouth and holds it there. There aren’t butterflies in my stomach. Vampires don’t get butterflies. We’re immortal and dangerous and badarse. I have bats in my stomach.

“Baz, you know you don’t have to do that here. No one else is paying attention,” Does that mean that he’s paying attention? “It’s just me. Eat how you want.” He shrugs, pulling his hand away from mine after a moment, blushing furiously. He is so bloody adorable when he blushes. Damn it all to hell.

I don’t cover my mouth again as I keep eating and he smiles at me. I can feel his magic wrap all around me as we eat together in silence. Not in a threatening, burning way like usual… it’s warm. Safe.

“What ever is the bloody appeal to that fried… mess that you’re eating, Snow?” I break the silence. He looks up at me, eyes practically bulging out of his head. “What?” I inquire.

“You’ve never had a funnel cake?” I shake my head.

“Um, no. I don’t fancy getting vampire diabetes anytime soon.” He lets out a laugh (I realize too late that I’ve just admitted to being a vampire… but he doesn’t seem to care) and pushes his plate to me, gesturing at the powdered mess.

“Try it! It’s delicious, Baz. Just one bite,”

“I, um… I think not,” He rolls his eyes and gets a small bite of the monstrosity on his fork.

“Open.” He commands.

“Er, Snow-”

“Open!” He commands with a laugh. I sigh, because I know that he won’t relent anytime soon. I open my mouth ever so slightly. I know he sees my fangs because his eyes go a bit wider and he mutters, “Wicked…” I try to ignore the urge to snap my mouth shut as he puts the food in my mouth. It tastes like… well it tastes like right diabetes, doesn’t it? But powdered sugar covered, fried to perfection diabetes.

“Crowley, Snow! This is delicious!” I snatch the plate from him and start eating at a Simon-Snow-pace, manners well from my mind now. He frowns, so I quirk an eyebrow at him.

“Well, Baz, since we’ve decided to put everything behind us… I ‘spose you shouldn’t call me by my last name anymore, yeah?” He fidgets with his fingers as he says it. Calling him Simon seems so… personal. Too personal for enemies-turned-one-night-friends. But I suppose I could have a bit of fun with this. Before I can say anything, he blurts out, “And not Chosen, either.”

“Right. Well then… where to next, love?” He takes in a breath and turns bright red, tripping over every other word. For a moment, I think I’ve done the wrong thing, but once he gets a hold on himself, he just smiles at me and nods.

“Okay, Baz. Very funny. ‘Least it’s better than Snow or Chosen.” I can’t believe he’s letting me call him love.

*Simon’s POV*

I can’t believe that I’m letting him call me love. I can’t believe that I liked it when he called me love. I don’t know why I want him to do it again. I get up from my seat and throw our trash away, trying to calm myself down away from Baz’s watchful eye. When I get back to our table, he’s standing up and waiting for me while adjusting his jacket.

“Come on then, Sn-” He stops himself before he can finish, turning a little pink. “Love. I’ve got the next place to go to.” I smile and grab his hand, letting him lead me to our next adventure. In some ways, I’m happy that Penny and Agatha couldn’t make it. I’m glad that I get to spend time with Baz alone. (When did I start wanting alone time with my enemy?)

When we finally stop, he takes his hand back. (For reasons I’m not willing to think about right now) I feel my heart fall when he does. We’re in the line for the Ferris Wheel. It’s nearly time for the Normals to start heading out; they’re walking out of the carnival and the Magicians have started spelling the workers to keep the place up and running after the Normals leave. When we get up to the front of the line, the man working the ride let us on in the two seater. The Ferris Wheel is so tall that the seats should probably be enclosed, but it’s a carnival, so no one is surprised.

Baz and I squeeze in next to each other, and not one single part of our bodies other than our heads aren’t touching. From our toes to our shoulders, I can feel an electric current running through my veins. My heart is beating wildly. I don’t exactly know why- it’s just Baz. My enemy/friend for one night. Although, I’m trying not to think too hard about the one night part. In fact, I’m trying not to think about anything right now, really. Just how safe I feel at the moment, and how lovely Baz has been tonight. It almost hurts, knowing that this is how we could’ve spent all those years. As friends instead of mortal enemies. Then again, that wasn’t really our choice in the first place.

But it is tonight. As we slowly climb higher and higher, the carnival gets much quieter. Much calmer than when the Normals were here. The air is filled with magic. I can feel Baz’s magic wrapping around me, and the night sky is thick with everyone else’s. Everything is flying every which way and sparks from wands are everywhere. But what might be most beautiful is the neon lights all around us. Once it got dark, everything started lighting up, but not so bright that we can’t see the stars at the top of the Ferris Wheel. It’s beautiful. I can’t help but lean into Baz, resting my head on his shoulder.

Maybe it’s just me, but I think I can hear his heart beating. It’s not long before I feel his head resting on top of mine. His hair tickles my ears, but I can’t find it in myself to mind. I don’t mind anything right now. Crowley, I think that the Humdrum himself could pop up right now and I wouldn’t give a bloody rats’ arse.

I slowly bring my head up, and when I look over at Baz, he’s blushing. “Sorry, Snow- er, Simon. I mean, um…” He sounds like me, tripping over his words. Ignoring the way that my heart leapt into my throat when he called me Simon, I stop him.

“Baz, no. I just… well I was wondering why we were never friends like this before.” I feel my face burn, but I just need to know the answer. I need to know why we weren’t ever like this when Merlin it’s been so wonderful tonight.

He looks at me with his stormy eyes as he says, “You know why. My family, they… well, you know, Simon.” There he goes calling me Simon again. He looks away, but I catch his face with my fingers. We’re stopped at the top now; we can see everything from up here. But all I find myself wanting to look at is Baz.

“Screw your family.” He looks taken aback, and I must admit, I’ve surprised myself, too. I don’t know where this courage came from. I’m not drunk. (Well, maybe a bit. Maybe drunk on Baz.)

“Simon, I-”

“Stop calling me Simon.” I state simply. Stop calling me Simon or I’m going to do something stupid.

He pauses for a moment, looking into my eyes like he wants to memorize every ordinary colour there.

“Simon.” He whispers.

*Baz’s POV*

I don’t know why I called him Simon again. Maybe because he’s looking at me hungrily, and Crowley, I want to know what he’ll do. Maybe because if it makes him mad… I’ll get to kiss him before he sends me flying. Maybe, if he screams at me for calling him by his name, I’ll finally get what I want.

Then he kisses me. I don’t waste any time floundering or pulling away. Instead I automatically pull him closer, deepening the kiss. Merlin, Methulusah and Morgana nothing has ever felt this nice. He’s doing this thing with his jaw, and his hands are roaming under my shirt and in my hair and I can barely even think, and-

Someone clears their throat loudly. “The ride is over, gentlemen.” Simon and I spring away from each other and look at the ride operator. I just got into trouble for snogging Simon Snow on the Ferris Wheel. Aleister Crowley, I’m living a charmed life. I feel Simon shaking with laughter as he clambers (really clambers- he’s as graceful as a hippo) out of the seat and extends his hand out to help me up.

“Coming, love?” I smile at him so hard that my cheeks hurt. (Probably because I’m not used to smiling.) I nod and grab his hand, letting him help me out. Instead of pulling his hand away this time, he laces his fingers through mine and takes off running with me as we shoot down the nearly barren walkways. Magicians all around look at us with curiosity, but I can’t find it in me to care. As we run, my jacket billows behind me and Simon keeps tripping… but it’s perfect.

It’s like a slow motion scene from those movies. The one where the couple is running away from their troubles together, like nothing else matters. They’re smiling and laughing, and the one in front turns back to look at the one behind them, all of the love in the world in their eyes. It’s like that, but so much bloody better because it’s gay. And anything with Simon Snow in it is infinitely better in my book.

We finally get to a man with a large old-timey polaroid camera stood up and Simon places two pounds in his hand. He drags me up in front of the camera and pulls me down to his level and smashes his face against mine, as though we were in a photo booth. The camera snaps. For the next one, he presses his lips warmly against my cheek and waits for the camera to snap again. Then, he (without my knowledge or permission) (although he could kill me now, and he’d have my permission) jumps up into my arms and nuzzles his face into my neck, closing his eyes. I’m supposed to be looking at the camera, but I can only keep my eyes on him. Finally, for the last picture, he hops down from my arms. As he goes to do a pose beside me, he (somehow) trips over himself and ends up grabbing onto my jacket collar, pulling me towards him. We land in a breathtaking kiss, him still pulling me ever closer, and me too stunned to do anything but let him.

When the camera snaps, he springs away and goes to retrieve the photos from the man. Simon has more energy than a labrador right now. I’d like to think it was from kissing me, but it might just be from the overall craziness of the night. For a moment, he slows, taking my hand and pulling me close so that I can see the photos, too. They all turned out lovely, even if he did nearly knock me over in the process multiple times. He looks up at me now, and he walks backwards, taking me with him. (He tucks the photos away in my jacket pocket.)

When we get behind a tent, he pulls me to him again, snogging me like there’s no time left. There is no way that things will ever go back to the way they were after this.

*Simon’s POV*

We’ve been having a proper snog now for at least twenty minutes. My heart is… well it feels like it’s been lit on fire, doesn’t it? (In a wonderful way, that is.) His mouth is soft and cold and I can’t help it when I lean back and tell him something that I’m not even sure I knew myself. “I love you, Baz.” His face glows and he looks at me as though he’s always been hungry for my touch. (And my touch only.)

“Crowley, you dolt. I’ve loved you since fifth bloody year.” He laughs before pulling me back in to get lost in him again.

…

We spend the rest of the night on a hill near the back of the carnival either snogging or talking. He’s laying down right next to me, and I’m practically on top of him. We should’ve been like this all these years. It only took us until graduation to figure it out.

“Hey Baz?” He traces the moles on my face while I run my hand on his stomach. (In just a short time, I’ve learned that it’s one of his favorite places to be touched.)

“Yes, Simon?” I smile when he calls me by my name again. So much better than Snow or Chosen. (Although ‘love’ might be a close second.)

“Thank you,”

“For what?”

“For… for giving me a night away from everything. For escape,” He frowns.

“What?” I ask as I place a kiss to his jaw.

“Is that all this is? Are we… will this be over by tomorrow?” I can’t help but let out a laugh.

“Not by a long shot, my love… not by a long shot.”

*Baz’s POV*

I understand now why my father wanted me to come to the carnival. This will undoubtedly be my favorite memory in years to come. I also understand the name of the carnival now. ‘Golden Days’.

The definition of Golden Days is “a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement.’ These are the golden days, the bad and all. Simon Snow is my golden day.

Fourty Years Later

“Simon, love!” I call down to him from the attic. In a few minutes, he comes climbing up the stairs as fast as he can. He may not have his magic anymore, but he’s still fit for an old man. I suppose we’re both old men, now. He’s just an old man with a tail and wings.

“Yes, Baz?” I stand up (not as agile as I used to be) and walk over to him, pressing a gentle kiss to the side of his face.

“Look at what I found, dear…” I give him the pile of polaroids that I found in a crate. “From the carnival so many years ago.” He smiles wistfully at the pictures. We were both young, then- no wrinkles or worry lines. (Although he is still dashing in his old age.) In the polaroids, we were at a carnival called ‘Golden Days’, I believe.

“Yes, I remember…” He mutters more to himself than me. I know he doesn’t remember. Dementia does that to a person. But that’s okay. As the years went on and the colours of wanderlust started fading… so did Simon. But there are some things that have remained. The memories will never change, for one. We’ve stayed absolutely drunk on each other, throughout our lives. I’ve stayed pale, and Simon has stayed bloody handsome. The love has remained the same. And even though Simon doesn’t remember half of our memories… I’ll keep them alive. I’ll keep him alive. The him that was so alive and so full of wonder.

I will never forget the golden days that changed my life forever.

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sunlightnmoonshine · 5 years ago

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Arthdal chronicles season 3 preview

Since I gotta talk about it in order to deal with the fact that I have to wait roughly two months to watch this epic season? Like excuse me do ya'll think I've that much patience? I'm going crazy with theories just from that 30 sec preview (which mind you is such a stingy display at least give me 2 mins worth of scenes- each ep is more than an hour long -_-)

Anyway lemme break down everything I feel abt this preview

Eunseom - my boy is finally going to shine in season 3. I spent a lot of time wondering why they put him through this much but it was all leading to this. Had he not gone through everything he went through Eunseom would never have been able to become the leader he is destined to be. Can you picture it? Individual's from different tribes swearing their allegiance and comradeship? Eunseom leading them to his rightfully place as he tears down arthdal union. I'm also extremely intrigued by that army led by that female (the amount of badass women on this show. I will never stop talking abt them) and what eunseom's relationship will be with them.

Tanya - look at my reigning queen getting the respect she deserves. Although I'm sure she's going to make some bad choices and the reasons why she might do that are too unclear for me to assume really. I'd say she's doing it with an ulterior motive (I for one trust no one but eunseom on this show my pure boy has told no lie) or it could very well be Saya's influence.

Which brings me to Saya and Tanya. I dare the directors to try establishing a love triangle. The second they do I will riot. However I do not think that is the angle the show is heading towards. If there's anything one can figure out through ep 11 & 12 is just how much Eunseom means to Tanya. Legit all of ep 12 involved saya panicking and screaming over Tanya while her number one thought was Eunseom and Eunseom alone. The parallel at the end goes to show that their role together is going to be huge. And just because I love poetic cinematography imma point this out. When the two of them say "I'm coming for you" tanya turns away from saya and all we see is a blur of saya while eunseom's face pans in to match tanya's. If that ain't a sign about my otp I don't know what is. I do however feel like there's going to be some confusion involved and I think tanya might have to make some big choices concerning eunseom and saya. Am I looking forward to that drama? Nope.

I'm also wondering what the heck tanya is doing not demanding that eunseom be brought to her - I take it the show will address this and a sec preview does nothing really to tell us about pacing but I can't help but wonder

Taealha and Tagon- probably one of the most intriguing relationships I've seen on the show. The way their relationship has been portrayed has made me wonder what it is that the too really yearn for and if they are just terribly confused abt it. Inherently they love each other but they love power too. Can they get the best of both worlds?

So not looking forward to seeing that rat from wahan. Figured he'd come back as some demon hand which they are painting him out to be but meh.

I just want all the bad guys cough daekhan cough to fall into a pit of fire. Clearly Tagon is going to be helpless in awhile, how and why that happens I look forward to seeing. Tagon crashing and burning? I'm here for it but duh Taealha is going to pick him up.

Saya- I do not know what season 3 can bring for him since they've painted him as a love sick puppy and he is desperate for Tanya. I feel like that's going to add some messy implications and I've said it before and imma say it again I love saya and he deserves happiness but that can not be through tanya. Tanya and Eunseom belong together (try and fight me on this) I hope tanya helps him. I'm not looking for an eunseom returning to find tanya is involved with his twin (I highly highly doubt the show will do this but you never know) I'm still unsure as to what Saya's role is in the prophecy. He is illuminating arthdal with all this info and all but that seems very minor in comparison to tanya and eunseoms role.

Anyways I look forward to Eunseom making a striking comeback they legit did him dirty (you get it since he was pretty much tossed around in dirt quite literally?) in season 2. And I want to see him rise as this leader of this band of misfits. The look in his eyes is so much more different to ep 2 eunseom and I will forever be in awe at Sjk's acting.

That's a lot on a mere preview. It's probably evident that I'm already suffering from withdrawal.

#arthdal chronicles #kdrama #eunseom #Tanya #Saya #Taealha #Tagon #Season 3 really has to be 2 months away #How they are going to cover so much content in 6 eps is beyond me #That preview was packed to the brim with so many different situations and it wasn't even a minute

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sheridans-dynamos · 5 years ago

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Get To Know Me

thanks for the tag @forever-rogue & @ironmanstarks ily both <3

1. Dogs or cats? Dogs

2. YouTube celebrities or normal celebrities? Normal

3. If you could choose to live anywhere, where would you live? California or England

4. Disney or DreamWorks? Disney

5. Favorite childhood tv show? Hannah Montana

6. The movie you are looking forward to in 2020?: Black Widow, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman 1984

7. Favorite book you read last year: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

8. Marvel or DC? Marvel

9. If you chose Marvel, favorite member of the X-Men? Magneto

10. Night or day? Night

11. Favorite Pokémon? Don’t have one

12: Top five bands/artists? Fleetwood Mac, Harry Styles, Queen, Elton John, Niall Horan, Panic! at the Disco, Halsey (I know there’s 7 but idc fight me)

13: Top ten books? That’s way too hard alddjflvfp so I’ll just say my two favorite series: Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer and Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare

14. Top four movies? Mamma Mia!, Iron Man, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Empire Strikes Back

15. US or Europe? Europe

16: Tumblr or Twitter? Tumblr

17: Favorite vacation destination? Out of the places I’ve been? Florida I guess

18. Favorite YouTuber? Don’t watch YouTubers.

19: Favorite author? Cassandra Clare

20: Tea or coffee? Coffee

21: Otp? Han/Leia, Pepperony and Malec

22: Do you play an instrument/song? Little bit of guitar, little bit of piano

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msbeccieboo · 6 years ago

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Arrow 7x18 brain dump

And we’re back from hiatus! Unlike a few that I see, I really enjoyed this episode! Sure the main story was clunky, and a lot of the dialogue was cheesy as hell, but the theme and notion behind it of women coming together to save the day was just everything that Arrow, and the whole Canary concept up until now has been missing. As usual, this got long, and gif-heavy, so apologies if you get bored haha!

Felicity

Yes of course we’re coming to Felicity first! Our (Smoak) Queen absolutely ruled the show this week! I still remember the fandom reaction when we heard the episode title…it was something along the lines of:

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And then the episode rolls round and it’s awesome (mostly) and Felicity is at the centre of it!! Amazing! In fact, it was so hard to separate this review into character/theme sections this week, as Felicity was intertwined so closely with all of them.

Felicity was at her finest this week. We saw her both as Overwatch and literally saving the day in the field. We had wifey Felicity, loyal friend felicity, mama Felicity, flirty-flirt Felicity….the list goes on!! And in an episode called Lost Canary??

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It was Felicity’s heart and famous empathy that really shone through for me this week. From start to end she tried her best to win Black Siren back round, to clear her name, and save her from herself. Our girl literally reached across time to help her friend. Now whether or not BS had earned/deserved that much effort on Felicity’s part is another thing altogether, but one thing that prevails is Felicity’s huge heart, her compassion and her unwavering belief in those she calls her friends. Her ability to see the good in people, even at their worst, is probably my favourite thing about her. And whereas Dinah was right to an extent about Felicity having ‘blinders’, she just wants to see the best in people. This is why she is the heart of the team. This is why Oliver fell in love with her. This is why I fell in love with her. The moment where she shouts at Dinah “we should be helping her not hunting her”, just epitomises Felicity for me.

It was ultimately Felicity’s stalwart belief in her that made BS turn ‘good’ in the end. Our girl literally put her and her unborn child’s life out there and dared BS to kill them to prove she was evil. In doing this, Felicity ultimately saves the day! Sure, we see Felicity being a badass every week, but watching her lead a team of women in the field was super emotional for me to watch.

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This did start to feel like a goodbye to Felicity, especially with the Sara scene, reminiscing and commenting on how far she has come. I imagine the timing of Emily’s announcement was planned to precede this last run of episodes for this reason. I’m still coming to terms with Emily leaving, and I haven’t been able to write anything about it yet (and not sure I will tbh), but episodes like this make me realise just how different (and by different I mean shitty) this show would have been/will be without her in it and I’m simply not ready still 😭😭😭

Olicity

We only got two Olicity scenes this week, which was actually far more than I thought we would get, and they bookended the episode so beautifully!! I still don’t think I’m over the cuteness this week!!

In the first scene we got a beautifully babbly Felicity; “Are you sure that you are ok, now that you know that your sister is evil and tried to kill you? Too soon?” 😂😂, along with a little of her own horn-tooting haha:

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Oliver’s little smile after that was just 😍😍

We had a cute little smooch, and touching!! It was so nice to see them being truly affectionate and comfortable around each other again!

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Then Oliver being all Protective Daddy!Oliver, asking Felicity to take it easy and look after her PRECIOUS CARGO!!!!!

NVJDFNVJDKVNFDVKND!!!! Honestly this will go down as being one of the great Olicity quotes for me! His little belly gesture, and then her adorable “I know” I can’t handle the cuteness guys!!!!!!

Oh and then there was the cutest Olicity scene everrrr!! Felicity returns from her bird adventures to find a sleepy adorable Oliver laid out on the couch 😍🔥😍

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OMGGGGG her face when she sees him, and tells him she’d missed him….hgfidsbodsnfv!!!

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The mystery remains as to just why Oliver is that exhausted…as I talk about in the next section, he and Dig didn’t do an awful lot this episode. The only acceptable answer is that they spent the rest of their time in the episode putting together an endless amount of baby furniture…I now decree this as FACT!!

Anyhoo…back to snuggly Oliver. Ughh this man does not stop being adorable (even with this hair)! He sits up and pulls Felicity into him by the bum (we all see you Oliver 👀) and smushes himself into her chest for a hug, kissing her shoulder, telling her how he will take care of her 😍😱 😍😱, then Felicity promptly asks for a foot rub, to which he happily obliges.

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I AM DECEASED!!!!

Combined with the ending of 4x08 this confirms that the Green Arrow is a cuddleholic, and I will watch this scene on a loop FOREVER!!! I could seriously watch the rest of this season/show just of them being affectionate and domestic like this. Your OTP could never!!

Oliver/Dig

Oliver goes on a little boys trip with Dig to try and find the killer of Emiko’s mother. I’m sooo glad they didn’t waste much time on this, and gladder still that they wasted no time at all on Emiko! Turns out the responsible party was one of the Longbow Hunters (yes them again), that Felicity found for them.

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I love how Dig/ARGUS/NTA spent the first part of the season trying and failing to capture these guys, then Oliver rocks up and takes him out with a tranq arrow in 2 seconds flat, and has no clue who he even is haha!

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They work out pretty quickly that Dante hired him, then promptly leave and that’s the end of that! I really like how the men weren’t minimised or side-lined entirely (except Rene *shrugs*), they just weren’t that significant in the episode. Boss Beth and her team did a great job here of not taking away from them in order for the women in the episode to shine, something that previous writing teams on this show have done over and over again in the reversed situation *cough* MG *cough*.

Sara

Sara frikking Lance is back!!!!

That entrance though...it was everything!! The way all the glass shattered was reminiscent of her first cry scene where she saved Oliver at the DA’s office in 2x03.

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I do think though that it was absolute bullshit that BS could beat Sara in a fight!

Then we got the previously teased Sara/Felicity scene. OHMIGOD I loved this scene so much!! I really miss Sara in Arrow, and this scene was just so perfect!! I loved their little friendly flirty-flirt!!

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Putting together the two people in the Arrowverse that have killer chemistry with everyone was an inspired choice here, and it just makes me long for the Smoakingcanary friendship that we never really saw fully developed! We have a lighter Sara now, so they could not have had this level of friendship in S2, or even S4, but I always loved their relationship, even back then.

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Sara has grown so much since she left for the Waverider, she is so much more reflective and a wiser woman now. I like that she doesn’t acknowledge BS as LL, but sees herself in her and still wants to help, and to honour Quentin. Lance sister scenes were always my favourite of Laurel’s, and the Sara/BS scenes have the same energy about them. I loved Sara’s speech to BS at the graveyard about redemption. Sara still doesn’t see herself as completely worthy, but acknowledges that she has grown into a hero, through her years of trying. So I cheered when she told BS “You think you deserve a medal for trying to be good for 5 seconds? Redemption isn’t a destination it’s a journey”

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Oh, that’s just the theme of the entire series!! Yaaaaassss!! Go Sara! I really hope we get to see her again this season.

Black Siren

Straight up, I was worried when I saw the opening scene…the overacting, yelling, annoying music, ridiculous unbelievable ass-kicking and then that title card?? 😬😬 ‘Evil’ BS is so campy in the worst way…I like ‘good’ BS, so that opening?? Yeah I had my doubts haha!

I enjoyed Black Siren’s struggle within the episode; what she really wants is to be seen and accepted as the good person she is trying to become. As soon as she was doubted last episode, her instinct was to revert back, an ‘if they think I’m evil, I’ll just be evil’ mentality. The problem is, as Sara told her, she was trying to be a good person for like a few months? She has a long way go to redeem herself and earn back the trust of people who know what she did as Black Siren before (see: Dinah 😬). Her beacon of hope (see what I did there?) is Felicity. She has been ever since she approached her at the start of the season. BS saw in Felicity an opportunity to avenge Quentin initially, and eventually, through falling for Felicity’s friendship charms (doesn’t everybody?), do good, and be that better person that Quentin and Felicity thought she could be. And despite Sara’s (awesome) talk with her, it’s Felicity in the end that persuades her which side to fall on in the end.

In the end, Black Siren realises/decides that in order to continue on her redemptive path, she needs to go back to where she started, Earth 2, and do some good there. How this fits with her appearance in later episodes in the season (spoiler pics) and her apparently large storyline next season is yet to be seen. Felicity’s face when she hears BS is leaving is heart-breaking 😭😭 Their friendship has been one of the unexpected highlights of this season for me; it has been so nice to see a female friendship on this show! I also liked how through all of her short-lived evilness, she never revealed Felicity’s pregnancy, even covering for her back in the lair at the end of the mission!

Extra BS moments:

BS pushing Felicity out of the way in the final fight scene 😍

Shadow Thief: “Which one is Felicity?” BS: “The chatty one” 😂😂

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Dinah

*Dramatic sigh* Ugh Dinah. She continues to drive me mad! She has some real moments of warmth (but I think that’s just Juliana shining through), but for the most part she’s just super annoying! She has a constant condescending tone, a terrible attitude, is massively hypocritical, and is so back and forth with her standpoints that she leaves me with whiplash most episodes!

I hated the way she talked down to Felicity throughout the episode, for believing in Laurel. Dinah believed in Vinnie, and the Team had her back (until BS killed him 😬). Dinah MURDERED PEOPLE TOO, and the Team had her back. She should have empathy for BS, having been in the exact same situation, but she doesn’t see it that way. I loved Felicity serving her up the tea in the bunker scene, it’s about damn time!

Felicity’s overall snark at Dinah this week was on point! Her “Please hold” and “Good chat, really love our chats” 😂😂 our girl really knows how to deliver a burn and still look cute doing it haha!

Flash Forwards

I have missed my flashforwards baby OTA!! Unfortunately we were missing William, Connor and Roy this week, cos Girl Power ✌ and all that jazz! But we did get to see some more Mama Felicity. Future Felicity is definitely more stoic and detached than our Felicity, but that changes when her kids are around; I loved the mother-daughter hug when Mia returned!

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I’d forgotten about the whole helmet thing to start with, when I first saw it I thought it was Dig!! But helmet guy basically shows up at the start of the FFs and kills a boatload of Canaries. Did I giggle at the notion that anyone can be a Canary in the future, and that therefore they are totally interchangeable and dispensable in nature? Yes I did 😂 Anyway, Mia’s determination to track and take down helmet guy, to honour the dead birds, led to more Oliver (and later, Felicity) comparisons, which I am always here for!!

Dinah later actually gives Mia a really inspiring speech about the Canaries. That they are girls taking care of girls; a support system for women, so that they are there for each other when needed most. Dinah references a time when she did not do that (for Black Siren, presumably), and that that following that she changed how she worked. I’m hoping this means that Dinah will become more likeable in the present timeline for the upcoming episodes, but I’m not holding my breath.

Mia still isn’t used to relying on others, but she does ask Dinah for help and is refused, so her reaction to Dinah’s talk was just ‘yeah….no’, pretty much, with the line “Too bad I’m not a Canary”….and the Smoak burns keep on coming this episode 😂 😂

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At the end, as Mia nearly meets her end taking down helmet guy (as if he could have taken her!) she is saved by…Future Black Siren!!! Who is obviously alive still, back on Earth 1, and a goodie!! Yay!! I love that BS ‘saves’ Mia in both timelines in the same episode, nice touch! She gives Mia the helmet for Felicity, along with some sage advice:

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I’d have liked to see her and Felicity interact, but you can’t win them all!

Bonus moments

Felicity: “Fake heat signatures? That is devious and impressive!” Lolololol!

That table slide!

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(I love that Felicity delivered the birds line 😂😂)

“To ladies taking down ladies”

And that’s it! Four episodes left 😭😭😭 I AM NOT READY!!

Thank you to all the wonderful gif makers! This episode has yielded SO MANY amazing gifs, so thank you for sharing them with us all! 💗💗💗

#Arrow #Arrow 7x18 #Arrow season 7 #Olicity #beccie's brain

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shreyamistry · 6 years ago

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I. Rain

Hana x MC (Nicole)

Choices September Creates: Day 1: Rain

Summary: Tonight, Liam will pick Nicole to be his bride, unknowing to him that she and Hana have fallen in love. Despite her attempts to force herself out of her feelings, Hana simply can’t stop herself from falling for Nicole. Finding herself in the pouring rain, Hana has to make her choice and Lady Nicole has to accept it.

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Tagging: @nuttatulipa @choices-september-challenge

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“You can’t be with me, Nicole! You can’t pick me and I can’t pick you.” Hana yells, tears streaming down her face mixing with the rain pouring down on the pair standing outside the palace. The ball raging on inside, as she holds her smaller frame, her soppy wet dress chilling her to her core. “I can’t be with a woman, Nicole! And the king is going to pick you tonight! Are you going to turn down the King?”

“Hana for you I’d turn down anyone.” Nicole takes a few cautious steps toward her, her hands shaking from her nerves and the cold rain washing over the pair. “After everything we’ve been through, how can you give up on us Hana? We can change your parents' mind, we can-” Nicole falls silent as Hana cuts her off shaking her head with a sniffle.

“It’s not possible.” She whips the back of her hand against her nose, “Nicole, I’m a noble lady. My parents sent me here to fight for Liam and I can’t give up my family wishes.”

Hana watches her with heavy eyes, she couldn’t understand Nicole, how she was so free and willing to give up the king’s hand for her? Hana Lee was nothing (at least she thought so) but a way to be a wife to her suitors, except to Nicole. Nicole could see through her exterior, sneak her way in between the cracks and make her feel like herself for the first times in her life. She chews on her lower lip as Nicole shakes her head perking up with a deep breath.

“Hana, listen to yourself.” Nicole takes Hana’s shaking hands into her own, her tears freely following down her cheeks as she as she sucks in another steady breath. Squaring her shoulders further moving her hands to Hana’s cheeks. “All the moments that brought us here right now, tell me they didn’t mean anything to you. Tell me if I married Liam, would you be happy for me and yourself?”

“I can’t answer that Nicole.” Hana admits, her eyes falling to the floor her hands falling on top of Nicole’s, “I don’t want to lose you, but I have to.” Hana starts to move away, but Nicole catches her before she can, begging her with her eyes to at least hear her out. Begging her to love her enough to not leave her. Begging her to stay.

“Hana remember when I kissed you?” The memories flashing through Hana’s mind.

Nicole giggles, as she lets Hana lead her into her room closing the door silently behind them, finally letting herself dissolve into giggles her hands holding onto Nicole’s wrists as she spins Hana around the room.

“I can’t believe we did that.” She huffs, trying to catch her breath giggles leaving her lips as Nicole comes to a stop pulling Hana towards the dresser with her leaning herself against the wooden wardrobe. “Oh,” Hana whispers standing extremely close to Nicole, her hands resting on Hana’s sides now.

“Is this okay?” She whispers softly, “If it’s not I can-”

“No. It’s very okay.” Hana whispers, her cheeks reddening as she rests her hands on Nicole’s shoulders, a very awkward position between them, although Nicole didn’t mind, she found Hana to be absolutely adorable all the time. “I’ve never really done something like this.”

“Would it be alright if I kissed you, Hana?” Her voice barely audible as her gaze moves from Hana’s succulent lips to her eyes, swallowing the lump lodged in the middle of her throat. Her hands tremble slightly against Hana’s body, “Again, feel free to say no.”

“I would like that very much,” Hana answers, moving to tuck a few strands of loose hair behind her ear, Nicole’s arms pulling her body even closer to her. Her lips falling against Hana’s delicately, a jolt of passion passing through the both of them, Nicole’s hands finding their place on Hana’s cheeks, cupping her skin as she deepens the kiss between them.

“When I held your hand when we snuck off with the horses the night of the derby?”

“Are you sure we won’t get in trouble, Nicole? I’d feel awful.” Hana asks as the horses lead them towards an open field, the horses trotting beside one another Hana within arms reach of Nicole. “We must return the horses, Nicole.”

“Hana it’s okay.” Nicole smiles, reaching her arm over to Hana, her hand falling into Hana’s tightly holding her shaking hand with a gentle smile. “You have nothing to worry about, were in this together.”

“Oh.” Hana whispers, her eyes trained on their interlocked fingers, a blush creeping up her cheeks, “If you’re sure.”

“Beyond sure. Positive.” Nicole laughs, rubbing her thumb back and forth against Hana’s skin, enjoying the warmth of their interlocked hands. “I’m sure Liam can vouch for us worse case scenario.”

“Nicole!” Hana shouts, her mouth falling open in protest.

“I’m kidding, beautiful.” Nicole grins, “Kinda. Giddy up boys!” Nicole shouts pulling on the reins letting her hand fall out of Hana’s hand with a glance over her shoulder as she speeds past Hana and her horse. “Are you coming? You don’t want to leave a fellow noblewoman alone in the forest do you?” Despite herself, Hana smiles pulling on the reins of her horse chasing after Nicole feeling free for the first time in forever.

“Or when i stole that kiss on your cheek after we got cronuts?”

“So?” Nicole asks, Hana catches her eye unable to read her expression, her tone, the suggestive tones to her voice as she wraps her arms around her body thinking to herself for a long moment. Her lips pushing against one another as she thinks of an answer for her friend, or whatever she and Nicole were destined to be. “Earth to Hana, are you there?”

“Yes, of course, I’m here on earth. What kind of question is that, Nicole?” Hana asks, her brows furrowing as she struggles to understand. An inside joke among all Americas, she asks herself walking slower than before her mind processing the words that refuse to register on her mind. The men of their group not realizing much further ahead of the girls.

“It’s a saying, Hana.” Nicole laughs, draping her arm over Hana’s shoulder pulling her close to her. “Are you cold?”

“A little bit.” Hana admits, “I should have brought a jacket. I forget how cool Cordonia nights can be.” She admits, a gentle sigh leaving her lips as she begins to lean into Nicole’s warmth radiating from her body. “Thank you.”

“I’m the next best thing from a jacket.” Nicole grins goofily at her, getting a laugh from Hana in response who shakes her head despite herself.

“I suppose so.” She offers.

“I suppose as well. Besides what jacket can do this?” She leans in placing a gentle kiss onto Hana’s cheek, her lips lingering on Hana’s cheek. Hana’s body stiffening at the sudden contact, before softening into Nicole’s touch, her face turning bright red. Hana looks away as Nicole pulls away softly, a grin on her face as she looks back at her. “Best jacket ever?”

“Hana! Nicole! Hurry up!” Maxwell yells behind his shoulder grinning at them.

“He’s about to eat all the cronuts, Lady Nicole would you mind talking sense into our resident Beaumont?” Liam calls back, struggling with Maxwell to keep the box out of his reach, “If you eat them all right now we will have to walk back to the store.”

“Perfect we can get more.” Maxwell cheers, managing to rip open a corner of the box.

“Great job Liam.” Drake huffs, using his hand to push on Maxwell’s face to keep him from advancing further.

“Jacket duties are over, don’t get cold without me.” Nicole grins before pecking Hana’s cheek one last time untangling her body from Hana’s before jogging to catch up with Maxwell, moving to jump onto his back, he stumbles at first before wrapping his arms behind her knees to help steady her. “Down Godzilla! Down!” Hana smiles to herself strolling faster to keep up, her mind lingering on Nicole.

“Please don’t give up on me, Hana.” Nicole whispers, her hand brushing tears off her cheeks, “You don’t have to lose me. Choose your destiny, Hana. Pick me, choose me. Don’t break both of our hearts, Hana, I know you want this as much as I want this.” Nicole brings one of Hana’s hands to her lips brushing a gentle kiss against the skin.

“Nicole! Hurry up! Liam is about to pick his suitor.” Maxwell’s voice carrying over to the pair, his voice distant and hard to hear over the sound of rain slapping against the floor. The whipping of the wind against both of them.

“It’s now or never,” Nicole moves her hands to rest on Hana’s cheeks again, “Let’s runaway while we still can. I-I- Hana, I love you.” Nicole smiles genuinely, her features bright with hope, as she brushes her thumb against the corner of Hana’s lip. Hana’s head falling into the touch, snuggling her deeper into Nicole’s touch before she abruptly straightens her head. “I mean it, I love you.”

Hana’s mouth falls open in surprise, the words registering on her mind. She drags her tongue over her lips, looking at Nicole her heart tearing apart in her chest. I love you. The words float around her head trying to make sense of the easily understandable words. She loved her too, how she wished she said that instead of what she did.

“Nicole,” Hana whispers, brushing wet strands of hair out of her face, “I can’t.”

“Okay.” Nicole whispers, her hands moving to let go out of Hana’s face trying to hide the feelings washing over her as she swallows deeply, “It’s fine. I’m fine. Thanks for this Hana, I-- I have to go now.” She turns on her heel, as Hana watches her retreat--no run-- back towards the palace, the outline of her body shaking even more than before. Hana watches silently, fighting the feelings yelling at her to follow to catch Nicole before she can reach Maxwell, to pick her happiness.

But she doesn’t.

#Choices September Creates #csc #playchoices #hana lee #hana x mc #mc x hana #trr #the royal romance #choices trr #choices the royal romance #maxwell beaumont #choices september challenge

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mitchtheficus · 8 years ago

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just can’t get enough

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smoaking-greenarrow · 6 years ago

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Olicity Trope-tastic Awards: ‘Soulmates’ Official Rec

Cue those twin flames burning during the 3x20 sex scene because Oliver and Felicity are soulmates. Here we go!

Awards Time!!

@memcjo’s recs:

Count the Days by @olicityandklaroline

Words: 15,463 // Chapters: 9/?

In a world where soulmates are real, Felicity's is a long time coming.

**Award: Felicity the Wise**

Things Left Unsaid by @nerdyandturdy

Words: 27,829 // Chapters: 8/8

Felicity never believed in soulmates. She made the largest effort to ignore the mark on her right hip. That is until Oliver Queen came into her life.

This is a story of the six times Felicity could have told Oliver about their mark, and the one time she finally does.

**Award: Most Stubborn OTP**

The Bond by @green-arrows-of-karamel

Words: 13,405 // Chapters: 2/2

On Earth-837, a world so alike and yet so different from ours, people bond with their soulmates through a single gaze into each other's eyes. Oliver Queen has not found his mate yet, and he fears that he never will. But one night, he meets a woman with sapphire eyes and their life changes forever.

**Award: Best Use of Surprise Domme!Felicity**

Long Distance (soul) Relationships Sometimes Work by @wherethereissmoak

Words: 2944 // Chapters: 1/1

Felicity Smoak has a Level 5 bond with her soulmate - and she can feel his intense emotions and physical reactions all her life.

**Award: Hurting for my OTP**

For Every Scar, A Story by rangersandlegends

Words: 15,634 Chapters: 1/1

In a world where soulmates take on the injuries and emotions of each other, Felicity Smoak may have it the worst of all.

**Award: The BAMF Felicity Smoak**

@hope-for-olicity’s recs:

Our love will never fade away (I'll bear your mark on my skin for eternity) by @charlie-leau

Words: 335175 // Chapters: 24/?

Felicity Smoak started taking the Med that cut the emotional connection between her soulmate and herself when his family sent a mediator to her. The man told her that they did not think she was worthy of their son and she therefore needed to give up on her soulmate's rights.

Now, four years later, Felicity just moved in Star City and is desperately trying to run away for her past. There, she meets Oliver Queen, heir to the Queen's legacy and soon to be married to the cold and mysterious Isabel Rochev, who quickly becomes both her boss and friend.

Lines quickly start to blur between Felicity and Oliver as they found themselves drawn to each other for no apparent reasons…

**Award: Best Extreme Angst Before the Happy**

We loved with a love that was more than love by @wrldtravler

Words: 127304 // Chapters: 21/?

When Felicity's father leaves her and her mother behind, she loses all her faith in the very idea of soulmates. After Donna Smoak remarries into the Merlyn family, events are put into motion that bring Felicity into proximity the very destiny she never wanted to be apart of, and the family she never knew she needed. After years of unknowingly fighting and dancing around her fate, Felicity finally receives her soulmark on her 18th birthday. With the truth revealed, Felicity's fate is left in her hands, and only she can decide whether to let him in before it's too late.

**Award: Best Friends to Lovers Soulmate**

Colors Fade by @bekaoperetta

Words: 28751 // Chapters: 12/24

Soulmates are marked with a black bruise. It’s the first place you touch. When you do they fade into brilliant shades of purple and blue.

**Award: Best Discovery Leading to Intense Immediate Feelings**

You Had Me at Hello by @tdgal1

Words: 29489 // Chapters: 21/?

Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak met at a Gala and had an instant attraction but Smoak Technologies and Queen Consolidated have to work together. Can they make that sexual chemistry work and still work together.

**Award: Best Discovery of a Soulmark**

Idiot with a death wish by @bitchwhwifi

Words: 4522 // Chapters: 2/?

Felicity Smoak is a firm believer that her soulmate has a death wish. One night out with friends changes when her soulmate’s life is once again on the line she get’s nosy and ends up in the basement of Verdant and meets the head of the Bratva in Starling who helps her put an end to the search to find her soulmate.

**Award: Best Badass Felicity Taking on Her Soulmate**

@it-was-a-red-heeler’s recs:

It's all behind us now by @wherethereissmoak

Words: 1,158 // Chapters: 1/1

What if Oliver and Felicity fell in love before they discovered they were soulmates? Set after they drive off into the sunset at the end of Season 3. Also their soul mark location is kind of funny. ;)

**Award: Sweetest Fic**

Be My Zing by @missyriver

Words: 3818 // Chapters: 1/1

Oliver Queen thought the soulgaze was a myth. He had heard the stories, seen the movies. He knew that, according to the stories, he would make eye contact with someone and he would know them instantly. He would see flashes of their life, from their past and present. And if that wasn’t enough, he would see what their life could be, together. It’s commonly called the Zing, that first moment of connection with your soulmate. The rush. The feeling of excitement, the tingles, that come with learning about the past, present, and your future with your soulmate. And it was complete bullshit.

**Award: Best Angst with a Happy Ending**

Matched by @spaztronaut

Words: 10573 // Chapters: 1/1

In a world where everyone wants to be matched to their soulmate, Felicity and Oliver only want to live their lives on their terms. Neither has any use for a soulmate, especially once they meet each other. It figures, of course, that Fate has something else in store…

**Award: Big Dumb Pine Tree (aka Read the Damn Email, Oliver)**

@smoaking-greenarrow’s recs:

Free Fall by @supersillyanddorky06

Words: 86794 // Chapters: 22/22

Felicity Smoak has never believed in the concept of destined lovers or soulmates. That is, until she encounters a man in green leathers, who seems to have taken an equal interest in her. And she develops very non-platonic feelings for one hot billionaire playboy too. Oliver Queen and The Vigilante are vying for the spot of her destined lover and the tension is hilarious but dark forces await. Her life will never be the same.

**Award: The Creative Genius**

Of Souls and Mates by @supersillyanddorky06

Words: 6045 // Chapters: 3/?

THE MARK- In a world where everyone is born with a Mark on their wrist, Felicity Smoak is not. She never grows it either.

In a world where everyone is born with a Mark upon their wrists, Oliver Queen isn’t. (Oliver’s POV)

Soulmate AU. Sort of canon.

**Award: You’ll Want to Protect This Felicity At All Costs**

THE CURSED- Oliver Queen is born with a curse that kills any woman he is intimate with. Then, he meets Felicity Smoak. Curses AU. Sort of Soulmate-y.

**Award: Best First Kiss**

i walked with you once upon a dream by @felicityollies

Words: 9,833 Chapters: 7/?

Connected since their respective births, Oliver and Felicity were soulmates. What started off as a person that they dreamed of at night, a person they had never before met, turned into the greatest thing they could have imagined.

**Award: Most Intriguing Plot**

Our Time Is Endless by @walker-oliciter

Words: 6,280 // Chapters: 1/1

In a world where people stop aging at 18 until they bond with their soulmates, Felicity Smoak doubts whether she wants to have a relationship with her mate. It's not because she wants to live through decades. It's because she wants to spare herself the pain that comes when a mate leaves or dies. But then, Oliver Queen steps into the picture…

**Award: Out of the Box Thinking**

Souls, Mates And Surprises by @walker-oliciter

Words: 3,446 // Chapters: 1/1

The most bizarre thing that could happen to Felicity Smoak? Getting kidnapped and accused of being the Arrow because of some matching fingerprints... It only escalated from there, though.

**Award: Best Established Soulmates**

Till Your Last Breath by @walker-oliciter

Words: 4,780 // Chapters: 2/?

The countdown plastered to one's skin showed how much time the other's soulmate had left to live. For Felicity Smoak, that meant she had 3 months to find and warn her soulmate before he would die. When she met him though, she got more than what she signed herself up for. Especially when his secret identity was revealed to her...

**Award: Most Original World Building**

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